Historic home, Midtown
Helen Newberry Nurses Home
No demolition on record
- Style
- Tudor Revival
Designed by Elijah E. Myers
The Helen Newberry Nurses Home at 100 E Willis Street. 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 100 E Willis Street is one of the homes that make its block worth the walk.
Elijah E. Myers designed it in the Tudor Revival style.
On the city map it falls in Midtown.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
The Helen Newberry Nurses Home is a multi-unit residential building located at 100 East Willis Avenue (at the corner of Willis and John R.) in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and is now the Newberry Hall Apartments.
Where it is
100 E Willis Street
On this map
- 1 Helen Newberry Nurses Home This place
- 2 Newberry Hall Apartments Next door
- 3 Harper Hospital (old) 320 ft
- 4 Milaflores Apartments 410 ft
- 5 Majestic Theater 460 ft
- 6 Majestic Theatre 460 ft
- 7 Garden Bowl 500 ft
- 8 Flame Show Bar 0.1 mi
- 9 Grace Hospital 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Elijah E. MyersAmerican architect, 1832 to 1909. Designed the Helen Newberry Nurses Home and 3 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Elijah E. Myers
Around the block
It is in Midtown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Newberry Hall Apartments Building, built 1898, Jacobian Revival, by Nettleton & Kahn Next door
- Harper Hospital (old) Building, built 1884, Gothic Revival, by Elijah E. Myers, demolished 1977 320 ft
- Milaflores Apartments Building, built 1923, by Jacob I. Weinberg, demolished 1964 410 ft
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Majestic Theater
Theater, built 1915, Art Deco, by C. Howard Crane
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
460 ft
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![Majestic Theatre, [Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich.]](https://rebuilddetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/rd-photos/landmarks/landmark-4630-2360-thumb-2538540c91.jpg)
Majestic Theatre
Theater, built 1915, Art Deco, by Bennett & Straight
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
460 ft
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Garden Bowl
Theater, built 1913, Mid-Century Modern, by Richard E. Raseman
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
500 ft
- Flame Show Bar Building, built 1949, Art Moderne, demolished 1965 0.1 mi
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Grace Hospital
Building, built 1888, by Gordon W. Lloyd, demolished 1979
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
0.1 mi
Photo credits
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- Helen Newberry Nurses Home, Detroit MI. Designed by architect Elijah E. Myers Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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