Fyfe Building

The Fyfe Building stands at 10 W. Adams Avenue, at the corner of Adams Ave. and Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It faces onto Central United Methodist Church, and Grand Circus Park.

The high-rise building was constructed in 1916, and is one of Detroit's oldest; it was finished in 1919, and was constructed in the neo-gothic architectural style. It stands at 14 floors, and has 65 residential units. For many years it had a Fyfe shoe store at the retail street level and offices in the upper stories. The building is mainly used as a residential building, but has some retail and a bar^[1] at street level.

Description

• Architect: Smith, Hinchman, & Grylls
• Owner: PEM Investments, LLC
• The building was nearly demolished in the mid-1990s to make way for parking for Comerica Park.
• The building was named after Richard H. Fyfe, a Detroit merchant who made his fortune in the shoe trade.

References and further reading

• Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. 
• Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4. 
• Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6. 

External links

• Fyfe Building Apartments
• Google Maps location of Fyfe Building Apartments
• Fyfe Building Apartments details at Emporis.com
• SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on The Fyfe Building