Carew Tower
49-story Art Deco building in Cincinnati, US. Built 1930 by Walter W. Ahlschlager. Added to the National Register in 1982, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Carew Tower is a 49-story, 574-foot (175 m) Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The second-tallest building in the city, it was Cincinnati's tallest from 1930 until 2011, when it was surpassed by Great American Tower at Queen City Square. The tower is named after Mabley & Carew department store proprietor Joseph T. Carew, who was the namesake of a previous structure on the site.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | W. 5th St. and Fountain Sq., Cincinnati, OH |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Listed | Aug 5, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82003578 |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Walter W. Ahlschlager |
| Type of place | skyscraper |
| Style | Art Deco architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | W. 5th St. and Fountain Sq., Cincinnati, OH |
| Coordinates | 39.10095, -84.52516 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 2 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 34 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 34 mi · Tailwater Shelter 2 (Brookville Lake) 35 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 82003578. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.