Wayne County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Lakefront community of about 3,000 residents that incorporated in 2009 under the official name 'Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, A Michigan City', spanning the Wayne-Macomb county line. We read the house top to bottom and write it down.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, house by house
One local marker: Home of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.
The housing stock
Detached single-family homes are 99.5% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 96.1% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Some 75.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Near Gaukler Pointe Lake the humidity picture shifts, which puts basement moisture, condensation and drainage first.
Named places in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores:
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House. Albert Kahn-designed mansion at 1100 Lake Shore Drive on Gaukler Pointe, with Jens Jensen gardens; a National Historic Landmark since 2016.
- Ford House estate and visitor center. 87-acre lakefront estate open for tours, with restored grounds and a modern visitor center.
- Gaukler Pointe. Lake St. Clair point that Edsel Ford chose for the family estate.
- George Osius Municipal Park. 8.3-acre residents-only lakefront park at 800 Lake Shore Road, named for a longtime resident.
- Ford House gardens. Jens Jensen-designed landscape open to visitors on the estate grounds.