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The Wyandotte Building is a historic building in
Downtown Columbus, Ohio Downtown Columbus is the central business district of Columbus, Ohio. Downtown is centered on the intersection of Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio), Broad and High Street (Columbus, Ohio), High Streets, and encompasses all of the area inside the Inner ...
. It was considered the city's first skyscraper, built in 1897-1898 and designed by
Daniel Burnham Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the '' Beaux-Arts'' movement, he may have been, "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ...
's architectural firm. It is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.


History

The Wyandotte Building was commissioned by John G. Deshler of Deshler National Bank and Associates and opened in 1898, and named for the
Wyandot people The Wyandot people, or Wyandotte and Waⁿdát, are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands. The Wyandot are Iroquoian Indigenous peoples of North America who emerged as a confederacy of tribes around the north shore of Lake Ontario ...
. It was Columbus' first steel-frame skyscraper at 11 stories. The steel frame building with a tile framed entry is part of the Chicago School of architecture and was built to be fireproof. The facade has vertical rows of bay windows which are intended to provide light, ventilation and extra floor space. The interior has rich wood and marble finishes with terra cotta trimmed arched entries. It was a commercial failure and in 1916, it was sold to the State of Ohio for use as an office building. The building was surveyed for the
Historic American Buildings Survey Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...
in 1955. In 1979, it was extensively renovated after the state moved out to the
Rhodes State Office Tower The James A. Rhodes State Office Tower is a 41-story, skyscraper on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The Rhodes Tower was completed and occupied in 1974, and is currently the tallest building in Columbus and the fifth tallest in O ...
in 1974. In 2014, Huntington Bancshares purchased the building for $3.6 million.


Gallery

File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Perry E. Borchers, Photographer, 1955 OFFICE INTERIOR. - Wyandotte Building, 21 West Broad Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH HABS OHIO,25-COLB,3-3.tif, Office interior, 1958 File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Perry E. Borchers, Photographer, 1955 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST. - Wyandotte Building, 21 West Broad Street, Columbus, Franklin County, OH HABS OHIO,25-COLB,3-1.tif, Exterior, 1958


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbus, Ohio __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places entries in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The National Register is a federal register for buildings, structures, and sites of historic significance. This is intended to be a compl ...


References


External links

* {{NRHP in Ohio 1898 establishments in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Columbus, Ohio Buildings and structures completed in 1898 Chicago school architecture in Ohio Buildings and structures in Downtown Columbus, Ohio Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio)