Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

The historically significant Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland was originally designed by Walker & Weeks to harmonize with the Beaux-Arts classicism of Cleveland's 1903 Group Plan. When completed in 1923, this building was considered the last word in bank construction and a monument to superb craftsmanship and materials. The Bank retained Westlake Reed Leskosky, in association with HOK, to design an addition and renovation. Westlake Reed Leskosky was primarily responsible...

Huntington National Bank, Huntington Bank Building

The Huntington Bank was until 1970 the second largest bank-office building in the world, and still boasts one of the largest banking rooms in the United States. Designed in 1924 by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, the building is monumentally scaled and beautifully detailed in the Beaux-Arts classical style. The program included complete restoration of the great banking halls and exterior entrances as well as extensive code and infrastructure upgrades...

National Park Service/The Western Reserve Historic Society of Ohio, James A. Garfield National Historic Site

Honored with a NEA/Federal Design Achievement Award, the preservation of the home of the 20th U.S. President and site of the country's first "front porch" political campaign is recognized for its accuracy, detail, and integrity. The redesign of the 7.8 acre Historic Site included the restoration of the main house, grounds, and several outbuildings as a house museum and the adaptation of the carriage house for a new visitor information...

Arizona State University, Old Main Alumni Center

The restoration of a cherished campus building returns an 1895 brick landmark to original splendor, and transforms it into a vital, new home for the Alumni Association. The building was originally constructed in 1895 for Tempe Normal School, the first in Arizona to confer degrees for teaching. On the National Register of Historic Places, the building was the tallest in Arizona when constructed and the first in Tempe with electricity....

Jacobs Visconsi & Jacobs, Society National Bank

The Society Bank was Cleveland's first skyscraper, an outstanding example of the work of Burnham and Root. The ten-story building was completely rehabilitated involving extensive restoration of the exterior, banking hall, and mezzanine boardroom. Connecting existing floors to the bank's new adjoining 55-story tower, a new structural system capable of supporting required floor loadings was inserted within the outer stone bearing wall above the ground level. The original second floor...

Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Commission, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Restoration

Westlake Reed Leskosky recently completed the preservation and rehabilitation of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Cleveland's Public Square. Built in 1894 at a cost of $280,000, the structure is the city's major Civil War Memorial and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Save America's Treasures. The current preservation effort represents a joining of private and public groups-including local foundations, the non-profit Monument Commission, and...

City of Phoenix, Tovrea Castle Restoration

Tovrea Castle has been a beloved Phoenix landmark since its construction in 1929. Originally meant to be a hotel surrounded by a garden of exotic cacti, the building and grounds were purchased within two years by Edward A. Tovrea, a leader in Arizona's cattle industry. Mr. Tovrea died in 1932, leaving the estate to his wife, Della Tovrea, a socialite who later married William Stuart, publisher of the Prescott Daily...

Trumbull County Courthouse, Trumbull County Courthouse

Designed by La Belle & French and constructed in 1895, this landmark is considered one of the best examples of Ohio's celebrated county courthouses, site of offices of suffragette Susan B. Anthony and courtroom cases of attorney Clarence Darrow. Westlake Reed Leskosky restored the building, then in ruinous condition, to meet the primary goals of the county's current judicial program, rehabilitated the building for new uses, and removed incompatible and...