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Historic home, Indian Village, since 1915

Orla B. Taylor House

Standing and open

A drawing of Orla B. Taylor House from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Built
1915
Standing
111 years

Designed by George D. Mason

The Orla B. Taylor House at 1725 Burns St, built in 1915. 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

Orla B. Taylor House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2025

What is there now

Standing and lived in

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

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 1725 Burns St went up in 1915, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.

It carries the name of Orla B. Taylor.

The plans came from George D. Mason.

Today it sits inside Indian Village, one of the blocks Detroit has chosen to protect.

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

Timeline

  1. 1915 Built Designed by George D. Mason
  2. 1971 Protected by the city Indian Village
  3. 2026 Today Standing and lived in

Where it is

1725 Burns St.

On this map

  1. Orla B. Taylor House This place
  2. Thomas E. Currie House 70 ft
  3. Benjamin Middleditch House 140 ft
  4. William A.C. Miller House 190 ft
  5. Standish Backus House 220 ft
  6. Ormund F. Hunt House 220 ft
  7. William R. Kales House 250 ft
  8. C. Hayward Murphy House 280 ft
  9. Robert Craig Hupp House 290 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

George D. Mason
Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

George D. Mason

American architect, 1856 to 1948. Designed the Lincoln Motor Company Plant (1917) and 39 more in Metro Detroit

Also by George D. Mason

More from Detroit in the 1910s

Around the block

It is in Indian Village. 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. Orla B. Taylor House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2025

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.