Historic home, Midwest, since 1912
Orsel and Minnie McGhee House
Still standing, photographed 2022
- Built
- 1912
- Standing
- 114 years
The Orsel and Minnie McGhee House at 4626 Seebaldt St, built in 1912. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
Then and now
Photographed 2022
Today, from the street
What is there now
Standing and lived in
- Lived in by its owner Homestead exemption on file Source: County parcel records
- Electrical permit FUENACE, A/C, NEW CIRCUIT, 100 AMP PANEL CHANGE Source: City and county building permits
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.
The story
The house at 4626 Seebaldt St went up in 1912, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.
On the city map it falls in Midwest.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
The Orsel and Minnie McGhee House is a single family home located at 4626 Seebaldt Street in Detroit. The house played a role in the landmark Shelley v. Kraemer Supreme Court decision that determined racially restrictive covenants to be unenforceable.
Timeline
- 1912 Built
- 2026 Electrical permit February 24, 2026
- 2026 Today Standing and lived in
Where it is
4626 Seebaldt St.
On this map
- 1 Orsel and Minnie McGhee House This place
- 2 Nacirema Club 0.4 mi
- 3 Sampson Elementary School 0.4 mi
- 4 St. Matthias Episcopal Church 0.5 mi
- 5 St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church 0.6 mi
- 6 YMCA (Fisher Branch) 0.6 mi
- 7 Northwestern High School (old) 0.6 mi
- 8 Lincoln Motor Co. 0.8 mi
- 9 Grande Ballroom 0.8 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from Detroit in the 1910s
- William H. Rose House Built 1912, Colonial Revival, in Virginia Park
- William H. Seldon Jr. House Built 1912, in Virginia Park
- Albert J. Dunneback House Built 1913, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
- Alexis C. Angell House Built 1913, in Indian Village
- Cassy J. Boydell House Built 1911, in Virginia Park
- Armin Darmstaetter House Built 1914, Tudor, in Arden Park-East Boston Boulevard
Around the block
It is in Midwest. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Nacirema Club
Building, built 1920, American Foursquare
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
- Sampson Elementary School School, built 1912, Gothic Revival, by Malcomson & Higginbotham 0.4 mi
- St. Matthias Episcopal Church House of worship, built 1926, Gothic Revival, by Verner, Wilhelm & Molby 0.5 mi
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St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1919, Late 19th And 20th century Revivals
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.6 mi
- YMCA (Fisher Branch) Building, built 1929, Lombardy, by Albert Kahn 0.6 mi
- Northwestern High School (old) School, built 1912, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1980 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Motor Co. Building, built 1917, by Albert Kahn, demolished 2002 0.8 mi
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Grande Ballroom
Building, built 1928, Moorish Deco, by Charles N. Agree
Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.8 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Orsel and Minnie McGhee House Detroit MI This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National..., 2022 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Orsel and Minnie McGhee 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.