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The Buhl Building is a 29-story office skyscraper 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.




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See also


List of tallest buildings in Detroit




References






Further reading


Hill, Eric J.; Gallagher, John (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3120-0.
Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Shadowing Parducci, unpublished manuscript, Detroit.
Meyer, Katherine Mattingly; McElroy, Martin C. P. (1980). Detroit Architecture A. I. A. Guide. Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (Revised ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1651-1.
Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3270-2.
Savage, Rebecca Binno; Kowalski, Greg (2004). Art Deco in Detroit. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3228-8.
Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: building on the past. Dearborn, Michigan: Regents of the University of Michigan. ISBN 978-0-933691-09-4.




External links



Official Website (Caution: Macromedia Flash is required to enter)
"Where Detroit's elite met to eat". The Detroit News. October 12, 2004.

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