Four-story brick commercial building

Four-story brick commercial building with terra cotta and cast stone trim (1882). Standing adjacent to the Fire Department Headquarters on the west and a surface parking lot to the east, this long and narrow building has about thirty feet of frontage on West Larned and extends back 100 feet to the alley behind. The second, third and fourth floors are finished in reddish brick with cast stone lintels and pier capitols. The piers display decorative teiTa-cotta blocks in the piers above the second and third stories. Old metal fire escapes remain in place in the upper-story front. The cornice has been removed. The windows are an·anged in three bays separated by four brick pilasters. The original windows have been replaced with modern double-hung windows. The first floor storefront has been renovated and tiled with a contemporary tile but retains a few historic elements. The part of the building's exposed eastern fa9ade nearest the street displays a painted forty- two-foot square untitled mural. The mural was commissioned by New Detroit, Inc., and is an arrangement of transparent color planes floating on a white background, designed by Detroit artist Charles McGee in 1974.