Lost historic home, Midtown
Robert M. and Matilda Kitch Grindley House
Demolished
- Style
- Colonial Revival
The Robert M. and Matilda Kitch Grindley House at 123 Parsons Street. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
Then and now
What stands there now
A parking lot
- 2026 Today Parking lot
How we know what stands there
- County parcel records PARKING LOT-PAVED
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
More photos of Robert M. and Matilda Kitch Grindley House
On record
What is there now
A parking lot
- Today Source: County parcel records
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
The house at 123 Parsons Street is one of the homes that make its block worth the walk.
The style is Colonial Revival, and the details still show it.
On the city map it falls in Midtown.
The house is gone now, but its story is part of the street's.
The Robert M. and Matilda (Kitch) Grindley House was a private residence located at 123 Parsons Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, but was subsequently demolished.
Where it is
123 Parsons Street
On this map
- 1 Robert M. and Matilda Kitch Grindley House This place
- 2 Orchestra Place Apartments 230 ft
- 3 League of Catholic Women Building 230 ft
- 4 Hotel Stevenson 370 ft
- 5 St. Patrick Senior Center 370 ft
- 6 Saints Peter and Paul Academy 380 ft
- 7 The Hamilton 430 ft
- 8 Architects Building 430 ft
- 9 Chapel of Saint Theresa, the Little Flower 460 ft
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the block
It is in Midtown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Orchestra Place Apartments Building, built 1928, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls 230 ft
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League of Catholic Women Building
Building, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
230 ft
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Hotel Stevenson
Hotel
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
370 ft
- St. Patrick Senior Center Building, built 1893, Late Victorian, by Leon Coquard 370 ft
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Saints Peter and Paul Academy
School
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
380 ft
- The Hamilton Hotel, built 1914, Neo-Georgian, by Joseph P. Jogerst 430 ft
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Architects Building
Building, built 1924, Neoclassical
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
430 ft
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Chapel of Saint Theresa, the Little Flower
House of worship, built 1926, by Donaldson & Meier, demolished
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
460 ft
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Parking lot at 123 Parsons in Detroit MI--former location of Robert M. and Matilda (Kitch) Grindley House Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- 1897 wooden house at 123 Parsons, Detroit Michigan 85310, 1990 Photo: Jdmreverend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Col. Frank J. Hecker House in Detroit, Michigan, United States, seen here from across Woodward Avenue, is listed on..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.