Former Republic newspaper office, Don Nissen

''The Republic'' is an American

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published in

Columbus, Indiana Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissio ...

. It is owned by

AIM Media Indiana AIM Media Indiana (formerly Home News Enterprises) is an American printer and publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, based in Columbus, Indiana. Its flagship newspaper is '' The Republic'' in Columbus, and its other newspaper holdings also c ...

, a subsidiary of AIM Media. It covers the city of Columbus and several nearby communities in

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and

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counties.

History

Isaac T. Brown founded ''The Columbus Republican'', a

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, in 1872. The first issue was published on Thursday, April 4, 1872. Isaac's father, Isaac M. Brown, served as the newspaper's editor during some of the early years. The Browns converted their newspaper to daily publication November 12, 1877, under the name ''Daily Evening Republican''. The newspaper's name was shortened to ''The Republic'' in January 1967. Isaac T. Brown died in 1917, leaving his son Raymond Brown in sole control of the newspaper. It stayed in the Brown family until its owner at the time,

Home News Enterprises AIM Media Indiana (formerly Home News Enterprises) is an American printer and publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, based in Columbus, Indiana. Its flagship newspaper is '' The Republic'' in Columbus, and its other newspaper holdings also c ...

, a partnership established by Brown family members in 1994, sold to AIM Media Indiana in November 2015. Over the past 50 years, ''The Republic'' has become the flagship newspaper of a chain of dailies and weeklies in

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, including several that adjoin ''The Republic'' coverage area. Robert N. Brown, Raymond's son, in 1963 founded the '' Daily Journal'' in Johnson County, which borders Bartholomew County to the north. The company expanded its footprint in the Columbus area twice more in the 21st century, purchasing the weekly ''Brown County Democrat'' in 2002, and ''

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'' daily in Jackson County (immediately south of Bartholomew County) in 2012.

Newspaper plant and offices

The ''Republic'' newspaper plant and offices in Columbus were designed by architect

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(1918-1996) and built in 1971. It is a steel frame and brick

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style building with a glass and white aluminum curtain wall with some aluminum panels. The rectangular, one-story building measures 248 feet by 93 feet, sits on a low concrete foundation, and has a flat roof. ''Note:'' This includes an
Accompanying photographs
It was listed on the

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and as a

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in 2012. The building was featured throughout the 2017 film

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. In 2018,

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purchased the building to house their graduate architecture program.

References

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