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Building, North End, since 1898

Hamlin Avenue Station

Standing, closed

A drawing of Hamlin Avenue Station from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1898
Standing
128 years

Designed by Louis Kamper

The Hamlin Avenue Station has stood on E Bethune St in North End since 1898, 128 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

Hamlin Avenue Station today, from the street

Hamlin Avenue Station from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

What is there now

Under renovation

  • Closed Source: Historic Detroit

Building permits at this address

6 permits since April 2025

$1.2 million in declared work (1 of 6 name a figure) Newest: Mechanical permit, October 14, 2026

  1. Mechanical permit

    Mechanical permit

  2. Mechanical permit

    210 e bethune

  3. Electrical permit

    Electric add on

  4. Electrical permit

  5. Change of occupancy or use permit

    Interior / Exterior alterations (OFFICE) in an existing 6,558 sq. ft. building as per plans. Subject to... Read all

    Interior / Exterior alterations (OFFICE) in an existing 6,558 sq. ft. building as per plans. Subject to Field Approval.

    $1.2 million

  6. Electrical permit

    Service for construction on east side of carriage house

Source: City and county building permits

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1898, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, the Hamlin Avenue Station opened in North End.

Credit the design to Louis Kamper.

Its doors are closed for now, but the building still stands.

Go see it at 210 E Bethune St. Photos never get the scale right.

Timeline

  1. 1898 Built Designed by Louis Kamper
  2. 2025 2 building permits $1.2 million in declared work, the latest September 5
  3. 2026 4 building permits The latest October 14
  4. 2026 Today Under renovation

Where it is

210 E Bethune St

On this map

  1. Hamlin Avenue Station This place
  2. Basso Building 0.1 mi
  3. 7300 Woodward 0.1 mi
  4. Frances Harper Inn 0.2 mi
  5. Grand Quarters 0.2 mi
  6. Metropolitan United Methodist Church 0.2 mi
  7. Marwood Apartments 0.2 mi
  8. New Center Commercial Historic District 0.2 mi
  9. The Kahn 0.2 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper. Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Louis Kamper

American architect, 1861 to 1953. Designed the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel (1924) and 37 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Louis Kamper

More from Detroit in the 1890s

Around the block

It is in North End. 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. Hamlin Avenue Station 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.