Historic district, Detroit
Broadway Avenue Historic District
Still standing, photographed 2011
Broadway Avenue Historic District has stood on Broadway bet. Gratiot and Grand R. in Detroit. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
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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
Broadway Avenue Historic District is one of the places that gives Detroit its character.
The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2004.
Go see it at Broadway bet. Gratiot and Grand R. Photos never get the scale right.
The Broadway Avenue Historic District is a historic district located on a single city block along Broadway Avenue between Gratiot and East Grand River in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The Broadway Avenue Historic District joins the Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District, a rare surviving commercial area which dates from the 1840s.
Where it is
Broadway bet. Gratiot and Grand R.
On this map
- 1 Broadway Avenue Historic District This place
- 2 The Belle 90 ft
- 3 Breitmeyer-Tobin Building 130 ft
- 4 Lafer Brothers Building 140 ft
- 5 1307 Broadway 170 ft
- 6 Cary Building 190 ft
- 7 Broadway Market 200 ft
- 8 Merchants Building 240 ft
- 9 Jerome H. Remick and Company Building 300 ft
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the block
- The Belle Building, built 1926, Beaux Arts and Neoclassicism, by George D. Mason 90 ft
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Breitmeyer-Tobin Building
Building, built 1905, Beaux Arts, by Raseman & Fisher
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
130 ft
- Lafer Brothers Building Building, built 1916, by Joseph E. Mills 140 ft
- 1307 Broadway Building, built 1908, Classical, by Gustave Mueller 170 ft
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Cary Building
Building, built 1906, Beaux Arts, by Richard E. Raseman
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
190 ft
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![Broadway Market, [Edw. Neumann, Broadway Market, Detroit, Mich.]](https://rebuilddetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/rd-photos/landmarks/landmark-4310-2194-thumb-42e52f2f8b.jpg)
Broadway Market
Building, built 1912, Beaux Arts, by Harry C. Stevens, demolished 1967
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
200 ft
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Merchants Building
Building, built 1922, by Bonnah & Chaffee
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
240 ft
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Jerome H. Remick and Company Building
Building, by Almon C. Varney
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
300 ft
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Broadway Avenue, east side, from Gratiot, Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Harvard Square Center building, 1344-46 Broadway Street, Detroit, Michigan, 2011 Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Houses in the East Ferry Avenue Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- West side of Broadway, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Broadway Avenue, looking north from Gratiot 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.