Washington Boulevard Building
Historic Photo from NRHP Filing
Washington Boulevard Historic District Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Photographer: Les Vollmert Date: December 1979 Negative: Michigan History Division View: Facing south Chancery Bldg. (left), St. Aloysius Church, Washington Blvd. Bldg., Book-Cadillac Hotel (right) Photo: 1 of 10
National Register of Historic Places Filing
The Washington Boulevard Historic District is significant as an intact streetscape of architecturally distinguished commercial buildings dating from 1901-1930 with a majority built in the 1920s. The buildings individually represent some of the finest early Twentieth Century architecture in Detroit and as a group illustrate the evolution of the commercial style in Detroit as it was practiced by some of Michigan's master architects. The district is also significant as a product of a planned real estate development inspired by the City Beautiful movement and carried out as the private artistic endeavor of one family and their architect, Louis Kamper.
Physical Description
The building Kamper designed next for the Book brothers is the twenty-one story Wash- ington Boulevard Building at 234 State Street, the northeast corner of Wash- ington Boulevard and State Street, constructed in 1923. This office building is simi- lar in character to the Book Building in its Italian Renaissance detailing, but is constructed of brick with limestone trim. It consists of four stories sheathed in lime- stone surmounted by thirteen floors of regularly spaced articulated fenestration punched into plain red brick walls. The top four floors are set off by a massive molded limestone belt course. The windows are unified into vertical strips separated from the plain attic story fenestration by another limestone belt course. The building is capped with a projecting classical cornice. This commercial building was recently rehabilitated for residential use.
Architect/Builder
Various
NRHP Ref# 82002914 • Data from National Park Service • Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0
Historical Photos
(1)Washington Boulevard Historic District Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Photographer: Les Vollmert Date: December 1979 Negative: Michigan History Division View: Facing south Chancery Bldg. (left), St. Aloysius Church, Washington Blvd. Bldg., Book-Cadillac Hotel (right) Photo: 1 of 10
Public Domain
From Wikipedia
The Washington Boulevard Building is a high-rise apartment building located at 234 State Street at the corner of State Street and Washington Boulevard in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building, designed by Louis Kamper, was constructed from 1922 to 1923. It stands at 23 stories, and features a neoclassical limestone base.Across the streets lie the Book Tower and the Book-Cadillac Hotel.• Hill, Eric J. & John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.• Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)• Washington Boulevard Apartments at Emporis.com• SkyscraperPage.com's profile on Washington Boulevard ApartmentsLow rise under 10 stories selectedParks and gardens • Belle Isle• Cranbrook• Campus Martius• Grand Circus• Metroparks• Matthaei Botanical Gardens• Riverfront parks• Detroit ZooMuseums and libraries • Cranbrook Educational Community• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History• Detroit Historical Museum• Detroit Institute of Arts• Detroit Public Library• Detroit Science Center• Edsel and Eleanor Ford House• Fair Lane• Ford Piquette Avenue Plant• The Henry Ford• Meadowbrook Hall• Pewabic Pottery• Southfield Public Library• University of Michigan Museum of ArtReligious landmarks • Religious landmarksPerformance centers • Theatres and performing arts venuesNeighborhood Historic DistrictsSee also: List of tallest buildings in Detroit 42°19′57″N 83°03′00″W / 42.3325°N 83.0500°W / 42.3325; -83.0500This article related to a building or structure in Detroit is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.• v • t • e
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Building Details
- Architect
- Louis Kamper
- Year Built
- 1923
- Style
- Neoclassical
- Building Type
- office building
- National Register
- Listed
- Ref# 82002914
