Upjohn Company Manufacturing Plant
7000 Portage Road, Portage
After many years of being centralized in the Kalamazoo city limits, the
Upjohn Company moved manufacturing efforts out to Portage. In 1950, a new
plant was constructed to house manufacturing. Its architects employed some
basic Art Deco motifs at the stepped concrete and brick facade of the main
entrance, including bronze borders, railings and doorframes and a panel of
brick glass. A rounded overhang, also of bronze, projects over the stairs,
and bold black ceramic sans-serif letters spell out the company name.
Concrete bands highlight the long, low windows and the top edge of this
brick structure.
