Image: Stratacache Tower, Main Street and 2nd Street, Dayton, OH

Description: Built in 1969-1972, this Modern International-style tower was designed by Lorenz + Williams, Inc., and was originally known as the Winters Bank Tower, the headquarters of Winters Bank. The building stands 30 stories and 407 feet (124 meters) tall, and since its completion has been the tallest building in Dayton. The building became known as the Kettering Tower, after the building’s owner, Virginia Kettering, daughter of notable inventor Charles F. Kettering, when Winters Bank merged with Bank One of Columbus in 1982. The building was rebranded as the Stratcache Tower by a new owner, Stratcache, after they purchased the building in 2019. The building is a relatively simple rectilinear box with a flush facade of polished stone panels and windows, metal mullions, a podium extending to Main Street, a recessed glass facade at the base, and a concrete parking garage wrapping the rear and side of the tower. The building is a contributing structure in the Downtown Dayton Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. Today, the building houses various commercial office tenants.
Title: Stratacache Tower, Main Street and 2nd Street, Dayton, OH
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