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Structure, Clay Township, since 1926

Colony Tower Complex

Still standing, photographed 2023

Colony Tower Complex (Clay Township, Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1926
Style
Tudor Revival
Standing
100 years

Colony Tower Complex has stood on Dyke RoadClay Township in Clay Township since 1926, 100 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Colony Tower Complex

Colony Tower Complex, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Colony Tower Complex opened in 1926, in the years the auto age reached every town around Detroit.

It was built in the Tudor Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1994.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 6503 Dyke RoadClay Township and look up.

The Colony Tower Complex is a decorative water tower, with a gate and gatehouse, located at 6503 Dyke Rd. (M-29) in Pearl Beach, Michigan. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and the gatehouse joined it in 1995.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1926 Built Tudor Revival
  2. 1994 Listed on the National Register July 22, 1994
  3. 2026 Today 100 years and still standing

Where it is

6503 Dyke RoadClay Township, Clay Township

On this map

  1. Colony Tower Complex This place
  2. Colony Tower Complex (Boundary Increase) 0.6 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Photo: Travellers & Tinkers, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Builder

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company

Former American engineering company, 1889 to 2018. Built Colony Tower Complex (1926)

Around the block

Photo credits

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  1. Colony Tower Complex (Clay Township, Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Colony Tower Complex, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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