Grosse Pointe Park’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Grosse Pointe Park. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before incorporation as a city, the area that would become the city of Grosse Pointe Park was incorporated as the Village of Fairview, which spanned Bewick Street in the west to Cadieux Road in the east in Grosse Pointe Township. The city of Detroit annexed part of the village in the township from Bewick Street to Alter Road in 1907. Fearing further annexation, the part of the village east of Alter Road incorporated as the Village of Grosse Pointe Park later that year. Seeking further annexation protection from Detroit and independence from its township, the village reincorporated as a city in 1950.
In November 2021, Grosse Pointe Park elected its first female mayor, Michele Hodges.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Grosse Pointe Park’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grosse Pointe Park’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWilliamKesslerHouseKorab, 1960: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Grosse Pointe Park, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as WilliamKesslerHouseKorab (1960) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.