Ohio Savings Plaza

Ohio Savings Plaza
General information
Type	Office[1]
Location	1801 East 9th Street,[1] Cleveland, Ohio United States
Coordinates	41°30′5.28″N 81°41′14.62″W / 41.5014667°N 81.6873944°W / 41.5014667; -81.6873944Coordinates: 41°30′5.28″N 81°41′14.62″W / 41.5014667°N 81.6873944°W / 41.5014667; -81.6873944
Construction started	1967
Completed	1969[1]
Opening	1969[1]
Height
Roof	253 ft (77 m)[2]
Technical details
Floor count	17[1]
Design and construction
Architect	George S. Ryder[2]
Developer	Turner Construction Company[2]

The Ohio Savings Plaza, officially known as the AmTrust Bank Center,^[3] is a commercial high-rise building in Cleveland, Ohio. The building rises 253 feet (77 m) in Downtown Cleveland.^[2] It contains 17 floors, and was completed in 1969.^[1] The Ohio Savings Plaza currently stands as the 29th-tallest building in the city, tied in rank with the Penton Media Building and Ameritech Center. The architect who designed the building was George S. Ryder.^[2] Ohio Savings Plaza has an underground tunnel which can be accessed from within a janitor's closet and leads directly to a restroom in the Phoenix Coffee across the street. The Ohio Savings Plaza was built to serve as the headquarters of the Ohio Savings Bank, one of the oldest saving and loan groups in Ohio.^[4] The bank changed its name to AmTrust Bank in April 2007, which led to the Ohio Savings Plaza being officially renamed the AmTrust Bank Center.^[3] The building also currently serves as the headquarters of the W.D. Brown General Agency, which moved its 95 employees into the building in October 1993.^[5]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Cleveland

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Ohio Savings Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=21402. Retrieved 2007-12-27. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Ohio Savings Plaza". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ohiosavingsplaza-cleveland-oh-usa. Retrieved 2007-12-27. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Ohio Savings Bank to Change Name to AmTrust Bank". PR Newswire. 2007-04-19. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-19-2007/0004569732&EDATE=. Retrieved 2007-12-27. 
4. ^ "Ohio Savings Bank". Case Western Reserve University. http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=OSB. Retrieved 2007-12-27. 
5. ^ Bullard, Stan (1993-05). "Ohio Savings Plaza leases a full floor to Brown agency. (W.D. Brown General Agency)". Crain's Cleveland Business. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5250/is_199305/ai_n20060067. Retrieved 2007-12-27. ^{[dead link]}