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"General Motors Building" redirects here, for the office tower in New York City with that name, see General Motors Building (New York)
General Motors Building (New York)

File:639902532 668cd1f97a.jpgThe General Motors Building is a 50-Storey, 705-foot office tower in Manhattan, New York City, facing Fifth Avenue at 59th Street ....
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Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise
High-rise

A high-rise is a tall building or structure. Normally, the function of the building is added, for example high-rise apartment building or high-rise office building....
 office
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
 building in the New Center
New Center, Detroit

The New Center is a commercial district located in Detroit, Michigan, approximately three miles north of the city's downtown, and one mile north of the Cultural Center Historic District....
 area of Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
 constructed of limestone
Limestone

File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record....
, granite
Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
, and marble
Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
. Originally the General Motors Building, it had housed the company's world headquarters from 1923 until 1996. In 1996, GM moved its world headquarters to the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center

The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected List of tallest buildings in Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters....
 and sold the magnificent building which is leased by the State of Michigan on a long term basis.






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"General Motors Building" redirects here, for the office tower in New York City with that name, see General Motors Building (New York)
General Motors Building (New York)

File:639902532 668cd1f97a.jpgThe General Motors Building is a 50-Storey, 705-foot office tower in Manhattan, New York City, facing Fifth Avenue at 59th Street ....
.


Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise
High-rise

A high-rise is a tall building or structure. Normally, the function of the building is added, for example high-rise apartment building or high-rise office building....
 office
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
 building in the New Center
New Center, Detroit

The New Center is a commercial district located in Detroit, Michigan, approximately three miles north of the city's downtown, and one mile north of the Cultural Center Historic District....
 area of Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
 constructed of limestone
Limestone

File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record....
, granite
Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
, and marble
Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
. Originally the General Motors Building, it had housed the company's world headquarters from 1923 until 1996. In 1996, GM moved its world headquarters to the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center

The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected List of tallest buildings in Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters....
 and sold the magnificent building which is leased by the State of Michigan on a long term basis. The building was renamed Cadillac Place. The building takes its present name from Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac was a prominent figure in the history of New France. He was christened Antoine Laumet but upon arriving in what is now Canada in 1683 at the age of 25, he changed his identity to sieur Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac....
, the founder of Detroit. This National Historic Landmark
List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan

This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan, of which there are 34. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance....
 is one of the nation's largest historic renovation projects.

Architecture

Cadillac Place rises 15 stories with the roof height at 220 ft (67.1 m), and the top floor at 187 ft (57 m). The building has 31 elevators. Originally constructed with , and was expanded to . Designated a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, :wiktionary:site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States for its historical significance....
 on June 2, 1978 it is an exquisite example of Neo-Classical architecture.

Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, each of the four parallel 15-story wings connects to a central perpendicular backbone. Kahn used this design to allow sunlight and natural ventilation to reach each of the building's hundreds of individual offices. The stately structure is crowned with Corinthian
Corinthian

Corinthian refers originally to the port of Corinth in Greece*Corinthian order, a classical order of ancient Greek and Roman architecture...
 colonnades
Colonnades

Colonnades may refer to one of two things*Colonnade - A Roman type of structure*Centro Colonnades - A shopping centre in Noarlunga Centre, South Australia in South Australia...
. In 1923, it opened as the second largest office building in the world (behind the Equitable Building
Equitable Building (Manhattan)

The Equitable Building is a 38-story office building in New York City, located at Broadway in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. A landmark engineering achievement as a skyscraper, it was designed by Ernest R....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
).

In 2002, the building was thoroughly renovated for the State of Michigan and renamed it Cadillac Place. Architect Eric J. Hill
Eric J. Hill

Eric J. Hill, Ph.D., FAIA, is a Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Michigan. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1970 from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Architecture from Harvard in 1972, and a Ph.D in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976....
 participated in the 2002 redevelopment. Cadillac Place currently houses over 2,000 state employees including the Michigan Court of Appeals
Michigan Court of Appeals

The Michigan Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court of the state of Michigan. It was created by the Michigan Constitution of 1963, and commenced operations in 1965....
 for District I. The building's executive office serves as the Detroit office for Michigan's governor. It houses State offices for the Detroit area and a State Court of Appeals. Directly across from the Fisher Building
Fisher Building

The Fisher Building is an ornate skyscraper in the New Center, Detroit area of Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States constructed of limestone, granite, and marble....
 to which it is connected by an underground pedestrian tunnel. Cadillac Place constitutes a formidable complex. The Detroit St. Regis Hotel adjoins the Fisher Building
Fisher Building

The Fisher Building is an ornate skyscraper in the New Center, Detroit area of Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States constructed of limestone, granite, and marble....
 across from Cadillac Place.

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See also

  • Fisher Building
    Fisher Building

    The Fisher Building is an ornate skyscraper in the New Center, Detroit area of Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States constructed of limestone, granite, and marble....
  • Henry Ford Hospital
    Henry Ford Hospital

    Henry Ford Hospital is a part of the Henry Ford Health System located in Detroit, Michigan. The hospital was founded in 1915 by automotive pioneer, Henry Ford....
  • New Center, Detroit
    New Center, Detroit

    The New Center is a commercial district located in Detroit, Michigan, approximately three miles north of the city's downtown, and one mile north of the Cultural Center Historic District....
  • Penobscot Building
    Penobscot Building

    The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States....
  • Wayne State University
    Wayne State University

    Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown, Detroit#Midtown Cultural Center, Detroit and is a 4th tier national university comprised of 12 schools and colleges offering more than 350 major subject areas to 33,000 graduate and undergraduate students....


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