Historical Architecture of Grosse Pointe – Welcome to 16850 E. Jefferson
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Last week we introduced you to 1040 Harvard, one of the earlier residences George D. Mason designed in Grosse Pointe.
This week we are going to explore one of Grosse Pointe’s ‘lost estates’ – 16850 E. Jefferson, also known as the Sycamores. Last year we ran a series of posts, presenting the lost estates of Grosse Pointe. Many of these estates were completed in the early 20th century, and were subsequently demolished from the 1950’s onwards. The reason for the demolition(s) included – the homes were too big to maintain, structural problems, new owners wished to sub divide the plots. The Sycamores is part of this fascinating group, and its time to tell the story of this magnificent home.
16850 E. Jefferson was commissioned by Wesson and Winifred…
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