The Doctors' Building is a historic commercial structure in
Cincinnati,
Ohio,
United States.
Located on Garfield Place in the
city's downtown, it is one of Cincinnati's few
Late Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
commercial buildings.
[Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 589.]
The Doctors' Building was designed by the firm of
Tietig and Lee, one of Cincinnati's leading architectural firms in the early twentieth century.
Completed in 1923,
it was one of the firm's most prominent commissions; it was Cincinnati's only large building erected for the sole purpose of providing space for
doctors' offices, and its location on the southern side of a park ensures that it can be seen from a distance.
Terracotta tiles cover the eight-
story facade,
which is structured primarily of brick,
[, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-11-03.] although
reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...
was also employed in construction.
Some additional elements are constructed of metal or
marble.
The building is topped with a mostly flat roof with a small
penthouse
Penthouse most often refers to:
*Penthouse apartment, a special apartment on the top floor of a building
*Penthouse (magazine), ''Penthouse'' (magazine), a British-founded men's magazine
*Mechanical penthouse, a floor, typically located directly u ...
.
In 1986, the Doctors' Building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
It qualified for the Register both because of its place in local history and because of its well-preserved historic architecture.
Key to these two statuses was its place as the area's only large building constructed for physicians and as one of the most important buildings designed by Tietig and Lee.
References
Gothic Revival architecture in Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Cincinnati
Office buildings in Cincinnati
Commercial buildings completed in 1923
Cincinnati Local Historic Landmarks
External links
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