Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Michigan - Wayne County
Wayne County Michigan (Page 2) has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 15 places of National significance and 22 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex, Parke-Davis Research Laboratory, Kresge, S. S., World Headquarters, Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building and Kahn, Albert, House.

Learn about the many famous people who are associated with these Wayne County historic places including Henry M. Leland, Philetus W. Norris, Henry Ford, Louis H. Schostak, Richard Thornton Brodhead and Grace Whitney Evans.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wayne County places including Albert Kahn, Walbridge-Aldinger Co., Frank E. Kirby, Toledo Shipbuilding Co., William Buck Stratton, Ralph Adams Cram, John Eberson, Maurice Finkel, Edward Gray and Harry J. Rill. Prominent architectural styles found in Wayne Country are Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and International Style.

Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex (added 2011 - #11000222)
5203 Cass Ave., Detroit
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Architect Minoru Yamasaki designed this 1964 modernist campus hub in Detroit, featuring a windowless, sculptured concrete pod that appears to float directly over a deep reflecting pool.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Yamasaki, Minoru
Architectural Style:
International Style
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
More Information:
archives document
Sacred Heart Seminary (added 1982 - #82000553)
2701 W. Chicago Blvd. , Detroit
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Detroits imposing 1924 Tudor Gothic landmark on Chicago Boulevard shows off stunning limestone masonry, towering stained-glass windows, and rare Pewabic tile installations from the city''s golden age.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Donald & Meier
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Parke-Davis Research Laboratory (added 1976 - #76001039)
Also known as Building 55--Detroit Research
Joseph Campau St. at Detroit River , Detroit
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Scientists at this 1902 Detroit Riverwalk brick building launched America''s first systematic drug-testing program, which today houses guests as part of a converted riverfront hotel.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Science
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Research Facility
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Research Facility
More Information:
archives document
Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District (added 1983 - #83000895)
Roughly bounded by Pontchartrain Blvd., McNichols Rd. and Covington Dr. , Detroit
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Detroit''s northern edge holds dozens of sprawling 1920s apartment blocks where stone-carved Egyptian Revival entryways and Moorish courtyards showcase the extravagant housing built for the city''s auto-boom middle class.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Bagley Memorial Fountain (added 1971 - #71000422)
Also known as John J. Bagley Memorial Fountain
Woodward and Monroe Aves. , Detroit
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H.H. Richardson designed this 1887 Romanesque granite monument in Cadillac Square, which originally used an underground ice box to pour cold drinking water for thirsty Detroiters.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Richardson,H.H.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Bagley,John Judson
Significant Year:
1887, 1925, 1885
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Street Furniture/Object
More Information:
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Hudson-Evans House (added 1975 - #75000966)
79 Alfred St. , Detroit
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This 1872 red-brick mansion in Detroit''s Brush Park still shows off its original slate mansard roof and towering arched windows, offering a rare look at the post-Civil War wealth that built the city.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Second Empire, Italianate
Historic Person:
Evans,Grace Whitney,et al.
Significant Year:
1874, 1872
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Kresge, S. S., World Headquarters (added 1979 - #79001175)
Also known as The Detroit Institute of Technology
2727 2nd Ave. , Detroit
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Albert Kahn designed this towering 1928 Art Deco limestone landmark near Cass Park to run a massive five-and-dime retail empire decades before it evolved into Kmart.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building (added 1974 - #74001000)
733 St. Antoine St. at E. Lafayette St. , Detroit
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This 1897 Greektown landmark features a stunning, ornate facade crafted entirely from hand-hammered galvanized iron sheets made to look like heavy carved stone.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rill,Harry J.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Industry, Other
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building (added 2008 - #07001491)
Also known as Federal Reserve Building
160 W. Fort St. , Detroit
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At 160 West Fort Street, Minoru Yamasaki''s sleek 1951 glass-and-marble annex juts right out of the heavy 1927 classical limestone temple that once secured the region''s massive cash reserves.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, International Style
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Kahn, Albert, House (added 1972 - #72000668)
208 Mack Ave. , Detroit
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Walk past this 1906 brick mansion in Midtown Detroit to see where the master architect behind Ford''s massive assembly plants lived and worked.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Organizational
More Information:
archives document
Palmer Park Apartment Buildings Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2005 - #05000014)
Approx. bounde by Covington Dr., Pontchartrain Blvd., Woodward Ave., and W. McNichols Rd. , Detroit
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Pre-war Detroit comes alive along these leafy streets, where ornate Art Deco and Egyptian Revival apartment facades still stand from the 1920s building boom.
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Arnold & Fuger
Architectural Style:
International Style, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Schostak, Louis H.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Sweet, Ossian H., House (added 1985 - #85000696)
2905 Garland , Detroit
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Stand on the quiet Detroit corner of Garland and Charlevoix to see the modest brick bungalow where a Black physician defended his home against an angry mob in 1925, sparking a landmark civil rights trial.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
McGhee, Orsel and Minnie, House (added 2022 - #100008009)
Also known as Rucker, Tony and Velma, House
4626 Seebaldt St, Detroit
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This unassuming Detroit bungalow triggered the historic 1948 Supreme Court decision that shattered racially restrictive housing covenants across the United States.
Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan (added 2022 - #100007344)
Also known as Amaranth Temple
3500 McDougall St., Detroit
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Detroit''s 1924 brick lodge on McDougall Street hosted the critical civil rights planning and mutual aid networks that powered the city''s Black middle class through decades of segregation.
Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History
Sibley House (added 1971 - #71000432)
Also known as Rectory of Christ Church
976 Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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This 1848 Greek Revival brick home on Jefferson Avenue housed the widow of Detroit''s first American mayor and stands as one of the city''s oldest surviving residences.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence
More Information:
archives document
Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building (added 1980 - #80001925)
Michigan State Fairgrounds , Detroit
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Stroll past Woodward Avenue to see how Detroit repurposed the soaring, 100-year-old steel-framed dairy pavilion into a bustling modern transit hub.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fry,Lynn W.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Fair
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Fair
More Information:
archives document
Sojourner Truth Homes (added 2022 - #100008140)
4525 and 4801 East Nevada St., Detroit
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Federal troops had to escort Black families past hostile crowds to occupy these Detroit brick apartments in 1942, and they still stand today as a raw, physical piece of wartime housing history.
Area of Significance:
Social History, Ethnic Heritage-Black, Politics/Government
Detroit Naval Armory (added 1994 - #94000662)
Also known as R. Thornton Brodhead Armory
7600 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Though currently fenced off and empty, the gritty Art Deco exterior of the Brodhead Armory on Jefferson Avenue still stands as the spot where 100,000 sailors trained for World War II.
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stratton, William Buck
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Historic Person:
Brodhead, Richard Thornton
Significant Year:
1932, 1936, 1930
Area of Significance:
Military, Art, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Naval Facility, Sport Facility, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Defense, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
More Information:
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REMOVED
STE. CLAIRE (steamer) (added 1979 - #79001177)
Also known as Steamer STE. CLAIRE
661 Civic Center Dr. , Detroit
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Volunteers on the Detroit River are slowly rebuilding the charred 1910 steel bones of the city''s last Boblo Island ferry after a near-fatal 2018 fire.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Kirby,Frank E.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Maritime History, Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building (added 2003 - #03000067)
Also known as Crescent Machine Company Building
5766 Trumball Ave. , Detroit
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This 1905 brick factory on Trumbull Avenue once manufactured specialized pins for Detroit''s booming foundries, but today it stands as a rugged loft conversion preserving its raw industrial bones.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rogers & MacFarlane
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Norris, Philetus W., House (added 1992 - #91001982)
17815 Mt. Elliott Ave. , Detroit
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This 1873 brick homestead in Detroit belonged to the pioneer who founded a local village before he left to run Yellowstone National Park.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Norris,Philetus W.
Significant Year:
1875, 1877, 1873
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Vanity Ballroom Building (added 1982 - #82000556)
Also known as Vanity Ballroom
1024 Newport St. , Detroit
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Step up to this 1929 Detroit street corner to see a surviving Mayan-Deco facade where jazz legends once played for thousands on a spring-loaded dance floor.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Agree,Charles N.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
More Information:
archives document
Lincoln Motor Company Plant (added 2005 - #78001521)
Also known as Detroit Edison Warren Service Center
6200 W. Warren Ave. , Detroit
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Industrial history buffs still seek out the West Warren Avenue site where Henry Lelands 1917 complex churned out thousands of V12 Liberty aircraft engines during World War I.
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Leland,Henry M.
Significant Year:
1922, 1917
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Military, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Trombly, Charles, House (added 1979 - #79001178)
Also known as Beaubien House
553 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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Wrecking balls claimed the 1851 brick home in 1981, but walking this East Jefferson stretch still helps history buffs trace the exact boundaries of Detroit''s old French ribbon farms.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
More Information:
archives document
REMOVED
Grand Riviera Theater (added 1982 - #82002901)
Also known as Riviera Theater
9222 Grand River Ave. , Detroit
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Though only a vacant Detroit lot remains where John Eberson built his wild 1925 atmospheric palace, hardcore design buffs still trek to this corner to stand where Mediterranean-style indoor theater first took root in the Midwest.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Eberson,John
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ford, Henry, Square House (added 1980 - #80001932)
Also known as Henry & Clara Ford Square House
29835 Beechwood Ave. , Garden City
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A drive past this modest 1889 wood-frame cottage offers a glimpse at the honeymoon home the young inventor hand-built using timber he cleared himself, long before his assembly lines changed the world.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Ford,Henry
Significant Year:
1889, 1952, 1888
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Industry, Invention
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
REMOVED
Dodge Mansion (added 1978 - #71001096)
Also known as Rose Terrace
12 Lakeshore Dr. , Grosse Point Farms
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Although wrecking balls leveled the grand Grosse Pointe chateau in 1976, history fans still track down its ghost along Lake Shore Drive and study its salvaged Louis XV music room preserved at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trumbauer,Horace
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Alger, Russell A., Jr., House (added 1982 - #82002917)
Also known as Grosse Pointe War Memorial Association Building
32 Lake Shore Dr. , Grosse Pointe Farms
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This 1910 Italian Renaissance estate on Lake St. Clair lets visitors walk the same halls where Packard Motor pioneers shaped Detroit''s automotive golden age.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Platt,Charles Adam
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
More Information:
archives document
Koebel, Charles J. and Ingrid V. (Frendberg), House (added 2009 - #09001068)
203 Cloverly Rd. , Grosse Pointe Farms
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Eliel and Eero Saarinen designed this flat-roofed 1937 Grosse Pointe Farms home together, leaving behind a sharp slice of early modernist architecture that still stands on Cloverly Road.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Saarinen, Gottlieb Elieel
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
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
Schmidt, Carl E. and Alice Candler, House (added 2005 - #05000909)
301 Lake Shore Rd. , Grosse Pointe Farms
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This 1904 Albert Kahn-designed Tudor Revival estate, originally known as Brackene, offers history buffs a great view of Grosse Pointe''s early twentieth-century grandeur right from Lake Shore Road.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Schmidt, Carl E.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Conservation
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
Stratton, William B. and Mary Chase, House (added 1984 - #84001867)
Also known as Stratton House
938 Three Mile Dr. , Grosse Pointe Park
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Walk past 938 Three Mile Drive in Grosse Pointe Park to spot the iridescent, hand-glazed Pewabic tiles embedded directly into the brickwork of this 1927 Arts and Crafts home.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stratton,William Buck
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1927
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Landscape 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
St. Florian Historic District (added 1984 - #84001865)
Roughly bounded by Joseph Campau Ave., Holbrook Ave., Dequindre, Norwalk, Lumpkin, and Yemans Sts. , Hamtramck
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Polish immigrants built their lives in the shadow of this Hamtramck neighborhood''s towering 1928 Gothic church, creating a tight-knit enclave of modest wood-frame homes that still looks much like it did during the 1920s auto boom.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cram,Ralph Adams
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Highland Park Plant, Ford Motor Company (added 1973 - #73000961)
15050 Woodward Ave. , Highland Park
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Walk right up to the massive, weathered brick walls on Woodward Avenue where Henry Ford''s mechanics first ran the modern moving assembly line in 1913 to crank out the Model T.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gray,Edward, Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
archives document
Medbury`s--Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District (added 1988 - #88000049)
Roughly bounded by Hamilton Ave., the alley S of Louise Ave., Woodward Ave., and the alley S of Puritan Ave. , Highland Park
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These quiet Highland Park streets still hold the grand brick Tudors and Craftsman homes built for Ford''s early auto executives during the 1910s automotive boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Willeke,Leonard
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Malcolm X House (added 2021 - #100007205)
Also known as Little, Wilfred and Ruth, House
4336 Williams St., Inkster
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Local groups are currently restoring the modest 1950s Inkster bungalow where Malcolm Little lived right after his 1952 prison release, preserving the exact walls where his civil rights work began.
Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History
Wall, Carlton D., House (added 1994 - #94000620)
Also known as Snowflake
12305 Beck Rd. , Plymouth
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
In Plymouth, Frank Lloyd Wright''s 1941 "Snowflake" home still draws architecture fans to the roadside with its radical hexagonal footprint and signature low-slung brickwork.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Architectural Style:
Other
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
Annapolis Park Historic District (added 2006 - #06000405)
Julius, Matthew, Hanover, Farnum, Alan, and Paul , Westland
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This Westland neighborhood showcases dozens of intact 1950s ranch homes that gave Black families a rare shot at the suburban dream during the height of segregation.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Jefferson Avenue--Huron River and Harbin Drive--Silver Creek Canal Bridges (added 2000 - #00000080)
Jefferson Ave. over Huron R.; Harbin Dr. over Silver Creek Canal , Brownstone
MGA73bot2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Michigan Stae Highway Department
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Community Planning And Development, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Hull's Trace North Huron River Corduroy Segment (added 2010 - #10001022)
36000 W Jefferson Ave, Brownstown Township
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
More Information:
archives document
Bradford, Benjamin and Mary Ann, House (added 2000 - #00000648)
Also known as Bradford-Palmer House
48145 Warren Rd. , Canton
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Kinyon, Orrin, and Roxanne Fairman, House (added 2000 - #00000649)
Also known as Lake House
7675 N. Ridge Rd. , Canton
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
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
Truesdell, Ephraim and Emma Woodworth, House (added 2003 - #03000174)
1224 Haggerty Rd. , Canton
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Curtiss, Charles W.
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
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
Patterson, John, and Eliza Barr, House (added 2000 - #00000647)
6205 N. Ridge Rd. , Canton
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Patterson, John
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Lilley Road--Lower Rouge River (added 2000 - #00000078)
Lilley Rd. over Lower Rouge R. , Canton Township
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Michigan State Highway Department, Massillon Bridge and Stuctural Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Cherry Hill Historic District (added 2003 - #03000176)
Cherry Hill and Ridge Rds. , Canton Township
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Capitol, Cemetery, Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Manufacturing Facility, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Clyde, Thomas and Isabella Moore, House (added 2003 - #03000175)
50325 Cherry Hill Rd. , Canton Township
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Bartlett, Thomas and Maria Blackman, House (added 2000 - #00000614)
Also known as Bartlett--Travis House
500 N. Ridge Rd. (Canton Township) , Cherry Hill
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Balogh, Tivadar and Dorothy, House (added 2013 - #13000800)
49800 Joy Rd. (Plymouth Charter Township), Cherry Hill
Andrew Jameson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
US 12 Bridges (added 2000 - #00000041)
US 12 over I-94 and westbound I-94 ramp , Dearborn
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Darin and Armstrong, Michigan State Highway Department
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Transportation
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:
archives document
Springwells Park Historic District (added 2015 - #14001046)
Dearborn, Dearborn
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Moderne
Historic Person:
Ford, Henry, Ford, Edsel
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1974 AD

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