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Cadillac Place
| Cadillac Place | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| Former names | General Motors Building |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Government offices |
| Architectural style | Neo-classical masonry and stone |
| Location | 3044 West Grand Boulevard (between Cass and Second Streets) Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°22′07″N 83°04′32″W / 42.3686°N 83.0756°W |
| Construction started | June 2, 1919 |
| Completed | 1922 |
| Renovated | 2002 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 67.1 m (220.1 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15 |
| Floor area | 1,395,000 sq ft (129,600 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 31 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Albert Kahn (1869-1942) |
| Main contractor | Thompson-Starrett Co. |
General Motors Building | |
| Area | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001520 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 1978 |
| Designated NHL | June 2, 1978 |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4][5] | |
Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building, is a landmark high-rise office complex located at 3044 West Grand Boulevard (between Casa and Second Streets), in the New Center area alongside the Detroit River, of downtown Detroit, Michigan, in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States.
It was renamed for the Royal French founder of the earlier French / British settlements of the Fort Detroit and subsequent City of Detroit, by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (1658-1730). It is a National Historic Landmark in Michigan, listed in 1985.[4][5]
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- ^ "Cadillac Place". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Cadillac Place at Structurae
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "General Motors Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
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