Old Homestead is a neighborhood on the east side of the
Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and over 200 municipalities in the Southeast Michigan, surrounding area. There are varied definitions of the area, including the officia ...
suburb of
Southgate, Michigan
Southgate is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. The population was 30,047 at the 2020 census. Southgate was incorporated as a city on October 8, 1958, which was one of the last remaining portions of the now-defunct Ecorse Townshi ...
. Usually, Old Homestead is bordered by Superior Street to the north, Eureka Road to the south,
M-85 (Fort Street) to the east and either Trenton Road or Burns Street to the west. Commercial districts are located along Eureka Road and Fort Street and the rest of the neighborhood is mostly single-family homes, most of which were built during the 1940s and 1950s. The most common housing styles within Old Homestead consist of one-story
ranch homes, one-and-a-half-story Cape Cods and two-story
colonial revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
s.
History
Old Homestead was originally platted in 1923 as a subdivision of
Ecorse Township, however, for approximately the next two decades, it continued to remain mostly agricultural land. From this original plat, only four of the residential streets-Sycamore, Chestnut, Commonwealth and Superior Streets-retain their original names. In 1958, the remaining areas of Ecorse Township were incorporated as the city of Southgate-this included Old Homestead.
Education
Old Homestead residents are zoned to Fordline and Grogan Elementary Schools, Davidson Middle School and
Southgate Anderson High School, none of which are in Old Homestead. Until the 2012–13 school year, Old Homestead residents were also zoned to Chormann Elementary School.
Before 1982, Old Homestead was zoned to Southgate High School (which became Southgate Anderson) in what was then the McCann school district. Before the opening of Southgate High School and the incorporation of Ecorse Township into Southgate, Old Homestead residents were served by
Theodore Roosevelt High School in
Wyandotte.
Public transportation
The
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation operates three bus routes along the borders of Old Homestead. Route #125 travels from
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport along Eureka Road and Fort Street to
River Rouge via
Southland Center and during weekday rush hours continues into
downtown Detroit
Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a Neighborhoods in Detroit, residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Locally, "downtown" tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by M-10 (Michigan high ...
. Route #160 travels along Eureka Road along the southern edge of Old Homestead, connecting it to
Trenton, downtown Wyandotte,
Wayne County Community College District's Downriver Campus and Southland Center. Route #830 is a weekday-rush-hour park and ride service that runs along Trenton Road in Old Homestead and connects Trenton and downtown Detroit.
References
External links
Original Old Homestead plat
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1923 establishments in Michigan
Populated places established in 1923
Neighborhoods in Michigan
Southgate, Michigan