Consumers Gas building buttons up Royal Oak facade
Chalk up another renovation of a historic building in downtown Royal Oak. The latest addition is the old home for Consumers Gas at the corner of Third and Williams Streets, one block east of Main Street.Wold Architects and Engineers has buttoned up the façade restoration and is looking for a tenant for the ground floor of the 1920s-era building. Wold, which specializes in designing schools, renovated the second floor in 2007. One of the first things it did was to remove a 1960s-era fake façade that had been attached to the building. It now bears a closer resemblance to its early 20th Century heritage, but a little bit of touch up work can still be done. The ground floor of the 12,000-square-foot structure is available for a number of tenants, such as traditional retail or a restaurant. Downtown Royal Oak-based Schneider+Smith Architects designed the renovation.Source: Jim Schneider, president of Schneider+Smith ArchitectsWriter: Jon Zemke
Chalk up another renovation of a historic building in downtown Royal Oak. The latest addition is the old home for Consumers Gas at the corner of Third and Williams Streets, one block east of Main Street.
Wold Architects and Engineers has buttoned up the façade restoration and is looking for a tenant for the ground floor of the 1920s-era building. Wold, which specializes in designing schools, renovated the second floor in 2007.
One of the first things it did was to remove a 1960s-era fake façade that had been attached to the building. It now bears a closer resemblance to its early 20th Century heritage, but a little bit of touch up work can still be done.
The ground floor of the 12,000-square-foot structure is available for a number of tenants, such as traditional retail or a restaurant. Downtown Royal Oak-based Schneider+Smith Architects designed the renovation.
Source: Jim Schneider, president of Schneider+Smith Architects
Writer: Jon Zemke
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