Historic home, Detroit, since 1899
Marvin Stanton Home
Standing and open
- Built
- 1899
- Standing
- 127 years
Designed by Louis Kamper
The Marvin Stanton Home at 530 Parkview Drive, built in 1899. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
What is there now
Standing
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
The house at 530 Parkview Drive 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 Marvin Stanton.
The plans came from Louis Kamper.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
Timeline
- 1899 Built Designed by Louis Kamper
- 2026 Today 127 years and still standing
Where it is
530 Parkview Drive
On this map
- 1 Marvin Stanton Home This place
- 2 Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex 0.1 mi
- 3 Kean Apartments 0.2 mi
- 4 The Kean 0.2 mi
- 5 Hurlbut Memorial Gate 0.2 mi
- 6 The Shepherd 0.2 mi
- 7 Hibbard Apartment Building 0.2 mi
- 8 Jeffersonian Apartments 0.3 mi
- 9 Monteith Elementary School 0.3 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper. Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Louis KamperAmerican architect, 1861 to 1953. Designed the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel (1924) and 37 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Louis Kamper
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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Frederick K. Stearns House
Built 1903, Tudor, in Indian Village
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dr. Andrew Biddle House Built 1899, in Indian Village
- George P. Warren House Built 1899, in Indian Village
- Hinton E. Spalding House Built 1899, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
- John D. Sanders House Built 1899, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
Around the block
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Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex
Building, built 1924, Neoclassical / Commercial Brick, by Charles N. Agree
Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Kean Apartments Building, built 1931, Art Deco, by Charles Noble 0.2 mi
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The Kean
Building, built 1931, Art Deco
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
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Hurlbut Memorial Gate
Monument, built 1894, Beaux Arts
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- The Shepherd House of worship, built 1912, Romanesque, by Donaldson & Meier 0.2 mi
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Hibbard Apartment Building
Building, built 1924, Renaissance Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
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Jeffersonian Apartments
Skyscraper, built 1965, by Gino Rossetti
Photo: The original uploader was Mikerussell at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.3 mi
- Monteith Elementary School School, built 1906, by Malcomson & Higginbotham 0.3 mi
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.