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East Ferry Avenue Historic District

Still standing, photographed 2016

This is an official Michigan Historic Site, 2016 Photo: Marlene Ann Brill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

East Ferry Avenue Historic District has stood on E. Ferry Ave. in Cultural Center. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of East Ferry Avenue Historic District

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
Contemporary houses interspersed among historic houses in the East Ferry Avenue Historic District, Detroit, Michigan..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, 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

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

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

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1980.

Go see it at E. Ferry Ave. Photos never get the scale right.

Where it is

E. Ferry Ave.

On this map

  1. East Ferry Avenue Historic District This place
  2. Samuel A. Sloman House 110 ft
  3. William Jackson House 130 ft
  4. Gilbert W. Lee House 150 ft
  5. Rufus Goodell House 170 ft
  6. George A. Owen House 180 ft
  7. William L. Barclay House 220 ft
  8. Charles Steinberg House 240 ft
  9. John Scott House 270 ft

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. This is an official Michigan Historic Site, 2016 Photo: Marlene Ann Brill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. 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
  3. Contemporary houses interspersed among historic houses in the East Ferry Avenue Historic District, Detroit, Michigan..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. 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

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.