Category Archives: Michigan

Milton Supman’s Home, Detroit, Michigan

Milton Supman’s Detroit Home, more professionally known as Soupy Sales. Milton Supman (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009), known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio/television personality, and jazz aficionado.He was best known for his local and network children’s television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales (1953-1966), a series of comedy sketches Read More

Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester Hills, Michigan

Meadow Brook Hall is a Tudor revival style mansion located at 480 South Adams Road in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It was built between 1926 and 1929 by Matilda Dodge Wilson (the widow of auto pioneer John Francis Dodge) and her second husband, lumber broker Alfred G. Wilson. In 1957, the mansion and the surrounding property and buildings were donated to the State Read More

Madonna Childhood Home, Rochester Hills, Michigan

Madonna Louise Ciccone born August 16, 1958) Michigan’s own superstar Madonna was born in Bay City, however she spent Many of her formative years in this modest home in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Born and raised in Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. Madonna attended Rochester Read More

The Hudson–Evans House, Detroit, Michigan

The Hudson–Evans House is a private, single-family home located at 79 Alfred Street in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Brush Park district. The House was built circa 1872/73 for Philo Wright, a Detroit-based ship owner. In 1882, the house was given as a wedding present to Grace Whitney Evans, daughter of the lumber baron David Read More

Fair Lane Henry Ford and his wife, Clara, Dearborn, Michigan

Fair Lane was the name of the estate of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan. It was named after an area in Cork (city) in Ireland where Ford’s adoptive grandfather , Patrick Ahern, was born. The 1,300-acre estate is along the River Rouge. The residence and part Read More