Free Press Building - Photos
Free Press Building
The Free Press Building, as seen from the roof of the David Stott Building
While the building was the home of the Free Press, a number of other businesses also had their offices in the tower.
One of the few offices that retains its original woodwork.
This office is said to have belonged to E.M. Stair, the owner of the Free Press who had the building built.
A typical hallway in the Free Press. Most all of them retain their marble wainscotting.
The rooftop of the Free Press Building, looking toward the Book-Cadillac Hotel.
One of the advertising or circulation offices. Most of the floors were heavily modernized over the years.
One of the advertising or circulation offices. Most of the floors were heavily modernized over the years.
Most of the office floors were heavily modernized over the years.
One of two matching paintings in the Free Press Building's lobby
The Free Press Building's lobby is short but impressive.
The lobby ceiling of the Free Press Building
The Free Press Building, as seen from the Lafayette Building
The photography studio
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard is lined with the work of Corrado Parducci.
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard is lined with the work of Corrado Parducci.
This room located to the left of the main entrance was originally a customer service counter. Later, it was a meeting room for Free Press staffers.
The lobby ceiling of the Free Press Building
Storefront located on the corner of Washington and Lafeyette boulevards
This room off the lobby featured oil paintings, only a handful of which still remain.
The newsroom. Moisture and freeze-thaw cycles over the years have caused the wooden floor to buckle and form huge mounds.
The Free Press newsroom. The large sections where the floor is missing are where buckled wooden flooring has been removed.
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard is lined with the work of Corrado Parducci.
The beautiful entrance of the Free Press Building
Looking up the central tower
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard
The Free Press newsroom.
Much of the building is empty - and sadly lacking its original historical opulence.
E.D. Stair's office in the tower still has its original grandeur.
A typical hallway in the Free Press. Most all of them retain their marble wainscotting.
The former restaurant, the Press Galley
The elevators in the main lobby
The Press Galley restaurant, located off the lobby along Lafayette
The ground floor is largely gutted.
This room along Lafayette and located off the lobby was originally a customer service area and later was a meeting room for staffers.
This room along Lafayette and located off the lobby was originally a customer service area and later was a meeting room for staffers.
The ceiling in the wood-paneled former meeting room off the lobby. Fluorescent lighting was drilled into the original plaster.
A commercial space located at the corner of Lafayette and Washington boulevards
A commercial space located at the corner of Lafayette and Washington boulevards
Detail of the original wooden entrance to the commercial space off Lafayette and Washington boulevards
This room along Lafayette and located off the lobby was originally a customer service area and later was a meeting room for staffers.
The lobby along Lafayette Boulevard
A raw industrial space located behind the lobby
The entrance on Lafayette Boulevard
