Three of John J. Barlum's contributions to the Detroit skyline: from left, the Barlum Tower (Cadillac Tower), Barlum Hotel (Cadillac Square Apartments) and Lawyers Building.

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What was then the Barlum Tower, left, and Barlum Hotel. Today, they are known as Cadillac Tower and the Cadillac Square Apartments

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The Cadillac Square Apartments in its days as the Barlum Hotel

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The then-Barlum Hotel, far left, Lawyers Building and Old Wayne County Building during the widening of Randolph Street in 1957

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Randolph Street is widened in 1957. What was then the Barlum Hotel (now Cadillac Square Apartments) is at left. The Old Wayne County Building is at right.

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Randolph Street is widened in 1957. What was then the Barlum Hotel (now Cadillac Square Apartments) is at center. The Old Wayne County Building is at right.

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The Cadillac Square Apartments, then still known as the Barlum Hotel, in 1957. To its right stands the Lawyers Building, also built by John J. Barlum. The parking lot at right is the present-day site of the Millender Center. The Old Wayne County Building also stands at right.

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