Greektown Historic District

Greektown is historically significant as a traditional center of ethnic retailing in downtown Detroit that has served two distinct nationalities in its 140 year history. It is architecturally significant as one of the last viable surviving Victorian commercial streetscapes in downtown Detroit and for its several individually distinguished Victorian, industrial, commercial and ecclesiastical structures.

The Greektown Historic District includes the north and south frontages along Monroe Avenue from Brush Street to St. Antoine, the portions of the Traugott Schmidt properties that border the east side of Beaubien between Monroe and Lafayette, and the St. Mary's Church complex which lies east of St. Antoine between Monroe and the vacated alley between Lafayette and Monroe. In general, the Greektown Historic District comprises a small enclave of Late Victorian, two-and-three-story, commercial buildings, industrial structures and churches surrounded on all sides by modern construction, both institutional and commercial; and large tracts of vacant land cleared as a result of urban renewal activities.