File:Aerial view of the F. & R. Lazarus Company building complex photograph.jpg

English: "Aerial view of the F. & R. Lazarus Company complex in downtown Columbus. The view is from the southwest and includes the Annex, West State Street Service Building, and the parking garage." "Simon Lazarus founded the first Lazarus Company store in the Parsons Building in 1851. The store eventually occupied most of the building. The sons of Simon Lazarus, Fred and Ralph succeeded him in the business. When Ralph died in 1903, Fred incorporated the business and renamed it the F. & R. Lazarus Company. The Company has been located in downtown Columbus on South High Street near West Town Street throughout its’ existence. The first new Lazarus store building designed by local architects, Richards, McCarty & Bulford, opened at 141 South High Street on August 9, 1909. Many additions and expansions, as well as branch locations have been added over the years."