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The Republic Newspaper Office
The Republic Newspaper Office is a modernist building at 333 Second Street in Columbus, Indiana, United States. Designed by Myron Goldsmith of the firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM), it was built for the local newspaper The Republic between 1969 and 1971. The Republic building, one of several modernist corporate buildings developed in Columbus during the late 20th century, has been owned by Indiana University (IU) since 2018. The building has received awards and praise for its architecture over the years, and it is designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The one-story structure has a thin curtain wall made of steel and glass, topped by a flat roof. Aluminum mullions divide the facade both vertically and horizontally, and they correspond to a grid around which the entire interior is arranged. The first floor's original layout accommodated the different stages of the newspaper production process from west to east. The interiors included offices, two work rooms, meeting space, and a printing plant, along with storage space in the basement. Unusually for its smaller buildings, SOM handled the interior design; The Republic also displayed pieces from its art collection there. The landscaping around the building includes rows of honey locust trees and clusters of crabapple trees.
The Republic's owner Robert N. Brown selected Goldsmith to design a new building for the paper in 1959, though construction was postponed. The building was constructed in conjunction with a 1960s master plan for downtown Columbus, opening on July 19, 1971. After completion, the Republic building underwent relatively few changes; the printing press was removed from the building in 1997. After the rest of the newspaper's offices relocated in 2016, Southeastern Indiana Medical Holdings acquired the building. It was resold in April 2018 to IU, which relocated its Master of Architecture program there that August.
The Republic Newspaper Office building is located at 333 Second Street in Columbus, Indiana, United States. It is the only building on an approximately 2.2-acre (96,000 ft2; 0.89 ha) city block bounded by Second Street (Indiana State Road 46 eastbound) to the north, Washington Street to the east, First Street to the south, and Jackson Street to the west. There are sidewalks on all four streets. The sidewalk on Second Street is flanked by evenly-spaced rows of honey locust trees on both sides, while the sidewalks on Jackson and Washington streets have rows of honey locust trees only on the side facing the curb. The building is set back 55 feet (17 m) from its primary frontage on Second Street, where there are two flagpoles. The rear or south end of the block contains a parking lot, which stretches between Jackson and Washington streets and contains 108, 112, or 115 spaces. There are also crabapple trees at the building's west and east ends, as well as randomly arranged honey locusts at the south end.
The building is located at the south end of Columbus's downtown, which mostly consists of low-rise commercial buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. To the north, the building faces the Bartholomew County Courthouse across Second Street. It is also close to other structures such as the Irwin Bank Building and Columbus City Hall. The sidewalk on Second Street is part of a longer pathway leading to the Flatrock River, built in the late 20th century as part of an urban renewal project for Columbus.
The Republic building was designed by Myron Goldsmith, an architect at the firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM), as the headquarters of local newspaper The Republic. It is one of seven buildings in Columbus designated as National Historic Landmarks. The others are the Irwin Bank Building, the Mabel McDowell Adult Education Center, the Miller House, the North Christian Church, the First Christian Church, and the First Baptist Church. The Republic building was also one of several modernist corporate buildings developed in Columbus during the late 20th century. These structures followed an earlier wave of modernist development in the mid-20th century, influenced by local businessman J. Irwin Miller, whose Cummins Foundation had paid the design fees for modernist government buildings in the city.
It has one story and a basement. The building has a rectangular floor plan measuring 248 by 93 feet (76 by 28 m). The floor plan is arranged in a 3×8 grid of square modules measuring 31 feet (9.4 m) across; the modules at the building's perimeter are further subdivided into three equal sections measuring 10+1⁄3 feet (3.1 m) wide. Vertically, the building is divided into modules measuring 7+1⁄2 feet (2.3 m) high; the flat roof is 15 feet (4.6 m), or two modules, above ground. These modules influenced both the exterior and interior design. The building's low-rise design was also intended to avoid overshadowing the nearby Bartholomew County Courthouse.
The facade is made mostly of steel and glass. Aluminum mullions divide the facade both vertically into bays and horizontally into registers, which correspond to the interior modules. The vertical mullions double as load-bearing columns that support the roof. The northern and southern elevations are divided vertically into 24 bays, while the western and eastern elevations are divided vertically into 9 bays, corresponding to the 10+1⁄3-foot-wide (3.1 m) sections at the building's perimeter. The facade has painted steel panels at the bottom—concealing the first story's concrete floor slab, which is raised slightly above ground—and at the top. The roof slab is a metal deck measuring 3 inches (76 mm) thick. The roof functions as a diaphragm, distributing structural forces laterally to the building's perimeter; this eliminated the need for thick structural reinforcement at the parapet and allowed the facade to be designed as a thin curtain wall.
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The Republic Newspaper Office
The Republic Newspaper Office is a modernist building at 333 Second Street in Columbus, Indiana, United States. Designed by Myron Goldsmith of the firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM), it was built for the local newspaper The Republic between 1969 and 1971. The Republic building, one of several modernist corporate buildings developed in Columbus during the late 20th century, has been owned by Indiana University (IU) since 2018. The building has received awards and praise for its architecture over the years, and it is designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The one-story structure has a thin curtain wall made of steel and glass, topped by a flat roof. Aluminum mullions divide the facade both vertically and horizontally, and they correspond to a grid around which the entire interior is arranged. The first floor's original layout accommodated the different stages of the newspaper production process from west to east. The interiors included offices, two work rooms, meeting space, and a printing plant, along with storage space in the basement. Unusually for its smaller buildings, SOM handled the interior design; The Republic also displayed pieces from its art collection there. The landscaping around the building includes rows of honey locust trees and clusters of crabapple trees.
The Republic's owner Robert N. Brown selected Goldsmith to design a new building for the paper in 1959, though construction was postponed. The building was constructed in conjunction with a 1960s master plan for downtown Columbus, opening on July 19, 1971. After completion, the Republic building underwent relatively few changes; the printing press was removed from the building in 1997. After the rest of the newspaper's offices relocated in 2016, Southeastern Indiana Medical Holdings acquired the building. It was resold in April 2018 to IU, which relocated its Master of Architecture program there that August.
The Republic Newspaper Office building is located at 333 Second Street in Columbus, Indiana, United States. It is the only building on an approximately 2.2-acre (96,000 ft2; 0.89 ha) city block bounded by Second Street (Indiana State Road 46 eastbound) to the north, Washington Street to the east, First Street to the south, and Jackson Street to the west. There are sidewalks on all four streets. The sidewalk on Second Street is flanked by evenly-spaced rows of honey locust trees on both sides, while the sidewalks on Jackson and Washington streets have rows of honey locust trees only on the side facing the curb. The building is set back 55 feet (17 m) from its primary frontage on Second Street, where there are two flagpoles. The rear or south end of the block contains a parking lot, which stretches between Jackson and Washington streets and contains 108, 112, or 115 spaces. There are also crabapple trees at the building's west and east ends, as well as randomly arranged honey locusts at the south end.
The building is located at the south end of Columbus's downtown, which mostly consists of low-rise commercial buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. To the north, the building faces the Bartholomew County Courthouse across Second Street. It is also close to other structures such as the Irwin Bank Building and Columbus City Hall. The sidewalk on Second Street is part of a longer pathway leading to the Flatrock River, built in the late 20th century as part of an urban renewal project for Columbus.
The Republic building was designed by Myron Goldsmith, an architect at the firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM), as the headquarters of local newspaper The Republic. It is one of seven buildings in Columbus designated as National Historic Landmarks. The others are the Irwin Bank Building, the Mabel McDowell Adult Education Center, the Miller House, the North Christian Church, the First Christian Church, and the First Baptist Church. The Republic building was also one of several modernist corporate buildings developed in Columbus during the late 20th century. These structures followed an earlier wave of modernist development in the mid-20th century, influenced by local businessman J. Irwin Miller, whose Cummins Foundation had paid the design fees for modernist government buildings in the city.
It has one story and a basement. The building has a rectangular floor plan measuring 248 by 93 feet (76 by 28 m). The floor plan is arranged in a 3×8 grid of square modules measuring 31 feet (9.4 m) across; the modules at the building's perimeter are further subdivided into three equal sections measuring 10+1⁄3 feet (3.1 m) wide. Vertically, the building is divided into modules measuring 7+1⁄2 feet (2.3 m) high; the flat roof is 15 feet (4.6 m), or two modules, above ground. These modules influenced both the exterior and interior design. The building's low-rise design was also intended to avoid overshadowing the nearby Bartholomew County Courthouse.
The facade is made mostly of steel and glass. Aluminum mullions divide the facade both vertically into bays and horizontally into registers, which correspond to the interior modules. The vertical mullions double as load-bearing columns that support the roof. The northern and southern elevations are divided vertically into 24 bays, while the western and eastern elevations are divided vertically into 9 bays, corresponding to the 10+1⁄3-foot-wide (3.1 m) sections at the building's perimeter. The facade has painted steel panels at the bottom—concealing the first story's concrete floor slab, which is raised slightly above ground—and at the top. The roof slab is a metal deck measuring 3 inches (76 mm) thick. The roof functions as a diaphragm, distributing structural forces laterally to the building's perimeter; this eliminated the need for thick structural reinforcement at the parapet and allowed the facade to be designed as a thin curtain wall.
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