Body Block, Queen Anne architectural building in Cleveland, United States

The Body Block is a three-story brick building with a wood frame on the northwest corner of Payne Avenue and E. 55th Street in Cleveland's Goodrich–Kirtland Park neighborhood. It has a 220-foot frontage on Payne and 60 feet on E. 55th, with about 10 ground-floor retail spaces and 44 apartments above. A central arcade is lit by a skylight of 0.25-inch glass, and second-floor walkways link the two sides.

Charles Body, owner of a local wallpaper store, commissioned the building; it rose from 1892 to 1893, likely to designs by George H. Smith, architect of the 1888 Cleveland Arcade. A three-alarm fire on January 30, 1897, started when chemicals in a ground-floor pharmacy's basement ignited, causing $4,000 in damage. After decades of decline, Nouvelle Espoir Development Corp. bought it in 1991 and completed a $2.8 million renovation in 1995; it joined the National Register on September 18, 1998.

The building takes its name from Charles Body, the wallpaper-store owner who commissioned it in 1892. It was also called the Old Smith Arcade because its central skylit arcade resembled the Cleveland Arcade of 1888. The ground floor held space for about ten retail stores, and the arcade's 0.25-inch glass skylight lit the passage from above.

The building is centrally located and easy to reach on foot, with the Queen Anne style details best viewed from the sidewalk where all facade elements are visible. A historical marker at street level provides additional information for visitors interested in learning more about the structure.

The building's nickname, "Old Smith Arcade", came from its resemblance to the 1888 Cleveland Arcade, likely designed by the same architect, George H. Smith. Its central arcade was lit by a skylight glazed with glass only 0.25 inch (0.64 cm) thick, and second-floor walkways linked the two sides of the building.