Cultural Center Historic District

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Cultural Center Historic District

The Cultural Center Historic District is an historical district located in Detroit, Michigan. The district straddles Woodward Avenue and consists of three buildings: the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building.^[1]

Library
DIA
Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building
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Library

Detroit Public Library

The Public Library was built in 1921, designed by Cass Gilbert in an Italian Renaissance style. The exterior is faced its with white marble and the interior is decorated with murals, tiles and mosaics. Another wing was added in 1963.^[1]

DIA

The Detroit Institute of Arts, was built in 1927. Architect Paul Phillippe Cret designed it to closely resembles its neighbor. Cret created galleries of varying sizes and shapes to provide a proper setting for the art collection.^[1] Two wings were later added, one in 1965 and one in 1971, and a large addition opened in 2008.

Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building

Rackham Education Memorial Building

The Rackham Building was named after Horace Rackham, a local philanthropist and an early investor in Ford Motor Company. The building opened in 1941, serving as the headquarters for the Engineering Society of Detroit and the University of Michigan Extension Service.

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