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Historic home, Midtown

Perry McAdow House

Photographed standing in 2008

The Perry McAdow House in Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Renaissance Revival

The Perry McAdow House at 4605 Cass Avenue. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

More photos of Perry McAdow House

Photographed 2008

The Perry McAdow House in Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The house at 4605 Cass Avenue is one of the homes that make its block worth the walk.

The style is Renaissance Revival, and the details still show it.

On the city map it falls in Midtown.

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

The Perry McAdow House is a Renaissance Revival house located at 4605 Cass Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

4605 Cass Avenue

On this map

  1. Perry McAdow House This place
  2. William C. Boydell House 240 ft
  3. Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center 420 ft
  4. Hilberry Theatre 420 ft
  5. Thompson Home 480 ft
  6. Warren--Prentis Historic District 0.1 mi
  7. Forest Arms 0.1 mi
  8. Mulford T. Hunter House 0.1 mi
  9. Old Main 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

It is in Midtown. 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. The Perry McAdow House in Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Houses in the East Ferry Avenue Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. 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.