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Another 3 properties were once listed but have been removed. Of the sites on the National Register in Columbus, 54 are also on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, the city's list of local landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024. [3]
Franklin County Memorial Hall, also known simply as Memorial Hall, is an office building, multi-use facility, and memorial for war dead in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building is best-known today as the headquarters of Franklin County Public Health.
Organized in 1848 and opened in 1849, the cemetery was the city's premier burying ground in the 1800s and beyond. An American Civil War memorial was erected there in 1891, and chapel constructed in 1902. With 360 acres (150 ha), it is Ohio's second-largest cemetery.
Balser Hess, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, established a farm on the site in the early 19th century.Hess is thought to be the first burial there, in 1806. It was established as a public cemetery in 184
McKinley National Memorial [P] Canton: Ohio: 26 Theodore Roosevelt [34] January 6, 1919: Youngs Memorial Cemetery: Oyster Bay: New York: 27 William Howard Taft [35] March 8, 1930: Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington: Virginia: 28 Woodrow Wilson [36] February 3, 1924: Washington National Cathedral: Washington, D.C. 29 Warren G. Harding [37 ...
He did not, and thus the graveyard remained in private hands until 1821. Kerr, by then owner of the property, conveyed the land to the mayor and Borough of Columbus for $1 on June 6, 1821. In 1824, the council provided for the appointment of a sexton, to manage the grounds and dig graves, thus formalizing the operation of the graveyard.
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The cemetery is the oldest in Central Ohio, established in 1799. Other names for it include the Franklinton Cemetery or Pioneer Burying Ground. Franklinton founder Lucas Sullivant was buried there initially, later reinterred in Green Lawn Cemetery. [1] [2] [3]