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Book Tower
Information
Location	1265 Washington Boulevard Detroit, Michigan  United States
Status	Complete
Constructed	1916 - 1926
Use	office
Roof	118571 m²
Floor count	38, 2 mechanical
Companies
Architect	Louis Kamper, Book Tower Development, Inc

The Book Tower is an Italian Renaissance styled tower in Detroit, Michigan. Construction began in 1916 as an enhancement of the original Book Building and finished a decade later. The tower uses Academic Classicism style in its architecture. It is 38 stories tall, with two mechanical floors at the top encasing the green copper roof, a roofing style shared by the nearby Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel. In total, it has 40 floors, with two basement floors. Retail and gallery floors reside on the first and second floors, with businesses occupying the rest. Named after the famous Book Brothers of Detroit, it was briefly the tallest building in the city until the completion of the Penobscot Building in 1928. A taller Book Tower of 81-stories was set to be built at the opposite end of the Book Building, but the Great Depression canceled plans.

On July 25, 2006, the Book Tower was sold to the New York based investment group, the Pagan Organization. Early plans call for a renovation and conversion of both the Book Tower and Book building into retail, residential, and office units.

Caryatids by unknown sculptor

• Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. 
• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture of America, unpublished manuscript
• Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4. 
• Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6. 
• Savage, Rebecca Binno and Greg Kowalski (2004). Art Deco in Detroit (Images of America). Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-3228-2. 

• Google Maps location of the Book Tower
• Book Tower at Emporis.com
• SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on the Book Tower

Metro Detroit Skyscrapers and famous buildings

(partial listing)

Downtown towers with 25 or more Floors Renaissance Center | Comerica Tower at Detroit Center | Penobscot Building | Cadillac Tower | Guardian Building | Book Tower | David Stott Building | David Broderick Tower | Millender Center Apartments | Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel | Buhl Building | Riverfront Tower I | Riverfront Tower II | Riverfront Tower III | One Woodward Avenue | 211 West Fort Street | Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building | 150 West Jefferson | First National Building | 1001 Woodward | Detroit Edison Plaza

Downtown towers under 25 Floors Dime Building | Water Board Building | Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Center | State of Michigan Plaza| Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Detroit | Coleman A. Young Municipal Center | Penobscot Building Annex | David Whitney Building | AT&T Building (Detroit) | AT&T Building Addition | Compuware World Headquarters| Greektown Casino | MGM Grand Detroit | MotorCity Casino | Fort Washington Plaza | Metropolitan Building (Detroit) | Detroit Free Press Building | Chase Tower | Vinton Building | Kales Building | United Artists Theatre Building | Michigan Central Station | One Kennedy Square | Fox Theatre (Detroit) | State Theatre (Detroit) | Detroit Masonic Temple | Wayne County Building | Detroit Athletic Club

Downtown library and musuems Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit Public Library

New Center and other metro areas Fisher Building | Cadillac Place | Jeffersonian Apartments | Lafayette Park | Southfield Town Center | American Center | Hyatt Regency Dearborn | Top of Troy

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