Orton Memorial Laboratory

The Orton Memorial Laboratory is a historic building in the Weinland Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1][2]

Orton Memorial Laboratory
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Location1445 Summit Street, Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39°59′33″N 83°00′08″W / 39.992442°N 83.002099°W / 39.992442; -83.002099
Built1929
ArchitectHoward Dwight Smith
Architectural styleNeoclassical
NRHP reference No.83004292[1]
CRHP No.CR-17
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1983
Designated CRHPApril 4, 1983

Built in 1929, Orton Memorial Laboratory was originally used as the headquarters for the Standard Pyrometric Cone Company. The company was established by the son of the founding president of the Ohio State University. The laboratory was designed by Howard Dwight Smith, the same architect who designed the Thompson Library and the Ohio Stadium. A recent rehabilitation project turned the laboratory into a modern industrial office space.[3]

Additions to the building include the west wing, added in 1956, and the east wing, added in 1962.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Orton Memorial Laboratory 2015 State Historic Preservation Office Awards". Ohio History Connection. Retrieved 20 May 2020.