Ford Building

Ford Building

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Ford Building| built = 1909
Neo-Classical and
Neo-Renaissance elements|
use = Office
location = 615 Griswold
Detroit, 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 downtown Detroit, 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 the Penobscot Building, and across Griswold St. dwells the Guardian 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 and retail. Appropriately for Detroit, Burnham styled it with Neo-Classical and Neo-Renaissance elements. It is constructed with Terra cotta materials and accented with white Italian marble. Burham's other remaining skyscraper designs in Detroit include the David Whitney Building (1915) and the Dime 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 0933691092

External 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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