Cultural Center Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Cultural Center Historic District
nrhp_type = hd

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caption = The front entrance of the DIA
location= Detroit, Michigan
USA
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1915
architect= Multiple; Gilbert, Cass
architecture= Beaux Arts, Renaissance, Other
added = November 21, 1983
governing_body = State
refnum=83003791cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Cultural Center Historic District is an historical district located in Detroit, Michigan. The district straddles Woodward Avenue and consists of three buildings: the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building. [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/detroit/d27.htm Cultural Center Historic District] from the National Park Service.]

Library

The Public Library was built in 1921, designed by Cass Gilbert in an Italian Renaissance style. The exterior is faced its with white marble and the interior is decorated with murals, tiles and mosaics. Another wing was added in 1963.

DIA

The Detroit Institute of Arts, was built in 1927. Architect Paul Phillippe Cret designed it to closely resembles its neighbor. Cret created galleries of varying sizes and shapes to provide a proper setting for the art collection. Two wings were later added, one in 1965 and one in 1971, and a large addition opened in 2008.

Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building

The Rackham Building was named after Horace Rackham, a local philanthropist and an early investor in Ford Motor Company. The building opened in 1941, serving as the headquarters for the Engineering Society of Detroit and the University of Michigan Extension Service.

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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