{"id":160645,"date":"2025-08-20T08:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160645\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:39:10","slug":"2-ohio-buildings-rank-among-ugliest-in-us-take-a-look-see-where-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160645\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ohio buildings rank among ugliest in US. Take a look, see where they are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76196298007.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ohio family builds 50,000-pound Stargate to \u2018scan the cosmos&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In Ashland County, Ohio, one family has a unique landmark on their property: a 50,000-pound concrete replica of the Stargate, inspired by the popular sci-fi franchise.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Newsworthy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akron&#8217;s former courthouse and a longstanding administration building in Dayton were among the ugliest in the country.<\/li>\n<li>The list of the 100 ugliest buildings included many courthouses and other government structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ohio has many titles, including Ohio State as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/sports\/columns\/2025\/08\/05\/ohio-state-football-faces-tough-history-in-quest-to-repeat-as-champs\/85506187007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college football national champions<\/a>, being home to some of the nation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/2025\/08\/15\/ohio-cities-wealthiest-suburbs-us-cincinnati-columbus-cleveland\/85655572007\/?utm_content=engagement&amp;itm_medium=onsite&amp;itm_campaign=recirculation&amp;itm_content=inline-midarticle&amp;itm_term=taboolaarticlepageforyou&amp;navigationtype=tb-recirc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthiest suburbs<\/a>, and &#8230; having some of the ugliest public buildings?<\/p>\n<p>An online survey from a New Jersey branch of the real estate company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newjerseyrealestatenetwork.com\/blog\/ugliest-public-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RE\/MAX<\/a> that garnered more than 3,000 responses determined the 100 ugliest public buildings in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Two Ohio buildings made the Top 15 of the worst-looking and unsightly structures. Here they are.<\/p>\n<p>Akron Municipal Court ranked No. 6 in nation&#8217;s ugliest buildings survey<\/p>\n<p>Topping Ohio&#8217;s ugliest public buildings is Akron Municipal Court, which takes the No. 6 spot nationwide. It&#8217;s been a couple of years since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/news\/2023\/11\/06\/akron-municipal-court-move-what-you-need-to-know-ocasek-building-stubbs-justice-center\/71343869007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">municipal court moved<\/a> from its former home at the Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center (where the court held hearings <a href=\"https:\/\/akronmunicipalcourt.org\/general-info\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since 1966<\/a>) to a different location a block away. However, the original building bears a unique design that, according to the survey, leaves much to be desired.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County Administration Building in Dayton is No. 13 ugliest building in U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few spots behind Akron&#8217;s former courthouse is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcohio.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3878\/Administration-Building-Lit-Green-at-Night?bidId=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montgomery County Administration Building<\/a> in Dayton. The vertically-lined structure was built in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>While deemed ugly by the RE\/MAX ratings, it represents a vintage style. Spanning 12 floors, the Montgomery County Administration Building is one of the tallest in Dayton at 196 feet, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/articles\/tallest-buildings-in-dayton-ohio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WorldAtlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Top 15 ugliest public buildings in the U.S.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>City of Flint Municipal Center (Flint, Michigan)<\/li>\n<li>Fresno County Superior Court (Fresno, California)<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo City Court (Buffalo, New York)<\/li>\n<li>Jackson County Courts Building (Pascagoula, Mississippi)<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia Municipal Services Building (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Akron Municipal Court (Akron, Ohio)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Atlantic City Municipal Court (Atlantic City, New Jersey)<\/li>\n<li>Bentonville Public Works Maintenance Facility (Bentonville, Arkansas)<\/li>\n<li>Tuscaloosa County Public Works Building (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)<\/li>\n<li>El Paso County Court Administration Building (El Paso, Texas)<\/li>\n<li>Boston Government Center Complex (Boston)<\/li>\n<li>Bridgeport Police Headquarters (Bridgeport, Connecticut)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Montgomery County Administration Building (Dayton, Ohio)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Modesto City Hall (Modesto, California)<\/li>\n<li>North Las Vegas Municipal Court (North Las Vegas)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Why do Akron, Dayton have the &#8216;ugliest&#8217; buildings? See methodology<\/p>\n<p>The ugliest public buildings were determined using an online panel survey of 3,003 respondents based on age, gender and geographic location. According to RE\/MAX, internal data sources were used to obtain population data sets, and the team used a two-step method for the July 2025 study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ohio family builds 50,000-pound Stargate to \u2018scan the cosmos&#8217; In Ashland County, Ohio, one family has a unique&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[647,931,2513,648,1032,11651,11142,17546,21976,2074,2542,3189,45205,1033,171,441,93153,1318,454,30315,40245,641,425,666,4297,2551,2650,50227,93152,451,50,5228,15746,93154,1573,450,457,3190,40242,290,25468,1164,639,661,646,67,132,68,467,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-160645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-architecture","11":"tag-arts","12":"tag-arts-and-design","13":"tag-big","14":"tag-big-ten-conference-football","15":"tag-buffalo","16":"tag-buildings","17":"tag-conference","18":"tag-connect","19":"tag-content","20":"tag-dayton","21":"tag-design","22":"tag-entertainment","23":"tag-federal","24":"tag-federal-and-state-buildings","25":"tag-football","26":"tag-government","27":"tag-historical","28":"tag-historical-sites-u0026-buildings","29":"tag-know","30":"tag-local","31":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","32":"tag-local-affiliate-travel","33":"tag-local-connect","34":"tag-local-government","35":"tag-municipal","36":"tag-municipal-buildings","37":"tag-negative","38":"tag-news","39":"tag-ny","40":"tag-oh","41":"tag-oh-content-sharing","42":"tag-ohio","43":"tag-overall","44":"tag-overall-negative","45":"tag-sharing","46":"tag-sites","47":"tag-state","48":"tag-ten","49":"tag-travel","50":"tag-ttp","51":"tag-ttp-what-we-know","52":"tag-u0026","53":"tag-united-states","54":"tag-unitedstates","55":"tag-us","56":"tag-we","57":"tag-what"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}