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General Motors Building
The General Motors Building, completed in 1923, is the old...
Colonel Frank Hecker House
The Col. Frank J. Hecker House, an imposing example of Fre...
Dunbar Hospital
Dunbar Hospital, the first hospital in Detroit for blacks,...
Cultural Center Historic District
The Cultural Center Historic District is, as its name asse...
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
St. Paul's Cathedral stands today as one of the first and ...
West Canfield Historic District
The upper middle-class Victorian homes that comprise the W...
David Whitney House
Constructed in 1890-94 for David Whitney, one of Michigan'...
Elwood Bar
Designed by Detroit architect Charles Noble, and built in ...
Fox Theatre Building
Built in 1928 by internationally known theater architect H...
Tiger Stadium
For over 85 years, the unique sounds of sports have echoed...
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General Motors Building
The General Motors Building, completed in 1923, is the oldest extant General Motors Headquarters building in Detroit. Founded in 1908 by William C. Durant, General Motors grew to be a leader in the automobile industry by acquiring Buick, Oldsmobile, Oakland ...
Colonel Frank Hecker House
The Col. Frank J. Hecker House, an imposing example of French Chateauesque style architecture, was built by one of Detroit's most well-known and wealthy turn-of-the century citizens. Col. Frank J. Hecker was born in Freedom, Michigan in 1846 and at ...
Dunbar Hospital
Dunbar Hospital, the first hospital in Detroit for blacks, illustrates some of Detroit's most important developments over the past century. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, this two-and-a-half story brick and ashlar building began as the home of real estate ...
Cultural Center Historic District
The Cultural Center Historic District is, as its name asserts, the heart of Detroit's intellectual and artistic life. Straddling Woodward Avenue, the district is formed by three early 20th century buildings: on the east side stands the Detroit Public Library; ...
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
St. Paul's Cathedral stands today as one of the first and finest examples of the Late Gothic Revival, an architectural style popular in the early years of the 20th century. "Gothic Revival" architecture, imported from England in the 1830s, gave ...
West Canfield Historic District
The upper middle-class Victorian homes that comprise the West Canfield Historic District date back to the 1870s when Detroit's burgeoning population began pushing at the edges of the city's original boundaries. Located some two miles from Detroit's central business district, ...
David Whitney House
Constructed in 1890-94 for David Whitney, one of Michigan's wealthiest citizens, the Whitney House is an excellent example of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture. In 1857, David Whitney, a descendant of early Massachusetts settlers, came west to Detroit to ...
Elwood Bar
Designed by Detroit architect Charles Noble, and built in 1936, the well preserved Elwood Bar is the best known small-scale example of the streamlined Art Moderne style in Detroit. A one-story, flat-roofed structure located at the northern edge of the ...
Fox Theatre Building
Built in 1928 by internationally known theater architect Howard Crane, the Fox Theatre Building seats over 5,000 people and is Detroit's largest movie palace. The movie palace is surrounded by a U-shaped ten-story, steel-frame office building that is sheathed in ...
Tiger Stadium
For over 85 years, the unique sounds of sports have echoed from within the confines of Tiger Stadium. Propelled by the aggressive and talented Ty Cobb, the Detroit Tigers reached the World Series (but didn't win) in 1907, 1908, and ...
