8 East Broad Street is a building on
Capitol Square in
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
. Built in 1906, it was the tallest building in the city until the
LeVeque Tower was built in 1927. The architect was
Frank Packard
Frank L. Packard (June 11, 1866 October 26, 1923) was a prominent architect in Ohio. Many of his works were under the firm Yost & Packard, a company co-owned by Joseph W. Yost.
Life and career
Frank Lucius Packard was born June 11, 1866 in ...
.
[Jeffrey T. Darbee and Nancy A. Recchie, ]
The AIA Guide to Columbus
' (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2008) Presently, it is a residential building, housing condominiums in a development called "8 on the Square".
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Columbus
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rect 119 452 209 586 The Condominiums at North Bank Park
rect 175 389 255 527 One Nationwide Plaza
rect 297 409 396 561 Three Nationwide Plaza
rect 405 373 485 562 William Gr ...
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The Newsboy
''The Newsboy'' is a bronze sculpture of a newspaper carrier in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The statue, created by artist Bruce Hanners, is located outside the 8 on the Square condominium building, on Broad Street in the Capitol Square area o ...
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Residential skyscrapers in Columbus, Ohio
Buildings in downtown Columbus, Ohio
Commercial buildings completed in 1906
Frank Packard buildings
1906 establishments in Ohio
Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio)
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