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Theodore Levin United States Courthouse
231 West Lafayette Boulevard
Detroit MI United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1932 | | Finished | 1934 | | Floor Count | 10 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - courthouse | | - office | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - art deco | | - neo-classical | | Materials | | - glass | | - stone | | - limestone | | - granite |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 184 ft | | | | | | | | | | Top floor | | 164 ft | | '' | | | | | |
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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