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The Majestic Building was hailed as a "fireproof skyscraper" and this claim was proven in 1915 when a fire broke out on the top floor and burned for two hours. The fire never spread to other floors and never endangered the building's supporting structure.
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died before the building's completion and new owners used it solely as an office block. It was purportedly renamed the Majestic building to conform with the letter "M" (for Mabley) carved in numerous places in its façade.
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to scale the building's exterior in 1916 as a promotional stunt. The event was scheduled for the noon lunch hour and attracted such a large crowd, that traffic and streetcars on Woodward Avenue came to a halt.
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Detroit street addresses were renumbered starting January 1, 1921; the building's original address was 137 Woodward Avenue.
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1,000,000. This was Detroit's tallest building, from its completion in 1896 until 1909, when it was overtaken by the
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Google Maps location of 1001 Woodward avenue, which occupies the site of the Majestic Building
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Beginning in 1907, the Majestic Building housed offices and a rooftop
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The building was demolished in 1962, to make way for the
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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Majestic Building (Detroit, Michigan)

Detroit
Michigan
Coordinates
42°19′54″N 83°02′51″W / 42.3317°N 83.0475°W / 42.3317; -83.0475
Daniel H. Burnham
high-rise
Woodward Avenue
Downtown
Detroit
Michigan
skyscraper
Hammond Building
Beaux-Arts
Daniel H. Burnham
& Company
terra cotta
$
Ford Building
C. R. Mabley
observation deck
United States Weather Bureau
meteorologists
weather observations
The Detroit News
Harry H. Gardiner
First Federal Building

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