Editing Guardian Building (section)

{{For|the building in Cleveland, Ohio|Guardian Bank Building}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name                 = Guardian Building
| nrhp_type            = nhl
| nrhp_type2           = cp
| nocat                = yes
| partof               = Detroit Financial District
| partof_refnum        = 09001067
| image                = Guardianbuilding.jpg
| caption              =
| location             = 500 [[Griswold Street]]<br />[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| coordinates          = {{coord|42|19|47|N|83|2|45|W|display=inline,title}}
|locmapin =Michigan#USA

| mapframe             = yes
| mapframe-marker      = building
| mapframe-zoom        = 12
|mapframe-caption      = Interactive map showing the location of Guardian Building

| area                 =
| built                = 1929
| architect            = [[Wirt C. Rowland]] of [[SmithGroupJJR|Smith, Hinchman & Grylls]]
| architecture         = [[Mayan Revival architecture|Mayan Revival]], [[Art Deco]]
| designated_nrhp_type = June 29, 1989<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2061&ResourceType=Building|title=Guardian Building|access-date=June 27, 2008|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006235246/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2061&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref>
| added                = June 29, 1989<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
| refnum               = 89001165
}}

'''Guardian Building''' is a landmark 43-story office [[skyscraper]] in the [[Detroit Financial District|Financial District]] of [[downtown Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. Built from 1928 to 1929, the building was originally called the '''Union Trust Building'''<ref name="aia">{{Cite book | author1=Hill, Eric J. | author2=John Gallagher | title=AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture | year=2002 | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-3120-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/aiadetroitameric0000hill }} P. 94.</ref> and is a bold example of [[Art Deco]] architecture, including [[art moderne]] designs.<ref name="Guardian">Zacharias, Pat (March 9, 2001). [http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/2001/03/09/guardian-building-has-long-been-the-crown-jewel-in-detroit-skyline/ Guardian Building has long been the crown jewel in Detroit skyline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224185613/http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/2001/03/09/guardian-building-has-long-been-the-crown-jewel-in-detroit-skyline/ |date=2014-02-24 }}. Michigan History, ''Detroit News''. Retrieved April 29, 2016.</ref> It was designated a [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan|National Historic Landmark]] in 1989, and is currently owned by [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]].<ref name="nris"/>