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McKay Tower is an office building in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, located on Monroe Center.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7508 )〕 It is currently the fifth tallest building in Grand Rapids. ==History== The location of McKay Tower is where the first non-Native American marriage took place in Grand Rapids in the 1830s.〔 The marriage took place in a cabin that was owned by the American pioneer, Joel Guild.〔 The Wonderly Building was then built on the location in 1890.〔 The first two floors of McKay Tower were then built in their current manner in 1915 and the building was then known as the Grand Rapids National Bank.〔 Another 11 floors were added between 1921 and 1927.〔 In 1942, the tower was bought from the Grand Rapids National Bank by Grand Rapids businessman and politician, Frank D. McKay.〔 In the early 1940s, two additional mechanical floors were added to the tower.〔 File:Looking East from Monroe.jpg|Site of McKay Tower in 1874. File:Wonderly Building, Grand Rapids.jpg|The Wonderly Building in 1912. File:Mckay Tower Campau Square.jpg|McKay Tower site circa 1915. File:McKay Tower construction.jpg|Construction of McKay Tower in the early 1920s. From the completion of the tower in 1927 to 1983, the McKay Tower was the tallest building in Grand Rapids until the completion of the Amway Grand tower.〔 The McKay Tower was also the tallest office building in Grand Rapids until Bridgewater Place was completed in 1993.〔 In 2000, the University of Michigan, which acquired the building from McKay's will, sold the tower.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McKay Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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