The LeVeque Tower has 47 stories and stands 555 feet 5 inches tall. It was Columbus's tallest building from 1927 to 1974, and it is still the second tallest. When it opened it was the fifth tallest building in the world.
It was built as the American Insurance Union Citadel, headquarters for a fraternal insurance group. C. Howard Crane designed it in the Art Deco style, covered in cream-colored terracotta and inspired by Byzantine architecture. It cost $8.7 million.
The insurance group went bankrupt in the Great Depression. The building was renamed the Lincoln-LeVeque Tower in 1946 and the LeVeque Tower in 1977. After a long renovation, it reopened in 2017 as a mix of hotel, apartments, condos, offices and a restaurant.