History

In the early 1900s, on the northeast corner of Main and 6th Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio, the growing Procter & Gamble Company operated in a building owned by real estate broker Major David Gwynne. In 1913, The Gwynne Building was developed on the site, under the direction of Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, Gwynne's granddaughter and wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Alice's cousin, Ernest Flagg, designed the building. Flagg, a successful New York architect, was considered one of the most innovative practioners of the classical revival Beaux-Arts style reflected in the Gwynne Building's details.

The Gwynne Building was completed in 1914 and Alice dedicated it to her father, prominent Cincinnati lawyer and Judge, Abraham Gwynne. Procter & Gamble leased the building and eventually purchased it in 1935. The building served as Procter & Gamble's corporate headquarters until 1956.

The Gwynne Building is one of 15 registered historic buildings in Hamilton County, Ohio, listed in the U.S. Department of Interior's National Historic Register on August 3, 1979.

More links about The Gwynne Building

Queen City Survey (blog about the Gwynne Building)