Indian Village Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Indian Village Historic District
nrhp_type = hd

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caption = Homes in Indian Village, Detroit
location= Detroit, Michigan
USA
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 37
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes =59
long_seconds = 46
long_direction = W

locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1894
architect=
architecture= Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission/spanish Revival
added = March 24, 1972
governing_body = Local
refnum=72000667cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Indian Village is a historic neighborhood located on Detroit's east side bound to the north and south by Mack Avenue and East Jefferson Avenue, respectively, along the streets of Burns, Iroqouis, and Seminole.

It has a number of architecturally-significant homes built in the early 20th century. A number of the houses have been substantially restored, and many others well kept up, allowing the area to avoid much of the blight and decay that has characterized other historic neighborhoods in the city. Bordering Indian Village to the west is West Village, with additional historic homes, townhouses, and apartments.

Many of the homes were built by prominent architects such as Albert Kahn, Louis Kamper and William Stratton for some of the area's most prominent citizens such as Edsel Ford. A lot of homes are very large, with some over 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²). Many have a carriage house, with some of those being larger than an average suburban home. Some of the houses also have large amounts of Pewabic Pottery tiles. cite web|last=Simmons|first=Zena|url=http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=208|title=Detroit's historic Indian Village|work=Michigan History, The Detroit News|date=March 14, 1998|accessdate=2007-11-23]

Indian Village has a very active community organization including the Indian Village Association, Men's Garden Club & Women's Garden Club. The neighborhood hosts an annual Home & Garden Tour the first Saturday of June, a neighborhood yard sale in September, a holiday home tour in December, and many other community events.

ee also

*Neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan
*Manoogian Mansion - The traditional residence of the city mayor of Detroit, it is located near Indian Village. The home was given to the city in 1966.
Jack White lived here for several years and filmed The White Stripes video of Blue Orchid at his house.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.historicindianvillage.org Indian Village Homepage]