Guardian Building - Photos (interior detail)
Guardian Building
Guardian Building - Tiffany clock detail - Photo from Jan. 6, 2018
Guardian Building Detail, Main Lobby - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
A view at the Fidelity Window inside the elevator lobby of the Guardian Building - Photo from Jan. 6, 2018
April 5, 2025
Guardian Building detail, highlighting the 'Michigan Mural' at the southern end of the Banking Hall. The Michigan mural features radiating rays that extend toward smaller panels around its perimeter, each illustrating key industries and businesses located throughout the state. At the top is a depiction of Finance, symbolically placed to represent its importance to all of Michigan. Moving clockwise, we see Fishing, located in the heart of the Great Lakes; then Commerce, where ships transport Michigan goods across the Great Lakes and rivers to Chicago and the Eastern U.S.; followed by Manufacture just above the emblem for the City of Detroit. Manufacture is a representation of Detroit’s role as Michigan’s manufacturing hub. At the bottom of the mural is a depiction of the Seal of Michigan, then Agriculture in southwest Michigan, Lumbering, and Mining, which is actually located in the western corner of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan though that Upper Peninsula is not shown in the mural - Photo from Sep. 24, 2022
Guardian Building - A view of the Michigan Industry at the lower-right corner of the Michigan mural - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building - A view of Agriculture at the lower-left corner of the Michigan mural - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building - A close-up view of the Union Trust (UT) emblem, displayed in colored glass in the monel metal elevator doors in the Main Lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building - A close-up view of the key sentinel on the right of the metal panel by the TV in the main lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building - Beautiful metal decoration behind the security desk in the Main Lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building - Looking up at the Congress Street entrance - Photo from May 27, 2025
A close-up view at some more detail in the Main Lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
A close-up view at some more detail in the Main Lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building - A view of the octagonally shaped railing leading from the Main Lobby into the Banking Lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
Old Toledo scale inside the Guardian building
A close-up view of a light fixture inside the Elevator alcove for floors 22–39 - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
Tiffany clock detail
Shoe Shine
Elevator door
Art Deco knights guarding the Guardian
April 5, 2025
Guardian Building Detail - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
April 5, 2025
April 5, 2025
The Guardian Building - A view of the elevator alcove for floors 22-39 in the main lobby - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
The Guardian Building - A detailed look at the Guardian Building’s beautiful red Numidian marble and its unique eight-sided, elongated octagonal handrails - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
Guardian Building Main Lobby - a close-up view of one of the many wall openings that were part of the building's ventilation system - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
Guardian Building Detail, a close-up view of the Monel metal screen between the Main Lobby and the Banking Lobby - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
Guardian Building - A close-up view of the Congress Street entrance, the entry/exit doors are at the ground level with a balcony above them that bows slightly outward into the lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025
Guardian Building detail with a close-up view of the Congress Street entrance - Photo from Apr. 4, 2025
Guardian Building - The Michigan Mural on the south wall of the Banking Lobby is a large mural depicting a map of the lower peninsula of Michigan and its various industries. It was hand-painted by Ezra Winter, the same artist who created the White Pine Mosaic in the Main Lobby - Photo from May 27, 2025