Free Press Building - Photos Decor Detail
Free Press Building
This picture gallery is meant to showcase the amount of meticulous detail in the decor and design of the Free Press Building exterior.
The two-story-tall main entrance features carvings by Ulysses A. Ricci which include female figures on either side. Ulysses A. Ricci was a sculptor born in New York City in 1888.
The upper reaches of the central tower are dominated by an enormous guardian figure representing the Detroit Free Press as a guardian of Liberty.
Medallions on the west and east facades show means of transportation.
Medallions on the west and east facades show means of transportation.
Medallions on the west and east facades show means of transportation.
Medallions on the west and east facades show means of transportation.
Medallions on the west and east facades show means of transportation.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures people - here journalist Charles Dana
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here Horace Greeley, an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here Lewis Cass, one of Detroit’s most renowned politicians.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here University of Michigan president James Angell.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here Benjamin Franklin, pioneering newspaperman and publisher.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here George Pomeroy Goodale, (April 12, 1843 – May 7, 1919) drama editor of the Detroit Free Press.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here Austin Blair (February 8, 1818 – August 6, 1894), also known as the Civil War Governor, and the 13th governor of Michigan.
Medallions representing portraits of important public figures - here Monroe native General George Custer.
Mermen repeated at all four corners of the building representing commerce and arts.
Mermen repeated at all four corners of the building representing commerce and arts.
Lion-head gargoyles and sentinel figures can be see along the upper reaches of all four facades of the building.
Lion-head gargoyles and sentinel figures can be see along the upper reaches of all four facades of the building.
An allegoric goddess representing "communication" holds the torch of knowledge in her right hand, and the spear of destiny and the broken chains of ignorance in her left hand.
Another allegoric goddess representing "commerce" can be seen on the left side of the main entrance.
An allegory relief representing the authority of wisdom
An allegory relief representing communication technology.
This relief by Ulysses Ricci is holding a ship.
Two faces looking down from the pedestal of the allegorical goddess on the right side of the main entrance.
Above the two faces, a relief of a man operating a printing press.