Type Hotel/Residential Completed 1902 | Construction started 1901 Roof 52.42 m (172 ft) | |
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Former names TransOhio Tower
Euclid Ninth Tower Location 2000 East Ninth Street Cleveland, Ohio 44115 United States | ||
Kimpton Schofield Hotel (previously known as the Schofield Building and Euclid Ninth Tower) is an historic building located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The 172 foot, 14-story high-rise is located at the corner of East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue in the city's Nine-Twelve District, alongside other historic buildings such as Rose Building, the City Club Building, the Union Commerce Building, the Cleveland Trust Company Building, The 9 Cleveland and The Cleveland Athletic Club Building. Originally constructed as an office building, the Schofield underwent an extensive 5-year restoration and renovation to convert the building to a hotel/residential building scheduled to open in March 2016.
The Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group oversaw the $50 Million project to restore the exterior of a Cleveland landmark to its original early-20th Century appearance. In this new configuration, the Schofield's first seven floors will have 122 hotel rooms and six suites, with the upper seven floors housing 52 apartments of varying sizes.
The Schofield Legacy
In the 1960s, the building was refaced to give it a more modern look, covering the ornamented terracotta architectural details with a steel facing. This renovation was widely met with scorn from both local and national architectural critics.
Little did anyone realize that the building was arguably the masterwork of one of Cleveland's most important architects, Levi Schofield. Schofield was also responsible for the much revered and respected Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Public Square. The Schofield restoration is one of the latest in a series of restoration projects dating back to the mid 1980s in the city; these projects include: Playhouse Square, the Terminal Tower, the Cleveland Arcade, Fenn Tower, the Warehouse District and the Greater Cleveland Aquarium.