Gottberg Building

Gottberg Building

A phone call from Henry Ford is said to have prompted construction. Did you know the Gottberg Building housed a roller rink on its second floor in the 1940s? Max Gottberg was a “change agent” a century before the business term was invented. He utilized his...
Swan Theatre

Swan Theatre

The Swan Theatre was built by William Swan who previously purchased the Lyric Theatre in 1912 and also operated the North Opera House. The Swan Theatre is one of few Spanish Colonial Revival-styled buildings in Columbus. The two round insets on the upper story were...