Gwynne Building | |
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| Location | 6th and Main Sts, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′11″N84°30′36″W / 39.10306°N 84.51000°W |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect | Ernest Flagg |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001856 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1979 |
Gwynne Building is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on August 3, 1979. [1]
The almost 125,000-square-foot thirteen-story Gwynne Building was completed in 1914. [2] The building was designed by Ernest Flagg, who also designed the Singer Building in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. [3]
The structure was commissioned by Flagg's cousin, Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, who was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. [4] Alice and Ernest were first cousins as Alice's mother, [5] Rachel Moore Flagg, was the sister of Flagg's father, Jared Bradley Flagg. [6] [7] Alice named the Gwynne Building in honor of her father, Abraham Evan Gwynne, a prominent Cincinnati lawyer and Judge. [5] [8] [9] Her paternal grandfather, Major David Gwynne, was a real estate broker in Cincinnati, [10] whose family was among the early settlers of Cincinnati, [11] and Alice was said to be a distant relative of the Longworth family. [5] She inherited the property at 6th and Main St. and her brother took the corner of 4th and Main St. [9]
The tallest section, the tower, is 14 stories. The Beaux-Arts style building is made of steel and concrete the exterior is rendered in Indiana limestone, [11] brick and granite. [8] Originally the building was considered fireproof as there was "no wood of any description being used," [11] and the floors were finished in polished concrete with the hall floors containing mosaics. [11] The corners of the building are adorned with ox heads. [10]
In addition to the 1913 building, the east building was built in 1916, and the north building was built in 1939. [8]
From 1935 until 1956, the office building housed the headquarters of Procter & Gamble (P&G). [12] [13] The P&G World Headquarters are now located in twin towers several blocks to the east. [8]
In 1992, the building was purchased by a group of tenants and investors from EQ Office, which was owned by Chicago billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell, founder and chairman of Equity International. [14] The purchase was followed by an about $1,000,000 in renovations. [14]
In July 2014, the building, which was then 88% occupied, was offered for sale. [8] The tenants included Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Sound Images (later renamed Gwynne Sound), [15] the Charles H. Dater Foundation and the Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission. [8] It was purchased by an investment group led by Patrick Gates. [16]
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