One of the most iconic buildings in downtown Cleveland, the Federal Reserve’s home was designed by Walker & Weeks and pays tribute to Italian Renaissance palazzos. It’s seen 100 years of Cleveland history — turning the century mark on August 23 — and is one of the coolest tours you can go on in the city. This, a look back at the last 100 years from what stood on the location before through construction and the final, amazing building with features whose usefulness are no longer needed (gun turrets, for example), is just a taste.
Prior building on site, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectPrior building on site, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectExcavation of site, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBuilding materials, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBuilding materials, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFraming of first level, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectExcavation of plumbing connections, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFraming of first level, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInitial phase of construction, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSub-floor construction on first level, 1921 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBuilding materials, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBank vault enclosure construction, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectOverview of building site, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSecond level construction, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSteel frame structure, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInterior work, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInstallation of marble facade, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTransport of bank vault, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInstallation of iron metalwork windows, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSuperior Avenue street activity near construction site, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBank vault enclosure; third-level construction, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInstallation of marble facade, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCompletion of penthouse level; iron metal work window installation, 1922 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCompleted building, 1923 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTransport of bank vault, 1923 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland vaults, 1923 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInstallation of “Security” statue, 1923 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Energy in Repose Statue, 1924 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectInterior view of entrance doors, 1929 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectEntrance of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1933 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank entrance, 1933 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1939 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectMoney in sacks piled high at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1940 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Training School, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBonds being received at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1942 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank, sandblasting the exterior of the building, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectView from Superior Avenue, 1954 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank vault, 1959 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectClose-up of the seal of the state of Ohio inside the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland -Vaults Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
