The Penobscot Building Annex is a 23-story, office skyscraper located at 144 West Congress Street in Downtown

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. This portion of the Penobscot Block is now physically connected to the newer

Penobscot Building The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a class-A office tower in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Constructed in 1928, the Art Deco building is located in the heart of the Detroit Financial District. The Penobs ...

Tower. The Penobscot Building Annex is a contributing property in the Detroit Financial Historic District, and on the

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Architecture

The Penobscot Building Annex was designed by the architectural firm of

Donaldson and Meier Donaldson and Meier was an architectural firm based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1880 by John M. Donaldson (1854–1941) and Henry J. Meier (1858–1917), the firm produced a large and varied number of commissions in Detroit and ...

and completed in 1916. The building features a Renaissance-inspired theme, with the lower five stories faced with grey granite, and the upper section faced with lighter terra cotta and ashlar. The lower section of the facade contains broad triple windows; the upper part has pairs of double-hung windows. The top four stories are separated from the lower floors by a band of terra cotta with blind reliefs. The entrance is flanked by retail shop windows, and more retail shops are located in the first-floor interior.

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Google Maps location of the Penobscot Annex
Skyscraper office buildings in Detroit Commercial buildings completed in 1913 Historic district contributing properties in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Michigan Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Chicago school architecture in Michigan 1913 establishments in Michigan {{Detroit-struct-stub

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