Frank J. Lausche State Office Building

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{{Infobox building

|name = Frank J. Lausche State Office Building

|image = LauscheSOB.jpg

|caption = The Last by Tony Smith in front of the Lausche

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|former_names = Lausche Building

|location = 615 West Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44113 United States

|building_type = Governmental

|floor_count = 15

|start_date = 1977

|completion_date = 1979

|roof = {{convert|62.17 |m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

|floor_area = 458,000 sq. ft.

|architect = Toguchi Madison

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The Frank J. Lausche State Office Building is a 1979-erected 204-foot-tall, 15-story high-rise in downtown Cleveland on the corner of West Superior and Prospect Avenue on the city's Tower City Center complex.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074511/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/146862/lausche-state-office-building-cleveland-oh-usa Emporis.com]}} Lausche State Office Building Retrieved on 2015-09-12 It sits in front of the 2002-built Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse. The building's majority of tenants (over 1300) work for the State of Ohio. The structure cost the state US$26 million to build in 1977–1979 (about ${{Inflation|index=US|value=26|start_year=1978|r=0}} million now).http://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/GeneralServices/PropertiesandFacilities/Lausche.aspx Lausche Building Retrieved on 2015-09-12 In front of the building sits sculptor Tony Smith's Last.{{cite web |title=Last, 1979 |url=http://www.tonysmithestate.com/artworks/sculpture/last-1979 |website=Tony Smith Estate |access-date=May 20, 2021}}

The uniquely shaped structure is seven-sided, which closely resembles the dimensions of the land it is built on. No more land was allotted to the project because the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority owned the air rights.http://www.rpmadison.com/id48__frank_lausche_state_office_building.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219125626/http://www.rpmadison.com/id48__frank_lausche_state_office_building.htm |date=2011-02-19 }} Frank J. Lausche State Office Building Cleveland, Ohio Retrieved on 2015-09-12 The building was designed architect Robert P. Madison.{{cite news |title=Ohio's first black architect, Robert P. Madison, reflects on legacy |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/ohios-first-black-architect-robert-p-madison-reflects-on-legacy |access-date=May 20, 2021 |agency=WEWS News |date=Feb 7, 2020 |language=en}}