A modern mystery in Detroit, Michigan, What happened to Cadillac's Chair, formerly located in Cadillac Square. It was broken up in 1941, after sitting there for just 40 years. It cost $1300 instead of $1 million.
Supposedly, when it was broken up Nov. 1, 1941. the pieces were supposedly taken to the Detroit Institute of Arts, but no record of it going there exists.
A HISTORY
This comes to light because of that Shorpy picture of Cadillac Square in 1916. Close to the Soldier and Sailors Monument, you can see a large, king-throne-like chair just sitting there.
One person noticed it (I didn't at first) and made a comment about it saying that it was a tribute to Detroit's founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (hey, there's a car named after him!!) and dismantled in the 1940s after becoming a home for "vagrants and drunks." Looks like a good place to rest after a lot of beverages, but probably not too comfortable.
It's Not in My Basement. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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