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Great Southern Theater

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After a series of fires destroyed several downtown theaters, a group of business men in 1894 decided to build a hotel and theater with modern safety features in the southern part of downtown. Originally, the Great Southern Theater and the Westin Hotel were known as “The Great Fireproof Hotel and... Read more

After a series of fires destroyed several downtown theaters, a group of business men in 1894 decided to build a hotel and theater with modern safety features in the southern part of downtown. Originally, the Great Southern Theater and the Westin Hotel were known as “The Great Fireproof Hotel and Opera House.” The theater opened in 1896 with a unique design of concentric arches dotted with electric lights, creating great acoustics and lighting. One of its first performances was Ben Hur, staged with both the chariot race and a naval water battle—one can only wonder how.
The oldest theatre in central Ohio, the 925 seat theatre serves as the home of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Chamber Music Columbus, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
Just across the street is the new 250 High Street, a $55 million, 12-story building on the southwest corner of Columbus Commons. It is 320,000 square feet, and has about 120 rental units and retail and office space. Opened in November 2015, it has 140,000 square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The market response was so strong that the builders also decided to construct Two25 Commons, a $60 million, mixed-use building of similar size on an empty parcel a block away.

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21 E Main St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Franklin County

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