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Indian Village is a historic neighborhood located on Detroit's east side bound to the north and south by Mack Avenue and East Jefferson Avenue, respectively, along the streets of Burns, Iroqouis, and Seminole.
It has a number of architecturally-significant homes built in the early 20th century. A number of the houses have been substantially restored, and many others well kept up, allowing the area to avoid much of the blight and decay that has characterized other historic neighborhoods in the city. Bordering Indian Village to the west is West Village, with additional historic homes, townhouses, and apartments.
Many of the homes were built by prominent architects such as Albert Kahn, Louis Kamper and William Stratton for some of the area's most prominent citizens such as Edsel Ford. A lot of homes are very large, with some over 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²). Many have a carriage house, with some of those being larger than an average suburban home. Some of the houses also have large amounts of Pewabic Pottery tiles. [2]
Indian Village has a very active community organization including the Indian Village Association, Men's Garden Club & Women's Garden Club. The neighborhood hosts an annual Home & Garden Tour the first saturday of June, a neighborhood yard sale in September, a holiday home tour in December, and many other community events.
[edit] See also
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Simmons, Zena (March 14, 1998). Detroit's historic Indian Village. Michigan History, The Detroit News. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
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