Former names Lausche Building Completed 1979 Floor count 15 Opened 1979 Floor area 4 ha Construction started 1977 | Type Governmental Roof 62.17 m (204 ft) Height 62 m Floors 15 Phone +1 216-787-3840 | |
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Location 615 West Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44113 United States Address 615 W Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113, USA Similar Rhodes State Office Tower, Carl B Stokes United St, Anthony J Celebrezze Federal B, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Greater Cleveland Aquarium | ||
The Frank J. Lausche State Office Building is a 1979-erected 204 foot 15 story high-rise in downtown Cleveland on the corner of West Superior and Prospect Avenue on the city's Tower City Center complex. It sits in front of the 2002-built Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse. The buildings majority of tenants (over 1300) work for the State of Ohio. The structure cost the state $26 million to build in 1977-1979. That would be about $83.5 million in today's inflation rate. In front of the building sits sculptor Tony Smith's Last which serves as a testament to both the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio's dedication to public art.
The uniquely-shaped structure is actually seven-sided, which closely resembles the dimensions of the land it is built on as no more land was allotted to the project due to the fact that the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority owned the air rights. The building was erected by the firm of Robert P. Madison of Madison Madison International, a famous Cleveland architectural firm.
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The Lausche is named after Frank Lausche, the 47th mayor of the city of Cleveland, who served from 1942-1945 He then became the 57th governor of the state of Ohio and served in that capacity from 1945-1947 and 1949-1957, having lost in between the 1947-1949 term. Following this he served as a United States senator from 1957-1969.