Freer, Charles Lang, House

71 E. Ferry Ave., Detroit, Michigan. County/parish: Wayne.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 16, 1971. NRIS 71000426.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Family Life
  • Merrill Palmer Institute of Human Development &amp
  • Wayne State University

From Wikipedia:

Charles Lang Freer House

The Charles Lang Freer House is located at 71 East Ferry Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The house was originally built for the industrialist and art collector Charles Lang Freer, whose gift of the Freer Gallery of Art began the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The structure currently hosts the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute of Child & Family Development of Wayne State University. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1970 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340848

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