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Lost historic home, Wayne State

Thomas S. Sprague House

Demolished

Thomas Sprague House, Detroit MI 1984 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register... Photo: Carla Anderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Queen Anne style architecture in the United States

The Thomas S. Sprague House at 80 W Palmer Street. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

Then and now

What stands there now

Thomas S. Sprague House, Thomas Sprague House, Detroit MI 1984 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register...
The spot where Thomas S. Sprague House stood, from the street today
1984 Today
Drag the line to see the spot in 1984 and today. 1984 Photo: Carla Anderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today Photo: Street View, 2015

Academic/ Administrative Building

4 stories, University building

Walk the block on the map
  1. 2026 Today Academic/ Administrative Building
How we know what stands there
  • OpenStreetMap Academic/ Administrative Building, university building at the map point

Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.

More photos of Thomas S. Sprague House

Photographed 1984

Thomas Sprague House, Detroit MI 1984 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register... Photo: Carla Anderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Academic/ Administrative Building

  • Today 4 stories, university building Source: OpenStreetMap
See then and now

We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The house at 80 W Palmer Street is one of the homes that make its block worth the walk.

The style is Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Shingle style, and the details still show it.

On the city map it falls in Wayne State.

The house is gone now, but its story is part of the street's.

The Thomas S. Sprague House was a private residence located at 80 West Palmer Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, but was subsequently demolished.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

80 W Palmer Street

On this map

  1. Thomas S. Sprague House This place
  2. Cass Motor Sales 280 ft
  3. Gleaners Temple 290 ft
  4. Verona Apartments 310 ft
  5. Boeing House 490 ft
  6. Arena Gardens 520 ft
  7. George L. Beecher House 520 ft
  8. Belcrest Apartments 0.1 mi
  9. Belcrest Hotel 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

It is in Wayne State. 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. Thomas Sprague House, Detroit MI 1984 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register... Photo: Carla Anderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Site where Thomas S. Sprague House once stood in Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.