LeVeque Tower

Columbus, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story Art Deco skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, designed by C. Howard Crane and completed in 1927. Rising 555 feet 5 inches, it was the city's tallest building for nearly five decades and ranked as the world's fifth-tallest upon opening. Originally built as the American Insurance Union Citadel at a cost of $8.7 million, the 353,768-square-foot structure features ornate ornamentation and a terracotta facade characteristic of Streamline Moderne style. The complex originally included 600 hotel rooms across two wings and the attached Palace Theatre. Following the American Insurance Union's Depression-era bankruptcy, the tower was renamed Lincoln-LeVeque in 1946 and LeVeque Tower in 1977. After decades serving state agencies and law firms amid changing downtown competition, it was acquired by real estate investors in 2011 and converted into a mixed-use development with hotel, apartments, condominiums, offices, and restaurant space that opened in 2017. Now the city's second-tallest building, it remains listed on the National Register of Historic Places.