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Watts Hall

Watts Hall
The south entrance to Watts Hall
Map
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]
DemolishedSeptember 2022
Cost$787,374.19[1]
Technical details
Floor count4 floors

Watts Hall was a building on the Ohio State University campus, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.[2] The building was named after Arthur S. Watts,[1] a former head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering, and former president of the American Ceramic Society.[3] It housed the OSU Department of Materials Science and Engineering[4] before being demolished in 2022 to make way for the second phase of the BMEC project.[5]

History

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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.[6]

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. 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. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ "Materials Science and Engineering". Mse.osu.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ^ "A $15 million donation from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation helps fund new Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex". The Lantern. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  6. ^ "Ohio State attack: Nine transported to hospitals, one suspect killed". The Columbus Dispatch. November 28, 2016. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

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


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