Frank J. Lausche State Office Building

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Frank J. Lausche State Office Building
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The Last by Tony Smith in front of the Lausche
Frank J. Lausche State Office Building
Former namesLausche Building
General information
TypeGovernmental
Location615 West Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44113 United States
Construction started1977
Completed1979
Height
Roof62.17 m (204 ft)
Technical details
Floor count15
Floor area458,000 sq. ft.
Design and construction
Architect(s) Toguchi Madison

The Frank J. Lausche State Office Building is a 1979-erected 204-foot-tall, 15-story high-rise in downtown Cleveland on the corner of West Superior and Prospect Avenue on the city's Tower City Center complex. [1] It sits in front of the 2002-built Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse. The building's majority of tenants (over 1300) work for the State of Ohio. The structure cost the state US$26 million to build in 1977–1979 (about $121 million now). [2] In front of the building sits sculptor Tony Smith's Last. [3]

Contents

The uniquely shaped structure is seven-sided, which closely resembles the dimensions of the land it is built on. No more land was allotted to the project because the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority owned the air rights. [4] The building was designed architect Robert P. Madison. [5]

Name

The Lausche is named after Frank Lausche, the 47th mayor of the city of Cleveland, who served from 1942 to 1945 [6] He then became the 57th governor of the state of Ohio and served in that capacity from 1945 to 1947 and 1949 to 1957, having lost in between the 1947-1949 term. [7] Following this he served as a United States senator from 1957 to 1969. [8]

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References

  1. Emporis.com [usurped] Lausche State Office Building Retrieved on 2015-09-12
  2. http://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/GeneralServices/PropertiesandFacilities/Lausche.aspx Lausche Building Retrieved on 2015-09-12
  3. "Last, 1979". Tony Smith Estate. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. http://www.rpmadison.com/id48__frank_lausche_state_office_building.htm Archived 2011-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Frank J. Lausche State Office Building Cleveland, Ohio Retrieved on 2015-09-12
  5. "Ohio's first black architect, Robert P. Madison, reflects on legacy". WEWS News. Feb 7, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  6. http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/Government/MayorsOffice/PastMayors Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Former Cleveland Mayors Retrieved on 2015-09-12
  7. http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio.default.html?begin25341aeb-2c72-425f-902c-d68a3c60362c=50&end25341aeb-2c72-425f-902c-d68a3c60362c=74&pagesize25341aeb-2c72-425f-902c-d68a3c60362c=25& Ohio:Past governors" Retrieved on 2015-09-12
  8. http://ballotpedia.org/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Ohio List of United States Senators from Ohio Retrieved on 2015-09-12

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