144 E State St
Columbus, OH 43215
Office Property For Sale

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN OFFICE/CONDO BUILDING FOR SALE! HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO OWN A HISTORIC PROPERTY? Now is your opportunity! This Historic Downtown property was once owned by the 19th President of the United States Rutherford B Hayes. Hayes was a lawyer and staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings in the antebellum years. Though he died in 1881, this property remained in his family trust until May 12, 1933. The building is located at 144 E. State St near the corner of State and 4th St. It was purchased by East State Realty, LLC in 2006. The owner is David Meleca, owner of Meleca Architecture Inc. He and his wife, an artist in her own right, now occupy the second floor and will stay in the property as second floor tenants with a long-term lease. When an Artist and an Architect get together and decide to renovate a building, the results are truly magnificent. The building now has the feel of a luxury mansion complete with a wood burning fireplace in the entrance, exposed brick walls, and over a half million dollars of high-end finishes. THIS BUILDING MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED!!! The interior has been strategically divided into five individual condos on the first and second floors, with an additional 2,700 sf of largely finished space in the Lower Level. The second floor was designed to work either as a single-family home, complete with a 900 sq. ft. roof top deck, or as a single tenant office should that need ever arise.