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==Architecture== [[File:WindmillPt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Windmill Point (1925), [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] mansion by [[Hugh T. Keyes]]]] Grosse Pointe has a significant collection of historic architecture as well as some newer mansions. [[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]] designed the [[Edsel Ford#Edsel and Eleanor Ford House|Edsel & Eleanor Ford House]] (1927) at 1100 Lakeshore Dr. in Grosse Pointe.<ref name=AutoBaronEstates>A&E with Richard Guy Wilson, Ph.D.,(2000). America's Castles: The Auto Baron Estates, ''A&E Television Network''.</ref> [[Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)|Rose Terrace]] (1934–1976), the mansion of [[Anna Thompson Dodge]], once stood at 12 Lakeshore Dr. in Grosse Pointe. Designed by [[Horace Trumbauer]] as a [[Louis XV]] styled [[château]], Rose Terrace was an enlarged version of the firm's Miramar in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref name=RoseTerrace>Zacharias, Patricia (June 24, 2000).[https://archive.today/20130121102854/http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=97 Mrs. Dodge and the Regal Rose Terrace]. Michigan History, ''The Detroit News''. Retrieved on November 23, 2007.</ref> A developer, the highest bidder for Rose Terrace, demolished it in 1976 to create an upscale neighborhood. This gave a renewed sense of urgency to preservationists.<ref name=RoseTerrace/> The Dodge Art Collection from Rose Terrace may be viewed at the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]]. The [[Italian Renaissance]] styled [[Russell A. Alger]] House (1910), at 32 Lakeshore Dr., by architect [[Charles A. Platt]] serves as the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.<ref>[http://www.warmemorial.org/ Grosse Pointe War Memorial, the Russell A. Alger Mansion]. Retrieved on November 24, 2007.</ref> Many noted architects designed works in Grosse Pointe including [[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]], [[Marcel Breuer]], [[Marcus Burrowes]], Chittendon and Kotting, Crombie & Stanton, Wallace Frost, Robert O. Derrick, [[John M. Donaldson]], [[Louis Kamper]], [[August Geiger (architect)|August Geiger]], William Kessler, [[Hugh T. Keyes]], [[George D. Mason]], [[Charles A. Platt]], Leonard Willeke, Eliel and [[Eero Saarinen]], Field, Hinchman, and Smith, William Buck Stratton, and [[Minoru Yamasaki]]. Included below are examples of some of Grosse Pointe's many historic structures. ===Landmarks=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !style="background:light gray; color:black"|Name<ref name=sitesonline>[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/ Historic sites online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313060229/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/ |date=2009-03-13 }} ''Michigan Historic Preservation Office''. Retrieved on December 11, 2007.</ref><ref name="Hill">{{Cite book |author1=Hill, Eric J. |author2=John Gallagher |title=AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture |year=2002 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=0-8143-3120-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/aiadetroitameric0000hill }}</ref><ref name="1980AIA">{{Cite book| author= Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title= Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition| year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| isbn= 0-8143-1651-4| url= https://archive.org/details/detroitarchitect0000unse}}</ref><ref name="GPH">[http://www.gphistorical.org/autobarons/ford/index.htm Grosse Pointe Historical Society].</ref> ! class="unsortable" style="background:light gray; color:black"|Image ! style="background:light gray; color:black"|Year ! class="unsortable" style="background:light gray; color:black"|Location ! class="unsortable" style="background:light gray; color:black"|Style ! class="unsortable" style="background:light gray; color:black"|Architect ! class="unsortable" style="background:light gray; color:black"|Notes |- |[[Grosse Pointe Academy]] |[[File:GrossePointeAcademy2.JPG|180px]] |1928 | 171 Lake Shore Dr.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|35|N|82|53|37|W|name=Academy of the Sacred Heart}}</small> |[[Tudor revival|Tudor]] |William Schickel,<br />Magginnis and Walsh |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> Formerly known as the Academy of the Sacred Heart. |- |[[Country Club of Detroit]] |[[File:220countryclub.JPG|180px]] |1927 |220 Country Club Dr. |[[Tudor revival|Tudor]] |[[SmithGroup]] | |- |[[Grosse Pointe War Memorial|Russell A. Alger Jr. House]]<ref>[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/16680.htm Russell A. Alger Jr. House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010052906/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/16680.htm |date=2008-10-10 }}. ''Michigan Historic Preservation Office''. Retrieved on December 6, 2007.</ref> |[[File:Moorings.JPG|180px]] |1910 |32 Lake Shore Dr.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|13|N|82|53|50|W|name=Alger, Russell A. Jr., House}}</small> |[[Italian Renaissance]] |[[Charles A. Platt]] |[[Grosse Pointe War Memorial]]. Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MI/Wayne/state.html National Register of Historic Places - Michigan: Wayne County]. ''National Park Service.'' Retrieved on December 12, 2007.</ref> |- |[[Beverly Road Historic District]] |[[File:BeverlyRoadHistoricDistrict.JPG|180px]] |1911 |23-45 Beverly Rd.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|18|N|82|54|6|W|name=Beverly Road Historic District}}</small> |[[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial]],<br />[[Neo-Renaissance]],<br />[[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] |[[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]], Robert O. Derrick, Raymond Carey, and [[Marcus Burrowes]], et al. |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- |Ralph Harmon Booth House |[[File:315Washington.JPG|180px]] |1924 |315 Washington Road |[[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]], [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] |[[Marcus Burrowes]] |Originally home of U.S. Minister to Denmark, Detroit Institute of Arts Philanthropist, and brother of [[George Gough Booth]], {{convert|12000|sqft|m2}}. |- |JP Bowen House |[[File:16628EastJefferson.JPG|180px]] |1927 |16628 East Jefferson |[[French colonial]] |[[Wallace Frost]] |A {{convert|9000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} lakefront estate. |- |Buck-Wardwell House |[[File:Buck-Wardwell House.jpg|180px]] |1840 |16109 East Jefferson, at Three Mile |[[American colonial architecture|Colonial]] |William Buck |The oldest extant brick house in Grosse Pointe, a large colonial home. |- |[[Christ Church Chapel]] |[[File:ChristChurchChapel.JPG|180px]] |1930 |61 Grosse Pointe Rd.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|29|N|82|54|3|W|name=Christ Church Chapel}}</small> |[[Neo-Gothic architecture|Neo-Gothic]] |[[Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue]] |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- | [[Defer Elementary School]] | [[File:Defer Elementary School, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan (October 12, 2008).jpg|180px]] | 1924 | 15425 Kercheval<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|0.01|N|82|56|6.66|W|name=Defer Elementary School}}</small> | | | Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- |Charles A. Dean House- "Ridgeland" |[[File:221Lewiston.JPG|180px]] |1924 |221 Lewiston. |[[Mediterranean]], [[Tuscan order|Tuscan]] |[[Hugh T. Keyes]] |A {{convert|9000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} hillside estate. |- |[[Paul Harvey Deming House]] "Cherryhurst" |[[File:PaulHarveyDeming.JPG|180px]] |1907 |111 Lake Shore Dr.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|30|N|82|53|40|W|name=Deming, Paul Harvey, House}}</small> |[[Tudor revival|Tudor]] | |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/><ref>[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/13005.htm Michigan State Historic Preservation Objects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141658/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/13005.htm |date=2011-06-06 }}.Deming, Paul Harvey, House. Retrieved on April 5, 2008.</ref> |- | C. Goodlee Edgar House |<!-- Image goes here --> | 1910 | 880 Lake Shore Dr. |[[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] |[[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]] |<ref name="Hill"/> |- |Benson Ford House- "Woodley Green" |[[File:WoodleyGreen.jpg|180px]] |1934 |635 Lake Shore Dr. |[[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] |[[Hugh T. Keyes]] |The house is the former home of Benson Ford, grandson of Henry Ford.<ref name="GPH"/> Also known as the Emory W. Clark House.<ref name="1980AIA"/> |- |[[Edsel and Eleanor Ford House]]<ref>[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/9593.htm Edsel and Eleanor Ford House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141704/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/9593.htm |date=2011-06-06 }}. ''Michigan Historic Preservation Office''. Retrieved on December 6, 2007.</ref> |[[File:EdselFordHouse1.jpg|180px]] |1927 |1100 Lakeshore Dr.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|27|21|N|82|52|26|W|name=Ford, Edsel and Eleanor, House}}</small> |[[Cotswold stone|Cotswold]] |[[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]],<br />[[Jens Jensen (landscape architect)|Jens Jensen]] |President of Ford Motor Company, son of [[Henry Ford]], the {{convert|20000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} estate is open to the public for guided tours. Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], located in [[Macomb County, MI|Macomb County]]. |- |[[Henry Ford II]] House |[[File:160Provencal.JPG|180px]] |1957 |160 {{Not a typo|Provencal}} Rd. |[[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] | |The mansion has {{convert|9723|sqft|m2|adj=on}} and is the former home of [[Henry Ford II]], chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company, grandson of Henry Ford.<ref name="GPH"/> |- |[[Grosse Pointe South High School]]<ref>[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/17891.htm Grosse Pointe High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141719/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/17891.htm |date=2011-06-06 }}. ''Michigan Historic Preservation Office''. Retrieved on December 11, 2007.</ref> |[[File:GPSouthHS.jpg|180px]] |1928 |11 Grosse Pointe Blvd.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|27|N|82|54|8|W|name=Grosse Pointe High School}}</small> |[[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] |George J. Haas |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- |[[Grosse Pointe Memorial Church]] |[[File:GrossePointeMemorialChurch.JPG|180px]] |1927 |16 Lake Shore Dr. |[[Neo-Gothic architecture|Neo-Gothic]] |William E.N. Hunter |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- |[[Grosse Pointe Yacht Club]] |[[File:Grosse Pointe yacht club.jpg|180px|]] |1929 |Lake Shore Dr. at Vernier |[[Venetian Gothic architecture|Venetian]] |[[Guy Lowell]] | |- |[[Henry B. Joy]] House<ref>[http://gphistorical.org/autobarons/joy/index.htm Henry B. Joy House].''Grosse Pointe Historical Society''. Retrieved on December 6, 2007.</ref> |<!-- Image goes here --> | |Lake Shore Dr. at Kerby | |[[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]] |"Fair Acres" estate, home of the President of the [[Packard|Packard Motor Company]]. |- |J. Bell Moran House- "Bellmoor" |[[File:15420WindmillPointe.JPG|180px]] |1928 |15420 Windmill Pointe Drive |[[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor]] |Robert O. Derrick |A {{convert|12000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} lakefront mansion, the centerpiece of the Windmill Pointe strand of mansions. |- |Purdy-Kresge House |[[File:1012ThreeMileDrive.JPG|180px]] |1929 |1012 Three Mile Drive |[[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor]] |[[Leonard Willeke]] |A {{convert|7700|sqft|m2|adj=on}} house along a notable row. |- |[[Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)|Saint Paul Catholic Church]]<ref>[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/17713.htm St. Paul Roman Catholic Church Complex] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141734/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/17713.htm |date=2011-06-06 }}. ''Michigan Historic Preservation Office''. Retrieved on December 11, 2007.</ref> |[[File:SaintPaulGrossePointeFarms.JPG|180px]] |1899 |157 Lake Shore Dr.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|23|41|N|82|53|37|W|name=Saint Paul Catholic Church Complex}}</small> |[[Gothic Revival|French Gothic]] |Harry J. Rill |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- |Murray Sales House |[[File:251Lincoln.JPG|180px]] |1917 |251 Lincoln |[[Neo-Renaissance]] |[[Louis Kamper]] |A white-stucco estate designed by the famed Washington Blvd. architect. |- | [[Carl E. and Alice Candler Schmidt House]] | [[File:CandlerSchmidt.JPG|180px]] | 1904 | 301 Lake Shore Rd.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|24|18|N|82|53|18|W|name=Schmidt, Carl E. and Alice Candler, House}}</small> |[[Tudor revival|Tudor]] | | Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- | [[William B. and Mary Chase Stratton House]] | [[File:Stratten.JPG|180px]] | 1927 | 938 Three Mile Dr.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|22|43|N|82|55|24|W|name=Stratton, William B. and Mary Chase, House}}</small> | | | Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- | [["Kasteel Batavia" R.W. Judson House]] | [[File:KasteelBatavia15324WindmillPointWinterGrossePointe.JPG|180px]] | 1927 | 15324 Windmill Pointe Drive.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|21|46.22|N|82|55|30.63|W}}</small> |[[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor]] |[[Wallace Frost]] |A {{convert|9931|sqft|m2|adj=on}} lakefront mansion, Original site of the Windmill with one of the only remaining original French missionary pear trees. Home of the President of Continental Motors. |- |[[John T. Woodhouse House]] |[[File:Woodhouse.JPG|180px|]] |1920 |33 Old Brook Ln.<br/><small>{{Coord|42|24|24|N|82|53|18|W|name=Woodhouse, John T., House}}</small> | | |Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NationalRegisterWayne/> |- |[[Sutton Residence]] |[[File:175Merriweather.jpg|180px]] |1931 |175 Merriweather Road |Colonial |[[Louis Kamper]] |The smallest family home by Kamper; built for his niece Paula Kling Sutton, and husband John R. Sutton Jr. |- |F. Caldwell Walker House |[[File:211Vendome.JPG|180px]] |1929 |211 Vendome Rd |Colonial |Robert O. Derrick |F. Caldwell Walker, grandson of distiller [[Hiram Walker]], commissioned the {{convert|18158|sqft|m2|adj=on}} mansion.<ref>Cox, Sarah and Jessica J. Trevin (September 26, 2011).[http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2011/09/-stylefontsize-9px-textalign-centerclick.php Sunday Mansion Touring]. Detroit.curbed.com, ''Detroit Free Press''. Retrieved March 27, 2012.</ref> |}
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