Rhodes Tower construction

Cars and pedestrians pass the construction site of the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, near the corner of Broad and High Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Located at 30 East Broad Street, the Rhodes Tower is named for James A. Rhodes, who served as Mayor of Columbus (1944-1952), Auditor of State (1953-1963) and Governor of Ohio (1963-1971, 1975-1983). Completed in 1974, the Rhodes Tower is the tallest office building in Columbus. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr