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Cultural Center Historic District

Photographed standing in 2010

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

Cultural Center Historic District has stood on 5200 in Cultural Center. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Cultural Center Historic District

Detroit Institute of the Arts, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building, Detroit, Michigan, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Detroit Library Main Branch, 2010 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 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Cultural Center Historic District is one of the places that gives Cultural Center its character.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 5200, 5201 Woodward Ave., and 100 Farnsworth Ave and look up.

The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library Main Branch, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The district contains several cultural attractions.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

5200, 5201 Woodward Ave., and 100 Farnsworth Ave.

On this map

  1. Cultural Center Historic District This place
  2. Detroit Institute of Arts 310 ft
  3. Detroit Industry Murals, Detroit Institute of Arts 350 ft
  4. Detroit Public Library Main Branch 360 ft
  5. Detroit Public Library 380 ft
  6. Temple of the Maccabees 440 ft
  7. Maccabees Building 500 ft
  8. Samuel L. Smith House 0.1 mi
  9. Wardell, The 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

It is in Cultural Center. 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. 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
  2. Detroit Institute of the Arts, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building, Detroit, Michigan, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Detroit Library Main Branch, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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