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Title
Columbus
Skyline
photograph
Subject
Ohio Government
Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Skyscrapers
Cityscapes
Rivers
Bridges Ohio
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
reads
: "
Columbus
on the
Scioto
.
Columbus
Skyline.
" The
Ohio
State
Office
Building
and the
LeVeque-Lincoln
Tower
are
shown
here from the
Scioto
River
.
Designed
by
architects
Harry
Hake
,
Frank
Bail
and
Alfred
Hahn
, the The
Ohio
State
Office
Building
was
eventually
renamed
the
Ohio
Departments
Building
. The
original
cost
of
construction
was
five
million
dollars
, but an
explosion
during
construction
in
1932
carried
a
repair
cost
of
$750
,
000
. In
1998
, the
Ohio
General
Assembly
voted
to
bear
the
cost
of the
building's
renovation
.
Renovation
began
in
2001
and was
completed
in
January
of
2004
. The
Ohio
State
Office
Building
was
renamed
the
Ohio
Judicial
Center
and was
officially
opened
on
February
17
,
2004
,
winning
several
awards
due
to its
superior
architecture
. The
LeVeque
Tower
, also
known
as the
American
Insurance
Union
Citadel
and the
Lincoln-LeVeque
Tower
, was
completed
in
1927
. For
forty
years
,
until
the
Rhodes
State
Office
Tower
was
built
in
1974
, the
LeVeque
Tower
was the
tallest
building
in
Columbus
. At the
time
of its
construction
,
it
was the
fifth-tallest
in the
world
.
It
was also
known
as "the
first
aerial
lighthouse
" in the
country
because
it
served
as a
guide
to
aviators
.
Architect
C
.
Howard
Crane
of
Detroit
drew
the
plans
for the
building
.
It
bears
elements
of
Art
Deco
and
Art
Moderne
styles
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B05F04A_001_2.tif
Image Height
4161
Image Width
5681
File Size
5470.166 KB
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2009-01-29
Date modified
2010-05-20
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