G.A.R. Building Nearing Completion Tour
March 28 2015 | 10:00am to 12:30pm
This tour is SOLD OUT! For wait list information, please call 313.833.1801.
Includes a Tasting at One of the Building’s New Restaurants!
The GAR Building was designed by architect Julian Hess and constructed as an appropriate structure for meetings and other GAR-related activities. The original construction cost was split between the Grand Army of the Republic (who paid $6,000 of the cost) and the city of Detroit (who paid the remainder of the $44,000 total cost). Construction commenced in 1897 on the five-story building.
After sitting vacant for many years, the GAR building was purchased by the media production firm Mindfield from the city of Detroit in November 2011. Mindfield has been renovating the GAR, with staggered openings for the many areas of use scheduled for this year. Mindfield will occupy the top two floors itself, lease the ground floor for restaurants and dedicate a memorial to Civil War Veterans. This tour will take you behind the scenes of the extensive renovation.
Call Rebecca Hope at 313.833.1801 for more information.
The Detroit Historical Society's New Behind the Scenes and Historic Houses of Worship tours will be available online to members on Monday, March 9, and the public on Monday, March 23. Detroit Historical Society member benefits include priority registration for all tours and programs.
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