- Ford Building
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Ford Building| built = 1909
Neo-Classical andNeo-Renaissance elements|
use =Office
location = 615 GriswoldDetroit , Michigan
USA|
floor_count = 23
gross_area = 259, 207 square feet
rentable_area = 202, 686 square feet
architect =Daniel Burnham
skyscraperpage_id = |The Ford Building is a
high-rise office building standing at 615 Griswold Street, in downtownDetroit, Michigan . It is located at the northwest corner of the intersection between Congress Street and Griswold Street in the heart of Detroit's Financial District. Next door sits thePenobscot Building , and across Griswold St. dwells theGuardian Building .Designed by
Daniel Burnham , it was built in 1907 and finished in 1909. It will celebrate its 100th year of existence in 2009. The building was one of the first to use a steel structural support system. It stands at 23 stories in total height, with two basement floors, 19 above-ground floors, and two penthouses. It held the title as tallest building in Detroit from 1909 until 1913. The Ford Building's primary uses are for offices andretail . Appropriately for Detroit, Burnham styled it with Neo-Classical andNeo-Renaissance elements. It is constructed withTerra cotta materials and accented with white Italian marble. Burham's other remaining skyscraper designs in Detroit include theDavid Whitney Building (1915) and theDime Building (1912).References and further reading
*Cite book | author=Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher | title= AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture| year=2002 | publisher= Wayne State University Press | id=ISBN 0-8143-3120-3
*Cite book | author=Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition | year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| id = ISBN 0-8143-1651-4
*Cite book | author=Moore, Charles | title= Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities, Volume 2| year=1921 | publisher=Houghton Mifflin | id=
*Cite book | author= Sharoff, Robert | title=American City: Detroit Architecture| publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2005| id=ISBN 0-8143-3270-6
*Cite book | author=Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow | title= Detroit and Rome: building on the past | publisher=Regents of the University of Michigan| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0933691092External links
* [http://www.fordbuilding.com Ford Building Website]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Detroit,+MI&ie=UTF8&ll=42.32933,-83.046352&spn=0.002249,0.006394&t=k&om=1 Google Maps location of Ford Building]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=118532 Ford Building at Emporis.com]
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9569 SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on the Ford Building]
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