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Christopher Hubel

(248) 568-6030 [email protected]

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400 S Old Woodward Ave Ste 100
Birmingham MI 48009

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Chris Hubel of History Loves Company inside a historic home

ABOUT HISTORY LOVES COMPANY

History is better
when it’s shared.

History Loves Company explores the homes, streets, buildings, neighborhoods, and cities that shaped us — then finds new ways to keep their stories alive.

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THE BEGINNING

It started with one house.

In 2017, Chris Hubel became a real estate agent and bought his first historic home in Pontiac’s Franklin Boulevard Historic District. It wasn't perfect. That was part of the point. Beneath years of changes was craftsmanship, character, and a history worth understanding. Working on that house changed the way Chris looked at real estate — and eventually the way he looked at cities themselves. One house led to another story. One neighborhood led to another. History Loves Company grew from the belief that understanding where a place came from changes the way we value where it is going.

WHAT HLC HAS BECOME

One mission.
Several ways to tell it.

History Loves Company now lives at the intersection of storytelling, preservation, historic real estate, and community.

01 FILM

History on screen.

Documentaries, neighborhood explorations, lost places, architecture, and the forces that reshaped American cities.

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02 WRITING

Stories worth keeping.

Historical research, architecture, preservation, community memory, and the deeper stories behind the films.

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03 REAL ESTATE

Homes with history.

Helping buyers and sellers understand historic, architecturally significant, and character-rich properties differently.

Historic Homes →

04 COMMUNITY

A physical home for HLC.

The Foundry in downtown Pontiac brings creators, retail, events, media, and History Loves Company together under one roof.

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THE MISSION

Document what exists.
Remember what’s gone.
Protect what remains.

Buildings disappear. Neighborhoods change. Stories fade surprisingly fast when no one keeps telling them. HLC exists to create a record — through film, photography, writing, research, property history, and the memories of people who experienced these places firsthand. Preservation doesn't always mean freezing a place in time. Sometimes it begins by helping people understand why the place mattered at all. Share a Story With HLC →

FOUNDER

Meet Chris Hubel.

Realtor. Storyteller. Old-building obsessive. Founder of History Loves Company. Chris works with historic and architecturally distinctive homes across Metro Detroit while producing films and stories about Michigan’s neighborhoods, architecture, cities, and preservation. The same curiosity drives both sides of the work: What happened here? Why does this place look the way it does? What survived? What disappeared? And what should happen next? Real estate is one way people become stewards of a place. Storytelling is another. History Loves Company connects the two.

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THE HLC ECOSYSTEM

Follow the story wherever it goes.

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COME ALONG

There are still a lot of stories left to tell.

Watch the films. Share a memory. Find a historic home. Join Stories We Keep. Or come visit us in downtown Pontiac.

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History is better
when it’s shared.

It started with one house.

One mission.
Several ways to tell it.

History on screen.

Stories worth keeping.

Homes with history.

A physical home for HLC.

Document what exists.
Remember what’s gone.
Protect what remains.

Meet Chris Hubel.

Follow the story wherever it goes.

History Loves Company

Stories We Keep

Historic Homes

The Foundry

There are still a lot of stories left to tell.

History Loves Company

EXPLORE

HISTORIC HOMES

FOLLOW THE STORY

Leave a Message

Thank you for your message. I will be in touch with you shortly.

History is better when it’s shared.

It started with one house.

One mission. Several ways to tell it.

History on screen.

Stories worth keeping.

Homes with history.

A physical home for HLC.

Document what exists. Remember what’s gone. Protect what remains.

Meet Chris Hubel.

Follow the story wherever it goes.

History Loves Company

Stories We Keep

Historic Homes

The Foundry

There are still a lot of stories left to tell.

History Loves Company

Let’s Discover Your Story

Let’s Discover Your Story

Let’s Discover Your Story

History is better
when it’s shared.

One mission.
Several ways to tell it.

Document what exists.
Remember what’s gone.
Protect what remains.