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Historic district, Detroit

Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Photographed standing in 2007

Grand Circus Park, on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Photo: Mikerussell at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) has stood on W. Elizabeth St. in Detroit. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Hazen Pingree statue, Grand Circus Park, downtown Detroit Date: 1903 Sculptor: Rudolph Schwarz, [1], 2007 Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Detroit Mayor William Cotter Maybury statue, (Cousin of William H Maybury) Grand Circus Park, Detroit, 2007 Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grand Circus Park from D.A.C. Building Photo: 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. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) is one of the places that gives Detroit its character.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 25 W. Elizabeth St and look up.

The Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Grand Circus Park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan that connects the theatre district with the financial district. It is bisected by Woodward Avenue, four blocks north of Campus Martius Park, and is roughly bounded by Clifford, John R. and Adams Streets. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Where it is

25 W. Elizabeth St.

On this map

  1. Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) This place
  2. Fillmore Detroit 100 ft
  3. Francis Palms Building and State Theater 170 ft
  4. Huntington Bank Tower 180 ft
  5. Wolverine Hotel 280 ft
  6. Fyfe Apartments 350 ft
  7. Central United Methodist Church 360 ft
  8. Adams Theatre and Fine Arts Building 360 ft
  9. Detroit College of Law 360 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

Photo credits

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  1. Grand Circus Park, on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Photo: Mikerussell at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Hazen Pingree statue, Grand Circus Park, downtown Detroit Date: 1903 Sculptor: Rudolph Schwarz, [1], 2007 Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Detroit Mayor William Cotter Maybury statue, (Cousin of William H Maybury) Grand Circus Park, Detroit, 2007 Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Grand Circus Park from D.A.C. Building Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Fountain in Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2007 Photo: Mikerussell at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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