Medbury`s-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District

The Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District is a neighborhood of single-family, detached homes lining three parallel urban-suburban streets in Highland Park, a city entirely surrounded by the city of Detroit. The district contains 272 single-family homes, of which 251 are classified as contributing to the district's historic character. The houses are excellent examples of the variety found in American suburban domestic architecture of the period 1900-1930. Bungalows and bungalow-style houses with Craftsman or colonial details predominate, but foursquare, colonial revival, and English cottage types are also present. The district also contains 272 garages and sheds, all located along alleys which cut through the centers of the blocks. All but twenty-one appear to date from the era of the district's development and reflect the suburban, upwardly mobile, middle-class, historic character of the neighborhood.