The Nicholas Building (Toledo, Ohio)
Nicholas Building | |
---|---|
![]() Nicholas Building circa 1910. | |
![]() | |
General information | |
Type | office |
Location | 608 Madison Avenue, Toledo, Ohio |
Coordinates | 41°39′11″N 83°32′13″W / 41.653°N 83.537°WCoordinates: 41°39′11″N 83°32′13″W / 41.653°N 83.537°W |
Completed | 1906 |
Height | |
Architectural | 250 ft (76 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 17 |
The Nicholas Building is a 250 ft (76 m)[1] tall high-rise building located at 608 Madison Avenue in Downtown Toledo. It stood as Toledo's tallest building for 7 years, from its completion in 1906 until the completion of the Riverfront Apartments building in 1913. The Nicholas Building is currently the seventh-tallest building in Toledo.
History[]
The seventeen story structure was constructed in 1906 by Toledo business partners A.L. Spitzer and C.M. Spitzer.[2] The Spitzer cousins named the building after their grandfather, Nicholas Spitzer. The building was designed by Norval Bacon and Thomas Huber, partners of the Toledo architectural firm of Bacon & Huber.[3] The Nicholas Building was described in 1910 as one of the "largest and most modern office buildings in the Northwest”, the area known today as the East North Central States.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/View_from_the_Nicholas_Building%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_5914e6e99b332b87882a7b8b9198b9dd_%28page_1%29.jpg/440px-View_from_the_Nicholas_Building%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_5914e6e99b332b87882a7b8b9198b9dd_%28page_1%29.jpg)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Nicholas Building - The Skyscraper Center". skyscrapercenter.com. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1890-1914 By William D. Speck - Nicholas Building. Arcadia Publishing. 2002. ISBN 9780738519784. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ "Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo... Volume 2 - Bacon". Western Historical Association. 1910. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- Buildings and structures in Toledo, Ohio
- Office buildings completed in 1906
- Skyscrapers in Ohio
- 1906 establishments in Ohio
- Ohio building and structure stubs