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Historic district, Boston Edison

Boston-Edison Historic District

Photographed standing in 2008

Street scape in Boston-Edison neighborhood, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Colonial Revival

Boston-Edison Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Edison St. in Boston Edison. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Boston-Edison Historic District

James Couzens House, in Boston Edison, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Gothic revival style Charles T Fisher House, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Walter O Briggs House in Boston Edison, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 24, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Boston-Edison Historic District is one of the places that gives Boston Edison its character.

It was built in the Colonial Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Next time you are nearby, stop at Roughly bounded by Edison St., Woodward and Linwood Aves. and Glynn Ct and look up.

The Boston, Edison Historic District is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan. It consists of over 900 homes built on four east-west streets: West Boston Boulevard, Chicago Boulevard, Longfellow Avenue and Edison Avenue, stretching from Woodward Avenue in the east to Linwood Avenue in the west. It is one of the largest residential historic districts in the nation.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Roughly bounded by Edison St., Woodward and Linwood Aves. and Glynn Ct.

On this map

  1. Boston-Edison Historic District This place
  2. Berry Gordy Jr. Mansion 0.3 mi
  3. Frederick W. Sanders House 0.3 mi
  4. Edward F. Fisher Mansion 0.3 mi
  5. Dr. Oliver W. White House 0.4 mi
  6. Crosman Alternative High School 0.4 mi
  7. Duane Doty School 0.4 mi
  8. University Prep Art & Design Elementary School 0.4 mi
  9. Hutchins Intermediate School 0.5 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

It is in Boston Edison. 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. Street scape in Boston-Edison neighborhood, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. James Couzens House, in Boston Edison, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The Gothic revival style Charles T Fisher House, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Walter O Briggs House in Boston Edison, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Berry Gordy House, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Henry Ford house on Edison, for use in Boston-Edison and Henry Ford article, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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