Graybar Electric Company Building
Graybar Electric Company Building | |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001096[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 22, 1997 |
The Graybar Electric Company Building is located at 55 West Canfield Street in
History
The Graybar Electric Company was founded in 1869 in
By 1926, Western Electric was so enormous that it spun off a separate entity specifically to handle the distribution of electrical supplies and equipment. This new entity was named
Description
The Graybar Electric Company Building is a three-story, brick and concrete, industrial style building, originally constructed to house offices and warehouse space. The brick front facade is symmetrical, divided into bays by brick piers which rise from a stone string course between the first and second stories. The piers terminate in a stepped parapet, with both parapet and pier tops made from cast stone. The entrance is off center, with garage door openings to one side. Windows on the upper floors are grouped between the piers, with three windows per bay on the inner bays and two windows per bay on the outer bays. Above each outer bay is a cast stone panel bearing a shield.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Graybar Electric Company Building Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine from the city of Detroit
- ^ a b c Gretchen Griner (February 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Graybar Electric Company Building
- ^ Ren Farley, Graybar Electric Company/Board of Education Department of Audio Visual Services Building/Lofts at 55 West Canfield, Detroit1701
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