Tag: Pewabic Pottery

  • “Miss Perry’s Pottery”

    Classic shape and colors, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

    The Pewabic pottery was founded by Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1903 in Detroit and the building they built to house the pottery in 1915 is still being used today. They have a museum, they offer classes, and they run a retail shop out of the original building. It is the only arts & crafts pottery still in continuous production in the Midwest.

     Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI

  • Beyond Floors and Bathrooms

     Pewabic Pottery in the Guardian Building, Detroit
    Pewabic Pottery in the Guardian Building, Detroit

    Detail from Pewabic Pottery tile decoration from the Guardian Building, 1928, Detroit MI.

    Mary Chase Perry Stratton and her partner Horace Caulkins founded the Pewabic Pottery based on the Arts & Crafts style and ideal sweeping the country. The building they built in 1907 they moved to the building that still houses an active pottery, museum and store.

     Pewabic Pottery Tiles the Guardian Building, Detroit.
    Pewabic Pottery Tiles the Guardian Building, Detroit.

    I received this fantastic book as a gift and had to re-post the Guardian Building. Anyone who is into architecture will love it and Detroiters need to see it to appreciate gems in that city (before they disappear).