Medary School
Medary School was built in 1892 by David Riebel. It is located at 2500 Medary Avenue just north of the Ohio State campus in the historic Old North neighborhood of Columbus. Sited on a hill overlooking the community, it dominates its neighborhood setting. Bridgeway Academy purchased the school in 2019.[1]
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The Medary School
The impressive three-story masonry Medary School was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, a popular style for many public buildings throughout the late 19th century and early 20th century. The multiple arches and the liberal use of stone are noteworthy. Its peaked roof, red brick, and grey stone window ledges give off a friendly rather than a formidable feeling.
The school was named after Samuel Medary, the publisher of three newspapers in Columbus: the Hemisphere, the Ohio Statesman, and the Columbus Crisis, all before and during the Civil War.
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Samuel Medary
David Riebel (August 7, 1855 – July 29, 1935) was a German-American architect in Columbus, Ohio. He was the head architect for the Columbus public school district from 1893 to 1922. Riebel & Sons was the oldest and among the best architects in Columbus. David Riebel became the first head of the architectural department of the Columbus Board of Education (the lead architect for Columbus City Schools) in 1893. In that position, Riebel designed about 40 Columbus public school buildings between 1891 and 1921; the remaining buildings are some of Columbus's most notable landmarks. He is buried at Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Riebel & Sons
Riebel & Sons Columbus landmarks:
- Beck Street School (1884)
- Livingston Elementary School (1890)
- Medary Avenue Elementary School (1892)
- The Felton School (1893)
- The Ohio Street School / Ohio Avenue Elementary School (1893)
- Avondale Elementary School (1894)
- The Great Southern Hotel & Theatre (1894)
- Southwood Elementary School (1894)
- Hubbard Avenue School / Hubbard Mastery School (1894)
- The Schlee-Kemmler Building (1895)
- Chicago Avenue School (1897)
- South High School / the Charles S. Barrett Building (1900)[7]
- Bellows Avenue Elementary School (1905)[8]
- West High School / Starling Middle School (1908)
- Indianola Junior High School / Graham Elementary and Middle School (1909)
- The Reeb Avenue Center (1909)
- Champion Elementary School (1909)
- West Broad Street School / West Broad Elementary School (1910)
- Heyl Elementary School (1910)
- The Stoddart Block (1911)
- Holy Family School (1913)
- Crestview School / Indianola Informal K-8 School (1915)
- Studer Avenue School / Roosevelt Junior High School (1916)
- Budd Dairy Company (1917)
- The Seneca Hotel (1917)
Some of Riebel's buildings have been converted to other uses:
- The Budd Dairy Company Building has now been converted to multi-use restaurant/retail/office space.[2]
- Starling Middle School was sold in 2020 to an affordable housing developer, and is now pending redevelopment.
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