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Open Air School

Season 7 Episode 12 | 9m 20s

Architectural historian Jeff Darbee visits the recently renovated Open Air School building on Neil Avenue in the University District neighborhood, which once housed students at risk of catching tuberculosis. Today, the building is home to a mix of businesses, including Understory.

Extras
Discover Columbus's rich motorsports history, from grassroots racing to the Columbus 500 and beyond.
Explore the fascinating history of Hilliard's 1912 post office turned tavern.
Explore Ohio's historic Zoar village and uncover 19th-century communal life and preserved heritage.
Discover the Scioto Superfest: homemade rafts, vibrant photos and Columbus community spirit!
Take a look at downtown Columbus in the 1950 before the construction of two highways.
The Johnny Appleseed Museum in Urbana, Ohio has the largest collection of memorabilia in the county.
Discover rare photos from the 1935 St. Patrick's Church fire, recently unveiled by the Central Ohio.
Flytown, a Columbus neighborhood, was lost to I-670. See rare slides of this vanished community.
In 1977, a mysterious 72-second space signal was detected. Was it aliens? Explore the Wow! Signal.
Claire Waters served in WWII’s 6888th and later founded Project Help in Columbus.