Elmer George Kiehler
Architect
The Fox Theatre leads Kiehler's work on record here, the theater that went up in Detroit in 1928. The Somerset Apartments, Detroit's Lafayette Park (1922), is the other Kiehler work on record here.
Every Kiehler building here, side by side
Both of Kiehler'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 Kiehler'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.
Fox Theatre
1928, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size
Still standing, photographed 2025
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The story
The Fox Theatre heads Kiehler's work in Metro Detroit, a theater in Detroit, finished in 1928.
Kiehler's Metro Detroit work on record runs from the Somerset Apartments in 1922 to the Fox Theatre in 1928, 6 years. In Detroit, Kiehler's work stands in Lafayette Park.
C. Howard Crane is credited beside Kiehler on the Somerset Apartments and the Fox Theatre. On the Somerset Apartments, Kiehler shares credit with Cyril Schley. Of Kiehler's work here, the region has lost the Somerset Apartments, demolished in 2013.
The Fox Theatre still stands. Go see the Fox Theatre at 2211 Woodward Ave for yourself.
Elmer George Kiehler in Metro Detroit, oldest first
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Somerset Apartments
1922, Detroit's Lafayette Park, Building
Demolished in 2013
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Fox Theatre
1928, Detroit, Theater
Still standing, photographed 2025
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Where their buildings stand
2 works on the map
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- Demolished
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2 works on the map
Who Kiehler worked with
- C. Howard Crane on the Somerset Apartments and the Fox Theatre
- Cyril Schley on the Somerset Apartments
Where the work stands
Photo credits
All 2 photos on Elmer George Kiehler's page, each with its author, license and the original.
- The Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan (United States), 2025 Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Somerset Apartments on Jefferson Avenue Jefferson Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
The facts on Elmer George Kiehler come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.