Bennett & Straight
Architecture firm
The Majestic Theatre leads Bennett & Straight's work on record here, the theater that went up in Detroit's Midtown in 1915. Alexander Blain Hospital, Detroit's Elmwood Park (1892), is the other Bennett & Straight work on record here.
Bennett & Straight's Metro Detroit, drawn to scale
Both of Bennett & Straight's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.
Both of Bennett & Straight's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.
Majestic Theatre
1915, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size
Still standing, photographed 2018
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The story
Of everything Bennett & Straight designed here, the Majestic Theatre leads the list, a theater in Detroit's Midtown, finished in 1915.
The record opens in 1892 with Alexander Blain Hospital, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, and closes in 1915 with the Majestic Theatre. The region has lost Alexander Blain Hospital from Bennett & Straight's record. The Majestic Theatre still stands.
In Detroit, Bennett & Straight's work stands in Elmwood Park and Midtown. On the Majestic Theatre, Bennett & Straight shares credit with C. Howard Crane.
On Alexander Blain Hospital, Bennett & Straight shares credit with Carl B. Marr. The Majestic Theatre still stands at 4140 Woodward Ave, and the best way to know Bennett & Straight is to stand in front of it.
Bennett & Straight in Metro Detroit, oldest first
- Alexander Blain Hospital 1892, Detroit's Elmwood Park, Building Demolished
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![Majestic Theatre, [Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich.]](https://rebuilddetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/rd-photos/landmarks/landmark-4630-2360-thumb-2538540c91.jpg)
Majestic Theatre
1915, Detroit's Midtown, Theater
Still standing, photographed 2018
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
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Where their buildings stand
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Who Bennett & Straight worked with
- C. Howard Crane on the Majestic Theatre
- Carl B. Marr on Alexander Blain Hospital
- Mason & Rice on Alexander Blain Hospital
Where the work stands
Photo credits
The photo on Bennett & Straight's page, each with its author, license and the original.
- [Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich.] Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
Sources
The facts on Bennett & Straight come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.