Detroit's wealth of architectural talent!

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The one design in the city proper I have found from J. R. F. Swanson.



2806 Cambridge built in 1936 Sherwood Forest Historic District Detroit, MI.

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Another Hugh T. Keyes design in Grosse Pointe Shores.




60 Renaud built in 1939 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI.

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A design on one of my favorite streets in the area from Clair W. Ditchy.



877 Edgemont Park built in 1923 Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

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A relative unknown Carl L. Habermas design.



47 Beaupre built in 1935 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.

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A design by the first woman to receive a license to practice architecture in the state of Michigan Emily Butterfield.



29920 Ardmore built in 1927 Oaklands Subdivsion Farmington, MI.

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Known more for his design of apartment buildings, a home by Isadore M. Lewis.



26341 Hendrie built in 1952 Hill Historic District Huntington Woods, MI.

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One of several branch buildings design by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls for the Dime Savings Bank.



Dime Savings Branch 9900 Gratiot built in 1928 Detroit, MI.

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A design by Edward W. Dorn.



55 Tonnacour built in 1910 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.

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The contents of the home will be auctioned off in July, if I remember correctly there will be an open house/preview on July 8th. A good time to see this Louis Kamper design in Grosse Pointe.



16761 East Jefferson built in 1917 Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

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Another design on Edgemont Park this time from Alvin Harley.



895 Edgemont Park built in 1925 Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

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One of my favorites in Palmer Woods designed by Louis Redstone.




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

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A Design by Danler O'Dell & Halpin.



8032-8050 Third built in 1915 New Center Historic District Detroit, MI.

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The childhood home of the dean of Detroit architecture historians W. Hawkins Ferry. One of the last designs by William B. Stratton.



638 Notre Dame built in 1938 City of Grosse Pointe MI.

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You're coming out with an amazing amount of info beyond the architects we normally hear about. This looks like years of research? Thanks for putting it out there - great work!

Any background by chance in your stash on Windsor properties? This one stood on Riverside Drive between Pratt Pl and Strabane facing Belle Isle, in an area west of Walkerville called Ford City. I know it as Tom Chick's house, but it is also known as the Walter McGregor house, and was torn down in the 70's to extend the waterfront park. Extending west from this site are a stretch of about 5 large interesting houses still standing on the River's edge.

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Keeping up with the Edgemont Park theme. An architect I never heard of until I came across his name in relation to this home. A design from Lucien Bouttelgier.


860 Edgemont Park built in 1955 Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

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Thx for your support!! I have some info on Windsor including the architects that C. Howard Crane partnered with in Windsor but I have not been able to do much research with time and travel constraints. I need to move forward on Oakland Co. then will take on my neighbors to the south. Thx for the info, Windsor has so many great properties that need to be cataloged. By the way my research for the most part and exempting Indian Village started a year ago last May. Gotta love all the new forms of communication!

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Well done in a year and thanks for sharing the information. Really interesting to see the architects matched with their work.

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Well done in a year and thanks for sharing the information. Really interesting to see the architects matched with their work.

Thx! You are so right about putting together the architect and their catalog of work. What started me was you had either architect or building but never both together and everyone assumed you knew where the building was and address' were almost always left out. I decided to do a lost and found of sorts so eveyone can find our treasures! Now I have this animal that keeps growing.

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A design from a favorite architect of mine Almon C. Varney.



Roberts Brass Works 5435 West Fort Street built in 1920 Detroit, MI.

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A design from a favorite architect of mine Almon C. Varney.

Roberts Brass Works 5435 West Fort Street built in 1920 Detroit, MI.

Great building - dormer reminds me of this on East Boston Blvd. Photo from '83.

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Great building - dormer reminds me of this on East Boston Blvd. Photo from '83.

Terrific home, E. Boston Blvd has become [[along with Arden Park) one of my favorite streets in the city.

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From the designers of the Metropolitan Building Weston & Ellington.



19320 Berkley built in 1928 Sherwood Forest Historic District Detroit, MI.

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A Marcus Burrowes design on Edgemont Park.



854 Edgemont Park built in 1920 Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

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One of many apartment building designs by Charles N. Agree.



Owen Park Apartments 825 Iroquois built in 1940 Indian Village Historic District Detroit, MI.

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One of many apartment building designs by Charles N. Agree.



Owen Park Apartments 825 Iroquois built in 1940 Indian Village Historic District Detroit, MI.

Here's a similar Agree apartment building on the corner of Chicago and Lawton.


Most of the apartment buildings in that neighborhood on Chicago, Rochester and Boston between Linwood and Dexter are no longer standing. As late as the mid-70's this neighborhood was chock-a-block with low and mid-rise apartment buildings that were somewhat older, but similar, to those in the Palmer Park neighborhood. Now, there are mostly vacant lots.