Click above images to enlarge Ginsburg, Bernard, House 236 Adelaide, Detroit - Wayne County Property Type brick house Historic Use DOMESTIC Current Use DOMESTIC Style Postmedieval English Architect/Builder NETTLETON AND KAHN Significant Person Bernard Ginsburg Narrative Description The Bernard Ginsburg House is designed in an English Renaissance style common to Albert Kahn's early work. This two-and-one-half-story single family red-brick and stone dwelling has an extraordinary carved wood arcade resting on stone walls comprising its full width, hip roofed front porch. Window and door openings have frames and quoins of stone in the tradition of English Renaissance architecture. Statement of Significance The Bernard Ginsburg House is significant as the home of Bernard Ginsburg, an important figure in philanthropy, civic service, and the Jewish community during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Bernard Ginsburg House is also significant as a very early work of the well-known architect Albert Kahn. Period of Significance 1866-1900 Significant Date(s) 1898 Registry Type(s) 08/19/1991 National Register listed Site ID# P25126