David Broderick Tower
| David Broderick Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | 10 Witherell Street Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°20′9.5″N 83°2′59″W / 42.335972°N 83.04972°WCoordinates: 42°20′9.5″N 83°2′59″W / 42.335972°N 83.04972°W |
| Construction started | 1926 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Renovated | 2012 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 369 ft (112 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Louis Kamper Paul Kamper |
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Broderick Tower
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| Part of | Grand Circus Park Historic District (#83000894) |
| Designated CP | February 28, 1983 |
The Broderick Tower is a residential skyscraper in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Original construction began in 1926, and was completed in 1928. The Broderick was fully renovated in 2012 by JC Beal Construction Inc., and REDICO served as the construction manager. The tower was the second tallest building in Michigan when it was originally completed in 1928. It stands 34-stories, with two basement floors. The building is designed with Neo-classical architecture, Chicago school, and Beaux-Arts designs. Limestone is a prominent material in the building's surface. It was designed by architects Louis Kamper and Paul Kamper for Theodore Eaton.
The tower is located at the Southeast corner of Woodward Avenue and Witherell Street, facing Grand Circus Park, and stands across the street from the David Whitney Building. The Broderick Tower is not a square, or even a parallelogram in shape.
Before the decorative cornices were removed, this building was 371'-6" to the top of the parapet wall, and 376'-7" tall to the very tip of the decorative cornice. This tower is topped by a Beaux-Arts/Neoclassical inspired crown.
The tower was originally constructed as the Eaton Tower, named after Theodore Horation Eaton, Jr., an importer and dealer in chemicals and dyes. The building changed ownership and names in 1945, when the tower was purchased by David Broderick, a Detroit insurance broker, which he then renamed after himself. After his purchase of the tower in 1945, David Broderick created the Sky Top Club on the 33rd floor of the tower, which was a private club used for entertaining Mr. Broderick's associates and guests. After David Broderick's death in 1957, the tower changed hands many times between 1963 and 1976, finally ending up in the hands of the Higgins family, which retains a stake in the ownership to this day.
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