random Columbus

Terry Allen. Scioto Lounge [1 of 3]. 2014. Columbus.

This one is on the Rich Bridge, the other two are lounging on the west bank of the Scioto below.

Next to Interstate 71 is this lighthouse on top of a church. The roof had shingles with the words, "Jesus is Lord", spelt out. Some time ago, new shingling was put on without wording. Also, a sailor dummy had been on the tower. I had passed this several times over the years, this time i got off the freeway to foto it.

from the highway October 2019

Leland Ernest Loretz started this congregation, Calvary Temple*, in 1954, and led it till his death in 2011. It was then put on the market. The church was built in the 1970s, Lighthouse Christian Academy in 1978. This sort of construction, incorporating slightly bizarre elements is common among Pentecostalists (and some Baptists). Loretz was a graduate of an Assemblies of God college. Recently it has become Evangelical Church of the Sanctified, a black Pentecostalist denomination, which here is a Haitian congregation.

Daniel H. Burnham. Columbus Union Train Station Arch. 1893-1979.  

This arch was moved from High Street. This is now called McFerson Commons, or Arch Park. The Ohio State Penitentiary was here 1834-1998. There is a marker for John Hunt Morgan on the acreage. He was a confederate general who stole horses, and was captured. It was the furthest excursion north by the confederates. He and some officers were imprisoned here, and he and six of them tunneled out into the yard, and escaped over the wall. The day of this snap, sunlight was low and in front of me, late in the afternoon of a mid-December day. The field was empty.

Beaux-Arts classicism

 a very tall sign in an Italian Village parking lot, behind St. John the Baptist church

Originally Ohio Central, then Toledo and Ohio Central Railway was active from 1895 to 1930. Again, the harsh afternoon light came to play. Another sight best pictured in the morning, or when the sun is not so low in the west.

The pagoda like tower is next to the elevated rails. 

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* postscriptum 12 January 2024: Coincidence or not, Rex Humbard's congregation was also called 'Calvary Temple' before it became Cathedral of Tomorrow. He was a Pentecostalist in Cuyahoga Falls, who began building a tower. It was stopped after 22 days of construction at 494 feet, because of financial/legal problems.