The 18,000-square-foot Fisher Mansion -- the largest in Detroit's historic Boston-Edison district -- is going though its first major renovation in 36 years as its new owner strives to preserve some of the city's rich automotive history, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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The house has 12 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms and a pub. It boasts a private chapel, marble ballroom and a private office that once connected Charles T. Fisher to the former General Motors headquarters in the New Center area. It even has a sitting area for the ladies' English porcelain powder room.
Fisher, an automotive pioneer who founded Fisher Body Co. with a brother and uncle and later was a General Motors executive, built the home in 1922. Michael Fisher, 44, a cousin, bought the house out of foreclosure in June 2008.
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