The 52 floor Terminal Tower skyscraper was "topped off" on August 18, 1927.
This was the second-tallest building in the world when completed in 1930.
The Terminal Tower is built on "air rights" over railroad tracks.
The steel-reinforced concrete supports for the Terminal Tower reach bedrock approximately 250 feet below ground level in the city.
This was the tallest building in North America outside New York until surpassed by Boston's Prudential Tower in 1964.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the year 1976 as part of the Union Terminal Group.
The tower proper is 98 feet square.
This structure was opened as the Cleveland Union Terminal and dedicated by the Van Sweringen brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James.
The Terminal Tower has a 63 foot flagpole at its top, which brings the total tip height of the building to 771 feet.
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