Historic district, Lafayette Park
Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park
Still standing, photographed 2021
Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park has stood on Roughly bounded by Lafayette Ave. in Lafayette Park. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
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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
Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park is one of the places that gives Lafayette Park its character.
The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1996.
Next time you are nearby, stop at Roughly bounded by Lafayette Ave., Rivard, Antietam, and Orleans Sts and look up.
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit. It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi.
Where it is
Roughly bounded by Lafayette Ave., Rivard, Antietam, and Orleans Sts.
On this map
- 1 Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park This place
- 2 Lafayette Park 0.1 mi
- 3 Nellie Leland School 0.1 mi
- 4 St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church 0.2 mi
- 5 Wisner Confectionary Building 0.2 mi
- 6 Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad 0.2 mi
- 7 Goebel Brewery 0.2 mi
- 8 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex 0.2 mi
- 9 Koenig Coal & Supply Co. Building 0.2 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the block
It is in Lafayette Park. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Lafayette Park
Building
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Nellie Leland School
School, built 1918, Bungalow/Craftsman, by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church
House of worship, built 1872, Late Victorian
Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- Wisner Confectionary Building Building, built 1931, Art Deco, by H. Lawrence Levander 0.2 mi
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Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad
Structure, built 1929, by Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- Goebel Brewery Building, built 1880, by Brede & Mueller, demolished 0.2 mi
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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
House of worship, built 1927, Gothic Revival, by Bernard C. Wetzel
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- Koenig Coal & Supply Co. Building Building, built 1911, Art Deco 0.2 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Lafayette Park in Detroit, Michigan (United States), 2021 Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lafayette Park south off Gratiot towards the river, 2006 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lafayette Park and the Lafayette Towers in Detroit, Michigan (United States), 2021 Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Modernist Lafayette Park district, in Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Modernist Lafayette Park apartment complex in Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Photo: en:User:Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Modernist Lafayette Pavillion Apartments, in Lafayette Park, Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, 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.