National Register Listings in Wayne County, Michigan
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Alden Park Towers
Alger Theater
Alger, Russell A., Jr., House
Amity Lodge No. 335 Temple-Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army Temple
Annapolis Park Historic District
Antietam Street-Grand Trunk Railroad
Architects Building
Arden Park-East Boston Historic District
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Complex
Atkinson, Edmund, School
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Bagley, John N., House
Baker, Henry W., House
Balogh, Tivadar and Dorothy, House
Barlum Tower
Bartlett, Thomas and Maria Blackman, House
Belcrest Hotel
Belle Isle Park
Beverly Road Historic District
Birwood Wall
Boldman, David and Elizabeth Bell, House
Boston-Edison Historic District
Boydell, William C., House
Bradford, Benjamin and Mary Ann, House
Breitmeyer-Tobin Building
Broadway Avenue Historic District
Campau, Jos., Historic District
Campau, Joseph, House
Capitol Park Historic District
Cary Building
Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Cass Motor Sales
Cass Park Historic District
Cass, Lewis, Technical High School
Cass-Davenport Historic District
Cathedral Church of St. Paul Complex
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Central United Methodist Church
Central Woodward Christian Church
Century Building and Little Theatre
Chapel of St. Theresa-the Little Flower
Chapoton, Alexander, House
Chatsworth Apartments
Checker Cab Taxi Garage and Office Building
Chene, Alexander, House
Cherry Hill Historic District
Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad
Christ Church Chapel
Christ Church, Detroit
Church of the Transfiguration Historic District
Cleveland, Elizabeth, Intermediate School
Clyde, Thomas and Isabella Moore, House
Commandant's Quarters
Cooley, Thomas M., High School
Corktown Historic District
Coronado Apartments
Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building
Croul-Palms House
Cultural Center Historic District
Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House
Dearborn City Hall Complex
Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homes
Defer Elementary School
Deming, Paul Harvey, House
Denby, Edwin, High School
Detroit Club
Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building
Detroit Edison Company Willis Avenue Station
Detroit Financial District
Detroit Industry Murals, Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Masonic Temple
Detroit Naval Armory
Detroit News Complex
Detroit Savings Bank Southwest Branch
Detroit Yacht Club
Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building
Detroit-Leland Hotel
Dingledey, Phillip and Maria Hasselbach, House
Doty, Duane, School
Dry Dock Engine Works-Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex
Dunbar Hospital
East Ferry Avenue Historic District
East Grand Boulevard Historic District
East River Road Historic District
East River Road-North Hickory Canal Bridge
Eastern Market Historic District
Eastern Market Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Eastside Historic Cemetery District
Eberts, John and Emma Lacey, House
Eddystone Hotel
Edson, Moore and Company Building
Eighth Precinct Police Station
El Tovar Apartments
Elwood Bar
Engine House No. 11
Engine House No. 18
Everitt, Orson, House
Fair Lane
Farwell Building
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building
Ferry Stree-Thorofare Canal Bridge
Ferry, William Hawkins, House
First Baptist Church of Detroit
First Congregational Church
First Federal Building
First Presbyterian Church
First Unitarian Church of Detroit
First United Methodist Church
Fischer, John and Edna Trusdell, Farmstead
Fisher and New Center Buildings
Fisher Building
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Ford River Rouge Complex
Ford Valve Plant
Ford, Henry, Hospital
Ford, Henry, Square House
Ford-Bacon House
Fort Shelby Hotel
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street-Pleasant Street and Norfolk & Western Railroad Viaduct
Fort Wayne
Fox Theater Building
Freer, Charles Lang, House
GAR Building
Garden Bowl
Garden Court Apartments
Garfield, James A., School
General Motors Building
General Motors Research Laboratory
George, Edwin S., Building
Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gibraltar Road-Waterway Canal Bridge
Ginsburg, Bernard, House
Globe Tobacco Building
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grand Circus Park Historic District
Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Grande Ballroom
Graybar Electric Company Building
Great Lakes Manor
Greektown Historic District
Greenfield Union School
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum
Greenmead Farms
Grindley, Robert M. and Matilda (Kitch), House
Griswold Building
Grosse Pointe Central Library
Grosse Pointe High School
Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
Grosse Pointe Yacht Club
Guardian Building
Hamtramck Stadium
Harmonie Club, The
Harvey, John, House
Hecker, Col. Frank J., House
Hibbard Apartment Building
Highland Heights-Stevens` Subdivision Historic District
Highland Park General Hospital
Highland Park Plant, Ford Motor Company
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Hook and Ladder House No. 5-Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop
Hotel Stevenson
Hudson-Evans House
Hull's Trace North Huron River Corduroy Segment
Hunter House
Hunter, Mulford T., House
Hurlbut Memorial Gate
Indian Village Historic District
Jefferson Avenue-Huron River and Harbin Drive-Silver Creek Canal Bridges
Jefferson Hall
Jefferson Intermediate School
Jeffferson-Chalmers Historic Business District
Kahn, Albert, House
Kean, The
Kessler, William and Margot, House
King, L. B. and Co. Building
Kingston Arms Apartments
Kinyon, Orrin, and Roxanne Fairman, House
Koebel, Charles J. and Ingrid V. (Frendberg), House
Kresge, S. S., World Headquarters
Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments
Lawyers Building
League of Catholic Women Building
Lee Plaza Hotel
Leland, Nellie, School
Lilley Road-Lower Rouge River
Lincoln Park Post Office
Loomer, George W., House
Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District
Maccabees Building
MacNichol, George P., House
Majestic Theater
Manchester Apartments
Mariners' Church
Marwood Apartments
Marx House
McAdow, Perry, House
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
McKinley Elementary School
Medbury`s-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District
Mellus Newspapers Building
Merchants Building
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
Michigan Avenue Historic Commercial District
Michigan Bell and Western Electric Warehouse
Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building
Midtown Woodward Historic District
Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park
Miller, Sidney D., Junior High and High School
Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings
Moross House
Nacirema Club
New Amsterdam Historic District
New Bethel Baptist Church
New Center Commercial Historic District
Newberry, Helen, Nurses Home
Norris, Philetus W., House
North Woodward Congregational Church
Northville Historic District
Norwayne Historic District
Orchestra Hall
Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District
Palmer Park Apartment Buildings Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments District
Palmer Woods Historic District
Palms, Francis, Building & State Theater
Palms, Francis, Building and State Theater
Palms, The
Park Avenue Historic District
Park Avenue Hotel
Parke Lane Road-Thorofare Canal Bridge
Parke-Davis and Company Pharmaceutical Company Plant
Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
Parker, Arthur M., House
Parker, Thomas A., House
Parks, Rosa L. (McCauley) and Raymond, Flat
Pasadena Apartments
Patterson, John, and Eliza Barr, House
Penn Central Station
Pewabic Pottery
Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex
Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District
Players, The
Ponchartrain Apartments
Pontchartrain Club-Town House Apartments
Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex
Professional Plaza Tower
Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District
Redford Theatre Building
Redford Township District No. 5 School
Redstone, Louis G., Residential Historic District
Remick, Jerome H., and Company, Building
Richard, Pere Gabriel, Elementary School
River Terrace Apartments
Rosedale Gardens Historic District
Rosedale Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Royal Palm Hotel
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Convent and Rectory
Sacred Heart Seminary
Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church
Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Parish Complex (Boundary Increase)
Saint Paul Catholic Church Complex
Saint Paul Manor Apartments
Saint Rita Apartments
Saints Peter And Paul Church
Sante Fe Apartments
Scarab Club
Schmidt, Carl E. and Alice Candler, House
Second Baptist Church Of Detroit
Sheldon Inn
Shrine of the Black Madonna of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church
Sibley House
Sibley, Frederic M., Lumber Company Office Building
Smith, George and Mary Pine, House
Smith, Samuel L., House
Somerset Apartments
South Pointe Drive-Frenchman's Creek Bridge
Sprague, Thomas S., House
Springwells Park Historic District
St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church
St. Bonaventure Monastery
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Florian Historic District
St. James Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church
St. Josaphat's Roman Catholic Church Complex
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church and Rectory
State Savings Bank
Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex
STE. CLAIRE (steamer)
Stearns, Frederick K., House
Stearns, Frederick, Building
Strasburg, Herman, House
Stratton, William B. and Mary Chase, House
Sts. Peter and Paul Academy
Stuber-Stone Building
Sugar Hill Historic District
Sweet, Ossian H., House
Sweetest Heart Of Mary Roman Catholic Church
Taylor, Elisha, House
Temple Baptist Church-King Solomon Baptist Church
Temple Beth-El
Temple Beth-El
The Clay School
Third Precinct Police Station
Thompson Home
Tiger Stadium
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
Trinity United Methodist Church
Trombly, Charles, House
Trowbridge, Charles, House
Truesdell, Ephraim and Emma Woodworth, House
Tushiyah United Hebrew School-Scott Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. Post Office, Court House, and Custom House
United States Immigration Station
United States Postal Service Roosevelt Park Station
US 12 Bridges
Vanity Ballroom Building
Verona Apartments
Vinton Building
Virginia Park Historic District
Walker, Franklin H., House
Wall, Carlton D., House
Waltz Road-Huron River Bridge
Wardell, The
Warren Motor Car Company Building
Warren-Prentis Historic District
Washington Boulevard Historic District
Wayne County Courthouse
Wayne State University Buildings
Weil and Company-Gabriel Richard Building
Wells, William H., House
West Canfield Historic District
West Canfield Historic District (Boundary Increase)
West Jefferson Avenue-Rouge River Bridge
West Side Dom Polski
West Vernor-Junction Historic District
West Vernor-Lawndale Historic District
West Vernor-Springwells Historic District
West Village District
WGPR-TV Studio
Whitney, David, House
Whittier Hotel
Willis-Selden Historic District
Wilson Barn
Wilson Theatre
WJBK-TV Studios Building
Women's City Club
Woodbridge Neighborhood (Boundary Increase II)
Woodbridge Neighborhood Historic District
Woodbridge Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Woodhouse, John T., House
Woodward Ave. Presbyterian Church
Woodward East Historic District
Wyandotte Odd Fellows Temple
About Wayne County
Wayne County Timeline
Wayne County, Michigan has a rich historical background that dates back to the early Native American tribes who inhabited the region. The area was later explored by French settlers in the 17th century, with Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founding the City of Detroit in 1701. The region remained under French control until it was ceded to the British Empire in 1763. Wayne County was established in 1796 and was named after General Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War hero.
During the 19th century, Wayne County experienced rapid growth and development, largely driven by the manufacturing industry. Detroit, the county seat, became known as the "Motor City" due to the rise of the automobile industry. The city became a hub for automotive manufacturing and attracted industrialists such as Henry Ford, who revolutionized the production process with the assembly line.
Wayne County played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly during the 1960s. The city of Detroit witnessed numerous protests and demonstrations advocating for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The infamous 1967 Detroit Riots, sparked by racial tensions and socioeconomic issues, resulted in widespread civil unrest and significant damage to the city.
In recent years, Wayne County has faced challenges related to economic decline and urban decay. The region has made efforts to revitalize urban areas, attract investment, and diversify its economy. Today, Wayne County remains a prominent part of Michigan's economy, driven by industries such as automotive manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. The county is also home to various cultural attractions and institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Henry Ford Museum.
During the 19th century, Wayne County experienced rapid growth and development, largely driven by the manufacturing industry. Detroit, the county seat, became known as the "Motor City" due to the rise of the automobile industry. The city became a hub for automotive manufacturing and attracted industrialists such as Henry Ford, who revolutionized the production process with the assembly line.
Wayne County played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly during the 1960s. The city of Detroit witnessed numerous protests and demonstrations advocating for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The infamous 1967 Detroit Riots, sparked by racial tensions and socioeconomic issues, resulted in widespread civil unrest and significant damage to the city.
In recent years, Wayne County has faced challenges related to economic decline and urban decay. The region has made efforts to revitalize urban areas, attract investment, and diversify its economy. Today, Wayne County remains a prominent part of Michigan's economy, driven by industries such as automotive manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. The county is also home to various cultural attractions and institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Henry Ford Museum.
Wayne County Timeline
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Wayne County, Michigan.
- 1796 - Wayne County is established as part of the Northwest Territory
- 1805 - Detroit, the county seat, is incorporated as a town
- 1815 - The War of 1812 ends, and Wayne County experiences rapid growth
- 1827 - Wayne County's boundaries are redefined
- 1854 - Detroit is incorporated as a city
- 1861-1865 - Wayne County residents contribute to the Union effort during the Civil War
- 1920s - Wayne County's population booms due to industrialization and the growth of the automotive industry
- 1930s - Wayne County suffers from the Great Depression, but the automotive industry eventually recovers
- 1940s-1950s - Wayne County experiences post-war economic growth and suburbanization
- 1967 - The Detroit riot leads to civil unrest and significant changes in the city
- 1973 - Construction of the Renaissance Center, a major landmark in downtown Detroit, begins
- 1990s - Wayne County faces economic challenges, including the decline of the automotive industry
- 2008-2014 - Wayne County suffers from the Great Recession, with high unemployment rates and a housing crisis