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JAMES HOGE. D. D.

Seventy years history of a notable seat of learning, with personal recollections of it's founders and early officials. Includes portraits and biographical sketches of representative alumni. The Ohio Legislature passed a bill on January 30, 1827 to establish the Ohio Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. The first facility opened in a rented building at 9 North High Street on October 16, 1829 and remained at this location for about one year. The second temporary location was in a house at 50 West Broad Street, from 1830-31. It then moved to rooms in the Franklin County Courthouse at 352 South High Street until 1832. The fourth temporary location (1832-1834) was at 28 North Front Street. The school moved to its’ first permanent location at 450 East Town Street in September, 1834. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb was three stories high and had several additions until it was replaced by a much larger building. Ground was broken for the new structure on June 30, 1864. This building was designed by Columbus architect George Bellows, Sr., and opened on February 11, 1868. It stood on the back of the 10 acre plot that is now the Deaf School Topiary Park. The original 1834 building was demolished the same year. A second larger building, known as the School Building, was added to the west side of the property with ground breaking taking place in September 1898. This building, designed by Columbus architects Richards, McCarty and Bulford, was completed on November 1, 1899 and presently houses the Cristo Rey Columbus High School. The Ohio School for the Deaf left the Town Street location and moved to a new campus at 500 Morse Road in 1953. The old 1868 building was destroyed by fire on the night of October 1, 1981.