Liberty Tower (Dayton) Explained

Mutual Home & Savings Association Building
Location:	120 W. 2nd St., Dayton, Ohio
Coordinates:	39.7603°N -84.1953°W
Built:	1931
Architect:	Schenck & Williams
Architecture:	Modern Movement
Added:	December 16, 1982
Refnum:	82001480

The Liberty Tower is a high-rise office building in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The ^[1] tower was designed by the Dayton architectural firm of Schenck & Williams. The tower is named Liberty Tower after Liberty Savings Bank.^[2] Currently, the building hosts a branch of First Financial Bank, this company having bought out a number of Liberty Savings Bank locations.^[3]

History

Liberty Tower, previously known as Mutual Home Savings Association Building, was the tallest building in Dayton from 1931 to 1969. At one point it was the property of the owners of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — the Hulman Family of Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1982 Liberty Tower became listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Dayton, Ohio
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Dayton, Ohio

External links

• Liberty Tower (Emporis info.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emporis Information. https://archive.today/20120909081536/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=128332. dead. September 9, 2012. 2009-06-09.
2. Web site: Liberty Savings Bank Tower. 2009-06-09.
3. Web site: First Financial Bancorp to Acquire Liberty Savings Bank’s Ohio-Based Retail Branch Locations. June 3, 2011. November 14, 2014.
4. Web site: Liberty Tower. https://archive.today/20120730093426/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=libertytower-dayton-oh-usa. dead. July 30, 2012. 2010-04-29. Emporis.com.