Historic home, Chadsey Condon, since 1916
Max Jacob House
Standing and open
- Built
- 1916
- Style
- French Villa
- Standing
- 110 years
Designed by Maurice H. Finkel
The Max Jacob House at 451 W. Kirby, built in 1916. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
The house today, from the street
Today, from the street
What is there now
Standing
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
The house at 451 W. Kirby went up in 1916, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.
It carries the name of Max Jacob.
Maurice H. Finkel designed it in the French Villa style.
Today it sits inside Midtown homes, one of the blocks Detroit has chosen to protect.
On the city map it falls in Chadsey Condon.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
Timeline
- 1916 Built Designed by Maurice H. Finkel
- 2026 Today 110 years and still standing
Where it is
451 W. Kirby
On this map
- 1 Max Jacob House This place
- 2 Columbian School 0.2 mi
- 3 Nacirema Club 0.5 mi
- 4 Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church 0.5 mi
- 5 Sill School 0.5 mi
- 6 Olympia Stadium 0.6 mi
- 7 St. Matthias Episcopal Church 0.6 mi
- 8 Williams Brothers Co. 0.6 mi
- 9 Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church 0.7 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Ossian Sweet House, by Maurice H. Finkel. Photo: Golan1911, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Maurice H. FinkelAmerican architect, 1888 to 1949. Designed the Ossian Sweet House (1919) and the Max Jacob House
Also by Maurice H. Finkel
- Ossian Sweet House 1919
More from Detroit in the 1910s
- Albert A. Grinell House Built 1916, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
- Albert H. Steinbrecher House Built 1916, Italian Villa Revival, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
- Atwater Brewery and Tap House Built 1916
- Bernard G. Koether House Built 1916, in Indian Village
- Byron F. Everitt House Built 1916, Old English, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
- Charles Steinberg House Built 1916, Italian Villa Revival, in East Ferry Avenue
Around the block
It is in Chadsey Condon. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Columbian School School, built 1893, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1980 0.2 mi
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Nacirema Club
Building, built 1920, American Foursquare
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church Monument, built 1898, demolished 2005 0.5 mi
- Sill School School, built 1906, Arts & Crafts, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1974 0.5 mi
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Olympia Stadium
Stadium, built 1927, by C. Howard Crane, demolished 1986
Photo: Carla Anderson, Historic American Buildings Survey, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
0.6 mi
- St. Matthias Episcopal Church House of worship, built 1926, Gothic Revival, by Verner, Wilhelm & Molby 0.6 mi
- Williams Brothers Co. Building, built 1899, by Albert E. French 0.6 mi
- Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church House of worship, built 1891, Victorian Gothic, by Spier & Rohns 0.7 mi
Photo credits
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- Max Jacob House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.