Grand Army of the Republic Building - Photos
Grand Army of the Republic Building
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The Grand Army of the Republic Building in April 2023
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The Grand Army of the Republic Building, is located on the triangular shaped corner of West Grand River and Cass Avenues.
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Construction on the five-story began in 1899 and was funded by both the Grand Army of the Republic veteran’s organization and the City of Detroit.
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The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1899 as a memorial to Union Army soldiers.
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A room in one of the GAR's famous turrets, in May 2012, as renovation work gets under way
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A group from the Detroit Historical Society files into the Grand Army of the Republic Building, aka the GAR, on June 8, 2013, as it undergoes renovation.
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Workers check out the soundness of the GAR during renovation work in 2012.
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The Grand Army of the Republic Building, undergoing renovation in June 2013
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The restored main entrance of the GAR Building, along Grand River Avenue.
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Exterior detail
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The triangular lot that the building sits on gave the GAR some unusual angles.
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"We rise." One of the rooms in a turret of the GAR.
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Stairway going to the attic, off the balcony in the fourth-floor auditorium
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The fourth-floor auditorium originally had a stage in front of this arch.
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The condition of the typical floor inside the GAR ahead of major renovation work.
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A set of lockers, left over from the building's days as a rec center, sits in one of the GAR's corner rooms.
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Inside one of the GAR's turrets
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The third floor of the GAR.
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The second and third floors of the Grand Army of the Republic Building will be leased out as office space.
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A cast-iron column
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The massive window on the second floor overlooking the main entrance along Grand River Avenue
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The second floor landing off the main staircase along Grand River Avenue
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The ground floor spaces will be turned into a restaurant and a tavern.
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This original mosaic floor honoring the Civil War vets remains intact in the Grand River lobby.
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The main staircase off the entrance on Grand River Avenue
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Dave Carleton of Mindfield - the company rehabbing the Grand Army of the Republic Building, unveils the restored main entrance along Grand River Avenue on June 8, 2013
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The auditorium in the GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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The GAR as renovation work is just under way, in May 2012. For more on the renovation: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/gar-building.php
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Old Glory returns to the fly over the GAR.
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The renovated and reopened GAR.