Historic district, Corktown
Corktown Historic District
Still standing, photographed 2026
- Style
- Colonial Revival
Corktown Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Lodge Freeway in Corktown. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
More photos of Corktown Historic District
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
Corktown Historic District is one of the places that gives Corktown its character.
It was built in the Colonial Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1978.
Go see it at Roughly bounded by Lodge Freeway, Porter, Trumbull, Bagley, Rosa Parks Boulevard, and Michigan Ave. Photos never get the scale right.
Corktown is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest extant neighborhood in the city. Its boundaries include I-75 to the north, the John C. Lodge Freeway (The Lodge) to the east, Bagley and Porter streets to the south, and Rosa Parks Boulevard (12th Street) to the west.
Where it is
Roughly bounded by Lodge Freeway, Porter, Trumbull, Bagley, Rosa Parks Boulevard, and Michigan Ave.
On this map
- 1 Corktown Historic District This place
- 2 Roosevelt Hotel 500 ft
- 3 Newlab at Michigan Central Building 0.1 mi
- 4 Tre-Way Apartments 0.1 mi
- 5 The Factory at Corktown 0.1 mi
- 6 St. Boniface Catholic Church 0.2 mi
- 7 Michigan Central Station 0.2 mi
- 8 CPA Building 0.2 mi
- 9 St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church 0.3 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the block
It is in Corktown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Roosevelt Hotel Hotel, built 1923, by Pollmar & Ropes 500 ft
- Newlab at Michigan Central Building Building, built 1936, by Albert Kahn 0.1 mi
- Tre-Way Apartments Building, built 1927, by Talmadge C. Hughes, demolished 1989 0.1 mi
- The Factory at Corktown Building, built 1907, Industrial, by Richard E. Raseman 0.1 mi
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St. Boniface Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by William Scott & Co., demolished 1996
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0.2 mi
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Michigan Central Station
Building, built 1913, Beaux Arts, by Reed & Stem
Photo: WMrapids, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- CPA Building Building, built 1924, Neoclassical, by Alvin E. Harley 0.2 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship, built 1873, German Gothic, by Carl Schmidt 0.3 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Corktown Detroit's Oldest Neighborhood 1834, 2012 Photo: Brian Mulloy, CC BY-SA 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
- Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Michigan in 2026 Photo: WMrapids, CC0 1.0, 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.