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Historic home, Arden Park, since 1899

Hinton E. Spalding House

Standing, closed

A drawing of Hinton E. Spalding House from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Built
1899
Standing
127 years

Designed by Nettleton & Kahn

The Hinton E. Spalding House at 251 E. Boston Blvd, built in 1899. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

The house today, from the street

Today, from the street

Hinton E. Spalding House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

What is there now

Standing, closed

  • Closed Source: Historic Detroit
  • Lived in by its owner Homestead exemption on file Source: County parcel records

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The house at 251 E. Boston Blvd went up in 1899, in Detroit's Gilded Age, when stove works, shipyards and railroads made the city's first fortunes.

It carries the name of Hinton E. Spalding.

Nettleton & Kahn designed it.

It belongs to Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard, where the city protects the look of every house on the street.

On the city map it falls in Arden Park.

Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.

Timeline

  1. 1899 Built Designed by Nettleton & Kahn
  2. 2026 Today Standing, closed

Where it is

251 E. Boston Blvd.

On this map

  1. Hinton E. Spalding House This place
  2. John D. Sanders House 190 ft
  3. Robert J. McLaughlin House 190 ft
  4. Homer S. Johnson House 260 ft
  5. Francis H. Holt House 320 ft
  6. Caleb M. East House 340 ft
  7. Albert A. Grinell House 390 ft
  8. James Arthur House 390 ft
  9. Arden Park-East Boston Historic District 390 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Bernard Ginsburg House, by Nettleton & Kahn Bernard Ginsburg House, by Nettleton & Kahn. Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Nettleton & Kahn

Architecture firm. Designed the Bernard Ginsburg House (1898) and 7 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Nettleton & Kahn

More from Detroit in the 1890s

Around the block

It is in Arden Park. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Hinton E. Spalding 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.