Buhl Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	535Griswold Street Detroit,Michigan
Coordinates	42°19′46″N83°02′49″W / 42.3294°N 83.0469°W /42.3294; -83.0469
Completed	1925
Owner	Bedrock Detroit
Height
Roof	111.6 m (366 ft)
Top floor	107.0 m (351.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	29
Floor area	482,454 sq ft (44,821.4 m2)
Lifts/elevators	13
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Wirt C. Rowland SmithGroup
Buhl Building
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Architectural style	Neo-Gothic /Romanesque
Part of	Detroit Financial District (ID09001067)
Designated CP	December 14, 2009
References
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TheBuhl Building is a 29-story officeskyscraper in theFinancial District ofdowntownDetroit, Michigan. Constructed in 1925, it was designed byWirt C. Rowland in aNeo-Gothic style withRomanesque accents.

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 aMolotov cocktail. People in the building smashed windows for fresh air and to enable rescue, but were forced to wait asDetroit Fire Department ladders were unable to reach above the 6th floor. An off-dutyDetroit Police sergeant responded to the scene and took the man into custody; he was ultimately sentenced to life in prison.^[4]

William Edward Kapp, architect for the firm ofSmith, Hinchman & Grylls, has been credited with interior design work on the Buhl Building.^[5] The architectural sculpture on the building was designed byCorrado Parducci.

The Citizens Bank Building in downtownSaginaw, Michigan was modeled after the Buhl Building.

TheSuburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation has its headquarters in the building.^[6] Fink + Associates Law's Detroit office is located in Suite 1000. TheConsulate of Italy in Detroit used to be located in Suite 1840 until 2021.^[7][8]

Hubbell, Roth & Clark, a civil engineering firm, is also based in the building.

At one timeReal Times Media, the owner of several black newspapers in the US, had its headquarters in the building.^[9]

Michigan Nonprofit Association, a statewide membership organization that serves the nonprofit sector, has its Metro Detroit office in the Buhl Building.^[10]

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  Buhl Building, circa 1920
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  Buhl Building in the shadow of thePenobscot Building

• List of tallest buildings in Detroit

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• 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.

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• "Where Detroit's elite met to eat".The Detroit News. October 12, 2004.

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