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- Exterior view of the Palms Apartment Building on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan designed by architects, George D. Mason and Albert Kahn. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. "The Palms is a six-story apartment building is U-shaped in plan with wings extending on the rear side and has irregular-coursed, rough-face limestone facades, the front facade has a central entrance with classical surrounds, with its engaged, octagonal corner towers, four-story bay window above the entrance, belt courses and roof balustrade, the facade treatment is primarily English Renaissance in style, the lot on which the Palms is located slopes downward at the rear causing the high basement, visible on the front facade, to become a fully exposed story on the rear facade ... the Palms is a relatively early and significant building in the career of its architect, Albert Kahn, the building marks the beginning of his use of steel-reinforced concrete, a technique which he later perfected in his industrial structures, Kahn, then in partnership with George D. Mason, used reinforced concrete for the floor in the Palms while the walls were constructed of load-bearing masonry," from the Michigan State Historic Sites Online website.
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- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
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- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
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- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Exterior view of the Palms Apartment Building on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan designed by architects, George D. Mason and Albert Kahn. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. "The Palms is a six-story apartment building is U-shaped in plan with wings extending on the rear side and has irregular-coursed, rough-face limestone facades, the front facade has a central entrance with classical surrounds, with its engaged, octagonal corner towers, four-story bay window above the entrance, belt courses and roof balustrade, the facade treatment is primarily English Renaissance in style, the lot on which the Palms is located slopes downward at the rear causing the high basement, visible on the front facade, to become a fully exposed story on the rear facade ... the Palms is a relatively early and significant building in the career of its architect, Albert Kahn, the building marks the beginning of his use of steel-reinforced concrete, a technique which he later perfected in his industrial structures, Kahn, then in partnership with George D. Mason, used reinforced concrete for the floor in the Palms while the walls were constructed of load-bearing masonry," from the Michigan State Historic Sites Online website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
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- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Exterior view of a five-story brick apartment building identified as Phelps Manor in Detroit, Michigan.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-05-31T00:00:00Z
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- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Fyfe Building and Central United Methodist Church on Adams Road at Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. The Fyfe Building was designed by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls (now the SmithGroup), a neo-gothic high-rise building with 14 stories, it was completed in 1919 and now houses apartments. Central United Methodist Church is also a neo-gothic style building designed by architect Gordon W. Lloyd.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1929-01-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City