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The historic River Place (also known as Stroh River Place) is located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Joseph Campau Street, Joseph Campau Avenue, Wight Street, McDougall Street, and the Detroit International Riverfront. It was formerly the Parke-Davis and Company Pharmaceutical Plant. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
In the 1870s, Parke-Davis moved to the riverfront property this complex now occupies.Parke-Davis and Company Plant and Research Laboratory
from the National Park Service. Between 1891 and 1955, the company expanded the complex to cover over , building the 26 structures that still stand. These buildings were designed by some of the most prominent Detroit architects, including Donaldson and Meier, Albert Kahn (architect), Albert Kahn, and SmithGroupJJR, Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. As a group, the buildings in the complex are significant as the represent a wide variety of industrial architecture from the early 20th century. In 1979, Parke-Davis sold its property in Detroit, including the Research Laboratory, to the Stroh family (of Stroh Brewery Company).Melanie Grunow Sobocinski, Michele Valerie Ronnick, Marlise Beaudoen, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery
''Detroit and Rome: Building on the Past,'' The Regents of the Univ of Michigan, 2005, , p.97 The complex, now known as River Place, has been converted into offices, retail space, residences, and a hotel.
from the state of Michigan The central and northern portions of the complex are tightly packed with interconnected buildings. There is more open space at the southern edge along the river. The most notable single building in this group is the Riverwalk Hotel Detroit, the former Parke-Davis Research Laboratory, built in 1902 along the Detroit River. This building was the first industrial research laboratory in the U.S. established for the specific purpose of conducting pharmacological research, inaugurating the commercial pure science approach which has driven the rapid development of pharmaceutical technology.Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
from the state of Michigan Dept of History & Libraries The research laboratory was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Image:Parke-Davis Plant-J Campau Ave Detroit MI.jpg, Looking north along Joseph Campau Avenue
Image:Parke-Davis Plant-McDougal Ave Detroit MI.jpg, Looking north along McDougall Street
Image:Parke-Davis_Research_Laboratory_Detroit_MI.jpg, Riverwalk Hotel Detroit, formerly the Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
Image:Parke-Davis Plant-Building Detroit MI.jpg, Building in complex
History and significance
In the 1870s, Parke-Davis moved to the riverfront property this complex now occupies.Parke-Davis and Company Plant and Research Laboratoryfrom the National Park Service. Between 1891 and 1955, the company expanded the complex to cover over , building the 26 structures that still stand. These buildings were designed by some of the most prominent Detroit architects, including Donaldson and Meier, Albert Kahn (architect), Albert Kahn, and SmithGroupJJR, Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. As a group, the buildings in the complex are significant as the represent a wide variety of industrial architecture from the early 20th century. In 1979, Parke-Davis sold its property in Detroit, including the Research Laboratory, to the Stroh family (of Stroh Brewery Company).Melanie Grunow Sobocinski, Michele Valerie Ronnick, Marlise Beaudoen, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery
''Detroit and Rome: Building on the Past,'' The Regents of the Univ of Michigan, 2005, , p.97 The complex, now known as River Place, has been converted into offices, retail space, residences, and a hotel.
Description
These buildings range from brick mill buildings built at the turn of the 20th century to reinforced concrete buildings constructed after 1920 and range from one to six stories in height.from the state of Michigan The central and northern portions of the complex are tightly packed with interconnected buildings. There is more open space at the southern edge along the river. The most notable single building in this group is the Riverwalk Hotel Detroit, the former Parke-Davis Research Laboratory, built in 1902 along the Detroit River. This building was the first industrial research laboratory in the U.S. established for the specific purpose of conducting pharmacological research, inaugurating the commercial pure science approach which has driven the rapid development of pharmaceutical technology.Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
from the state of Michigan Dept of History & Libraries The research laboratory was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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References
{{National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Michigan Industrial buildings and structures in Detroit Warehouse districts of the United States Buildings and structures completed in 1891 Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Detroit 1891 establishments in Michigan Romanesque Revival architecture in Michigan