Guardian Building - Old photos
Guardian Building
The Guardian Building takes shape in 1929.
The Guardian goes up. The old Union Trust Co. Building is across from it.
The Guardian in 1965.
The Guardian, Buhl and Penobscot buildings - seen here in the 1950s - were all designed by Wirt C. Rowland.
The mighty Guardian towers above the streets of Detroit in 1957.
The Guardian towers above Campus Martius in 1958. The buildings next to it are gone.
The Guardian in 1957. The Hotel Norton, which was razed for One Woodward, is behind it.
The southern elevation
The Guardian in 1936.
The Buhl Building, left, and the Guardian at right. Both were designed by Wirt C. Rowland.
The Guardian in 1961. The site of City Hall was used as a Christmas tree lot.
The Guardian and Campus Martius lighted up in December 1961.
Looking up at the Guardian in 1928 as construction wraps up.
Lights can be seen emitting from the Guardian Building in the early 1930s.
The Penobscot, far left, and the Guardian - two of the city's most familiar buildings - seen in 1932.
The Guardian in 1934.
The Guardian in 1958, note the Chase Tower being constructed in front of it.
The Guardian in 1971.
The Guardian lights up the sky in 1937.
The Guardian towers over everything around it. In the back left is the land that would be cleared for the Renaissance Center.
The Guardian opened as the Union Trust Co. Building in 1929.
The Guardian and south Woodward.
The Art Deco entrance was done by Mary Chase Stratton.
