Detroit Free Press Building
This limestone structure was built for the Detroit Free Press in 1925. Designed by Albert Kahn, it has an arched entrance flanked by carved figures symbolizing commerce and communication. Michigan´s oldest daily, the Free Press was founded in 1831, six years before Michigan became a state, as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer. By 1998, when the Free Press left this building, its staff had earned eight Pulitzer Prizes.
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Marker data: Michigan History Center
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