Park Avenue Historic District (Detroit)
Park Avenue Historic District | |
Location | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 42°20′15″N 83°3′13″W / 42.33750°N 83.05361°W |
Architectural style | Early Commercial, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 97000396[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 13, 1997 |
Designated MSHS | April 18, 1996[2] |
The Park Avenue Historic District is a
History
In the 1920s, Detroit's prestigious Grand Circus Park was crowded with buildings.[3] The automotive boom in the city increased the pressure for office space, and development began to spill north from Grand Circus Park up Park Avenue.[3] In 1922, Albert Kahn designed the Park Avenue Building, located at the entrance to Park Avenue (but included in the neighboring Grand Circus Park Historic District). Other architects and artisans contributed hotels, apartment buildings, and office buildings to the structures on Park Avenue.[3]
In 1923, the Park Avenue Association was formed.[2] They planned the street to concentrate high-grade commercial and office space at the south end, and prestigious residential development at the north end.[2] As the district developed, Detroiters consciously perceived it as their city's version of New York City's Fifth Avenue.[2]
Also on Park Avenue was Women's City Club and the Detroit chapter of the Colony Club, both critical in providing women with social and work activities and supporting women's suffrage.[3]
The area was used decreasingly during the
The district was listed on the state register of historic places in 1996, and on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[2]
Historic structures
The Park Avenue Historic District contains thirteen buildings. Two of these (the
Name | Image | Year | Location | Style | Architect | Notes |
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Women's City Club | 1922 | 2110 Park Avenue | William B. Stratton; Waldridge & Aldinger | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | ||
Detroit Building | 1923 | 2210 Park Avenue | Beaux-Arts | Arnold & Shreve | Renovated in 2009. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | |
Park Avenue House
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1924 | 2305 Park Avenue | Louis Kamper | The Town Pump Taven is located on the ground floor of the high rise residential building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). April 2, 1997. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Park Avenue Historic District Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine from the state of Michigan.
- ^ a b c d e f Park Avenue Historic District Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine from the city of Detroit.
- ^ Kelli B. Kavanaugh, Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine "Detroit Life Building to join ranks of Park Ave.'s resurgence," ModelD, January 22, 2008.
- ^ James John Nicita (December 3, 1996), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Park A venue Historic District (PDF)