Project Description
FROM EXHIBIT COLUMBUS:
Window to Columbus is a volcanic glazed brick wall with an inset window. This window will serve as a mini-museum with a fortnightly exhibition telling stories about the materials that have helped to define Washington Street and the architecture of Columbus at large. The six exhibitions are co-curated by Formafantasma and Tricia Gilson of Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives.
The building at 538 Franklin Street began its life as the William O. Hogue House. Built in 1870, Hogue’s modest, two-story Italianate house anchors the northwest corner of Franklin and Sixth streets. A small green space connects this house to the Samuel Harris House, completed in 1853. In 1878, a Gothic wrought-iron fence retrieved from a Cincinnati orphanage was placed along the sidewalk connecting these two houses. In 1970, both houses and the connecting garden were renovated as part of the Franklin Square development. Xenia S. Miller planned the garden between the two houses and the brick wall to screen the parking lot. The historic structure became home to the Heritage Fund — Community Foundation of Bartholomew County in 2002.