Columbus Public Health

Columbus Public Health
Department overview
Formed1833 (1833)
JurisdictionColumbus and Worthington, Ohio
Department executives
  • Dr. Mysheika W. Roberts, Health Commissioner
  • Michael J. Fielding, Assistant Health Commissioner
Websitewww.columbus.gov/publichealth/
Ohio Asylum for the Blind
Map
Interactive map highlighting the main building's location
Location240 Parsons Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39°57′34″N 82°58′51″W / 39.959313°N 82.980719°W / 39.959313; -82.980719
Part ofColumbus Near East Side District
NRHP reference No.73001436[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 26, 1973

Columbus Public Health is the health department of Columbus, Ohio. The department is accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board.[2] The department dates to 1833, when the city's mayor appointed five citizens to help with its cholera outbreak. It became a permanent body to activate whenever health emergencies arose.[3]

Columbus Public Health is headquartered at 240 Parsons Avenue, a large building completed in 1874 for the Ohio Asylum for the Blind. The building and its campus were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and as part of the Columbus Near East Side District in 1978.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Public Health Accreditation for CPH". www.columbus.gov.
  3. ^ "Columbus Public Health History". www.columbus.gov.