List of buildings on Woodward Avenue

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The list below shows the information on the buildings along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. This list begins at Woodward's southern terminus at the Detroit River and proceeds north to the Detroit city limits at Eight Mile Road, also known as M-102.

Contents

AddressNameUseBuilt Style FloorsNotes
West side
of street
East side
of street
Detroit River/Hart Plaza
contains Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain, designed by Isamu Noguchi, and Noguchi's Pylon Tower
Jefferson Avenue
Joe Louis' Fist
1 Woodward Avenue One Woodward Avenue Office building 1962 Modern 29designed by Yamasaki Associates, designers of the now-destroyed World Trade Center in New York City. Has 28 above-ground floors, one basement floor.
2 Woodward Avenue Coleman A. Young Municipal Center City hall and courthouse 1954 International 2120 above-ground floors, one basement floor; Spirit of Detroit Sculpture at the entrance
Larned Street
500 Griswold Street Guardian Building Office building1929 Art Deco 40Known as the "Cathedral of Finance"
500 Woodward Avenue One Detroit Center Office building1993 Gothic Revival,
postmodern
4543 above-ground floors, two basement floors; one of two planned towers
501 WoodwardDetroit Federal Savings and Loan BuildingOffice building1971Modern5Constructed on a lot "left-over" after Woodward was widened in the 1950s
Congress Street
600 Woodward Avenue Vinton Building Office building1916 Neoclassical 1412 above-ground floors, two basement floors
608 Woodward Avenue Martin Limbach Hardware Store Building retail/restaurant1877Victorian Commercial5
611 Griswold Street The Qube Office building1959Modern14Previously the National Bank of Detroit Building, Bank One Tower and Chase Tower, but commonly called the "Cheese Grater Building" due to its appearance, stands at the location of Detroit's first skyscraper, the Hammond Building
660 Woodward Avenue First National Building Office building1922Neoclassical2826 above-ground floors, 2 below-ground floors
West Fort Street | Cadillac Square
Campus Martius Park
777 Woodward Avenue One Kennedy Square Office building2006Modern1310 above-ground floors, three below-ground floors
Michigan Avenue | Monroe Street
One Campus Martius Compuware World Headquarters Office building2003Modern2018 above-ground floors, two below-ground floors
1001 Woodward Avenue 1001 Woodward Mixed-use skyscraper1965International2523 above-ground floors, two mechanical floors, previously known as the First Federal Savings Building
1075 Woodward Avenue1001 Woodward Parking Garage Parking garage 2006Modern12
Gratiot Avenue | State Street
1206 Woodward AvenueFormer site of J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition Office building, department store 1923–1946 Chicago School 3329 above-ground floors, four below-ground floors
Grand River Avenue
1403 Woodward Avenue Elliott Building Apartment building1894 Renaissance Revival 6The structure was originally built as a retail building
1447 Woodward Avenue Frank & Seder Building Apartment building1881 Chicago School 6The building was the tallest in the state when built
Clifford Street | John R Street
1500 Woodward Avenue Wright-Kay Building mixed use1891 Queen Anne 6Originally known as the Schwankovsky Temple of Music; occupied 1920-78 by Wright-Kay Jewelers currently, a nightclub and residences
1545 Woodward AvenueHimelhoch ApartmentsApartment building1901 Renaissance Revival 8The structure was originally built as an office and retail building, the Washington Arcade, and was later leased to upscale women's department store Himelhoch's from 1923 to 1977
1553 Woodward Avenue David Whitney Building Residential/Hotel1915Renaissance revival19The building underwent a $92 million renovation between 2013 and 2014
10 Witherell Street David Broderick Tower Apartment building1928Chicago School,
Beaux-Arts
352 basement floors; converted to apartments in 2012 [1]
Park Avenue | Witherell Street
Grand Circus Park
contains the Thomas Edison Memorial Fountain, monuments to mayors William C. Maybury and Hazen S. Pingree and a fountain honoring Governor Russell Alger by Daniel Chester French.
1600-1601 Woodward AvenueGrand Circus Park GarageParking garage1957unknown-2The underground garage was built under the two portions of the park in 1957. [2] The eastern portion accommodates 250 cars and the western portion accommodates 540. [3]
Adams Street
10 West Adams Street Fyfe Building Apartment Building1919Gothic Revival14Constructed as offices and retail; later converted to apartments with retail space at street level
23 East Adams Street Central United Methodist Church Methodist Church1867, 1930Gothic Revival6
Elizabeth Street
2115 Woodward Avenue The Fillmore Detroit (formerly State/Palms Theatre) / Palms BuildingTheatre/Nightclub with Offices1925Gothic Revival12Building housing the theatre is named the Palms Building
2125 Woodward Avenue Little Caesars world headquarters expansionOffice Building2018 (est.)Modern9
Columbia Street
2211 Woodward Avenue Fox Theatre Theatre and Offices1928Art Deco10Largest "Fox Theatre" in United States
Montcalm Street
2301 Woodward City Theatre Restaurant/Theatre2004Modern3
2326 Woodward St. John's Episcopal Church Episcopal Church1861Gothic Revival3
Fisher Freeway (Interstate 75)
2645 Woodward Little Caesars Arena Arena and Offices2017Modern4
Unknown addresses Brush Park subdivision1800s Victorian NA
3424 Woodward Bonstelle Theatre Theatre 1903Beaux-Arts,
Neoclassical
Home of Temple Beth El until 1922 when the congregation moved to 8801 Woodward and the building was converted to a theatre; purchased by Wayne State University in 1956.
100 East Mack Avenue Red Cross of Southeast Michiganhealth center, offices1973Modern3
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard | Mack Avenue
3501 Woodward AvenueOrchestra Tower Apartment building Modern11
3663 Woodward AvenueOrchestra PlaceOffices/Classrooms1997Modern5Part of the Orchestra Place Complex, which includes the 6-floor Detroit School of Arts. Houses offices for the University of Michigan Detroit Centre, Detroit Medical Centre, and Detroit School of Arts.
Parsons Street
3711 Woodward Avenue Orchestra Hall (Max M. Fisher Music Center) Concert hall 1919, 2003 Italianate,
Modern
4Home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
3800 Woodward Avenue Professional Plaza Tower Apartment building1964–66 International Style 12Currently under renovation
Alexandrine Street
4 East AlexandrineBicentennial TowerApartment building1976Modern12
3390 John R Detroit Medical Center Hospital Complex1921–1997various>10Complex of six hospitals, affiliated clinics, partner institutions and Wayne State University Medical School
4126 Woodward Majestic Theatre Theatre, Bowling Lanes, restaurant1915, 1934Art Deco3
Canfield Street
4221 Woodward Avenue David Whitney House restaurant1894Romanesque Revival3Constructed as a residence, previously housed offices, converted to a restaurant in 1986
4501 Woodward AvenueStudio 1 Apartmentsapartment building2007modern5Constructed in partnership with Wayne State University; features one and two bedroom apartments on the upper floors with retail at street level [4]
4612 Woodward Avenue Edwin S. George Building apartment building1908, 19145The structure was renamed the Garfield Building in 1914
Forest Avenue
33 East Forest First Congregational Church Congregational church1891Romanesque Revival/Byzantine
Hancock Street
4800 Woodward Cathedral Church of St. Paul Episcopal church, school1905, 1951Gothic Revival
Warren Avenue
100 East Farnsworth Rackham Memorial Building University classrooms and offices1938Art Deco3Home of the University of Michigan Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
5035 Woodward Avenue Samuel L. Smith House Offices1889Queen Anne4Part of Wayne State University
5057 Woodward Avenue Maccabees Building Offices, classrooms1927Art Deco,
Romanesque Revival
15Part of Wayne State University
5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Institute of Arts Art museum 1927, 1966, 1971, 2007Beaux-Arts,
Renaissance Revival
5?Second-largest municipally-owned museum in the United States
5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit Public Library Library 1921, 1963Renaissance Revival,
International
5
Kirby Street
5401 Woodward Avenue Detroit Historical Museum museum1951International4Has two floors of galleries above ground and one below; the third floor houses administrative offices
15 East Kirby Street The Park Shelton condominiums1926Chicago school,
Italianate
12Opened as a residential hotel; converted to apartments in the 1970s and to condominiums in 2004
Ferry Street
5510 Woodward Avenue Col. Frank J. Hecker House offices1888French Châteauesque 3Served as residence to the Hecker family until 1947 and a music store until 1990, restored and converted to offices in 1990
71 East Ferry Avenue Charles Lang Freer House offices1887Queen Anne
Shingle Style
3Freer was business partner of Frank Hecker; the structure originally housed the Peacock Room by James McNeill Whistler; Has housed offices for Merrill-Palmer Institute since 1923
Edsel Ford Freeway (Interstate 94)
5930 Woodward Avenue Our Lady of the Rosary Church Roman Catholic Church1896, 1907Romanesque Revival2Constructed as St. Joseph's Episcopal Church in 1896 and purchased by a Catholic congregation in 1907
11 West Baltimore Avenue Detroit Amtrak station Train station 1988
Grand Boulevard
Site of first traffic light in Michigan
Chandler Street| Delaware Street
8000 Woodward Avenue Metropolitan United Methodist Church Church1926Gothic Revival7 (bell tower)Houses the second largest pipe organ in Michigan
Philadelphia Street
8501 Woodward Avenue Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church vacant1911Gothic Revival
8801 Woodward Avenue Bethel Community Transformation Center Church1921–1922NeoclassicalHome of congregation of Temple Beth El until 1974
Boston Boulevard
9944 Woodward Avenue Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament church1913–1951Gothic RevivalSanctuary completed in 1930 and selected as cathedral in 1937; towers and facade completed in 1951
Davison Freeway (M-8)
91 Manchester Avenue Highland Park Ford Plant Automobile plant1908–1910Unknown
(Industrial)
4Currently stores documents and artifacts from the Henry Ford Museum, as the plant has not been in use since 1978 (activity shifted to the River Rouge Complex in the 1920s, trim activity continued until 1978)
West McNichols Road
19013 Woodward Palmer Park Park and Golf course 1924Unknown ?U.S. Senator Thomas Witherell Palmer donated 140-acre (57 ha) to establish the park in 1893 that now encompasses 296-acre (120 ha) and houses a golf course, picnic areas, playgrounds, a log cabin and a fountain honoring local businessman Charles Merrill
West Seven Mile Road
19807 Woodward Evergreen Cemetery Cemetery 1905Unknown2 (mausoleum)
19975 Woodward Woodlawn Cemetery Cemetery 1895Gothic Revival2 (mausoleum)
West State Fair Avenue
1120 West State Fair Avenue Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum Michigan State Fair fairgrounds1922Italianate3
West Eight Mile Road (M-102)

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