NR – This indicates that the site is also listed on
the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places
MI - This indicates that the site is also listed on the State of Michigan’s
Office of Historic Prservation’s Registry of Historic Sites
Note: The date when the historic
district designation became effective is shown. This list was prepared in
November, 2006 and includes historic districts designated by the city’s
Historic Designation Board through March, 2003.
Atkinson Avenue Historic District, March 26, 1984 — Atkinson Avenue between Linwood and the John Lodge Freeway
Arden Park-East
Boston Historic District, May 28, 1981 NR MI — Arden
Park and East Boston Boulevard between Oakland and
Woodward
Art Center Music
School Historic District, March 12, 1993 — 3971
and 3975 Cass Avenue
Barry Subdivision Historic District, June 13, 1978 — Dwight and Fiske, Lodge and Parkview from East Jefferson to Dwight
Bagley Memorial Fountain, 1974 NR MI — Campus Martius
Frank H. Beard School Historic District, March 16, 1984 — 840 Watermen
Bethel-New Harmony Church Historic District, October 4, 1996 — 2445 Mt. Elliott
B'nai Moshe – St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Zion Historic District, October 19, 1998 — 11359 to 11411 Dexter Avenue
Boston-Edison Historic District, 1974 NR MI — West Boston, Chicago, Edison and Longfellow from Woodward to Linwood
Breitmeyer-Tobin Building, February 16, 1979 NR MI — 1308 Broadway
Brightmoor Neighborhood Home of B.E. Taylor, Listed in 2008 — 15378 Lamphere at Keeler in Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood
R. Thornton Brodhead Armory Historic District, October
8, 2001 NR MI — 7600 East Jefferson
Note: The National Register of Historic Places identifies
this building as the Detroit Naval Armory.
Brush Park Historic
District, JCC 3461 66, February 8, 1980 NR MI — Bounded,
approximately, by Beaubien, the Fisher Freeway, Mack and Woodward
Note: In the National and State of Michigan historic
registers, this district is called Woodward East
Lee Burt House Historic District, October 25, 1985 — 420 Concord
Capitol Park Historic District, At the intersection of Griswold, State and Shelby in downtown Detroit
Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, April 14, 1987 NR MI — 3901 Cass Avenue
Cass Park Historic District, Cass Park and all buildings that face Cass Park in downtown Detroit which is bounded by Second, Ledyard, Temple and Third Streets
Chalfonte Apartments Historic District, March 5, 1985 — 8643 East Jefferson and 915 Fischer
Alexander Chapoton House Historic District, October 24, 1986 NR MI — 511 Beaubien
Church of Our Savior, March 9, 1979 — 9950 Harper at Cadillac and Gratiot
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, April 27, 19888 — 715 Woodward between Blaine and Gladstone in Detroit’s Upper Piety Row
Corktown Historic District,
JCC 2342 2347, December 24, 1984 NR MI — Bounded,
roughly, by Bagley, the John Lodge Freeway, Michigan, Rosa Parks Boulevard,
Porter and Trumbull
Croul-Palms House
Historic District, March 26, 1984 NR MI — 1394
East Jefferson
Detroit Cornice and Slate Building, 1971 NR MI — 733 Saint Antoine
Detroit Dry Dock Company
Dry Dock and Engine Works Complex District, #83004859, 1983 — 1801
Atwater Street at Orleans
East Ferry Historic
District, July 17, 1981 NR MI — East
Ferry between Beaubien and Woodward
East Grand Boulevard Historic District, — Both sides of East Grand Boulevard from Mack Avenue to East Jefferson
East Kirby Avenue Historic District, July 17, 1992 — 425 to 457 East Kirby
Elliott Building, December 17, 2001— 1403
Woodward at the intersection with Grand River in downtown Detroit
Engine House No.
11, June 13, 1978 NR MI — 2737
Gratiot
D.M. Ferry & Company Superintendent's House Historic District, June 22, 1987 — 612 East Ferry
Moses W. Field House Historic District, May 7, 1999 — 2541 Field
Finney Hotel, January 23, 1980 — At the intersection of State and Griswold in Capitol Park
First Unitarian-Universalist Church, December 15, 1980 — 4605 Cass Avenue
Garfield Building
Historic District, December 8, 2000 NR MI — 4612
Note: The State of Michigan and federal registries
of historic places identify this location as the Edwin S. George Building.
Globe Tobacco Building Historic District, June 10, 1985 NR MI — 407 East Fort Street
Grand Army of the Republic Building Historic District, October 8, 2001 MI — 1942 Grand River Avenue
Grand Circus
Park Historic District, August 26, 2002 NR MI — All
properties on Adams, Park Avenue and Witherell adjacent to Grand Circus
Park
Greater Shiloh Baptist
Church Local Historic District, December 14, 1990 — 557
Benton
Hubbard Farms Historic
District, January 29, 1993 — Bounded, approximately,
by Clark Street, West Grand, West Lafayette, and West Vernor Highway
Indian Village
Historic District, 1971 NR MI — Bounded
by Burns, Iroquois, East Jefferson and Seminole
East Kirby Avenue
Historic District, July 17, 1992 — 425,433,443
and 457 East Kirby
Lafayette Park/Mies
Van der Rohe Historic District, February 17, 2003 NR MI — Bounded,
approximately, by Antietam, East Lafayette, Orleans and Rivard
Note: The State of Michigan and federal registers
of historic places identify this as the Mies van der Rohe Neighborhoods
Historic District.
Nellie Leland School Historic District, March 3, 2003 — 1395 Antietam
Little Rock Church Historic District, February 26, 1993 — 9000 Woodward Avenue
Lower Woodward
Avenue Historic District, December 17, 2001 NR MI — Thirty-four buildings facing Woodward south of Grand Circus Park but north of
Campus Martius
David MacKenzie Home,
June 13, 1978 NR MI — 4735 Cass
Note: The McKenzie home is included within the Wayne State
University Historic District that is included in both the State of Michigan
and federal registries.
Madison Harmonie
Historic District, JCC 787 91, May 17, 1988 NR MI — Four
structures on Madison, three on East Grand River, two on Center and six
on Randolph near Harmonie Park
Note: This area is identified as Detroit’s Germantown
Historic District on the State of Michigan register of historic sites
and as Harmonie Park on the National Register.
Maheras Park Historic District, December 5, 1997 — On the Detroit River at the foot of Connor
McGregor Carriage House Historic District, December 16, 1983 — 1995 East Woodbridge
James McMillan School
Historic District, July 2, 2000 — 615 West End
Michigan Soldiers
and Sailors Monument, 1974 NR MI — Campus
Martius
Most Holy
Trinity Historic District, JCC 2432 36, January 13, 1984 — 1050
Porter
Motor City Missionary Baptist Church Historic District, January 17, 2001 — 4461 28th Street
New Amsterdam Historic District, December
17, 2001 NR MI — 435, 450 and 6200 Amsterdam,
440 to 447 Burroughs, 5911 to 5919, 6001 and 6050 to 6160 Cass, 6100 to 6200
Second and 425 York
New Center Area Historic District, JCC 2600
07, November 22, 1982 — Virginia Park from Woodward to
the Lodge Service Drive, the first two blocks of Seward and Delaware west
of Woodward, Pallister and Bethune between Bethune Court and Third and the
north side of Lothrop between Second and Third.
Philetus W. Norris House Historic
District, August 14, 1995 NR — 17815
Mt. Elliott
Oakman Boulevard
Historic District, October 6, 1989 — Oakman from
Davison to Linwood excluding Linwood commercial properties and Oakman Court
from Linwood to Oakman
Orchestra Hall, 1970 NR
MI — 3711 Woodward
Palmer Woods
Historic District, #83000896, August 11, 1983 — Bounded
by Seven Mile, Strathcona and Woodward
Palms Apartment
Building, March 14, 1980 NR MI — 1001
East Jefferson
Thomas A. Parker House Local Historic District, February 18, 1983 NR MI — 975 East Jefferson
Peterboro-Charlotte Historic District, August 10, 1984 — Includes the south side of Peterboro and the north side of Charlotte Street between Park Avenue and Woodward and the east side of Park Avenue between Peterboro and Charlotte
Peterboro-Charlotte Historic District Addition, August 14, 2001 — 3135-43, 3153-61 and 3169 Woodward
Piquette Historic District —This historic district is bounded on the south by Woodward, on the west by the tracks of the Grand Trunk Railroad, on the north by Hastings Street and on the east by Harper
Russell Woods-Sullivan Area Historic
District, November 12, 1999 — Bounded, approximately, by Waverly
on the north, Dexter Boulevard on the east, Cortland Avenue on the south
and Livernois on the east
St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church Local Historic District, January 26, 1979 NR MI — 4231 St. Aubin
St.
Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Local Historic District, JCC
781 86, June 20, 1986 NR MI — 1491
and 1515 Baldwin and 1480 Townsend
St.
Cyprian Church Historic District, October 17, 1993 — 6114
28th Street at Milford Avenue
St. Florian Historic
District, #84001865, September 13, 1984 — Bounded by Joseph
Campau, Dequindre, Holbrook, Lumpkin, Norwalk andYemans in Hamtramck
St. John's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church Historic District, April 27, 1988 — 8715 Woodward and nine row houses near the intersection of Woodward and Gladstone
St. John's-St.
Luke's Evangelical Church Local Historic District, June 25, 1982 NR
— 2120 Russell
St. Josaphat's Roman
Catholic Church Local Historic District, December 16, 1983 NR
MI — 715 East Canfield
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church, 1972 NR MI — 1828 Jay
Street
St. Stanislaus Historic District, December 14, 1990 NR MI — This
includes St. Stanislaus Church and four other buildings related to the
Church near the corner of Medbury and DuBois
St. Anne Parish Complex Historic District, December 16, 1997 NR MI — 1000 Ste. Anne Street
Scarab Club Local Historic District, JCC 1872 74, August 3, 1979 MI — 217 Farnsworth
Sherwood Forest Historic District, May 13, 2002 — Bounded, roughly, by Pembroke Road on the north; the western boundary of the Palmer Wood subdivision and Evergreen Cemetery on the east; Seven Mile Road on the south and the alley between Livernois Avenue and Warrington Drive on the west
State Savings Bank Building, State Savings Bank Building, August 5, 1983 NR MI — 151 West Fort Street
Sugar Hill Historic District, — Both sides of East Canfield, East Forest and Garfield between Woodward and John R
Campbell Symington House, JCC 3012 14, December 28, 1978 — 3977 Second Avenue
Trinity Episcopal Church, December 21, 1979 NR MI — 1519 Martin Luther King
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, November 26, 1979 NR MI — 1335 to 1345 Gratiot
Charles Trowbridge House, March 8, 1982 NR MI — 1380 East Jefferson
Trumbell Avenue Presbyterian Church, JCC2482 85, November 5, 1982 — 1435 Brainard
Turkel Benbow House, JCC 2135 38, October 5, 1979 — 2760 West Seven Mile Road
Mies van der Rohe Residential District, 1996 NR — Lafayette Avenue, Rivard, Antietam and Orleans Streets in downtown Detroit
Virgina Park
Historic District, November 22, 1982 NR MI — Both
sides of Virginia Park from Woodward to the
John Lodge Service Drive in Detroit
Warren-Prentis
Historic District, January 17, 2001 NR MI — Bounded,
roughly, by Prentis, Third Avenue, Warren and Woodward
Water Board
Building Historic District, August 23, 2002 — 735
Randolph
West Canfield
Historic District, 1970, JCC 1672 73 NR MI — West
Canfield between Second and Third
West Corktown Addition
to the Corktown Historic District, September
25, 1998 — Bounded, roughly, by the Fisher Freeway
and Michigan on the north, 14th Street and Wabash on the west, Bagley on
the south and Rosa Parks Boulevard and Vermont on the east
West Village
Historic District, February 25, 1983 NR MI — Bounded,
approximately, by East Jefferson, Kercheval, Parker and Seyburn
David Whitney Historic
Building Historic District, June 7, 2000 — 1553
Woodward at Grand Circus Park
Willis-Selden Historic District, Alley north of West Willis, Woodward and alley south of
Selden
Women's Exchange
Building, JCC 339, February 18, 1983 — 47 East
Adams
Woodbridge Farms
Historic District, December 13, 1991 NR MI — This
includes the east side of Trumbull and both sides of Lincoln from Canfield
Note: In the State of Michigan and federal registry
of historic places, this area is identified as the Woodbridge Neighborhood
Historic District.
Zion Lutheran Church
Historic District, February 6, 1995 MI — 4305
Military at Buchanan