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East Ferry Avenue Historic District

The East Ferry Avenue Historic District is a historic residential district in Midtown Detroit, Michigan.

East Ferry Avenue Historic District
East Ferry Avenue Historic District · Wikimedia Commons
The place

The East Ferry Avenue Historic District is a historic residential district in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. The nationally designated historic district stretches two blocks from Woodward Avenue east to Brush Street; the locally designated historic district includes a third block between Brush and Beaubien. The district includes the separately designated Col. Frank J. Hecker House and the Charles Lang Freer House. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around East Ferry Avenue Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Wayne State University

    Wayne State University is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs.

    600 m · American public research university located in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ford Field

    Ford Field is an indoor stadium in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, the Mid-American Conference championship game, the annual state championship football games for the MHSAA, the MHSAA State Wrestling Championships, and the MCBA Marching Band State Finals, among other events. It was also the home of the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League from 2023 to 2025.

    2.9 km · stadium in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Detroit Institute of Arts

    The Detroit Institute of Arts is an art museum in midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the U.S. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet.

    300 m · art museum in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Little Caesars Arena

    Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opening in September 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and the Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association, respectively.

    2.4 km · indoor arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Guardian Building

    The Guardian Building is a landmark 43-story office skyscraper in the Financial District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Built from 1928 to 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art moderne designs.

    3.9 km · skyscraper in Michigan in the United States · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Fisher Building

    The Fisher Building is a landmark office tower located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, and is designed in an Art Deco style, faced with limestone, granite, and several types of marble.

    1.3 km · skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan, United States, including the Fisher Theater · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Fort Detroit

    Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac. A settlement based on the fur trade, farming and missionary work slowly developed in the area.

    4 km · fort used 1701–1779 in Michigan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Detroit Masonic Temple

    The Detroit Masonic Temple is the world's largest Masonic Temple. Located in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, at 500 Temple Street, the building serves as a home to various masonic organizations including the York Rite Sovereign College of North America.

    2.3 km · masonic building in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Tiger Stadium

    Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a multi-use stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location at the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues.

    3.3 km · baseball stadium located in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Penobscot Building

    The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a 45-story office skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Constructed between 1927 and 1928, the Art Deco building is located in the heart of the Detroit Financial District.

    3.8 km · building in Detroit, Michigan (1928) · Wikipedia

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Getting to East Ferry Avenue Historic District

Airports
Windsor (YQG), 13 km · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW), 29 km · Cleveland Hopkins (CLE), 146 km
  • Hamilton → East Ferry Avenue Historic District
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Toronto → East Ferry Avenue Historic District
    957 km · quickest by road, 20h 28m · C$165–225
  • Ottawa → East Ferry Avenue Historic District
    1174 km · quickest by road, 24h · C$170–230
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for East Ferry Avenue Historic District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East Ferry Avenue Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    847 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,167 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,681 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    2,778 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,901 km

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Around it

Next door to East Ferry Avenue Historic District

East Ferry Avenue Historic District is 4 km from Detroit, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.