List of buildings located along Woodward Avenue

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Merchants Row on Woodward between Grand Circus Park and Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit, just south of the David Whitney Building.
Merchants Row on Woodward between Grand Circus Park and Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit, just south of the David Whitney Building.

The list below shows the information on the buildings located along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, USA. This list starts at the Detroit River (south end), and heads northbound, terminating at Eight Mile Road (M-102). As the number of notable buildings is rather large, it is listed here separately.

Address Building Name Building use Year Built Architectural Style Floors Notes
West side of street East side of street
Detroit River/Hart Plaza
contains Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain, designed by Isamu Noguchi, and Noguchi's Pylon Tower
Jefferson Avenue
Joe Louis' Fist
1 Woodward Avenue One Woodward Avenue Office building 1962 Modern architecture 29 built by Minoru Yamasaki Associates, designers of the now-destroyed World Trade Center in New York City. Has 28 above-ground floors, one basement floor.
2 Woodward Avenue Spirit of Detroit and Coleman A. Young Municipal Building Office building, courthouse, library, city hall, city and county government buildings, outdoor sculpture 1951-1954 International architecture 21 20 above-ground floors, one basement floor
West Larned Street | East Larned Street
500 Griswold Street Guardian Building Office building 1929 Art Deco 40 Known as the "Cathedral of Finance"
500 Woodward Avenue Comerica Tower Office building 1991-1993 neogothic architecture blended with postmodern architectural 45 43 above-ground floors, 2 basement floors
West Congress Street | East Congress Street
600 Woodward Avenue Vinton Building Office building 1916 Neo-classical architecture 14 Has 12 above-ground floors, and 2 basement floors
611 Griswold Street Chase Tower Office building 1959 Modern architecture 14 Known as the "Cheese Grater Building" from its appearance, stands at the location of Detroit's first skyscraper, the Hammond Building
660 Woodward Avenue First National Building Office building 1922 Neoclassical architecture 28 26 above-ground floors, 2 below-ground floors
West Fort Street | East Fort Street
Campus Martius Park
777 Woodward Avenue One Kennedy Square Office building 2006 Modern architecture 13 10 above-ground floors, 3 below-ground floors
Michigan Avenue (US 12) (West of Woodward Avenue/Campus Martius)
Cadillac Square (East of Woodward Avenue/Campus Martius)
One Campus Martius Compuware World Headquarters Office building 2000-2003 Modern architecture 20 18 above-ground floors, 2 below-ground floors
1001 Woodward Avenue 1001 Woodward Avenue Mixed-use skyscraper 1963-1965 International style of architecture 25 23 above-ground floors, 2 mechanical floors
Unknown address 1001 Woodward Avenue Parking Garage Parking garage 2004-2006 Modern architecture 12
Gratiot Avenue
1206 Woodward Avenue Former site of J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition Office building, department store 1923-1946 Chicago School 33 29 above-ground floors, 4 below-ground floors
Grand River Avenue
Clifford Street | John R Street
1553 Woodward Avenue David Whitney Building Office building, empty 1915-1959 Italian Renaissance/Neo-Renaissance 19
10 Witherell Street David Broderick Tower Office building 1926-1928 Chicago School, Beaux-Arts 35 2 basement floors
Park Avenue | Witherell Street
Grand Circus Park
West Adams Avenue | East Adams Avenue
10 West Adams Avenue Fyfe Building Office building 1916-1919 neo-gothic architecture 14
Unknown Address Central Methodist Church Church 1867-1930 gothic architecture unknown
West Elizabeth Street | East Elizabeth Street
2115 Woodward Avenue The Fillmore Detroit (Formerly State Theatre) Theatre 1925 neo-gothic architecture 12 Building housing the theatre is named the Palms Building
West Columbus Street | East Columbus Street
2111 Woodward Avenue Fox Theatre Theatre 1928-1988-1989 Art Deco 10 Largest "Fox Theatre" in United States
West Montcalm Street | East Montcalm Street
2301 Woodward Ave City Theatre Unknown 2004 Unknown Unknown
Unknown Address St. John's Episcopal Church
Fisher Freeway (Interstate 75)
Unknown addresses Brush Park subdivision subdivision 1800s Victorian architecture? Various
3424 Woodward Bonstelle Theatre Theatre 1902-1903 Beaux-Arts Classical Until 1922 the synagogue "Temple Beth-El", purchased by Wayne State University in 1956.
Unknown address Red Cross of Southeast Michigan health centre Unknown Unknown Unknown
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard | Mack Road
3501 Woodward Avenue Arcadia Apartments (3501 Woodward Avenue) Apartment building unknown Modern architecture? 11 (above-ground)
3663 Woodward Avenue Orchestra Place Musical theatre 1997 Modern architecture? 5 part of the Orchestra Place Complex, which includes the 6-floor Detroit School of Arts. Houses offices for the University of Michigan Detroit Centre, Detroit Medical Centre, and Detroit School of Arts.
Parson Street
3711 Woodward Avenue Orchestra Hall (Max M. Fisher Music Center) Musical theatre 1919 Art Deco? 4 Nearly demolished, now provides a home for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Unknown address Detroit Medical Center Hospital/medical center Unknown Unknown Unknown
Warren Avenue
Unknown address Rackham Memorial Building University 1938 Unknown Unknown Houses the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
5057 Woodward Avenue Maccabees Building University 1927 Neo-gothic architecture 15 (14 above-ground, 1 basement floor) Part of the Wayne State University
5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Institute of Art Museum, Art gallery June 6, 1923-October 7, 1927 Beaux-Arts, Italian Renaissance architecture 5? Second-largest municipally-owned museum in the United States
5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit Public Library Library 1921 Renaissance architecture Unknown
Edsel Ford Freeway (Interstate 94)
11 West Baltimore Avenue Detroit Amtrak station train station 1988
West Grand Boulevard | East Grand Boulevard
Site of first traffic light in Michigan
8801 Woodward Lighthouse Cathedral Church 1921-1922 Classical Until 1974 the synagogue "Temple Beth-El".
M-8 (Davison Freeway)
Unknown address Highland Park Ford Plant Automobile plant 1908-1910 Unknown (Industrial) Unknown Currently stores documents and artifacts from the Henry Ford Museum, as the plant has not been in use since 1978 (activity shifted to the Dearborn Ford Plant in the 1920s, trim activity continued until 1978)
West McNichols Road (6 Mile Road) | East McNichols Road (6 Mile Road)
Unknown address Palmer Park Municipal Golf Course Golf course Unknown Unknown Unknown
West 7 Mile Road | East 7 Mile Road
Unknown address Evergreen Cemetery Cemetery Unknown Unknown Unknown
Unknown address Woodlawn Cemetery Cemetery Unknown Unknown Unknown
West State Fair Road
1120 West State Fair Avenue Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum Michigan State Fair fairgrounds Unknown Unknown Unknown
West 8 Mile Road (M-102) | East 8 Mile Road (M-102)

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[edit] 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. 

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