Frederick Stearns Building
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Frederick Stearns Building
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| Location | 6533 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan |
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| Built | 1899; ca. 1910 (addition) |
| Architect | William B. Stratton; Albert Kahn |
| Architectural style | Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 80001927[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1980 |
| Designated MSHS | January 8, 1981[2] |
The Frederick Stearns Building is a manufacturing plant located at 6533 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1981.[2][1] It has been converted to condominiums.[3]
History
Frederick Stearns & Company, established in 1855,[4] was a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in 19th century Detroit. In the late 1890s, Frederick K. Stearns (son of the firm's founder, Frederick A. Stearns) commissioned William B. Stratton to design this building[3] (Stratton also designed Stearns's personal home, the Frederick K. Stearns House, a few years later).[2] Construction was completed in 1899 at a cost of $85,000.[4] It originally contained Stearns's production facilities, as well as warehouses and white-collar offices.[3]
The building was converted into condominiums in 1989,[3] and is now known as the Lofts at Rivertown.[5]
Description
The building was originally three stories in height; a fourth floor was added later. The original building, with its upper story addition, is constructed from brick.[3] The façade is symmetric, with projecting pavilions at each end and another in the center;[3] this front section, which housed the company offices, is 13 bays wide and five bays deep.[5] The center paviolion contains an arched stone entryway and a clock on the third floor. Each window in the Jefferson façade is trimmed with limestone.[3] Fourth-floor gables above the end paviolions add to the appeal of the building.[3]
A taller concrete addition, the top of which can be seen from Jefferson,[3] was built around 1910.[6] This addition was designed by Albert Kahn.[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stearns, Frederick K., House from the state of Michigan
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Frederick Stearns & Company Building from Detroit1701.org
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Lofts at Rivertown history page
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Fredrick Stearns & Company Building from the city of Detroit
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. P. 244.
