Lost building, 1661 Fort St. 42°15′06″N 83°10′31″W / 42.251667°N 83.175278°W / 42.251667; -83.175278 (Mellus Newspapers Building), 1941 to 2010
Mellus Newspapers Building
Demolished in 2010
- Opened
- 1941
- Style
- Moderne
- Torn down
- 2010
The Mellus Newspapers Building stood in 1661 Fort St. 42°15′06″N 83°10′31″W / 42.251667°N 83.175278°W / 42.251667; -83.175278 (Mellus Newspapers Building) from 1941 until 2010. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
An open, grassy lot
1661 Fort St. 42°15′06″N 83°10′31″W / 42.251667°N 83.175278°W / 42.251667; -83.175278 (Mellus Newspapers Building)'s Mellus Newspapers Building stood on this spot for 69 years. It came down 16 years ago. Today the spot is a open, grassy lot.
- 1941 Opens Mellus Newspapers Building
- 2010 Comes down Mellus Newspapers Building
- 2026 Today Open, grassy lot
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap open, grassy lot at the map point
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
An open, grassy lot
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap
- Mellus Newspapers Building came down Source: National Register of Historic Places
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1941, as the region worked through hard times and then boomed after the war, the Mellus Newspapers Building went up in 1661 Fort St. 42°15′06″N 83°10′31″W / 42.251667°N 83.175278°W / 42.251667; -83.175278 (Mellus Newspapers Building).
It was built in the Moderne style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
It is gone now, demolished in 2010, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
The Mellus Newspapers Building was a commercial building at 1661 Fort Street in Lincoln Park, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and demolished in 2010. The building was removed from the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
Timeline
- 1941 Built Moderne
- 2005 Listed on the National Register July 20, 2005
- 2010 Demolished
- 2026 Today 16 years since it came down
Where it is
1661 Fort St., 1661 Fort St. 42°15′06″N 83°10′31″W / 42.251667°N 83.175278°W / 42.251667; -83.175278 (Mellus Newspapers Building)
On this map
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from 1661 Fort St. 42°15′06″N 83°10′31″W / 42.251667°N 83.175278°W / 42.251667; -83.175278 (Mellus Newspapers Building) in the 1940s
Around the block
Photo credits
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- Former site of Mellus Newspaper Building (now demolished), Lincoln Park MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.