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The James A. Rhodes State Office Tower is a 629 ft skyscraper in Columbus, Ohio. Completed and occupied in 1974, the Rhodes Tower is the tallest building in Columbus and the fifth-tallest in Ohio (after the Key Tower, Terminal Tower and 200 Public Square in Cleveland and Great American Tower at Queen City Square in Cincinnati).

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Approximately 4,000 state employees work in the building. Construction costs totaled approximately $66 million. The building, located across Broad Street from the Ohio Statehouse, contains several state offices. The Rhodes Tower contains 1200000 sqft 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.

Statue
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.