Carew Tower
| Carew Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Location | 441 Vine Street Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°06′03″N 84°30′48″W / 39.10077°N 84.51323°WCoordinates: 39°06′03″N 84°30′48″W / 39.10077°N 84.51323°W |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Completed | 1930 |
| Cost | US$33,000,000 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 49 |
| Floor area | 128,000 m2 (1,377,780.5 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 14 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates Delano & Aldrich |
| Developer | John J. Emery |
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Carew Tower-Netherland Plaza Hotel
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| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 82003578 |
| Added to NRHP | April 19, 1994 |
| References | |
Carew Tower is a 49-story, 574-foot (175 m) building completed in 1930 in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, overlooking the Ohio River waterfront. It is the second-tallest building in the city and was added to the register of National Historic Landmarks on April 19, 1994. It is named for Joseph T. Carew, proprietor of the Mabley & Carew department store chain, which had previously operated on the site since 1877.
The complex contains the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza (formerly Omni Netherland Plaza), which is described as a fine example of French Art Deco architecture, and was used as the model for the Empire State Building in New York City. The hotel's Hall of Mirrors banquet room was inspired by the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The tower remained the city's tallest until the completion of the Great American Tower at Queen City Square on July 13, 2010, rising 86 ft (26 m) higher than Carew Tower, making Cincinnati one of the last major American cities whose tallest building had been constructed prior to World War II.
Carew Tower was designed by the architectural firm W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates with Delano & Aldrich and developed by John J. Emery. The original concept was a development that would include a department store, a theater, office accommodation and a hotel to rival the Waldorf-Astoria. Emery took on as partner Col. William A. Starrett (Starrett Investment Corp.) and Starrett Brothers, Inc. as general contractors. The building is widely considered to be an early prototype of an urban mixed-use development, a "city within a city". New York City's Rockefeller Center, built around the same time, is a more famous example of this concept. The Hotel Emery and an office block belonging to Mabley & Carew were demolished to make the site available for construction.
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