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Historic district, Tech Town

New Amsterdam Historic District

Photographed standing in 2008

Cass Avenue in the New Amsterdam Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Designed by Albert Kahn

New Amsterdam Historic District has stood on 435 in Tech Town. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of New Amsterdam Historic District

Photograph ca. 1910 of the Cadillac main assembly plant at 450 Amsterdam Street and Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, 2005 Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Cadillac vehicles Assembly Plant, at 450 Amsterdam Street in Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This building at 435 Amsterdam Street, Detroit, Michigan, United States, lies within the New Amsterdam Historic..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, 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

New Amsterdam Historic District is one of the places that gives Tech Town its character.

The design came from Albert Kahn, working in Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Go see it at 435, 450 Amsterdam;440, 41-47 Burroughs; 5911-5919, 6050-6160 Cass; 6100-6200 Second; 425 York. Photos never get the scale right.

The New Amsterdam Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan. Buildings in this district are on or near three sequential east-west streets (Amsterdam, Burroughs, and York) on the two blocks between Woodward Avenue and Second Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

435, 450 Amsterdam;440, 41-47 Burroughs; 5911-5919, 6050-6160 Cass; 6100-6200 Second; 425 York

On this map

  1. New Amsterdam Historic District This place
  2. 6001 Cass 410 ft
  3. Graphic Arts Building 440 ft
  4. The Amsterdam Lofts 450 ft
  5. St. Joseph's Episcopal Church 0.2 mi
  6. Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (1883-1896) 0.2 mi
  7. Our Lady of the Rosary 0.2 mi
  8. One Ford Place 0.2 mi
  9. Argonaut Building 0.2 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Albert Kahn
Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Albert Kahn

American architect, 1869 to 1942. Designed the General Motors Building (1922) and 114 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Albert Kahn

Around the block

It is in Tech Town. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.

Photo credits

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

  1. Cass Avenue in the New Amsterdam Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Photograph ca. 1910 of the Cadillac main assembly plant at 450 Amsterdam Street and Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, 2005 Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The Cadillac vehicles Assembly Plant, at 450 Amsterdam Street in Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. This building at 435 Amsterdam Street, Detroit, Michigan, United States, lies within the New Amsterdam Historic..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. The Graphic Arts Building at 41-47 Burroughs Street in Detroit, Michigan, United States, lies within the New Amsterdam..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. The headquarters of the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in June 2008, located at Second and Burroughs, in Detroit... Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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