Dec 28, 2024
the Maccabees Building while leaving the DIA
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the Maccabees Building while leaving the DIA
View of Maccabees Building. "WXYZ" sign and radio antenna on roof. Printed on front: "241, Maccabees Building, Detroit, Mich." Printed on back: "Maccabees Building. $2,500,000 building in the Art Center of Detroit. The first important office building in this section. Dedicated July 23, 1927. National headquarters for the officers of 200,000 Maccabees in the United States and Canada. Located at Woodward and Putnam. Two wings, 10 stories high, flanking center section of 14 stories. United News Co., 24 West Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Genuine Curteich-Chicago 'C.T. Art Colortone' post card (reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)"
Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Looking south from the Maccabees Building, Detroit, Michigan, July 1942
Sunset view of the Maccabees Building in Detroit from our library window.
Front view of the Maccabees Building on Woodward and Putnam in Detroit. The fourteen-story building designed by architect Albert Kahn was completed in 1927, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building was purchased by Wayne State University in 2002.