Charles Lang Freer House | |
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| Location | 71 East Ferry Street Detroit, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′43″N 83°3′57″W / 42.36194°N 83.06583°W |
| Built | 1892[2] |
| Architect | Wilson Eyre |
| Architectural style | Shingle style[3] |
| Part of | East Ferry Avenue Historic District (ID80001921) |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000426[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1971 |
| Designated CP | March 10, 1980 |
| Designated MSHS | November 6, 1970[4] |
The Charles Lang Freer House is located at 71 East Ferry Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The house was originally built for the industrialist and art collector Charles Lang Freer, whose gift of the Freer Gallery of Art began the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The structure currently hosts the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute of Child & Family Development of Wayne State University. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1970[4] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "» Dichotomy 12: The Original Freer Gallery of Art".
- ^ Ferry, W. Hawkins, The Buildings of Detroit: A History, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI 1980 p.143
- ^ a b "Freer, Charles Lang, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2010.