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Buhl Building

Building in Detroit

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Building in Detroit

Field	Value
name	Buhl Building
image	BuhlBuildingDetroitfromWoodward.jpg
location	535 Griswold Street
Detroit, Michigan
coordinates
completion_date	1925
building_type	Commercial offices
roof	111.6 m
top_floor	107.0 m
floor_count	29
elevator_count	13
floor_area	482,454 sqft
owner	Bedrock Detroit
architect	Wirt C. Rowland
SmithGroup
nrhp	{{Infobox NRHP
embed	yes
name	Buhl Building
nrhp_type	cp
nocat	yes
partof	Detroit Financial District
partof_refnum	09001067
architecture	Neo-Gothic / Romanesque
designated_nrhp_type	December 14, 2009
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The Buhl Building is a 29-story office building in the Financial District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Constructed in 1925, it was designed by Wirt C. Rowland in a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents.

History

The building stands atop what used to be the Savoyard Creek near its confluence with the Detroit River. In 1836, the creek was covered and turned into a sewer. The Savoyard Club occupied the 27th floor of the Buhl Building from 1928 until its membership dwindled and the club closed in 1994.

On June 11, 1982, a man upset over a delayed insurance payment entered a law firm on the 8th floor and opened fire with a shotgun, killing a law clerk, and starting a fire using a Molotov cocktail. People in the building smashed windows for fresh air and to enable rescue, but were forced to wait as Detroit Fire Department ladders were unable to reach above the 6th floor. An off-duty Detroit Police sergeant responded to the scene and took the man into custody; he was ultimately sentenced to life in prison.

Architecture

William Edward Kapp, architect for the firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, has been credited with interior design work on the Buhl Building. The architectural sculpture on the building was designed by Corrado Parducci.

The Citizens Bank Building in downtown Saginaw, Michigan was modeled after the Buhl Building.

Tenants

The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation has its headquarters in the building. Fink + Associates Law's Detroit office is located in Suite 1000. The Consulate of Italy in Detroit used to be located in Suite 1840 until 2021.

Hubbell, Roth & Clark, a civil engineering firm, is also based in the building.

At one time Real Times Media, the owner of several black newspapers in the US, had its headquarters in the building.

Michigan Nonprofit Association, a statewide membership organization that serves the nonprofit sector, has its Metro Detroit office in the Buhl Building.

Gallery

File:BuhlBuilding1920.jpg|Buhl Building, circa 1920 File:Buhl Building.jpg|Buhl Building in the shadow of the Penobscot Building

References

"Buhl Building".
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Meloni, Rod. (2022-06-13). "40 years later: Revisiting the massacre at Detroit's Buhl Building".
(June 15, 2021). "Downton Abbey fame leads to Meadow Brook Hall architect getting credit he deserves". [[Detroit Free Press]].
(2011). "Contact SMART".
(2011). "Welcome to the web site of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit".
(25 February 2021). "Relocation of the office of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit". Consulate of Italy in Detroit.
"About Real Times Media".
"Contact Us".

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