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The Ohio Union was the first student union at a public university. After the Ohio Union opened, the student council created a board of overseers in charge of making sure the building activities ran smoothly.
The Ohio Union was originally located in Enarson Hall (now called Hale Hall) when it first opened in 1910. The 77th Ohio General Assembly provided $75,000 for the construction of the Union. The Union remained at this location until 1951.
After just more than three years of construction, the new Ohio Union will officially open its doors today (3/29) to Ohio State University students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors. Grand opening events begin outside the building, located at 1739 N. High St., at 11 a.m.
Student interest convinced Ohio legislators into appropriating $75,000 for the project and in 1910, a 3-story brick building officially named "The Ohio Union" opened to the public. It was only the 4th such building in the country, and the first for a public university.
The first building was on 12th Avenue and opened in 1911. It became too small when enrollment grew after World War 2. Students agreed to pay five dollars per quarter to help pay for a new building in 1946. This new building opened on High Street in 1951.
The Ohio Union building that opened in March 2010 is actually the university’s third Student Union. The first opened in 1911 on 12th Avenue, but it became too small when enrollment spiked after World War II. So in 1947, students agreed to pay $5 per quarter to have a new union erected.
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The history of the Ohio Union relates as a precedent to other college unions throughout the United States. The fourth oldest college union in the United States and the oldest in the state universities, it represents in its history the two distinct areas in the evolution of college unions. Both