Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
	Federal Reserve Seal
	Headquarters
Headquarters	E. 6th St. and Superior Ave. ; Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Coordinates	41°30′6.98″N 81°41′25″W / 41.5019389°N 81.69028°W
Established	May 18, 1914
President	Loretta Mester
Central bank of	Fourth District Ohio ; Parts of: ; Kentucky ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia;
Website	www.ClevelandFed.org
	The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is one of 12 regional banks that make up the Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is the Cleveland-based headquarters of the U.S. Federal Reserve System's Fourth District. The district is composed of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. It has branch offices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. The check processing center in Columbus, Ohio, was closed in 2005. The chief executive officer and president is Loretta Mester.^[1]

The bank building is a 13-story 203 foot high-rise, located at Superior Avenue and East 6th Street in downtown Cleveland. It was designed by the Cleveland firm of Walker and Weeks and completed in 1923.^[2] Its exterior architecture emulates an Italian Renaissance palazzo, and is clad in Georgia pink marble. An extension to the building designed by HOK was completed in 1998, providing new facilities for check processing and cash handling. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building's entrances feature allegorical sculptures by Henry Hering representing Security and Integrity flanking the East Sixth Street entrance, while his Energy watches the Superior Avenue entry.

Its original 100 short tons (91 t) bank vault door is the largest in the world and was designed by Frederick S. Holmes. The door casting itself was 20 short tons (18 t).^{[citation needed]} It incorporates the largest hinge ever built. The hinge has an overall height of 19 feet (5.8 m) and weighs over 47 short tons (43 t) fully assembled. The vault's use was discontinued in 1997, though it is preserved intact for posterity.^[3]

^ Loretta J. Mester Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at federalreserve.gov
^ "Federal Reserve Bank Building". Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved on 2015-10-16
^ "Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland historical photo tour". Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

[1] Loretta J. Mester Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at federalreserve.gov

[2] "Federal Reserve Bank Building". Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved on 2015-10-16

[3] "Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland historical photo tour". Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

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