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HB644107
View South, West Facades Of Garage, Loading Dock, Warehouse
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HB644108
View Southeast, Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, North And West Elevations
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HB644109
View Southeast, Office Building, West (front) And South Elevations
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HB644110
View East, Office Building, West (front) Elevation
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HB644111
View Northwest, Office Building
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HB644112
View Northeast, Warehouse Roof And Water Tower
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HB644113
View East, Office Building, Entrance Detail
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HB644114
View East, Office Building, Door Frame Detail And Interior View
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HB644115
First Floor, Office Building, Front Door And Foyer, Looking Southwest
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HB644116
First Floor, Office Building, Entrance Staircase, Looking East
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HB644117
Second Floor, Office Building, Entrance Staircase And Foyer, Looking West
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HB644118
Second Floor, Office Building, Glass Enclosed Staircase, Looking Southwest
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HB644119
Second Floor, Office Building, Looking East Toward Vault
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HB644120
Second Floor, Office Building, Vault, Looking Southeast
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HB644121
Second Floor, Office Building, Offices, Looking Southwest
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HB644122
Second Floor, Office Building, Mr
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HB644123
Third Floor, Office Building, Auditorium, Looking Northeast
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HB644124
Second Floor, Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, Beams Supporting Mezzanine Floor, Looking Southwest
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HB644125
Mezzanine Floor (between Second And Third Floors), Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, Looking Southeast
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HB644126
Fourth Floor, Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, Corkscrew Chute, Looking South
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HB644127
Fifth Floor, Reinforced Concrete Warehouse Column Supports And Windows, Looking West
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HB644128
Fifth Floor, Reinforced Concrete Warehouse Corner Supports, Looking Northeast
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HB644129
Sixth Floor, Reinforced Concrete Warehouse, Looking East
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HB644130
First Floor, Steel Frame Warehouse, Shop, Looking Northeast
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HB644131
First Floor, Steel Frame Warehouse, Sawtooth Roof Monitor, Detail, Looking Northeast
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HB644132
View South, Quonset Hut
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HB644133
Interior, Quonset Hut, Looking North
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Item Title
Location120-234 Adair Street,
Detroit, MI
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MI-13
Building/structure dates:
1920 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1923 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1949 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1957 subsequent work
Significance: The complex is significant on two grounds. First, it has historical associations with the Buhl family, one of Detroit's leading industrial and commercial families of the last two centuries. Second, it is an unusually ornate example of a warehouse and was designed by John Scott, a prominent Detroit architect.
Subjects
Building DeteriorationConcrete Block BuildingsBrick Buildings
Related Names
Scott, John
Talbot & Meir
H.F. Campbell Construction Company
Steel Structures, Incorporated
Buhl, Christian H.
Buhl, Theodore DeLong
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW SOUTH, WEST FACADES OF GARAGE, LOADING DOCK, WAREHOUSE
2. VIEW SOUTHEAST, REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE, NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS
3. VIEW SOUTHEAST, OFFICE BUILDING, WEST (FRONT) AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
4. VIEW EAST, OFFICE BUILDING, WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION
5. VIEW NORTHWEST, OFFICE BUILDING
6. VIEW NORTHEAST, WAREHOUSE ROOF AND WATER TOWER
7. VIEW EAST, OFFICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE DETAIL
8. VIEW EAST, OFFICE BUILDING, DOOR FRAME DETAIL AND INTERIOR VIEW
9. FIRST FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, FRONT DOOR AND FOYER, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. FIRST FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE STAIRCASE, LOOKING EAST
11. SECOND FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE STAIRCASE AND FOYER, LOOKING WEST
12. SECOND FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, GLASS ENCLOSED STAIRCASE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
13. SECOND FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, LOOKING EAST TOWARD VAULT
14. SECOND FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, VAULT, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
15. SECOND FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, OFFICES, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
16. SECOND FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, MR. BUHL'S OFFICE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
17. THIRD FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING, AUDITORIUM, LOOKING NORTHEAST
18. SECOND FLOOR, REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE, BEAMS SUPPORTING MEZZANINE FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
19. MEZZANINE FLOOR (BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS), REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
20. FOURTH FLOOR, REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE, CORKSCREW CHUTE, LOOKING SOUTH
21. FIFTH FLOOR, REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE COLUMN SUPPORTS AND WINDOWS, LOOKING WEST
22. FIFTH FLOOR, REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE CORNER SUPPORTS, LOOKING NORTHEAST
23. SIXTH FLOOR, REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE, LOOKING EAST
24. FIRST FLOOR, STEEL FRAME WAREHOUSE, SHOP, LOOKING NORTHEAST
25. FIRST FLOOR, STEEL FRAME WAREHOUSE, SAWTOOTH ROOF MONITOR, DETAIL, LOOKING NORTHEAST
26. VIEW SOUTH, QUONSET HUT
27. INTERIOR, QUONSET HUT, LOOKING NORTH
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