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Historic home, Indian Village, since 1908

Ralph E. Burnham House

Standing and open

A drawing of Ralph E. Burnham House from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Built
1908
Standing
118 years

Designed by C. Howard Crane

The Ralph E. Burnham House at 2151 Seminole St, built in 1908. 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

Ralph E. Burnham House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

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 2151 Seminole St went up in 1908, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.

It carries the name of Ralph E. Burnham.

C. Howard Crane designed it.

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. 1908 Built Designed by C. Howard Crane
  2. 1971 Protected by the city Indian Village
  3. 2026 Today Standing and lived in

Where it is

2151 Seminole St.

On this map

  1. Ralph E. Burnham House This place
  2. H. Cleland Allison House 70 ft
  3. Edmund H. Coombe House 180 ft
  4. Edwin A. Ludden House 280 ft
  5. H. Stevens Gillespie House 290 ft
  6. Oscar C. Gottesleben House 310 ft
  7. William G. Smith House 310 ft
  8. Alfred B. Moran House 440 ft
  9. Wendell G. Wilcox House 480 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

C. Howard Crane
Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

C. Howard Crane

American architect, 1885 to 1952. Designed the Fox Theater Building (1928) and 30 more in Metro Detroit

Also by C. Howard Crane

More from Detroit in the 1900s

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. Ralph E. Burnham 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.