Edward J. Priebe

Aug 14, 2024 | historicdetroit.org | John L. Daly |Edward J. Priebe

If you drive along Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, an unusual, two-story brick building about a mile northeast of downtown may draw your attention. Ten gargoyles guard the building's roofline. On the second floor, four pairs of tall, leaded-glass doors open to nowhere and serve as nearly all the building's windows. Above the double entrance door, a six-foot-tall face seems to depict a cross between the mask of comedy and the Roman god of merriment, Bacchus.