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Grosse Pointe Public Library Central Branch

The Grosse Pointe Public Library Central Branch, located at 10 Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, is one of the buildings of the Grosse Pointe Public Library. Constructed in 1953, it is significant as one of the first major public commissions in the United States of architect Marcel Breuer. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

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Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Farms, United States

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Marcel Breuer

1902-1981 · New York, New York, United States

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Marcel Lajos Breuer was a Hungarian-American modernist architect and furniture designer. He moved to the United States in 1937 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1944.

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Marcel Breuer Associates

practice · New York, New York, United States

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