>> OHIO WAS A LEADER IN
ESTABLISHING STATE INSTITUTIONS
TO SUPPORT, HOUSE AND EDUCATE
PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES.
THERE WAS THE DEAF SCHOOL ON
TOWN STREET.
THE BLIND SCHOOL ON PARSONS
AVENUE AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE CITY WERE THE MENTAL
INSITUTIONS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PULL UP AND
VISIT THE DEAF SCHOOL ON EAST
TOWN STREET.
WE'RE ON EAST TOWN STREET IN
DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS IN THE TOPIARY
PARK WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE
OLD OHIO STATE SCHOOL FOR THE
DEAF.
IT BEGAN HERE IN THE 1830's WITH
SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND IT WAS AN
IMPORTANT INSTITUTION THAT
SERVED PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE
WHO HAD THE DISABILITY OF NOT
BEING ABLE TO HEAR.
OVER TIME SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE
BUILT, BUT THEY WERE ALL SWEPT
AWAY IN THE 1860's WHEN A LARGE
MAIN BUILDING WAS BUILT AT THE
BACK OF THE SITE ON THE NORTH
SIDE.
AS TIME WENT ON AND MORE AND
MORE STUDENTS ARRIVED AT THE
SCHOOL THEY HAD TO BUILD A NEW
EDUCATIONAL BUILDING.
THAT WAS BUILT IN 1899 AT THE
WEST EDGE OF THE PARK.
THE DEAF SCHOOL STAYED AT THE
TOWN STREET SITE UNTIL 1959 WHEN
IT MOVED TO MORRIS ROAD WHERE IT
REMAINS TODAY.
THAT LEFT TWO LARGE EMPTY
BUILDINGS STILL OWNED BY THE
STATE OF OHIO AND FOR MANY YEARS
THE STATE USED THEM AS OFFICE
BUILDINGS.
IN THE 1970's THE STATE VACATED
THESE BUILDINGS AND THEIR FUTURE
WAS UNCERTAIN.
THEN IN 1981 THE 1860's BUILDING
CAUGHT FIRE AND HAD A LOT OF
DAMAGE.
DURING THE DEMOLITION OF THAT
BUILDING AFTER THE FIRE, THE
CONTRACTOR PUNCHED TWO HOLES IN
THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL
BUILDING.
I GUESS THINKING HE WOULD GET
THE CONTRACT TO DEMOLISH THAT
BUILDING AS WELL.
BUT THE CITY RECREATION AND
PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY
ACCEPTED THE PROPERTY AS A
PUBLIC PARK AND WANTED THAT
BUILDING PRESERVED SO THEY
STOPPED THE DEMOLITION.
RECREATION AND PARKS THEN
DEVELOPED THE TOPIARY PARK,
INSPIRED BY TWO PARK EMPLOYEES
WHO DESIGNED THE PARK TO
REPRESENT THE PAINTING IN THE
COLLECTION OF THE ART INSTITUTE
OF CHICAGO.
THE FAMOUSE POINTILLIST PAINTING
BY GEORGE SEURAT'S "SUNDAY
AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LE
GRANDE JATTE."
THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING, THE
1899 BUILDING HAD BEEN
REHABILITATED IN 1980S AS AN
OFFICE BUILDING AND WHEN THAT
USE ENDED, THE HIGH SCHOOL SORT
OF DISCOVERED THE BUILDING AND
THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD
PLACE -- LET'S PUT A SCHOOL IN A
SCHOOL BUILDING AND THAT'S HOW
IT CAME ABOUT THAT IT HAS
RETURNED TO ITS FUNCTION AS A
SCHOOL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO MAIN
ENTRANCES ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE OLD DEAF SCHOOL BUILDING.
THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTING
ARCHITECTURALLY, THE BUILDING'S
STYLE IS KNOWN AS JACOBETHAN
REVIVAL.
THAT'S AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
THAT COMBINES ENGLISH PRECEDENCE
AND FRENCH PRECEDENCE AND SO ON,
BUT IT'S REALLY UNIQUE TO THIS
BUILDING.
YOU'LL NOTICE TO THE SHIELD UP
ABOUT WITH THE BACKWARD "D", THE
"D'S" ARE BACK TO BACK STANDING
FOR DEAF AND DUMB.
THOSE ARE TERMS WE DON'T USE ANY
MORE, BUT THEY WERE CLINICAL
TERMS AT THE TIME THIS BUILDING
WAS BUILT.
SO IT'S A MEASURE OF HOW THINGS
CHANGE OVER TIME.
LET'S GO INSIDE AND HAVE A LOOK
AROUND.
IN THE RENOVATION FOR COLUMBUS
HIGH SCHOOL A LOT OF THE
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WERE
RETAINED INTACT.
THE GYM CEILING, WOOD CEILING IS
STILL ORIGINAL.
THE WOOD FLOORS, THERE ARE AREAS
THAT HAVE BEEN PATCHED WHERE
WOULD WAS DAMAGED OR MISSINGS.
WE'RE IN ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS
AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
JIM FOLEY WHO'S PRESIDENT OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL.
HI, JIM.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN --
>> HI, JEFF.
>> IN THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY.
JIM, CLEARLY THIS IS AN OLD
BUILDING, HOW DID YOU MAKE A
MODERN HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF AN OLD
HIGH SCHOOL?
>> WE WANTED TO KEEP IT
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, BUT WE
ALSO WANTED TO ADD TO A MODERN
TOUCH, MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE
IT AN EDUCATIONALLY CUTTING EDGE
FACILITY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE ON THE HISTORIC
SIDE, THE FLOORS WHEN WE WALKED
IN WERE HORRIBLE.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN SANDED DOWN AND
FINISHED AND THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL
NOW AND WE'RE WALKING ON
1899 FLOORS HERE.
THE CEILINGS HAD BEEN DROPPED TO
A RIDICULOUS POINT, THAT CUT OUT
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS WE
HAVE IN HERE.
AND IN AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY
YOU WANT TO HAVE WINDOWS.
SO WE RAISED THE CEILINGS UP
BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL HEIGHT,
BUT THEN WE HAVE MODERN
TECHNOLOGY.
THE ENTIRE SCHOOL IS WIRELESS.
SO TECHNOLOGICALLY IT'S A VERY
CUTTING EDGE INSTITUTION AND A
VERY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
>> TELL US ABOUT CHRISTO RAY
HIGH SCHOOL, THE MODEL OF IT,
HOW IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY,
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM MOST HIGH
SCHOOLS ISN'T IT?
>> IT'S A COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL
THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE
AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES THAT
COULD NOT OTHER AFFORD A GOOD,
STRONG PRIVATE COLLEGE PREP
EDUCATION.
THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF CHRISTO
RAY IS THAT WE HAVE A WORK STUDY
PROGRAM.
ALL OF THE STUDENTS WORK FIVE
FULL DAYS A MONTH.
AND THAT DOES TWO THINGS.
ON THE ONE HAND, IT PROVIDES THE
INCOME TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING
AND SECONDLY WHAT IT DOES, IS IT
ALLOWS THE KIDS TO BE IN A
PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO
RUB SHOULDERS WITH PROFESSIONALS
AND TO LEARN FROM THEM AND TO BE
MENTORED BY THEM.
AND THE RESULTS ARE THAT AT
CHRISTO RAY SCHOOLS THROUGH OUT
THE COUNTRY, EVERY SENIOR AT
EVERY GRADUATING SCHOOL HAS AT
LEAST ONE COLLEGE OFFER ON
GRADUATION DAY.
SO THAT'S A SUCCESS STORY WE ARE
NOW A PART OF.
>> WELL JIM, YOU'VE CERTAINLY
DONE A GREAT JOB HERE, TAKING A
BUILDING THAT LOOKED LIKE IT
DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A FUTURE AND
REALLY GIVING IT ONE FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
AND IT REALLY TELLS US HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE KEEP
LANDMARKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY
KEEP US ANCHORED IN TIME, THEY
GIVE US A SENSE OF PLACE AND
REMIND US OF HOW IMPORTANT THESE
INSTITUTIONS ONCE WERE IN THE
STATE OF OHIO.
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