- Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building
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Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building
Location: Detroit, Michigan 
United StatesCoordinates: 42°20′4″N 83°2′26″W / 42.33444°N 83.04056°WCoordinates: 42°20′4″N 83°2′26″W / 42.33444°N 83.04056°W Built: 1897 Architect: Harry J. Rill Architectural style: Beaux-Arts Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 74001000[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: December 16, 1974 Designated MSHS: January 21, 1974[2] The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building is an Beaux-Arts style industrial office building located at 733 St. Antoine Street (at East Lafayette Street) in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974.[1][3][2]
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History
The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company was started by Frank Hesse in 1888.[4] In 1897, the company hired Harry J. Rill[5] to design a Beaux-Arts[6] three-story building for their use.[4] The building was used by the company until 1972, when lack of storage and parking space forced the company to relocate in Ferndale[4]. In 1974,the building was renovated for office and commercial use by architect Bill Kessler.[6] In the early 1990s, the Metro Times newspaper moved into the building; in the 2000s, a wraparound addition was constructed to increase room for the newspaper.[6]
Construction
The facade of this building is constructed from finely crafted galvanized steel.[5] These metal facades permitted elegant ornamentation to be constructed quickly and cheaply, particularly in locations like Detroit where stone was not easily obtainable.[5] The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company itself fashioned many of the building's simulated carvings from sheet metal.[5]
External links
Notes
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/24730.htm. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ Rebecca Mazzei (11-30-2005).Still Standing Metro Times. Retrieved on July 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c Detroit Cornice and Slate Company website
- ^ a b c d Detroit Cornice and Slate Building from the city of Detroit
- ^ a b c Look Up: Top 10 Downtown Buildings, AIA Detroit, ModelD, November 8, 2005.
References
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.
- Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: building on the past. Regents of the University of Michigan. ISBN 0933691092.
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