# Frederick Stearns Building

Detroit, MI · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-a6a7c000ec` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/mi/detroit-frederick-stearns-building/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-a6a7c000ec.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-a6a7c000ec.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-a6a7c000ec

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing | none |
| What is there now | condominiums | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “William B. Stratton” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Frederick Stearns & Company

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Frederick Stearns Building is a manufacturing plant located at 6533 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1981. It has been converted to condominiums.


== History ==

Frederick Stearns & Company, established in 1855, was a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in 19th century Detroit. In the late 1890s, Frederick K. Stearns (son of the firm's founder, Frederick A. Stearns) commissioned William B. Stratton to design this building (Stratton also designed Stearns's personal home, the Frederick K. Stearns House, a few years later).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stearns_Building

## Sources

- Frederick Stearns Building — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stearns_Building

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Frederick Stearns Building, Detroit, MI." Record n-a6a7c000ec, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/mi/detroit-frederick-stearns-building/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_detroitfrederickstearnsbuilding,
  title = {Frederick Stearns Building, Detroit, MI},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/mi/detroit-frederick-stearns-building/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-a6a7c000ec, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.