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English: February 14, 2021 - Band Quarters. Now the home of Columbus City Schools' Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center. "The Columbus Arsenal was established in 1863 as a U.S. Army arsenal for Ohio regiments during the Civil War. In 1875 it became a recruiting center and was renamed the Columbus Barracks. On December 13, 1922 it was renamed Fort Hayes in honor of former Ohio governor and President Rutherford B. Hayes.

The earliest buildings were completed from 1863-1865, with other buildings added throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Fort Hayes was declared excess property by the U.S. Government in 1965, and it now belongs to the Columbus Public Schools. At one time the facility was the oldest federal military installation in continuous use in Ohio. Columbus, Ohio." Previous text from the following website: digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collectio...

"Fort Hayes was established in 1863 as a U.S. Army arsenal and armory for the manufacture and storage of war materials. The initial buildings were constructed from 1863–1865, and other buildings were added through the late nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth. The facility was converted to a recruiting depot after the Civil War and was an important troop distribution center in World War I. It was declared excess property by the U.S. Government in 1965, and it now belongs to the Columbus Public Schools. The facility was the oldest federal military installation in continuous use in Ohio at the time it was closed. The main building is presented on the NRHP nomination for the Fort Hayes Historic District as the oldest major permanent military building in Ohio (Porter 1969:2–4)." Additional information in my description I found in the following document: www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/7071/environmental/Documents...