Dry Dock Engine Works-Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex
- Also Known As: Globe Trading Company Building
- Address: 1801 - 1803 Atwater St and 1900 Atwater St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Frank E Kirby | Significant name | |||||
| Berlin Iron Bridge Company | Architect | |||||
| James McMillan | Significant name | |||||
| 1857/00/00 | ||||||
| 1892/00/00 | ||||||
| 1912/01/00 | Louis O Keil | Architect | Moored at the foot of Orleans Street, the interior decorations of the CITY OF DETROIT III, an opulent floating hotel, are designed and executed under the direction of Louis O Keil. Five stories of cabins are finished with carved paneling and balustrades. | City of Detroit III Gothic Room | ||
| 1912/03/00 | Pewabic Pottery Co | Artisan | The CITY OF DETROIT III is fitted with a cocktail bar based on a 17C Rhine wine cellar. Costing $300,000, and built only after exhaustive study of old European drinking places, the comfortable lounge is decorated in Pewabic tiles and hand-hewn oak beams. | City of Detroit III Gothic Room | ||
| 1912/04/00 | Louis Comfort Tiffany | Artisan | A five-paneled Tiffany stained-glass window depicting Rene-Robert Cavelier de LaSalle's landing in Detroit is installed in the Gothic Room on the CITY OF DETROIT III. | City of Detroit III Gothic Room | ||
| 1912/05/30 | Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company | Steamship Line | Shortly after 10 am, the CITY OF DETROIT III sets sail and inadvertently picks up the JOSEPH C SUIT, a small wooden passenger and freight carrier. The much small craft is smashed between the CITY OF DETROIT III's anchor and port rudder. | City of Detroit III Gothic Room |
| Particulars for Dry Dock Engine Works-Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Historic and non-aboriginal |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Criteria | Information Potential |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Area of Significance | Maritime |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Building Material | Steel |
| Other Description | Steel frame industrial |
| Historic Use | Water-related |
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