200 Public Square
| 200 Public Square | |
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| Former names | Sohio Building, BP Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 200 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 United States |
| Coordinates | 41°30′0.5″N 81°41′29.5″W / 41.500139°N 81.691528°WCoordinates: 41°30′0.5″N 81°41′29.5″W / 41.500139°N 81.691528°W |
| Construction started | 1982 |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 |
| Floor area | 1.2 million sq ft (office space) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum |
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200 Public Square (also known as the Sohio Building, Standard Oil building, the BP America Building, BP America Tower, BP Tower, or the BP Building) is the third-tallest skyscraper in Cleveland, Ohio. The building, located on Public Square in Downtown Cleveland reaches 45 stories and 658 ft (201 m) and holds 1.2 million square feet (111,000 m²) of office space. The building is Cleveland's regional headquarters for Huntington Bancshares.
In November 1981, Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio) announced plans to build a skyscraper on Public Square. Initially, it was supposed to surpass the Terminal Tower in height, but city officials insisted that the Tower remain the city's tallest building. The BP Building was designed by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum in the postmodern style and angled to be parallel to both Euclid and Superior avenues.
Construction began in 1982 with the demolition of two Cleveland landmarks, the Burnham and Root Cuyahoga Building (1892) and the 16-story George B. Post Williamson Building (1900). The new structure was completed in 1985 and was officially opened in 1987 as the BP America Tower, when British Petroleum purchased the remaining 45% of Sohio and merged its North American holdings to form BP America, Inc., headquartered in the new building.
Claes Oldenburg's Free Stamp sculpture was commissioned by Alton Whitehouse and other Sohio executives to stand in front of the tower, but BP officials did not appreciate it, and donated the sculpture to the City of Cleveland. After some modifications, the city installed it in Willard Park, next to Cleveland City Hall.
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