Cincinnati Times-Star Building
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| Times-Star Building | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Architect: | Samuel Hannaford & Sons [1] |
| Architectural style(s): | Art Deco[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 25, 1983[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83004309[1] |
| Governing body: | Private[1] |
Cincinnati Times-Star Building at 800 Broadway Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a registered historic building. It was listed in the National Register on November 25, 1983. It was built in 1933 and was designed by the firm of Samuel Hannaford & Sons in the Art Deco Style. The limestone building has 16 stories. Much of the decorated facade plays homage to the printing and publishing businesses. Two hundred feet above the street stand four pillars at each of the tower's corners, they represent patriotism, truth speed and progress.
The newspaper plant occupied the first six stories. The floors above were offices. The Cincinnati Times-Star was an outgroth of several newspapers and was owned by Cininnati's Taft family. Charles Phelps Taft was editor.
The building was bought by Hamilton County in the the late 1980s, it is used for county offices.
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[edit] References
Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, May 1943, page 198.
[edit] External links
- Cincinnati Times-Star Building circa 1933
- Old Times-Star Building
- Main entrance of the Times-Star building
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