Bankers Trust Company Building, Detroit
Bankers Trust Company Building | |
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls | |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
|---|---|
| Part of | Detroit Financial District (ID09001067) |
| Designated CP | December 14, 2009 |
The Bankers Trust Company Building is an office building located at 205 West Congress Street in
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls and completed in 1925 the ornately modeled building is an exquisite example of Italian Romanesque Revival architecture.[1]
History
The Bankers Trust Company was founded in 1917Smith, Hinchman & Grylls to design a new headquarters building down the street; the structure, designed by Wirt C. Rowland, was completed in 1925.[4][5] The Bankers Trust Company occupied the building from 1925 to 1948, when a brokerage firm moved in.[3] The structure later housed a fast food restaurant, a diner, and several nightclubs, before being sold in 2015 to an unidentified buyer for $3 million.[3][6]
Description
The two-story building is faced with terra cotta and includes elaborate exterior Italian Romanesque–style decorations, with massive arched windows designed to admit light to the banking room.International Style, was completed in 1960.[3]
References
- ^ a b Bankers Trust Company Building. Detroit1701. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 5, The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1922, p. 667.
- ^ a b c d McGeen, Denise. Bankers Trust Company Building. Historic Detroit. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. P. 88.
- ISBN 0-8143-3270-6. P. 42.
- ^ Austin, Dan. "Historic Detroit bank building fetches $3M at auction". Detroit Free Press. March 4, 2015.
- PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
Further reading
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly & Martin C.P. McElroy (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide. Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (Revised ed.). Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- Savage, Rebecca Binno & Greg Kowalski (2004). Art Deco in Detroit (Images of America). Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-3228-2.
- Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: building on the past. Regents of the University of Michigan. ISBN 0933691092.
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