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Historic district, Pleasant Ridge

Pleasant Ridge Historic District

Photographed standing in 2010

Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Pleasant Ridge MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Colonial Revival

Designed by Albert Kahn

Pleasant Ridge Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Millington Rd. in Pleasant Ridge. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Pleasant Ridge Historic District

Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Pleasant Ridge MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Pleasant Ridge MI, 2010 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

Pleasant Ridge Historic District is one of the places that gives Pleasant Ridge its character.

Albert Kahn drew the plans, in the Colonial Revival style.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Next time you are nearby, stop at Roughly bounded by Millington Rd., Woodward Ave., Ferndale and Ridge Rd.Boundary increase (listed December 13, 2010): West of Ridge Rd. to city limits of Royal Oak, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, and Ferndale and look up.

The Pleasant Ridge Historic District is a primarily residential historic district located in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan. The original portion of the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, and encompassed an area west of Woodward Avenue to Ridge Road, and running from Millington Road to the city limits of Ferndale.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Roughly bounded by Millington Rd., Woodward Ave., Ferndale and Ridge Rd.Boundary increase (listed December 13, 2010): West of Ridge Rd. to city limits of Royal Oak, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, and Ferndale., Pleasant Ridge

On this map

  1. Pleasant Ridge Historic District This place
  2. Pleasant Ridge Historic District (Boundary Increase) 0.3 mi
  3. Pleasant Ridge East Historic District 0.4 mi
  4. Detroit Zoological Park 0.8 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

Photo credits

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  1. Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Pleasant Ridge MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Pleasant Ridge MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Pleasant Ridge Historic District, Pleasant Ridge MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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