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Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The museum and estate were the home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), Winterthur's founder and a prominent antiques collector and horticulturist.
Covering 88,000 square feet (8,200 m 2) with 110 rooms, [3] [4] the structure is the fourth largest historic mansion museum in the United States, and is classified as one of America's Castles. [5] In 1957, the mansion and the surrounding property and buildings were donated to the state of Michigan in order to fund Michigan State University ...
For the first time in the Detroit Historical Museum's nearly 100-year history, a father and a son are being featured in two separate but adjacent exhibits.
The Supremes, Nicki Minaj, the Jackson 5, Lady Gaga and more are part of the Motown Museum's new interactive exhibit along the Detroit RiverWalk. Motown classics get paired with modern music in ...
The David Whitney House is a historic mansion located at 4421 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. The building was constructed during the 1890s as a private residence. It was restored in 1986 and is now a restaurant. [3] [4] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [5]
Hudson's is popping up for the holidays with an exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum.
The David Whitney Building is a historic class-A skyscraper located at 1 Park Avenue (1550 Woodward Avenue from 1921 to 2014), on the northern edge of Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Grand Circus Park Historic District. The building stands on a wedge-shaped site at the junction of Park Avenue, Woodward Avenue, and Washington Boulevard.
William Livingstone Jr. (1844–1925), publisher of the Detroit Evening Journal, [3] was the second president of the Dime Savings Bank. [4] He hired a young Kahn, who was working for the architectural firm of Mason & Rice, to design his residence at 76 Eliot Street.