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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 ...
The rise of manufacturing led to a new class of wealthy industrialists, entrepreneurs, and professionals who built houses along Jefferson and Woodward Avenue, including the Croul-Palms House (1881), the William H. Wells House (1889), the John N. Bagley House (1889), the Col. Frank J. Hecker House (1888) and the Charles Lang Freer House (1887).
The community of Ida was listed as a new census-designated place for the 2020 census. [ 11 ] Ida Center is an unincorporated community located near the center of the township along the intersection of Ida Center Road and Lewis Avenue at 41°51′58″N 83°34′17″W / 41.86611°N 83.57139°W / 41.86611; -83.
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The Virginia Park Historic District is considered to mark the northern boundary of the New Center area of Detroit. In 2022, one of Detroit's last remaining brick streets, built in 1907 in Virginia Park, began a $2 million rehabilitation. Stretching three blocks along Virginia Park Street between Woodward Ave, and the Lodge Freeway.
Woodbridge is an intact neighborhood of architecturally significant buildings and has had an important effect on the history of Detroit. The neighborhood, dating to the Victorian era, has largely escaped the redevelopment efforts that have obliterated many of Detroit's other historic areas.
There were 23,276 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or ...
The city of Detroit annexed the subdivision in 1926, bringing water and sewer to the neighborhood and making the area more attractive. [ 3 ] Compared with other contemporary neighborhoods, such as Palmer Woods and the Grosse Pointes , Rosedale Park has more modest house and lot sizes reflecting the solidly middle- and upper-middle class status ...