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Historic district, Rosedale Park, since 1916

Rosedale Park Historic District

Still standing, photographed 2015

Streetscape on Artesian St. in Rosedale Park Historic District Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1916
Style
Colonial Revival
Standing
110 years

Designed by Albert Kahn

Rosedale Park Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Fenkell in Rosedale Park since 1916, 110 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Rosedale Park Historic District

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
House on Glastonbury in Rosedale Park Historic District Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
House on Glastonbury in Rosedale Park Historic District Detroit 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

In 1916, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, Rosedale Park Historic District opened in Rosedale Park.

Credit the design to Albert Kahn, in the Colonial Revival style.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2006.

Go see it at Roughly bounded by Fenkell, Outer Dr. W, Grand River Ave., the Southfield Freeway, Glastonbury, Lyndon, Westwood Dr.,. Photos never get the scale right.

Rosedale Park is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan. It is roughly bounded by Lyndon, Outer Drive, Grand River Avenue, Southfield Freeway, Glastonbury Avenue, Lyndon Street and Westwood Drive. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1916 Built Designed by Albert Kahn
  2. 2006 Listed on the National Register July 12, 2006
  3. 2026 Today 110 years and still standing

Where it is

Roughly bounded by Fenkell, Outer Dr. W, Grand River Ave., the Southfield Freeway, Glastonbury, Lyndon, Westwood Dr.,

On this map

  1. Rosedale Park Historic District This place
  2. Central Baptist Church 0.6 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

More from Detroit in the 1910s

Around the block

It is in Rosedale 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. Streetscape on Artesian St. in Rosedale Park Historic District Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. 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
  3. House on Glastonbury in Rosedale Park Historic District Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. House on Glastonbury in Rosedale Park Historic District Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Streetscape on Glastonbury in Rosedale Park Historic District Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Map displays neighborhood bounds of Rosedale Park in Detroit Michigan, 2015 Photo: Dexterslus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.