Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Michigan - Wayne County
Wayne County Michigan has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 25 places of National significance and 25 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include COLUMBIA (steamer), Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, Ford River Rouge Complex, Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homes and Fair Lane.

Learn about the many famous people who are associated with these Wayne County historic places including Henry Ford, James McMillan, Mary Chase Perry Stratton, Charles Lang Freer and Frank E. Kirby.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wayne County places including Albert Kahn, Jeremiah Moors, George D. Mason, Wilson Jr. Eyre, Leon Coquard, Osborn Engineering Co., Donaldson & Meier, Guy W. Vinton, Frank E. Kirby and A. A. Albrecht. Prominent architectural styles found in Wayne Country are Classical Revival, Romanesque and Beaux Arts.

COLUMBIA (steamer) (added 1979 - #79001171)
Also known as The Bob-Lo Boat;Steamer COLUMBIA
661 Civic Center Dr. , Buffalo
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This 1902 passenger vessel once hauled millions of Detroiters to Boblo Island on three grand decks, though she now sits in New York undergoing a slow, gritty restoration.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Kirby,Frank E.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Architecture, Transportation
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
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum (added 1969 - #69000071)
Also known as Edison Institute
Bounded by Michigan Ave. on the N, Village Rd. on the S, Southfield Expwy. on the E, and Oakland Blvd. on the W , Dearborn
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Visitors step inside the Menlo Park lab where Thomas Edison chased the lightbulb and stand inches from the theater chair where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Museum
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Ford River Rouge Complex (added 1978 - #78001516)
3001 Miller Rd. , Dearborn
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Walk the elevated catwalks above a buzzing assembly line where workers still build trucks today, right where coal and iron once transformed into millions of classic Mustangs.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Ford,Henry
Significant Year:
1917
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homes (added 1982 - #82000549)
20301 Oakwood Blvd. , Dearborn
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Guests still spend the night in replicas of Walt Whitman''s or Edgar Allan Poe''s cottages at Henry Ford''s 1931 Georgian Revival lodge, originally built as the world''s first airport hotel.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn,Albert, Albrecht,A. A.
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Ford,Henry
Significant Year:
1931
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Other
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
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Fair Lane (added 1966 - #66000399)
Also known as Henry Ford Estate
4901 Evergreen Rd. , Dearborn
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Henry Fords 1915 limestone estate still features the original, river-powered generator system designed by his close friend Thomas Edison.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Ford,Henry
Significant Year:
1950, 1909
Area of Significance:
Science, Invention, Commerce, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium
Commandant's Quarters (added 1970 - #70000286)
21950 Michigan Ave. , Dearborn
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Soldiers once prepped weapons for the Toledo War inside these massive 1833 brick walls, which now stand as Dearborn''s oldest surviving military structure.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Moors,Jeremiah
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
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Detroit Industry Murals, Detroit Institute of Arts (added 2014 - #14000279)
5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit
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In 1932, Diego Rivera spent months scaling scaffolding to paint twenty-seven massive fresco panels that capture the raw grit and tension of Ford''s River Rouge assembly line.
Fisher and New Center Buildings (added 1980 - #80001922)
Also known as Fisher Building
7430 2nd Ave. and 3011 W. Grand Blvd. , Detroit
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Albert Kahn packed these 1920s Art Deco giants with forty kinds of marble and hand-painted gold leaf to show off the raw wealth of Detroit''s early auto barons.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
Other, Chicago, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Art, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
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Penn Central Station (added 1975 - #75000969)
Also known as Michigan Central Railroad Station
2405 W. Vernor St. , Detroit
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Detroit''s towering 1913 Beaux-Arts depot recently reopened after a massive restoration, letting visitors wander the same cavernous limestone concourse where millions of steam-era travelers once caught their trains.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Warren & Wetmore
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
More Information:
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Fox Theater Building (added 1985 - #85000280)
2111 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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Detroit''s 1928 temple of cinema on Woodward Avenue still packs in crowds beneath a towering, red-and-gold lobby styled after Cambodian temples.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Crane,C. Howard
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Theater
More Information:
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Guardian Building (added 1989 - #89001165)
Also known as Union Trust Building
500 Griswold St. , Detroit
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Detroit''s 1929 "Cathedral of Finance" still stops people in their tracks with its towering lobby decked out in custom orange bricks, Rookwood clay, and interlocking Native American geometric patterns.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Hinchman & Grylls, Rowland,Wirt
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
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Detroit Masonic Temple (added 1980 - #80001920)
500 Temple Ave. , Detroit
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This towering 1926 Neo-Gothic fortress features over a thousand rooms, secret passages, and a historic 4,000-seat theater that still hosts live concerts today.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mason,George D.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Engineering, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse
More Information:
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Fisher Building (added 1989 - #07000847)
Also known as See also: 80001922, Fisher and New Center Buildings
3011 West Grand Boulevard , Detroit
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Albert Kahn decked out this 1928 New Center tower with forty different kinds of international marble and a three-story lobby covered in hand-painted gold leaf.
Owner:
Private
More Information:
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Belle Isle (added 1974 - #74000999)
Also known as Wah-na-be-zee(Swan Island),Isle Au Cochon(Hog Island)
Detroit River , Detroit
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Step inside Albert Kahn''s 1904 aquarium?the nation''s oldest?and wander the Detroit River island grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted back in 1883.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple, Olmstead,Frederick Law
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Science, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Chippewa
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Sport Facility
More Information:
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Pewabic Pottery (added 1971 - #71000430)
10125 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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Artisans at this 1903 Detroit workshop still fire clay in original kilns, using the same secret iridescent glaze formulas that decorated the city''s early skyscrapers.
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Stratton,Mary Chase Perry
Significant Year:
1908
Area of Significance:
Industry, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Professional
Current Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
College, Manufacturing Facility, Museum, School
More Information:
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General Motors Building (added 1978 - #78001520)
3044 W. Grand Blvd. , Detroit
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Albert Kahns fifteen-story limestone titan in New Center once ruled as the world''s second-largest office building, showcasing the sheer scale of Detroit''s 1920s boom.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional
More Information:
archives document
Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex (added 1976 - #76001040)
Also known as Ste. Anne de Detroit
Howard and Ste. Anne Sts. , Detroit
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Detroit''s oldest parish, founded in 1701, houses brilliant 19th-century stained glass and the tomb of Father Gabriel Richard, the pioneer priest who brought the city its first printing press.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Coquard,Leon
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
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
Indian Village Historic District (added 1972 - #72000667)
Bounded by Mack, Burns, Jefferson, and Seminole Aves. , Detroit
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Detroit''s Burns and Seminole streets still show off over three hundred massive Tudor and Georgian mansions built by early auto barons, with century-old brick roads leading right past the grand former estate of Cadillac''s founder.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
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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Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park (added 1996 - #96000809)
Roughly bounded by Lafayette Ave., Rivard, Antietam, and Orleans Sts. , Detroit
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This 1950s Detroit co-op neighborhood pairs minimalist steel-and-glass townhomes with a 36-acre forest, showing exactly how mid-century planners tried to banish cars from daily life.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hilberseimer, Ludwig, et al., Mies van der Rohe,
Architectural Style:
International Style
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sweetest Heart Of Mary Roman Catholic Church (added 1978 - #78001523)
4440 Russell St. , Detroit
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Working-class Polish immigrants built this massive 1893 Gothic Revival masterpiece in Detroit, raising towering 202-foot steeples and installing vibrant Munich stained glass funded by pennies saved from their factory wages.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Spier and Rohns
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
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:
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Grand Circus Park Historic District (added 1983 - #83000894)
Also known as See Also:Central Methodist Church
Roughly bounded by Clifford, John R. and Adams Sts. , Detroit
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Augustus Woodward laid out this semi-circular downtown hub after Detroit''s devastating 1805 fire, where vintage stone fountains now sit framed by towering 1915 skyscrapers and restored jazz-age theaters.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Professional, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Professional, Theater
More Information:
archives document
Palms, Francis, Building & State Theater (added 1982 - #82000551)
Also known as Palms Building & Theater
2111 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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This 1925 Woodward Avenue high-rise by architect C. Howard Crane still packs crowds under its original vaulted Italian Renaissance lobby, though today people buy tickets for rock concerts instead of silent films.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Crane,C. Howard
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Professional, Theater
More Information:
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Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Parish Complex (Boundary Increase) (added 1992 - #91002013)
Also known as Sankt Joseph Kirche;See Also:Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Chu
1828 Jay St. , Detroit
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This 1873 German Gothic landmark on Detroits east side boasts a massive, self-supporting 200-foot stone spire and original Munich stained glass that survived decades of city upheaval.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Donaldson & Meier, Himpler,Francis
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Prairie School, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Art, Education, European, Religion, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Second Baptist Church Of Detroit (added 1975 - #75000970)
Also known as Second Baptist Church Society & Colored American Baptist Chu
441 Monroe St. , Detroit
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Established in 1836, this Greektown landmark hid thousands of freedom seekers in its basement right before they crossed the Detroit River to Canada on the Underground Railroad.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Education, Social History, Religion
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
Wayne County Courthouse (added 1975 - #75000972)
Also known as Wayne County Building
600 Randolph St. , Detroit
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Gaze up at the towering bronze chariots atop this 1902 Beaux-Arts giant on Randolph Street, where Detroits Gilded Age political dramas played out beneath tons of hand-carved Michigan granite.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scott,John
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
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Cultural Center Historic District (added 1983 - #83003791)
5200, 5201 Woodward Ave., and 100 Farnsworth Ave. , Detroit
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This Detroit stretch lets history lovers wander from Cass Gilberts massive 1921 white-marble library straight to Diego Riveras towering 1930s industrial frescoes next door.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gibert,Cass, Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Beaux Arts, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Museum
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Library, Museum
More Information:
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Detroit Club (added 2005 - #04001577)
712 Cass Ave. , Detroit
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This 1891 Romanesque Revival brick landmark lets history buffs sleep and dine where Henry Ford and Harry Truman once brokered quiet deals over cigars.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Eyre, Wilson Jr., Scott, John & Co.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse
More Information:
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Mariners' Church (added 1971 - #71000428)
170 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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This 1848 stone sanctuary near the Detroit River famously tolled its bells 29 times for the sunken Edmund Fitzgerald and still holds services for Great Lakes sailors today.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Moffat,Hugh, Otis,Calvin N.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure
More Information:
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Whitney, David, House (added 1972 - #72000671)
4421 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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This 1894 Romanesque estate on Woodward Avenue, built from pink South Dakota jasper for a wealthy lumber baron, still features its original Tiffany glass windows alongside a legendary third-floor cocktail bar.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lloyd,Gordon W.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional
More Information:
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Detroit Financial District (added 2009 - #09001067)
Bounded by Woodward & Jefferson and Lafayette & Washington Blvd. , Detroit
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Towering 1920s skyscrapers like the orange-brick Guardian Building still show off the massive auto-boom wealth that built Griswold Street''s grand bank vaults and limestone facades.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burnham, D.H. & Co., et al.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Art, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local, Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Energy Facility, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Manufacturing Facility, Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Professional
More Information:
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Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District (added 1999 - #99000051)
1202-1449 and 1400-1456 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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Thirty-four towering commercial blocks from the late 1800s still line this stretch of Detroit''s main artery, where ornate Italianate brickwork and glazed terracotta facades from the city''s Gilded Age retail boom now frame busy cocktail bars and local boutiques.
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
More Information:
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Palms, Francis, Building and State Theater (added 1984 - #84000112)
Also known as Palm Building and Theater
2111 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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Audiences still pack this 1925 Woodward Avenue high-rise to catch live bands under the massive, original Renaissance Revival plaster dome designed by movie palace architect C. Howard Crane.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Crane,C. Howard
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
McGregor Memorial Conference Center (added 2010 - #10001023)
495 Ferry Mall (campus of Wayne State University), Detroit
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Minoru Yamasaki framed this 1958 Detroit landmark with sharp, folded-concrete columns and a sunken reflecting pool, letting visitors pace the very space that inspired his design for the World Trade Center.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Yamasaki, Minoru, Yamasaki, Leinweber &, Associates
Architectural Style:
International Style
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
More Information:
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Hart, Philip A., Plaza (added 2024 - #100003554)
Also known as Civic Center Plaza
1 Hart Plaza, Detroit
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Isamu Noguchi designed this modernist concrete riverfront plaza directly over the 1701 site of Detroit''s founding, where a towering bronze monument marks a major final stop on the Underground Railroad.
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture
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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A young Henry Ford spent his apprentice days filing metal inside this 1890s Detroit riverfront machine shop, which today mixes its rugged brick-and-iron industrial skeleton with hands-on nature exhibits.
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
More Information:
archives document
Christ Church, Detroit (added 1971 - #71000423)
Also known as Old Christ Church, Detroit
960 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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Original Tiffany stained-glass windows still light up the hand-carved butternut wood inside this 1861 Gothic Revival landmark on East Jefferson Avenue, the oldest Protestant church in Michigan still operating on its original plot.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lloyd,Gordon W.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
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:
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Parke-Davis and Company Pharmaceutical Company Plant (added 1985 - #85002445)
Also known as River Place Complex;See Also:Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
Bounded by Joseph Campau Ave., Wight St., and McDougal Ave. , Detroit
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Today, these converted brick riverfront warehouses host offices and lofts, but they still hold the raw bones of the 19th-century labs that first standardized modern prescription drugs.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Science, Invention, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Research Facility
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Eastside Historic Cemetery District (added 1982 - #82000550)
Also known as East Side Historic Cemetary District
Bounded by Elmwood and Mt. Elliot Aves., Lafayette and Waterloo Sts. , Detroit
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Detroit''s oldest active burial grounds hold the graves of Underground Railroad conductors, Civil War generals, and early mayors right along the creek where Chief Pontiac fought the British in 1763.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art, Landscape Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
archives document
Palmer Woods Historic District (added 1983 - #83000896)
Roughly bounded by Seven Mile Rd., Woodward Ave., and Strathcona Dr. , Detroit
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Massive 1920s Tudor Revival estates and Frank Lloyd Wright''s only residential design in Detroit line these quiet, winding streets.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 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
Players, The (added 1987 - #87000920)
3321 E. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1925 Florentine-style Detroit playhouse still hosts amateur theatricals beneath soaring timber roofs and rare, vibrant murals painted on Celotex fiberboard by artist Paul Honor.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Hinchman & Grylls, Kapp,William E.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Theater
More Information:
archives document
St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church (added 1978 - #78001522)
4231 St. Aubin St. , Detroit
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Detroits oldest Polish parish, an 1885 Gothic Revival brick giant on St. Aubin Street, still opens its doors so history buffs can marvel at its massive hand-carved wooden altars.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Freer, Charles Lang, House (added 1971 - #71000426)
Also known as Wayne State University, Merrill Palmer Institute of Human Development & Family Life
71 E. Ferry Ave. , Detroit
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This 1892 shingle-style mansion on East Ferry Avenue once housed James McNeill Whistler''s famous Peacock Room before the owner shipped his massive art collection to the Smithsonian.
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scott, Kamper & Scott; Donaldson, J., Eyre,Wilson Jr.
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Freer,Charles Lang
Significant Year:
1887
Area of Significance:
Art, Education, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Dunbar Hospital (added 1979 - #79001172)
Also known as Detroit Medical Society Headquarters
580 Frederick St. , Detroit
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In 1918, a group of Black doctors turned this Romanesque Revival home on Frederick Street into Detroit''s first medical oasis for Black citizens shut out of segregated city clinics.
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
More Information:
archives document
Maccabees Building (added 1983 - #83003436)
Also known as Detroit Public School Center Building
5057 Woodward Ave. , Detroit
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This 1927 Art Deco tower on Woodward Avenue birthed The Lone Ranger radio broadcasts from its upper floors before Wayne State University took over Albert Kahns limestone masterpiece.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn,Albert
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Current Function:
Education, Government
More Information:
archives document
Wayne State University Buildings (added 1978 - #78001524)
Also known as See Also:Mackenzie,David,House
4735--4841 Cass Ave. , Detroit
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Stroll past the towering Romanesque Revival arches of the 1896 Old Main building, which housed Detroit high schoolers long before the surrounding campus even existed.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Field,Hinchman & Smith, Malcomson & Higginbotham
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
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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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This triangular Detroit block preserves the exact spot of Michigan''s original 1828 statehouse, where the remains of the state''s first governor still rest beneath a bronze monument.
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
More Information:
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Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (added 1984 - #84001862)
Woodward Ave. at Campus Martius , Detroit
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Four Munich-cast bronze Union servicemen still watch over Detroit''s busy Campus Martius from their towering 1872 granite pedestal.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chapotan,Alexander, Rogers,Randolph
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Art
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
State Savings Bank (added 1982 - #82002910)
151 W. Fort St. , Detroit
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McKim, Mead & White designed this 1900 neoclassical giant on Fort Street, which still features its original two-story bronze vault inside a newly restored event venue.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., McKim,Mead & White
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution
More Information:
archives document
REMOVED
Tiger Stadium (added 1989 - #88003236)
Also known as Navin Field;Briggs Stadium
2121 Trumbull Ave. , Detroit
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Visitors still walk the preserved field at Michigan and Trumbull where baseball legends like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth ran the bases for nearly a century.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Osborn Engineering Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Sport Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Sport Facility
More Information:
archives document
Fort Wayne (added 1971 - #71000425)
6053 W. Jefferson Ave. , Detroit
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History enthusiasts wander through weathered 1840s limestone barracks and stand beside a thousand-year-old Native American burial mound at this massive brick star fort on the Detroit River.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Meigs,Montgomery C.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Military
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum

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