East Village in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, May 5, 2021
1. Pewabic Pottery Marker
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Pewabic Pottery, also, Mary Chase Perry Stratton. .
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 Stratton. Mary 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 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.
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 Stratton
Mary 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 architect William B. Stratton, who designed the Pewabic Pottery building. During her prolific career, Perry developed new, iridescent pottery glazes, taught and wrote
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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.)
Location. 42° 21.711′ N, 82° 58.894′ W. Marker is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is in East Village. Marker 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.
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.)
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, May 5, 2021
3. Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton Marker
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 202 times since then and 25 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.
