Pleasant Ridge East Historic District

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LocationBounded generally by Woodward, 10 Mile Rd., Conrail and east city limits and south city limits, Pleasant Ridge, Michigan
Coordinates 42°28′14″N83°8′13″W / 42.47056°N 83.13694°W / 42.47056; -83.13694 (Pleasant Ridge East Historic District) Coordinates: 42°28′14″N83°8′13″W / 42.47056°N 83.13694°W / 42.47056; -83.13694 (Pleasant Ridge East Historic District)
Area90 acres (36 ha)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, et al.
NRHP reference # 06001329 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 2007

The Pleasant Ridge East Historic District is a residential historic district located east of Woodward Avenue in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, and bounded by Woodward, Ten Mile Road, Conrail, and the east and south city limits. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

Pleasant Ridge, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Pleasant Ridge is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 2,526 at the 2010 census, ranking 255th on the list of Michigan municipalities by population.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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History

The first settler in what is now Pleasant Ridge was Virgil Rose, who purchased a 400-acre portion of land centered on the Ten Mile Road - Woodward Avenue intersection. In the late 19th century, the Rose family heirs sold a portion of the tract west of Woodward to Alfred F. Wilcox, who developed a large estate in 1900 and in 1906 began platting a subdivision. The Rose family continued to own the land east of Woodward until 1914, when they platted the LaBelle Heights and Hamilton Woods subdivisions which include the majority of this historic district. The first houses were built in 1915-16, and in 1919 Pleasant Ridge, on both east and west sides of Woodward, was incorporated as a village. [2]

Development boomed in the 1920s, and a number of developers and building contractors worked in the area. The most prominent of these was Walter Gehrke, who established an office in the district in 1926. The village incorporated as a city in 1927. The Pleasant Ridge East Historic District became home to a range of business, professional, and middle class workers, including teachers, architects, art directors, auditors, editors, brokers, accountants, brokers, metallurgists, electrical engineers, chemists, dentists, pharmacists, and physicians. [2]

Description

The Pleasant Ridge East Historic District is a primarily single-family home residential district, with only a few commercial properties along Woodward and Main Street. The neighborhoods are remarkably intact and cohesive, with homes representing a variety of architectural styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s, including colonials, English cottages, bungalows and Craftsman structures. The district's largest homes tend to be located along the block or two closest to Woodward, with the ones most modest in scale farther away, near the railroad line. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 William E. Rutter (August 2006), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Pleasant Ridge East Historic District