The Graybar Electric Company Building is located at 55 West Canfield Street in Midtown Detroit, Michigan.

[1] The Graybar Electric Company was founded in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio to sell communications equipment to the public.

The new company was immediately the country's leading wholesaler of electrical supplies and equipment, with 59 distributing houses across the US.

[4] The Graybar Electric Company Building is a three-story, brick and concrete, industrial style building, originally constructed to house offices and warehouse space.

Above each outer bay is a cast stone panel bearing a shield.