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Smith & Gardner

Architecture firm

One Ford Place, drawn from its recorded size and kind until a photo we may share turns up

Designer of One Ford Place, the building that opened in Detroit's Tech Town in 1904.

The story

In Metro Detroit, Smith & Gardner's work on record is One Ford Place, a building in Detroit's Tech Town, finished in 1904. Built during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, it has stood for 122 years.

Albert Kahn is credited beside Smith & Gardner on One Ford Place. Go see One Ford Place at 1 Ford Place for yourself.

Smith & Gardner's work in Metro Detroit

Who Smith & Gardner worked with

Where the work stands

Sources

The facts on Smith & Gardner come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.