Historic district, Greektown
Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District
Photographed standing in 2008
Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District has stood on Randolph St. in Greektown. 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 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District is one of the places that gives Greektown its character.
The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1980.
Next time you are nearby, stop at 1208--1244 Randolph St and look up.
The Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District is a historic district located in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, which includes six buildings along Randolph Street between Monroe and Macomb streets (1208 to 1244 Randolph Street). The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The collection of buildings are a rare surviving set of Detroit Victorian-era commercial structures.
Where it is
1208--1244 Randolph St.
On this map
- 1 Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District This place
- 2 Ste. Claire Hotel 110 ft
- 3 Comique Theatre 240 ft
- 4 Breitmeyer-Tobin Building 310 ft
- 5 Cary Building 320 ft
- 6 Hilsendegen Block 340 ft
- 7 1307 Broadway 360 ft
- 8 St. John’s German Evangelical Church 380 ft
- 9 Lafer Brothers Building 430 ft
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Around the block
It is in Greektown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Ste. Claire Hotel
Hotel, built 1893, Renaissance Revival, by John Donaldson, demolished 1934
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
110 ft
- Comique Theatre Theater, built 1905, by C. Howard Crane, demolished 1978 240 ft
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Breitmeyer-Tobin Building
Building, built 1905, Beaux Arts, by Raseman & Fisher
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
310 ft
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Cary Building
Building, built 1906, Beaux Arts, by Richard E. Raseman
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
320 ft
- Hilsendegen Block Building, built 1867, Italianate, by Peter Dederichs, demolished 1953 340 ft
- 1307 Broadway Building, built 1908, Classical, by Gustave Mueller 360 ft
- St. John’s German Evangelical Church House of worship, built 1853, demolished 1878 380 ft
- Lafer Brothers Building Building, built 1916, by Joseph E. Mills 430 ft
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Randolph Street Streetscape in the 1200 Block Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Houses in the East Ferry Avenue Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Col. Frank J. Hecker House in Detroit, Michigan, United States, seen here from across Woodward Avenue, is listed on..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- FARMER(1884) Detroit, p395 ODD FELLOWS' HALL, HEAD OF MONROE AVENUE Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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