Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: Gwynne Building

Work Record ID: 
2257
Reproduction Record ID: 
2257
Work Class: 
Architecture
Work Type: 
administration building
Title: 
Gwynne Building
Title Type: 
preferred
Creator: 
Flagg, Ernest, active early 20th century
Creator Type: 
personal
Creator Role: 
architect
Date: 
1913
Date Type: 
completion date
Location: 
621 Main St., (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Location: 
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Location Type: 
current
Style Period: 
Beaux-Arts (style)
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
leaded lights (window components)
Subject: 
modular coordination
Subject: 
central business districts
Subject: 
National Register of Historic Places
Subject: 
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Description: 
The Gwynne Building was erected in 1913 and was commissioned by the daughter of whom the building was named after, Abraham Gwynne. Designed by Ernest Flagg, the building was the headquarters for Proctor and Gamble from 1935-1956.
Information Source: 
Giglierano, Geoffrey J., et al. The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati : A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. 65.
Reproduction Creator: 
Cincinnati Preservation Association
Reproduction Creator Type: 
donor
Reproduction Subject: 
vaulted (attributes and properties)
Reproduction View: 
Exterior view focusing on the Beaux Art inspired window ornamentations, such as leaded-glass
Reproduction View Type: 
detail view
Reproduction View Subject: 
vaulted (attributes and properties)
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.