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Building, Wildemere Park, since 1917

Rosa L. and Raymond Parks Flat

Still standing, photographed 2021

Rosa Parks Flat, Virginia Park, Detroit, 2021 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1917
Style
Craftsman
Standing
109 years

Rosa L. and Raymond Parks Flat has stood on Virginia Park. in Wildemere Park since 1917, 109 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

What is there now

Standing, closed

  • Closed Source: Historic Detroit

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

In 1917, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Rosa L. and Raymond Parks Flat opened in Wildemere Park.

It was built in the Craftsman style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2021.

Its doors are closed for now, but the building still stands.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 3201-3203 Virginia Park and look up.

The Rosa L. (McCauley) and Raymond Parks Flat, or simply the Rosa Parks Flat, is a two-story brick duplex located at 3201-3203 Virginia Park Street in Detroit, Michigan. The building is significant as the home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who lived in the first floor flat with her husband Raymond from 1961 to 1988. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1917 Built Craftsman
  2. 2021 Listed on the National Register February 5, 2021
  3. 2026 Today Standing, closed

Where it is

3201-3203 Virginia Park.

On this map

  1. Rosa L. and Raymond Parks Flat This place
  2. New Bethel Baptist Church 0.4 mi
  3. Shrine of the Black Madonna of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church 0.4 mi
  4. YMCA (Fisher Branch) 0.5 mi
  5. St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church 0.5 mi
  6. Northwestern High School (old) 0.5 mi
  7. Lee Plaza 0.5 mi
  8. St. Matthias Episcopal Church 0.6 mi
  9. C.L. Franklin House 0.6 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

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Around the block

It is in Wildemere Park. 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. Rosa Parks Flat, Virginia Park, Detroit, 2021 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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