Detroit Arsenal

Detroit Arsenal, formerly Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant was the first manufacturing plant ever built for the mass production of tanks in the United States.

Type: Military installation
Also known as: “U.S. Army Garrison Detroit Arsenal”
Address: 6501 E 11 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48091

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ascension and General Motors Technical Center.

Ascension

Hospital

Ascension is a large private Catholic healthcare system in the United States. Ascension had 142,000 employees, 90 hospitals, and 40 senior living facilities operating in 17 states and the District of Columbia as of July 1, 2025. Ascension is situated 2½ miles west of Detroit Arsenal.

General Motors Technical Center

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The General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, United States, is the primary design and engineering center for General Motors. The facility opened in stages from the 1950s to the 1970s. General Motors Technical Center is situated 1¼ miles north of Detroit Arsenal.

Warren Mott High School

School

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Warren Mott High School is a public high school in Warren, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Warren Consolidated Schools district. It was founded in 1992 by the merger of the previous Warren High School and Charles Stewart Mott High School. Warren Mott High School is situated 2 miles northwest of Detroit Arsenal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Center Line and Madison Hts.

Center Line

Village

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Center Line is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Center Line is located roughly 11 miles north of downtown Detroit, and is entirely surrounded by the larger city of Warren.

Madison Hts

Town

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Madison Heights is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Madison Heights is located roughly 12 miles north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 28,468. Madison Hts is situated 3½ miles west of Detroit Arsenal.

Hazel Park

Town

Hazel Park is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Hazel Park borders Detroit to the north, roughly 10 miles north of downtown Detroit. Hazel Park is situated 4 miles southwest of Detroit Arsenal.

Detroit Arsenal

Location: Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.49718° or 42° 29′ 50″ north

Longitude

-83.04178° or 83° 2′ 30″ west

Elevation

617 feet (188 metres)

Open location code

86JRFXW5+V7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 690505519

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

GeoNames ID

7267437

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Detroit Arsenal” goes by many names.

French: “Detroit Tank Arsenal”
Spanish: “Detroit Arsenal (Warren)”

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