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Historic district, Highland Park

Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District

Photographed standing in 2008

Streetscape on Puritan in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District, Highland Park MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Colonial Revival

Designed by Leonard B. Willeke

Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Hamilton Ave. in Highland Park. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District

Streetscape on Puritan in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District, Highland Park MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
House on Moss and Third in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District Highland Park MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bungalow on Moss and Third in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District Highland Park MI 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

Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District is one of the places that gives Highland Park its character.

The design came from Leonard B. Willeke, working in Colonial Revival.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1988.

Go see it at Roughly bounded by Hamilton Ave., the alley south of Louise Ave., Woodward Ave., and the alley south of Puritan Ave. Photos never get the scale right.

The Medbury's, Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District is a residential historic district located in Highland Park, Michigan. It runs along three east, west streets: Eason Street, Moss Street, and Puritan Street, from Hamilton Avenue on the west to Woodward Avenue on the east. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Roughly bounded by Hamilton Ave., the alley south of Louise Ave., Woodward Ave., and the alley south of Puritan Ave., Highland Park

On this map

  1. Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District This place
  2. First United Methodist Church 0.3 mi
  3. Palmer Lodge Apartments 0.4 mi
  4. Whitmore Plaza Apartments 0.4 mi
  5. Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District 0.5 mi
  6. Detroit Unity Temple 0.5 mi
  7. Merrill Fountain 0.5 mi
  8. Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District (Boundary Increase) 0.5 mi
  9. Word of Power Ministry 0.6 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Capitol Park Building, by Leonard B. Willeke Capitol Park Building, by Leonard B. Willeke. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

Architect

Leonard B. Willeke

American architect, born 1885. Designed Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District and 3 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Leonard B. Willeke

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. Streetscape on Puritan in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District, Highland Park MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Streetscape on Puritan in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District, Highland Park MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. House on Moss and Third in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District Highland Park MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Bungalow on Moss and Third in Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District Highland Park 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.