Wanted to share this link

[LeannaM]

I found this while looking for references to the Owen Building [[in someone else's thread).

http://books.google.com/books?id=xMj...ilding&f=false

It's a publication called the "Architect and Engineer Incorporated." It was dated Dec 1922. It was published out of the Owen building. It looks like the subscription cost was $4.00 a year. Anyway, there are a few pics and info about Lafayette Building. The old ads are also interesting. Few of the addresses listed there still exist [[mostly from street names changing). I looked up a few addresses and most didn't appear to have the original building [[or any building there). Another business was in the Cadillac Square building [[demolished 1976). Pretty interesting stuff. There's also a picture of the fountain in the Detroit Yacht Club and a lot of other stuff.

Just thought I would share.

Oddly, one of the ads says "The W.J. Burton Company Sheet Metal Products for Buildings. Corrugated Sheets, Steel Ceilings, Eavetroughs and Cond, Ridges and Valleys, Fireproof Windows, Metal Covered Doors, Marquise and Skylights, Cornices and Ventillators.
Downtown office: 436 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit
Gen'l Office and Factory:
Junction and Federal Avenues."

What is odd is this publication is from 1922 and the Penobscot was not building until 1928.

There's also a Western Waterproofing Company at 400 Penobscot Building.

Interesting note, an ad for Lewis-Hall Iron Works shows a picture of Cass Tech under construction.

[EastsideAl]

Nice find. Thanks for sharing. Very interesting stuff.

As for the Penobscot Building listings though, the original 12 story tall Penobscot Building was built along Fort St. from 1903 to 1905, and a 24 story tower was added behind it facing Congress in 1916. The big tower facing Griswold that most people now think of as THE Penobscot Building was added to the complex in 1928.

You can see the original building still standing behind the tower if you view it from Fort St., and the earlier smaller tower if looking from the Congress side.

[sumas]

EastsideAl, always enjoy your posts and info. It is people like you that keep me checking Detroit yes for great insight and info.