Historic home, Jefferson Chalmers, since 2005
Roger Margerum House
Standing and open
- Built
- 2005
- Style
- Modernist
- Standing
- 21 years
Designed by Roger Margerum
The Roger Margerum House at 430 Kitchener St, built in 2005. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
The house today, from the street
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
- Standing Source: Historic Detroit
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.
The story
The house at 430 Kitchener St went up in 2005, as a new generation of builders put cranes back over the city.
It carries the name of Roger Margerum.
The plans came from Roger Margerum, working in the Modernist style.
On the city map it falls in Jefferson Chalmers.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
Timeline
- 2005 Built Designed by Roger Margerum
- 2026 Today Standing and lived in
Where it is
430 Kitchener St.
On this map
- 1 Roger Margerum House This place
- 2 Lawrence P. Fisher Mansion 0.2 mi
- 3 Savarine Hotel 0.6 mi
- 4 Hudson Motor Car Co. 0.7 mi
- 5 Guyton Elementary School 0.7 mi
- 6 Vanity Ballroom 0.7 mi
- 7 Chrysler Jefferson Avenue plant 0.8 mi
- 8 Continental Motors 0.9 mi
- 9 Ste. Claire (Steamer) 0.9 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Roger MargerumAmerican architect, 1930 to 2016. Designed Kettering High School (1965) and the Roger Margerum House
Also by Roger Margerum
Around the block
It is in Jefferson Chalmers. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Lawrence P. Fisher Mansion Built 1928, New Spanish 0.2 mi
- Savarine Hotel Hotel, built 1926, by Louis J. Chesnow 0.6 mi
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Hudson Motor Car Co.
Building, built 1910, by Albert Kahn, demolished 1959
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
0.7 mi
- Guyton Elementary School School, built 1922, English Tudor, by Malcomson & Higginbotham 0.7 mi
-
Vanity Ballroom
Building, built 1929, Art Deco, by Charles N. Agree
Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
- Chrysler Jefferson Avenue plant Building, built 1908, Art Moderne, by Albert Kahn, demolished 1990 0.8 mi
- Continental Motors Building, built 1912, by Albert Kahn 0.9 mi
-
Ste. Claire (Steamer)
Ship, built 1910
Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
0.9 mi
Photo credits
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- Roger Margerum 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.