The CPA building is a Flatiron building located in the Corktown area of Detroit. The front facade is embossed with reliefs depicting various railroad related scenes. A large non functioning clock on the south face remains still, its hands frozen in time and left open to the elements. A drive through window and panels where ATM machines may have been, led me to believe that the site was related to banking.
It turns out that the CPA is an acronym for Conductors Protective Association. In short a union organization. I learned the following information about the company (*1) “Mr. William Boss conceived the idea of forming an insurance company for railroad conductors, engineers and officials, insuring them against the loss of their positions on account of discharge, disability or old age, and in June, 1907, organized the Conductors Protective Assurance Company”
References
(*1) The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller. Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1922. Item notes: v. 4. Original from Harvard University
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM56X2_CPA_Building_Detroit_Michigan
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