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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 ...
Density of National Register of Historic Places listing among Michigan counties. Pickle Barrel House in Burt Township, Alger County. Bay View, Michigan, an entire community designated as a National Historic Landmark. The Elwood Bar in Detroit. The city itself has 234 individual historic listings.
511 Beaubien St. 42°19′54″N 83°02′26″W. / 42.3316°N 83.0406°W / 42.3316; -83.0406 ( Alexander Chapoton House) Downtown. This home is a Queen Anne style row house, one of the last remaining examples in the city. It was built by Alexander Chapoton, a descendant of one of the oldest families in Detroit.
There are 42 National Historic Landmarks (NHL) in the state, located in 18 of its 83 counties. The landmarks also cover sites of military significance, such as Fort Michilimackinac, religious significance, such as the St. Ignace Mission, and cultural significance, such as the Fox Theater and Ernest Hemingway's boyhood summer cottage. [1]
Sites marked with a dagger (†) are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan. Those with a double dagger (‡) are also designated National Historic Landmarks . [ 2 ] As of June 2011, there were more than 2,700 total listings distributed through each of Michigan's 83 counties . [ 3 ]
The city of Detroit is the location of 283 of these properties and districts, including 10 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed separately, while 89 properties and districts, including 4 National Historic Landmarks, are listed here. A single property straddles the city limits and thus appears on more than one list.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places [35] and as a Michigan Historic Site. [31] Holy Cross (Hungarian) 1925 8423 South St., Detroit Neo-Gothic Henry Kohner [36] Most Holy Trinity Church: 1855 1050 Porter St., Detroit Gothic Revival Patrick C. Keely Detroit's second oldest parish, founded in 1834.
Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Midtown Woodward Historic District. Sidney D. Miller Middle School. Milner Arms Apartments. Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings. Moross House. Most Holy Trinity Church, Detroit. Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan. Mulford T. Hunter House.