The Carl B. Stokes Federal Court House Building is a

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located in

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Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U ...

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. It is also known as the Carl B. Stokes Federal Court House Tower, Federal Court House Tower, and the Stokes Tower. The 23-story building is tall and is located at the corner of Huron Road and Superior Avenue. It is currently the fourth tallest United States courthouse in the country. The tower is named after

Carl Stokes Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was ...

, the 51st

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and the first

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mayor of a major city. Construction began in 1999 and was completed in 2002. Tenants include the Cleveland-based federal

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, and magistrate judges, the

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for the Northern District of Ohio, the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office, the offices of the

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for the Northern District of Ohio, the U.S. Marshal's Office, and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's Cleveland Field Office, as well as the U.S. Immigration Court. The building is adorned by ''Cleveland Venus'', a tall, 11.5 ton

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created by Ohio artist

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. The headless and armless statue is one of the sculptor's variations on the ''

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''.

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