Rogers & MacFarlane
US architectural firm, based in Detroit, Michigan
Designer of the Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building, the building that went up in Detroit's Elijah McCoy in 1905, on the National Register since 2003. Another 19 of Rogers & MacFarlane's works are on record across Detroit, built from 1889 to 1911, each on the map below.
- works on record in Metro Detroit
- 20
- of work here, 1889 to 1911
- 22 years
- Detroit neighborhoods
- 7
- still standing
- 19 of 20
Every Rogers & MacFarlane building here, side by side
All 20 of Rogers & MacFarlane'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.
The 7 best documented of Rogers & MacFarlane's 20 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.
Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building
1905, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size
Still standing, photographed 2017
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The story
Wikidata describes Rogers & MacFarlane as an US architectural firm in Detroit, Michigan. The Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building heads Rogers & MacFarlane's work in Metro Detroit, a building in Detroit's Elijah McCoy, finished in 1905 and listed on the National Register in 2003.
Far from Woodward Avenue, Rogers & MacFarlane designed Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Battle Creek, Michigan. Rogers & MacFarlane's Metro Detroit work on record runs from the John N. Bagley House in 1889 to the L.B. King Building in 1911, 22 years.
No decade kept Rogers & MacFarlane busier here than the 1900s, with 10 works. Of Rogers & MacFarlane's work here, the region has lost Uniroyal, demolished in 1985. Today, 19 of Rogers & MacFarlane's works still stand.
In Detroit it reaches 7 neighborhoods, among them Indian Village, Elijah McCoy, and Elmwood Park. Homes were a calling card for Rogers & MacFarlane, 15 of them on record, the John N. Bagley House and The Bagley Mansion among them. On Uniroyal, Rogers & MacFarlane shares credit with James S. Rogers.
Lockwood Greene Engineers is credited beside Rogers & MacFarlane on Uniroyal. Anyone tracing Rogers & MacFarlane's work can begin at the John N. Bagley House at 2921 E. Jefferson Ave and follow the map from there.
Rogers and MacFarlane was an architectural firm based in Detroit, Michigan, founded in 1885 by James S. Rogers and Walter MacFarlane. The firm produced commissions in Detroit and southern Michigan from 1885 until 1912.
Rogers & MacFarlane's mark on Metro Detroit, building by building
20 works
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John N. Bagley House
1889, Detroit's Elmwood Park, Historic home
Photographed standing in 2008
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Bagley Mansion 1889, Detroit's Elmwood Park, Historic home Standing and open
- Rufus Goodell House 1890, Detroit's Cultural Center, Historic home Standing and open
- Martin S. Smith II House 1895, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- Albert H. Finn House 1897, Detroit's Virginia Park, Historic home Standing and open
- Andrew P. Biddle House 1898, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- Dr. Andrew Biddle House 1899, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- Frederick H. Andrus House 1900, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- Henry L. Walker House 1900, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- James C. Buckley House 1901, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- J. Chandler McLauchlan House 1902, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
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Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building
1905, Detroit's Elijah McCoy, Building
Still standing, photographed 2017
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Jewett House 1905, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- Marquette Building 1906, Detroit, Building Standing and open
- Mary Holland House 1906, Detroit's Indian Village, Historic home Standing and open
- Uniroyal 1906, Detroit's Rivertown, Building Demolished in 1985
- Herman Lippold House 1908, Detroit's Virginia Park, Historic home Standing and open
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Dreamtroit (Warren Motor Car Co.)
1910, Detroit's Elijah McCoy, Building
Still standing, photographed 2020
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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L.B. King Building
1911, Detroit, Building
Standing and open
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Samuel L. Smith House
Detroit's Wayne State, Historic home
Photographed standing in 2008
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Where their buildings stand
20 works on the map
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- Demolished
- Altered
- 4Works close together
20 works on the map
Where else Rogers & MacFarlane built
One notable work by Rogers & MacFarlane in Battle Creek, Michigan, as Wikidata lists them.
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Michigan Central Railroad Depot Battle Creek, Michigan Photo: Claramare, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Who Rogers & MacFarlane worked with
- James S. Rogers on Uniroyal
- Lockwood Greene Engineers on Uniroyal
- Nettleton & Kahn on the Frederick H. Andrus House
- Walter MacFarlane on Uniroyal
Where the work stands
In the Detroit Ledger
Photo credits
All 6 photos on Rogers & MacFarlane's page, each with its author, license and the original.
- The Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building in Detroit, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bagley House on Jefferson Ave in Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Motor Car Company Building, Detroit MI This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National..., 2020 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- LB King and Co Building, Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Samuel L. Smith House at 5035 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan; built in 1889, in the Queen Anne style and..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Michigan Central Railroad Depot Photo: Claramare, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
The facts on Rogers & MacFarlane come from Historic Detroit, Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Photos; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.