{{Short description|Building on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.}} {{Infobox building | name = Watts Hall | image = Watts Hall jeh.jpg | caption = The south entrance to Watts Hall | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = $787,374.19<ref name="Herrick">{{Cite web|last=Herrick|first=John|date=1986-08-26|title=Watts Hall|url=http://herrick.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/update/pdf.asp?building=271|url-status=live|archive-url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/24504/Herrick_Watts_Hall.pdf|archive-date=2009-01-05|access-date=2021-04-16}}</ref> | location = | coordinates = {{coord|40|00|12.5|N|83|00|40.5|W}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = October 19, 1954 <ref name="Herrick" /> | completion_date = October 15, 1955 <ref name="Herrick" /> | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = September 2022 | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = 4 floors | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = }}'''Watts Hall''' was a building on the Ohio State University campus, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=107 |title=Watts Hall - Campus Map - The Ohio State University |website=Osu.edu |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129030646/https://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=107 |url-status=live }}</ref> The building was named after Arthur S. Watts,<ref name="Herrick" /> a former head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering, and former president of the American Ceramic Society.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1949-05-09|title=Hall and Insley Receive Purdy Awards|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v027n019.p1366|journal=Chemical & Engineering News Archive|language=en|volume=27|issue=19|pages=1366|doi=10.1021/cen-v027n019.p1366|issn=0009-2347|access-date=2021-04-17|archive-date=2021-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418151301/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v027n019.p1366|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It housed the OSU Department of Materials Science and Engineering<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mse.osu.edu/ |title=Materials Science and Engineering |website=Mse.osu.edu |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129030728/https://mse.osu.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> before being demolished in 2022 to make way for the second phase of the BMEC project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-11 |title=A $15 million donation from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation helps fund new Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex |url=https://www.thelantern.com/2022/10/a-15-million-donation-from-the-austin-e-knowlton-foundation-helps-fund-new-biomedical-and-materials-engineering-complex/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=The Lantern |language=en-US}}</ref>
==History==
Watts Hall was originally constructed in 1954 to house the Chemical Abstract Service of the American Chemical Society. In 1965, the CAS moved off of Ohio State's campus to a building on Dodridge Street. After the building was vacated, it was repurposed for the Department of Ceramic Engineering.<ref name="Herrick" />
In November 2016, the courtyard adjacent to Watts Hall was the scene of a car ramming and stabbing attack that injured 10 people. Immediately after the attack, the perpetrator was fatally shot by an OSU police officer.<ref name="Dispatch">{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/11/28/active-shooter.html|title=Ohio State attack: Nine transported to hospitals, one suspect killed|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=November 28, 2016|access-date=November 28, 2016|archive-date=November 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128235741/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/11/28/active-shooter.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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