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The Nicholas Building is a tall high-rise building located at 608 Madison Avenue in
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. 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. 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. The Nicholas Building was described in 1910 as one of the "largest and most modern office buildings in the
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”, the area known today as the
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. View from the Nicholas Building, Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - 5914e6e99b332b87882a7b8b9198b9dd (page 1).jpg, none, upright=2.0, View from the Nicholas Building, undated Nicholas Building, Toledo, Ohio.jpg, Nicholas Building circa 1910


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Toledo, Ohio This list of tallest buildings in Toledo, Ohio ranks by height the high-rise buildings in the U.S. city of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. Toledo contains 21 high rise buildings of at least 50 meters (164 ft.) in height, with a further 10 buildings ...


References

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