Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit

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Theodore Levin United States Courthouse

231 West Lafayette Boulevard
Detroit MI United States

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Began	1932
Finished	1934
Floor Count	10

Building Uses

- courthouse

- office

Structural Types

- highrise

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Roof	184 ft


Top floor	164 ft	''

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Description
• Architects: James A. Wetmore & Robert O. Derrick.
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• Designed in a sleek moderne style, it is faced with limestone above a base of polished black stone. Above the second floor is an open center court.

• Relief sculptures of eagles and emblems above the entrance symbolize the building's governmental function.

• The Detroit Federal Building is on the site of the former Fort Lernout, Fort Shelby, and the 1897 U. S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom House.

• Remnants of the 1897 Courthouse can be found in Room 733, the U. S. District Courtroom.

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