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The Nasby Building is a tall high-rise building located at 605 Madison Avenue in
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. It stood as Toledo's tallest building for 11 years, from its completion in 1895 until the completion of the Nicholas Building in 1906.


History

The eight-story structure was constructed between 1891 and 1895 by the real estate man Horace Walbridge at the corner of Madison Avenue and Huron Street in Toledo's business center. The building was designed by Edward Fallis, a prominent Toledo architect, who maintained his offices in the building from 1894 until his death in 1927. The design incorporated an eight-story office block which recalled the Chicago School of design with a taller
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style tower located nearest the corner of Madison and Huron. The tower section of the building was said to be modeled after the
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in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by
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. The building was named the Nasby Building in 1895. The tower section included an ornate cupola which reached an architectural height of above the streets. The cupola was removed in the 1930s, which reduced the architectural height to . In the 1960s, the Nasby Building and the adjacent Wayne Building were covered with a facade of glass and enameled asbestos panels to give the appearance of a single structure. The four-story Wayne Building, was built as a bank in 1924 and contains a large and ornate bank lobby. The resurfaced structures were renamed the Madison Building. File:PHOSTINT OHIO (15925313401).jpg, approximately 1900s File:320 Madison Ave - DPLA - e84fffcbc9000a0c5b534168dc5febfa (page 1).jpg, 1908 File:Nasby Building, Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - 48c78435fa49bad2074cf74b2a7d3681 (page 1).jpg, 1900s File:Block Card 617 Madison Avenue - DPLA - 0164acf51d78d476921557a30685a696.jpg, 1965


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Toledo, Ohio This list of tallest buildings in Toledo, Ohio ranks by height the high-rise buildings in the U.S. city of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. Toledo contains 21 high rise buildings of at least 50 meters (164 ft.) in height, with a further 10 buildings ...


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Madison Building circa 1999.
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