STATEHOUSE NEWS

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[update: This meeting has been postponed.]

Members of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) will meet Thursday, July 22, 2021 at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus. The business meeting will be held in the State Room (room #108) and will begin at 10 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda is available upon request.

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The Ohio Statehouse will be closed on June 18-19, 2021, in honor of the new federal holiday, Juneteenth.

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In honor of the life and service of Tiltonsville Fire Chief Doug Dugan, flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Jefferson County, the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower until sunset on the day of his funeral. All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly the flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.

Update: The funeral will be held Monday, June 21, 2021.

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This month the Ohio Statehouse Museum and Education staff will present a virtual tour of the Ohio Statehouse that will focus on how our state government works. You can virtually join the tour through Facebook Live at 12 p.m. on Friday, May 21, 2021.

The Ohio Statehouse: A Working Government Building

The virtual tour will feature the Ohio Statehouse as the location where state laws are made. When the Ohio Statehouse was new in 1861, all three branches of state government fit inside 53 rooms. Since then, our state and our government has grown. The judicial branch, the Supreme Court of Ohio, is in a separate building now. There are executive branch offices for the Governor and others inside the Ohio Statehouse. The historic Governor’s Office is often where the Governor signs a bill into law.

The legislative branch, the Ohio General Assembly, continues to make laws inside the Ohio Statehouse. The virtual tour will walk viewers through the process by viewing public spaces, hearing rooms and at least one of the legislative chambers.

Learn more about law making at the Statehouse by taking part in our virtual tour at 12 p.m. on Friday, May 21. You can join through Facebook Live, and you do not need a Facebook account to participate.

Please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/161028022636111.

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In accordance with the orders issued by the President in honoring Peace Officer Memorial Day and Police Week, the flags will be flown at half-staff throughout the State of Ohio from sunrise to sunset on May 15, 2021.

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In honor of the life and service of Nelsonville Firefighter Jeff Armes, the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Athens County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower until sunset on the day of his funeral. All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly the flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.

Update: 5/5/21
The funeral for Nelsonville Firefighter Jeff Armes will take place on Friday, May 7, 2021. Flags may be raised back to full-staff on Friday at sunset.

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In honor of the life and service of US Army Staff Sergeant Kyle McKee, of Lake County, who was killed November 12, 2020 in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the flags shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Lake County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower from sunrise to sunset on the day of his memorial, Saturday, April 24, 2021.

All others may fly the flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period

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The date of the April Virtual Tour of the Ohio Statehouse has been changed from Thursday to Wednesday. [updated 4/27/21 CSRAB]

You can virtually join the tour through Facebook Live at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28. The Ohio Statehouse Museum and Education staff’s Chris Matheney will present a virtual tour of the Ohio Statehouse that will focus on the building’s historic past and present.

The Ohio Statehouse: An Historic Landmark

The virtual tour will feature the Ohio Statehouse’s history, art and architecture. The building showcases the Greek Revival style, a type of design based on the buildings of ancient Greece. Because ancient Greece is the birthplace of democracy, the style had great meaning in our young American nation. In 1857, the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate began meeting in their respective chambers in the Statehouse, and most of the executive offices were occupied before the Civil War. The Statehouse has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. This honor recognizes the long history of the building and the continued role it will have in the life and lawmaking of the state of Ohio.

Learn more about the history of the Statehouse and the influential events that have taken place within its walls by taking part in our virtual tour at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28. You can join through Facebook Live, and you do not need a Facebook account to participate. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/493939188272242.

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