Olds Tower - Lansing, MI
N 42° 43.961 W 084° 33.224
16T E 700258 N 4734032
Our AGS listing here started life as the Olds Tower, named for auto industrialist Ransom Olds, then it was called the Capital Bank Tower and currently named Boji Tower in Lansing, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM1B92X
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2024
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6. The OLDS TOWER {open always; trips to the top by permission of the building manager), 124 W. Allegan St., modern and efficient, symbolizes a new era in Lansing history. Built in 1931, the 25-story brick and stone tower, 345 feet high, is named for Ransom E. Olds. The architects were Hopkins and Dentz of New York. In design, the tower is a typical American skyscraper, tall and narrow, with a spire and beacon. A bank occupies the main floor, two mezzanines, the second floor, and a portion of the basement. The remainder of the building contains offices. Four engraved panels on the main-floor portals of the three passenger elevators depict the agricultural laborer, the shop artisan, the ‘horseless carriage,’ and locomotive and airplane transportation.-Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State 1941
The Olds/Capital Bank/Boji Tower has been the tallest building in Lansing since its completion in 1931 with height to the roof deck at 297 feet. It looks down on the Michigan State Capitol building and I bet it offers some amazing views.
Book: Michigan
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 336
Year Originally Published: 1941
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