Globe Tobacco Building
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The Globe Tobacco Building is a manufacturing building located at 407 East Fort Street in Detroit, Michigan
. It is the oldest tobacco manufactory extant in Detroit, and is listed by the National Register of Historic Places
.
industry was a leading component of Detroit's economy during the latter half of the nineteenth century, and by the 1890s was the largest industry in the city. Globe Tobacco, which was one of the largest five manufacturers in the city, was established in 1871 by O. P. Hazard, Thomas McGraw, Hiram Walker
, and William Moore. Construction began in 1888. The Globe Tobacco Company went out of business in 1925. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
mill-style building with load-bearing masonry walls and heavy timbered roof and floors. A -story entrance archway is located in the center bay on the south side, and is flanked by two concrete spheres.
Redstone Architects designed the renovation for the building into office space in 1984.
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It is the oldest tobacco manufactory extant in Detroit, and is listed by the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
History
The tobaccoTobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
industry was a leading component of Detroit's economy during the latter half of the nineteenth century, and by the 1890s was the largest industry in the city. Globe Tobacco, which was one of the largest five manufacturers in the city, was established in 1871 by O. P. Hazard, Thomas McGraw, Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker was an American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in the mid-1830s...
, and William Moore. Construction began in 1888. The Globe Tobacco Company went out of business in 1925. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Architecture
Alexander Chapoton, of one of Detroit's oldest French families, built the six-story red brick RomanesqueRomanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
mill-style building with load-bearing masonry walls and heavy timbered roof and floors. A -story entrance archway is located in the center bay on the south side, and is flanked by two concrete spheres.
Redstone Architects designed the renovation for the building into office space in 1984.