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  2. History of Ohio State University - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio State University was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university in accordance with the Morrill Act of 1862 under the name of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The school was originally situated within a farming community located on the northern edge of Columbus, and was intended to matriculate students of various ...

  3. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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    Barber pole, c. 1938, North Carolina Museum of History. Barber shop in Torquay, Devon, England, with red and white pole. A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes ...

  4. The Lantern - Wikipedia

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    The Lantern. The Lantern is an independent daily newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, published by students at Ohio State University. It is one of the largest campus newspapers in the United States, reaching a circulation of 15,000. Copies of the paper are free and available on campus and throughout Columbus. Editions are published in print Tuesday and ...

  5. Ohio State University - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio , it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students.

  6. List of buildings at Ohio State University - Wikipedia

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    The State of Ohio [91] Ohio Union 1951 2007 Student Union The State of Ohio Replaced by a new building of the same name Rickly House 1856 1949 University President's Residence The Rickly Family, the former occupants of the house before it was purchased by Ohio State [92] Vivian Hall 1951 2011 Laboratory Building

  7. History of street lighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gas lamps gradually started replacing oil street lamps in the United States, beginning in the first quarter of the 19th century. [3] The first street in the world to be illuminated by gaslight was Pall Mall in London, starting in 1807. [1][5] The first US city to use gas street lights was Baltimore, starting in 1817. [4]

  8. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library - Wikipedia

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    Thompson Library. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library (commonly referred to as the Thompson Library) is the main library at Ohio State University 's Columbus campus. It is the university's largest library and houses its main stacks, special collections, rare books and manuscripts, and many departmental subject libraries.

  9. Fisher College of Business - Wikipedia

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    The Max M. Fisher College of Business is located in Columbus, Ohio, the largest city in Ohio and the 14th largest city in the United States with an estimated 2018 population of 892,553. [5] The greater Columbus metropolitan area has a population of 2,041,520 as of 2016 [6] and represents close to 100 nationalities.