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The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company was started by Frank Hesse in 1888. [4] In 1897, the company hired Harry J. Rill to design a Beaux-Arts three-story building for their use. [5] [6] [7] The building was used by the company until 1972, when lack of storage and parking space forced the company to relocate in Ferndale. [4]
The Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building is a class-A skyscraper located at 477 Michigan Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, designed by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. It opened in 1976 to consolidate the offices of federal agencies which were scattered in several locations in the area.
Gothic Room. City of Detroit III cost $1,500,000 to build ($49.1 million in 2023 dollars) and was ornately furnished. [4] Forty percent of the steamer's width was situated over the wheels, allowing room for many amenities like salons, a palm court and a winery to be built into the vessel. [7]
Philip A. Hart Plaza, in downtown Detroit, is a city plaza along the Detroit River.It is located more or less on the site at which Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac landed in 1701 when he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the settlement that became Detroit.
Ally Detroit Center (formerly One Detroit Center) surpassed the Penobscot as the tallest office building in Detroit upon its completion in 1993. The framing elevation drawing of this building shows a height of 562.166 ft (171.348 m) to the highest roof, approximately 565.75 ft (172.44 m) to the parapet wall around the roof, and 654.166 ft (199. ...
Stuber–Stone was founded in 1917 by Edwin W. Stuber, Norman T. Stone and Otto R. Neumann. The company occupied the occupied 4221-4227 Cass portion of the building, with the Rotary Tire Service Company (owned by Stuber) occupying 4229 Cass. [5] In 1919, Owen Tire and Auto Supply Company replaced Rotary Tire, and in 1924, the Hupmobile ...
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One Woodward Avenue (formerly known as the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building and American Natural Resources Building) is a 28-story office skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Located in the city's Financial District, it overlooks Hart Plaza and the International Riverfront.