CPA Building Historic District
Detroit
Description
A proposed local historic district for the 1924 Conductor's Protective Assurance Building in Corktown, which the committee recommended for approval to the full council.
Impact summary
Designation would protect the boarded building from demolition and require exterior design review, while unlocking state and federal rehab tax credits for a future developer.
Applicant
- Name
- Historic Designation Advisory Board
- Address
- Michigan Avenue at 14th Street (includes non-contributing parcel 2216 Michigan Avenue)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 4
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 4
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Mar 3, 2026.
Meeting timeline (4)
City Council Formal Session
Council passed the ordinance adding the CPA Building as a designated historic district with elements of design, after taking it off the table from January 28.
Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee
A proposed local historic district for the 1924 CPA Building, forwarded to City Council with a recommendation to approve.
Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee
A proposed ordinance would create a local historic district covering the former CPA bank building and one adjacent vacant parcel, protecting it from demolition. It heads to formal introduction and a February public hearing.
City Council Formal Session
A proposed ordinance would add the Conductors Protective Assurance Building as a new historic district; introduction and a public hearing were referred to committee.
Related issues (1)
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