Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building |
Year: 1936 |
Publisher: Sapirstein Greeting Card Company |
Type(s): Postcard |
Identifier(s): D-4689 |
Source: Mike Skreptak Collection; Ephemera Box; From: Greetings From Detroit Michigan, 1936; souvenir folder of postcards |
Notes: This is officially the Greater Penobscot Building. It was designed by Wirt C. Rowland and opened in 1928. It is located at 645 Griswold Street (southwest corner of Griswold Street and West Fort Street). It is connected to two smaller Penobscot buildings: a 13 floor building constructed in 1905 and a 24 floor building constructed in 1916. Together, they are all called the Penobscot Block; the brown building to the left is the Ford Building (615 Griswold Street); it was designed by Daniel Burnham and completed in 1908; the white building to the far left (on the southwest corner of Griswold Street and Congress Street) is the Buhl Building; it is located at 535 Griswold Street; it was designed by Wirt C. Rowland and opened in 1925; the building to the right is the Dime Building (now called Chrysler House). It is located at 719 Griswold Street, was designed by Daniel Burnham, and opened in 1912. |
Subject(s): Penobscot Block (Detroit) Greater Penobscot Building (Detroit) Commercial Buildings Griswold Street (Detroit) Rowland, Wirt C., Architect Ford Building (Detroit) Burnham, Daniel, Architect Dime Bank Building (Detroit) Chrysler House (Detroit) Fort Street (Detroit) Congress Street (Detroit) Buhl Building (Detroit) Rowland, Wirt C., Architect |
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 |