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Landmark Columbus

Landmark Columbus
Landmark Columbus Logo.jpg
Motto "Caring for and celebrating Columbus' design heritage."
Formation 2015
Type Non-profit organization
Headquarters Columbus, Indiana, United States
Parent organization
Heritage Fund – The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County
Affiliations Docomomo - US
Website landmarkcolumbus.org

Landmark Columbus is an organization in Columbus, Indiana, United States, that is dedicated to caring for and celebrating the world-renowned design heritage of Columbus, a city which is home to seven of the forty three National Historic Landmarks in Indiana. It was started as a program of Heritage Fund – The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County in 2015, and has been recognized for making a positive impact in the community. In 2016 it became a "Friends Organization" of Docomomo US and remains a partner of the Indiana Modern committee of Indiana Landmarks.

The effort to start Landmark Columbus began in 2013 when the Columbus Redevelopment Commission began looking at new ways to research and examine the current state for the design heritage in the Columbus Arts and Entertainment District. The start of this project came at a time when some of the modern works of architecture had begun to age and show signs of transition.

The effort officially launched as "Landmark Columbus" in 2015 as a program of Heritage Fund, and began producing events in the community. The effort has been seen as a way to preserve the design legacy of the town without relying on traditional historic preservation ordinances.

Landmark Columbus produces a number of ongoing programs and projects in an effort to care for the design heritage, most of which are created by an Advocacy and Education Committee. The organization is active in the community in various ways, including nominating the Irwin Conference Center for a Docomomo US National Citation of Merit in 2014 for the National Historic Landmark building designed by Eero Saarinen, which was restored through an adaptive reuse project by Cummins Inc. Columbus historians David Sechrest and Ricky Berkey have been involved with the organization from the beginning, helping to create projects around both the early and modern history of the community.

Friends of First Christian Church Architecture (FFCCA) is a collaborative effort with a mission to " is to preserve the architecture and design elements of FCC, a National Historic Landmark designed by Eliel & Eero Saarinen in 1942." The project was launched in January of 2017 as a partnership with First Christian Church, Heritage Fund, Landmark Columbus, and Indiana Landmarks. The first project for FFCCA is to help save the sanctuary skylight, which has leaked for a few years and caused damage.


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