Administered by United States General Services Administration Washington District of Columbia
Administered by United States General Services Administration 477 Michigan Avenue, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building Detroit Michigan
Located Federal Courthouse 250 West Fort Street Detroit Michigan
Date:
1933-1934. Dedicated June 28, 1934
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Image on file.
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Summary:
Bas-relief panels and medallions decorate the sixth floor level facade of an Art Deco style building. Each building face features a series of three relief panels at each corner, with five circular medallions across the building facade. Scenes depicted include activities related to the occupants of the building: the Army, the Navy, Post Office, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, Industry, and Justice. Images include men typing and writing; a judge seated on a bench decorated with the scales of Justice, lawyers, soldiers at war carrying rifles and firing cannons; sailors on a ship's deck; men working in a factory; men working in a bank, including carting money into a vault and using adding machines; and farmers harvesting with tractors.
