Question About Building E Warren & Wayburn

Hi everyone,

I'm doing a project on Art Deco Architecture in Detroit and I was wondering if anyone could help me identify the building on E Warren & Wayburn that has the large Roach Killer sign? Thank you in advance for your help!

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It looks pretty typical of many storefront buildings on the east side, with apartments above, that dated from the late '20s. It's in the same Spanish-style architecture as so many of the apartments buildings that once dotted the east side [[a few of these can still be spotted if you drive around a bit). It shows as a storefront building on the earliest detailed building maps I can find of the area, from 1930.

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Originally Posted by EastsideAl

It looks pretty typical of many storefront buildings on the east side, with apartments above, that dated from the late '20s. It's in the same Spanish-style architecture as so many of the apartments buildings that once dotted the east side [[a few of these can still be spotted if you drive around a bit). It shows as a storefront building on the earliest detailed building maps I can find of the area, from 1930.

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Thank you for your help! There's no way you could identify the name of this building is there? I'm looking for the name to assist me in finding historic photos etc regarding this building.

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Originally Posted by detroitpride313

Hi everyone,

I'm doing a project on Art Deco Architecture in Detroit and I was wondering if anyone could help me identify the building on E Warren & Wayburn that has the large Roach Killer sign? Thank you in advance for your help!

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There was a Henny-Penny fish & chips and chicken place in one of the store fronts in the late 50s .

The building has some of the hallmarks of being a Charles N. Agree design. You should check with the city to see if the original building permit is available. The permit should answer quite a few questions.

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Originally Posted by detroitpride313

Thank you for your help! There's no way you could identify the name of this building is there? I'm looking for the name to assist me in finding historic photos etc regarding this building.

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I doubt if it ever had a name. Like most such storefront buildings in the city, it was almost certainly built as a speculative and purely commercial "taxpayer" building to generate income for the landholder from renting the storefronts and a couple of apartments above. It's a little more stylish than most certainly, but again, not all that remarkable for the time and place.

I think following the suggestion above regarding the building permit is probably your best bet for gathering any further information.