Columbus in Bartholomew County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Columbus City Hall

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

1. Columbus City Hall Marker

Inscription. This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 39° 12.206′ N, 85° 55.199′ W. Marker is in Columbus, Indiana, in Bartholomew County. It is at the intersection of 5th Street and Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 445 5th St, Columbus IN 47201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bartholomew County Civil War Memorial (here,

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next to this marker); First Christian Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Our Pioneer Heritage / Bartholomew County Historical Society / McEwen-Samuels-Marr House (about 700 feet away); Cerealine Manufacturing Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bartholomew County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans of All Wars (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bartholomew County Revolutionary War Honor Roll (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bartholomew County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.

Regarding Columbus City Hall. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:

The Columbus City Hall is significant both in its architectural design and in its architect, Charles F. Sparrell.

In style, the City Hall combines elements of two Victorian Romanesque revivals. The expanses of smooth wall and the shallow window reveals are typical of the earlier Romanesque Revival of 1840-1880. The rock-faced coursing of the basement, corner buttresses, and particularly the treatment of the central arched entry derive from the Richardson Romanesque mode. …

Charles F. Sparrell was Columbus’
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

2. Columbus City Hall Marker
Featured marker is the higher one on the left side of the arch.
only practicing architect in the nineteenth century. Sparrell's commissions in the 1890s were numerous, and included large school buildings, commercial structures and residences, but the City Hall is his best-known work.

Also see . . . Columbus City Hall (PDF). National Register nomination for the building, which was listed in 1979. (Prepared by Cheryl L. Griffith, Craig Leonard and Cynthia Lynch; via National Archives) (Submitted on July 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Historic Columbus City Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

3. Historic Columbus City Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 271 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.