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Building, Elijah McCoy, since 1905

Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building

Still standing, photographed 2017

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
Opened
1905
Standing
121 years

Designed by Rogers & MacFarlane

The Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building has stood on Trumbull Ave. in Elijah McCoy since 1905, 121 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building

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

What is there now

Standing

  • Mechanical permit HOT WATER TANK Source: City and county building permits

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 24, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1905, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, the Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building opened in Elijah McCoy.

Rogers & MacFarlane drew the plans.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Go see it at 5766 Trumbull Ave. Photos never get the scale right.

The Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building is located at 5766 Trumbull Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It is currently known as the Research Lofts on Trumbull.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1905 Built Designed by Rogers & MacFarlane
  2. 2003 Listed on the National Register March 3, 2003
  3. 2025 Mechanical permit January 21, 2025
  4. 2026 Today 121 years and still standing

Where it is

5766 Trumbull Ave.

On this map

  1. Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building This place
  2. Dreamtroit (Warren Motor Car Co.) 0.3 mi
  3. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse 0.3 mi
  4. NABISCO factory 0.5 mi
  5. One Ford Place 0.5 mi
  6. McGregor Memorial Conference Center 0.5 mi
  7. Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church 0.5 mi
  8. Woodbridge Neighborhood (Boundary Increase II) 0.5 mi
  9. College of Education Building 0.6 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Rogers & MacFarlane
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Rogers & MacFarlane

US architectural firm. Designed the Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building (1905) and 19 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Rogers & MacFarlane

More from Detroit in the 1900s

Around the block

It is in Elijah McCoy. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.

Photo credits

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  1. 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
  2. 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

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