Hammond Building - Old photos
Hammond Building
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A close-up of the date carved into the Hammond Building's facade.
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The Hammond, bottom left, with City Hall, the Penobscot being built and the Dime on Oct. 22, 1928.
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Masons gather in front of Old City Hall and the Hammond Building on June 2, 1937.
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Old City Hall with the Pontchartrain, back left, and the Hammond Building, back right, seen in June 1910.
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The Hammond, far right, with Campus Martius and the Pontchartrain Hotel pre-addition, far left.
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The Hammond Building and the Penobscot in May 1956, shortly before the Hammond was torn down.
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The Hammond looking proud in 1956, despite its days being numbered.
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The Hammond in 1940 with bustling traffic below on Griswold Street.
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The Hammond was the cradle of Detroit law.
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The Hammond Building about 1890.
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An aerial view shows the Hammond's configuration.
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The Griswold side of the Hammond showing some of its architectural details.
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An early photo of the Hammond Building, Detroit's first skyscraper.
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The Hammond and Old City Hall.
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From left, the Hotel Pontchartrain, Hammond Building and Old City Hall in 1926.
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The Hammond Building and Old City Hall.
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The Hammond, far right. The block at left was razed at the same time as the Hammond in 1956.
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The Hammond, left, and Old City Hall on April 13, 1945, in mourning for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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The Hammond Building in the 1950s.
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The Hammond, at right, in 1917.
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The Hammond Building about 1900
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The Hammond decked out in Grand Army of the Republic regalia in 1891.
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A parade marches past the northwest corner of the Hammond. Photo from about 1890.
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A look at the Hammond, left, the Federal Building (aka Post Office), center, and City Hall.
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The Griswold Street entrance of the Hammond around 1890.
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A parade marches past the northwest corner of the Hammond. Photo from around 1890.
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Old City Hall, center, newly powerwashed, and the Hammond, left, on Nov. 5, 1946.
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The Hammond, left, and City Hall thronged by the masses on Oct. 29, 1954, for President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit.
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Old City Hall, left, and the Hammond Building, back center, on a foggy Jan. 12, 1938.