Durant Building - General Motors

Kahn, Albert

Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey, the custodian of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection, in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs thanks to funding provided by Indiana University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research and an LSTA grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

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Durant Building - General Motors Public Deposited

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Description

Now known as Cadillac Place

Location

Coordinates: 42.368834, -83.075549
Quarry: P. M. & B.
Street Address: 3044 W Grand Blvd

ILCO ID

MI0078_1_0

Caption

Bedford Steam Stone Works
Central Oolitic Stone Co.
Hoosier Cut Stone
J. Hoadley & Sons
Matthews Brothers
Caption: About 400,00 cubic feet of No. 1 Buff Stone from P.M.B. Quarry were used in this contract and were furnished in about 5 months.
Cut Stone Contractor: Henry Struble Cut Stone Co.

City

Detroit

Filename

VAC5094-03761

Subject

Skyscrapers
Office buildings
Automobile industry

State

Title

Durant Building - General Motors

Architect

Kahn, Albert

Physical Description

Kind of Stone: #1 Buff
Quantity (cu. ft) and Finish: 400,000

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-03761

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-03761

Holding Location

Bloomington - Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Geology Building
1001 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact at igsacm@iu.edu, 812-855-7636

Campus

IU Bloomington

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