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Historic home, Grosse Pointe Park, since 1927

William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House

Photographed standing in 2008

The Col. Frank J. Hecker House in Detroit, Michigan, United States, seen here from across Woodward Avenue, is listed on..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built
1927
Standing
99 years

Designed by William Buck Stratton

The William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House at 938 Three Mile Dr, built in 1927. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

Then and now

On record

William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan Photo: Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Today, from the street

William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2013

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The house at 938 Three Mile Dr went up in 1927, as the auto boom spread out from Detroit and the suburbs began to fill in.

The plans came from William Buck Stratton.

Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.

The William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House is a private house located at 938 Three Mile Dr. in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1927 Built Designed by William Buck Stratton
  2. 2026 Today 99 years and still standing

Where it is

938 Three Mile Dr., Grosse Pointe Park

On this map

  1. William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House This place
  2. William and Margot Kessler House 0.5 mi
  3. Cadieux School 0.7 mi
  4. Defer Elementary School 0.7 mi
  5. Grace Ingersoll McGraw House 0.9 mi
  6. St. Columba Episcopal Church 1.0 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Frederick Stearns Building, by William Buck Stratton Frederick Stearns Building, by William Buck Stratton. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company Collection, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

William Buck Stratton

American Architect, 1865 to 1938. Designed Pewabic Pottery (1907) and 7 more in Metro Detroit

Also by William Buck Stratton

Around the block

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. The Col. Frank J. Hecker House in Detroit, Michigan, United States, seen here from across Woodward Avenue, is listed on..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan Photo: Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2013

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.