The
Columbus Health Department moved into the building at 240 S. Parsons
Avenue in December of 2001.
The
building was completed in 1874 as the Ohio Asylum for the Blind, and
most recently housed the Ohio Highway Patrol headquarters.
Extensive
renovation was necessary to preserve the building, and a new primary
entrance and parking garage were added to the back of the building.
The
top floors remain unfinished, waiting on occupants and money for the
city to undertake their completion.
Historical
photograph | Columbus Metropolitan Library