[5][8][9] Her paternal grandfather, Major David Gwynne, was a real estate broker in Cincinnati,[10] whose family was among the early settlers of Cincinnati,[11] and Alice was said to be a distant relative of the Longworth family.

The Beaux-Arts style building is made of steel and concrete the exterior is rendered in Indiana limestone,[11] brick and granite.

[12][13] The P&G World Headquarters are now located in twin towers a few blocks to the east.

[8] In 1992, the building was purchased by a group of tenants and investors from EQ Office, which was owned by Chicago billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell, founder and chairman of Equity International.

[8] The tenants included Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Sound Images (later renamed Gwynne Sound),[15] the Charles H. Dater Foundation and the Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission.