LeVeque Tower / Hotel LeVeque (Columbus, Ohio)

 hotel, building, office building, landmark, place with historical importance, apartment building, historic landmark, historic site

50 West Broad Street #200
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 224-9161
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The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story Art Deco skyscraper in Columbus, Ohio. Located at 50 West Broad Street, it was the first skyscraper to be erected in downtown Columbus. The building rises to a height of 555 feet and 6 inches, which at the time of its completion made it the tallest building between New York City and Chicago and the fifth tallest building in the world. It was also intentionally built one half foot taller than the Washington Monument in Washington DC. The major and most distinctive part of the Columbus skyline since 1927. The Rhodes Government Center has been the tallest building in Coumbus since 1973.

The insurance company that originally built the tower went bankrupt due to the expense as the Great Depression hit, and the tower ended up being completed as a 600-room addition to the adjacent Deshler-Wallick hotel. The hotel rooms were converted to offices in 1964 and the adjacent Deshler was finally demolished in 1970.

The LeVeque Tower was renovated in 2017 and converted to a combination of offices, apartments and a luxury hotel.