First National Bank Building

Title

First National Bank Building

Publisher

Lawrence Technological University

Date Created

December 6, 2018

Alternative Title or Name

National Bank Building

Creator

Kahn, Albert

Creator2

Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)

Creator Nationality

American

Work Type

Single Built Works

Date

c. 1922

Work Location

Michigan (state)

Detroit (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Neoclassical

Subject

banks (buildings)
office buildings
steel frame construction

Description

View of First National Bank Building in Detroit, MI, designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1922. "Kahn's twenty-four story National Bank Building ... is more typical of his work. The simple grid-like treatment of the stone veneer covering the steel frame recalls his General Motors Building, although here the emphasis of the details is classical rather than Renaissance. The Corinthian pillars between the large windows of the banking rooms on the second floor were patterned as nearly as possible after the columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum,"--The Buildings of Detroit: A History, by W. Hawkins Ferry, Wayne State University Press, 1980, p. 226. Handwritten on back of photograph: National Bank building, printed: Hedrich-Blessing Studio, 450 East Ohio Street, Chicago Neg. no. 8661-T2.

Material/Medium

limestone

Measurements

floor area: 843,051 square feet

Reproduction Type

jpeg

Reproduction Source

b/w photograph: 9 x 7 inches

ID Number

LTU-AK-DM006

Files

LTU-AK-DM006.jpg
Date Added
December 3, 2018
Collection
Albert Kahn Collection
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“First National Bank Building,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/17924.