# Watts Hall

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{{Short description|Building on the Ohio State University campus in  Columbus, Ohio, U.S.}}
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| name = Watts Hall
| image = Watts Hall jeh.jpg
| caption = The south entrance to Watts Hall
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| 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>
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| coordinates = {{coord|40|00|12.5|N|83|00|40.5|W}}
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| construction_start_date = October 19, 1954 <ref name="Herrick" />
| completion_date = October 15, 1955 <ref name="Herrick" />
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| demolished_date = September 2022
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| floor_count = 4 floors
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}}'''Watts Hall''' was a building on the [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University) campus, in [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Materials_Science) and [Engineering](/source/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](/source/Chemical_Abstracts_Service) of the [American Chemical Society](/source/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](/source/2016_Ohio_State_University_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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