The Rhodes State Office Tower sits on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, on Broad Street.

[9] A bi-level tunnel connects the basements of the two buildings, with the upper level designed for pedestrians and the lower for vehicles.

[5]: 12  The six-foot, six-inch statue was originally installed and dedicated on the northeast corner of the Ohio Statehouse grounds in 1982.

Jim Rhodes was among those who preferred it at the Statehouse, though those in charge of the renovations were in support of its current placement; it remains at the foot of the tower today.

It includes a low asymmetrical base, reflecting the scale of the shorter buildings surrounding the tower.

The same stone is used on Capitol Square's Huntington Center, and a similar color on the Wyandotte Building nearby.

[20] Also at the top of the building are air navigation beacons as well as a rooftop helicopter pad (for official and emergency use only).

The water system was cleaned and health officials did not announce if they had concluded the origin of the worker's illness.

[19] Its first floor was designed with a five-story galleria-like lobby, a unique feature made possible by the building's elevator placement.

[29] The four floors originally for the Ohio Supreme Court, directly above the lobby, were described in 1975 as an impressive "polished steel and glass enclave" with cushioned flaming scarlet carpeting.

The courtroom connected to a corridor leading to justices' chambers, containing teakwood desks, velvet furniture, spacious work areas, and private individual showers.

[11] The building's fourth floor contained the Supreme Court's 150,000-volume law library, with teak shelving, plush furniture, custom drapes and scarlet carpeting, as recorded in 1975.

Some of the pieces impeded hallways;[31] other works in the exhibit received complaints due to nudity or their statements on sexism and reproductive rights.

[32] It was reported in 1973 that tower would feature its own commissioned artwork, at a cost of $300,000 to $400,000, including graphics, sculptures, and tapestries with themes of Ohio history, culture, geography, and resources.

[35] The building's ninth floor was designed for the offices of the Ohio State Treasurer, including a large and secure bank vault.

[36][37] The tower's 40th floor contains an observation deck, providing an unobscured panoramic view of Columbus, accessed by a 28-second elevator ride.

The attraction is free to the public, requiring only photo IDs in order for lobby staff to grant visitor badges.

It is nevertheless one of few observation decks remaining open to the public; areas in the Leveque Tower and One Nationwide Plaza are no longer accessible.

The artwork depicts Ohio in four seasons, accompanied by some of its natural symbols, including the white trillium flower, buckeye tree, and white-tailed deer.

Similar projects ran in Akron, Dayton, and Cincinnati to support the bird populations, which had severely dropped in the mid-20th century due to pesticide use.

The falcon flew north as an adult, living for two years at the Case Western Reserve University campus in Cleveland before spending about 12 nesting on Terminal Tower, raising 34 chicks over its lifetime.

[53] The Rhodes Tower was built during the 1970s energy crisis; to combat the oil shortage, the building was designed with light bulbs that would provide up to half of the building's heat,[54][55] and without light switches in many areas, preventing office workers from interfering with the climate controls.

[57] One year after the attacks, on September 11, 2002, a contractor was arrested in the building after making a statement that resembled a bomb threat.

[60] The Ohio Arts Council moved its offices into the building in 2010; it had previously been based in the Neville Mansion and LeVeque Tower.

Scaffolding was placed around the tower almost a year prior to the project's official start, and was removed in summer 2021.

[61] For years, the building has been the site of the Fight For Air Climb Columbus event, a fundraiser run by the American Lung Association.

In the event, about 400 participants climbed up the tower's 880 steps in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the association.