Above is an ad from May, 1929, I came across last year advertising the Detroit Free Press Sponsored Model Home “The Granville”.
The house was located on Granville Street, in Southlawn Gardens and was designed by the architectural team of Trace & Diehl.
Granville Street has since been renamed Granada Street, but the house is still there. A few modifications over the years, like the bay window in the front, and new windows all around, but she’s still standing.
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Ah ha - the tudor - this is the other post I was thinking about:
http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=2275
Right Shawn. This house above in this post was a model home sponsored by the Detroit Free Press, there is also one in this area that was a Windsor Star sponsored home that I have yet to post about... The one in your link was just another developers sub divisions, not to mention the ones on Victoria Ave. in this section...
That looks like my old friend, Janice Dottor's house. She lived there in the late 50's and early 60's with her family. I used to go there to play with her (we were in grade school) and I was always struck at the beauty of the architecture. There were a few similar Tudor style homes in the area and I hope they are still standing. Beautiful!
Susan - may it probably is it... The 1957 Phone book lists an A.J. Dottor at 432 Granville Cres. Back in 1957, this would have been Sandwich West Township. So I'm not sure when the name was changed, but this is 432 Granada Ave.
Thanks Andrew. Al Dottor was Janice's dad. Next door to Janice's house was the Cassidy's house, also big and beautiful and kitty corner on the corner of Roselawn and Cartier, the old Paul Martin home I believe, was Suzanne Romain's house. Her dad, if I remember, owned a pharmacy and the Windsor Steak House. These were all the beautiful homes of my school mates back in the late 50's early 60'S.
I believe the original traffic plan called for a "square" at intersection of Cabana, Dougall, Roselawn and McGregor. A small piece of "Dougall Square" still remains near Ted Farrons Butcher shop today.