Building, Chadsey Condon, since 1910
San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2
Standing and open
- Opened
- 1910
- Standing
- 116 years
Designed by Albert Kahn
San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 has stood on Michigan Avenue in Chadsey Condon since 1910, 116 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 today, from the street
What is there now
Standing and open
- Electrical permit Installation of 2-2 port EV Chargers. Source: City and county building permits
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
In 1910, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 opened in Chadsey Condon.
Credit the design to Albert Kahn.
It is still open, and still part of daily life in the city.
Go see it at 5716 Michigan Avenue. Photos never get the scale right.
Timeline
- 1910 Built Designed by Albert Kahn
- 2025 Electrical permit March 19, 2025
- 2026 Today 116 years and still standing
Where it is
5716 Michigan Avenue
On this map
- 1 San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 This place
- 2 West Side Dom Polski 0.2 mi
- 3 St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church 0.3 mi
- 4 St. Hedwig Catholic Church 0.3 mi
- 5 Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church 0.5 mi
- 6 Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church 0.5 mi
- 7 Senate Theatre 0.5 mi
- 8 Sill School 0.7 mi
- 9 Edwin F. Conely Branch 0.7 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Albert KahnAmerican architect, 1869 to 1942. Designed the General Motors Building (1922) and 114 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Albert Kahn
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Around the block
It is in Chadsey Condon. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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West Side Dom Polski
Building, built 1917, by /architects/joseph-gwizdowski
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church House of worship, built 1905, Italian Renaissance, by Kastler & Hunter 0.3 mi
- St. Hedwig Catholic Church House of worship, built 1911, by Harry J. Rill 0.3 mi
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Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church
House of worship, built 1891, Carpenter Gothic, by Spier & Rohns
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church House of worship, built 1891, Victorian Gothic, by Spier & Rohns 0.5 mi
- Senate Theatre Theater, built 1926, Art Moderne, by Christian W. Brandt 0.5 mi
- Sill School School, built 1906, Arts & Crafts, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1974 0.7 mi
- Edwin F. Conely Branch Building, built 1913, Renaissance Revival, by Hugh B. Clement 0.7 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 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.