Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Michigan - Oakland County
Oakland County Michigan (Page 2) has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Reuther, Walter P. and May Wolf, House, Scripps, William Edmund and Nina A. Downey, Estate, Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District, Myrick-Palmer House and Oak Hill Cemetery.

Many famous people are associated with these Oakland County historic places including Walter Phillip Reuther, William Edmund Scripps, Joseph Sumner Rogers, Stephen Mack, Moses Wisner and Martin Halfpenny.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Oakland County places including Walter Phillip Reuther, Oskar Stonorov, Clarence E. Day, Bryant Fleming, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry J. Rill, Grand Trunk Railroad, Pratt & Tuttle, Donaldson & Meier, Guthrie, A. and and Company. Prominent architectural styles found in Oakland Country are Greek Revival, Gothic and Tudor Revival.

Milford Rural Agricultural School (added 1992 - - #91001995)
630 Hickory St. , Milford
Khwalser, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000490)
Roughly bounded by Montcalm St., Perry St., Joslyn Ave., Gage St., Glenwood, and Nelson St. , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Myrick-Palmer House (added 1970 - - #70000283)
Also known as Charles H. Palmer House
223 W. Huron St. , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
North Milford Village Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000391)
Historic area of North Milford Village , Milford
Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rill, Harry J., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Industry, Community Planning And Development, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
O'Dell, H. Augustus and Agnes Cleveland, House--Inch House (added 2009 - - #09000129)
1945 Tiverton Rd. , Bloomfield Hills
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
O'Dell, H. Augustus
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
O'Dell, H. Augustus
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Oak Hill Cemetery (added 1989 - - #89000493)
Also known as Oakhill Cemetery
216 University Dr. , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival, Gothic
Historic Person:
Mack,Stephen,et al.
Significant Year:
1840, 1822
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Art, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
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Orchard Lake Schools Historic District (added 1982 - - #82002859)
Indian Trail , Orchard Lake
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Rogers,Joseph Sumner,et al
Significant Year:
1928, 1858
Area of Significance:
Military, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, Hotel, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College, Educational Related Housing, School
More Information:
archives document
Ortonville Mill (added 1971 - - #71000416)
366 Mill St. , Ortonville
Andrew Jameson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
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Pleasant Ridge East Historic District (added 2007 - - #06001329)
Bounded generally by Woodward, 10 Mile Rd., Conrail and east city limits and south city limits , Pleasant Ridge
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Pleasant Ridge Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000165)
Roughly bounded by Willington Rd., Woodward Ave., Ferndale and Ridge Rd. , Pleasant Ridge
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Pontiac Commercial Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001817)
Also known as See Also:Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Incr
1-29 N. Saginaw St., 5-29 W. Lawrence St., and 10-18 W. Pike St. , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Early Commercial, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1989 - - #89000491)
Also known as See Also:Eagle Theater;Grinnell Brothers Music House;Pontiac
Roughly E. Huron St. and S. Saginaw St. within loop of Wide Track Dr. , Pontiac
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Hinchman & Grylls
Architectural Style:
Other, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office, Specialty Store, Theater
More Information:
archives document
Reuther, Walter P. and May Wolf, House (added 2002 - - #02000668)
3924-3950-3954 Ellamae (Oakland Township) , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Reuther, Walter Phillip
Significant Year:
1951
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Rowe House (added 1975 - - #75000959)
2360 Lone Tree Rd., NW of Milford , Milford
Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sashabaw Presbyterian Church (added 1980 - - #80001885)
NE of Clarkston at 5331 Maybee Rd. , Clarkston
GMTEgirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pratt & Tuttle
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Scripps, William Edmund and Nina A. Downey, Estate (added 2007 - - #07001009)
Also known as Moulton Manor, Wildwood Farm
1840 Scripps Rd. , Lake Orion
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Day, Clarence E., Fleming, Bryant
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Scripps, William Edmund
Area of Significance:
Communications, Transportation, Architecture, Invention, Conservation, Art, Agriculture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Garden, Irrigation Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Health Care, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Hospital
More Information:
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Smith, Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Stein, House (added 1997 - - #97000283)
5045 Ponvalley Rd., Bloomfield Township , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wright,Frank Lloyd
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sprague, Rollin, Building--Old Stone Store (added 1999 - - #99000474)
Also known as Home Bakery
300 Main St. , Rochester
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
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St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, Convent, and School (added 1989 - - #89000492)
150 E. Wide Track Dr. , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Donaldson & Meier
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Gothic
Historic Person:
Halfpenny,Martin
Significant Year:
1922, 1926, 1885
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Religious Structure
More Information:
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Stony Creek Village Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000649)
NE of Rochester on Washington Rd. , Rochester
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Taliaferro, Thomas W. and Margaret, House (added 2011 - - #11000668)
1115 Eton Cross, Bloomfield Hills
Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Other
Historic Person:
Taliaferro, Thomas W.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
More Information:
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Torrey, Charles, House (added 1992 - - #92000585)
1141 Foxwood Ct., Bloomfield Township , Birmingham
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Trowbridge Road--Grand Trunk Western Railroad Bridge (added 2000 - - #00000010)
Trowbridge Rd. over GTW Railroad , Bloomfield Hills
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Grand Trunk Railroad, Guthrie, A., and Company
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
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Waterford Village Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001167)
Dubay and Pontiff Sts., Steffeus, Andersonville and Airport Rds. , Waterford
Fanfair, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Western Knitting Mills (added 2000 - - #00000646)
400 Water St. , Rochester
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store
More Information:
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Wisner House (added 1970 - - #70000284)
Also known as Pine Grove
405 Oakland Ave. , Pontiac
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Wisner,Moses
Significant Year:
1845
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Yamasaki, Minoru & Teruko, House (added 2013 - - #13000905)
3717 Lakecrest Dr. (Bloomfield Township), Birmingham
Darren56brown, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Yerkes, Joseph D., House (added 1984 - - #84001822)
42580 Eight Mile Rd. , Novi
Andrew Jameson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Yerkes,Joseph D.
Significant Year:
1872, 1870
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Yerkes, Robert, House (added 1973 - - #73000955)
535 E. Base Line Rd. , Northville
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Macomber,John C.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document

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