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Building, Detroit, since 1917

Vinton Building

Still standing, photographed 2022

First National Building, Mabley and Company Building, and Vinton Building in Detroit, 2022 Photo: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1917
Style
Arts and Crafts-Romanesque
Standing
109 years

Designed by Albert Kahn

The Vinton Building has stood on Woodward in Detroit since 1917, 109 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Vinton Building

Vinton Building Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vinton Building in Detroit, 2022 Photo: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo of First National Building in Detroit. Taken by Funnyhat in the summer of 2004 Photo: The original uploader was Funnyhat at English Wikipedia., public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing and open

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

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The Vinton Building opened in 1917, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.

Albert Kahn drew the plans, in the Arts and Crafts-Romanesque style.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It still stands and still opens its doors.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 600 Woodward and look up.

The Vinton Building is a residential high-rise located at 600 Woodward Avenue (at the northeast corner of Woodward and Congress Street) in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It stands next to the First National Building, across Woodward Avenue from Chase Tower (currently known as The Qube) and the Guardian Building, and across Congress Street from One Detroit Center.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1917 Built Designed by Albert Kahn
  2. 1983 Listed on the National Register February 17, 1983
  3. 2005 Protected by the city Vinton Building
  4. 2026 Today 109 years and still standing

Where it is

600 Woodward

On this map

  1. Vinton Building This place
  2. Normandie Hotel 50 ft
  3. Foran's Grand Trunk Pub 60 ft
  4. Metropole Building 160 ft
  5. Pontchartrain Hotel 170 ft
  6. First National Building 170 ft
  7. Ally Detroit Center 220 ft
  8. The Qube 310 ft
  9. Pleasure 340 ft

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

More from Detroit in the 1910s

Around the block

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. First National Building, Mabley and Company Building, and Vinton Building in Detroit, 2022 Photo: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Vinton Building Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Vinton Building in Detroit, 2022 Photo: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Photo of First National Building in Detroit. Taken by Funnyhat in the summer of 2004 Photo: The original uploader was Funnyhat at English Wikipedia., public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Vinton Building, Detroit, c. 1922 Photo: Clarence M. Burton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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.