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The Wayne County Building is a lowrise government structure located at 600 Randolph Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It formerly contained the Wayne County administrative offices – now located in the Guardian Building at 500 Griswold Street – and its courthouse. The Wayne County building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. ==Architecture== The building was designed by Detroit architects John and Arthur Scott.〔 P. 100.〕 Constructed from 1897 to 1902,〔(Old Wayne County Building ). ''Historic Detroit''. Retrieved on July 29, 2014.〕 it may be one of the nation's finest surviving examples of Roman Baroque Revival architecture, with a blend of Beaux-Arts and some elements of the Neoclassical style. The building stands 5 floors and was built using copper, granite, and stone. The exterior is profusely ornamented with sculpture; the interior is finished in a variety of woods, marbles, tiles, and mosaics. Built with buff Berea sandstone, the façade features a rusticated basement story and a balustrade between the third and fourth stories. At the main entrance, a broad flight of stairs leads up to a two-story Corinthian column portico. The structure boasts a tall, four-tiered, hipped roof central tower balanced by end pavilions. The courthouse tower was originally 227' – 8½" tall; the copper dome and spire were redone in the 1960s, bringing its height to 247 feet. The exterior architectural sculpture, including the Anthony Wayne pediment, was executed by Detroit sculptor Edward Wagner. The other sculptures, two quadrigas, ''Victory'' and ''Progress'' and four figures on the tower, ''Law'', ''Commerce'', ''Agriculture'', and ''Mechanics'', were sculpted by New York sculptor J. Massey Rhind, and made by Salem, Ohio resident William H. Mullins in 1903.〔http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C43S80877649W.2641&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!18424~!3&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=W.+H.+Mullins+Company,+fabricator.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2〕 On the other end of Campus Martius was the old Detroit City Hall, and they adorned the landscape as 'bookends'. A renovation was carried out in 1987 by Quinn Evans Architects and Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates.〔 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「Wayne County Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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