Columbus has received another dubious distinction by landing on a list for “100 Ugliest Public Buildings in the US.”
The Columbus Consolidated Government building is 79th on the list of “100 most unattractive public buildings across the country” as voted by 3,012 Americans.
The results, dominated by courthouses and buildings, are often colored by how residents feel about the function of the and upkeep of the space. The New Jersey Real Estate Network published the study and chalks it up to “brutalist and utilitarian styles” that informed the mid-to-late 20th aesthetics.
Columbus’ Government Center’s history
Columbus’s government and judicial center has always been at the Second Avenue location and started as a plain wooden building first built in 1828. It was upgraded in the Greek Revival style in 1838, and housed sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War, according to the Historic Foundation of Columbus….