John H. Herrick Archives, Ohio State University Campus Architecture

Lord Hall
Date
1948
architect
Packard, Frank Lucius
Location
Ohio State University, Franklin, Ohio, United States, NA
Description
Lord Hall is located at 124 West 17th Avenue on the Ohio State University campus. The building's orientation is based on a campus master plan developed by Frank Packard who became the architect for the building. This plan called for a diagonal street parallel to and in front of the building. Maps for the first few years after completion of the building show a winding street roughly along the line of 17th Avenue. A map dated 1911 and one as late as 1929 show a diagonal street in front of the building, extending northwest from the Oval east of Hayes Hall (039) to the present 18th Avenue-Sherman Street intersection. Lord Hall has also been known as: Mines and Ceramics Building, School of Mines Building, Mines Building, and Mining Building. It is currently the home of the Department of Anthropology. It is a wood frame structure with brick exterior. Keywords: United States, Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, The Ohio State University, OSU, institutional buildings, school buildings, Nathaniel Wright Lord Hall. Herrick Archives number 051. University Archives Image X1916.