Lost building, Detroit, 1893 to 1974
Union Depot
Demolished in 1974
- Opened
- 1893
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- Torn down
- 1974
Designed by James Stewart
Union Depot stood in Detroit from 1893 until 1974. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
What is there now
Demolished in 1974
We have not yet found a source that says what stands on the spot today. Last looked on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1893, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, Union Depot went up.
James Stewart drew the plans, working in Romanesque Revival.
It is gone now, demolished in 1974, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1893 Built Designed by James Stewart
- 1971 Closed
- 1974 Demolished
- 2026 Today 52 years since it came down
Where it is
Fort Street and Third Avenue
On this map
- 1 Union Depot This place
- 2 Fort Street Presbyterian Church 190 ft
- 3 Detroit News Complex 310 ft
- 4 Detroit News Building 330 ft
- 5 Kahn Garage 400 ft
- 6 Grace Protestant Episcopal Church 0.1 mi
- 7 Cambria Hotel 0.1 mi
- 8 John K. King Books Building 0.1 mi
- 9 Fort Shelby Hotel 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
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Belle Isle Pavilion
Building, built 1893, by Spier & Rohns, demolished 1950
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Floral Clock at Water Works Park
Monument, built 1893
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Coronado Apartments
Building, built 1894, Romanesque Revival, by William S. Joy
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dunbar Memorial Hospital
Monument, built 1892, Romanesque Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Detroit Club
Building, built 1891, Richardsonian Romanesque, by Wilson Eyre
Photo: Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ecumenical Theological Seminary
House of worship, built 1891, Richardsonian Romanesque, by Mason & Rice
Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
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Fort Street Presbyterian Church
House of worship, built 1855, Gothic Revival, by Albert H. Jordan
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
190 ft
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Detroit News Complex
Building, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Goldnpuppy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
310 ft
- Detroit News Building Building, built 1917, Romanesque, by Albert Kahn 330 ft
- Kahn Garage Building, built 1925, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn 400 ft
- Grace Protestant Episcopal Church House of worship, built 1870, by Gordon W. Lloyd, demolished 0.1 mi
- Cambria Hotel Hotel, built 1936, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn 0.1 mi
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John K. King Books Building
Building, built 1905, by Stratton & Baldwin
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Fort Shelby Hotel
Hotel, built 1918, Neoclassical, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Mikerussell at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 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.