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Historic district, Howell

Howell Downtown Historic District

Still standing, photographed 2015

Grand River Avenue, Downtown Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Designed by Sidney Badgley

Howell Downtown Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Clinton in Howell. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Howell Downtown Historic District

Sunset East by Joshua Young, 2015 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grand River Avenue, Downtown Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sleepy Howell by Joshua Young, 2014 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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

Howell Downtown Historic District is one of the places that gives Howell its character.

Credit the design to Sidney Badgley, working in Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods).

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Go see it at Roughly bounded by Clinton, Barnard, Sibley, and Chestnut Streets. Photos never get the scale right.

The Howell Downtown Historic District is a primarily commercial historic district located along five blocks of Grand River Avenue in the center of Howell, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Roughly bounded by Clinton, Barnard, Sibley, and Chestnut Streets, Howell

On this map

  1. Howell Downtown Historic District This place
  2. Livingston County Courthouse 0.1 mi
  3. Ann Arbor Railway Station 0.1 mi
  4. John H. and Martha Durfee Galloway House 0.2 mi
  5. William K. and Nellie (Harper) Sexton House 0.6 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Sidney Badgley
Photo: Cleveland Engineering Society, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Sidney Badgley

Canadian-American architect, 1850 to 1917. Designed Highland Park Presbyterian Church (1910) and 2 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Sidney Badgley

Around the block

Photo credits

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

  1. Grand River Avenue, Downtown Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Sunset East by Joshua Young, 2015 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Grand River Avenue, Downtown Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Sleepy Howell by Joshua Young, 2014 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Grand River Avenue in Howell, Michigan, 1900 Photo: E.K. Johnson, public domain, 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.