Capitol Square is a
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
on
Capitol Square in
Downtown
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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 ...
. It was completed in 1984, has 26 floors, and of floor space. The building was designed by the architectural firm
Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland and it follows the international and modern architectural styles. Capitol Square is the 13th tallest building in Columbus.
The 20-floor
Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square
The Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square is a highrise hotel on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building, constructed along with the Capitol Square skyscraper in the 1980s, houses a Sheraton hotel and Starbucks coffee shop. T ...
is part of the same complex, and is constructed on the former site of the Hartman Building.
The statue ''
Naiads'' is situated in a courtyard between Capitol Square and the Sheraton hotel. West of Capitol Square is a courtyard created in 1984 between the building and the
Ohio Theatre
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, including the Galbreath Pavilion.
Gallery
File:Columbus Sheraton.jpg, Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square
The Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square is a highrise hotel on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building, constructed along with the Capitol Square skyscraper in the 1980s, houses a Sheraton hotel and Starbucks coffee shop. T ...
File:Hartman Building and Theater crop.tif, Hartman Building and Theater
The Hartman Building and Theater was a pair of historic buildings on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The structures were commissioned by Samuel B. Hartman, designed by Richards, McCarty and Bulford in the Renaissance Revival style ...
, formerly on the site
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Columbus, Ohio
File:Broad Street in Franklinton 01a.jpg, 500px, Skyline of Columbus
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 ...
References
External links
EmporisSkyscraperpage
Buildings and structures in Downtown Columbus, Ohio
Office buildings completed in 1984
Skyscraper office buildings in Columbus, Ohio
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