The Rosenzweig Arts Center was built in the 1930’s as McLellan’s, a favorite variety store. The back part of the building, on Fifth Street, was the location of the Dixie Theater which was opened as early as 1940 and operated until the early 1950’s. The original buildings, known as Hatch’s Corner, burned in 1919. McLellan’s, later called McCory’s, closed in 1993 and, in 1999, the Rosenzweig family gave the building to the Columbus Arts Council for use as an Arts Center. Today, it is one of the premier Arts Centers in the state and has a stage theater as well as a sales and exhibit gallery.
