Lost building, McDougall-Hunt, 1915
Otto Schemansky & Sons
Demolished
- Opened
- 1915
Designed by Mildner & Eisen
Otto Schemansky & Sons stood in McDougall-Hunt from 1915. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
An open, grassy lot
- 1915 Opens Otto Schemansky & Sons
- 2026 Today Open, grassy lot
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap open, grassy lot at the map point
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
An open, grassy lot
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1915, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Otto Schemansky & Sons went up in McDougall-Hunt.
The design came from Mildner & Eisen.
It is gone now, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Where it is
2859 Gratiot Ave.
On this map
- 1 Otto Schemansky & Sons This place
- 2 Engine House No. 11 310 ft
- 3 Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan 0.2 mi
- 4 Goeschel Building 0.2 mi
- 5 Third Precinct Police Station 0.3 mi
- 6 Hunt Street Station 0.4 mi
- 7 Gordon-Pagel Bakery 0.4 mi
- 8 Sidney D. Miller Junior High and High School 0.5 mi
- 9 St. Elizabeth Parish 0.6 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Edelweiss Cafe, by Mildner & Eisen. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
Architect
Mildner & EisenArchitecture firm. Designed the Goeschel Building (1914) and 8 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Mildner & Eisen
- Deaconess Hospital 1893
- Edelweiss Cafe 1913
- Edward N. Eisenberg House 1913
- Goeschel Building 1914
- Jacob Schaeffer House 1918
- Frank J. Schmidt House 1921
More from Detroit in the 1910s
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David Whitney Building
Hotel, built 1915, Beaux Arts, by Graham, Burnham & Co.
Photo: St8fan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Detroit Athletic Club
Building, built 1915, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
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Farwell Building
Building, built 1915, Chicago School, by Harrie W. Bonnah
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
House of worship, built 1916, Neo Gothic, by George F. Diehl
Photo: Nheyob, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Detroit Waldorf School
School, built 1914, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Book Tower
Hotel, built 1917, Italian Renaissance, by Louis Kamper
Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in McDougall-Hunt. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Engine House No. 11
Building, built 1884, Queen Anne, by William Scott & Co.
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
310 ft
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Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan
Building, built 1924, Neoclassical, by Bernard C. Wetzel
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- Goeschel Building Building, built 1914, Art Deco/Moderne, by Mildner & Eisen 0.2 mi
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Third Precinct Police Station
Building, built 1896, Beaux-Arts
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.3 mi
- Hunt Street Station Building, built 1897, Beaux Arts, by Edward C. Van Leyen 0.4 mi
- Gordon-Pagel Bakery Building, built 1907, by Harry S. Angell, demolished 0.4 mi
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Sidney D. Miller Junior High and High School
School, built 1922, Jacobethan, by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- St. Elizabeth Parish House of worship, built 1892, Romanesque Revival, by Donaldson & Meier 0.6 mi
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.