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Building, Islandview, since 1917

Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building

Still standing, photographed 2017

Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building, Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1917
Style
Classical Revival
Standing
109 years

The Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building has stood on Kercheval Ave. in Islandview since 1917, 109 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office 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

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 1917, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, the Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building opened in Islandview.

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

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Go see it at 6460 Kercheval Ave. Photos never get the scale right.

The Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building is an office building located at 6460 Kercheval Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1989 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The building is known for being the beginning of a major trailer manufacturing company.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1917 Built Classical Revival
  2. 1991 Listed on the National Register April 4, 1991
  3. 2026 Today 109 years and still standing

Where it is

6460 Kercheval Ave.

On this map

  1. Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building This place
  2. St. Bonaventure Monastery 0.1 mi
  3. Kingston Arms Apartments 0.3 mi
  4. Eastside Historic Cemetery District 0.3 mi
  5. East Grand Boulevard Historic District 0.4 mi
  6. Saint Paul Manor Apartments 0.4 mi
  7. El Tovar Apartments 0.4 mi
  8. Our Lady of Sorrows Church 0.4 mi
  9. Church of the Messiah 0.5 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

More from Detroit in the 1910s

Around the block

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

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building, Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, 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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