The Willson Tower is a
high-rise residential building in
Cleveland, Ohio. It is 210 feet tall, and was built in 1971. The building is owned by the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority and provides
public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...
one and two-bedroom apartments. It is named after
Hiram Willson, a prominent lawyer in Cleveland in the 19th century. The Willson is on East 55th Street near Cleveland's
East Technical High School
East Technical High School or East Tech is a secondary school under the operation of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District in Cleveland, Ohio.
History
The school, when it opened on October 5, 1908, was the first public trade school in the ci ...
.
References
Emporis Profile
Public housing in the United States
Residential skyscrapers in Cleveland
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