Lawyers Building

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The Lawyers Building was built in 1922, the first building erected by John J. Barlum and his family in their rebuilding of the Cadillac Square area.[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/15793.htm Lawyers Building] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141030/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/15793.htm |date=2011-06-06 }} from the state of Michigan The building originally catered to middle class level tenants, including many unions and benevolent organizations.

It later was renamed the American Title Building, and the upper floors were closed in the 1980s.{{cite web | url = https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/lawyers-building | access-date = May 18, 2020 | title = Lawyers Building | publisher = Historic Detroit}} Renovation of the building began in 2017,{{cite news | newspaper = Crain's Detroit Business | url = https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20171003/news/641081/cadillac-square-building-to-be-converted-to-45-apartments | author = Kirk Pinho | date = October 3, 2017 | title = Cadillac Square building to be converted to 45 apartments}} and a new hotel opened in the building in 2019.{{cite news | newspaper = Crain's Detroit Business | url = https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/hotel-concept-sonder-open-168-units-2-downtown-detroit-buildings | author = Kirk Pinho | date = October 9, 2019 | title = Hotel concept Sonder to open 168 units in 2 downtown Detroit buildings}}

The Lawyers Building was designed in the Chicago School architectural style, and is constructed of reinforced concrete and steel faced with terra cotta. It stands at 10 floors in height, featuring regular bays with grouped wood casement windows with metal spandrel panels. It was one of the few office buildings of the time that strove for modernism over ornamentation.[http://www.detroitmi.gov/historic/districts/lawyers_bldg.pdf Lawyers Building ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926181914/http://www.detroitmi.gov/historic/districts/lawyers_bldg.pdf |date=2006-09-26 }} from the city of Detroit It is currently the finest nearly unaltered Chicago-style highrise in Detroit; the only change made to the building is the modern marble ground-level storefront.

The building is located east of the larger New Cadillac Square Apartments and Cadillac Tower (both also built by Barlum),[http://www.newcadillacsquare.com/history.html Detroit History of Cadillac Square] from New Cadillac Square Apartments and west of Wayne County Building, at the corner of Cadillac Square, and Randolph Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

• Other buildings designed by Bonnah & Chaffee:

:* Cadillac Tower

:* Merchants Building

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