Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Michigan - Wayne County - Vacant / Not In Use
Wayne County Michigan (Vacant / Not In Use) has 48 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building, Dry Dock Engine Works--Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex, Dunbar Hospital, General Motors Research Laboratory and Grand Riviera Theater.

Many famous people are associated with these Wayne County historic places including Harley J. Earl, William Fisher, James McMillan, Charles F. Kettering, Henry Ford and Frank E. Kirby.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wayne County places including John Eberson, Albert Kahn, Guy W. Vinton, Harry J. Rill, Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, et al, Hinchman and Smith Field, Berlin Iron Bridge Co., Lloyd, Gordon W., et al., Rogers & MacFarlane and Leonard Willeke. Prominent architectural styles found in Wayne Country are Late Victorian, Classical Revival and Early Commercial.

Architects Building (added 1995 - - #95000531)
415 Brainard St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Marr, Richard H.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Marr, Richard H., et al.
Significant Year:
1940, 1924
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Professional
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Boydell, William C., House (added 1982 - - #82002892)
4614 Cass Ave , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Varney,Almon Clother
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Historic Person:
Boydell,William C.
Significant Year:
1895
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Capitol Park Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000338)
Roughly bounded by Grand River Ave., Woodward Ave., Michigan Ave., and Washington Blvd. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Kahn, Albert, Associates
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Manufacturing Facility, Plaza, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Monument/Marker, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Plaza, Restaurant
Cass Park Historic District (added 2005 - - #04001580)
Temple, Ledyard, and 2nd at Cass Park , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ellington & Weston, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Cass, Lewis
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Business, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Restaurant, Road-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Business, Civic, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Restaurant
Cherry Hill Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000176)
Cherry Hill and Ridge Rds. , Canton Township
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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
Corktown Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001517)
Roughly bounded by Lodge Freeway, Porter, Trumbull, Bagley, Rosa Parks Blvd., and Michigan Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Federal, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building (added 2003 - - #03000067)
Also known as Crescent Machine Company Building
5766 Trumball Ave. , Detroit
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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
Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building (added 1974 - - #74001000)
733 St. Antoine St. at E. Lafayette St. , Detroit
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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
Dodge Mansion (added 1978 - - #71001096)
Also known as Rose Terrace
12 Lakeshore Dr. , Grosse Point Farms
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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
Dry Dock Engine Works--Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex (added 2009 - - #09000680)
Also known as Globe Trading Company Building^
1801-1803 Atwater St. and 1900 Atwater St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Kirby, Frank E., McMillan, James
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Dunbar Hospital (added 1979 - - #79001172)
Also known as Detroit Medical Society Headquarters
580 Frederick St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Vinton,Guy W.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Black, Architecture, Health/Medicine, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
East Grand Boulevard Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001468)
E. Grand Blvd., bet. E. Jefferson Ave. and Mack Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Barnes, C. F., Geis, R.C., et al.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Hospital, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Sanatorium, Single Dwelling
Eastern Market Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2007 - - #06001330)
Roughly bounded by Gratio Ave., Ropelle St., Wilkins St. Grand Trunk RR, and Division St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carew, Henry, Mason & Rice
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, European, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Mortuary, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Storage, Warehouse
Eddystone Hotel (added 2006 - - #06000588)
100-118 Sproat St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kamper, Louis
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Farwell Building (added 1976 - - #76001037)
1249 Griswold St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bonnah,Harrie W.
Architectural Style:
Chicago
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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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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
Fort Shelby Hotel (added 1983 - - #83003695)
Also known as The Shelby
525 W. Lafayette St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
A. Kahn & Assoc., Schmidt,Garden & Martin
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
General Motors Research Laboratory (added 2005 - - #05000713)
Also known as Argonaut Building
485-495 Milwaukee , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn, Albert
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Historic Person:
Kettering, Charles F., Earl, Harley J.
Significant Year:
1936, 1928
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
George, Edwin S., Building (added 1993 - - #93000651)
Also known as Garfield Building
4612 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Albet Kahn Associates, Inc.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Historic Person:
George, Edwin H.
Significant Year:
1914, 1929, 1908
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Globe Tobacco Building (added 1984 - - #84000442)
407 E. Fort St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chapoton,Alexander Jr.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Grand Riviera Theater (added 1982 - - #82002901)
Also known as Riviera Theater
9222 Grand River Ave. , Detroit
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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
Harvey, John, House (added 1991 - - #91000354)
97 Winder , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,John V.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Second Empire, Stick/Eastlake
Historic Person:
Harvey,John
Significant Year:
1887
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Highland Park General Hospital (added 1985 - - #85003400)
Also known as Highland Park General Hospital Complex
357 Glendale Ave. , Highland Park
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hook and Ladder House No. 5--Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop (added 1997 - - #97001481)
3400-3434 Russell , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Malcomson & Higginbotham
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station, Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Jefferson Intermediate School (added 1997 - - #97001094)
Also known as Jefferson Junior High School;Jefferson School
938 Selden , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Malcomson, Higginbotham, & Palmer
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
King, L. B. and Co. Building (added 1987 - - #87000927)
Also known as Annis Furs Building
1274 Library , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
MacFarlane,Walter, Rogers & MacFarlane
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments (added 1997 - - #97000921)
227-29 and 237-39 E. Palmer , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000051)
1202-1449 and 1400-1456 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lloyd, Gordon W., et al., Kahn, Albert
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Marx House (added 1976 - - #76001043)
2630 Biddle Ave. , Wyandotte
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Langlois,Dr. Theophilus,et al.
Significant Year:
1872
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
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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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
Mellus Newspapers Building (added 2005 - - #05000716)
1661 Fort St. , Lincoln Park
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
New Amsterdam Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000570)
435, 450 Amstersam;440, 41-47 Burroughs;5911-5919, 6050-6160 Cass; 6100-6200 Second; 425 York , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn, Albert, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Fire Station, Manufacturing Facility, Professional, Road-Related, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Fire Station, Road-Related, School, Specialty Store
Newberry, Helen, Nurses Home (added 2008 - - #08000576)
100 E. Willis , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Myers, Elijah E.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Newberry, Helen H.
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Norris, Philetus W., House (added 1992 - - #91001982)
17815 Mt. Elliott Ave. , Detroit
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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
Orchestra Hall (added 1971 - - #71000429)
3711 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Music Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Park Avenue Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000396)
Also known as See Also:Women's City Club;Royal Palms Hotel
Park Ave., between W. Adams Ave. and W. Fisher Freeway , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Other, Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Clubhouse, Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Restaurant
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Department Store, Multiple Dwelling
Park Avenue Hotel (added 2006 - - #06000586)
2643 Park Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kamper, Louis
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Patterson, John, and Eliza Barr, House (added 2000 - - #00000647)
6205 N. Ridge Rd. , Canton
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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
Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000601)
Roughly bounded by Woodward, Harper, Hastings and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Line , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Field, Hinchman and Smith, Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, et al
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Ford, Henry, Fisher, William
Significant Year:
1919, 1908, 1904
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Ponchartrain Apartments (added 1985 - - #85002945)
Also known as Renaissance Apartments
1350 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sibley, Frederic M., Lumber Company Office Building (added 1991 - - #91000329)
6460 Kercheval Ave. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baxter,O'Dell & Halprin
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sprague, Thomas S., House (added 1986 - - #86001037)
80 W. Palmer , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scott,William, & Co.
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sugar Hill Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000068)
Bounded by Woodwar, Forest, John R. and Canfield , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Social History, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Music Facility, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
The Clay School (added 1982 - - #82002913)
453 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tarleton,J.B.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Third Precinct Police Station (added 1980 - - #80001928)
Also known as Hunt Street Station
2200 Hunt St. , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Van Leyen,Edward C.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Law, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
West Canfield Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1997 - - #97001092)
Also known as see also: West Canfield Historic District
Roughly bounded by Third Ave., Calumet, Second Ave., and W. Canfield , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Beaton & Co., Varney, A.C.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Wilson Barn (added 1973 - - #73000962)
NE corner of Middlebelt and W. Chicago Rds. , Livonia
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Woodbridge Neighborhood (Boundary Increase II) (added 2008 - - #08000225)
SE. corner of Trumbull & Warren , Detroit
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Varney, Almon C.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church School, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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