Fyfe Building
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{{Infobox building
| name = Fyfe Building
| image = Fyfe Building Detroit.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| start_date = 1916
| completion_date = 1919
| architectural_style= Gothic Revival
| building_type = Residential
| location = 10 West Adams Street
Detroit, Michigan
| coordinates = {{coord|42.33709|-83.0513|display=inline,title}}
| roof = {{convert|177|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| top_floor =
| antenna_spire =
| floor_count = 14
| floor_area =
| architect = Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
}}
The Fyfe Building is located at 10 West Adams Street, at the corner of Adams Street and Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It faces onto Central United Methodist Church, and Grand Circus Park.
Description
The high-rise building was constructed between 1916 and 1919, and is one of Detroit's oldest; it was designed by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls in the Gothic Revival architectural style.{{Cite book | author1=Hill, Eric J. | author2=John Gallagher | title=AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture | year=2002 | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-3120-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/aiadetroitameric0000hill }} P. 64.{{Cite book | author= Sharoff, Robert | title=American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005| publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2005| isbn=0-8143-3270-6| author-link= Robert Sharoff}} P. 31. It stands at 14 floors, and has 65 residential units.
The building was named after Richard H. Fyfe, a Detroit merchant who made his fortune in the shoe trade. For many years it had a Fyfe shoe store at the retail street level and offices in the upper stories; at the time of its opening, the shoe store was the largest in the country. The building is now mainly used as a residential building, but has some retail and a bar{{cite news|url=http://www.modeldmedia.com/devnews/proof040610.aspx |title=Just in time for Opening Day, Hard Luck Lounge Downtown opens in former Proof space |publisher=ModelDMedia |date=2010-04-06 |access-date=2013-12-27}} at street level.
The building was nearly demolished in the mid-1990s to make way for parking for Comerica Park.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}
- Owner: PEM Investments, LLC
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book | author1=Hill, Eric J. | author2=John Gallagher | title=AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture | year=2002 | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-3120-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/aiadetroitameric0000hill }}
- {{Cite book | author=Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. | title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition | year=1980 | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-1651-4 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/detroitarchitect0000unse }}
External links
- [http://www.fyfeapartments.com Fyfe Building Apartments]
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=10+Adams+Ave+W,+Detroit,+MI+48226&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=42.336981,-83.051112&spn=0.002248,0.006748&t=k&om=1 Google Maps location of Fyfe Building Apartments]
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118538/fyfe-apartments-detroit-mi-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616191833/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/118538/fyfe-apartments-detroit-mi-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2021-06-16 |title=Fyfe Apartments |work=Emporis}}
- {{SkyscraperPage|43770|Fyfe Building Apartments}}
{{Architecture of metropolitan Detroit}}
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Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Michigan
Category:Apartment buildings in Detroit
Category:Residential skyscrapers in Detroit
Category:1919 establishments in Michigan
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