This is a list of public school buildings in Columbus, Ohio, of historical or architectural importance to the Columbus Public School District. Items are listed by opening date.[1]: 574 [2][3][4][5][6]
Year completed
Name
Image
Location
Status
Notes
1808
Franklinton School
W. Broad and Sandusky
Demolished
Second school for Franklinton, housed in the county courthouse after the court moved to Columbus in 1824; annexed into Columbus in 1872. Replaced by the 1878 Franklinton School.[7][1]: 15
1820
Columbus Academy
100 S. Third Street
Demolished
Moved to the southwest corner of Sugar (Chapel) Alley and Fourth around 1826, then the eastern limit of the city.[8]
1833
Rich Street School / Hazelton School
Walnut and Third, southeast corner
Demolished
One-room schoolhouse. Considered Columbus's first public school building.
1845
Middle Building
Third near Rich
Demolished
Demolished in 1860, replaced with the Rich Street School[9]
1845
North Building
Long and Third
Demolished
Addition made in 1853
1845
South Building
Mound and Third
Demolished
178 ft × 24 ft (54.3 m × 7.3 m) structure.[10] Addition made in 1853. Replaced by Mound Street School.
1852
German-English School
Fourth and Court
In use
Also known as the German Central Grammar School, the Fulton Street German-English School, and the Central German School. Moved to 151 Jackson St., now a private residence with numerous additions.[11]
Additions made in 1880 and 1890. In use as office space.
1873
Fieser Elementary School
335 W. State Street
Demolished
Additions made in 1875 and 1890
1874
Second Avenue Elementary School
68 E. Second Avenue
In use
Designed by Max Drach.[18] Addition made in 1881 (pictured). Closed in 2006;[19] long-term leased to Junior Achievement of Central Ohio in 2008.[20][21]
1874
Stewart Alternative Elementary School / New Street School
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40 Stewart Avenue
In use
In use by Columbus City Schools. Designed by P. A. Schlapp.[18][21] Addition made in 1892.
1876
Douglas Junior High School
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40 Douglas Street
Demolished
Replaced with newer school in 1976. School and street were often spelled "Douglass".[22]
1876
East Main Street Elementary School / East Friend Street School
1469 E. Main Street
Demolished
Addition made in 1889. Demolished 1960 and replaced with the present-day main campus of the Columbus Collegiate Academy.
Addition made in 1887. Demolished in 1956.[12]: 16–18
1880
Mound Street School
110 E. Mound Street
Demolished
Replaced the South Building.[10] J.T. Harris & Co. design.[24]
1881
Garfield School
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825 Mt. Vernon Avenue
Demolished
Replaced with new school in 1955, now part of the King Arts Complex
1884
Beck Street School
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387 E. Beck Street
In use
Now the South Columbus Preparatory Academy. David Riebel design.
1885
Front Street School / Trades School
140 N. Front Street
Demolished
Demolished in 1918 for construction of the Downtown YMCA[12]: 115
1886
Fifth Avenue Elementary School
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Fifth Avenue and Highland, northwest corner
Demolished
Third floor and tower removed in 1954. Painted white, the building was somewhat unrecognizable by the time it was replaced by a new school in the 1970s.[22]
1888
Siebert Street Elementary School
400 Siebert Street
Demolished
Replaced with a newer school
1888
Twenty-Third Street School / Mount Vernon Junior High School
In use by Columbus City Schools. David Riebel design.
1892
North Side High School / Everett Middle School / Columbus Gifted Academy
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100 W. Fourth Avenue
Demolished (original building) In use (additions)
Original by Kremer & Hart.[25] C. 1899 addition by David Riebel.[26][27] 1927 rebuilt original section by Howard Dwight Smith.[28][29][30] Remaining portions in use by Columbus City Schools.[31]
In use by religious organizations. Howard Dwight Smith design. Originally part of Truro Township, later Whitehall, and then Columbus. The school closed in 1979.[54][55]
1927
Open Air School / Neil Avenue School
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2571 Neil Avenue
In use
Replaced a 1913 Open Air School. Now a mixed-use development. Howard Dwight Smith design.
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^ ab"Past and Present Importance of Mound Street School Building". The Columbus Dispatch. October 11, 1903. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"History of the schools of Columbus, Ohio". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t3126b89z. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ abcHunter, Bob (2012). A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus: Finding the Past in the Present in Ohio's Capital City. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0821420126. OCLC 886535510.
^"Fourth Street School". Columbus Dispatch. October 25, 1964. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"St. Mary School in German Village renovating school expanding services to community". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"History of the schools of Columbus, Ohio". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t3126b89z. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ abcdef"Annual Report of the Board of Education of the Columbus Public Schools: For the School Year Ending". 1874.
^"Board of Education". The Columbus Dispatch. January 12, 1876. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ ab"Daily Dispatch". The Columbus Dispatch. July 23, 1873. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"The right move, at last - New school-board president starts year off right by solving school-closing issue". The Columbus Dispatch. January 11, 2006. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Junior Achievement to use closed school". The Columbus Dispatch. November 19, 2008. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ ab"Free Art Schools". The Columbus Dispatch. November 4, 1874. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ ab"Old Schools Crumble, but Memories Stand Intact". The Columbus Dispatch. July 4, 1976. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Cornerstone of Mound Street Schoo". digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^Education, Columbus (Ohio) Board of (1891). Annual Report.
^Education, Columbus (Ohio) Board of (1899). Annual Report of the Board of Education of the Columbus Public Schools: For the School Year Ending ... order of the Board.
^Bruce, William George; Bruce, William Conrad (1898). The American School Board Journal. National School Boards Association.
^"Columbus Pupils Return to Renovated School Buildings on First Day of Fall Term". The Columbus Dispatch. September 8, 1925. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Proposed Improvements at Everett High". The Columbus Dispatch. January 11, 1925. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Building Porgram to Commence this Year". The Columbus Dispatch. June 15, 1926. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^Dispatch, Alan Johnson, The Columbus. "Columbus schools takes Victorian Village school off the market". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^"School Dedication". The Columbus Dispatch. May 25, 1897. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ ab"Success Sets Pace in Unique School". The Columbus Dispatch. September 8, 1977. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: South High School". Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
^Parks, Kevin. "Kindergartners pack school; annex no help, officials say". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"MEMORY LANE". Columbus Dispatch. January 18, 1998. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Phase I History/Architecture Survey for the I-70/71 South Innerbelt Study" (PDF). Ohio Department of Transportation. February 20, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2017.
^"New School Building for Clinton Township". The Columbus Dispatch. November 27, 1906. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Plans are ready for new schools". Columbus Dispatch. March 25, 1906. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"School Examinations". Columbus Dispatch. September 3, 1907. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"EMBATTLED CHAMPION - Many families shun school whose problems seem immense". Columbus Dispatch. May 16, 2004. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Vacant schools' fate unclear - Columbus officials debating which buildings to keep, which to let go". Columbus Dispatch. January 21, 2008. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"SCHOOLS TOUR SHOWS GOOD, BAD, UGLY - Decaying facilities in line for facelifts if voters OK district's building plan". Columbus Dispatch. July 24, 2002. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Affordable Housing Proposed for Heyl School Site on South Side". Columbus Dispatch. February 26, 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
^ abcd"Work on Four New Schools Progresses". Columbus Dispatch. December 4, 1920. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"New Linden School Building is Nearly Completed". Columbus Dispatch. February 23, 1921. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^"Projects Approved". Columbus Dispatch. May 25, 1922. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^Dispatch, Bill Bush, The Columbus. "Taylor Ave. school site sold to aid Near East Side redevelopment". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)