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Washington Boulevard Historic District
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{{short description|Historic district in Michigan, United States}}{{For|the district in Milwaukee, Wisconsin|West Washington-North Hi-Mount Boulevards Historic District}}{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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| locmapin = Michigan#USA
| area =
| architect = Edward H. BennettLouis KamperHamilton Anderson Associates
| architecture = City BeautifulBeaux-ArtsRenaissance Revival
| built = 1901-
| added = July 15, 1982
| refnum = 82002914{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
Buildings
This list below shows the information on the buildings located along Washington Boulevard. This list starts at the Detroit River (south end), and heads northbound, terminating at Grand Circus Park.{| class="wikitable"Detroit River |
Civic Center Drive |
Modern architecture>modern| 5| Expanded 1989, 2012 (expected completion 2015) |
Modern architecture>Modern| 25| Stands on the site of Fort Pontchartrain and originally known as the Hotel Pontchartrain; a second tower remains unbuilt |
West Larned Street |
Marquette Building (Detroit)>Marquette Building| Government and commercial| 1905 | Chicago school (architecture)>Chicago school| 10| Houses offices for the Michigan Secretary of State |
West Congress Street |
Modern architecture>Modern| 27| Constructed as headquarters for Detroit Bank and Trust, later Comerica Bank |
West Fort Street |
Art Deco/Streamline Moderne>Art Moderne| 10| |
West Lafayette Boulevard |
Modern architecture>Modern| 17| Stands at the site of "219 Michigan Avenue", one of Detroit's first high-rise skyscrapers. |
Chicago school (architecture)>Chicago school| 10| Offices for the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit |
Michigan Avenue |
State Street |
Chicago school (architecture)>Chicago school| 23| Constructed as offices and converted to apartments in the 1980s |
St. Aloysius Catholic Church (Detroit, Michigan)>St. Aloysius Catholic Church and Chancery Building| church and office building| 1924 | Romanesque Revival architecture>Romanesque Revival/Gothic Revival| 7| Offices for the Archdiocese of Detroit |
Chicago school (architecture)>Chicago school| 10| |
Grand River Avenue |
Industrial Building (Detroit)>Industrial Building| Apartments| 1929 | Art Deco/Streamline Moderne>Art Moderne| 22| Constructed as office and converted into apartments in the 1980s |
Chicago school (architecture)>Chicago school| 6| Home to the Gardner and Schumaker Furniture Store for many years and known as the Gardner-Shumaker Building |
Modern architecture>Modern| 23| Constructed as Trolley Plaza Apartments because of the adjacent trolley line |
Clifford Street |
Park Avenue |
Grand Circus Park |
Gallery
File:Washington Boulevard Historic District, detroit.jpg|Washington Blvd. looking south from Clifford StreetFile:Detroit Washington Blvd.jpg|St. Aloysius Church and Chancery on Washington Blvd.File:Himelhoch Condos, Detroit Washing Boulevard.jpg|Himelhoch buildingFile:Washington Blvd Historic District from Grand Circus Park.jpg|View from Grand Circus ParkFile:BookCadillac1.jpg|The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel is part of the historic districtFile:IndustrialStevenapartmentDetroit.jpg|Industrial-Stevens Apartments, another 1920s-era buildingFile:Old map 1807 plan.jpg|Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's Baroque-styled radial avenues and Grand Circus ParkFile:Macomb Statue, Washington Park (NBY 5616).jpg|Statue of Alexander Macomb, at the intersection of Michigan AvenueSee also
References and further reading
{{reflist}}- BOOK, Eric J. Hill, Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher, AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture, 2002, Wayne State University Press, 0-8143-3120-3, registration,weblink
External links
{{commons category|Washington Boulevard Historic District}}- City of Detroit Planning and Development Department. Washington Boulevard Historic District
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