Burrowes & Wells

Architecture firm

Harold E. Brooke House, drawn from its recorded size and kind until a photo we may share turns up

Designer of the Harold E. Brooke House, the house that was built in Detroit's Indian Village in 1910. It is one of 3 works by Burrowes & Wells on record across Detroit, built from 1910 to 1917.

works on record in Metro Detroit: 3
of work here, 1910 to 1917: 7 years

Every Burrowes & Wells building here, side by side

All 3 of Burrowes & Wells' works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

Harold E. Brooke House

1910, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

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The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated October 25, 2026

The Harold E. Brooke House heads Burrowes & Wells' work in Metro Detroit, a house in Detroit's Indian Village, finished in 1910.

In Detroit, Burrowes & Wells' work stands in Indian Village and Arden Park. All 3 of Burrowes & Wells' works on record are still standing. The record opens in 1910 with the Harold E. Brooke House, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, and closes in 1917 with the Edmund A. Vier House.

The 1910s were Burrowes & Wells' busiest decade here, with 3 works on record. Homes were a calling card for Burrowes & Wells, 3 of them on record, the Harold E. Brooke House and the James V. D. Wilcox House among them. To see Burrowes & Wells' work in person, start with the Harold E. Brooke House at 1432 Burns St.

Every Burrowes & Wells work on record here

Where their buildings stand

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Sources

The facts on Burrowes & Wells come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.

Source: Historic Detroit