Autocar Service Building (Detroit, Michigan)
USA /
Michigan /
Hamtramck /
Detroit, Michigan /
Piquette Street, 290-310
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/ Michigan
/ Hamtramck
historical layer / disappeared object
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Built in 1929, the one story building was used by Ardmore Pennsylvania truck maker Autocar, to service and sell trucks. In 1933, the manager of the facility was kidnapped and murdered. Later occupants included Schmieg Industries and Stainless Equipment Manufacturing.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piquette_Avenue_Industrial_Historic_District
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Coordinates: 42°22'3"N 83°4'0"W
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