Lost building, Detroit, 1923
Pochelon Building
Demolished
- Opened
- 1923
- Style
- Neoclassical
Designed by Mildner & Eisen
The Pochelon Building stood in Detroit from 1923. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
A construction site
- 1923 Opens Pochelon Building
- 2026 Today Construction site
What is there now
A construction site
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap and County parcel records
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1923, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, the Pochelon Building went up.
Credit the design to Mildner & Eisen, in the Neoclassical style.
It is gone now, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Where it is
815 Bates St.
On this map
- 1 Pochelon Building This place
- 2 Liberty Theatre 70 ft
- 3 National Theatre 130 ft
- 4 Water Board Building 130 ft
- 5 Detroit Police Headquarters (old) 130 ft
- 6 Palace Theatre 160 ft
- 7 Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings 210 ft
- 8 St. John’s German Evangelical Church 230 ft
- 9 Hilsendegen Block 250 ft
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
- Otto Schemansky & Sons 1915
- Jacob Schaeffer House 1918
More from Detroit in the 1920s
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Bethel Community Transformation Center
House of worship, built 1922, by Albert Kahn
Photo: paintings by Myron G. Barlow photography by Helmut Ziewers,, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Westin Book Cadillac Hotel
Hotel, built 1924, Neo-Renaissance, by Louis Kamper
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Buhl Building
Skyscraper, built 1925, Neo-Romanesque, by Wirt C. Rowland
Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Chateau Frontenac
Building, built 1925, Mediterranean, by J. Will Wilson, demolished 1999
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Belcrest Apartments
Building, built 1926, Neo-Romanesque, by Charles N. Agree
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cadillac Place
Building, built 1920, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
- Liberty Theatre Theater, built 1871, by C. Howard Crane, demolished 1926 70 ft
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National Theatre
Theater, built 1911, Baroque-Beaux Arts, by Albert Kahn, demolished 2024
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
130 ft
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Water Board Building
Building, built 1928, Art Moderne, by Louis Kamper
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
130 ft
- Detroit Police Headquarters (old) Building, built 1884, by Gordon W. Lloyd, demolished 1928 130 ft
- Palace Theatre Theater, built 1914, Italian Renaissance, by C. Howard Crane, demolished 1953 160 ft
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Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings
Historic district, demolished
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
210 ft
- St. John’s German Evangelical Church House of worship, built 1853, demolished 1878 230 ft
- Hilsendegen Block Building, built 1867, Italianate, by Peter Dederichs, demolished 1953 250 ft
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.