Col. Frank J. Hecker House
The Col. Frank J. Hecker House is a historic home in Detroit built in 1888 for local businessman and railroad-car manufacturer Colonel Frank J. Hecker.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University building
- Description: historic home in Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Tierney Alumni House”
- Address: 5510 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Detroit Historical Museum and Ferry Street station.
Detroit Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Goldnpuppy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more. Detroit Historical Museum is situated 650 feet south of Col. Frank J. Hecker House.
Ferry Street station
Tram stop
The QLINE is a 3.3-mile-long streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Opened in 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue for its entire route.
Charles Lang Freer House
University building
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midtown-New Center and Ford–Lodge interchange.
Midtown-New Center
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Midtown is the cultural center of Detroit. It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Ford–Lodge interchange
Locality
The Ford–Lodge interchange is a freeway interchange in Detroit, Michigan. It forms the junction of Interstate 94, with M-10. The interchange was completed in 1955, and is the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange in the United States.
New Center
Suburb
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Center is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of Downtown.
Col. Frank J. Hecker House
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, and education
- Location: City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.36155° or 42° 21′ 42″ northLongitude
-83.06682° or 83° 4′ 1″ westOpen location code
86JR9W6M+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 68876521OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q5141763
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Col. Frank J. Hecker House” goes by many names.
- French: “Col. Frank J. Hecker House”
- Italian: “Casa del Colonnello Frank J. Hecker”
- Spanish: “Casa del coronel Frank J. Hecker”
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Highlights include The Park Shelton and Hellenic Museum of Michigan.
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