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Cadillac Square, looking West from County Building

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Stock #:290436
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Detroit
State: Michigan (MI)
County: Wayne
Publisher: Wolverine News Co.
Postmark: 1911 Aug-20
Postmark City: Detroit
Postmark State: MI
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Cadillac Square runs east from Campus Martius to County Building and was named after the founder of Detroit, Antoine Laumet De La Mothe Cadillac. Cadillac Chair is located on the West, which was formerly the site of the old City Hall built in 1885 and occupied until 1871 as the seat of Civic Authority. Cadillac arrived in Detroit July 24, 1871. On that day, under the patronage of Louis XIV and protected by the Flag of France, the City of Detroit, then called Fort Pontchartrain, was founded

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