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Building, Detroit, since 1912

Dime Building

Standing and open

A drawing of Dime Building from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1912
Style
Neoclassical
Standing
114 years

Designed by Daniel H. Burnham

The Dime Building has stood on Griswold St. in Detroit since 1912, 114 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

What is there now

Under renovation

  • Change Of Occupancy/use permit Interior Tenant Build-Out of 9,000 sq ft 22nd Floor space to establish Office to Code per plans. Subject to Field Approv, estimated at $799,596 Source: City and county building permits
  • Standing and open Source: Historic Detroit
  • Plumbing permit • Demo 1 existing kitchen sink • Install (2) kitchen sinks one has a GG • Hook up a coffee maker Source: City and county building permits
  • Electrical permit Fixture installation for tenant build out. Source: City and county building permits

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The Dime Building opened in 1912, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.

Credit the design to Daniel H. Burnham, working in Neoclassical.

It is still open, and still part of daily life in the city.

Go see it at 719 Griswold St. Photos never get the scale right.

Timeline

  1. 1912 Built Designed by Daniel H. Burnham
  2. 2025 3 building permits $799,596 in declared work, the latest September 5
  3. 2026 Today Under renovation

Where it is

719 Griswold St.

On this map

  1. Dime Building This place
  2. Security Trust Building 120 ft
  3. Chrysler House 130 ft
  4. Federal Reserve Bank 170 ft
  5. Penobscot Building (first) 180 ft
  6. First State Bank 190 ft
  7. Penobscot Building 200 ft
  8. Federal Building 200 ft
  9. Hammond Building 230 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Majestic Building, by Daniel H. Burnham Majestic Building, by Daniel H. Burnham. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

Architect

Daniel H. Burnham

American architect and urban designer, 1846 to 1912. Designed the Ford Building (1908) and 2 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Daniel H. Burnham

More from Detroit in the 1910s

Around the block

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.