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

[drpoundsign]

always obsessed with where the old stuff is. Ellery and all those streets on the lower East side have abandonment to be sure. But some of the homes are from the 1870s! which is a rarity in the D. May be founded in 1701 but it seems Very little antebellum [[pre civil war) or even 19th century stuff left outside Brush Park and Woodbridge, and maybe some stuff around Michigan/Central

What is YOUR take on this?? anyone here Lived in Kettering or Islandview??

[Eric_c]

I've lived in Islandview Village on Field between Vernor and Charlevoix Aves since 2004. What would you like to know?

[drpoundsign]

simply when were most of the homes built? I assume in a given area most housing goes up at the same time, but that could be wrong

[DetroitHabitater]

I'm in corktown and i've found records of my house dating to 1858.....I always like to imagine the owner of my house on the porch hearing the paperboy crying out that fort Sumter has been fired upon.

[Eric_c]

Most of the oldest houses were demolished when Lafayette Park, etc. was constructed. The area East of Mt. Elliott in the Villages has homes that mostly date from right around 1890 to 1920, but there are of course some that are older. I know of a few houses from the 1880s.

Here's the oldest home in the Villages, built in 1859: http://m.facebook.com/pages/Moses-W-...433782311&_rdr

[corktownyuppie]

I'm in corktown and i've found records of my house dating to 1858.....I always like to imagine the owner of my house on the porch hearing the paperboy crying out that fort Sumter has been fired upon.

that's awesome

[DetroitVideoDaily]

Most of the oldest houses were demolished when Lafayette Park, etc. was constructed. The area East of Mt. Elliott in the Villages has homes that mostly date from right around 1890 to 1920, but there are of course some that are older. I know of a few houses from the 1880s.

Here's the oldest home in the Villages, built in 1859: http://m.facebook.com/pages/Moses-W-...433782311&_rdr

Thanks for sharing the link. The "flickriver" link on the FB page has some great photos.

Field Street south of Kercheval has had a few older houses burned in the past year, and then demolished. Unfortunate.
-DVD

[drpoundsign]

BeYOND Kewl! But the Fisher Freeway carved North Corktown out of Corktown. Probably pretty old, too but it turned into a slum and parts were destroyed in the 67 riots. I understand that Grand River [[?maybe Gratiot too?) had horse drawn street cars a generation before the electric ones.

[drpoundsign]

yeah, the Black Bottom and Hastings street area was declared a slum and Lafayette Park and the Chrysler replaced it. The poorest residents went to the Near West Side or were warehoused in the PJs [[which, ironically are now Also abandoned and gone. The Chinatown on Michigan Avenue-by all accounts NOT Slummy at all was torn down in the name of progress

[swiburn]

A Website you may find helpful is Reynolds Farley's Detroit l701. I don't have the exact address but it lists old homes and there is one on Field Street that belonged to the Field family and many others around W. Canfield. Definitely worth your look. I think the oldest surviving house is next to Christ Episcopal Church on E. Jefferson.

[JVB]

Is this the site: http://detroit1701.org/?

[swiburn]

Yes, that's the site. I'd call it the definitive site on historical Detroit.

[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.

[Honky Tonk]

Ste. Anne de Détroit, founded July 26, 1701,^[2] is the second oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the United States.

[poobert]

Ste. Anne de Détroit, founded July 26, 1701,^[2] is the second oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the United States.

The building isn't nearly that old. The parish is the "congregation" and administration that has occupied several different buildings as St. Anne's Parish.

[p69rrh51]

A farmhouse just off the west side of Gratiot, the design is attributed to William Cooper. Included is a Final Report for Church of Our Savior which mentions the home.




9151 Kresge built in 1875 Leesville Detroit, MI.

[Gistok]

The building isn't nearly that old. The parish is the "congregation" and administration that has occupied several different buildings as St. Anne's Parish.

He did say "parish"... they're on their 8th church now [[1887). But their records date to 1704 [[just after the first Ste. Anne's burned down). But parts of a previous Ste. Anne's Church [[from 1818) can be found in the newest one.

[p69rrh51]

The building isn't nearly that old. The parish is the "congregation" and administration that has occupied several different buildings as St. Anne's Parish.

Interesting reading on the current church building.

[Honky Tonk]

"... they're on their 8th church now [[1887)."

! What are they doing in there?!?!?

[p69rrh51]

Two [[barely) pre 1900 designs by Albert Kahn with George Nettleton in 1899 found outside of Brush Park or Woodbridge.

[p69rrh51]

Nine pre-1900 Rogers & MacFarlane designs outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge.

[p69rrh51]

A pre-1900 design by William Scott outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge.

[p69rrh51]

Three pre-1900 designs by Mason & Rice outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge.

[p69rrh51]

Two pre-1900 designs by Joseph E. Mills & Sons outside of Brush Park and Woodbridge.

[Gistok]

"... they're on their 8th church now [[1887)."

! What are they doing in there?!?!?

Praying for your soul....