Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives

Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives The Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives collects and preserves materials related to Bartholomew County, Indiana's built environment.

Happy birthday to Henry Moore! English sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) created "Large Arch" to stand on the plaza outsi...
07/30/2026

Happy birthday to Henry Moore!

English sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) created "Large Arch" to stand on the plaza outside the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library in Columbus, Indiana. I.M. Pei (1917-2019), the library's architect, had seen Moore's "Large Torso" at New York's Museum of Modern Art and asked Moore to make a large-scale version of the sculpture. "Large Arch" was installed at the library on April 15, 1971.

Photos are part of the BCPL Buildings Collection (C0009). If you want to learn more about "Large Arch," visit our online exhibit bcplarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/largearch.

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens

Southside Junior High School by Eliot Noyes was completed in 1969. These photos by Balthazar Korab likely were taken sho...
07/21/2026

Southside Junior High School by Eliot Noyes was completed in 1969. These photos by Balthazar Korab likely were taken shortly after the school opened. In 1983, the school became an elementary school with design work by Frank M. Adams, Jr., a local Columbus, Indiana, architect.
Photos are part of the CIAA Legacy Collection (C0006).


In late 1965, Eliot Noyes was hired to design Southside Junior High School in Columbus, Indiana. The two interior perspe...
07/15/2026

In late 1965, Eliot Noyes was hired to design Southside Junior High School in Columbus, Indiana. The two interior perspective drawings show the school’s “commons.” These drawings are part of the Eliot Noyes Collection (C0030).


What's one of our very favorite things, you ask? When people who use materials from our collection let the whole world k...
04/26/2026

What's one of our very favorite things, you ask? When people who use materials from our collection let the whole world know who created those materials! Give credit where credit is due, and we in the archives will love you.





Alt text: Credit creators. Ask permission. Be Honest. "But I found it online..." Doesn't mean it belongs to you. "It's just a picture..." Ignores that a real person created it. "It doesn't really matter..." Implies what you do also doesn't matter. "I don't have the time..." Erases the labor of creators & archivists. April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day. Learn more by searching World Intellectual Property Organization. "Intellectual Property (IP) refers to creations of the mind."

As part of a new entry into Columbus, Indiana, Emilio Ambasz's 1989 proposed bridge was to portray Columbus "as a vital ...
04/21/2026

As part of a new entry into Columbus, Indiana, Emilio Ambasz's 1989 proposed bridge was to portray Columbus "as a vital and thriving industrial city firmly rooted in its agrarian surroundings." An architect and industrial designer, Ambasz helped design two engines for the Columbus-based Cummins, Inc., the Cummins N-14 Diesel Engine (1982) and the Cummins X-Series Engine (1987).
His bridge was not built; instead, a design by French engineer Jean Muller was completed in 1999. Today the bridge is known as the Robert N. Stewart Bridge.
On UNESCO's World Creativity and Innovation Day, we celebrate Ambasz, Muller, and all the designers and engineers who have contributed to Bartholomew County's built environment.

Model photos by Richard Scanlan, 1990.




As part of a new entry into Columbus, Indiana, Emilio Ambasz’s 1989 proposed bridge was to portray Columbus “as a vital ...
04/21/2026

As part of a new entry into Columbus, Indiana, Emilio Ambasz’s 1989 proposed bridge was to portray Columbus “as a vital and thriving industrial city firmly rooted in its agrarian surroundings.” An architect and industrial designer, Ambasz helped design two engines for the Columbus-based Cummins, Inc., the Cummins N-14 Diesel Engine (1982) and the Cummins X-Series Engine (1987).
His bridge was not built; instead, a design by French engineer Jean Muller was completed in 1999. Today the bridge is known as the Robert N. Stewart Bridge.
On UNESCO’s World Creativity and Innovation Day, we celebrate Ambasz, Muller, and all the designers and engineers who have contributed to Bartholomew County’s built environment.
Model photos by Richard Scanlan, 1990.




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