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Building details

Date Completed:

1893

Architect:

Spiers and Rohn, Detroit, Michigan

Cost to build:

$49,199.20

General Contractor:

Dietrick Brothers, Detroit, Michigan

Net floor area:

18,189 sq. ft.

Additional Facts:

Built in 1893-1894

Named in honor of the University’s first president, Henry P. Tappan

Source: The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey; Walter A. Donnelly, Wilfred B. Shaw, and Ruth W. Gjelsness, editors; Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1958.