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Garrick Theatre Not to be confused with the classic movie theatre that once stood in Chicago, IL that was demolished in 1960 or the theatre in of the same name in Westminster, London that was erected in the late 1800’s that still stands to this day. The Garrick once stood at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street in Detroit, Michigan the, then the Whitney Grand Detroit Opera House was home the of the nationally renowned Detroit Opera before they moved out in the early 1920's and the it was renamed the Garrick Theatre. Famed for being the site of mysterious final performance of Harry Houdini on October 24th, 1926 before he died later that night in Detroit's Grace Hospital; however other claims place Houdini's final show at the Majestic Theatre. Many cloudy half facts surround Houdini's final day, including the uncanny placement of the Majestic theatre almost directly at the midpoint between Garrick and Grace Hospital. Along the same mysterious theme of this event, there is very little information around on this theater. It was demolished sometime before 1929, when the David Stott Building war erected over it. The David Stott building, a skyscraper that stands partially on the site of the Garrick Theater was built in 1929. It was designed by Donaldson and Meier Architectural firm who was famous for their work on the Unitarian Church in Ann Arbor, MI.