Detroit Harbor Terminals / Boblo Island Detroit Dock Building

Detroit Harbor Terminals Inc. Building

Boblo Building as seen from the Port of Detroit
Alternative names Boblo Island Detroit Dock Building, Detroit Marine Terminal Building
General information
Status Abandoned
Town or city Detroit
Country US
Coordinates 42°18′23.47″N 83°5′12.2″W / 42.3065194°N 83.086722°W / 42.3065194; -83.086722
Technical details
Floor count 10
Design and construction
Architecture firm Albert Kahn Inc.

The Detroit Harbor Terminal Building (also known as the Detroit Marine Terminal Building is an abandoned ten-story warehouse in Detroit, Michigan. The warehouse is located on the Detroit River just downriver from the Ambassador Bridge between S. McKinstry and Clark Streets on West Jefferson Avenue.

On May 1, 1925, the Detroit Railway and Harbor Terminals Company issued $3.75 million in bonds towards the construction of a 12-acre terminal warehouse and related facilities.[1] Construction of a ten-story, 900,000 square feet building, of reinforced concrete, was the largest on the Great Lakes when it opened on March 15, 1926.[2] The new building was designed by Albert Kahn and his firm.

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References

  1. "Detroit Railway and Harbor Terminals Co.". Detroit Free Press. 5 May 1925. p. 23.
  2. "A New Industry for Detroit". Detroit Free Press. 4 Nov 1926. p. 82.
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