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Historic district, Midtown

Warren--Prentis Historic District

Photographed standing in 2008

Church in the Warren-Prentis Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Warren--Prentis Historic District has stood on Bounded by Woodward in Midtown. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Warren--Prentis Historic District

Selden Street between Second and Cass Avenue, Warren-Prentis Historic District, Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wayne State University's Old Main seen from the top floor of Parking Structure 6 on a partly cloudy day, 2008 Photo: Del arte at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Apartment buildings in the Warren-Prentis Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, 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 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Warren--Prentis Historic District is one of the places that gives Midtown its character.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1997.

Next time you are nearby, stop at Bounded by Woodward, Warren, Third, and alley S of Prentis and look up.

The Warren, Prentis Historic District is a historic district in Detroit, Michigan, including the east, west streets of Prentis, Forest, Hancock, and the south side of Warren, running from Woodward Avenue on the east to Third Avenue on the west. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it is

Bounded by Woodward, Warren, Third, and alley S of Prentis

On this map

  1. Warren--Prentis Historic District This place
  2. Sherbrooke Apartments 330 ft
  3. Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center 350 ft
  4. Hilberry Theatre 400 ft
  5. Wayne State University Buildings 410 ft
  6. Forest Arms 490 ft
  7. Thompson Home 490 ft
  8. Old Main 520 ft
  9. Perry McAdow House 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

It is in Midtown. 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. Church in the Warren-Prentis Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Selden Street between Second and Cass Avenue, Warren-Prentis Historic District, Detroit Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Wayne State University's Old Main seen from the top floor of Parking Structure 6 on a partly cloudy day, 2008 Photo: Del arte at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Apartment buildings in the Warren-Prentis Historic District, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Thompson Home on Cass in Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Hilberry Theatre at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2006 Photo: Jtmichcock at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.