Brush Park
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The Brush Park Historic District is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan. It is bounded by Mack Avenue on the north, Woodward Avenue on the west, Beaubien Street on the east, and the Fisher Fre
Streetscape on Edmund Place
The Philo Parsons residence, designed by architect Elijah E. Myers and completed in 1876, was located at the south corner of Woodward Avenue and Watson Street. Was demolished for the 1936 Woodward widening.
Temple Beth-El, c. 1905
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church built in 1887 by the architects Mortimer Smith & Sons and reformed for the 1936 Woodward widenning was destroyed by fire 1986.
Ransom Gillis House
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The Ransom Gillis House is a historic home located at 205 Alfred Street in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Brush Park district. It was designed by Henry T. Brush and George D. Mason and built be
Brush Park
…baron Lucien S. Moore; banker Frederick Butler; merchant John P. Fiske; Dime Savings Bank president William Livingstone Jr.; and dry goods manufacturer Ransom Gillis. In the 1890s the character of the subdivision began to change, as many prominent members of the local German Jewish community moved to Brush Park…
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Ransom Gillis
Ransom Gillis House, 1879
Ransom Gillis House, 2005