Traugott Schmidt & Sons Warehouse, 1010 Beaubien Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: The Traugott Schmidt & Sons Warehouse, a Renaissance Revival structure, functioned as a factory/warehouse for Traugott Schmidt & Sons Inc., a tannery company. The warehouse was the last building erected for the Traugott Schmidt & Sons tannery complex located on the boundary corners of Monroe Avenue, Beaubien Street and East Lafayette Street. The structural system designed by John M. Donaldson was an innovative use of timber columns with iron connectors. Donaldson had built many Renaissance Revival structures in Detroit in the last quarter of the nineteenth century including the Union Trust building (1894-95). The Traugott Schmidt & Sons Warehouse erected 1922-1924 was one of Donaldson's last designs in the Renaissance Revival style.
Survey number: HABS MI-397