| Rosedale Park is located approximately
twelve miles west of downtown Detroit and contains over 1500 residences
covering approximately 340 acres. This planned community, platted between
1916 and 1921, was later annexed by the City of Detroit in 1926. It is significant
under National Register Criterion A, for association with streetcar and
automobile suburban development in relation to early twentieth century transportation
corridors, and Criterion C, for early suburban architecture. Bordered by
Grand River Avenue, Southfield Road, and Outer Drive West, the district
exhibits a moderate to high degree of integrity of feeling, setting, and
contributing architectural resources. The district’s building stock
presents a variety of distinctive architectural styles and patterns, but
maintains a shared rhythm and cadence of residential construction with uniform
setbacks and tree-filled medians between sidewalks and streets. It also
retains the park-like setting planned by its developers, with landscaped
traffic islands, tree-lined streets, and a varied housing stock that dates
from the 1910s to the 1950s. |
