Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Name of Building
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Cincinnati, Ohio
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Begun: 1885
Completed:1888
Demolished: 1911
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Henry Hobson Richardson
Materials
granite, glass
Size and/or Scale of Building
3 to 4 stories tall
Architectural Type
Public
Formal Style
Richardsonian Romanesque
Building Description
The structure is square in its footprint. With it not existing anymore, it is more difficult to see a direct image from above, but you can come to this conclusion with other photos taken. From the exterior, it appears to have had at least 3 to 4 levels. Its construction method illuminates the Richardsonian style with the conical roofing arches throughout, and that medieval style it references. It appears there is at least one, main entrance way, similar to the Ness county bank building; you could approach this entrance from either side of the corner of the block where the building resided. Materials once more are the usual, with what is the granite that was used in the courthouse In Pittsburgh, for the exterior, along with the glass material used for windows acting as our main material suspects. Indoors there seemed to have been plenty of room. The second floor allowed for one to see up at least 40+ feet toward the ceiling. In a lot of ways, this structure, from build to usage, was incredibly reminiscent of the Ness County Bank building, even with it being torn down as it was, it still showed the fast rise and transition from the architectural style’s Movement from the Northeast into the Midwest.
Image source
Image 1: Ochsner, J. K. (1982) H.H. Richardson, complete architectural works. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Image 2: Ochsner, J. K. (1982) H.H. Richardson, complete architectural works. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Image 3: Ochsner, J. K. (1982) H.H. Richardson, complete architectural works. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Image 4: Ochsner, J. K. (1982) H.H. Richardson, complete architectural works. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Drawing 1: Ochsner, J. K. (1982) H.H. Richardson, complete architectural works. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Student First and Last Name
Julian Forster
Bibliographic references for the item
Ochsner, J. K. (1982) H.H. Richardson, complete architectural works. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Citation
Henry Hobson Richardson, “Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/251.
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