Detroit's wealth of architectural talent!

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A Louis Redstone design.



1580 Lincolnshire built in 1939 Palmer Woods Historic District Detroit, MI.

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A Charles Horner design.



26530 Dundee built in 1930 Hill Historic District Huntington Woods, MI.

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A Nrman S. Atcheson design including an image from a 1916 issue of the Western Architect. Took me awhile to find this home the city directories did not have him listed at this address.



1526 Chicago Boulevard built in 1916 Boston-Edison Historic District Detroit, MI.

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A design by Eliel and Eero Saarinen with additional help from Robert F. Swanson. Also includes a short history from an article in The Moorings a publication of the Grosse Pointe Historical Society.



203 Cloverly built 1939 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.

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A design by the Boston firm of Chapman & Frazier.



4811 Second built in 1894 Warren-Prentis Historic District Detroit, MI.

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A design by Alpheus W. Chittenden including to images from a 1917 issue of The American Architect.



35 McKinley Place built in 1909 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.

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A design by Talmadge C. Hughes.



128 Meadow Lane built in 1931 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.

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A design from the Royal Oak based firm of Worden & Price.



26515 Dundee built in 1939 Hill Historic District Huntington Woods, MI.

[AUSSIE]

A few things i have noticed with American property/houses are:

The houses are very close to each other
No fence between the houses
No front fence/gate

Musty all be a honest bunch in USA?

Cheers

[pkbroch]

Dear Aussie;

Some areas of Detroit the houses are close together and others are far apart.

The area of Melbourne, Box Hill, has some great Edwardian
homes very close.

http://www.realestate.com.au/propert...hill-112629427

Many American homes have iron, wood, and steel fences with gates. Many are more of an architectural statement than pure security. Glad you have joined our forum.

Have friends at Holden.

Cheers

[Patrick]

There is a huge wooded lot in GP between S. Deeplands Road and Fordcroft St. close to Lakeshore...what's the story of that parcel? It is between Shelden and Ballantyne as well...

[AUSSIE]

Dear Aussie;

Some areas of Detroit the houses are close together and others are far apart.

The area of Melbourne, Box Hill, has some great Edwardian
homes very close.

http://www.realestate.com.au/propert...hill-112629427

Many American homes have iron, wood, and steel fences with gates. Many are more of an architectural statement than pure security. Glad you have joined our forum.

Have friends at Holden.

Cheers

Most even older houses have a fence between them and gate/fence out front, hence the saying 1/4 acre block

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_acre

The early settlers and older inner suburbs have English type houses right next to each other, no lawns or driveway.

Nice to be on his great forum, learned a lot about *my* 8200 Mack!

Yes i know Holden, u know them as GM!

Cheers

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There is a huge wooded lot in GP between S. Deeplands Road and Fordcroft St. close to Lakeshore...what's the story of that parcel? It is between Shelden and Ballantyne as well...

Working on that, I have to go through the G.P. Shores building permits I have not been able to find any info pertaining to the mansion on the property but its a terrific house. I will let you know once all the info has been gathered.

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When driving around the city you have to be observant you never know when you will run across one the many versions of this Leonard Willeke design. I was looking for another home on LaSalle Boulevard when I found this one.



8611 LaSalle Boulevard built in 1922 Detroit, MI.

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A design by Lucien Bouttelgier, one of a handful designed and built by Bouttelgier in the Cabbage Patch.



1364 Beaconsfield built in 1924 Cabbage Patch Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

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A John Pottle design.



306 Grosse Pointe Boulevard built 1951 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.

[Neilr]

When driving around the city you have to be observant you never know when you will run across one the many versions of this Leonard Willeke design. I was looking for another home on LaSalle Boulevard when I found this one.



8611 LaSalle Boulevard built in 1922 Detroit, MI.

Here are three of them from the Boston-Edison neighborhood.

[Neilr]

A design by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls.



Fyfe Building 10 West Adams built in 1919 Detroit, MI.

My favorite feature of the Fyfe Shoe Store Building is the little cobbler gargoyles that adore the course between the 4th and 5th floors.

[[Photo from American City, 2005)

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Here are three of them from the Boston-Edison neighborhood.

Neilr do you have the address' pf the second and third images? I have the address of the top image at 2425 Longfellow.

[Neilr]

Sorry, I don't have the exact addresses [[I can't make them out on Google Maps). The 2nd house is almost across the street from 2425 Longfellow, so perhaps 2434 Longfellow. The 3rd house is on the north side of Edison, not far from Linwood.

Btw, 2425 Longfellow is, IMO, a significant cut above his others of similar design. The tile insets above the living room windows and the small tiles outlining the projection for the front door are iridescent Pewabic tiles.

This house also has a large rear sunroom with large casement windows and a beautiful Pewabic floor and radiator covers.

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Working on that, I have to go through the G.P. Shores building permits I have not been able to find any info pertaining to the mansion on the property but its a terrific house. I will let you know once all the info has been gathered.

Do you ever sleep?

[Patrick]

Since I am no longer in the Detroit area [[600 miles away) I still manage to "drive" through the area using Google Street and an interesting residential street is Harbor Island Street, near Alfred Brush Ford Park. It looks like one of the best kept streets in the City of Detroit. Right around the block on Scripps Street, at the end of Chalmers, is an interesting home. Wonder what the story is on that. I was told that it was a Donaldson and Meier design, but I am not certain.

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Do you ever sleep?

Once and awhile I get a wink or two.

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Sorry, I don't have the exact addresses [[I can't make them out on Google Maps). The 2nd house is almost across the street from 2425 Longfellow, so perhaps 2434 Longfellow. The 3rd house is on the north side of Edison, not far from Linwood.

Btw, 2425 Longfellow is, IMO, a significant cut above his others of similar design. The tile insets above the living room windows and the small tiles outlining the projection for the front door are iridescent Pewabic tiles.

This house also has a large rear sunroom with large casement windows and a beautiful Pewabic floor and radiator covers.

Neilr you will like the brick work on this example on Bishop in Grosse Pointe Park.

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Also this example on Calvert. The windows are quite grand compared to other examples.