| James A. Rhodes Tower | |
|---|---|
 CSU's Rhodes Tower from East 22nd | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Library and Staff Offices |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | 2121 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Construction started | 1968 |
| Completed | 1971 |
| Opening | September 21, 1971 |
| Cost | $ 21.7 million |
| Owner | Cleveland State University |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 363 feet |
| Top floor | 20 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Rode, Guenther, and Bonebrake |
The James A. Rhodes Tower, originally known as University Tower, is a 21-story high-rise building on the campus of Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. With a height of 363 feet (111 m), it is the fourth-tallest educational-purposed building in the United States, behind the Cathedral of Learning, Vertical Campus at Roosevelt University in Chicago, and 25 Park Place in Atlanta which is now owned by Georgia State University. It houses the university's main library on the first eight floors and administration offices for many of the university's academic departments on the upper level floors. It previously held classrooms on the first two floors. It is the tallest structure on the Cleveland State campus, followed by Fenn Tower, and the tallest academic building in Ohio.[1] The tower was named after former Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes who is responsible for signing the legislation that created Cleveland State University on December 18, 1964.[2]
- ^ "Ohio Diagram of tallest buildings page 2of9". Retrieved on 2105-09-30
- ^ Van Tassel, D.D. & Garbowski, J.J. (1987). The encyclopedia of Cleveland history. Indiana University Press:Bloomington, Indiana.