Ford Building
N 42° 19.798 W 083° 02.816
17T E 331352 N 4688441
Located in front of the Ford Building on the outside.
Waymark Code: WMMWWJ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2014
Views: 17
Amont Detroits first skyscrapers, the nineteen-story Ford Building was built between 1907 and 1909. The Chicago artchitectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed it and two other Detroit buildings, the Majerstic and the Dime. One of the first buildings in Detroit to utilize a steel frame, the edifice is sheathed in terra cotta and assented in Italian marble. The 250-foot-tall structure was the tallest building in Detroit for several years. Named after Toledo based glass manufacturer Edward Ford (1843-1920), it served Detroit's Financial District and housed several of the city's leading legal firms. During the 1926 Ossian Sweet trials, Clarence Darrow led the defense from offices on the seventeenth floor.
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: 727
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
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