LEGO Model of the C. R. Mabley Mansion, Detroit, 1881

Christopher R. Mabley (1836 - 1885) made his fortune opening a series of stores in Detroit (and other cities) in the post-Civil War era. He opened the first department store in Detroit (it was located next to the Russel House hotel which was at the current location of what used to be the NBD bank office building). At the time he had been dubbed "The Merchant Prince" based on his success with his stores. One of his employees was J.L. Hudson who of course later left to found his own store.

This Second Empire style house was built sometime before 1881 at 1195 Woodward Ave. Note: Detroit changed its address numbering system so this would correspond to a higher numbered address today. The location of this house and the similar Wilhelm Boeing house just to the south was on the west side of Woodward and northwest of the Hecker mansion which still exits. Unfortunately the Mabley house was an early victim of "progress" and was demolished by 1910.

The following link provides a few photos of the house and the Boeing house:
historicdetroit.org/galleries/boeing-house-old-photos/

This LEGO model is built in "minifig" scale but appears larger because of the very tall stories that these mansions had. The cramped "yard" is made up by a 2x3 arrangement of six standard base-plates and measures 64 x 96 studs. The mansard roof was a bit problematic as I did not have some parts in the desired colors and the LEGO company does not even make certain parts that would have improved matters.

Taken on: February 13, 2015

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