Cadillac Square - Detroit, MI
N 42° 19.904 W 083° 02.691
17T E 331529 N 4688634
Cadillac Square is a park area located in Downtown Detroit, Michigan bounded by Campus Martius to the west and the old City Hall to the east along the street Cadillac Square.
Waymark Code: WM1BPX3
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2025
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6. CADILLAC SQUARE, extending two blocks E. of Woodward Ave. from the intersection with Michigan Ave., is the site of the old City Hall, built in 1835. Between 1835 and 1893, Cadillac Square contained the City Market, which had space in the main floor of the old City Hall and later in other buildings erected by the city. When the market was vacated in 1893, portion of Cadillac Square that now composes Cadillac Square Park was turned over to the Department of Parks and Boulevards; the remainder of the two-block square, utilized for traffic, is a part of the confused street system of downtown Detroit.
At the west end of the square, opposite the City Hall, is the Soldiers’ AND Sailors’ Monument, designed by Randolph Rogers as a memorial to the Northern forces in the Civil War. The granite shaft is ornamented with bronze figures and surmounted by a symbolic figure of Michigan, ten feet high, armed with shield and sword. East of the monument is Cadillac’s Chair, unveiled in 1901 at the opening of the bicentenary exercises in tribute to the founder of Detroit. The vacant chair, of red sandstone, now chipped and dingy, was designed to symbolize the seigneurial rule of Cadillac. North of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, at the intersection of Monroe and Woodward Aves., is Campus Martius, a triangular plaza surfaced in concrete. During Detroit’s early days, it was in fact as well as name an Afield of war.’ A blockhouse stood at its center, and military drill grounds occupied the rest of the area.-Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State, 1941
The area of Downtown Detroit has changed much since the guide was written. Cadillac's chair is no longer there. What hasn't: The City Hall building is still there, but the function has been moved elsewhere. The Soldier's and Sailors Monument is also a fixture in the Campus Martius end of the square. A must see section of the city when visiting.
Book: Michigan
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 244
Year Originally Published: 1941
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