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Platted in 1812 as a new city to be the State capital, Columbus was a small town until late in the nineteenth century. One of the major events in the evolution of the area was the decision to locate the State Agricultural College Grounds ( Ohio State University ) on the site of the Neil farm in 1870, south of the community of North Columbus.
University Hall was the first building on campus, built in 1873 and reconstructed in 1976. The proposal of a manufacturing and agriculture university in central Ohio was initially met in the 1870s with hostility from the state's agricultural interests and competition for resources from Ohio University, which was chartered by the Northwest Ordinance and Miami University. [8]
Olentangy West is a neighborhood approximately 5 miles (8 km) northwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States.Also called West Olentangy, it is generally bordered by West Henderson Road on the north, the Olentangy River and Clintonville on the east, Kinnear Road on the south, and Upper Arlington on the west. [1]
The trustees in charge of purchasing land for the new Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, which would later become the Ohio State University, chose Neil's land, possibly after drinking from the spring. [2] The spring dried up in 1891 when the city of Columbus struck the source of the spring while installing a sewer line through campus. [3]
Value City Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.The arena opened in 1998 and is currently the largest by seating capacity in the Big Ten Conference, with 19,049 seats, which is reduced to 18,809 for Ohio State men's and women’s basketball games.
Work on and along Cannon Drive through OSU's campus was supposed to be finished by the end of November. But the work continues, detour until summer.
Ohio Stadium is an American football stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on the campus of Ohio State University. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and is also the site for the university's Spring Commencement ceremonies each May.
Named for its relative location on campus 643 parking spots Norton House 1963 Fred W. Norton, alumnus, died in World War I [74] Nosker House William C. Nosker, alumnus, died in World War II Replaced an older building of the same name. OSU Electric Substation Ohio Stadium: 1922 Home field for The Ohio State football team Ohio Union: Student Union