{"type":"city","city":"Columbus","citySlug":"columbus-ohio","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/united-states/ohio/columbus-ohio","description":"Columbus is a city that tends to surprise visitors who arrive expecting Midwest generic and find instead a place with genuine architectural ambition threaded through its downtown core. The American Insurance Union Citadel, completed in 1927 and now operating as Hotel LeVeque Autograph Collection, is the most vivid illustration of this. The tower, designed by C. Howard Crane in a neo-Gothic mode that borrows freely from the Woolworth Building in New York, dominates the skyline with a terra cotta crown that was, at the time of its construction, the tallest building in Ohio. Its conversion into a hotel preserved the lobby's original coffered ceilings and ornamental metalwork, and the interiors now blend that inherited grandeur with a contemporary finish that is considered rather than showy. Staying here means waking up inside the city's most legible piece of civic optimism, a building that never stopped believing Columbus deserved a proper skyline.\n\nAcross the Scioto River, the Junto sits on the peninsula that has absorbed the bulk of the city's recent development energy. Named after Benjamin Franklin's intellectual society, the hotel is a newer-built property rather than a conversion, and it reads accordingly: clean geometry, considered material choices, a quieter kind of confidence. The Scioto Peninsula is still finding itself as a neighborhood, with the newly configured Scioto Audubon Metro Park on one side and the convention district pulling from the other, but the Junto positions itself as a stake in the ground for what this part of the city could become rather than what it currently is.\n\nThe third address, Graduate Columbus in the Short North Arts District, operates in a completely different register. Graduate Hotels as a brand works the territory between boutique sensibility and campus nostalgia, and the Short North location leans into that with some wit, given that the neighborhood is less a university district than an arts and gallery corridor that runs north from downtown toward Ohio State. It is a younger, louder stretch of the city, with High Street providing independent restaurants, galleries, and bars on both sides. At an average rate around $190 per night, it is also the most accessible of the three, suited to anyone whose instinct is to be in the middle of street-level activity rather than elevated above it. Together, these three properties map three genuinely distinct moods within a city that rewards the traveler willing to look past its reputation for modesty.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. 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Howard Crane and his associate Kenneth Franzheim, the 47-story Gothic-Art Deco shaft dominated the Columbus skyline for decades and remains one of the most ornate towers of its era anywhere in the country — its limestone crown, copper-patinated turrets, and carved stone eagles visible from nearly every approach to downtown. Hotel LeVeque, which arrived in 2017 when Autograph Collection converted the building's lower floors into a 148-room hotel, had the considerable task of translating that architectural gravity into livable interiors without either smothering it in nostalgia or ignoring it entirely.\n\nThe lobby answers that challenge with confidence: original Rosso Levanto marble columns, deep burgundy and white-veined, anchor a double-height atrium where a branching brass chandelier introduces a contemporary geometry against restored Art Deco grillework balustrades. Guest rooms take a lighter touch — charcoal velvet headboards, satin-gold baroque mirror frames, mustard shell chairs, and sputnik-style ceiling fixtures in chrome create a dialogue between thirties glamour and mid-century wit, zebra-print cushions supplying just enough irreverence to keep the rooms from tipping into period pastiche. The restaurant, by contrast, strips back to raw plaster walls, reclaimed timber, and riveted steel counter surfaces — a rougher, more industrial register that lets the tower's bones speak without ornament.","snippet":"Hotel in a 1927 Gothic-Art Deco landmark with original marble columns and period-inflected interiors.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Columbus","vibe":"Historic-glamorous · architectural","highlights":["1927 Gothic-Art Deco tower by C. 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The eight-story building, clad in warm red brick with deep-set steel-framed windows, carries the massing vocabulary of a converted warehouse without actually being one — a new-build that earns its industrial register through material honesty rather than adaptive reuse nostalgia. Developed by graduate hotel group Graduate Hotels' parent company and named after Benjamin Franklin's intellectual society, the property holds around 180 rooms across its brick-and-dark-metal facade, the ground floor retail bays activating the street with the kind of color-blocked signage visible in the exterior images.\n\nInside, the design team layered a palette that moves convincingly between registers: the lobby deploys coffered wood-paneled ceilings, a suspended glass-ring chandelier, leather strap chairs with bentwood frames, and sectional sofas in oatmeal linen arranged around a blackened steel suspended fireplace hood, the effect warm enough to suggest a private members' club. Guest rooms take two distinct directions — some finished in slate blue with wide-plank oak floors, channeled upholstered headboards in charcoal, and metal-framed lounge chairs with walnut arms; others leaning into teal two-tone walls with built-in window banquettes. The rooftop bar trades that warmth for something moodier: blacked-out ceilings, copper-shaded pendants, garage-door glass walls folding open to the terrace.","snippet":"A red-brick anchor hotel on Columbus's revitalized Scioto Peninsula with a rooftop bar and members-club lobby.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts exploring Midwest urban revitalization","vibe":"Industrial-warm · civic","highlights":["New-build with warehouse materiality: red brick and steel-frame windows","Rooftop bar with folding glass walls overlooking Scioto Peninsula","Lobby anchors Confluence Village mixed-use development on waterfront"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$249","pricePerNightExclTax":"$249","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8yvb301a585uw8aa2ow0q1717079374596_fd9d6791-fc08-4a71-af23-d96ff36ce2b5.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Junto — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Junto · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Junto captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt9009w01pr85uwgik5lk6e1717079366192_1cc723fc-4172-44f6-925d-cbf17f13e1bc.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Junto — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Junto · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Junto, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt9157g025d85uwcif7ac9d1717078923084_4a1ab283-84a1-4799-81fd-2f0071cbd56f.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Junto — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Junto · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Junto — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt929xj02kz85uw9l2vqa7z1717078398631_d935588c-d537-4612-b601-be71ca5b1131.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Junto — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Junto · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Junto, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt93eqh030l85uwrkqpd8vh1717079370907_a86d4347-fa5a-44f8-9417-f8f06ae97a11.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Junto — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Junto · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Junto — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Graduate Columbus","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/united-states/ohio/columbus-ohio/graduate-columbus","city":"Columbus","cityHeader":"Columbus • Short North Arts District • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Short North Arts District","loyaltyProgram":"Hilton Honors™","designSummary":"Planted at the intersection of High Street and Buttles Avenue in Columbus's Short North Arts District, a cream-paneled ten-story tower announces itself less through architecture than through the full-height mural wrapped around its eastern facade — a swirl of blue botanicals and figures that sets the tone for Graduate Columbus before you walk through the door. Opened in 2021 and designed by architecture firm Model Group, the 197-room property commits fully to the Graduate Hotels formula of place-specific collegiate nostalgia, here channeled through the lens of Ohio State University and the broader mythology of the Buckeye State.\n\nThe interiors, handled by Graduate's in-house creative team under Roman and Williams co-founder Robin Standefer, layer scarlet plaid wallcovering against exposed concrete ceilings and dark-stained oak floors, Ohio state flag throws draped across upholstered leather headboards, and framed astronaut portraiture nodding to John Glenn's Columbus origins. The ground-floor bar runs a long curved oak counter beneath a ceiling covered in hand-drawn comic-strip illustration — a register closer to a student union than a hotel lobby bar, furnished with leather-and-chrome stools and terrazzo café tables. The restaurant beyond shifts mood with exposed brick walls, a checkerboard tile floor in charcoal and white, oversized red wing chairs, and a chandelier fashioned from clustered brass instruments — marching band iconography treated as fine art object. Earnest without being naive, the whole effect lands somewhere between campus archive and art installation.","snippet":"A 2021 Short North hotel wrapped in botanical murals, layered with Ohio State references and campus-inspired interiors.","bestFor":"Ohio State alumni and Midwest nostalgia travelers","vibe":"Collegiate-nostalgic · art-forward","highlights":["Full-height botanical mural wraps the eastern facade","Scarlet plaid walls and Ohio State iconography throughout","Ground-floor bar with hand-drawn comic-strip ceiling illustration"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$181","pricePerNightExclTax":"$181","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8yvg801a785uw95mwbsex1717078445917_61028a49-9fe2-4480-bf9c-a2e664c72274.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Graduate Columbus — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Graduate Columbus · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Graduate Columbus captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt900f101pt85uwvrxbtety1717078464245_c1bedb1f-2821-4d53-823d-e1049fe7c484.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Graduate Columbus — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Graduate Columbus · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Graduate Columbus, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt915ck025f85uwpl4obepm1717078480096_d12410cd-cf53-4ff1-80b2-dee6a733858e.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Graduate Columbus — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Graduate Columbus · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Graduate Columbus — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt92a2p02l185uwr1v2fvrq1717078413484_9e8f1be7-8849-47f2-8f0b-8aabf65051ad.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Graduate Columbus — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Graduate Columbus · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Graduate Columbus, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt93evm030n85uwxgdat4uy1717078428918_79132d6c-c525-4d77-8c9c-0bef6d8b0e11.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Graduate Columbus — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Graduate Columbus · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Graduate Columbus — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}