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Guardian Building

The 'Cathedral of Finance', a 1929 Art Deco skyscraper with a dazzling banking hall of colored tiles and mosaics.

Photo: w_lemay · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Lobby open most days
Price
Free
Time Needed
30 minutes
Address
500 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
In the Financial District downtown.

Why Go

Architect Wirt Rowland covered the orange-brick tower in Pewabic and Rookwood tiles. Step inside to see the vaulted lobby and the former bank hall, one of the most beautiful interiors in America.

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