Rosedale Park Historic District
The Rosedale Park Historic District is a landmarked district in Detroit , Michigan . It is roughly bounded by Fenkell Street, Outer Drive, Grand River Avenue, Southfield Freeway, Glastonbury Street, Lyndon Street and Westwood Drive and with 1,533 contributing properties it is the largest historical district in the National Register of Historic Places . It includes mostly brick houses built between the 1920s and 1940s .
history
The land is located on the Rosedale Park, was reached in 1835 at Otis C. Freeman and George Bellamy and included two parcels of 80 acres (about 32 hectares ) size. Over the years the two parcels were further subdivided until 1916 the Rosedale Park Land Development Company bought and reallocated a large part. This eventually became the Rosedale Park Historic District. The land firing company also turned over a few other areas, such as the neighboring North Rosedale Park neighborhood on the other side of Grand River Avenue. The area was promising for the company because it was close to this road, which was a direct link to downtown Detroit, and because of the construction of the outer drive at the time.
Interest in the new district was quickly aroused, and in 1917 the Rosedale Park Land Development Company laid additional land, but in fact only a few buildings had been started by the end of the First World War , only 15 houses were completed during this time. After that, interest flourished and in 1921 another area was laid out. The city of Detroit annexed the new settlement in 1926 and took care of the construction of a water supply and sewage system in this district, which made it even more attractive.
Compared to other contemporary Detroit neighborhoods, such as Palmer Woods and Grosse Pointes , Rosedale Park had more modest buildings and reflected more of the solid middle and upper middle class of the homeowners at the time. Many of these homeowners were employees in the then booming automotive industry or freelancers such as accountants , doctors and dentists.
With the start of the Great Depression in 1929 the construction progressed more slowly in the quarter; however, the intervention of the Federal Housing Administration made lending easier and the neighborhoods experienced a new boom in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In the 1950s there was a house on almost every property. When Detroit's population declined in the late 20th century, Rosedale Park remained a sought-after neighborhood due to the high quality housing stock, the charm of the settlement as a whole, and the activity of the neighborhood association.
description
The Rosedale Park Historic District is a residential neighborhood. The main streets run in a north-south direction, large stone pillars mark the entrance to this district. A number of streets are structurally separated by traffic islands; oak and maple trees, most of which date from the 1920s and 1930s, line the streets.
Private architects did not get much help in the construction of the district. The property owners looked for inspiration in books and published plans or chose from the standard designs of the construction companies. Between 1917 and 1955 houses were built in a variety of architectural styles , from Tudor Revival and Arts and Crafts replicas to bungalow construction and buildings in the style of various colonial styles, such as the Dutch colonial style and the American Foursquare , to borrowings from the Prairie School , Ranch- style Homes, Garrison Colonial and International Style . The English country house style was obviously favored by the building development companies, many of the streets have names that reflect classic England, such as Glastonbury and Warwick Street.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosedale Park Historic District Web site for the state of Michigan. (English, PDF; 2.1 MB)
- ↑ a b c d e f National Register Registration Form for Proposed Rosedale Park Historic District ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ′ 1 ″ N , 83 ° 13 ′ 37 ″ W.