Kales Building Map

Kales Building
General information
Type	residential
Architectural style	Neo-Classical Neo-Renaissance
Location	76 West Adams Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°20′12″N 83°03′09″W / 42.33667°N 83.05250°W / 42.33667; -83.05250Coordinates: 42°20′12″N 83°03′09″W / 42.33667°N 83.05250°W / 42.33667; -83.05250
Completed	1914
Renovated	2003–2004
Height
Roof	258 ft (79 m)
Technical details
Floor count	18
Design and construction
Architect	Albert Kahn
Kales Building
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Part of	Grand Circus Park Historic District (ID83000894)
Designated CP	February 28, 1983

The Kales Building is a high-rise apartment building in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located 76 West Adams at the northeast corner of Adams Avenue West and Park Avenue, across from Grand Circus Park, in the Foxtown neighborhood, just north of Downtown. The building was designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1914, and stands at 18 floors, with one basement floor, for a total of 19 floors in height. It was originally named the Kresge Building and it was given its current name in 1930. Kahn went beyond the typical Chicago School and styled the Kales Building with a clean-lined detail façade with Neo-classical and Renaissance revival elements such as the hipped roof and arched upper windows.