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92-449: The home has been owned by Cleveland State University since 1967. It was renovated by the school in 2006–2007. It is one of the last surviving mansions on Euclid. One by one these grand houses of the well-to-do were demolished to make way for new construction, but the Mather remained. The ceilings are 16 feet high inside the massive dwelling's ballroom. The property included sunken gardens. It

184-404: A $ 2.7 million rehab. The house was the last grand house built on Euclid and was to be the family home of the large Mather clan which included four children, Samuel Livingston (b. 1882) named after his father, Amasa Stone (b. 1884) named for his grandfather on his mother's side, Constance (b. 1889) and Philip Richard (b. 1894). It is noteworthy to realize that his wife, Flora Stone Mather, never saw

276-695: A 2- or 3-hour drive of Columbus. The Columbus riverfront hosts a few notable bridges which have been built since 2000. The 700 ft (210 m) Main Street Bridge opened on July 30, 2010, and is the first bridge of its kind in North America. The bridge is located directly south of COSI on the Scioto river, featuring three lanes of traffic (one westbound and two eastbound) and another separated lane for pedestrians and bikes. The Rich Street Bridge opened in July 2012 and

368-586: A Fortune 500 Company that provides financial services to the financial sector, has moved its headquarters to Columbus. In addition to Nationwide, other insurance-based companies in Central Ohio include Encova, Grange Insurance, Safe Auto Insurance , and Root Insurance. The manufacturing sector includes Honda , which operates their largest North American manufacturing complex in the Marysville area. Also in Marysville

460-483: A Latino Festival, Jazz & Rib Festival, International Festival, Asian Festival, and a citywide Fourth of July celebration (Red, White & Boom). Located southeast of Columbus, Lancaster is host to the annual Lancaster Festival, a 10-day celebration of music and the art. The Festival has its own orchestra and draws visitors from all over the region. Nearby Circleville is home to the annual Circleville Pumpkin Show. This

552-653: A Secretary to the Board, two faculty representatives, and two student representatives. The board members, along with the University President, are charged with fulfilling the goals set forth in the University Mission Statement as well as acting as the governing body in all policy matters of the university requiring attention. In January 2006 the Board of Trustees amended their bylaws so they could restructure board committees as well as include Community members on

644-471: A chapter affiliated with the campus. When the school was still known as Fenn College, the sports teams ' nickname was the Foxes . When the university was renamed Cleveland State, the nickname changed as well, and CSU's sports teams became the "Vikings". That nickname stands to this day. The school colors are university green and fresh green. For many years the school mascot was the comic strip character Hägar

736-523: A commuter college that targeted area residents. This new institution became known as Cleveland State University. Industrialist James J. Nance served as Chair of the first Board of Trustees. Over the next several decades, Cleveland State University quickly grew in size, and claimed over 15,000 students in 1997. However, only six hundred students resided in University housing. In the mid 2000s, President Michael Schwartz ended open admissions and implemented

828-561: A dedicated bike and pedestrian lane separated from traffic, as does the Rich Street Bridge. The city has its own public bicycle system . CoGo Bike Share has a network of about 600 bicycles and 80 docking stations. PBSC Urban Solutions , a company based in Canada , supplies technology and equipment. Numerous K–12 school districts are found in the area. There are wide differences in setup, with some districts being mostly rural and having

920-645: A dedicated following, such as OSU baseball, women's basketball, and men's hockey, but football and basketball remain the longtime stalwarts of the Central Ohio sports mindset. Since 1976, Dublin has been the site of the PGA Tour 's Memorial Tournament at the Muirfield Village golf course, designed by Jack Nicklaus . In 1987, the course hosted the Ryder Cup ; in 1998 it hosted the Solheim Cup ; and in 2013, it hosted

1012-530: A football team became an official item on the student government election ballot. Although over two-thirds of the voters favored establishment of a football team over half of them were not willing to pay a fee for Division I non-scholarship football in addition to any potential future tuition increases that may be instituted by the university. 41°30′06″N 81°40′30″W  /  41.5017°N 81.6751°W  / 41.5017; -81.6751 Central Ohio The Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area

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1104-458: A home to NetJets , the world's largest fractional ownership air carrier. According to a 2005 market survey, Port Columbus International Airport attracts about 50% of its passengers from outside its 60-mile (97 km) radius primary service region. Port Columbus is currently the 50th-busiest airport in the United States by total passenger boardings. The second major airport in the metro area

1196-455: A large area. The area served by numbered avenues runs from about Marble Cliff to South Linden to the Airport, and the area served by numbered Streets covers Downtown and nearby neighborhoods to the east and south, with only a few exceptions. There are quite few intersections between numbered Streets and Avenues. Furthermore, named streets and avenues can have any orientation. For example, while all of

1288-694: A large collection of TVs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The Bruce Lee Legends of Martial Art Hall of Fame Museum is located in Reynoldsburg . Pickerington is the site of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. Also in the area is the Mid-Ohio Historical Museum, located in Canal Winchester . Collections found here include thousands of antique and modern children's toys, a train display, and a miniature circus. Historical memorabilia can be found at

1380-489: A local radio program focused on urban cycling, have contributed to cycling as transportation. Columbus also hosts urban cycling "off-shots" with messenger-style "alleycat" races as well as unorganized group rides, a monthly Critical Mass ride, bicycle polo , art showings, movie nights, and a variety of bicycle-friendly businesses and events throughout the year. All this activity occurs despite Columbus's frequently inclement weather. The new Main Street Bridge features

1472-506: A local rail or intercity rail connection (Phoenix opened a light-rail system in 2008, but still lacks an Amtrak connection), however studies are underway towards reintroducing passenger rail service to Columbus via the Ohio Hub project. Plans are in the works to open a high-speed rail service connecting Columbus with Cincinnati and to the proposed hub in Cleveland which offers rail service to

1564-585: A new physics department onto the campus and starting to build a better physics department. In 2018, CSU established the CSU School of Film and Media Arts, having used a $ 7.5 million appropriation from the State of Ohio to renovate an entire floor of the IdeaStream Center at Playhouse Square. It is the first standalone film school in the State of Ohio. The Cleveland State University Board consists of nine trustees,

1656-544: A researcher at Cleveland State University whose "home institution was essentially providing a soapbox for racist pseudoscience.[...] Despite nearly a dozen publications over more than a decade arguing for the intellectual inferiority of Black people," the professor was judged to have meritorious research and was promoted and given tenure. In 2022 he was fired following an investigation by the National Institutes of Health that found that he had violated regulations concerning

1748-1101: A small enrollment, while others are urban and have large enrollments. Dozens of institutions of higher education can be found in the area, the largest of which is Ohio State University in Columbus . Three of the prestigious Five Colleges of Ohio are located in the metro. They include Ohio Wesleyan University , located in Delaware, Denison University , in Granville (near Newark ) and Kenyon College in Gambier . Other schools include Otterbein University in Westerville , OSU Newark (a branch campus of Ohio State University ), Central Ohio Technical College (also in Newark), OU Lancaster (a branch campus of Ohio University ), Capital University in Bexley , Franklin University , Columbus State Community College ,

1840-582: A start up founded by two locals gave Central Ohio its own social networking website, Cbusr.com. Cbusr attracts more than 35,000 active monthly users ranging from entrepreneurs and creative professionals to musicians who meet online and connect offline at events. The metro area's street plan originates downtown and extends into the old-growth neighborhoods, following a grid pattern with the intersection of High Street (running north–south) and Broad Street (running east–west) at its center. North–south streets run 12 degrees west of due north, parallel to High Street;

1932-581: A stop along Amtrak 's National Limited train service until 1977. The station itself was razed in 1979, and the Greater Columbus Convention Center now stands in its place. The station was also a stop along the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad . Columbus is now the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. without either

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2024-814: A thriving participant sports spectrum as well. There are approximately 300 golf courses within the Central Ohio area, which is one of the highest ratios of golf courses per capita for a major metropolitan area. There are many on-road and off-road bike trails in the area, with the area being part of the statewide-connected system known as the Ohio to Erie Trail . Skiing facilities exist at Mad River Mountain in Bellefontaine, Ohio , about 40 miles northwest of Dublin, and at Snow Trails near Mansfield, Ohio . Organized baseball and softball leagues are regularly played at Berliner Park in South Columbus, as well as at local fields throughout

2116-436: A vision to move from a U.S. News & World Report fourth tier university to a second tier university. On March 11, 2020, an email was sent to Cleveland State students regarding the changes made due to the coronavirus pandemic. Classes were all switched to remote learning. CSU's main campus in downtown Cleveland is bounded on the east and west by Interstate 90 and East 17th Street, respectively; and by Payne Avenue to

2208-679: A weekend of Irish food, music, and dance. Upper Arlington hosts its own arts festival annually on Labor Day, taking up a large portion of Northam Park. The Franklin County Fair is held annually in Hilliard. The Columbus Arts Festival is a huge arts festival held each summer that attracts well-known and talented artists from all around the country. The fair features hundreds of artists of all types, several stages with musical performances, art-related activities for children, and traditional fair food as well as food from area restaurants. Columbus also hosts

2300-939: Is Retail Ventures . Their operating stores include DSW , Filene's Basement , American Signature , Rooms Today and Value City . The department store holding company Federated Department Stores was once based in Columbus, and included the Lazarus department store chain, before being re-branded under the Macy's brand name in 2005. Central Ohio is home to three large fast food chains. Wendy's has its corporate headquarters in Dublin, while White Castle and Sbarro are located in Columbus. Smaller chains Charley's Grilled Subs , City Barbeque , and Steak Escape are Columbus-based as well. Cameron Mitchell Restaurants , Bob Evans Restaurants , Max & Erma's , Damon's Grill and Donatos Pizza are also based in

2392-569: Is Rickenbacker International Airport , located in southern Franklin County. It is a major cargo facility and is utilized by the Ohio Air National Guard . Allegiant Air offers nonstop service from Rickenbacker to various Florida destinations and seasonally to other cities such as Jacksonville, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, and Savannah GA. Ohio State University Don Scott Airport and Bolton Field are significant general-aviation facilities in

2484-403: Is Scotts Miracle-Gro Company , the makers of Miracle-Gro and various other soil and potting fertilizers. New Albany was selected by Intel for their newest semiconductor fabrication plant , which will open in 2025 and is expected to become "the largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet." Located in downtown Columbus is AEP , which is one of the largest electric utility companies in

2576-568: Is a metropolitan area in Central Ohio surrounding the state capital of Columbus . As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau , it includes the counties of Delaware , Fairfield , Franklin , Hocking , Licking , Madison , Morrow , Perry , Pickaway , and Union . At the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 2,138,926, making it 32nd-most populous in the United States and the second largest in Ohio, behind

2668-514: Is a major traffic congestion point within Columbus, especially during rush hour . U.S. Route 40 , originally known as the National Road , runs east–west through Columbus, comprising Main Street to the east of downtown and Broad Street to the west. U.S. Route 23 runs roughly north–south, while U.S. Route 33 runs northwest-to-southeast. The Interstate 270 Outerbelt encircles the vast majority of

2760-590: Is adjacent to the Main Street Bridge connecting Rich Street on the east side of the river with Town Street on the west. The Lane Avenue Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that opened on November 14, 2003, in the University District and spans the Olentangy river with three lanes of traffic each way. The metro area's primary airport, John Glenn Columbus International Airport , is located on the east side of

2852-443: Is clothing company L Brands . Retail brands within the L Brands corporate umbrella include Victoria's Secret , Pink (Victoria's Secret) , Bath & Body Works , La Senza , and Henri Bendel . Companies that have been spun off from L Brands that are still headquartered in Central Ohio include Abercrombie & Fitch , Lane Bryant , and Tween Brands , formerly Limited Too . Another apparel and furniture company located in Columbus

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2944-462: Is interesting considering that youngest Mather (Philip) would have been over 15 by the time the family settled into the brand new abode. Cleveland State University Cleveland State University ( CSU ) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio , United States. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. CSU absorbed

3036-445: Is known as Ohio's largest festival for drawing in an average 100,000 people per day to the community of less than 15,000 residents. Marion annually hosts its Popcorn Festival in early September, said to be the largest of its kind in the world. Columbus is home to teams in two of the five major league professional sports teams (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS). The NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets call downtown's Nationwide Arena home, and

3128-675: Is now in the Cleveland State University archives. The university worked with private developers and the City of Cleveland to develop housing, retail, and "collegetown" amenities around Fenn Tower, particularly along the main thoroughfare of Euclid Avenue . In 2010, Euclid Avenue was upgraded as part of the Euclid Corridor Project which brought bus rapid transit to the university and connected Public Square in downtown Cleveland to University Circle , approximately four miles to

3220-591: Is part of the much larger Euclid Avenue Historic District which encompasses over twenty properties, that was one of the first bulk entries of numerous historical properties in the city in the 1970s. In 2014, the house served as the university's English as a second language department. The mansion is said to be haunted. In the late 1870s to the early 1910s, Cleveland's Euclid Avenue began to be dotted with several mansions that sprang up as Cleveland started to attract wealthy industrialist with its major businesses of coal, steel, iron, shipping, and oil. John D. Rockefeller ,

3312-423: Is the angle the house sits on. It points the eye back toward an invisible vanishing point that echoes its fine curves. Far from ostentatious in decoration, it is more akin to a library or hotel. The house cannot simply be approached from the street, it must be accessed by a plot of land that is controlled by the university and once had a long inclined driveway leading up from lower-leveled Euclid (please see photo). If

3404-460: Is two blocks west of High Street, and Third Street, which is a block east of High Street, then progress eastward from there. Even-numbered addresses are on the north and east sides of streets, putting odd addresses on the south and west sides of streets. A difference of 700 house numbers means a distance of about 1 mi (1.6 km) (along the same street). For example, 351 W 5th Avenue is approximately 0.5 mi (800 m) west of High Street on

3496-602: The Cincinnati metropolitan area . The metro area, also known as Central Ohio or Greater Columbus, is one of the largest and fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the Midwestern United States . The larger combined statistical area (the Columbus–Marion–Zanesville combined statistical area) adds the counties of Athens , Fayette , Guernsey , Knox , Logan , Marion , Muskingum , and Ross . It includes

3588-648: The Cleveland-Marshall School of Law in 1969. Today it is part of the University System of Ohio , has more than 120,000 alumni, and offers over 200 academic programs amongst eight colleges. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Public education in Cleveland was first started in 1870, when Cleveland YMCA began to offer free classes. By 1921, the program had grown enough to become separate from YMCA , being renamed Cleveland YMCA School of Technology. Two years later,

3680-561: The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks operate 14 large parks mostly focused on preserving and protecting the natural environment. There are many State Parks with unique natural features, including Blackhand Gorge, Clifton Gorge, Alum Creek , Hocking Hills State Park , and Rockbridge State Nature Preserve . The Hocking Hills region also includes parts of the Wayne National Forest , which makes for good Leaf peeping in

3772-786: The Dewey Decimal System ) is located across from Cardinal on the other side I-270. Microcenter , a retailer of computers and other electronic equipment, was started in Upper Arlington and is now based in Hilliard . A number of science-based companies also reside in Columbus, including Chemical Abstracts and the Battelle Memorial Institute R&;D company. CompuServe was an independent firm headquartered and operated within Columbus before being acquired by WorldCom and AOL . Sterling Commerce (acquired by IBM in 2010)

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3864-563: The Little Brown Jug , a world-famous harness racing event taking place in Delaware. Comfest (officially The Community Festival) is arguably the largest free, non-corporate urban music and arts festival in the United States featuring 6 stages of music over 3 days in downtown's Goodale Park and has occurred annually in late June since 1972. Each year, Dublin hosts the Dublin Irish Festival , which attracts tens of thousands of people for

3956-588: The Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Athens , Bellefontaine , Cambridge , Chillicothe , Marion , Mount Vernon , Washington Court House , and Zanesville , due to strong ties with Columbus. The population of the CSA was 2,544,048 at the 2020 census, 26th largest in the nation and ranking second in Ohio behind the Cleveland-Akron-Canton combined statistical area . The public sector dominates

4048-815: The Ohio Theatre , the Southern Theatre, and the Riffe Center which houses The Capitol Theatre as well as two studio theatres. Most area theaters including the Ohio, Palace, Southern, Riffe, Lincoln, Drexel, McCoy Center for the Arts, and Hinson Amphitheater are owned and operated or managed by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts , a nonprofit formed in 1969 to save the Ohio Theatre from demolition. Much of

4140-563: The Pontifical College Josephinum , the Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio Dominican University , Columbus College of Art & Design , and Mount Vernon Nazarene University . Numerous museums are located throughout the metropolis. COSI features exhibits, demonstrations, IMAX films, and activities. The Columbus Museum of Art houses a collection of art and hosts many interesting exhibits throughout

4232-663: The Presidents Cup . The LPGA 's Wendy's Championship for Children was held in Columbus from 1999 to 2006. Rahal Letterman Racing has a home in Hilliard and races in the Indy Racing League . Intersport Racing is located in Dublin and races in the American Le Mans Series . TruSports, owners of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , is found in Dublin as well. In addition to spectator sports, Columbus has

4324-451: The 2005 American Bar Association's -Student Division's first prize for the best law school newspaper in the country. There is no student television station at this time, though the university offers a film production and video production major with courses through its Digital Video Communication Center and a variety of related majors through the School of Film and Media Arts. CSU is a member of

4416-474: The Board. Community members serve as non-voting advisers and are appointed by the Board Chairman for a term approved by the Board. Fenn College Cleveland State University CSU offers many disciplines and research facilities, with 70 academic majors , 27 master's degree programs, two post-master's degrees, six doctoral degrees, and two law degrees . It also has research cooperation agreements with

4508-475: The Central Ohio employment landscape, with the State of Ohio , Ohio State University , and the United States Government accounting for an estimated 55,000 to 60,000 employees. When combined with Columbus City Schools , the City of Columbus , and Franklin County , the number swells to about 80,000 employees, making government jobs the area's largest employment sector. The financial sector provides

4600-477: The Cleveland municipality Bratenahl , which still has the 6th highest per capita income at over $ 80,000 in the state of Ohio. That reality has not changed much as the area was the playground for the very wealthy in the Mathers hey day as well. The survival of this homestead is a boon to Cleveland architectural historians and provides them a glimpse into early 20th century residential dwelling construction. The house, as

4692-459: The College of Graduate Studies. To make the campus more amenable to residence and increase the number of students living on campus thousands of housing units were built, anchored by a new dormitory, Fenn Tower , a reuse of the school's most historic building. Fenn Tower housed what was the world's longest Foucault pendulum , but the pendulum was removed during the residence hall renovation in 2006 and

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4784-600: The Columbus area. Columbus maintains a widespread municipal bus service called the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). Intercity bus service is provided from the Columbus Bus Station and other locations by Greyhound , Barons Bus Lines , Miller Transportation, GoBus , and other carriers. Currently, Columbus does not have any type of passenger rail service. Columbus used to have a major train station downtown called Union Station , most notably as

4876-460: The Division of Continuing Education extends academic services beyond the campus. Notable programs include the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs , which U.S. News & World Report 2019 ranking of graduate public affairs programs placed Levin College fourth in the Urban Policy specialty and 13th in the Local Government Management specialty, as well as the recently formed School of Communication, ranked 8th in research productivity and as

4968-490: The East Coast, including New York and Washington, DC. Cycling as transportation is steadily increasing in Columbus with its relatively flat terrain, intact urban neighborhoods, large student population, and off-road bike paths. The city has put forth the 2012 Bicentennial Bikeways Plan as well as a move toward a Complete Streets policy. Grassroots efforts such as Bike To Work Week, Consider Biking, Yay Bikes, Third Hand Bicycle Co-op, Franklinton Cycleworks, and Cranksters ,

5060-461: The East Region of the NCAA tournament , it upset heavily favored 3-seed Indiana and Saint Joseph's before a one-point loss to a Navy team led by future Hall of Famer David Robinson , an unprecedented achievement for such a low seed. The Vikes made yet another NCAA tournament appearance in 2009 , upsetting the highly favored 4 seed Wake Forest before falling to Arizona in the second round. The school fields two teams that compete outside

5152-409: The Horizon League; wrestling competes in the Mid-American Conference and men's lacrosse in the ASUN Conference . On October 14, 2008, CSU President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the football team before July 1, 2009, when he was scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself." The establishment of

5244-442: The Horrible along with his wife Helga, and the couple appeared at sporting events as well as on University literature. A new mascot, "Vike" was introduced in 1997 and Hagar was phased out by 1998. Another new mascot named "Magnus" was introduced in August 2007. Cleveland State fields varsity teams in 17 sports, with most teams competing in the Horizon League . The men's basketball team was noteworthy in 1986 when seeded 14th in

5336-436: The MLS' Columbus Crew play in Lower.com Field in downtown Columbus. The Columbus area hosts several minor league teams and semi-professional teams. The Columbus Clippers , which are the Cleveland Guardians Triple-A minor league baseball team, play at Huntington Park , which opened in early 2009. Two semi-professional football teams compete locally: the Columbus Comets of the Women's Professional Football League and

5428-673: The Motts Military Museum, located in Groveport . Columbus is the home of many renowned performing arts institutions, including Opera Columbus, BalletMet, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra , the Contemporary American Theatre Company (CATCo), Shadowbox Cabaret and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Throughout the summer, the Actors' Theatre offers free performances of Shakespearean plays in an open-air amphitheatre located in German Village . There are numerous large concert venues in Columbus, including arenas such as Nationwide Arena , Value City Arena , and Mapfre Stadium . Kemba Live (formerly known as Express Live; The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion; and

5520-409: The Ohio Ghost Hunters (OGH) examined the home in 2016, following the renovation of the historic property presumably because someone "saw something". The current director of the OGH group, Peggy, led several people on guided tours of the 45-room manor to hunt for spirits and casually asked if any ghosts of the Mather family were present in various rooms, later claiming that she heard a child laughing which

5612-404: The Ohio Swarm of the Mid Continental Football League. Both teams play in Dublin at Coffman High School. Columbus is also the home of Columbus Eagles FC , a women's soccer team who play in Bernlohr Stadium at Capital University . The Ohio State Buckeyes dominate the sports landscape, with TV's tuned into Buckeye football and men's basketball games during their seasons. Other OSU sports also have

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5704-502: The OneCommunity (formerly OneCleveland) computer network , an initiative of Case Western Reserve University that connects nonprofit institutions throughout Northeast Ohio, allowing large scale collaborations over a high-speed fiber optic network. Cleveland State University is home to 4 NIC fraternities, Delta Sigma Phi , Sigma Phi Epsilon , Sigma Tau Gamma , and Tau Kappa Epsilon . There are 3 NPC sororities, Delta Zeta , Phi Mu , and Theta Phi Alpha and all 9 NPHC organizations have

5796-426: The PromoWest Pavilion), and the Newport Music Hall , round out the city's music performance spaces. In 2006, funding was allocated to renovate and reopen the Lincoln Theatre , which was formerly a center for Black culture in Columbus. Not far from the Lincoln Theatre is the King Arts Complex, which hosts various cultural events. The city also has a number of theatres downtown, including the historic Palace Theatre ,

5888-447: The US. Mettler Toledo , a manufacturer of precision scales and scientific equipment, is based in the area known as Polaris. Worthington Industries , a large steel-processing company, is primarily located on the north side of Columbus near Worthington. The Ashland Inc. company has a large office space within Dublin . Homebuilders M/I Homes and Dominion Homes are located in Columbus. Anheuser-Busch operates one of their 12 breweries on

5980-400: The area. The Columbus Marathon and Race for the Cure 5K events are held annually in downtown Columbus as well. The Columbus area is also home to the high school rugby state championships, which features both a boys and girls competition. The 2012 championships drew over 1,500 spectators, and the 2013 championships were broadcast on Time Warner Cable. In addition to numerous city parks,

6072-439: The avenues (vis. Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and so on.) run east–west. The address system begins its numbering at the intersection of Broad and High, with numbers increasing in magnitude with distance from Broad or High. Numbered Avenues begin with First Avenue, about 0.25 mi (0.40 km) north of Broad Street, and increase in number as one progresses northward. Numbered streets begin with Second Street, which

6164-498: The city of Columbus, with several smaller airports in the region as well. John Glenn Columbus International provides service to Toronto , Canada and Cancun, Mexico (on a seasonal basis), as well as to most domestic destinations, including all the major hubs. Northern California is serviced by flights to and from San Francisco and Oakland , and Southern California flights go to and from Los Angeles International Airport . John Glenn Columbus International Airport continues to be

6256-413: The city, while the newly redesigned Innerbelt consists of the Interstate 670 spur on the north side (which continues to the east past the airport and to the west where it merges with I-70), State Route 315 on the west side, the I-70/71 split on the south side, and I-71 on the east. Due to its central location within Ohio and abundance of outbound roadways, nearly all of the state's destinations are within

6348-469: The city. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a corporate office with over 250 employees in the city's arena district. In the health care sector is Cardinal Health , which is the highest-ranked Ohio-based company on the Fortune 500 list, and has its headquarters along I-270 in Dublin. Also in the health services sector is OhioHealth , which is a leading HMO . Central Ohio has a well-established tech sector as well. The Online Computer Library Center (owner of

6440-418: The completed manor as she died of breast cancer before the family could move in and so her daughter Constance became the lady of the house, as was the custom at the time, she even invited the Cleveland Orchestra to perform at parties several times while living there. This happenstance may be a factor in why many say the house is haunted until this day. The Mathers also owned a summer residence named Shoreby in

6532-440: The east. Cleveland State University's $ 65 million construction project, intended to transform the campus from a mostly commuter school into a residential campus, included the new Student Center and Julka Hull, which houses the College of Education and School of Nursing. Both projects were finished in 2010. In 2011, the new Euclid Commons dorms complex, which features apartment-style living for CSU students, opened. That same year,

6624-523: The fall semester of 2012, the first phase of the private Langston apartment and retail complex opened along Chester Avenue across from Rhodes Tower. In the spring semester of 2013, the former Viking Hall dormitory was torn down to make way for the university's new Center for Health Professions. This was opened in the fall of 2015. The university is partnering with Northeast Ohio Medical University or NEOMED to train future health care professionals to specifically work in urban settings. They are working on adding

6716-728: The growth in entertainment capacity in Columbus has been recent. The construction of the Crew Stadium, Nationwide Arena, Value City Arena, the Greater Columbus Convention Center, and the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion are all projects completed since 1990. Events taking place within the Greater Columbus area include the Ohio State Fair , one of the largest state fairs in the United States, as well as

6808-451: The handling of medical data. The campus' student-run radio station, 89.3 WCSB , has a 630- Watt transmitter on top of Rhodes Tower (formerly called University Tower). Additionally, Cleveland State is served in print by The Cauldron, an independent student newspaper, The Cleveland Stater, a laboratory newspaper in the School of Communication, The Vindicator, Cleveland State University's art and culture magazine, and The Gavel which won

6900-478: The house were still standing within its original landscape environs it would be far more impressive, as modernity has crept up all around the house, it has shrunk in stature and looks anachronistic. The mansion was most likely not a terribly happy place for Mather and his young family as his wife's death left a hole, and this may be why some have said the house seems spiritually unsettled. A group of paranormal investigators based in central Ohio started in 1984 called

6992-586: The most famous alumni of the College of Law was Tim Russert , host of television program Meet the Press , who graduated in 1976. It was formerly known as the Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, until the school dropped Marshall's name from the school in 2022. Cleveland State maintains a variety of research links within Ohio, especially the Cleveland community. These research collaborations include: In 2022 The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on

7084-561: The nearby NASA Glenn Research Center . In 1965, when The Cleveland State University was formed, it consisted of the Fenn College of Engineering (now the Washkewicz College of Engineering), the colleges of business administration, arts and sciences, and education. In 2022, the university reorganized around eight colleges as part of its CSU 2.0 initiative: The Division of University Studies focuses on academic support services, and

7176-583: The north and Carnegie Avenue on the south. It also has a satellite campus in Westlake, Ohio which is in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area in Cuyahoga County . As of spring 2013, the combined student body (undergraduate and graduate students) totaled over 17,000. In 2006, Cleveland State University completed its state-of-the-art student Recreation Center, and a renovation of Parker Hannifan Hall for

7268-482: The north side of Columbus. Hexion Specialty Chemicals (formerly part of Borden ) is located in downtown Columbus. The Abbott Nutrition Division of Abbott Laboratories , makers of Ensure nutritional drink and Similac infant formula, is also headquartered in Columbus. T. Marzetti Company , the largest food manufacturer headquartered in Central Ohio, is headquartered in Westerville , and Wyandot Snacks operates out of Marion, Ohio . The retail sector's biggest employer

7360-608: The numbered avenues run east–west, perpendicular to High Street, many named, non-numbered avenues run north–south, parallel to High. The same is true of many named streets: while the numbered streets in the city run north–south, perpendicular to Broad Street, many named, non-numbered streets run east–west, perpendicular to High Street. Columbus is bisected by two major Interstate Highways , Interstate 70 running east–west, and Interstate 71 running north to roughly southwest. The two Interstates combine downtown for about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) in an area locally known as "The Split", which

7452-445: The property. The house seems out of place in today's modern world but this is probably because almost all of its peers are gone. When looked at from a historical standpoint, the house would not look so out of character with its many neighbors had they survived destruction and razing. It is too easy to say that it is a relic when placed alongside the sleek, modern Cleveland State buildings. Further adding to this sense of awe and nostalgia

7544-418: The school offered courses towards a bachelor's degree for the first time. This is now regarded as Fenn College's founding date, although the college would not be formally renamed until 1929. Fenn College took over several buildings in the area including Fenn Tower , Stilwell Hall, and Foster Hall. In 1964, the State of Ohio purchased the entirety of Fenn College's campus in downtown Cleveland and established

7636-430: The second largest employment sector in Central Ohio. JPMorgan Chase is the area's largest financial sector employer, with Columbus-based insurance company Nationwide Insurance a close second. Also headquartered in Columbus is Huntington Bank , with significant presence by banks such as KeyBank , Fifth Third , PNC Financial Services , Park National Corporation , and Commerce National Bank . Recently, Alliance Data ,

7728-468: The south side of Fifth Avenue. Buildings along north–south streets are numbered in a similar manner: the building number indicates the approximate distance from Broad Street, the prefixes 'N' and 'S' indicate whether that distance is to measured to the north or south of Broad Street, and the street number itself indicates how far the street is from the center of the city at the intersection of Broad and High. This street numbering system does not hold true over

7820-434: The top terminal MA-granting program in the United States overall. The Monte Ahuja College of Business is also highly regarded and is ranked in the top ten nationwide in performance of its Certified Public Accountant graduate students. Additionally, CSU is the first university in Ohio to offer a master's degree in software engineering. The College of Law traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897. One of

7912-498: The undisputed king of Standard Oil and richest man in history it is alleged, Amasa Stone the Cleveland railroad baron father of Mather's wife, Charles F. Brush the inventor, George Worthington , Marcus A. Hanna , John Hay , Jeptha Wade , Charles E. J. Lang , and Mather all had homes built here by 1911. Euclid Avenue was once known as the "Most beautiful street in the world". The concentration of wealth within this narrow strip of land has never been replicated again. Schweinfurth

8004-607: The university's Dramatic Arts Program moved into the renovated Middough Building and Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square Center in collaboration with the Cleveland Play House . In 2012, CSU opened the Galleries At CSU on Euclid Avenue. Also in 2012, Cleveland State University partnered with the South China University of Technology allowing students to complete their education and receive joint degrees. During

8096-594: The year. Perkins Observatory is located just south of Delaware. The observatory hosts public programs, and serves as the home for the Columbus Astronomical Society. The Ohio Railway Museum , located in Worthington, features a large collection of both static and operational railway equipment. In Hilliard, a unique museum exists in the form of the Early Television Museum . This attraction features

8188-411: Was headquartered near Dublin, adjacent to a large Qwest (now CenturyLink ) facility. Also in Dublin is the regional office of Quest Software (formerly a part of Dell ). Columbus also has a booming start-up culture. There are several business incubators and multiple resources available to help Central Ohio's small business community thrive. There is also a yearly Startup Weekend workshop. In 2011,

8280-768: Was on something of a building spurt and designed more than fifteen homes for the Cleveland aristocracy, most of these homes are gone. A few still survive including Mather's, Case's near Case Western Reserve University in the University neighborhood, the Stager Beckwith near the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, and the Parker-Hannifin House on the Cleveland State Campus which serves as the School of Graduate Studies at CSU. The 15, 121 sq. ft. house

8372-400: Was the fashion of many historic homes at the time, sits well back (more than ten yards) from the street grid and resembles a southern plantation or an English Manor House or Great House more than a city house. Many of these homes therefore sported huge front lawns that needed to be meticulously manicured by staff or groundskeepers, their duties would include tending the many lavish gardens around

8464-541: Was turned over to Cleveland State in 1967 after having passed through multiple hands following Mather's death in 1931 including the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Automobile Club. For decades the historic relic was furnished to serve as offices and official functions of the university until it was all but abandoned in the early 2010s. It was reopened to the general public in late 2015 after

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