# 200 Public Square > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/200_Public_Square > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/200_Public_Square.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Public_Square > Source revision: 1340869143 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) "BP Building" redirects here. For building in Antwerp, see [BP Building (Antwerp)](/source/BP_Building_(Antwerp)). **200 Public Square** is a [skyscraper](/source/Skyscraper) in [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), [Ohio](/source/Ohio). The building, located on [Public Square](/source/Public_Square,_Cleveland) in [Downtown Cleveland](/source/Downtown_Cleveland), reaches 45 stories and 658 feet (201 m) with 1.2 e6sqft of office space. It is the third-tallest building in Cleveland and fourth-tallest in the state of Ohio. The building opened in 1985 as the headquarters for [Standard Oil of Ohio](/source/Standard_Oil_of_Ohio) or Sohio, and was known as the **Sohio Building** or **Standard Oil building**. After [British Petroleum](/source/BP) (BP) rebranded Sohio as BP in the early 1990s, the building was often called the **BP America Building**, **BP America Tower**, **BP Tower**, or **BP Building**, and those earlier names are still regularly used even after BP moved its North American headquarters to [Chicago](/source/Chicago) in 1998. It was officially renamed 200 Public Square in 2005 and since 2010, has been Cleveland's regional headquarters for [Huntington Bancshares](/source/Huntington_Bancshares).[1] ## Sohio In November 1981, [Standard Oil of Ohio](/source/Standard_Oil_of_Ohio) (Sohio) announced plans to build a skyscraper on Public Square. Initially, it was supposed to surpass the [Terminal Tower](/source/Terminal_Tower) in height, but city officials insisted that the Tower remain the city's tallest building. The BP Building was designed by [Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum](/source/Hellmuth,_Obata_and_Kassabaum) in the [postmodern](/source/Postmodern_architecture) style and angled to be parallel to both [Euclid](/source/Euclid_Avenue_(Cleveland,_Ohio)) and Superior avenues. Construction began in 1982 with the [demolition](/source/Building_implosion) of two Cleveland landmarks, the [Burnham and Root](/source/Burnham_and_Root) [Cuyahoga Building](/source/Cuyahoga_Building) ([1892](/source/1892_in_architecture)) and the 16-story [George B. Post](/source/George_B._Post) [Williamson Building](/source/Williamson_Building) ([1900](/source/1900_in_architecture)).[2] The new structure was completed in [1985](/source/1985_in_architecture) and was officially opened in 1987 as the [BP](/source/BP) America Tower, when British Petroleum purchased the remaining 45% of Sohio and merged its North American holdings to form BP America, Inc., headquartered in the new building. ## BP America, Inc. [Claes Oldenburg](/source/Claes_Oldenburg)'s *[Free Stamp](/source/Free_Stamp)* sculpture was commissioned by [Alton Whitehouse](/source/Alton_Whitehouse) and other Sohio executives to stand in front of the tower, but BP officials did not appreciate it, and donated the sculpture to the City of Cleveland. After some modifications, the city installed it in [Willard Park](/source/Willard_Park_(Cleveland_park)), next to Cleveland City Hall. Before the [Key Tower](/source/Key_Tower) was built, the BP Building was the second-most prominent skyscraper in the city, often photographed with the adjacent Terminal Tower as a twin emblem of Cleveland. It contains 36 elevators, 10 escalators, 3 fountains, 1 waterfall, 1,500 plants, and several works of art. When BP purchased [Chicago](/source/Chicago,_Illinois)-based [Amoco](/source/Amoco) in 1998, the company said it would move its headquarters from Cleveland to Chicago. The building was purchased by the Chicago-based [EQ Office](/source/EQ_Office) in 1996 for $144 million, which in turn sold it to [Harbor Group International](/source/Harbor_Group_International) in June 2005 for $141.25 million. Harbor Group worked with Electra Real Estate (TASE: ELTR) to purchase the building. The building was subsequently renamed 200 Public Square. Most Clevelanders and the Harbor Group[3] still recognize it as the BP Tower, although many still refer to it as the Sohio Building. ## Huntington Bank In June 2011, [Huntington Bank](/source/Huntington_Bank) placed its corporate logo at the top of the building. The bank moved its regional headquarters to the tower from the [Huntington Bank Building](/source/Huntington_Bank_Building) that September.[4] Harbor Group International put the building up for sale in June 2011.[5] DRA Advisors bought the building in 2018[6] and put it up for sale in 2023.[7] ## See also - [List of tallest buildings in Cleveland](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Cleveland) ## References 1. Bullard, Stan (November 17, 2008). ["Huntington moving to 200 Public Square"](http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20081117/FREE/311179989). *Crain's Cleveland Business*. [Crain Communications](/source/Crain_Communications). Retrieved June 1, 2010. 1. Livingston, Tom (August 2, 2010). ["Remembering the Public Square implosion"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111007144545/http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/remembering-the-public-square-implosion). [WEWS-TV](/source/WEWS-TV). Archived from [the original](http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/remembering-the-public-square-implosion) on October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 1. ["200 Public Square"](http://www.harborgroupmanagement.com/Properties/Ohio/200_Public_Square/200_public_square.html). The Harbor Group. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070813174922/http://www.harborgroupmanagement.com/Properties/Ohio/200_Public_Square/200_public_square.html) August 13, 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 27, 2006. 1. Perkins, Olivera (June 3, 2011). ["New sign on Public Square: Huntington Bank regional headquarters"](http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/new_sign_on_public_square_hunt.html). *[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer)*. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 1. Jarboe McFee, Michelle (June 22, 2011). ["200 Public Square skyscraper for sale in downtown Cleveland"](http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/200_public_square_skyscraper_f.html). *The Plain Dealer*. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 1. Jarboe, Michelle (October 8, 2018). ["200 Public Square office tower in downtown Cleveland sold"](https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2018/10/200_public_square_office_tower.html). *The Plain Dealer*. Retrieved September 20, 2023. 1. McDonnell, Sean (September 13, 2023). ["200 Public Square office tower, one of downtown Cleveland's tallest buildings, is up for sale"](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/09/200-public-square-office-tower-one-of-downtown-clevelands-tallest-buildings-is-up-for-sale.html). *The Plain Dealer*. Retrieved September 20, 2023. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.200psq.com/) - [ClevelandSkyscrapers.com](http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/) - [Images and architectural information](http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ohio/cleveland/BPbuilding/HOK.html) - [200 Public Square livecam](https://web.archive.org/web/20131012030749/http://www.pavarini.net/LIVETerminalTowerPavCAM.htm) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [200 Public Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Public_Square) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Public_Square?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.