Editing Grosse Pointe

{{Short description|Region of the Detroit metropolitan area}}
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[[File:St. Paul Grosse Pointe.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)|St. Paul Catholic Church]] at 157 Lake Shore in Grosse Pointe Farms. The current [[Gothic Revival architecture|French Gothic Revival]] structure was constructed in 1899 and designed by Harry J. Rill.]]

'''Grosse Pointe''' is a group of five adjacent suburbs in the [[Metro Detroit|Detroit metropolitan area]] on the shore of [[Lake St. Clair]]. From southwest to northeast, they are:

*[[Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Park]]
*[[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|Grosse Pointe]]
*[[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Farms]]
*[[Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Shores]] (incorporated in 2009 from the remnants of two townships: [[Grosse Pointe Township, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Township]] in [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] and [[Lake Township, Macomb County, Michigan|Lake Township]] in [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]])
*[[Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Woods]]

The terms "Grosse Pointe" or "the Pointes" are ordinarily used to refer to the entire area, referencing all five individual communities, with a total population of about 46,000. The Grosse Pointes altogether are 10.4 square miles, bordered by [[Detroit]] on the south and west, [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]] on the east and south, [[Harper Woods, Michigan|Harper Woods]] on the west of some portions, and [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan|St. Clair Shores]] on the north. The cities are in eastern [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]], except for a very small section in [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]]. The Pointes begin {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of [[Neighborhoods in Detroit#Downtown|downtown Detroit]] and extend several miles northeastward, in a narrow swath of land, to the edge of [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]]. The name "Grosse Pointe" derives from the size of the area, and its projection into Lake St. Clair.<ref>Farmer, Silas (1890). [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__Od5AAAAMAAJ ''History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan''], p. 129. Munsell & Co.</ref>

Grosse Pointe is a [[suburb|suburban area]] in [[Metro Detroit]], sharing a border with northeast Detroit's historic neighborhoods. Grosse Pointe has many famous historic estates along with remodeled homes and newer construction. Downtown [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|Grosse Pointe]], along Kercheval Avenue from Neff to Cadieux, nicknamed "The Village," serves as a central business district for all five of the Grosse Pointes, although each of them (except [[Grosse Pointe Shores]]) has several blocks of retail. Downtown [[Detroit]] is just over {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} west of this downtown area, accessed by Jefferson Avenue, or several other cross-streets.

The north–south area along Lake St. Clair generally coincides with the boundaries of the two public high schools. The southern areas (basically south and west of Moross Road) feature retail districts.

==History==
[[File:Victorianhomes GP.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Some of the historic homes that can be found in [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|The City of Grosse Pointe]]]]

{{US Census population
|1900= 1160
|1910= 1982
|1920= 5088
|1930= 21462
|1940= 29648
|1950= 40181
|1960= 55141
|1970= 58899
|1980= 52022
|1990= 49300
|2000= 47780
|2010= 45598
}}

Grosse Pointe, recognized for its historic reputation for scenery and landscape, has grown from a colonial outpost and a fertile area for small orchard owners and farmers to a coastal community with prime real estate chosen for grand estates.

The Grosse Pointes were first settled by [[French people|French]] farmers in the 1750s after the establishment of the French [[Fort Pontchartrain]]. Members of the [[British Empire]] began arriving around the time of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. In the 19th century, Grosse Pointe continued to be the site of lakefront [[ribbon farm]]s: long narrow farms that each adjoin the lake, useful for irrigation and early transportation needs. Beginning in the 1850s, wealthy residents of [[Detroit]] began building second homes in the Grosse Pointe area, and soon afterward, [[hunting]], [[fishing]], and [[golf]] clubs appeared. Some grand estates arose in the late 19th century, and with the dawn of the [[automobile]] after 1900, Grosse Pointe became a preferred [[suburb]] for business executives in addition to a retreat for wealthy Detroiters. By the 1930s, most of the southern and western areas of Grosse Pointe contained established neighborhoods, with remaining gaps and the northern sections such as [[Grosse Pointe Woods, MI|Grosse Pointe Woods]] developing after the 1930s.

In 1960, it was revealed that realtors in suburban Grosse Pointe ranked prospective home buyers by using a point system with categories such as race, nationality, occupation, and “degree of swarthiness.” Southern Europeans, Jews, and Poles required higher rankings than Northwestern European people in order to move into the community, while Asians and Blacks were excluded from living in Grosse Pointe altogether. Private detectives were used to investigate potential residents’ backgrounds. The revelation of this practice moved the state corporation and securities commissioner to issue a regulation to bar the licensing of real estate brokers who discriminated on the basis of race, religion, or national origin. Public hearings brought the national attention to the real estate discrimination situation in Detroit, which resulted in the expansion of open housing activity in the city.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sugrue |first1=Thomas |title=The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit |url=https://archive.org/details/originsofurbancr00thom |url-access=registration |date=1996 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey |page=[https://archive.org/details/originsofurbancr00thom/page/193 193]}}</ref>

A passenger [[Rail transport|rail]] line that connected [[Detroit]] to [[Mt. Clemens, Michigan|Mt. Clemens]] along the shore was operational by the late 1890s, making Grosse Pointe more accessible. As the [[automobile]] became the primary method of [[transportation]] and the rail line was decommissioned, the vista of what became Lake Shore Drive gradually improved. Lakeside estates are accessed from Lake Shore Drive and [[Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)|Jefferson Avenue]].

Over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries, Grosse Pointe has gained a reputation as a notable American suburb; entrepreneurial leadership, recreational activities afforded by the [[Great Lakes]] waterway, an international border with [[Canada]], and a focus on quality of [[education]] contributed to the successful development of the region. The Russell Alger Jr. House, at 32 Lake Shore Dr., serves as the [[Grosse Pointe War Memorial]] community center. Grosse Pointe contains fifteen recognized Michigan historical markers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |title=Michigan Historical Markers |access-date=2008-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717055930/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |archive-date=2014-07-17 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Culture and contemporary life==
[[File:Grosse Pointe townhouses.jpg|thumb|Townhouses in Grosse Pointe]]
"The Village", concentrated along Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe, serves as a central business district for the five Pointes with traditional street-side shopping. The Village had its own [[Sanders Confectionery|Sanders Candy and Dessert Shop]], founded by Frederick Sanders Schmidt, who opened a store Detroit in 1875. This location was closed in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Adrienne |title=Sanders Candy will permanently close 4 stores in Michigan |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/06/04/sanders-candy-closing-stores/3146705001/ |publisher=Detroit Free Press |date=June 4, 2020}}</ref> The Village has become a vibrant district with the emergence of mixed-use developments (more information at the [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|Grosse Pointe]] page). Grosse Pointe Farms is home to "The Hill" district, located on a small bluff, which includes offices, stores, restaurants, and the main branch of the [[public library]]. Near its "Cabbage Patch" district, Grosse Pointe Park has retail and restaurants on multiple cross-streets, as well as a [[farmer's market]] held weekly during the warm months. Grosse Pointe Woods' main business district lies along one of its main roads, Mack Avenue.

The recreational lifestyle historically associated with Grosse Pointe has given rise to many private [[Club (organization)|clubs]]. The [[Country Club of Detroit]] in Grosse Pointe Farms features a notable classic course, [[tennis]], and traditional amenities. The [[Grosse Pointe Yacht Club]], at the intersection of Vernier Road and Lakeshore Drive on Lake St. Clair, is an acclaimed boating club. The Grosse Pointe Club, also called the "Little Club," is a highly exclusive, historic club on the lakefront, on a site where wealthy Detroiters and Grosse Pointers have gathered for recreation since its organization in 1885,<ref>Farmer 1890, p. 340.</ref> when Grosse Pointe was a cottage-town. The Lochmoor Club is another club in Grosse Pointe which has an expansive golf course and other amenities. The Hunt Club is the equestrian club of Grosse Pointe. It houses an impressive number of horses and stables for the suburban area.
[[File:GrossePointeMansion.jpg|200px|left|thumb|University Place, [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] mansion in Grosse Pointe]]

Many prominent Detroiters, members of the [[Ford family]], including [[Edsel Ford]] (son of [[Henry Ford]]) and his wife, Eleanor Clay Ford, as well as [[Henry Ford II]] (grandson of Henry Ford), have chosen to reside in Grosse Pointe. The [[Edsel and Eleanor Ford House]], at 1100 Lake Shore Drive, is open to the public for guided tours.

Each city has at least one municipal park along Lake St. Clair. The landlocked Grosse Pointe Woods has its park at the southern tip of St. Clair Shores, adjacent to Grosse Pointe Shores. Access to each of these parks is restricted to residents of its municipality, causing occasional controversy among residents of both Grosse Pointe and other neighborhoods in Metro Detroit.  [[Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)|Jefferson Avenue]], a major thoroughfare in Detroit, becomes Lakeshore Drive between Grosse Pointe Farms and Grosse Pointe Shores, and is the scenic carriageway of all five Grosse Pointes, after skirting the eastern neighborhoods of Detroit. Lakeshore Drive was featured on [[HGTV]]'s television program ''[[Dream Drives]]'' and in the films ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' and ''[[Gran Torino]]''.

The region is home to [[University Liggett School]], Michigan's oldest [[independent school]], and two public high schools: [[Grosse Pointe South High School]] and [[Grosse Pointe North High School]], which are the termini of the [[Grosse Pointe Public School System]].

[[Newspaper]]s and community [[Non-profit organization|organizations]] generally serve all five cities, as do the [[public library]] and [[school system]], but [[municipal services]] are separate. ''[[The Grosse Pointe News]]'', on a weekly basis, and the ''[[Grosse Pointe Times]]'', on a semi-weekly basis, publish local news, though the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' and ''[[The Detroit News]]'' provide the majority of regional, national and international news.

==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===

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!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>
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|[[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]]
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|[[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
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| 1910
| 880 Lake Shore Dr.
|[[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]]
|[[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]]
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|-
|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>
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|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>
|}

==Notable residents==
[[File:Edsel Bryant Ford.jpg|thumb|[[Edsel Ford]] of Grosse Pointe was the son of [[Henry Ford]] and served as the President of the [[Ford Motor Company]].]]
[[File:Roy D. Chapin hec.19010.jpg|thumb|[[Roy D. Chapin]] of Grosse Pointe was the founder of the [[Hudson Motor Car Company]] and served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce.]]
* [[Gregg Alexander]]: [[New Radicals]] frontman, best known for their single "[[You Get What You Give (song)|You Get What You Give]]"
* [[Anita Baker]]: soul singer
* [[Roy D. Chapin]]: 457 Lake Shore Drive, [[Hudson Motor Car Company]] founder, served as [[United States Secretary of Commerce]]. Architect John R. Pope designed the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style Chapin house, built in 1927. In 1956, Henry Ford's grandson [[Henry Ford II]] purchased the home.<ref name="GPH"/>
* [[Andrea Deck]]: actress
* [[Anna Thompson Dodge]] (Mrs. Horace E. Dodge): 12 Lake Shore; Rose Terrace Mansion was demolished in 1976
* [[Horace Dodge]]: automotive pioneer
* [[John Francis Dodge]]: automotive pioneer; 80,000+ sq ft home stood vacant for 20 years following his death
* [[Jeffrey Eugenides]]: [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[novelist]]
* [[Prince Fielder]]: former Detroit Tiger; grew up in [[Grosse Pointe Park]] while [[Cecil Fielder|his father]] was playing for the Tigers
* [[Edsel Ford]] and Eleanor Clay Ford: 1100 Lake Shore Drive; Edsel was son of [[Henry Ford]]; public tours
* [[Henry Ford II]]: 160 {{Not a typo|Provencal}} Rd.; grandson of Henry Ford<ref name="GPH"/>
* [[Martha Firestone Ford]]: owner of the [[Detroit Lions]]; granddaughter of [[Harvey Samuel Firestone]]
* [[William Clay Ford Sr.|William Clay Ford]]: grandson of Henry Ford
* [[William Clay Ford Jr.]]: great-grandson of Henry Ford
* [[Alexander Grant (Upper Canada politician)|Alexander Grant]]: 18th-century [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario|Administrator (Lt. Governor)]] of [[Upper Canada]] and [[Provincial Marine|Royal Navy]] Commander
* [[John 5 (guitarist)|John 5]]: guitarist and songwriter
* [[Russell A. Alger]]: United States Senator, and Secretary of War
* [[Henry B. Joy]]: president of [[Packard Motor Car Company]]
* [[Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy]]: Federal District Court Judge, later appointed to the [[Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals]]
* [[Edie Parker|Edie Kerouac-Parker]]: first wife of [[Jack Kerouac]]
* [[Aaron Krickstein]] (born 1967): tennis player, world # 6
* [[George Lothrop]]: Attorney General of Michigan, and later U.S. Ambassador to Russia
* [[Kirk Maltby]]: forward for the Detroit Red Wings
* [[Stephen Murphy III]]: Federal District Court Judge; United States Attorney in Detroit
* [[Serge Obolensky]]: Russian aristocrat, American paratrooper in WWII, and businessman
* [[Roger Penske]]: founder of Penske Automotive Group
* [[Carly Piper]]: Olympic swimmer; won gold medal in Athens in 2004 for the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
* [[Sharon Elery Rogers]], composer
* [[J.K. Simmons]]: [[Academy Award]] winning Actor
* [[Quinn XCII]]: Singer and songwriter
* [[Corey Tropp]]: forward for the [[Buffalo Sabres]]
* [[Ralph Wilson]]: owner of the [[Buffalo Bills]]; long-time Shores resident
* [[Meg White]]: member of [[The White Stripes]]; born in Grosse Pointe Farms
* [[G. Mennen Williams]]: Governor and Chief Justice of the [[Michigan Supreme Court]]
* [[Marianne Williamson]]: Democratic candidate for President of the United States of America<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/1g64KbAU2Lc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190731225959/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g64KbAU2Lc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g64KbAU2Lc&t=16| title = 'Dark Psychic Force': Williamson Sounds Off On Race, Reparations {{!}} NBC News | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References and further reading==
* A&E with Richard Guy Wilson, Ph.D. (2000). America's Castles: The Auto Baron Estates, ''A&E Television Network''.
* {{Cite book|author=Bridenstine, James|title=Edsel and Eleanor Ford House|year=1989|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-2161-5}}
* {{Cite book|author=Cantor, George|title=Detroit: An Insiders Guide to Michigan|year=2005|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0-472-03092-2|url=https://archive.org/details/exploremichigand0000cant}}
* {{Cite book|author=Fisher, Dale|title=Building Michigan: A Tribute to Michigan's Construction Industry|year=2003|publisher=Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing|isbn=1-891143-24-7}}
* {{Cite book| author=Godzak, Roman|title= Archdiocese of Detroit (Images of America)|year=2000|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-7385-0797-0}}
* {{Cite book| author=Godzak, Roman|title= Catholic Churches of Detroit (Images of America)|year=2004|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-7385-3235-5}}
* {{Cite book| author=Godzak, Roman|title= Make Straight the Path: A 300 Year Pilgrimage Archdiocese of Detroit|year=2000|publisher=Editions du Signe|isbn=2-7468-0145-0}}
* {{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  }}
* {{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}}
* {{Cite book|author1=Socia, Madeleine  |author2=Suzie Berschback |title=Grosse Pointe: 1890 - 1930 (Images of America)
|year=2001|publisher=Arcadia|isbn=0-7385-0840-3}}
* {{Cite book| author=Tentler, Leslie Woodcock with foreword by Edmund Cardinal Szoka
 |title= Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit|year=1992|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-2106-2}}
* {{Cite book|author=Tutag, Nola Huse with Lucy Hamilton|title=Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit|publisher=Wayne State University Press|year=1988|isbn=0-8143-1875-4}}
* {{Cite book| author=Woodford, Arthur M.|title=This is Detroit 1701–2001|publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2001|isbn=0-8143-2914-4}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.fordhouse.org/ Edsel & Eleanor Ford House]
* [http://www.gphistorical.org/ Grosse Pointe Historical Society]
* [http://www.gpschools.org/ Grosse Pointe Public School System]
* [http://www.uls.org/ University Liggett School]
* [http://www.gp.lib.mi.us/ Grosse Pointe Public Library]
* [http://www.grossepointenews.com/ ''Grosse Pointe News''] — weekly newspaper
* [http://www.grossepointey.com/ ''Grosse Pointey''] — online news source
* [http://www.warmemorial.org/ Grosse Pointe War Memorial] ([[Russell Alger]] mansion)
* [http://www.thevillagegp.com/ The Village, Downtown Grosse Pointe] — shopping district

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