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Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a monument located in Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and sculptor Herbert Adams, the fountain was completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000. [1] The lower bowl has a diameter of 510 ft (160 m) and the central spray reaches 125 ft (38 m).
The fountain contains a classic Roman figure symbolizing Michigan by American sculptor Daniel French who sculpted the figure of Lincoln for the Memorial. [5] Grand Circus Park, circa 1910s. In 1957, the City of Detroit constructed a parking garage under the two halves of the park. [6]
The Bagley Memorial Fountain is a historic fountain in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It has recently been moved from its long-time location in Campus Martius Park to a new location just down the street in Cadillac Square Park. The fountain was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971.
Harmonie Club (Detroit, Michigan) Helen Newberry Nurses Home; Hibbard Apartment Building; Hilberry Theatre; Historic Trinity Lutheran Church; Hook and Ladder House No. 5–Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop; Hotel Tuller; Hudson–Evans House; Hunter House (Detroit) Hurlbut Memorial Gate
Connected via a walkway on the third and fourth floors to the adjacent Detroit Club: West Lafayette Boulevard: 1020 Washington Boulevard Holiday Inn Express Detroit - Downtown: Hotel 1965 Modern: 17 Stands at the site of "219 Michigan Avenue", one of Detroit's first high-rise skyscrapers. 305 Michigan Avenue Gabriel Richard Building: offices 1915
The Hotel Tuller was originally constructed in 1906 [3] by Lew Whiting Tuller. [5] The hotel originally had nine floors; five additional floors were added in 1910. [1] A 14-story annex was added to the southeast of the original building in 1914, [1] and it was a popular site for conventions and banquets. [6]
The David Whitney Building is a historic class-A skyscraper located at 1 Park Avenue (1550 Woodward Avenue from 1921 to 2014), on the northern edge of Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Grand Circus Park Historic District. The building stands on a wedge-shaped site at the junction of Park Avenue, Woodward Avenue, and Washington Boulevard.