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George H. Maetzel (July 31, 1837 – May 25, 1891) was a German-American architect. He primarily designed buildings in Columbus, Ohio , including the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse . Maetzel also was the architect of Ohio's Allen , Madison , and Shelby county courthouses.
George H. Maetzel was the appointed architect. Plans began to demolish the existing structures on the site, and space was rented for office and court space, while a temporary building was constructed to hold the county records. The judge of the court of common pleas appointed a building commission in April 1884 to work on the courthouse plans.
It was designed by George H. Maetzel, later the architect of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse, in a castle-like style. [2] It was built at a cost of $72,000. [3] The building's main entrance was on its east side, flanked by two large, elegantly-designed gas lampposts, made of iron and glass. [2]
The Franklin County Jail was a county jail building in Columbus, Ohio, administered by the Franklin County government. The building opened in 1889 and was in use until August 1971. At that time, the jail was moved to a new facility, part of the Franklin County Government Center. The 1889 structure was demolished two months later.
George H. Maetzel, Ohio architect [72] William T. Martin, Mayor of Columbus [73] Edward S. Matthias, longest-serving associate justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio [74] Abram Irvin McDowell, Mayor of Columbus [75] William L. McMillen, physician, Civil War general in the Union Army, and carpetbagger legislator [54]
The courthouse standing today is the county's third. It was built between 1881 and 1884 at a cost of $360,000 by architect George H. Maetzel. The courthouse was designed in the Second Empire style, popular at the time.
The memory of the murder, buried in her mind for 20 years, came back in a flash. Eileen Franklin-Lipsker suddenly knew who had killed her childhood best friend, 8-year-old Susan Nason, who was ...
Holy Cross was selected because of its central location for Latinos living in Franklin County. [12] In 2001, due to the congregation's continued growth, its worship site moved to Holy Name Church in the Old North Columbus area. [13]