The Wayne County Building

This is probably one of my favorite buildings in Detroit. This building is sometimes called the City-County Building because it also housed some city offices at one time. Currently it is awaiting a new tenant as the County vacated it for the Guardian Building.

There are two of these statues around the building, each one of them representing a different thing. One is called Victory and the other is called Progress. They were made by New York sculptor J. Massey Rhind out of bronze. I'm not sure which one is which.

This pediment was sculpted by Edward Wagner who came from Detroit. It depicts Anthony Wayne as he negotiates with the Native Americans.

This is the other quadriga. I kind of like this shot.

An almost full shot of the building. It is kind of difficult to get a full shot because there is so much around it. The building itself was constructed from 1897 to 1902 and is an example of Roman-Baroque Architecture. It was constructed from granite and stone. The statues are bronze.

The building stands at five stories tall. It was vacated in 2008 and is on the list of National Historic Places. I hope that someone finds a home here because I would hate to see it become like some of the other empty buildings in Detroit.