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Historic district, Westland

Norwayne Historic District

Still standing, photographed 2013

Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Mid-Century modern

Norwayne Historic District has stood on Generally bounded by Palmer in Westland. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Norwayne Historic District

Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Community Center in Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 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

Norwayne Historic District is one of the places that gives Westland its character.

It was built in the Mid-Century modern style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2013.

Go see it at Generally bounded by Palmer, Wildwood, Glenwood & Merriman Rds., Wayne County Lower Rouge Pkwy. Photos never get the scale right.

The Norwayne Historic District, or Norwayne Subdivision, is an historic residential subdivision, originally built for World War II defense workers. It is located in Westland, Michigan and roughly bounded by Palmer Road on the north, Wildwood Road on the west, Merriman Road on the east, and Glenwood Road and the Wayne County Lower Rouge Parkway on the south.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Generally bounded by Palmer, Wildwood, Glenwood & Merriman Rds., Wayne County Lower Rouge Pkwy., Westland

On this map

  1. Norwayne Historic District 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. Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Community Center in Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Streetscape with houses, Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Duplex in Norwayne Historic District, Westland MI, 2013 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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