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211 West Fort Street Building
Also known as: Detroit Bank and Trust Building
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Local SignificanceArchitectureCommerceGovernment1900-1964
Physical Description
211 West Fort – Detroit Bank & Trust Tower – Noncontributing (only because less than fifty years old) – Steel frame twenty-eight story skyscraper (1963-64). Harley, Ellington, Cowin & Stirton, Inc., architects. This very large building fills the rectangular west half of a block bounded by Fort on the north, Washington on the west, and Congress on the south. A box in form, it is faced with precast concrete frames outlining floor-to- ceiling plate glass windows that give a grid pattern to the building facades. The ground floor is set back beneath an arcade at ground level and the top of the building displays a two-story tall mechanical housing that fills out the box form. The building has a flat roof. The building is set back from West Fort Street to provide space for raised planting beds. The building connects to the historic Detroit Trust Company building at 201 West Fort Street. Detroit Bank & Trust occupied the lower floors of this building as its headquarters from 1964 until the early 1990s. Griswold Street
NRHP Ref# 09001067 • Data from National Park Service • Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0
From Wikipedia
211 West Fort Street is a 27-story skyscraper in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, currently owned by Tribus LLC, a family owned office in Grosse Pointe, MI. Construction began in 1961, and finished in 1963. The building stands at the southeast corner of Fort Street and Washington Boulevard. It was constructed adjacent to the Detroit Trust Company Building, designed by Albert Kahn in 1915, as offices for the Detroit Bank and Trust Company, later known as Comerica. The bank occupied space in the building until 1993, when it moved to One Detroit Center. In the courtyard between the two buildings is a sculpture based on the bank's logo at the time.The building currently houses offices for the Detroit Economic Club, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Visit Detroit, Majorel, the United States Attorney and several other tenants.ArchitectureThe building was designed in the International style by architects Harley, Ellington, Cowin & Stirton in 1961. Tinted windows set into precast concrete frames create a unique grid pattern along the sweeping building façade. The building's address "211" is displayed along the roof line.A dynamic two-story lobby is wrapped with glass and recessed on the north and west sides allowing for a covered arcade on two sides. Elevator banks and other interior walls are covered with black granite and floors gleam with travertine tiles. Internationally acclaimed Rosetti Architects was recently commissioned to redesign the lobby with its stunning new signature style. The site slopes from north to south allowing for a service entrance and parking garage at street level facing Congress Street.GallerySee also• List of tallest buildings in DetroitReferencesFurther reading• Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.External links• 211 West Fort Street official site• Google Maps location of 211 West Fort Street• "Emporis building ID 118553". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020.• "211 West Fort Street". SkyscraperPage.
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Building Details
- Architect
- Harley, Ellington, Cowin, and Stirton
- Year Built
- 1963
- Style
- International
- Building Type
- office building
- National Register
- Listed
- Ref# 09001067
