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Downtown Columbus, Columbus — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Downtown Columbus is the central business district of Columbus, Ohio, centred where Broad and High Streets cross inside the Inner Belt.
About Downtown Columbus
Where to stay in Downtown Columbus
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Rooms downtown put the crossing of Broad and High Streets at the centre, with Huntington Park, the Columbus Museum of Art and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum all inside the Inner Belt. The Inner Belt draws the edge. Beyond it the rest of Columbus trades that walk for distance, and the Arena District and Short North stay part of the same downtown rather than a separate address.
About Downtown Columbus
What are the main landmarks in Downtown Columbus?
Churches dominate the register. Saint Patrick Church and Trinity Episcopal Church stand downtown with Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Welsh Presbyterian Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church extend the same row. The Thurber House and the Kelton House Museum and Garden keep the older frontages, with the Snowden-Gray House.
The Columbus Museum of Art and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum carry the collections, and Huntington Park and the William McKinley Monument close the list.
What is the history of Downtown Columbus?
The record here is a street plan rather than a founding date: Downtown Columbus grew around the crossing of Broad and High Streets and fills the ground inside the Inner Belt. The tallest buildings in Columbus stand on it. Older names survive in the Kelton House Museum and Garden and the Thurber House, while the William McKinley Monument, the Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum mark what the city chose to commemorate.
Where is Downtown Columbus?
Downtown Columbus fills the ground inside the Inner Belt, centred where Broad and High Streets cross, and takes in Short North and the Arena District.
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Updated September 2026