Detroit's Lafayette Building to be Demolished

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:24:20 GMT

The endangered Lafayette Building was built in 1923 as a 14-story office space in Detroit, MI and was home to the Michigan Supreme Court among other tenants. On June 25, 2009, the City's Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously to demolish the building and has already awarded out a demolition contract. According to a Preservation Magazine article, the National Trust for Historic Preservation had named the Lafayette Building to its list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in 2005.