Strasburg, Herman, House - Detroit, Michigan
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The Herman Strasburg House is located at 5415 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is now known as the Wayne State University Music Annex.
Waymark Code: WM7Y1Z
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2009
Views: 11
The Detroit 1701 Website at tells us:
"Herman Strasburg, born in Detroit in 1860, attended the city’s schools, graduating from high school in 1876. His father, also Herman Strasburg, ran a dancing school. The younger Strasburg entered the family business and eventually managed it.
The building you see is one of the foremost examples of English Tudor architecture in Detroit. Note the extensive and attractive use of bricks at the lower level, along with the characteristic half-timber trim that architect Burrowes used extensively on the second level. I do not know if Herman Strasburg and his wife, Ida Pinet, built this structure for their residence, their dance school, or both. Apparently, they taught dance here for a number of years at the time when many of Detroit’s elite resided in impressive homes in this neighborhood. Fortunately, a few—but only a few—of those homes survive."
Street address:
5415 Cass
Detroit, MI USA
48202
County / Borough / Parish: Wayne
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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