The almost 125,000-square-foot thirteen-
story Gwynne Building was completed in 1913. The building was designed by
Ernest Flagg, who also designed the
Singer Building in New York and the
Corcoran Gallery of Art in
Washington, DC. The structure was commissioned by Flagg's cousin,
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, who was the wife of
Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Alice and Ernest were first cousins as Alice's mother, Rachel Moore Flagg, was the sister of Flagg's father,
Jared Bradley Flagg. Alice named the Gwynne Building in honor of her father, Abraham Evan Gwynne, a prominent Cincinnati lawyer and Judge. Her paternal grandfather, Major David Gwynne, was a real estate broker in Cincinnati, whose family was among the early settlers of Cincinnati, and Alice was said to be a distant relative of the
Longworth family. The P&G World Headquarters are now located in twin towers a few blocks to the east. The purchase was followed by an about $1,000,000 in renovations. the Charles H. Dater Foundation and the Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission. In 2024, HGC Construction launched a complete conversion of the historic property into a luxury Pendry Hotel brand; though those plans are no longer on the table, the transformation into a luxury hotel property continued throughout 2025. ==References==