Ypsilanti Historic District Commission

08/08/2024

Hello! As you may know, the City of Ypsilanti received a Certified Local Government grant to resurvey our historic district. An FAQ document will be posted on the historic district's webpage soon, but if you'd like to learn more about the project, please watch the July 12 info session on demand at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLAKl1Dy9Y . Thank you!

06/26/2024

Information Session: Historic District Resurvey
Friday, July 12 @ noon
Attend in person at City Hall or remotely via Zoom (link posted at the historic district webpage ) https://cityofypsilanti.com/263/Historic-District

Learn about the resurvey effort underway in the local historic district and what to expect. Bring your questions! Attend in person or remotely, or watch the recorded session at your convenience after the event.

Find maps, photos, and document resources for the Historic District.

10/30/2023

Old House Ypsi Sunday!
Looking forward to Old House Ypsi this Sunday, 11/5, at the Freighthouse! For more details and to register, please visit https://cityofypsilanti.com/263/Historic-District . Can't wait to see you there!

Find maps, photos, and document resources for the Historic District.

09/29/2023

Old House Ypsi, 11/5/23
Hello, everyone! With our partners the Ypsilanti Historical Society and the Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation, The City of Ypsilanti is hosting Old House Ypsi, Sunday afternoon, November 5. The event is free and registration is required. More information is available at https://cityofypsilanti.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2012 . Please contact the preservation planner with any questions. We can't wait to see you there!

Ypsilanti, MI hosts Old House Ypsi—a free event for owners of older buildings—at the Freighthouse, Sunday, November 5, 2023

06/15/2023

State Historic Tax Credit Webinar

We will host a webinar about the State Historic Tax Credit June 15. As soon as possible after the webinar, we will upload the recorded webinar and presentation to youtube. Please visit https://cityofypsilanti.com/263/Historic-District for the link to the webinar so you can watch it on demand. Please call or email the preservation planner with any questions.

Find maps, photos, and document resources for the Historic District.

05/02/2023

WEBINAR: Historic Tax Credit Info Session, June 15, 7 PM
Register at https://cityofypsilanti.com/FormCenter/Events-Recreation-7/WEBINAR-Historic-Tax-Credit-Info-Session-96 .

Architect Mara Lancaster from the State Historic Preservation Office will present live online (and answer your questions) about the new historic preservation state income tax credit program. The program is for owners of contributing owner-occupied houses in the local or National Register district. The session is free but registration is required. Contact preservation planner Ellen Thackery with questions at 734-482-9709 or [email protected].

01/20/2023

The State Historic Preservation Tax Credit for homeowner-occupied residential properties is expected to become available Monday 1/23. Please visit https://www.miplace.org/historic-preservation/programs-and-services/historic-preservation-tax-credits/state-historic-tax-credit-program/ for more information.

The State Historic Tax Credit will help support place-based projects while promoting the preservation of Michigan’s historic resources.

12/22/2022

Happy holidays! The Ypsilanti Historical Society notes that this group picture might have been taken at Arbeiter Hall at a Christmas party, likely around 1896. The Hall stood at 219 South Grove Street, where the Red Lion Apartments are now. Thanks to the Society for the photo!

12/15/2022

Enjoy this picture of winter fun--ice skating in Prospect Park in 1958. Thanks to the the Ypsilanti Historical Society for the photo.

12/08/2022

Found this 1946 picture of Gaudy's Chocolate Shop at 24 N Washington, where The Downtown Style Station is now. In the 1950s or 60s, the building got modernized with red enameled steel panels and those are still in place today. George Gaudy had started a bakery on Michigan Ave by 1886, changed the name to Gaudy's Chocolate Shop, and moved the shop to N Washington in about 1914, where it remained until the 1940s. Visit https://aadl.org/ypsigleanings/13114 for more information. Thanks to the Ypsilanti Historical Society for the photo!

12/01/2022

I wanted to share this cool, wintry picture of a Queen Anne house labeled "McIntire Farmhouse" from the Charles L. McIntire Collection of the Ypsilanti Historical Society's archives. A Charles L. McIntire was shown as living at 119 N Adams by the 1940 census when he was 74, but I don't know the location of this farmhouse. Thanks to the Ypsilanti Historical Society for the image!

11/17/2022

Look at this house rolling down Michigan Avenue! The octagon house at 114 N River (the SOS Resource Center) was originally at 915 Washtenaw Avenue. In the 1960s, the house was threatened with demolition. People who cared about Ypsilanti's historic places, including Nat (Nathalie) Elliot Edmunds and Dr. William P. Edmunds, saved it and moved it. The move took place in May 1966. (Thanks to the Ypsilanti Historical Society for the photo.)