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The original landholding of the Monboddo Estate was approximately 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi). In 1714 the well-known judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo was born in Monboddo House.
The Cass Park Historic District is a historic district in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, consisting of 25 buildings along the streets of Temple, Ledyard, and 2nd, surrounding Cass Park. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 [ 1 ] and designated a city of Detroit historic district in 2016.
Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 3rd Bt and 15th Laird painted by John Scougal. the coat of arms of James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys, Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett, Baron of Leys and Kilduthie. [17] Alexander Burnard, almost certainly of Farningdoun, is considered "The first of the Deeside Burnards, or Burnetts as they were later called". [9]
The Cass Farm area spans portions of four original plattings. These include the rear portions of three original ribbon farms (the Cass Farm, the Jones/Crane Farm, and the Forsyth Farm), as well as a section of the Park Lots between Woodward and Cass. [2] The Park Lots were originally platted after the disastrous 1805 fire in Detroit.
The Rose Estate, a gorgeous 1927 home, is situated along the ninth hole of the Detroit Golf Club in the city's Palmer Woods neighborhood. Aretha Franklin’s Rose Estate blooms again after $2 ...
The Albert Kahn House is in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Brush Park district. It is currently the headquarters of the Detroit Urban League . The house was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971 [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The subdivision was sold twice before being purchased by Max Broock, a prominent real estate developer, in 1910. [3] At Broock's urging, the name of "East Chicago" was changed to "Arden Park," giving the thoroughfare its present name. [2] A typical house in the Arden Park–East Boston neighborhood.
In 1856, the Ferry Seed Company was founded in Detroit; the company established a large farm at the corner of East Ferry and Woodward to grow the seeds that were sold nationwide. [ 3 ] [ note 1 ] In the mid-1880s, then-owner D. M. Ferry platted the farm into residential lots along East Ferry Avenue. [ 4 ]