Lost building, Detroit, 1906
Salvation Army Citadel
Demolished
- Opened
- 1906
Designed by Harry W. Chamberlin
Salvation Army Citadel stood in Detroit from 1906. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
An open, grassy lot
- 1906 Opens Salvation Army Citadel
- 1961 Closes Salvation Army Citadel
- 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
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
Salvation Army Citadel went up in 1906, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.
Credit the design to Harry W. Chamberlin.
It is gone now, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1906 Built Designed by Harry W. Chamberlin
- 1961 Closed
Where it is
564 Michigan Ave.
On this map
- 1 Salvation Army Citadel This place
- 2 Pontchartrain Club / Town House Apartments 350 ft
- 3 Town Residences 370 ft
- 4 AT&T Michigan Headquarters 0.1 mi
- 5 Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building 0.1 mi
- 6 Morgan Hotel 0.1 mi
- 7 Detroit Times Building 0.1 mi
- 8 Leland Hotel 0.1 mi
- 9 Wish Tree 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Harry W. ChamberlinArchitect. Designed the George H. Harms House (1904) and Salvation Army Citadel
Also by Harry W. Chamberlin
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Belle Isle Casino
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Around the block
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Pontchartrain Club / Town House Apartments
Building, by Wirt C. Rowland
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
350 ft
- Town Residences Building, built 1953, Art Deco, by Wirt C. Rowland 370 ft
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AT&T Michigan Headquarters
Skyscraper, built 1919, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Mikerussell at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building
Skyscraper, built 1976, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Gurubanks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Morgan Hotel Hotel, built 1866, Italianate, demolished 1929 0.1 mi
- Detroit Times Building Building, built 1929, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn, demolished 1978 0.1 mi
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Leland Hotel
Hotel, built 1927, Italian Renaissance, by Cornelius W. Rapp
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Wish Tree Building, built 2000, Avant garde, by Yoko Ono 0.1 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.