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Terminal Tower, Cleveland, U.S.A., Building, House, Structure, Image, Photo, Emporis,In formal holiday attire - 2002-12 (175280)
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Terminal Tower, Cleveland, U.S.A., Building, House, Structure, Image, Photo, Emporis,View from the north - 2002-12 (135483)
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Terminal Tower, Cleveland, U.S.A., Building, House, Structure, Image, Photo, Emporis,View from a nearby street - 2002-12 (133249)
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Identification
Official name Terminal Tower
Emporis Building Number 121783
 
Location
Address *
Bordering street #1 Public Square
Bordering street #2 West Prospect Avenue
Postcode *
Exact Latitude *
Exact Longitude *
Location Map (POI) *
Complex Tower City Center
Zone Tower City
Neighborhood Downtown
City Cleveland
State Ohio
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (tip) *
Height (struct.) 216 m 708 ft
Height (roof) *
Floors (OG) 52
Construction start *
Construction end 1930
Costs at completion *
 
Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
Architectural style *
Status existing [completed]

Facts
- Opened as Cleveland Union Terminal and dedicated by the Van Sweringen brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James.
- The tower proper is 98 feet square.
- 1,400 buildings on 35 acres were razed to make way for the Cleveland Union Terminal project whose tower was originally designed as a 14-storey structure with a 5-storey cupola.
- The Terminal Tower was "topped off" on August 18, 1927.
- Second-tallest building in the world when completed in 1930.
- The Terminal Tower is built on "air rights" over railroad tracks.
- The steel-reinforced concrete supports for the Terminal Tower reach bedrock approximately 250 feet below ground level.
- Tallest building in North America outside New York until surpassed by Boston's Prudential Tower in 1964.
- The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as part of the Union Terminal Group.
- The Terminal Tower has a 63 foot flagpole at its top, which brings the total tip height of the building to 771 feet.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect:
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Herman, Gibans, Fodor, Inc.

Other companies:
Barber & Hoffman, Inc., Carnegie Steel Company, Independence Excavating, John Gill & Sons, Precision Environmental Company, Professional Service Industries, Inc., Safway Scaffolding, The Van Sweringen Co., Waco Scaffolding & Equipment.