Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic District
1400-1456 Woodward (between Grand River Avenue and Clifford Street)
Location:	Detroit, Michigan  United States
Coordinates:	42°20′3″N 83°2′56″W / 42.33417°N 83.04889°W / 42.33417; -83.04889
Architect:	Albert Kahn, Gordon W. Lloyd, et al.
Architectural style(s):	Early Commercial, Late Victorian
Governing body:	Local
Added to NRHP:	February 12, 1999
NRHP Reference#:	99000051[1]

The Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District is a commercial district located at 1201 through 1449 Woodward Avenue (two blocks between State Street to Clifford Street) and 1400 through 1456 Woodward Avenue (one block between Grand River Avenue and Cliffors Street) in Detroit, Michigan. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

[edit] History

1401-1449 Woodward (between Grand River Avenue and Clifford Street)

1201-1399 Woodward (between State Street and Grand River Avenue)

The Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District contains thirty-four commercial buildings^[2] built at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, many by noted architects.^[3] By the 1920s, this area of the city was one of the most active shopping districts in the nation; in 1925, the State and Woodward interseation was the most active pedestrian crossing corner in the U.S.^[3]

Many famous and historic Detroit businesses either began or had flagship stores in or near the district, including Vernors, Sanders Confectionery, Winkelman's, S.S. Kresge Co., F. W. Woolworth Company, and Hudson's.^[3]

[edit] Construction

Most of the structures in the distruct are of steel frame construction with a front windowed facade finished with brownstone, white brick, white terra cotta, or red brick.^[4] They all stand wall-to-wall, filling the lot lines and fronting directly on the sidewalk.^[4] Most were originally designed to house retail on the first floor and offices on the upper floors.^[4]

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