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Hugh Tallman Keyes (1888 – 1963) was a noted early to mid-20th-century American architect.. He designed grand estates for "the great and the wealthy of the Detroit area" (such as Ford, Fisher, Bugas, Scherer, Stroh, Knudsen, Pingree and indirectly Taubman, Hermelin, and Caldwell), and "his work appeared in national magazines for decades."
The mansion was built in 1928 at the cost of $300,000 ($5.32 million in 2024).The original owner lost the home during the Great Depression and it sat vacant until Alex Manoogian, founder of the Masco company, purchased the home at an auction in 1939 for a mere $25,000 ($0.55 million in 2024).
1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [6] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [7] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland), on March 4, killed 175.
The Gothic Revival-style house, located at 205 Alfred St. in Detroit’s Historic Brush Park, was originally built in 1876 and underwent a significant restoration in 2015. The property had been ...
Destroyed by fire in 2018 Fred B. Sharon House: 1891 Second Empire: Davenport: Today a private residence J. Monroe Parker–Ficke House: 1881 Second Empire: T. W. McClelland: Davenport: Since 1978 the building has served as a fraternity house for Delta Sigma Chi from the Palmer College of Chiropractic. J.C Hubinger Mansion 1887 Queen Anne: C.H ...
She had to invest $85,000 in renovations for the house she bought for $2,000 to ready it for renters. ... The Wall Street Journal stated Detroit is emerging as “America’s most unlikely real ...
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...