Wayne County Courthouse - Detroit, MI
N 42° 19.912 W 083° 02.601
17T E 331653 N 4688646
Located at 600 Randolph Street.
Waymark Code: WM4KV9
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2008
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Many of Wayne County Governmental Departments have moved over to the Coleman A. Young building, but there are still some that continue working out of this building.
According to Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State, 1941:
The Wayne County Building, at the east end of Cadillac Square, occupies a block bounded by Randolph, Congress, E. Fort and Brush Streets. The structure, a good early example in Michigan of Italian Renaissance, was designed by John Scott and Company and built between 1895 and 1902. The ground and first stories are of rusticated granite; the three upper stories and the tower are of Ohio sandstone. Emphasis is given the main (Randolph Street) entrance by a high flight of steps and a Corinthian portico. The sculptured compositions of the pediment, in high relief and framed by the ornamental cornice, depict General 'Mad Anthony' Wayne conferring with the Indians. Above and flanking the portico are two spirited groups of bronze figures symbolic of Progress, the work of J. Massey Rhind, New York sculptor. The square tower, rising 280 feet from the ground leverl and enriched by a Corinthian colonnade, terminates in a small green and gold dome and lantern. At the four corners of the tower colonnade parapet are single bronze figures representing Law, Commerce, Agriculture, and Mechanics.
For a nice wide shot of this building, check out this one on Flickr
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