- Fyfe Building
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Fyfe Building
| built = 1916-1919Neo-Gothic
use =Residential
location = 10 W. Adams AvenueDetroit , Michigan
USA
roof = 54.9m
top_floor =
antenna_spire =
floor_count = 14
floor_area =
architect = SmithGroup| skyscraperpage_id = |The Fyfe Building stand at 10 W. Adams Avenue, at the corner of Adams Ave. and
Woodward Avenue in downtownDetroit, Michigan . It faces onto Central United Methodist Church, andGrand Circus Park .The
high-rise building was constructed in 1916, and is one of Detroit's oldest; it was finished in 1919, and was constructed in the neo-gothic architectural style. It stands at 14 floors, and has 65 residential units. For many years it had a Fyfe shoe store at the retail street level and offices in the upper storeys. The building is mainly used as aresidential building, but has someretail at street level.Description
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Architect :Smith, Hinchman, & Grylls
* Owner:PEM Investments ,LLC
* The building was nearly demolished in the mid-1990s to make way for parking forComerica Park .
* The building was named afterRichard H. Fyfe , a Detroit merchant who made his fortune in the shoe trade.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= Sharoff, Robert | title=American City: Detroit Architecture| publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2005| id=ISBN 0-8143-3270-6External links
* [http://www.fyfeapartments.com Fyfe Building Apartments]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=10+Adams+Ave+W,+Detroit,+MI+48226&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=42.336981,-83.051112&spn=0.002248,0.006748&t=k&om=1 Google Maps location of Fyfe Building Apartments]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=118538 Fyfe Building Apartments details at Emporis.com]
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=43770 SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on The Fyfe Building]
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