Lower East side streets like Beaufait...very old Homes??

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 09:54 PM

Three pre-1870 homes designed by Gordon W. Lloyd outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge. I included two homes located on Grosse Ile due to their outstanding designs.

**Honky Tonk** · December-02-12, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

Three pre-1870 homes designed by Gordon W. Lloyd outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge. I included two homes located on Grosse Ile due to their outstanding designs.

Nice shooting. Architecture must be your hobby?

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 09:58 PM

Seven pre-1900 designs by Almon C. Varney from outside Brush Park and Woodbridge.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:02 PM

Eight pre-1900 designs by John Scott & Company from outside Brush Park and Woodbridge.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:03 PM

Two pre-1900 Donaldson & Meier designs from outside Brush Park and Woodbridge.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:09 PM

Two pre-1900 designs by Alphonso Van Duesen from outside Brush Park and Woodbridge.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Nice shooting. Architecture must be your hobby?

Thx Honky Tonk! Cataloging architect designed homes in Detroit is my passion.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:16 PM

One of my favorite shingle style homes in Detroit designed by Albert Kahn's partner George Nettleton in 1896 for his personal home. Another home from outside Brush Park and Woodbridge.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:18 PM

A pre-1900 home built by John Paterson from outside Brush Park and Woodbridge.

**Honky Tonk** · December-02-12, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

Thx Honky Tonk! Cataloging architect designed homes in Detroit is my passion.

Back in the day, I was involved with Preservation Wayne, and did some photography for them. It killed me when Coleman Young used to send in dozers on Sundays, early a.m., and take down Victorian structures.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Back in the day, I was involved with Preservation Wayne, and did some photography for them. It killed me when Coleman Young used to send in dozers on Sundays, early a.m., and take down Victorian structures.

And Wayne State was not very helpful on top of CAY! Would love to see your images sometime.

**p69rrh51** · December-02-12, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

The oldest extant house in Detroit is the 1828 built Sibley House on E. Jefferson near the Dequindre Cut. Nearby is the 1855 built Moross House, oldest brick house in the city.

The oldest surviving neighborhood is the 1830s Corktown. Not sure if any surviving homes go as far back as the 1830s, but one group of rowhouses dating to the 1840s.

The U. S. Grant home, was built in 1847, and was moved to the State Fair Grounds. It's the only former presidential residence in the city.

Other old buildings in Detroit include the 1840s built Fort Wayne [[the Officers Quarters inside the fort dates to about 1848).

Of the old churches of Detroit, the oldest 3 are downtown.... the 1848 St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, followed by the 1849 built Mariners Church nearby on Jefferson, moved to it's present location from Woodward Ave. in the 1950s, the church tower was a new addition dating to the mid 1950s. The 3rd of the oldest church in Detroit is Fort Street Presbyterian dating to 1855.

Also parts of Trappers Alley [[now Greektown Casino) date to the 1850s.

There are other parts of old Detroit that are antebellum, perhaps others can add to this list...

FYI... the oldest building extant in Michigan is the Officers Stone Quarters at Fort Mackinac [[on Mackinac Island), built 1780.

The oldest home in Detroit is the Trowbridge House built in 1826. Enclosed is the final report on the home.

**Neilr** · December-02-12, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

Three pre-1870 homes designed by Gordon W. Lloyd outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge. I included two homes located on Grosse Ile due to their outstanding designs.

Re: The 1st house pictured: The Thomas Parker House at 975 East Jefferson. It's almost directly across the street from Christ Church which was also designed by Gordon Lloyd in the same Gothic Revival style at about the same time. In the last half of the 1800's, East Jefferson was primarily a street of fine residences.

In the 1940's The Parker House was remodeled into small apartments by Architect Talmage Hughes using Puleaire Pullman Kitchens. In fact, it was used as an advertisement by the Parsons construction Company of Detroit.
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Currently the Parker House is used as offices of a law firm.
Should you find yourself walking by some day, ring the bell and ask to see the dining room. You won't be disappointed!

**Gistok** · December-03-12, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by p69rrh51

The oldest home in Detroit is the Trowbridge House built in 1826. Enclosed is the final report on the home.

Right house, wrong name... I always remember it as the house that is only still 1/2 there...

And I did say 1828... that's the date for the Territorial Court House [[later State Capitol 1837-47). There is NOTHING left from the first 1 1/4 centuries of Detroit's history.

**PCN** · December-03-12, 06:06 AM

The oldest house built in Detroit is in Canada!

http://parkhousemuseum.com/
The Park House is an early example of Pièce sur Pièce log construction and is said to have been built in the 1790s at the mouth of the Rouge River in Detroit. When Detroit was ceded to the United States, the owners decided to dismantle the building and float it down the Detroit River to Amherstburg.

JVB · December-03-12, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by PCN

The oldest house built in Detroit is in Canada!

Don't you mean South Detroit?

**Wheels** · December-03-12, 10:21 AM

If we are going to include moved structures, there are building in Greenfield Village that go back to 1620.

**Gistok** · December-03-12, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Wheels

If we are going to include moved structures, there are building in Greenfield Village that go back to 1620.

Sesquahanna House Plantation from Maryland? Or are you referring to the Cotswold House?

**p69rrh51** · December-03-12, 01:01 PM

There is also the Provencal-Weir house which is believed to date to 1823 and now part of the Grosse Pointe Historical Society.

http://gphistorical.org/proweir.html
http://gphistorical.org/proweir02.html
http://gphistorical.org/proweir04.html
http://gphistorical.org/proweir03.html

**Gistok** · December-03-12, 01:11 PM

Nice pics p69... I'll have to drive by there sometime.

Too bad this house didn't survive [[or even photographed). "Grant's Castle" must surely have been the largest residence in the Northwest Territories at the time. A shame it was demolished. It looked enormous...

http://grossepointe.patch.com/articl...#photo-7443125

**p69rrh51** · December-03-12, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

Nice pics p69... I'll have to drive by there sometime.

Too bad this house didn't survive [[or even photographed). "Grant's Castle" must surely have been the largest residence in the Northwest Territories at the time. A shame it was demolished. It looked enormous...

http://grossepointe.patch.com/articl...#photo-7443125

I have a feeling but I am not sure that this replaced Grant's Castle.

Convent of the Sacred Heart 171 Lakeshore built in 1885 Grosse Pointe farms, MI.