Building, Wayne State
Cass Motor Sales
Still standing, photographed 2017
- Style
- Art Deco
Cass Motor Sales has stood on Cass Avenue in Wayne State. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
More photos of Cass Motor Sales
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
Cass Motor Sales is one of the places that gives Wayne State its character.
It was built in the Art Deco style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Go see it at 5800 Cass Avenue. Photos never get the scale right.
The Cass Motor Sales is a commercial building located at 5800 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Where it is
5800 Cass Avenue
On this map
- 1 Cass Motor Sales This place
- 2 Thomas S. Sprague House 280 ft
- 3 Arena Gardens 350 ft
- 4 Gleaners Temple 420 ft
- 5 Verona Apartments 0.1 mi
- 6 United Sound Systems 0.1 mi
- 7 Boeing House 0.1 mi
- 8 George L. Beecher House 0.1 mi
- 9 Our Lady of the Rosary 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the block
It is in Wayne State. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Thomas S. Sprague House
Historic home, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Shingle style
Photo: Carla Anderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
280 ft
- Arena Gardens Stadium, built 1916, Beaux Arts, by Albert Kahn, demolished 1953 350 ft
- Gleaners Temple House of worship, built 1909, Greek Revival, by George L. Harvey, demolished 1996 420 ft
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Verona Apartments
Building, Romanesque Revival, by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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United Sound Systems
Building, built 1917, by C. Howard Crane
Photo: JCBPCK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Boeing House Built 1875, Second Empire, Beaux Arts 0.1 mi
- George L. Beecher House Built 1894, in Midtown homes 0.1 mi
- Our Lady of the Rosary House of worship, built 1896, Romanesque Revival, by Malcomson & Higginbotham 0.1 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Cass Motor Sales in Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The front façade of the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant at 461 Piquette Street, Detroit, Michigan, 2017 Photo: Jackdude101, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.