Historical Architecture of Grosse Pointe – The Mrs. Henry Stephens Estate – 241 Lake Shore
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Each week we ask for suggestions of homes, buildings and streets you would like us to profile. This week we focus on one of our recent requests – the grand estate of Mrs. Henry Stephens – 241 Lake Shore.
At the beginning of the Twentieth Century Grosse Pointe Farms was in the midst of a substantial transformation from a summer colony to a year-round residential community. The growing desire for many of Detroit’s wealthy residents to move out of the city to the suburbs was well underway. The area evolved quickly, the ribbon farms and summer cottages were replaced with grand estates and formal landscaped gardens – most visibly on Lake Shore.
One of the more notable arrivals was the estate for Mrs. Henry Stephens (wife of lumber baron Henry Stephens…
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