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Building, Livonia, since 1841

Greenmead Farms

Photographed standing in 2010

Thomas Shaw House, Greenmead, Livonia MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1841
Style
Greek Revival
Standing
185 years

Greenmead Farms has stood on Base Line Rd. in Livonia since 1841, 185 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Greenmead Farms

Joshua Simmons House (Greenmead), Livoni MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The North barn, built by Joshua Simmons (1829), in Greenmead Village Historic Park, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Farmhand's House, possibly the original Simmons cabin (c, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, 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 24, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Greenmead Farms opened in 1841, in the years when roads in from Detroit were plank and mud.

It was built in the Greek Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 38125 Base Line Rd and look up.

Greenmead Historical Park, also known as Greenmead Farms, is a 3.2-acre (1.3 ha) historic park located at 38125 Base Line Rd., Livonia, Michigan. It includes the 1841 Greek Revival Simmons House, six other structures contributing to the historic nature of the property, and additional buildings moved from other locations.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1841 Built Greek Revival
  2. 1972 Listed on the National Register March 24, 1972
  3. 2026 Today 185 years and still standing

Where it is

38125 Base Line Rd., Livonia

On this map

  1. Greenmead Farms This place

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Photo credits

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

  1. Thomas Shaw House, Greenmead, Livonia MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Joshua Simmons House (Greenmead), Livoni MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The North barn, built by Joshua Simmons (1829), in Greenmead Village Historic Park, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Farmhand's House, possibly the original Simmons cabin (c, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Kingsley House, Greenmead, Livonia MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Cranson Hinbern House (1850s), in Greenmead Village Historic Park, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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