Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich.
Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich. |
Year: 1935 |
Publisher: Chaffee & Co., Inc. |
Type(s): Postcard |
Identifier(s): 12 |
Language: English |
Source: Mike Skreptak Collection; Dexter Box |
Notes: C. 1935; the Greater Penobscot Building, located at 645 Griswold Street near Campus Martius, was designed by Wirt C. Rowland in Art Deco style and completed in 1928; at 47 stories high, it was the tallest building in Detroit for almost 50 years until overtaken by the Renaissance Center in 1977; it is recognizable by the red light on top of the building, which is 12 feet in diameter; it was named after a Native American tribe, and its primary use is office space. |
Subject(s): Greater Penobscot Building (Detroit) Commercial Buildings Campus Martius Park (Detroit) Rowland, Wirt C., Architect Griswold Street (Detroit) Parks |
Place(s): Detroit (Michigan) |
Rights: Public Domain |
Repository: University of Windsor. Leddy Library |
Tiff Image(s): Click links to download Tiff images: Tiff Image 1 , Tiff Image 2 |