This is a rare 1 of 4 known Tiffany clocks that is located in the lobby of the Guardian Building, also known as the Cathedral of Finance. Tthe Guardian Building built in the late 1920's, was the tallest masonry building in the world when it opened in 1929. Built for the Union Trust Company, the Guardian Building has been the home for banks, a World War II Army command center, Michigan Consolidated Gas headquarters, and is currently the headquarters for Wayne County, Michigan government (which owns the building). The Guardian Building is on the United States National Register for Historic Places and was named a National Historic Landmark in 1989. When you enter the building, you see a beautiful lobby with a three-story vaulted ceiling adorned with Aztec designs created with local Detroit Pewabic Pottery tiles with their iridescent glazes. When you go up the marble stairs to the promenade, you will see this Tiffany clock as well as another matching Tiffany clock on the other side. When you enter the main area of the building where the banking would take place you will see the lovely painted ceiling, mural of Michigan, and the beautiful Tiffany clock above the stairs that led back down to the lobby.
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