General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan

THF724483 / General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan
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Artifact Overview

General Motors completed this headquarters building on Detroit's West Grand Boulevard in 1923. Architect Albert Kahn designed the 1.4 million-square-foot neoclassical structure, which anchored the city's New Center area three miles from downtown. GM remained in the complex until 2001. It became home to offices for the State of Michigan and was renamed Cadillac Place.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Postcard

Subject Date

circa 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.333

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Phostint
Photolithography

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in