Lost building, Cadillac Community, 1949 to 2025
Mammoth Department Store
Demolished in 2025
- Opened
- 1949
- Torn down
- 2025
Designed by Charles N. Agree
Mammoth Department Store stood in Cadillac Community from 1949 until 2025. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
A vacant lot
Detroit's Mammoth Department Store, designed by Charles N. Agree, stood on this spot for 76 years. It came down 1 years ago. Today the spot is a vacant lot.
- 1949 Opens Mammoth Department Store
- 2025 Comes down Mammoth Department Store
- 2026 Today Vacant lot
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap vacant lot at the map point
- County parcel records VACANT COMMERCIAL
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
A vacant lot
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap and County parcel records
- Mammoth Department Store came down Source: Historic Detroit
- Alteration permit Removal Of All Above Grade Building Components Per Documents. Remove top of all below grade foundation walls to 16" belo, estimated at $1,750,000 Source: City and county building permits
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1949, as the city's factories turned to the war effort and then back to cars, Mammoth Department Store went up in Cadillac Community.
Charles N. Agree drew the plans.
It is gone now, demolished in 2025, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1949 Built Designed by Charles N. Agree
- 2025 Demolished
- 2025 Alteration permit April 15, 2025
- 2026 Today 1 years since it came down
Where it is
15401 Grand River Ave.
On this map
- 1 Mammoth Department Store This place
- 2 Saint Mary of Redford Catholic Church 0.5 mi
- 3 St. Mary of Redford Parish School 0.5 mi
- 4 Cooley High School 0.7 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Whittier Hotel, by Charles N. Agree. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Charles N. AgreeArchitect, 1897 to 1982. Designed the Whittier Hotel (1923) and 12 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Charles N. Agree
- Lane Bryant Building 1908
- Whittier Hotel 1923
- Campau Realty Co. Building 1924
- Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex 1924
- Belcrest Apartments 1926
- Hollywood Theatre 1927
More from Detroit in the 1940s
-
Word of Power Ministry
Building, built 1949, Streamline Moderne, by William Kapp
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
-
Temple Israel
House of worship, built 1950, Art Deco, by William Kapp
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Detroit Historical Museum
Building, built 1951, by William Kapp
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Assumption Greek Orthodox Church House of worship, built 1949, by Arthur Greig Jr.
- Flame Show Bar Building, built 1949, Art Moderne, demolished 1965
- J.W. Westcott II Building, built 1949
Around the block
It is in Cadillac Community. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Saint Mary of Redford Catholic Church
Building, built 1927, Romanesque Revival, by Ralph Adams Cram
Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- St. Mary of Redford Parish School School, built 1919, French Romanesque, by Cram & Ferguson 0.5 mi
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Cooley High School
School, built 1928, Mediterranean Revival, by Donaldson & Meier, demolished 2026
Photo: Chuckjav, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.