Historic home, Virginia Park, since 1896
Alexander H. McDonnell House
Standing and open
- Built
- 1896
- Standing
- 130 years
Designed by Mason & Rice
The Alexander H. McDonnell House at 100 Virginia Park St, built in 1896. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
The house today, from the street
Today, from the street
What is there now
Standing and lived in
- Lived in by its owner Homestead exemption on file Source: County parcel records
- Standing Source: Historic Detroit
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.
The story
The house at 100 Virginia Park St went up in 1896, in Detroit's Gilded Age, when stove works, shipyards and railroads made the city's first fortunes.
It carries the name of Alexander H. McDonnell.
The plans came from Mason & Rice.
Today it sits inside Virginia Park, one of the blocks Detroit has chosen to protect.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
Timeline
- 1896 Built Designed by Mason & Rice
- 2026 Today Standing and lived in
Where it is
100 Virginia Park St.
On this map
- 1 Alexander H. McDonnell House This place
- 2 Herman Lippold House 50 ft
- 3 Albert T. Knowlson House 70 ft
- 4 Charles Warren Pickell House 90 ft
- 5 William B. O'Brien House 110 ft
- 6 Bert Lambert House 150 ft
- 7 George A. Robinson House 160 ft
- 8 Jacob Cotner Jr. House 200 ft
- 9 Alfred J. Doughty House 200 ft
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Thompson Home, by Mason & Rice. Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Mason & RiceArchitecture firm. Designed Trinity Episcopal Church (1893) and 11 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Mason & Rice
- Peninsular Stove Co. 1882
- Thompson Home 1884
- Bowles Building 1887
- Gilbert W. Lee House 1888
- Ecumenical Theological Seminary 1891
- Alexander Blain Hospital 1892
More from Detroit in the 1890s
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Bernard Ginsburg House
Built 1898, English Renaissance, in Brush Park
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Col. Frank J. Hecker House
Built 1892, French Renaissance
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Cotner Jr. House Built 1896, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park
- Prismatic Club Built 1896, in Brush Park
- William B. O'Brien House Built 1896, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park
- Albert H. Finn House Built 1897, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park
Around the block
It is in Virginia Park. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Herman Lippold House Built 1908, in Virginia Park 50 ft
- Albert T. Knowlson House Built 1903, Elizabethan Revival, in Virginia Park 70 ft
- Charles Warren Pickell House Built 1895, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park 90 ft
- William B. O'Brien House Built 1896, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park 110 ft
- Bert Lambert House Built 1908, Arts & Crafts, in Virginia Park 150 ft
- George A. Robinson House Built 1902, Georgian, in Virginia Park 160 ft
- Jacob Cotner Jr. House Built 1896, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park 200 ft
- Alfred J. Doughty House Built 1909, in Virginia Park 200 ft
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Alexander H. McDonnell House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.