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Spier & Rohns

Spier & Rohns was a noted Detroit, Michigan architectural firm operated by Frederick H. Spier and William C. Rohns, best remembered for designs of churches and railroad stations. These were frequently executed in the Richardson Romanesque style.

Notable commissions

  • Michigan Central Railroad depot (since 1969 the Gandy Dancer Restaurant and Roadhouse Saloon), 401 Depot Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1886
  • Michigan Central Railroad depot, 210 East Michigan Avenue, Grass Lake, Michigan, 1887
  • Kelsey Museum of Archaeology of the University of Michigan, built as the Newberry-Hall-Student Christian Association building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1888
  • Michigan Central Railroad depot, (as of 2009 the Niles Amtrak Station), 598 Dey Street, Niles, Michigan, 1890
  • Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church, Detroit, 1891
  • Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, Detroit, 1892
  • University of Michigan - Tappan Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1893
  • Detroit Chamber of Commerce Building, (currently named United Way Community Services Building, Detroit, 1895 (the tallest building in Detroit at the time of its construction)
  • St. Thomas Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1897
  • Saline First Presbyterian Church, 143 E. Michigan Ave., Saline, Michigan, 1898
  • Union Depot (Lansing, Michigan), 637 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, 1902 (Since 1978 - Clara's Restaurant)
  • Grand Trunk Western Station, 1203 South Washington Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, 1902
  • Durand Union Station, 200 Railroad Street, Durand, Michigan, 1903
  • Grand Trunk Railway Station, India Street at Fore Street, Portland, Maine, 1903 (razed 1966)
  • West Medical - University of Michigan (now the Dana Building), Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1903
  • Grand Trunk Railway Allandale station, 285 Bradford Street, Barrie, Ontario, L4N, Canada, 1904
  • Grand Trunk Railway depot, 175 Main Street, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1906
  • Detroit and Mackinac Railway station, 10th Street and Fair Avenue, Alpena, Michigan, 1911

    • References

    Spier & Rohns Wikipedia
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