Sheldon Smith & Son
Architecture firm
Designer of Detroit Opera House (first), the theater that stood in Detroit from 1869 until it came down in 1897. The Hilsendegen Block, Detroit (1867), is the other Sheldon Smith & Son work on record here.
Every Sheldon Smith & Son building here, side by side
Both of Sheldon Smith & Son'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 Sheldon Smith & Son'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.
Detroit Opera House (first)
1869, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size
Demolished in 1897
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The story
The work that leads Sheldon Smith & Son's record here is Detroit Opera House (first), built in Detroit in 1869 and demolished in 1897.
The record opens in 1867 with the Hilsendegen Block, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, and closes in 1869 with Detroit Opera House (first). None of Sheldon Smith & Son's work here survives. Detroit Opera House (first) came down in 1897. Mortimer L. Smith is credited beside Sheldon Smith & Son on Detroit Opera House (first).
On the Hilsendegen Block, Sheldon Smith & Son shares credit with Peter Dederichs.
Every Sheldon Smith & Son work on record here
- Hilsendegen Block 1867, Detroit, Building Demolished in 1953
- Detroit Opera House (first) 1869, Detroit, Theater Demolished in 1897
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Who Sheldon Smith & Son worked with
- Mortimer L. Smith on Detroit Opera House (first)
- Peter Dederichs on the Hilsendegen Block
Where the work stands
Sources
The facts on Sheldon Smith & Son come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.