Palmer Woods

Palmer Woods Historic District
Streetscape along Strathcona Drive
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LocationDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates42°26′5″N 83°7′28″W / 42.43472°N 83.12444°W / 42.43472; -83.12444
Built1915
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.83000896[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1983

The Palmer Woods Historic District is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Seven Mile Road, Woodward Avenue, and Strathcona Drive. There are approximately 295 homes in the 188-acre (0.76 km2) district,[2] which is between the City of Highland Park in Wayne County and the City of Ferndale in Oakland County.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] The Detroit Golf Club is nearby.

As of 2015, many of the wealthiest professionals in the city of Detroit live in Palmer Woods.[3]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Reindl, JC (April 27, 2014). "Home sales up in Detroit's Indian Village, other historic mansion areas". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b Reindl, JC. "GM president buys Detroit's Fisher Mansion for $1.55M" (Archive). Detroit Free Press. September 15, 2015. Retrieved on October 20, 2015.