The Lawyers Building is an

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located at 137

Cadillac Square Campus Martius Park ( ') is a re-established park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. After the Great Fire of 1805, Campus Martius (from the Latin for ''Field of Mars'', where Roman heroes walked) was the focal point of Judge Augustus Woodward's ...

in downtown

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. It was also known as the American Title Building. The building was listed on the

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in 1982.

History

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.Lawyers Building
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. Renovation of the building began in 2017, and a new hotel opened in the building in 2019.

Description

The Lawyers Building was designed in the Chicago School

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, and is constructed of reinforced concrete and steel faced with

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. 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.Lawyers Building
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 The Cadillac Tower is a 40-story, Neo-Gothic skyscraper designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee at 65 Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building's materials include terra cotta and brick. It was built in 1927 a ...

(both also built by Barlum),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

in 1982.

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Google Maps location of Lawyer Building
* * Skyscraper office buildings in Detroit Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Detroit Office buildings completed in 1922 Chicago school architecture in Michigan {{Michigan-NRHP-stub

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