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Approximately 4,000 state employees work in the building.[1] Construction costs totaled approximately $66 million. The building, located across Broad Street from the Ohio Statehouse, contains several state offices. The Rhodes Tower contains 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of office space. The offices and courtroom for the Ohio Supreme Court were at one time located in the Rhodes Office Tower, having moved from the Judiciary Annex of the Statehouse. The court left the building for its own facility, the Ohio Judicial Center, in 2004.
It is named after Ohio's longest serving governor, James A. Rhodes. The Board of Trade Building was demolished to make way for this building.
A bronze statue of Gov. Rhodes by Columbus sculptor Gary Ross was unveiled in December 1982 on the northeast corner of the Statehouse grounds. The statue is a likeness of Rhodes from the early days of his first term. Including the 11,000-pound granite base, the piece stands 12 feet tall. State officials had the statue moved "temporarily" to the Rhodes Tower entrance during Statehouse renovations in 1991, but it has stood there ever since.
City of Columbus, Ohio
