Columbus Public Health is the health department of

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

. The department is accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board. The department dates to 1833, when the city's mayor appointed five citizens to help with its cholera outbreak. It became a permanent body to activate whenever health emergencies arose. Columbus Public Health is headquartered at 240 Parsons Avenue, a large building completed in 1874 for the

Ohio Asylum for the Blind Ohio State School for the Blind (OSSB or OSB) is a school located in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is run by the Ohio Department of Education for blind and visually impaired students across Ohio. It was established in 1837, making it the natio ...

. The building and its campus were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and as part of the

Columbus Near East Side District The Columbus Near East Side District is a historic district in the Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. A portion of the district, the Bryden Road District, was added to the ...

in 1978.

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The office for Columbus Public Health is at 240 Parsons Avenue, in Olde Towne East and near Downtown Columbus. The main building was built as the

, and was constructed from 1869 to 1874, a long period due to an irregular scarcity of construction workers. It was built in response to a growing population and overcrowding at the institution's original building, built in 1838. The school for the blind remained at the site until the early 1950s, when it moved to a new location in Columbus. The

Ohio Department of Highway Safety The Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for the protection and safety of residents and visitors. The Department of Public Safety's headquarters is located in Columbus, ...

then took over the building. It later was turned over to Columbus Public Health, which still operates in the building today. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and added to the new

in 1978. It was also at one time considered part of the East Town Street Historical District, severed from the area by I-71. The campus has numerous smaller structures, including a large parking garage and two former dormitory buildings. The North and South Dormitories were constructed in 1935 to house students in the blind school. The north building held boys, while the south held girls, and each held 132 students and four matrons. The

Jacobethan Revival The Jacobethan or Jacobean Revival architectural style is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (15 ...

buildings were designed by John Schooley Sr. The south dormitory building was proposed for demolition in September 2021, to make room for a surface-level parking lot. Funding was removed for the demolition project in November, after a unanimous Columbus City Council vote. In 2022, the building was listed as one of nine endangered buildings, in an annual Columbus Landmarks publication.

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File:Columbus, Ohio JJ 87.jpg, Main building and grounds File:Columbus Illustrated (22a).jpg, The main building in 1899 File:South Dormitory - Ohio Asylum for the Blind 03.jpg, South Dormitory

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