This three story Italianate structure with Queen Anne accents is one of the more unique structures on E. Michigan.

It was built by Hugh J. McHugh, an Irish stone mason. Completed in 1885, McHugh rented the building to J.H. Hobart Babcock. Babcock operated a pharmacy on the ground floor with offices and living space on the upper levels. It would remain the site of various pharmacies for nearly a century.