Michigan; Cities; ; Howell.

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Description:

View of the Livingston County Courthouse, designed by A.E. French in Howell, Michigan. "The Livingston County Courthouse is a rectangular two-and-one-half-story Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse with walls of red brick and an exposed half-basement of rough-cut Ohio bluestone ashlar, the building numbers five-bays wide on two sides and three bays wide on the other two, a four-sided clock tower topped by a steeply pitched roof dominates the shingled, multi-gable, hipped-roof that is broken by dormers and parapets on each side, decorative elements include bluestone beltcourses, lintels, window hoods, and arched entryways, rich oak, maple, and murals ornament the interior ... the building, designed by Albert E. French of Detroit, replaced an older Greek Revival structure and was completed by Waterbury and Wright of Ionia in 1890," from Michigan Historic Sites Online.

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:

1910-04-04T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Howell, Michigan, Howell, Michigan, and Howell

Subject Topic:

Courthouses, Romanesque revival (Architecture), and Towers

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc11037_2