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Grand Circus Park Historic District
| Grand Circus Park Historic District | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic District | |
 Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan | |
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| Location: | Detroit, Michigan United States |
| Coordinates: | 42°20′10″N 83°3′2″W / 42.33611°N 83.05056°WCoordinates: 42°20′10″N 83°3′2″W / 42.33611°N 83.05056°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1867 |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Architectural style(s): | Mixed (more than two styles from different periods) |
| Governing body: | Private |
| Added to NRHP: | February 28, 1983; December 07, 2000 (boundary increase) |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83000894; 00001488 (boundary increase)[1] |
Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the 5-acre (20,000 m2) Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit, Michigan that connects the theatre district with its financial center. It is bisected by Woodward Avenue, four blocks north of Campus Martius Park, and is roughly bounded by Clifford, John R. and Adams Streets. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] The building at 25 W. Elizabeth was added to the district in 2000.
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History
A part of Augustus Woodward's plan to rebuild the city after the fire of 1805, The city established the park in 1850. The Detroit Opera House faces Grand Circus Park. The grounds include antique statuary and old-fashioned water fountains. Near this historic site, General George Armstrong Custer delivered a eulogy for thousands gathered to mourn the death of President Abraham Lincoln. Architect Henry Bacon designed the Russell Alger Memorial Fountain (1921) in Grand Circus Park. Bacon's other projects include the Lincoln Memorial (1915–1922) in Washington, DC. The Russell Alger Memorial Fountain contains a classic Roman figure symbolizing Michigan by American sculptor Daniel French who sculpted Abraham Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial.[2]
The half-moon shaped park is divided down its center by Woodward Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare. Its eastern half is anchored by the Alger Fountain and capped on its north western edge with a statue of William Cotter Maybury. Its western half is anchored by the Edison Fountain and capped on its north eastern edge with a statue of Hazen Pingree.
Among the notable buildings encircling the park are the David Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building on the south, Kales Building, former Adams Theater, and Central United Methodist Church on the north, and Comerica Park and Detroit Opera House on the East.
Development
On November 12, 2007, Quicken Loans announced its development agreement with the city to move its headquarters to downtown Detroit, consolidating about 4,000 of its suburban employees in a move considered to be a high importance to city planners to reestablish the historic downtown.[3][4] The construction sites reserved for development by the agreement include the location of the former Statler on Grand Circus Park and the former Hudson's location.[5] (The western edge of the park was formerly home to the now demolished Statler and Tuller hotels). Grand Circus is serviced by a People Mover station.
East necklace
The Detroit Opera House is located at Broadway and Grand Circus. The east necklace of downtown links Grand Circus and the stadium area to Greektown along Broadway. The east neckace contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District, which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from 1930s through the 1950s to the present.[6] Near the Opera House, and emanating from Grand Circus along the east necklace are other venues including the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Gem Theatre and Century Club. The historic Harmonie Club and Harmonie Centre are located along Broadway. The Harmonie Park area ends near Gratiot and Randolph. The Detroit Athletic Club stands in view of center field at Comerica Park. Part of the east necklace, the area contains architecturally notable buildings planned for renovation as high-rise residential condominiums such as the Gothic Revival Metropolitan Building at 33 John R St. The Hilton Garden Inn is also in the Harmonie Park area. The east necklace area is serviced by the People Mover at Cadillac station and Broadway station.
Photo gallery
 Grand Circus Park showing Thomas Edison Memorial Fountain in Detroit, Michigan |  Thomas Edison Memorial Fountain again |  Detroit Mayor William C. Maybury. | Pingree statue, Grad Circus Park, Detroit.jpg Hazen S. Pingree statue, Grand Circus Park, Detroit |
 The lush green in the city's center is a common lunch spot for office workers. |  Russell Alger Memorial Fountain is the only Daniel Chester French statue in Detroit. |  Central United Methodist Church, in Victorian gothic style, overlooks Grand Circus Park. |  Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque styled radial avenues and Grand Circus Park. |
 25 West Elizabeth |
See also
- Campus Martius Park
- Detroit International Riverfront
- Grand Circus Park Detroit People Mover station
- Theatre in Detroit
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ↑ Zacharias, Pat (September 5, 1999). Monuments of Detroit Michigan History, Detroit News. Retrieved on November 21, 2007.
- ↑ Howes, Daniel (November 12, 2007).Quicken moving to downtown Detroit. The Detroit News. Retrieved on November 12, 2007.
- ↑ Duggan, Daniel and Tom Henderson (November 13, 2007).Gilbert: Moving to Detroit the right thing' - 'and the smart thing'.Crains Detroit Business. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
- ↑ Howes, loc. cit.
- ↑ Harmonie Park District.Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
References
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: building on the past. Regents of the University of Michigan. ISBN 0933691092.
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