David Stott Building

The skyscraper is named after David E. Stott (1853–1916), an English-born businessman who owned a mill company, the David Stott Flour Mills, and was on the boards of multiple other companies, including the Stott Realty Company.{{Cite book |editor-last1=Burton |editor-first1=Clarence M. |editor-last2=Stocking |editor-first2=William |editor-last3=Miller |editor-first3=Gordon K. | title=The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701–1922 | volume=5 | year=1922 | location=Detroit–Chicago | publisher=The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company}} p. 771.{{Cite book |author=Korom, Joseph J. | title=The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height | year=2008 | location=Boston | publisher=Branden Books | isbn=978-0828321884}} pp. 374–375.{{cite web | url = http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/18219 | title = David Stott Building: A LEGO creation by Jim Garrett : MOCpages.com | access-date = July 17, 2009 }} First conceived in 1921, the tower was built by the Stott Realty Company in honor of its founder twelve years after his death. Construction began on June 1, 1928, and the tower opened on June 17, 1929; it cost $3.5 million ({{Inflation|US-GDP|3500000|1928|fmt=eq|r=-5}}) to build.[http://historicdetroit.org/building/david-stott-building/ David Stott Building]. Historic Detroit. Retrieved January 4, 2014. The advent of the Great Depression brought a halt to all major construction in Detroit: as a result, the David Stott Building was the last skyscraper built in the city until the mid-1950s.{{Cite book | author=Tottis, James W. | title=The Guardian Building: Cathedral of Finance | year=2008 | location=Detroit | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=978-0814333853 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/guardianbuilding0000tott }} p. 41.

The building ceased operations in 2010 and was sold later that year. The new owner proposed a conversion of the building to Mixed-Use and opened a bar called SkyBar Detroit in the lobby with intentions to open a private lounge in the 33rd floor penthouse. While the bar opened, the private lounge and Mixed-Use conversion were not completed. The property was sold again in 2013 to the DDI Group who closed the bar. In 2015, the property was again sold to Dan Gilbert who ultimately realized the plan to re-open the David Stott Building as a mixed-use development. [https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/david-stott-building David Stott Building]

The tower stands 38 stories tall, with three additional floors below street level; when it opened, it was the fourth tallest building in downtown Detroit. It was designed by architect John M. Donaldson of Donaldson and Meier in the Art Deco style. The building's design, characterized by a strong sense of verticality, was profoundly influenced by Eliel Saarinen's 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower design.{{Cite book |author=Dempsey, Jack | title=Capitol Park: Historic Heart of Detroit | year=2014 | location=Charleston, S.C. | publisher=The History Press | isbn=978-1625848673}} p. 63. Verticality is emphasized by the near absence of ornamentation, and by a relatively small footprint which yields a slender profile.

The building rises from a reddish granite base and incorporates buff-colored brick, marble (on the first three floors from the street), and limestone as its surface materials. As with many of the other Detroit buildings of the era, it boasts architectural sculpture by Corrado Parducci. The building features a series of setbacks from the 23rd floor upward.{{cite web |url=http://www.daads.org/preservation/highlight05.htm |title=David Stott Building, Donaldson & Meier, 1929 |work=Preservation: Detroit Art Deco Highlights |publisher=Detroit Area Art Deco Society |access-date=August 6, 2016}} The tower's tiered summit is brightly lighted with uplights on each facade and complements the similarly lighted Westin Book Cadillac Hotel downtown. The David Stott Building neighbors 1001 Woodward to the southeast.

File:DavidStottEntrance.jpg|Main entrance, sculpture by Parducci

File:David Stott Building detroit.JPG|Compuware Headquarters in the bottom left

File:DavidStottsitsamongDetroittowers.jpg|Downtown Detroit from Windsor. The David Stott Building stands at the center

File:Detroit Washington Blvd.jpg|The Stott from across Washington Boulevard

File:Stottroof.jpg|Detailing of the tiered roof

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