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<p>The <b>Fisher Building</b> is a <a href="/en/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Michigan" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan" class="wl">landmark</a> <a href="/en/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Detroit" title="List of tallest buildings in Detroit" class="wl">skyscraper</a> located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the <a href="/en/New_Center,_Detroit" title="New Center, Detroit" class="wl">New Center</a> area of <a href="/en/Detroit" title="Detroit" class="wl">Detroit</a>, <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a>. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect <a href="/en/Albert_Kahn_(architect)" title="Albert Kahn (architect)" class="wl">Albert Kahn</a>, and is designed in an <a href="/en/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco" class="wl">Art Deco</a> style, faced with <a href="/en/Limestone" title="Limestone" class="wl">limestone</a>, <a href="/en/Granite" title="Granite" class="wl">granite</a>, and several types of <a href="/en/Marble" title="Marble" class="wl">marble</a>. The Fisher family financed the building with proceeds from the sale of <a href="/en/Fisher_Body" title="Fisher Body" class="wl">Fisher Body</a> to <a href="/en/General_Motors" title="General Motors" class="wl">General Motors</a>. It was designed to house office and retail space.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-FisherBuilding_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-FisherBuilding-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt8">United States historic place</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Location, Coordinates, Area, Architect, Archi...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox mobile-collapse-element" style="border-spacing:1px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding:0; border:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; background:#A8EDEF; line-height:1.5" about="#mwt37" class="notheme">Fisher Building</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.5; background:#A8EDEF;" about="#mwt38" class="notheme"><a href="/en/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places" class="wl">U.S. National Register of Historic Places</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.4; background:#87CEEB" about="#mwt39" class="notheme"><a href="/en/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark" class="wl">U.S. National Historic Landmark</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.5; background:#DACAA5" about="#mwt40" class="notheme"><a href="/en/Michigan_State_Historic_Preservation_Office" title="Michigan State Historic Preservation Office" class="wl">Michigan State Historic Site</a></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Detroit_December_2021_12_(Fisher_Building).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Detroit_December_2021_12_(Fisher_Building).jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg/250px-Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" data-file-type="bitmap" height="375" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg/375px-Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg/500px-Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg 2x" alt="Detroit_December_2021_12_%28Fisher_Building%29.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Fisher Building in December 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997900035" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:USA_Michigan_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Fisher Building is located in Michigan" data-hash="File:USA_Michigan_location_map.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Fisher Building is located in Michigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/USA_Michigan_location_map.svg/250px-USA_Michigan_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1066" data-file-height="1200" data-file-type="drawing" height="281" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/USA_Michigan_location_map.svg/375px-USA_Michigan_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/USA_Michigan_location_map.svg/500px-USA_Michigan_location_map.svg.png 2x"></a></span><div class="od" style="top:87.581%;left:86.472%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage"><span><img 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loading="lazy"alt="Fisher Building is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/250px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" data-file-type="drawing" height="155" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/375px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/500px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png 2x"></a></span><div class="od" style="top:34.197%;left:70.618%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage"><span><img loading="lazy"alt="Fisher Building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" data-file-type="drawing" height="7" width="7" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x"></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">3011 W. Grand Blvd.<br><a href="/en/Detroit" title="Detroit" class="wl">Detroit</a>, <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fisher_Building&amp;params=42_22_9.5_N_83_4_37_W_type:landmark_region:US-MI" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">42°22′9.5″N</span> <span class="longitude">83°4′37″W</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">486,991 square feet (45,242.9<span>&nbsp;</span>m<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/en/Albert_Kahn_(architect)" title="Albert Kahn (architect)" class="wl">Albert Kahn Associates</a> with <a href="/en/Joseph_Nathaniel_French" title="Joseph Nathaniel French" class="wl">Joseph Nathaniel French</a> as chief architect</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architectural<span>&nbsp;</span>style</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/en/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco" class="wl">Art Deco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP<span>&nbsp;</span>reference<span>&nbsp;</span><abbr about="#mwt41" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>number</span>&quot;}]]}">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000847" class="external text" target="_blank">07000847</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:#A8EDEF" about="#mwt42" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;style&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;background:<span typeof=\\&quot;mw:Nowiki\\&quot; data-parsoid=\\&quot;{}\\&quot;>\\n#A8EDEF</span>&quot;}]]}">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 14, 1980<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nris_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated<span>&nbsp;</span>NHL</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">June 29, 1989<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nhlsum_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-nhlsum-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated<span>&nbsp;</span>MSHS</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 21, 1975</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>The building, which contains the elaborate 2,089-seat Fisher Theatre,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Mazzei_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-Mazzei-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AIAurban_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-AIAurban-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> was designated a <a href="/en/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Michigan" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan" class="wl">National Historic Landmark</a> on June 29, 1989. It also houses the headquarters for the <a href="/en/Detroit_Public_Schools" title="Detroit Public Schools" class="mw-redirect wl">Detroit Public Schools</a> and the studios of radio stations <a href="/en/WJR" title="WJR" class="wl">WJR</a>, <a href="/en/WDVD" title="WDVD" class="wl">WDVD</a>, and <a href="/en/WDRQ" title="WDRQ" class="wl">WDRQ</a>.</p>



The Fisher Building is a landmark skyscraper located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, and is designed in an Art Deco style, faced with limestone, granite, and several types of marble. The Fisher family financed the building with proceeds from the sale of Fisher Body to General Motors. It was designed to house office and retail space. The building, which contains the elaborate 2,089-seat Fisher Theatre, was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989. It also houses the headquarters for the Detroit Public Schools and the studios of radio stations WJR, WDVD, and WDRQ. 