April 7, 2009
Downtown
address:
1553 Woodward
data:
Year Built: 1915
Architect: Daniel Burnham
Style: Renaissance
history:
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 [...]
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July 18, 2008
Downtown
address:
241 Madison Avenue
data:
Year Built: 1915
Architect: Albert Kahn
Style: Renaissance
history:
Albert Kahn was influenced by Rome’s Palazzo Farnese and other Renaissance works he discovered during his 1912 tour of Italy when he designed this dignified structure for Detroit’s auto elite.
links:
Official Site
Articles:
Detroit News Archive
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