Keith Building | |
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![]() The Keith Building | |
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Alternative names | B.F. Keith Theatre Building |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices Theatre |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
Location | 1621 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio |
Coordinates | 41°30′05″N 81°40′49″W / 41.501286°N 81.680284°W |
Completed | 1922 |
Height | |
Roof | 83 m (272 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 22 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Rapp & Rapp |
References | |
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The Keith Building is a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio's Playhouse Square theater district. The Keith is 272 feet tall and 21 stories, and houses the Palace Theater, a former flagship theater of the Keith vaudeville circuit.[4] As of 2017, the renovated building is in use as an office tower.[5]
At the time of its construction in 1922, the Keith was the tallest building in Cleveland,[6] and currently stands as the 25th-tallest. It is also the tallest performing arts-related building in Ohio. From 1922 through the mid-1950s,[citation needed] the Keith also had a multi-story electric sign on its roof, claimed to be the largest electric sign in the world at the time of its construction.[7][8]
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