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1001 Woodward
35W Capitol Park Apartments
7300 Woodward
Abraham Lincoln statue
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Adams Theatre
Alexander Blain Hospital
Alexander Macomb Elementary
Alexander Macomb Monument
Alger Theater
Alhambra Apartments
Alhambra Theatre
All Saints Catholic Church
Alpheus Starkey Williams Monument
Ambassador Bridge
AMC Headquarters
A&M Coney Island Building
American Legion Hall
Andrew Jackson Intermediate School
Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
Annex Theatre
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Aquarama
Arcadia Ballroom
Arena Gardens
Argonaut Building
Ariel
Art Stove Co. Building
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
Assumption Grotto Church
Avenue Theatre
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Baker’s Keyboard Lounge
Bankers Trust Company Building
Barbour Intermediate School
Basso Building
Beck Building
Bedell Building
Belcrest Apartments
Belle Isle
Belle Isle Aquarium
Belle Isle Athletic Pavilion
Belle Isle Band Pavilion
Belle Isle Bath House (first)
Belle Isle Bath House (second)
Belle Isle Bridge (old)
Belle Isle Casino
Belle Isle Casino (old)
Belle Isle Lighthouse
Belle Isle Pavilion
Belle Isle Police Station
Bennett Building
Bethel Community Transformation Center
Bethune Elementary
Biddle House
Birwood Wall
Blenheim Apartments
Board of Commerce Building
Bonstelle Theatre
Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book Tower and Book Building
Bowles Building
Breitmeyer-Tobin Building
Brewster-Douglass Projects
Britannia
Broderick Tower
Brodhead Naval Armory
Brown Brothers Building
Brunswick Hotel
B. Siegel
Buhl Building
Burgess Elementary School
Burns Hotel
Burt Elementary School
Cadillac Chair
Cadillac Hotel
Cadillac Place
Cadillac Square Apartments
Cadillac Square Building
Cadillac Tower
Calvin Coolidge Elementary
Cambria Hotel
Campau Realty Co. Building
Capitol Park Building
Capitol Square Building
Carhartt factory
Carstens Elementary School
Cary Building
Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Cass Tech High School (old)
Cass Theatre
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Cathedral of St. Anthony
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Central Baptist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Chancery Building
Charles F. Kettering High School
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Charlevoix Hotel
Chateau Frontenac
Children's Free Hospital
Christ Church
Christopher Columbus Monument
Chrysler Jefferson Avenue plant
Church of Our Father
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Church of the Messiah
Citizens Building
City of Alpena II
City of Cleveland III
City of Detroit II
City of Detroit III
City of Mackinac II
City of the Straits
City of Toledo
Civic Theatre
Clairwood Apartments
Clara Ford Pavilion
Clay Office and Conference Center
Clifford Hotel
Clinton Street Greater Bethlehem Temple
COGIC Brooks Cathedral Center
Coleman A. Young International Airport
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Col. Frank J. Hecker House
College of Education Building
Colonial Apartments
Colony Club Building
Columbia
Columbia Theatre
Comerica Bank Center
Comique Theatre
Continental Motors
Cooley High School
Coronado Apartments
COTS Peterboro
CPA Building
Crockett Technical School
Crosman Alternative High School
Crowley's Department Store
David O. Paige House
David Stott Building
David Whitney Building
Deaconess Hospital
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit Athletic Club (first)
Detroit Boat Club (current)
Detroit Boat Club (first)
Detroit Boat Club (second)
Detroit Boat Club (third)
Detroit Club
Detroit College of Law
Detroit Cornice & Slate Co. Building
Detroiter Hotel
Detroit Fire Department Training School
Detroit Harbor Terminal Building
Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Journal Building
Detroit Life Building
Detroit Museum of Art
Detroit News Building
Detroit Opera House
Detroit Opera House (first)
Detroit Opera House (second)
Detroit Police Headquarters
Detroit Police Headquarters (old)
Detroit Press Building
Detroit Public Library
Detroit Public Library (old)
Detroit Savings Bank Building
Detroit Stock Exchange Building
Detroit Times Building
Detroit Towers
Detroit Trust Co. Building
Detroit Unity Temple
Detroit Waldorf School
Detroit Yacht Club
Deutsches Haus
Dime Building
Dinan Hall (University of Detroit)
D.J. Healy Co. Building
Donovan Building
Douglas MacArthur Bridge
Earle Hotel
Eastern States
Eastown Theatre
Ecumenical Theological Seminary
Eddystone Hotel
Edelweiss Cafe
Edison Memorial Fountain
Edwin Denby High School
Electric Park
Elliott Building
El Tovar Apartments
Emily A. McLaughlin Hall
Empire Building
Engine House No. 11
Eureka Building
Fairbairn Hotel
Fairfax Hotel
Family Theatre
Farwell Building
Father Dowling Hall
Federal Building
Federal Reserve Bank
Ferguson Building
Fillmore Detroit
Film Exchange Building
Fine Arts Theatre
First Congregational Church
First Congregational Church (old)
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church House
First National Building
First State Bank
First Unitarian Church
Fisher Administration Center
Fisher Arcade
Fisher Body 21
Fisher Body 37
Fisher Building
Flame Show Bar
Floral Clock at Water Works Park
Foch Intermediate School
Ford Auditorium
Ford Building
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Forest Arms
Fort Clark Hotel
Fort Pontchartrain Hotel
Fort Shelby Hotel
Fort Street Congregational Church
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Wayne Hotel
Foundation Hotel
Fowler Building
Fox Theatre
Fox Washington Theatre
Francis Parkman School
Frank E. Kirby
Frank H. Beard School
Frank & Seder Building
Frank & Seder Co. Building
Free Press Building
Fyfe Apartments
Gabriel Richard Building
Garfield Building
Garland Stove
Garrick Theatre
Gayety Theatre
Gem Theatre Detroit
Gleaners Temple
Globe Tobacco Building
Goebel Brewery
Goeschel Building
Goodwill Community Chapel
Gordon-Pagel Bakery
Gotham Hotel
Grace Hospital
Grace Hospital Northwestern Branch
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Grand Army of the Republic Building
Grande Ballroom
Grand Quarters
Grand Riviera Theatre
Graphic Arts Building
Graystone Ballroom
Greater Buffalo
Greater Detroit
Greenfield Avenue Church of God
Greenfield Park Elementary School
Gregory, Mayer & Thom Co. Building
Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center
Greyhound
Greyhound Bus Garage
Greyhound Terminal (first)
Greyhound Terminal (second)
Grinnell Brothers Music House
Griswold Hotel
Grosfield Building
Guardian Building
Guardian Detroit Bank (Brightmoor Branch)
Guyton Elementary School
Hamlin Avenue Station
Hammond Building
Hannan Memorial YMCA
Hanneman Elementary School
Harmonie Club
Harper Hospital (old)
Harpos Concert Theater
Hartz Building
Hazen S. Pingree Monument
Healy International Academy
Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium
Hellenic Museum of Michigan
Hemmeter Building
Henry Ford Hospital
Herman Kiefer Hospital
Herman School
Heyn's Department Store Building
Higginbotham School
High School of Commerce
Himelhoch's Building
Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church
Holcomb Elementary School
Hollywood Theatre
Holmes Building
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
Holy Redeemer Parish
Home Savings Bank
Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial Building
Hosmer Elementary
Howard Flint Ink Co.
Hudson Hotel
Hudson Motor Car Co.
Hudson's Department Store
Huntington Place
Hunt Street Station
Hupp Motor Car Co.
Hurlbut Memorial Gate
Hutchins Intermediate School
Hutzel Hospital
Indian Village Manor Apartments
International Exposition Building
Iodent Building
Iroquois Avenue Christ Lutheran Church
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
James Battle
James J. Brady Monument
James Scott Memorial Fountain
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church (second)
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church (third)
John J. Bagley Bust
John K. King Books Building
J.T. Wing
Kahn Garage
Kaiser-Blair Building
Kales Building
Kean Apartments
King Solomon Baptist Church
Koenig Coal & Supply Co. Building
Kresge Administration Building
Kresge Building
La Choy Food Products
Lafayette Building
Lafer Brothers Building
Lane Bryant Building
Lansdowne
Laredo Apartments
Lawyers Building
L.B. King Building
Lee, Cady & Smart Building
Lee Plaza
Leland Hotel
Lester Hotel
Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain
Liberty Theatre
Light Guard Armory
Light Infantry Armory
Lincoln Motor Co.
Little Harry's
Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church
Lofts at Rivertown
Log Cabin at Palmer Park
Louis Kamper Apartments
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Maccabees Building
Mackenzie Hall
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Madison Office Building
Madison Theatre Building
Majestic Building
Majestic Hotel
Majestic Theatre
Malcomson Building
Mammoth Department Store
Marine Hospital
Mariners Church
Marion Law Elementary
Maritime Monument
Marquette Building
Marshall Elementary School
Marygrove College Liberal Arts Building
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple (old)
McFarlane School
McGraw Hotel
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
McKerrow School
Mera Hotel
Merchants Building
Mercier Building
Merrill Fountain
Metropole Building
Metropolitan Building
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
Michigan Central Railroad Depot
Michigan Central Station
Michigan State Capitol
Michigan Theatre
Miles Theatre
Milliken State Park Lighthouse
M.M. Rose School
Monnier Elementary School
Monteith Elementary School
Morgan Hotel
Moross House
Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
MSU Detroit Center
Mt. Royal Hotel
Municipal Court Building
Murphy-Telegraph Building
Music Hall
NABISCO factory
Nancy Brown Peace Carillon
National Theatre
Nativity of our Lord Church
Newberry Hall Apartments
Newberry & McMillan Building
Newcomb-Endicott Department Store
New Detroit Baths
New Elementary
Newlab at Michigan Central Building
New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Newsboys Fountain
Normandie Hotel
Noronic
North American
Northern High School
North One Apartments
North West
Northwestern High School (old)
North Woodward Methodist Episcopal Church
Norton Hotel (first)
Norton Hotel (second)
NSO Bell Building
Nuppenau House
Oakman Elementary School
Old City Hall
Old Main
Old Wayne County Building
Olympia Stadium
One Ford Place
One Woodward Avenue
Orchestra Hall
Orchestra Place Apartments
Oriental Hotel
Ossian Sweet House
Otto Schemansky & Sons
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Our Lady of the Rosary
Owana
Owen Building
Packard Plant
Palmer Park Casino
Palms Apartment House
Park Avenue Building
Park Avenue Hotel
Park Avenue House
Parker Elementary School
Parker-Webb Building
Park Shelton
Pasadena Apartments
Peninsular Stove Co.
Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building Annex
Penobscot Building (first)
People's Community Church
People's Outfitting Co. Building
Pershing High School
Pewabic Pottery
Phoenix Club Building
Plaza Apartments
Pleasure
Pochelon Building
Polk Directory Building
Pontchartrain Hotel
Post Intermediate School
Princess Theatre
Promise
Providence Hospital
Puritan Machine Co.
Put-In-Bay
Ransom Gillis House
Rayl Building
Recreation Building
Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Redford Theatre
Reid Building
Renaissance Center
Richman Brothers Co. Store Building
Riverfront Apartments
River Place
Riverview Park
Roosevelt Hotel
Rosa L. Parks Freedom Chapel
Russell A. Alger Memorial Fountain
Russell House
Ruthruff School
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Saint Mary of Redford Parish School
Salvation Army Citadel
Sampson Elementary School
Samuel Francis Smith Memorial Flagpole
San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2
Savarine Hotel
Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church
Second Avenue Presbyterian Church
Security Trust Building
Seeandbee
Senate Theatre
Seward Hotel
Sherbrooke Apartments
Sherrill Elementary School
Shubert-Lafayette Theatre
Sibley House
Simmons & Clark Building
Singer Building
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Somerset Apartments
South American
Southwest Detroit Hospital
Spanish American War Memorial
Spanish Bell at Palmer Park
Spirit of Detroit
Spruce Log at Palmer Park
St. Agnes Catholic Church
St. Albertus Catholic Church
St. Albertus Parish School
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. Aloysius Catholic Church (old)
Standard Accident Insurance Co. Building
St. Andrew’s Memorial Episcopal Church
Stanley Hong's Mannia Cafe
State Savings Bank
Statler Hotel
St. Augustine & St. Monica Catholic Church
St. Boniface Catholic Church
St. Casimir's Catholic Church (old)
St. Columba Episcopal Church
St. David's School
Ste. Anne Parish
Ste. Claire
Ste. Claire Hotel
St. Elizabeth Parish
Stephens Elementary
Stevens Building
Stevens T. Mason Monument
Stewart Elementary
St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
St. Hedwig Catholic Church
St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church
St. John Cantius Catholic Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Josaphat Catholic Church
St. Joseph Shrine
St. Louis the King Roman Catholic Church
St. Margaret Mary Cathlolic Church
St. Mary of Redford Parish
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Matthew Catholic Church
St. Matthias Episcopal
St. Patrick Catholic Church
St. Patrick Senior Center
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church
St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Regis Hotel
St. Rita Apartments
Stroh's Brewery
Sts. Peter and Paul Jesuit Church
Sts. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
Summerfield & Hecht
Sweetest Heart of Mary Church
Szent Janos Gör. Kath. Magyar Templom
Tashmoo
Telenews Theater
Temple Israel
Temple of the Maccabees
The Albert
The Amsterdam Lofts
The Ashley
The Assembly
The Belle
The Carlton
The Hamilton
The Kahn
Theodore J. Levin U.S. Courthouse
The Players
The Plaza
The Qube
The Scarab Club
The Shepherd
The Van Dyke Apartment
The Whitney
Thompson Home
Thunderbird Motel
Thurman YWCA Branch
Tiger Stadium
Town Residences
Traub Jewelry Building
Traver Building
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Church
Tuller Hotel
Ulysses S. Grant house
Union Depot
Union Trust Co. Building
Uniroyal
United Artists Theatre
United Foundation Building
United Savings Bank Building
United Sound Systems
University Club
University of Detroit Mercy Memorial Tower
U.S. Mortgage Bond Building
Valpey Building
Van Dyke Manor
Vanity Ballroom
Van Zile Elementary
Vernors Bottling Plant
Veterans Memorial Building
Victoria
Victoria Apartments
Vinton Building
Von Steuben Elementary School
Washington Boulevard Building
Water Board Building
Water Works Park Tower
Wauketa
Wayne County & Home Savings Bank
Wayne County Morgue
Wayne Hotel
Wells W. Leggett House
Western States
Westlawn Methodist Church
White House
Whitmore Plaza Apartments
Whittier Hotel
Wilkins Elementary
William Cotter Maybury Monument
William Livingstone Memorial Light
Williams Brothers Co.
Wilshire Apartments
Wish Tree
Wisner Confectionary Building
WJBK-TV Studios Building
W.K. Muir Memorial Fountain
Wolverine Hotel
Women's City Club
Wonderland and Temple Theatre
Woodmere Cemetery Superintendent's Office
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church
Woodward Building
Wright-Kay Building
Wurlitzer Building
YMCA (Downtown Branch)
YMCA (Fisher Branch)
YMCA Western Branch
Yorba Hotel
Young Woman's Home
YWCA Central Branch
YWCA (first)