Rhodes State Office Tower

The James A. Rhodes State Office Tower is a 41-story, 629 ft (192 m) skyscraper on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The Rhodes Tower was completed and occupied in 1974, and is currently the tallest building in Columbus and the fifth tallest in Ohio.

Rhodes State Office Tower
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Government offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	30 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates	39.9626°N 82.9994°W / 39.9626; -82.9994
Construction started	1971
Completed	1973
Cost	US$66 million
Owner	State of Ohio
Height
Roof	191.72 m (629.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	41 3 below ground
Floor area	111,483 m2 (1,199,990 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	22
Design and construction
Architect	Dalton, Dalton, Little, and Newport Brubaker/Brandt, Inc.
References
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Currently, approximately 4,000 state employees work in the building.[5] Construction costs totaled approximately $66 million. It is named after Ohio's longest-serving governor, James A. Rhodes. The building's odd shape is attributed to a last-minute decision to cap its height; originally, the building was supposed to be nearly 150 ft (46 m) taller.

Rhodes Tower contains 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m²) of office space. The offices and courtroom for the Ohio Supreme Court were at one time located in the Rhodes Office Tower, having moved from the Judiciary Annex of the Statehouse. The court left the building for its own facility, the Ohio Judicial Center, in 2004. The Rhodes State Office Tower is located right behind the LeVeque Tower when viewing downtown Columbus from the west. The Columbus Board of Trade Building was demolished to make way for the skyscraper.