Guardian Building

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Title

Guardian Building
Union Guardian Building
Detroit’s Cathedral of Finance

Agent

Wirt Rowland (American architect, 1878-1946)

Location

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date

1929
20th century

Style Period

Art Deco

Cultural Context

American

Worktype

Skyscraper

Material

tile, granite

Subject

architecture and city planning
Pewabic Tile
semi-circular dome

Description

exterior view
partial view
exterior view of main entrance doorway
sculptor is Corrado Giuseppe Parducci

Rights

© Michael Peters
© Texas Tech University Libraries
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

ID

Peters03338

Source

Michael Peters

Collection

Citation

Rowland, Wirt, Guardian Building, 1929, Detroit, Michigan, United States, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Michael Peters. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/14107.

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