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General Motors Technical Center

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  • Vicinity: Bounded by 12 Mile, Mound and Chicago Rds, and Van Dyke Ave
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Alfred P Sloan Jr Significant name
Thomas Dolliver Church Architect
Eero Saarinen Architect
Harley Jefferson Earl Automotive Designer
1949/00/00
1956/00/00

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Particulars for General Motors Technical Center:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Automotive
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Architectural Style International style
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 27th March 2000

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: General Motors Technical Center
Registry Address: Bounded by 12 Mile, Mound and Chicago Rds, and Van Dyke Ave.
Registry Number: 00000224
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Saarinen, Eero; Church, Thomas Dolliver
Architectural Style: International style
Area in Acres: 600
Contributing Buildings: 22
Non-Contributing Buildings: 9
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Landscape architecture, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1949, 1956
Associated People: Sloan, Alfred P. Jr.; Earl, Harley Jefferson
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility

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