You saw it here first! Rare interior photographs of the Kamman Building at 755-757 Seneca Street, set to be overhauled by a top-to-bottom renovation this year, reveal pre-restoration perspectives of the historic commercial structure only months before construction is set to begin.
The Kamman Building, designed by architect F. W. Caulkins around 1880, has been vacant for more than ten years, but like many structures of its vintage, has held up well against a tide of citywide disinvestment over the past half-century and stands well to benefit from adaptive reuse.
The architecture firm of Chaintreuil | Jensen | Stark is in the final stages of planning for an overhaul of the historic structure, which will house the firm’s headquarters. An anticipated $1 million renovation also contemplates additional office and/or residential uses, though an exact mix has not yet been determined.
The interior spaces reveal a clean canvas that will soon be modern office space and perhaps more. Great views, abundant sunlight, and tall ceilings are only some of the Kamman Building’s charms.
The Kamman Building was, at various times, home to a soda fountain, drug store, meat shop, medical offices, apartments, as well as a U. S. Post Office that handled orders for the Larkin Company. The architecture firm hopes to call the building home by late 2009 – giving it yet a new economic purpose.
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January 27th, 2010 at 9:06 am
The Kammon Building is a beautiful old brick building with the distinctive arch windows that used to be very common along Seneca Street. It is great to see this historic architectural landmark getting a new life as a mixed use complex. The interior photos of this building are wonderful and reveal that this structure is in still good, physical condition despite its ten year abandonment. It is unfortunate that more of the old brick warehouse and business buildings that used to grace Seneca Street were lost due to abandonment and careless urban renewal. The intersection of Seneca Street and Michigan Avenue used to be an architecturally impressive corner with buildings somewhat similar to the Kamman. Unfortunately, the corner of Seneca and Michigan today is an urban renewal empty zone.