page_title: Cultural Center Historic District (Detroit, Michigan)
section_title: Library
hierarchical_section_title: Cultural Center Historic District (Detroit, Michigan) / Library
caption_attribution_description: English: Detroit Library Main Branch
context_page_description: The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center: the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The district contains several cultural attractions.
  The Detroit Public Library and the Detroit Institute of Arts were built in the 1920s, heralding a City Beautiful movement in Detroit that aimed to establish the area along Woodward as the cultural center of the city. Wayne State University, then housed in the former Central High School, began offering four-year degrees. These institutions formed a core area that attracted other public-oriented institutions to the area, including several music schools, the Merrill-Palmer Institute, the Detroit Historical Museum, and College for Creative Studies. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Michigan Science Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit are also located in the Art Center area.
context_section_description: The Public Library was built in 1921, designed by Cass Gilbert in an Italian Renaissance style. The exterior is faced with white marble and the interior is decorated with murals, tiles and mosaics. Another wing was added in 1963.
caption: Detroit Public Library
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