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Historic district, Midtown

Cass Park Historic District

Photographed standing in 1884

Temple Street, Cass Park, Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cass Park Historic District has stood on Temple in Midtown. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Cass Park Historic District

FARMER(1884) Detroit, p472 RESIDENCE OF E.W. VOIGT, NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECOND AVE. AND LEDYARD ST. BUILDING IN 1884 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
FARMER(1884) Detroit, p474 RESIDENCE OF DAVID WARD, 459 CASS AVE. BUILT IN 1864-80 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
FARMER(1884) Detroit, p474 RESIDENCE OF G.O. ROBINSON, 425 CASS AVE. BUILT IN 1876 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

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

Cass Park Historic District is one of the places that gives Midtown its character.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2005.

Go see it at Temple, Ledyard, and 2nd at Cass Park. Photos never get the scale right.

The Cass Park Historic District is a historic district in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, consisting of 25 buildings along the streets of Temple, Ledyard, and 2nd, surrounding Cass Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and designated a city of Detroit historic district in 2016.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Temple, Ledyard, and 2nd at Cass Park

On this map

  1. Cass Park Historic District This place
  2. Masonic Temple 250 ft
  3. Cromwell Flats 380 ft
  4. Standard Accident Insurance Co. Building 470 ft
  5. Michigan Chronicle Building 500 ft
  6. Manhattan Apartments 0.1 mi
  7. Kresge Administration Building 0.1 mi
  8. Kresge, S. S., World Headquarters 0.1 mi
  9. Fort Wayne Hotel 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

It is in Midtown. 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. Temple Street, Cass Park, Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. FARMER(1884) Detroit, p472 RESIDENCE OF E.W. VOIGT, NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECOND AVE. AND LEDYARD ST. BUILDING IN 1884 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
  3. FARMER(1884) Detroit, p474 RESIDENCE OF DAVID WARD, 459 CASS AVE. BUILT IN 1864-80 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
  4. FARMER(1884) Detroit, p474 RESIDENCE OF G.O. ROBINSON, 425 CASS AVE. BUILT IN 1876 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
  5. FARMER(1884) Detroit, p470 RESIDENCE OF THE LATE S.F. HODGE, 168 HENRY ST. BUILT IN 1869 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
  6. FARMER(1884) Detroit, p471 RESIDENCE OF J.S. VERNOR, 164 BAGG ST. BUILT IN 1869 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

Sources

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