Pewabic Pottery - Architectural Tile

Architectural Tile

Pewabic tile was (and continues to be) in great demand in Detroit and the southeastern Michigan area for the use in buildings and it can be found in many of the area's finest structures. These include:

  • Belle Isle Aquarium, Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
  • Buhl Building, Detroit, Michigan
  • Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit, Michigan
  • Charles Lang Freer House, 71 East Ferry Avenue (Current name: Palmer, Merrill, Institute of Human Development & Family Life) Detroit, Michigan
  • Christ Church, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Compuware World Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan
  • Cowles House (a/k/a Alice B. Cowles house, formerly known as Faculty Row House Number 7 and presently the Michigan State University President's home), East Lansing, Michigan
  • Cranbrook Kingswood School, many facilities
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (loggia)
  • Detroit People Mover many stations, Detroit, Michigan
  • Detroit Public Library Children's Room, Detroit, Michigan
  • Detroit Zoological Park, Royal Oak, Michigan
  • Edward H. McNamara Terminal, Northwest Airlines, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan
  • English Inn (formerly Medovue Manor), Eaton Rapids, Michigan built in 1927 for Oldsmobile President Irving Jacob Reuter
  • Father Solanus Casey Center, Detroit, Michigan
  • Fisher Building, Detroit, Michigan
  • Guardian Building, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Harper House, 1408 Cambridge Drive, Lansing, Michigan
  • Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
  • Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Kedzie North, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
  • Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Lawrence Fisher Mansion, Detroit, Michigan
  • Mackenzie High School, 9275 Wyoming Avenue, Detroit, Michigan (Now at the landfill - demolished)
  • Maude Priest School, Detroit, Michigan
  • Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, Michigan
  • Michigan League, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Michigan Union, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Michigan State University Memorial Chapel, East Lansing, Michigan
  • Michigan State University Union Women's Lounge (fireplace), East Lansing, Michigan
  • Morton High School, Richmond, Indiana
  • National Theater, Monroe and Farmer, Detroit, Michigan (facade, 1911)
  • North Kedzie Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
  • Oakland Family Services, Pontiac, Michigan
  • Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan
  • Scott Fountain, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1922
  • Shaw Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
  • Southfield Public Library, Southfield, Michigan
  • Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Wayne State University David Adamany Undergraduate Library, 5155 Gullen Mall Detroit, MI 48202-3962
  • Wayne State University Merrill Palmer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
  • Wayne State University, Old Main, Previously, Detroit Central High School, 4841 Cass Detroit, MI 48201
  • Women's City Club now Detroit Police Academy, Elizabeth and Park, Detroit, Michigan

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