Cleveland Trust Company Building | |
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Cleveland Trust Company on East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Location | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Completed | December 28, 1907 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 93 ft (28 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 4 (including basement) |
Cleveland Trust Company
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1905-1907 |
Architect | George B. Post |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical, and Renaissance Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 73001410 |
Added to NRHP | November 26, 1973 |
The Cleveland Trust Company Building is a 1907 building designed by George B. Post and located at the intersection of East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland's Nine-Twelve District. The building is an eclectic mix of Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical, and Renaissance Revival architectural styles. It features a striking glass-enclosed rotunda, a tympanum sculpture, and interior murals.
In 1910, the Chicago school-style, 13-story Swetland Building was built adjacent to the east of the Cleveland Trust Company Building. In 1971, the Brutalist-style, 29-story Cleveland Trust Tower was built adjacent to the south of the Cleveland Trust Company Building. The Cleveland Trust Company Building underwent a significant interior renovation from 1972 to 1973, but closed to the public in 1996. Cuyahoga County purchased all three structures as part of the "Ameritrust complex" in 2005. In 2013, the Cleveland Trust Company Building was sold to the Geis Cos., which renovated it (and part of the Swetland Building) into a grocery store. The basement area of the former bank became a bar and nightclub. Much, although not all, of the Cleveland Trust Company Building's original interior architectural and interior design elements have been retained.
The Cleveland Trust Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.