Veteran's Memorial Hall
You are here
UAW-Ford National Programs Center (Veteran's Memorial Hall)
1948–1950, Harley, Ellington, and Day. 151 W. Jefferson Ave.
-
(Photograph by Kathryn Bishop Eckert)
The ten-story, L-shaped International Style memorial building faced with white marble was the first structure built on the land cleared for the Civic Center. Above words that convey the building's original purpose, the narrow northwest wall displays a thirty-foot “Victory Eagle” sculpture carved in high relief by Detroit area sculptor Marshall M. Fredericks (1908–1998). Characteristic of the style, the walls and glass surfaces are on the same plane, and the roof is flat. The building holds meeting rooms, lounges, offices, and a ballroom and kitchen.
Writing Credits
×
Data
-
Location: Detroit, MichiganRegional Overviews:Architect:Materials:
What's Nearby
Citation
Kathryn Bishop Eckert, "UAW-Ford National Programs Center (Veteran's Memorial Hall)", [Detroit, Michigan], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MI-01-WN2.
Print Source
Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 57-57.
If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.
SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.