Healthy Home Assessments in Richmond

Richmond, house by house

Richmond grew from the 1835 settlement of Beebe's Corners, which joined with Ridgeway and Cooper Town in 1878 to form one village, and the city now serves as a starting point of the 23.5 mile Macomb Orchard Trail. On the record: The Great Michigan Parade at the Richmond Good Old Days Festival has been recognized as Michigan's Best Small Town Parade by The Detroit News. About 2,373 households hold some 5,864 residents. The city sits mostly in Macomb County with a portion in St. Clair County.

The building stock

Detached single-family homes are 61.7% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 75.3% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Some 20.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. With construction recorded from 1887, an older envelope behaves differently from new build. A local landmark: Beebe Street Memorial Park, a 38.5-acre park with baseball fields and a swimming pool.

Mixed house types here, at 61.7% detached, mean the order of the visit is set on site once the envelope and the mechanical layout are established.

What stands in Richmond:

• Richmond Historic Village at Bailey Park. Collection of relocated historic buildings including a schoolhouse, railroad depot, and log cabin maintained by the Richmond Area Historical and Genealogical Society.
• Richmond Good Old Days Festival. Annual community festival originating in 1964 that draws about 13,000 people for events including the grand parade.
• Richmond Center for the Performing Arts. Gothic Revival former First Congregational Church built in 1887 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
• Beebe Street Memorial Park. City park with an outdoor swimming pool, sand volleyball, two lighted winter ice rinks, and a hike and bike trail extending eight tenths of a mile around the perimeter.
• Bailey Park. City park with a t-ball baseball diamond and tennis courts alongside the historical society area with its schoolhouse, depot, and log cabin.

Streets and settlements

Richmond takes in one smaller district, Muttonville. Muttonville: Community occupying the southeastern part of the city, named because it held the principal slaughterhouse for a predominantly sheep raising area. The 48062, 48063 and 48064 ZIP codes cover these addresses. The Good Old Days Festival is old enough that some families have volunteered for it across generations.