A living model of the West Canfield neighborhood’s esteem during the 1880s, the G. H. Whitaker House at 677 W Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201 (constructed in 1888) stands as proof of architect G. H. Whitaker’s quality craftsmanship and mastery of Victorian-era architectural design. Following Whitaker’s initial occupancy, the residence at 677 West Canfield attracted […]

A gorgeous old Detroit residence constructed by John Scott for Mr. David O. Paige, the General Manager and Treasurer of the Detroit Safe Company (a prominent vault and safe company), the David O. Paige residence located at 628 W Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201, on the north side of the West Canfield Historic District is […]

One of the West Canfield Historic District’s most sophisticated and eye-catching mansard-roofed homes, the George Prentiss House at 662 W Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201 (designed by architect Almon C. Varney in 1884) reflects both the architectural ambition of the era and its second Empire styling and the prominence of its first owner: Detroit lumberman […]

The Henry Cowie House at 692 W Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201 is one of Detroit’s earliest living examples of elegant Italianate style architecture. Constructed within the West Canfield Historic District in 1880 by Dr. Henry Cowie, a prominent late-nineteenth-century Detroit dentist, the home reflects the district’s early development as a prestigious boulevard favored by […]

Constructed in 1871 for respected Downtown Detroit dentist Dr. Walter Watton, the Walter Watton House at 639 W Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201 is the oldest surviving house in the West Canfield Historic District – a charming tree-lined boulevard that attracted many other accomplished professionals who wanted to put down roots in an upscale residential […]

The William B. Conley House residence at 691 W Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201 carries one of the most artistically rich histories in all of the West Canfield Historic District.  What started out as a small frame house built in 1871 for prominent portrait and landscape artist William B. Conley, who occupied the residence for […]

First constructed in 1879 for respected Detroit dentist Dr. William H. Kessler, the William H. Kessler House at 649 W Canfield St in Detroit’s 48201 zip code is one of the West Canfield Historic District’s oldest living examples of the neighborhood’s early Victorian-style residences.  Today, the 649 W Canfield St residence stands as a perfect […]

The William Wallace Washburn House at 659 W Canfield St in Detroit, MI 48201 has one of the richest backstories in all of the West Canfield Historic District – a residence that perfectly reflects the Canfield neighborhood’s evolution from a Victorian single-family home sanctuary to a place defined by sturdy, eye-catching apartments.  Originally developed in […]

The Colonial Apartment Building (also known as the W. E. Roney’s Apartment House) at 1005 Parker Street, Detroit, MI 48214 is one of the West Village Historic District’s most refined examples of early twentieth-century apartment design and a model of Detroit’s golden age architecture in a neighborhood otherwise defined by single-family homes.  Developed by the […]

Internationally acclaimed architect, author, and lecturer Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is considered by many to be the most influential architect in United States history—a multi-talented designer whose impressive body of work single-handedly reshaped global architecture, domestic life, and the way we understand culture, space, and nature.  Backed by a career spanning over seven decades, Wright […]

New York native Charles A. Platt (1861 – 1933) was one of the most distinguished and well-known American architects at the turn of the century, a multi-talented designer whose work would go on to define the aesthetic of elite country-style homes. Getting his start as a painter and engraver before making the transition to architecture, […]

Almon Clother Varney (March 28, 1849 – January 8, 1930) was a Detroit-based architect who specialized in Queen Anne, Victorian, and Romanesque styles, a hybrid architect who worked independently and through his firm A. C. Varney & Winter in the late 19th – early 20th century. Best known for commissioning Detroit’s very first apartment building […]

Founded by Boston native Irish-American architects F. Charles Donah McGinnis (1867-1955) and Timothy Francis Walsh (1868-1934), Maginnis & Walsh was an early to mid-20th-century design firm that specialized in prestigious ecclesiastical designs, particularly churches, chapels, monasteries, seminaries, rectories, and chanceries influenced by Gothic, Romanesque, and Tudor Revival styling. Together, Maginnis & Walsh had a major […]

Founded out of Cleveland by esteemed architects Frank Meade and James M. Hamilton, Meade & Hamilton was a prolific architectural firm in the early 20th century that gained national attention through their white stucco Mediterranean villa-style property, the Sebastian S. Kresge Mansion located at 70 W. Boston Blvd within the historic Boston Edison district (completed in […]

John P. Frazer (1884 – 1972) was a prominent designer, architect, and developer in Detroit during the city’s explosive automotive boom, a time that saw him construct a number of upscale homes under the John P. Frazer Construction Company. Practically overnight, Frazer gained a reputation as a prominent figure behind the construction of some of […]