Historic home, Brush Park, since 1883
Thomas Ladue House
Standing and open
- Built
- 1883
- Style
- Victorian
- Standing
- 143 years
Designed by William Scott & Co.
The Thomas Ladue House at 269 Edmund Place, built in 1883. 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 269 Edmund Place went up in 1883, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone.
It carries the name of Thomas Ladue.
The plans came from William Scott & Co., working in the Victorian style.
Today it sits inside Brush Park, one of the blocks Detroit has chosen to protect.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
Timeline
- 1883 Built Designed by William Scott & Co.
- 1980 Protected by the city Brush Park
- 2026 Today Standing and lived in
Where it is
269 Edmund Place
On this map
- 1 Thomas Ladue House This place
- 2 Woodward East Historic District 40 ft
- 3 Alfred F. Wilcox House 60 ft
- 4 William A. Butler House 130 ft
- 5 Henry Glover House 190 ft
- 6 James V. Campbell House 400 ft
- 7 George S. Chandler House 440 ft
- 8 Isaac L'Hommedieu House 460 ft
- 9 Ransom Gillis House 520 ft
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
St. Boniface Catholic Church, by William Scott & Co.. Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
William Scott & Co.Architecture firm. Designed St. Boniface Catholic Church (1883) and 5 more in Metro Detroit
Also by William Scott & Co.
- St. Boniface Catholic Church 1883
- Wells W. Leggett House 1883
- William A. Butler House 1883
- Engine House No. 11 1884
- Globe Tobacco Building 1889
More from Detroit in the 1880s
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Thompson Home
Built 1884, Queen Anne
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Alexander Chapoton House
Built 1885, Victorian, in Downtown homes
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Croul-Palms House
Built 1881, Queen Anne
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lucien Moore House
Built 1885, French Renaissance; Gothic Revival, in Brush Park
Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Henry Glover House
Built 1880, Second Empire, in Brush Park
Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Charles Lang Freer House
Built 1887, American Shingle Style, in East Ferry Avenue
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in Brush Park. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Woodward East Historic District Building 40 ft
- Alfred F. Wilcox House Built 1876, Victorian, in Brush Park 60 ft
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William A. Butler House
Built 1883, Second Empire, in Brush Park
Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
130 ft
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Henry Glover House
Built 1880, Second Empire, in Brush Park
Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
190 ft
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James V. Campbell House
Built 1877, Italianate, in Brush Park
Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
400 ft
- George S. Chandler House Built 1874, in Brush Park 440 ft
- Isaac L'Hommedieu House Built 1883, in Brush Park 460 ft
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Ransom Gillis House
Built 1876, Venetian Gothic, in Brush Park
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
520 ft
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Thomas Ladue 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.