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Building, Elijah McCoy, since 1920

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse

Still standing, photographed 2023

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National..., 2023 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1920
Style
Commercial Style
Standing
106 years

Designed by Albert Kahn and Francis W. Fitzpatrick

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse has stood on John C. Lodge Service Dr. in Elijah McCoy since 1920, 106 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse

Pittsburg Plate Glass Warehouse Detroit, May 1922, from Clay Worker Magazine This is an image of a place or building... Photo: Francis W. Fitzpatrick, public domain, 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

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse opened in 1920, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.

Credit the design to Albert Kahn and Francis W. Fitzpatrick, working in Commercial Style.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2023.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 6045 John C. Lodge Service Dr and look up.

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse is a warehouse located at 6045 John C. Lodge Service Drive in Detroit. It is the only known building in Michigan designed by architect Francis W. Fitzpatrick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1920 Built Designed by Albert Kahn and Francis W. Fitzpatrick
  2. 2023 Listed on the National Register March 28, 2023
  3. 2026 Today 106 years and still standing

Where it is

6045 John C. Lodge Service Dr.

On this map

  1. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse This place
  2. NABISCO factory 0.2 mi
  3. Dreamtroit (Warren Motor Car Co.) 0.2 mi
  4. One Ford Place 0.2 mi
  5. Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building 0.3 mi
  6. United Sound Systems 0.4 mi
  7. The Amsterdam Lofts 0.4 mi
  8. New Amsterdam Historic District 0.4 mi
  9. Fisher Building 0.4 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Albert Kahn
Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Albert Kahn

American architect, 1869 to 1942. Designed the General Motors Building (1922) and 114 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Albert Kahn

Francis W. Fitzpatrick
Photo: The Architect and Engineer of California (October, 1914), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Francis W. Fitzpatrick

Canadian-American architect, 1863-1931, 1863 to 1931. Designed the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse (1920)

More from Detroit in the 1920s

Around the block

It is in Elijah McCoy. 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. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Detroit Warehouse This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National..., 2023 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Pittsburg Plate Glass Warehouse Detroit, May 1922, from Clay Worker Magazine This is an image of a place or building... Photo: Francis W. Fitzpatrick, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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