Historic district, Pontiac, since 1895
Fairgrove Avenue Historic District
Photographed standing in 2010
- Opened
- 1895
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Standing
- 131 years
Fairgrove Avenue Historic District has stood on Along Fairgrove Ave. between N. Saginaw and Edison Sts. in Pontiac since 1895, 131 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
More photos of Fairgrove Avenue 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
In 1895, in the decades its town grew around the railroad and the mill, Fairgrove Avenue Historic District opened in Pontiac.
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 1985.
Go see it at Along Fairgrove Ave. between N. Saginaw and Edison Sts. Photos never get the scale right.
The Fairgrove Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district located along Fairgrove Avenue, between North Saginaw and Edison Streets, in Pontiac, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Timeline
- 1895 Built Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
- 1985 Listed on the National Register January 31, 1985
- 2026 Today 131 years and still standing
Where it is
Along Fairgrove Ave. between N. Saginaw and Edison Sts., Pontiac
On this map
- 1 Fairgrove Avenue Historic District This place
- 2 Horatio N. Howard House 0.2 mi
- 3 Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) 0.4 mi
- 4 Oak Hill Cemetery 0.4 mi
- 5 Eagle Theater 0.5 mi
- 6 Central School 0.5 mi
- 7 Pontiac Commercial Historic District 0.5 mi
- 8 Myrick-Palmer House 0.7 mi
- 9 Wisner House 0.7 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from Pontiac in the 1890s
Around the block
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Horatio N. Howard House
Built 1850, Greek Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) Historic district 0.4 mi
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Park, built 1822, Classical Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
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Eagle Theater
Theater, built 1927, Moorish
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
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Central School
School, built 1893, Richardsonian Romanesque
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
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Pontiac Commercial Historic District
Historic district, built 1865, Early Commercial, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
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Myrick-Palmer House
Built 1855, Italian Villa
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
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Wisner House
Built 1845, Greek Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Fairgrove Avenue Historic District Pontiac MI. On the National Register of Historic Places, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fairgrove Avenue Historic District Pontiac MI, 2010 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.