{{short description|Public square in Columbus, Ohio}} {{for|the skyscraper in Columbus|Capitol Square (skyscraper)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use American English|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox urban feature | name = Capitol Square | place_type = Public square | other_names = | nickname = | former_names = | image_place = Capitol Square aerial 01.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_oth = Ohio Statehouse 13.jpg | features = Lawns, sculptures, state capitol building | designer = | builder = | construction = | complete = 1861 | open = | cost = | steps = | height = | length = | dimensions = | amenities = | area = {{convert|10|acre}} | surface = | architectural_style = | dedicated_to = | owner = | manager = | location = Broad and High Streets (Downtown Columbus) | address1 = | address2 = | image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=270|frame-height=250|frame-coord={{coord|39.9616|-82.9991}}|zoom=16 |type=point|id=Q2281225|title=Ohio Statehouse|marker=town-hall |type2=point|id2=Q7921883|title2=Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts|marker2=building-alt1|marker-color2=#545454 |type3=point|id3=Q3143369|title3=Huntington Center|marker3=bank|marker-color3=#428056 |type4=point|id4=Q94601215|title4=Huntington National Bank Building|marker4=bank|marker-color4=#428056 |type5=point|id5=Q91920510|title5=Broad & High building|marker5=building|marker-color5=#545454 |type6=point|id6=Q4645227|title6=8 on the Square|marker6=building|marker-color6=#545454 |type7=point|id7=Q4552053|title7=New Hayden Building|marker7=building|marker-color7=#545454 |type8=point|id8=Q94664455|title8=Hayden Building|marker8=building|marker-color8=#545454 |type9=point|id9=Q280656|title9=Rhodes State Office Tower|marker9=building-alt1|marker-color9=#545454 |type10=point|coord10={{coord|39.962680|-82.999003}}|title10=60 E. Broad St.|marker10=building|marker-color10=#545454 |type11=point|coord11={{coord|39.962680|-82.998894}}|title11=62 E. Broad St.|marker11=building|marker-color11=#545454 |type12=point|id12=Q6398017|title12=Key Bank Building|marker12=bank|marker-color12=#428056 |type13=point|id13=Q7842743|title13=Trinity Episcopal Church|marker13=religious-christian|marker-color13=#8a2be2 |type14=point|coord14={{coord|39.96206|-82.99739}}|title14=PNC Bank Building west wing|marker14=bank|marker-color14=#428056 |type15=point|coord15={{coord|39.96173|-82.99736}}|title15=Columbus Dispatch Building|marker15=commercial|marker-color15=#545454 |type16=point|coord16={{coord|39.961043|-82.997383}}|title16=Central Ohio Federal Savings and Loan building|marker16=bank|marker-color16=#428056 |type17=point|coord17={{coord|39.960080|-82.997811}}|title17=Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square|marker17=lodging|marker-color17=#FFD650 |type18=point|id18=Q5035927|title18=Capitol Square skyscraper|marker18=building-alt1|marker-color18=#545454 |type19=point|id19=Q7080981|title19=Ohio Theatre|marker19=theatre|marker-color19=#818181 |type20=point|id20=Q5447566|title20=Fifth Third Center|marker20=bank|marker-color20=#428056 |type21=point|id21=Q7092534|title21=One Columbus Center|marker21=bank|marker-color21=#428056 |type22=point|id22=Q5150017|title22=Chase Tower|marker22=bank|marker-color22=#428056 |type23=point|coord23={{coord|39.959993|-83.000480}}|title23=National Exchange Bank building|marker23=bank|marker-color23=#428056 |type24=point|id24=Q7863296|title24=U.S. Post Office and Courthouse|marker24=building|marker-color24=#545454 |type25=point|coord25={{coord|39.96274|-82.99878}}|title25=64-66 E. Broad St.|marker25=building|marker-color25=#545454 }} | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Interactive map of Capitol Square | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = | coordinates = | pushpin_map_caption = | coor_pinpoint = | coor_type = | coordinates_footnotes = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Capitol Square''' is a public square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The square includes the Ohio Statehouse, its {{convert|10|acre|adj=on}} Capitol Grounds, as well as the buildings and features surrounding the square. The Capitol Grounds are surrounded to the north and west by Broad and High Streets. These are the main thoroughfares of the city since its founding. They form the city's 100 percent corner. The grounds are surrounded by 3rd Street to the east and State Street to the south. The oldest building on Capitol Square, the Ohio Statehouse, is the center of the state government and roughly in the geographic center of Capitol Square, Columbus and Ohio.<ref name="SAH">{{cite web|last=Darbee|first=Jeffrey T.|title=Ohio Statehouse, Senate Building, and Capitol Square|work=SAH Archipedia|date=23 July 2018|publisher=University of Virginia Press|url=https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/OH-01-049-0023|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>
==History== The {{convert|10|acre|adj=on}} statehouse grounds were donated by four prominent Franklinton landholders to form the new state capitol.<ref name="statehouse attb">{{cite web|title=Statehouse|work=Ohio Statehouse|publisher=Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board|url=http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/about/capitol-square/statehouse|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref> As the city's downtown began to empty in the mid-20th century, several buildings around the square were demolished. A construction boom in downtown during the 1970s and 80s led to nearly all spaces being occupied again. Plans are to have the last empty space on 3rd Street developed by 2020. <ref>{{cite web|author-first1=Jim |author-last1=Weiker |url=https://www.dispatch.com/business/20191020/capitol-square-changes-seen-in-last-empty-parcels-development |title=Capitol Square changes seen in last empty parcel's development - Business - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH |publisher=Dispatch.com |date=2019-10-20 |access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>
==Attributes== ===Buildings and structures=== * '''Center:''' Ohio Statehouse, Capitol Atrium, and Senate Building
{{col-begin|width=50%}} {{col-break|width=50%}} ;High Street * Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts * Huntington Center * Huntington National Bank Building
;Broad Street * Broad & High building * 8 on the Square * New Hayden Building * Hayden Building * Rhodes State Office Tower * 60 E. Broad St. (former COTA office)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20100624/NEWS/306249643 |title=COTA moves its offices to heart of Downtown - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH |publisher=Dispatch.com |date=2010-06-24 |access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> * 62 E. Broad St. (home to the Columbus Dispatch)<ref>{{cite web |last=Knox|first=Tom|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/01/05/smaller-sign-to-adorn-dispatchs-new-home.html |title=Smaller sign to adorn dispatches new home |date=5 January 2016 |website=Columbus Business First|access-date=2020-09-24}}</ref> * 64-66 E. Broad St. * Key Bank Building {{col-break|width=50%}} ;Third Street * Trinity Episcopal Church * PNC Bank Building * Columbus Dispatch Building * Central Ohio Federal Savings and Loan building
;State Street * Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square * Capitol Square skyscraper * Ohio Theatre * Fifth Third Center {{col-end}} ;Street corners * Northwest: One Columbus Center * Northeast: Chase Tower * Southwest: National Exchange Bank building * Southeast: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Buildings formerly on Capitol Square include the Neil House hotel (three buildings which existed on the square), the Columbus Board of Trade Building, the Hartman Building and Theater, the former Columbus City Hall, former locations of the First Congregational Church and First Presbyterian Church, an early Huntington Bank, the Deshler Hotel, a prior location of the Downtown YMCA, and 5 and 7 South High Street, commercial buildings constructed {{circa|1840}}.<ref name="Wright">{{cite news|title=Reconstructing Downtown - Planners Hope To Revive Thriving Mixture of 1900|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|url=https://infoweb-newsbank-com.webproxy3.columbuslibrary.org/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=favorite%3ACOLUMBUS%21Columbus%2520Dispatch%2520Historical%2520and%2520Current&sort=YMD_date%3AA&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22rhodes%20tower%22%20steel%20frame&docref=news/10DD4084070E5DB0|date=December 19, 1999|access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref><ref name="AIA">{{cite AIA Columbus 2}}</ref>{{rp|80}}
===Public art=== {{Ohio Statehouse map|zoom=17}} * ''Governor James A. Rhodes'' (1982) * ''The Doughboy'' (1930) * ''Intersect'' (1992) * ''The Newsboy'' (2018) * Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial (2014) * Ohio Veterans Plaza * Statue of Christopher Columbus ({{circa|1890}}–1892) * ''The Spirit of '98'' (1928) * ''These Are My Jewels'' (1893) * ''William McKinley Monument'' (1907) * ''former:'' Dr. Samuel Mitchel Smith and Sons Memorial Fountain (1880)
===Tourism=== As the center of downtown Columbus, the square gets a high number of residents and visitors. Programs for tourists include the Columbus Art Walk's Capitol Square tour, taking visitors around historical and architectural sites, sculptures and other landmarks. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/programs/Healthy-Places/Art-Walks/Capitol-Square-Art-Walk/ |title=Capitol Square |publisher=Columbus.gov |access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>
===Events=== ====Protests==== Capitol Square has been the location of many protests held in the city.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8eDadki1VAC&pg=PA3|title=The AIA Guide to Columbus|first1=Jeffrey T.|last1=Darbee|first2=Nancy A.|last2=Recchie|date=September 24, 2008|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=9780821416846|via=Google Books}}</ref> Recent protests included the Ohio's stay-at-home order in the COVID-19 pandemic and the handling of the murder of George Floyd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200528/police-deploy-pepper-spray-as-protests-over-death-of-george-floyd-spread-to-columbus|title=Police deploy pepper spray as protests over death of George Floyd spread to Columbus|first=Jim|last=Woods|website=The Columbus Dispatch}}</ref> Riots and protests over George Floyd took place in the city, centered on the square from May 28 into July, with early violent protests leading to damaged storefronts across downtown Columbus, with graffiti, trash and looting around much of downtown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200530/columbus-downtown-business-owners-clean-up-after-protests|title=Columbus downtown business owners clean up after protests|first=Marc|last=Kovac|website=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728201517/https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200530/columbus-downtown-business-owners-clean-up-after-protests|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed> File:1872 Birds Eye View of Columbus Ohio by Bailey LC (cropped).jpg|1872 bird's eye view facing northeast File:Ohio Statehouse Grounds from Broad Street and High Street.jpg|The square facing southeast in 1893 File:Ohio - Columbus - NARA - 68147024 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|Capitol Square facing northwest, 1936 </gallery>
==See also== * Columbus Civic Center * ''Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ccat-inline}}
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