Detroit Edison Fenkell Yard

[citychick]

Hidey all...the lurker has another building question.
I've been scouring the internet and beyond trying to get info about a building on Fenkell, near where Fenkell meets Rosa Parks. It's a large brick building, it was built in 1924.
The only thing I could find was an old streetcar map and it pointed it out as the Detroit Edison Fenkell Yard.
That's all I got.
My guess was that it was maybe a power station or a maintenance yard?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And stories.

[FormerDetroiter]

Do you have an address?

[gazhekwe]

Is this it? This one is on Woodrow Wilson, just the other side of the Lodge from the corner of Rosa Parks and Fenkell.

http://goo.gl/maps/ZPxlk

[citychick]

Do you have an address?

Address is 2303 Fenkell. Between Rosa Parks and Linwood.

[MikeM]

It was a warehouse and yard where Edison kept supplies [[poles, transformers, reels of wire, etc) and probably dispatched maintenance crews from there. They has a few of them around the region.

[citychick]

Thank you

[Krawlspace]

Here's a DropBox link to the 1925 Sanborn page that shows the building and yard.


Also, hi MikeM!

[citychick]

Thanks Krawlspace