COLUMBUS, Ohio — The 47-story, 353,768-square-foot LeVeque Tower stands 555 feet and 5 inches tall and was the capital city of Ohio’s tallest building from 1927 to 1974. Today, it is the city’s second-tallest.
Built for $8.7 million and designed by C. Howard Crane, the Art Deco skyscraper was the fifth-tallest building in the world when it opened. Its design incorporates a terracotta facade.
The tower, initially the American Insurance Union Citadel, was designed with 600 hotel rooms. It also features an attached performance venue, the Palace Theatre.
It was renamed the Lincoln-LeVeque Tower in 1946 after the American Insurance Union went bankrupt during the Great Depression. In 1977, its name was shortened to LeVeque Tower.
