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18-531: The Architects Building is a seven-story building erected in 1924 by Thomas J. Thompson, a man involved with the hotel and restaurant trade. Thompson hired Richard H. Marr, a well-known Detroit architect, to design the building. Its original purpose was to provide space for all architectural professionals and trades in one building. When the Architects Building opened, 25 firms had space in the building, including Marr and architect Marcus R. Burrowes . However,

36-564: A leading architectural firm in Denver. In the 1890s, Burrowes work took him to Canada, where he was employed in the chief architects office of the Dominion at Ottawa , specializing in post office buildings. From Canada, he crossed the Detroit River to Detroit, a place suitable for an entrepreneurial architect like Burrowes. Initially, Burrowes worked in the offices of Albert Kahn . In 1907, he joined

54-593: A model for much of the Detroit Athletic Club, but the idea of using the large impressive windows for the impressive fourth floor dining room—called the Grill Room—came from the Palazzo Farnese . In the 1990s, the membership devoted substantial funding to a major refurbishing of the attractive building. A. Duncan Carse created paintings to decorate the Detroit Athletic Club. The paintings were covered at

72-528: The DAC ) is a private social club and athletic club located in the heart of Detroit's theater, sports, and entertainment district. It is located across the street from Detroit's historic Music Hall. The clubhouse was designed by Albert Kahn and inspired by Rome's Palazzo Farnese . It maintains reciprocal agreements for their members at other private clubs worldwide. It contains full-service athletic facilities, pools, restaurants, ballrooms, and guest rooms. Members of

90-586: The DAC . Stunyo and Gilders-Dudeck qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne , Australia. At the Games, Jeanne Stunyo won the springboard diving silver medal , and Barbara Gilders-Dudeck finished in fourth place—less than one point from a bronze medal . The Last Word , a gin -based, prohibition -era cocktail , was originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club. The first publication in which

108-692: The Michigan Central Railroad into one of the nation's most successful large railroads, served as president of the Packard Motor Car Company in the early decades of the last century. He felt that the rich new titans of the booming automobile industry spent too much time in the Woodward Avenue pubs. He thought they needed a club commensurate with this stature. Some 26 years after the club's founding, on January 4, 1913, Joy and 108 other leading Detroit citizens came together to reorient

126-562: The Detroit Athletic Club. Joy and his colleagues selected Detroit's most accomplished architect, Albert Kahn. In 1912, Kahn visited Italy, and was inspired by the buildings he saw there. Two of Detroit's most impressive current downtown edifices—the Detroit Athletic Club and the Police Department headquarters on Beaubien—reflect what Kahn saw in Italy. The Palazzo Borghese in Rome provided Kahn with

144-513: The Great Depression was hard on the building. In 1933, only three architects remained in the building, and in 1936 Thompson' estate (he had died in 1928) lost the building to foreclosure. After 1940 both Marr and Burrowes moved out, and the building's association with the field of architecture seems to have ended. In 1950, the building was renamed the Contractor's Storage Building, and in 1974, it

162-454: The Last Word appeared was Ted Saucier's 1951 cocktail book Bottoms Up! . In it Saucier states that the cocktail was first served around 30 years earlier at the Detroit Athletic Club. A research in the archives of the Detroit Athletic Club by John Frizell revealed later that the drink was slightly older predating the prohibition era by a few years. It was already offered on the club's 1916 menu for

180-478: The club but they were on show again after a remodeling of the club in 1999. Over the years, the Detroit Athletic Club has provided financial assistance and training opportunities for a number of amateur athletes preparing for the Olympic Games. At the 1956 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, springboard divers Jeanne Stunyo of Gary, Indiana and Mackenzie High School graduate Barbara Gilders-Dudeck were sponsored by

198-459: The club include business professionals and professional athletes. Ty Cobb is among the athletes to have been a member of the DAC. The building is visible beyond center field from Comerica Park . The Detroit Athletic Club was founded in 1887 to encourage amateur athletic activities, and built a clubhouse with a tract in what is now Detroit's Cultural Center. Henry Bourne Joy , son of the man who built

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216-447: The exterior is in good condition. The first floor lobby, the most significant area within the building, is still in good condition and looks much as it was designed. In 1999, the CCNDC renovated the building and turned it into 27 apartments for low-income residents. Marcus R. Burrowes Marcus R. Burrowes FAIA (1874–1953) was a notable Detroit architect. He served one year in

234-509: The firm of Stratton and Baldwin for two years, which put him into contact with leading figures in the Arts and Crafts movement in Detroit, including Kahn, William B. Stratton , Frank C. Baldwin , and George Gough Booth . Through Stratton's connections with Mary Chase Perry Stratton of Pewabic Pottery , Burrowes gained exposure to this important Detroit-based firm as well. However, deciding his future

252-751: The position of president of the Michigan Society of Architects and was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He was widely known in southeast Michigan, especially during the second and third decades of the twentieth century, for his recreation of English Revival style buildings. Burrowes was born in Tonawanda , New York, near Buffalo. Burrowes attended the Denver Art Academy , where he attended lectures and received instruction by architects of note, as well as serving an apprenticeship to

270-906: Was a member of the Episcopal Church and the Detroit Athletic Club . Burrowes died at the age of 79 at his home in London, Ontario , which he had retired to eight months previous. His obituary in the Detroit Free Press in 1953, stated how "he designed more than 1,000 structures in and near Detroit during his long career." Design of 11 buildings and campus landscape plan Fox, Jean M. "Marcus Burrowes, English Revival Architect", Monograph #2, Farmington Hills Historical Commission, 1992. Wilson, Tim Wayne County Training School Preserve Detroit, [www.preservedetroit.com] Detroit Athletic Club The Detroit Athletic Club (often referred to as

288-560: Was purchased by the Salvation Army. In 1985, it was purchased by the Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation. The Architects Building is a seven-story Neo-Classical Revival commercial building, built with a reinforced concrete frame, faced with buff brick, and trimmed in stone. It is the tallest building in the immediate vicinity, and despite the sweeping changes elsewhere in the neighborhood,

306-524: Was recognized by his fellow architects. He served as president of the Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1916 and 1917; vice-president of the Detroit Chapter in 1923, and secretary from 1911 to 1915. He served as president of the Michigan Society of Architects in 1923 and 1924. In 1940, he was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and became emeritus in 1952. He

324-499: Was to be in independent practice, Burrowes formed the firm of Burrowes and Wells with Dalton R. Wells . By 1914, Burrowes was operating under his own name. In 1920 he joined with Frank Eurich , who had received training in the architecture program from Cornell University . Together, Burrowes and Eurich designed many homes in Grosse Pointe and Detroit, as well as several libraries and municipal buildings. During his lifetime, Burrowes

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