East Village in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pewabic Pottery
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Mary Chase Perry Stratton

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Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 5, 2021

1. Pewabic Pottery Marker

Inscription. Pewabic Pottery In 1903 Mary Chase Perry (Stratton) and Horace Caulkins founded Pewabic Pottery in a stable near downtown Detroit. Four years later, the present building was constructed – a pottery works designed in the style of an English inn. Pewabic Pottery was part of the early twentieth-century Arts and Crafts design movement, which shunned machine-made products and championed the return of craftsmanship. Pewabic’s handmade ceramic wares became famous nationwide for their quality and brilliant, iridescent glazes. The company’s architectural tiles were used in numerous public and private buildings, including Detroit’s Guardian Building and the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Pewabic Pottery is a National Historic Landmark.

Mary Chase Perry StrattonMary Chase Perry was born in 1867 in Hancock, Michigan. By age ten she had moved to Detroit. She studied china painting and sculpture at the Cincinnati Art Academy from 1888 to 1890. In 1903 Perry co-founded a pottery in Detroit and named it “Pewabic” after the Upper Peninsula copper mine near Hancock. She later married

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architect William B. Stratton, who designed the Pewabic Pottery building. During her prolific career, Perry developed new, iridescent pottery glazes, taught and wrote widely about ceramics, and was awarded honorary degrees from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. She died in 1961 at age ninety-four. Pewabic Pottery celebrated its centennial in 2003.

Erected 2009 by Michigan Historical Commission - Michigan Historical Center. (Marker Number S0716.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Women. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.

Location. 42° 21.711′ N, 82° 58.894′ W. Marker is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is in East Village. It is at the intersection of East Jefferson Avenue and Hurlbut Street, on the right when traveling south on East Jefferson Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10125 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit MI 48214, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

Mary Chase Perry Stratton Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 5, 2021

2. Mary Chase Perry Stratton Marker

marker is in Southeast Michigan.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ossian Sweet House / Dr. Ossian Sweet (approx. 0.6 miles away); Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Indian Village (approx. 0.8 miles away); Eastern Liggett School / Detroit Waldorf School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Detroit Yacht Club (approx. one mile away); Last Tollgate in Detroit (approx. 1.2 miles away); Naval Training Armory Flagpole (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Detroit.

Also see . . . About Pewabic Pottery. We believe our first hundred years were only the beginning. (Submitted on May 5, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)

Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 5, 2021

3. Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton Marker

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Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 5, 2021

4. Pewabic Pottery NRHP Marker

Added to National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1971.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 5, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

Pewabic Pottery⎯⎯⎯Mary Chase Perry Stratton

Pewabic Pottery
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Mary Chase Perry Stratton