This two-story, Craftsman-style commercial and factory building, constructed of reinforced concrete with brick and stucco cladding, was originally built by the Peninsular Engraving Co. to serve as its offices and printing plant, along with six street-level storefronts.

The building was designed by legendary Detroit architect Albert Kahn.

Located on the northeast corner of Woodward Avenue and Erskine Street, the structure features a hipped roof with a broad overhang supported by decorative brackets and a prominent imitation tile roof line. The front section of the building, nine bays wide and two bays deep, is clad in brick on the first story and stucco on the second. The ground floor showcases updated metal-framed storefronts in a traditional layout, while the upper floor features multi-paned casement windows framed in reddish-brown terra-cotta. Along Erskine, the rear factory portion extends eight bays deep, clad in stucco with large, square steel-sash windows above low brick bulkheads.

Early tenants of the storefronts included A.T. Milliken’s Men’s Furnishings, Harper & Sons Confectioners and the Knight Rubber Co. By 1916, Evans, Winters, Hebb, Inc. occupied the printing plant and remained until 1924. In 1928, the building was renamed the Bonstelle Studio Building and became home to a diverse group of artists and music instructors. It was selected for this purpose given its proximity to the Bonstelle Theatre.

In 1935, during the widening of Woodward Avenue, the rear portion of the front section was demolished. The remaining façade was relocated further back and reattached to the factory section, preserving its original frontage. Over the following decades, the building housed a variety of tenants, including Knapp Business Forms Company, photographer studio Ransier-Anderson, druggist Frank D. Upright, and Wayne State University theater classrooms. By the early 1970s, Bush’s Garden of Eating was the sole occupant.

In 2009, Michigan State University opened in the building, providing space for a number of the university's departments and colleges. Rebranded as the MSU Detroit Center, the building is also home to the MSU Community Music School-Detroit, which provides music education and programming to all ages, from early childhood classes to group instruction to private lessons.