Elah Terrell (18511920) was an American architect from Columbus, Ohio. Terrell designed important buildings under the company Elah T. Terrell & Co. in Ohio, notably in

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, and Columbus. Terrell was a member of the Ohio chapter of the

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. Terrell's office was in the Merchants and Manufacturers' National Bank building in Downtown Columbus, a building he designed. Around 1888, Elah Terrell designed numerous structures in the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Several remain, including Power Hall, later known as Antiques and Collectibles, and an information booth or kiosk southeast of the Administration Building.

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Terrell was born in 1851, one of seven children of Jay and Etna Terrell.https://virteomdevcdn.blob.core.windows.net/site-sheffieldvillage-2-com/uploaded_media/sheffieldvillage_com/historical-publications/Bicentennial-History-Sheffield-Village-08-Progress-pt1__1571413620.pdf Terrell married Isabel Gay, of Elyria, on January 2, 1884. They lived at a house in present-day Victorian Village in Columbus, Ohio. The house stood from 1888 to 1947, for most of its time beside the Peter Sells house facing

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. Terrell died on February 16, 1920. He is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery.

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East Broad Street Presbyterian Church East Broad Street Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 760 E. Broad Street in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. It was built in 1887 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The church wa ...

(Columbus, Ohio) * Norwich Hotel (Columbus, Ohio) * Merchants and Manufacturers' National Bank or National Bank of Commerce (Columbus, Ohio) *

Columbus Board of Trade Building The Columbus Board of Trade Building was a historic building on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building was built in 1889 for the present-day Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and was designed by Elah Terrell and Joseph W. Yost. It ...

(Columbus, Ohio) * Clinton DeWeese Firestone mansion (Columbus, Ohio) *

Tennessee Club–Overall Goodbar Building The Tennessee Club, also known as the Overall Goodbar Building, is a historic townhouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.. Designed by architect Elah Terrell, it was built in 1888 for two doctors by the names of Overall and Peete. Colonel William F. Tay ...

(Memphis, Tennessee) * Olde Towne Hall Theater (Ridgeville, Ohio) *

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(Elyria, Ohio) * Schools in Johnstown and Groveport, Ohio * William Day House (Sheffield, Ohio) * Sheffield Village Hall (Sheffield, Ohio)

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