My parents sell antique and collectible books and every now and then they find some nifty gems for me. Recently they found this book from 1912 called "Book of Ohio" - the binding was in deplorable shape but it had some great vintage images from different cities in Ohio. Enjoy.

 

Cleveland

The Arcade, view of Euclid Avenue entrance - before it was given an art-deco makeover:

 

The now demolished Central Armory - now site of the Federal Building on Lakeside:

 

The demolished Hickcox Building - site of National City Center:

 

The demolished Hollenden Hotel - site of Fifth Third Center:

 

Rockefeller's "city" home on Euclid (demolished):

 

Forest Hill, Rockefeller's "country" home (demolished) in East Cleveland:

 

The Schofield Building - now the Euclid and 9th Building (now covered in vinyl)

 

The Chamber of Commerce building (demolished), site of Key Tower:

 

The former City Hall (demolished) - now site of the Old Federal Building:

 

The Sherrif Street Market building (demolished) - I believe this is where Jacobs Field now sits:

 

View down Euclid Avenue:

 

View of Public Square:

 

Cincinnati

 

Chamber of Commerce:

 

Mabley-Carew:

 

Methodist Book Concern:

 

Odd Fellows Hall:

 

Pickering Building:

 

Post Office/Custom House:

 

St. Xaviers:

 

Union Central Life (PNC) tower:

 

Columbus

 

Board of Trade:

 

Hoster Building:

 

McCallister Building:

 

This is one funky building!

 

Union Station  :cry:

 

View from the State House:

 

Dayton

 

The Callahan Bank Building:

 

Panoramic view:

 

Toledo

 

The Toledo Blade Building:

 

The Nasby Building:

Awesome Pics.  Its a shame Cleveland lost some of its architectural gems.

Incredible, MayDay. My sister and her husband had there wedding reception in Central Armory. I had no idea it's gone. What a sad thing to read.

 

Is there a thread here on Euchlid's Millionaire's Row? What has been lost along there is unbelievable.

Incredible, MayDay. My sister and her husband had there wedding reception in Central Armory. I had no idea it's gone. What a sad thing to read.

 

Is there a thread here on Euchlid's Millionaire's Row? What has been lost along there is unbelievable.

 

that's cool, when were they married?

that's cool, when were they married?

 

You ask me too fast. lol Had to make a call to confirm it.

 

St Augustine's Church on W 14th. What a humble church.

that's cool, when were they married?

 

You ask me too fast. lol Had to make a call to confirm it.

 

St Augustine's Church on W 14th. What a humble church.

 

when..not where  lol

when..not where  lol

 

Doh. Why did I see that as where? I think it was the summer of 1997.

when..not where  lol

 

Doh. Why did I see that as where? I think it was the summer of 1997.

 

OK...then they couldn't have there reception at the Central Armory as it was already gone.  I thought you were confusing it with Gray's Armory on Bolivar, which is still there in all her glory.

^I was thinking the same thing.  Good investigative work MTS! 

 

Great pics MayDay...what kind of filter did you use to get that "old-timey" look on these magnificent structures?

OK...then they couldn't have there reception at the Central Armory as it was already gone.  I thought you were confusing it with Gray's Armory on Bolivar, which is still there in all her glory.

 

Ah. I reacted to the one large arched door way on the left. It reminded me of a family picture that was taken under it. Sorry for the confusion and your clearification, MyTwoSense. Nonetheless, it was a gorgeous building and so's Gray's Armory.

OK...then they couldn't have there reception at the Central Armory as it was already gone.  I thought you were confusing it with Gray's Armory on Bolivar, which is still there in all her glory.

 

Ah. I reacted to the one large arched door way on the left. It reminded me of a family picture that was taken under it. Sorry for the confusion and your clearification, MyTwoSense. Nonetheless, it was a gorgeous building and so's Gray's Armory.

 

No problem...for a minute there you had me thinking...Damn...they must be old as hell!

 

Then it dawned on me that you most likely meant, Gray's armory!

Terrific pictures. Isn't it amazing at how European our cities looked in the early part of the 20th century?!?! After the Great Depression and WWII, we seemed to forget how to design and build cities. So we demolished what we no longer understood.

 

BTW, the Central Armory was demolished in 1962, according to the book "Cleveland's Changing Skyline."

those odd fellows really know how to party

ha!  I read that as "Old Fellows" the first time.  "Odd Fellows" is even more hilarious!

those odd fellows really know how to party

 

Note that in the photo previous to the gigantic Odd Fellows' Hall, the nearer building appears to be the Odd Fellows' earlier digs. There's a stone engraved IOOF on the front, and above that, a date 1871.

 

Most of these photos look like they predate the publication of the book by a few years; only in a couple of drawings do any automobiles appear, and by 1912 there were quite a few "motor cars" on the streets of major cities.

According to this, Rockefeller's Forest Hill (The Homestead) was fate to fire in 1917:

 

http://www.fhho.org/history.htm

 

Probably then demolished.

Sad how many of these grand structures have one word in common...."demolished".  To be sure, not every old building can be or is worth saving, but we lose a lot more than bricks, stone and wood when these buildings are ripped down.  We lose history.  We lose the stories: even those small moments like someone's relatives getting married in that building, or a parent or grandparent who worked there, or maybe even built it.

 

 

Wow.  An excellent collection of some interesting buildings.  Thanks for sharing!

Union Station? They didnt tear that down did they??????

 

Probably, since I had never heard or seen of it until 12:53

very cool thread.  so sad in so many ways though

Union Station? They didnt tear that down did they??????

 

Part of it remains. ;)

This is all that remains of Union Station in Columbus:

 

Wow Ohio had some amazing buildings...

 

 

Does anyone know where they old Chamber sat?

Wasn't it where the PNC Tower is today?

This is all that remains of Union Station in Columbus:

 

 

Ugh... the mockary! They de-bodied it, then made it look like it was an ancient ruin... disgusting!

 

Then again... at least they saved part of it

This is all that remains of Union Station in Columbus:

 

 

Cool book, Mayday.  I'm a bit of a sucker for the vintage shots.

 

Wow, the preservation of the single Union Station arch in Columbus is so depressingly (and unintentionally?) poetic: so evocative of a ruined Roman triumphal arch...but in this case its a relic of an urban civilization that died out only 50 years ago.

Jinx.

i thought for certain that the arch was remnant of the demolished ohio state penetentary...obviously incorrect

Does anyone know where they old Chamber sat?

 

I wondered the same thing.

 

http://www.gccc.com/usaccc_b.aspx?id=186

Wasn't it where the PNC Tower is today?

 

Yep.  There are a pair of eagles on the little stone archway over the road in front of the Krohn Conservatory - they came from that building.  Probably all that's left.

 

What class and pride and dignity.  Thanks for this thread!

Wow great thread.

 

Anybody know about the designs around the statue/building?

 

^Read all about it http://www.soldiersandsailors.com/

Only one surviving building in that photo.  It looks like there's a single family home on Mall C.

^Read all about it http://www.soldiersandsailors.com/

Thank you MayDay.

Awesome.

Wow, great bump.  They were some gorgeous buildings.  Why were people so dumb in the 60's and the 70's?

It should be noted that those buildings were replaced by two of Ohio's four tallest and the group plan by Daniel Burnham. 

WOW Great thread!  I'm glad this was bumped!

 

We had some great buildings across Ohio's cities...

It should be noted that those buildings were replaced by two of Ohio's four tallest and the group plan by Daniel Burnham.

 

And the building in the center of the photo was replaced by the old post office / federal building / courthouse which was built in 1910.  It was the first building completed under the 1903 group plan which also added the malls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_M._Metzenbaum_United_States_Courthouse