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Structure, Elmwood Park

East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR

Photographed standing in 1884

William H. Wells House on Jefferson Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Gothic Revival

Designed by Charles N. Agree

East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR has stood in Elmwood Park. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR

FARMER(1884) Detroit, p433 RESIDENCE OF JAMES FLATTERY, 384 JEFFERSON AVE. BUILT IN 1879 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, p442 RESIDENCE OF GEORGE McMILLAN, 740 JEFFERSON AVE. BUILT IN 1870 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, p434 RESIDENCE OF A. H. DEY, 425 JEFFERSON AVE. BUILT IN 1862 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.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR is one of the places that gives Elmwood Park its character.

The design came from Charles N. Agree, working in Gothic Revival.

Next time you are nearby, stop and look up.

The East Jefferson Avenue Residential District in Detroit, Michigan, includes the Thematic Resource (TR) in the multiple property submission to the National Register of Historic Places which was approved on October 9, 1985. The structures are single-family and multiple-unit residential buildings with construction dates spanning nearly a century, from 1835 to 1931.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

On this map

  1. East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR This place
  2. William H. Wells House Next door
  3. John N. Bagley House 250 ft
  4. WGPR-TV Studio 310 ft
  5. Deaconess Hospital 430 ft
  6. Joseph Campau House 0.1 mi
  7. The Players 0.1 mi
  8. The Bagley Mansion 0.2 mi
  9. Garden Court Apartments 0.2 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Whittier Hotel, by Charles N. Agree Whittier Hotel, by Charles N. Agree. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Charles N. Agree

Architect, 1897 to 1982. Designed the Whittier Hotel (1923) and 12 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Charles N. Agree

Around the block

It is in Elmwood Park. 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. William H. Wells House on Jefferson Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. FARMER(1884) Detroit, p433 RESIDENCE OF JAMES FLATTERY, 384 JEFFERSON AVE. BUILT IN 1879 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, p442 RESIDENCE OF GEORGE McMILLAN, 740 JEFFERSON AVE. BUILT IN 1870 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, p434 RESIDENCE OF A. H. DEY, 425 JEFFERSON AVE. BUILT IN 1862 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. Pewabic Pottery Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Hurlbut Memorial Gate Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, 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.