Downtown

The following buildings are located in the one square mile area bounded by I-75, M-10, I-375, and The Detroit River.

Guardian Building

The Guardian Building, a National Historic Landmark, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building (originally called the Union Trust Building) is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including some art moderne designs. Covering an entire city block, the main frame of the skyscraper rises 36 [...]

Cobo Center

Dime Building

Originally known as the Dime Savings Bank Building, this building is one of three remaining buildings designed by one the most celebrated architects at the time.

David Stott Building

Located at the corner of Griswold and State Street, this building incorporates brick, marble (on the first three floors from the street), and limestone as its surface materials. As with many of the other Detroit buildings of the era it contains architectural sculpture by Corrado Parducci. This building shares alot of similarities with Eliel Saarinen’s [...]

David Broderick Tower

When originally built, it was referred to as the Eaton Tower and was the 2nd tallest building in Michigan at the time. The classical style tower was once topped with Beaux-Arts details, most of which have now disappeared. The building features relative small floor plates which was typical for skyscraper design at the time. Also [...]

Majestic Building

When completed in 1896, the Majestic Building was the tallest building in Detroit until 1909 when the Ford Building was completed. The building featured terra cotta inside and out. The Majestic was demolished in 1962 to make way for the First Federal Building, also known as 1001 Woodward.

Park Avenue House

The Park Avenue House (formerly called the Royal Palms Hotel) is one of three hotels that Louis Kamper designed for what was once the heart of Detroit’s hotel district. Kamper also designed the Eddystone Hotel and the Park Avenue Hotel. The Park Avenue House is 13 stories of masonry with Italian Rennaisance detailing and ornamentation. [...]

Sheraton Detroit Riverside Hotel

Formerly known as the Pontchartrain Hotel, this building sits on the site occupied by the first permanent French settlement in Detroit, Fort Pontchartrain. Uniquely shaped, each faceted face offers views of both the river and the city from each room. The hotel was recently remodeled and rebranded as the Sheraton Detroit Riverside Hotel.

David Whitney Building

Originally, the building was adorned with Italian Renaissance details, much of which were removed when the building was renovated in 1959. It was originally built as an office tower for doctors and dentists, who after World War II began to locate near hospitals. The building was completed by Burnham’s firm after he died in 1912. [...]

One Woodward Avenue

Formerly known as the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, this modern building draws upon similar work by Mies van der Rohe who also influenced 211 West Fort Street. The lightness of the structure is emphasized by the three-story lobby. One Woodward Detroit is known for it seasonal lighting of it’s crown.

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