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Columbia Building (Louisville, Kentucky)

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The Columbia was first called the Commercial Club Building, and was the tallest building in Louisville for over a decade. It was demolished in 1966 as a part of a downtown redevelopment plan, and a 24-story highrise, now called the BB&T Building, was built on the site in 1972.
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and completed in 1890 at a cost of $ 1 million. It was located at the northwest corner of Fourth and Main streets and built of pressed red brick in the
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style. It was built just five years after the world's first skyscraper, the
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Demolished buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky
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March 1890 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
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Skyscraper office buildings in Louisville, Kentucky
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March 1890 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
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