The Penobscot Building
''The'' Penobscot Building is the original 13-story building of the Penobscot Block complex in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the first Penobscot Building, and one of three buildings of the same name in the later-constructed complex. It is located at 131 West Fort Street, within the Detroit Financial District. History The Penobscot Building was designed by Donaldson and Meier in the Beaux-Arts style, and incorporates brick and stone into its materials. Construction began in 1904 and was completed in 1905. P. 92. Its building was financed by prominent Detroit businessmen, including lumberman Simon J. Murphy, Sr. Architecture The lower three stories of the building are faced in limestone, the middle seven in brick, and the upper three in terra cotta. The façade is divided into five bays, each with a pair of double-hung windows. Corinthian column piers front the eleventh and twelfth stories, and the original building cornice has been removed. Present day The present day use ...
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Detroit Financial District
The Detroit Financial District is a United States historic district (United States), historic district in Downtown Detroit, downtown Detroit, Michigan. The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit, Michigan, National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 2009, and was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of December 24, 2009. It includes 33 buildings, two sites, and one other object that are deemed to be contributing to the historic character of the district, and also three non-contributing buildings. (63 pages, with map and 20 photos) The American Institute of Architects describes Detroit's Financial District as "one of the city's highest concentrations of quality commercial architecture".
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