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"Beggs Building" can refer to three buildings in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, all still extant. All three were designed for the David C. Beggs Company. The company had its origin in 1882 when Beggs co-founded Bowe & Beggs, with Charles A. Bowe. Beggs bought out Bowe's shares on February 1, 1892, and changed the store to be the David C. Beggs Store. 

32-34 North High Street

32-24 North High Street was the original site of the Beggs company. Its building was demolished, with a new structure built c. 1898 for the Beggs Company. It was remodeled and modernized with a new facade in 1961. The building contributes to the High and Gay Streets Historic District.[1]

246 North High Street

The second Beggs Building was built in 1906 for the D.C. Beggs Company and Beall-Livingston Dry Goods Company. It was designed by the prominent Columbus-based architects Stribling & Lum.[3] The store closed on April 29, 1913, and Beggs began a realty company in the Harrison Building on May 1 of that year. The 246 North High Street building was incorporated into the Ohio Department of Health headquarters in 1951.

21 East State Street

The Art Deco highrise was completed for the Beggs Company in 1928, opening on October 28 of that year. A postmodern addition was completed in 1998, with 25 floors. The entire structure is now called the Fifth Third Center.[1]

236 North High Street

The Columbus Arcade building, at an unknown point in time, had its cornice name changed from "Beall" to "Beggs".

Gallery

The first Beggs Building c. 1898The remodeled building todayThe second Beggs Building in 1906The second Beggs Building, incorporated into the Ohio Department of Health headquarters

The third Beggs BuildingThe third Beggs Building, incorporated into the Fifth Third Center

References

  1.  "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  2. "Enthusiasm of New Age Fueled Art Deco Designs". The Columbus Dispatch. August 5, 1984. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. "Two Big Business Houses Combine". The Columbus Dispatch. April 15, 1906. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  4. "Beggs Building photograph". Columbus Metropolitan Library.
  5. "Some Comment from Our Readers". The Columbus Dispatch Sunday Magazine, p. 6. November 18, 1962. 

 

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