Historic home, Virginia Park, since 1896
Jacob Cotner Jr. House
Standing and open
- Built
- 1896
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Standing
- 130 years
Designed by /architects/baxter-hill
The Jacob Cotner Jr. House at 140 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 140 Virginia Park St went up in 1896, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone.
It carries the name of Jacob Cotner Jr..
/architects/baxter-hill designed it in the Colonial Revival style.
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 /architects/baxter-hill
- 2026 Today Standing and lived in
Where it is
140 Virginia Park St.
On this map
- 1 Jacob Cotner Jr. House This place
- 2 Erving H. Taylor House 40 ft
- 3 Bert Lambert House 50 ft
- 4 John E. Lambert House 100 ft
- 5 Charles Warren Pickell House 130 ft
- 6 Herman Lippold House 150 ft
- 7 Alexander H. McDonnell House 200 ft
- 8 Edward R. Viger House 200 ft
- 9 Cassy J. Boydell House 220 ft
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
/architects/baxter-hillArchitecture firm. Designed the Jacob Cotner Jr. House (1896) and the William B. O'Brien House
Also by /architects/baxter-hill
More from Detroit in the 1890s
-
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
- Alexander H. McDonnell House Built 1896, in Virginia Park
- Prismatic Club Built 1896, in Brush Park
- Albert H. Finn House Built 1897, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park
- Charles Warren Pickell House Built 1895, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park
Around the block
It is in Virginia Park. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Erving H. Taylor House Built 1908, in Virginia Park 40 ft
- Bert Lambert House Built 1908, Arts & Crafts, in Virginia Park 50 ft
- John E. Lambert House Built 1908, in Virginia Park 100 ft
- Charles Warren Pickell House Built 1895, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park 130 ft
- Herman Lippold House Built 1908, in Virginia Park 150 ft
- Alexander H. McDonnell House Built 1896, in Virginia Park 200 ft
- Edward R. Viger House Built 1914, in Virginia Park 200 ft
- Cassy J. Boydell House Built 1911, in Virginia Park 220 ft
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Jacob Cotner Jr. 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.