2900 East Grand Boulevard was purchased by the Jam Handy Organization in 1935, however our building's history goes back to 1919.

Originally it was home to the Maranatha Baptist Tabernacle and through the 1920s and 1930s was used as a place of worship. Jamison Handy moved his company from Chicago to Detroit in 19235 when he purchased the building. It was one of the several buildings along East Grand Blvd that were purchased or rented by the Jam Handy Organization and was renovated to house the company's various departments. In 1969 the building was sold to a New York based company called Teletape which would operate the facility as Jam Handy Productions until 1971, when it was renamed Teletape-Detroit. It was eventually purchased by a church named Faith Through Miracles through the 1990s and into the 2000s, recording their church services for local broadcast.

The Church ended up in financial distress and the building was acquired by the City of Detroit. The city put the property up for sale in 2010 and Simeon and Nat Hayer purchased it, converting the building into a performing arts space and have been slowly restoring the building, capturing the unique history of it with each project. Read more from the Theatre Historical Society and Dbusiness Magazine on the rich history of The Jam Handy - both the man and the building.