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Colonel Frank Hecker House

The Col. Frank J. Hecker House, an imposing example of French Chateauesque style architecture, was built by one of Detroit's most well-known and wealthy turn-of-the century citizens. Col. Frank J. Hecker was born in Freedom, Michigan in 1846 and at ...

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Cathedral Church of St. Paul

St. Paul's Cathedral stands today as one of the first and finest examples of the Late Gothic Revival, an architectural style popular in the early years of the 20th century. "Gothic Revival" architecture, imported from England in the 1830s, gave ...

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West Canfield Historic District

The upper middle-class Victorian homes that comprise the West Canfield Historic District date back to the 1870s when Detroit's burgeoning population began pushing at the edges of the city's original boundaries. Located some two miles from Detroit's central business district, ...

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Fox Theatre Building

Built in 1928 by internationally known theater architect Howard Crane, the Fox Theatre Building seats over 5,000 people and is Detroit's largest movie palace. The movie palace is surrounded by a U-shaped ten-story, steel-frame office building that is sheathed in ...

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Fort Street Presbyterian Church

The Fort Street Presbyterian Church represents an important step in the evolution of American 19th century "revivalist" architecture. In the 18th century, leading figures like Thomas Jefferson advocated an architecture for America derived from the design ideals of classical Greece ...

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Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

The 87-acre estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford displays the couple's lifelong interest in art and architecture. The only son of automobile pioneer Henry Ford, Edsel began his career at the Ford Motor Company in 1912. He was promoted to ...

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Frederick C Robie House

In its May 1957 issue, House and Home magazine declared that "no house in America during the past hundred years matches the importance of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House." Built in 1909, the Frederick C. Robie House stands as one ...

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Albert F. Madlener House

One of the most prominent residential buildings represented by the second generation of the Chicago School architects is the Albert F. Madlener House. Designed by Hugh Garden, the house faces Burton St. with an off center front door. Three stories ...

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Public School No. 109 (Male and Female Primary School)

Built in 1876, the interior of Public School #109 (Male and Female Primary School) featured an "open plan" with classes separated by multi-paned glass partitions. J. J. Husband developed the "open plan" design in 1868 after a reformist movement sought ...

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Fells Point Historic District

William Fell, a Quaker, settled and built his first storehouse some time before 1763, an area that later became known as Fells Point. This bustling harbor settlement was incorporated into Baltimore Town, in 1773. The Fells Point Ship Yard produced ...

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