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Historic district, Fenton

Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District

Still standing, photographed 2012

Dibbleville-Fentonville HD, Fenton MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District has stood in Fenton. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District

Downtown Fenton, Michigan, Leroy Street, 2012 Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dibbleville Fentonfille HD, Fenton MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dibbleville historical marker, South Leroy Street, Fenton, Michigan, 2012 Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 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.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District is one of the places that gives Fenton its character.

Go see it. Photos never get the scale right.

The Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District is a primarily residential historic district roughly bounded by Shiawassee, Riggs, Holly and George Streets in Fenton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

On this map

  1. Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District This place
  2. Benjamin Bangs House 0.2 mi
  3. Volney Church-Carlos B. Shotwell House 0.2 mi
  4. David B. Colwell House 0.3 mi
  5. Col. J. Hinckley House 0.3 mi
  6. H. N. Jennings House 0.3 mi
  7. Edwin Trump House 0.4 mi
  8. Fenton Railroad Depot 0.4 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Dibbleville-Fentonville HD, Fenton MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Downtown Fenton, Michigan, Leroy Street, 2012 Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Dibbleville Fentonfille HD, Fenton MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Dibbleville historical marker, South Leroy Street, Fenton, Michigan, 2012 Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 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.