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The Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse Building (also known as the Carl B. Stokes Federal Court House Tower, Federal Court House Tower or Stokes Tower) is a skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
 located in downtown
Downtown Cleveland

Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of the City of Cleveland, Ohio and Northeast Ohio. Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth that continues to this day, with over $2 billion in capital projects slated to involve the downtown area over the next few years....
 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
. The building has 24 stories and rises to a height of 430 ft (131 m).

Named after Carl B. Stokes
Carl B. Stokes

Carl Burton Stokes was an United States of America politician of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 51st List of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio....
, the 51st mayor of Cleveland and the first African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 mayor of a major city, the Courthouse Tower is located on the corner of Huron Road and Superior Avenue.






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The Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse Building (also known as the Carl B. Stokes Federal Court House Tower, Federal Court House Tower or Stokes Tower) is a skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
 located in downtown
Downtown Cleveland

Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of the City of Cleveland, Ohio and Northeast Ohio. Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth that continues to this day, with over $2 billion in capital projects slated to involve the downtown area over the next few years....
 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
. The building has 24 stories and rises to a height of 430 ft (131 m).

Named after Carl B. Stokes
Carl B. Stokes

Carl Burton Stokes was an United States of America politician of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 51st List of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio....
, the 51st mayor of Cleveland and the first African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 mayor of a major city, the Courthouse Tower is located on the corner of Huron Road and Superior Avenue. The name "Court House" was chosen in homage to the old Federal Building. With construction completed in 2002, it is the latest addition to the downtown skyline and features a characteristic cornice which is illuminated at night. In addition, it includes an enclosed walkway which links it to the adjacent Tower City Center
Tower City Center

Tower City Center is a large mixed-use facility located on Public Square in Downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. The facility is composed of a number of interconnected office buildings, including the landmark Terminal Tower, a shopping mall, two hotels, and the Tower City of Cleveland's three RTA Rapid Transit lines....
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Tenants include the Cleveland-based federal circuit and district judges and magistrate judges, the Clerk of Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office, the U.S. Marshal's Office, and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's Cleveland Field Office, as well as the U.S. Immigration Court.

The building is adorned by Cleveland Venus, a 37 foot tall, 11.5 ton bronze sculpture
Bronze sculpture

Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply a "bronze".Common bronze alloys have the unusual and desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling the finest details of a mold....
 created by Ohio artist Jim Dine
Jim Dine

Jim Dine is an America n pop artist. He is sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, attended the University of Cincinnati and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio University in 1957....
. The headless and armless statue is one of the sculptor's variations on the Venus de Milo
Venus de Milo

Aphrodite of Milos , better known as the Venus de Milo, is an Ancient Greece statue and one of the most famous works of Sculpture of Ancient Greece....
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See also

  • List of tallest buildings in Cleveland
    List of tallest buildings in Cleveland

    This list of tallest buildings in Cleveland ranks skyscrapers in the United States city of Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio by height. The tallest building in Cleveland is the 57-story Key Tower, which rises 948 Foot in Cleveland's Public Square....


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