Watts Hall

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Watts Hall
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The south entrance to Watts Hall
General information
Coordinates40°00′12.5″N 83°00′40.5″W / 40.003472°N 83.011250°W / 40.003472; -83.011250
Construction startedOctober 19, 1954 [1]
CompletedOctober 15, 1955 [1]
Cost$787,374.19[1]
Technical details
Floor count4 floors

Watts Hall is a building on the Ohio State University campus, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.[2] The building is named after Arthur S. Watts,[1] a former head of the Department of Ceramic of Engineering, and former president of the American Ceramic Society.[3] Presently, the building houses the OSU Department of Materials Science and Engineering.[4]

History[]

Watts Hall was originally constructed in 1954 to house the Chemical Abstract Service of the American Chemical Society. In 1965, the CAS moved off of Ohio State's campus to a building on Dodridge Street. After the building was vacated, it was repurposed for the Department of Ceramic Engineering.[1]

In November 2016, the courtyard adjacent to Watts Hall was the scene of a car ramming and stabbing attack that injured 10 people. Immediately after the attack, the perpetrator was fatally shot by an OSU police officer.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Herrick, John (1986-08-26). "Watts Hall". Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  2. ^ "Watts Hall - Campus Map - The Ohio State University". Osu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. ^ "Hall and Insley Receive Purdy Awards". Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 27 (19): 1366. 1949-05-09. doi:10.1021/cen-v027n019.p1366. ISSN 0009-2347.
  4. ^ "Materials Science and Engineering". Mse.osu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ^ "Ohio State attack: Nine transported to hospitals, one suspect killed". The Columbus Dispatch. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°00′12.5″N 83°00′40.5″W / 40.003472°N 83.011250°W / 40.003472; -83.011250

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