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Cadillac Place

<p><b>Cadillac Place</b>, formerly the <b>General Motors Building</b>, is a landmark <a href="/en/High-rise" title="High-rise" class="mw-redirect wl">high-rise</a> <a href="/en/Office" title="Office" class="wl">office</a> complex located at 3044 West Grand Boulevard in the <a href="/en/New_Center,_Detroit" title="New Center, Detroit" class="wl">New Center</a> area of <a href="/en/Detroit" title="Detroit" class="wl">Detroit</a>, <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a>. It was renamed for the French founder of Detroit, <a href="/en/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillac" title="Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac" class="mw-redirect wl">Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac</a>. It is a <a href="/en/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Michigan" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan" class="wl">National Historic Landmark in Michigan</a>, listed in 1985.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nris_4-1"><a href="#cite_note-nris-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nhlsum_5-1"><a href="#cite_note-nhlsum-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></p>

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt9">Government offices in  Detroit, Michigan</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Cadillac Place, Former names, General informa...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Cadillac Place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg/250px-General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="4730" data-file-height="3646" data-file-type="bitmap" height="193" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg/375px-General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg/500px-General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg 2x" alt="General_Motors_building_089833pv.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center wl" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-lat="42.3686" data-lon="-83.0756" data-overlays="[&quot;_8746578ae7e540519353f28a4320cc680936de7d&quot;]" href="/en/Special:Map/13/42.3686/-83.0756/en"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,42.3686,-83.0756,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Cadillac+Place&amp;revid=1139663078&amp;groups=_8746578ae7e540519353f28a4320cc680936de7d" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,42.3686,-83.0756,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Cadillac+Place&amp;revid=1139663078&amp;groups=_8746578ae7e540519353f28a4320cc680936de7d 2x"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">General Motors Building</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Completed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Government offices</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Neo-Classical_architecture" title="Neo-Classical architecture" class="mw-redirect wl">Neo-classical</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">3044 West Grand Boulevard<br><a href="/en/Detroit" title="Detroit" class="wl">Detroit</a>, <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cadillac_Place&amp;params=42.3686_N_83.0756_W_region:US-MI_type:landmark" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec">42.3686°N 83.0756°W</span><span style="display:none"><span>﻿</span> / <span class="geo">42.3686; -83.0756</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1919</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1922</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Renovated</th><td class="infobox-data">2002</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed">Height</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Roof</th><td class="infobox-data">67.1<span>&nbsp;</span>m (220.1<span>&nbsp;</span>ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,395,000<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>ft (129,600<span>&nbsp;</span>m<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lifts/elevators</th><td class="infobox-data">31</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Albert_Kahn_(architect)" title="Albert Kahn (architect)" class="wl">Albert Kahn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Thompson-Starrett_Co." title="Thompson-Starrett Co." class="mw-redirect wl">Thompson-Starrett Co.</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding:0; border:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; background:#A8EDEF; line-height:1.5" about="#mwt44" class="notheme">General Motors Building</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.5; background:#A8EDEF;" about="#mwt45" class="notheme"><a href="/en/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places" class="wl">U.S. National Register of Historic Places</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.4; background:#87CEEB" about="#mwt46" class="notheme"><a href="/en/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark" class="wl">U.S. National Historic Landmark</a></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">3.7 acres (1.5<span>&nbsp;</span>ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP<span>&nbsp;</span>reference<span>&nbsp;</span><abbr about="#mwt47" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>number</span>&quot;}]]}">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78001520" class="external text" target="_blank">78001520</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:#A8EDEF" about="#mwt48" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;style&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;background:<span typeof=\\&quot;mw:Nowiki\\&quot; data-parsoid=\\&quot;{}\\&quot;>\\n#A8EDEF</span>&quot;}]]}">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">June 2, 1978</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated<span>&nbsp;</span>NHL</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">June 2, 1978</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
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Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building, is a landmark high-rise office complex located at 3044 West Grand Boulevard in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. It was renamed for the French founder of Detroit, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. It is a National Historic Landmark in Michigan, listed in 1985. 