Step Inside Detroit's Most Exquisite Mansion: The Hecker House

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Location: Detroit, MI
Step inside the Hecker House, the former home of railroad president Frank J. Hecker, and marvel at the grandeur of this 21,000 square foot limestone palace. Discover the fascinating history behind this chateauesque-style mansion and see how it has been meticulously restored to its former glory.
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@marcyking461 Год назад

Given the fact they don't build them like this anymore, it is refreshing to see some of the Architectural wonders of the Guilded and Victorian Ages restored and preserved. Too many of these spectacular buildings have been lost to time, which is heartbreaking to say the least.

@crotchwolf1929 Год назад

Woodward avenue from present day I75 to the boulevard used to be flanked by the biggest, most elaborate mansions during the 19th century. Only 5, including this one, remain today.

@mournettab6128 Год назад

The little girl had a dream bedroom!! Although so ornate, it was a home that was lived in and loved for decades by the family.

@Kyfordman1989 Год назад

It is so nice that the house of that grander is still standing today

@carolwalters7069 Год назад

So familiar with such beautiful architecture. Such elegant beauty does not exist in today's architecture. Modern buildings are cold and unwelcoming. There's a lot positive to be said for such beauty and the time period in which it was built. Hopefully some of it, from wherever it is sitting, can be preserved for future generations to see and cherish. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@geoffreyselvage1673 Год назад

Thanks Ken for the Detroit spotlight. I worked four blocks from this gem for 20 years. Charfoos & Christiansen was the law firm that lovingly held this home for many years.

@laliz7025 Год назад

I never knew that.

@LJB103 Год назад

At one time Woodward Avenue was also a "Millionaires' Row" in Detroit. Unfortunately most mansions are now long gone.

@laliz7025 Год назад

So was "The Boulevard". My doctor's office was in one of the old mansion on Grand Boulevard - long past its heyday

@pyrexmaniac Год назад

Woodward was Detroit's singular "grand avenue."

@laliz7025 Год назад

@@pyrexmaniac Grand Blvd was a boulevard and it was grand.

@sopwithsnoopy8779 Год назад

Ken should do a video or tour of the Kresge House, on Woodward & Boston. It's been for sale for the last 4 or 5 years now.

@rickprusak9326 Месяц назад

Woodward Avenue is no longer called "Millionaires Row." Its now called "Billionaires Row" because of the FIG families building up the Downtown area of Detroit along Woodward Ave. The FIG families are identified as (F)ord, (I)llitch, and (G)ilbert. Instead of ornate homes, the FIG families are building or restoring HUGE buildings and stadiums 🏟 to glorify their wealth and family prominence in Detroit's elite society.

@deb53 Год назад

I love the house, and I'm so glad that the house was restored to it's early splendor and is used today.

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

Me, too 🏰

@oltedders Год назад

Always excited to find out at the end of the presentation that the house was spared the wrecking ball! Thanks Ken for another great video.

@Emily_Paris Год назад

Same for me

@mitchellbarnow1709 Год назад

I was so happy when you snuck in a contemporary color photo so that I knew that this amazing structure survived Detroit’s decline!

@marciafallon7653 Год назад

Each room in these old mansions is like a museum of craftsmanship and artistry. I would love to explore each one for hours!

@dianacanales2526 Год назад

It is wonderful to see this beautiful mansion saved, restored, and in use today in Detroit. I love that the original owners made good use of the tower rooms. Stunning details everywhere! Thanks for sharing with us. Great video!

@donchandler755 19 дней назад

Thankfully, the Hecker House has been preserved. I am constantly amazed at the work of the craftsmen who created these wonders.

@pmn2821 Год назад

At least it was saved. Loved the dining room and foyer.

@andrewbrendan1579 Год назад

A terrific house. It's grand and big, but not gaudy or tacky ---and it's still standing. I'll take the tower sitting room off of Mr. Hecker's bedroom. That would be my little library and I would have a writing table there also.

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

Sounds good 🏰

@christinegruenberg3120 Год назад

Thank goodness they restored it.

@crotchwolf1929 Год назад

I'd love to see you guys come and do David Whitney Jr's mansion, Ford's Detroit mansion, the Fisher Brother's mansions and Charles Lang Freer's mansion.

@ThisHouse Год назад

Hi Motown Cowboy, Thank you so much for the suggestions! We have been collecting photos and history for the Freer Mansion. These videos take months to put together as we aggregate photo licenses and research, but rest assured that we will be covering it in the near-ish future. We covered Henry Ford’s Mansion in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QO2JN0HC8fs.html Cheers! -Ken

@crotchwolf1929 Год назад

@@ThisHouse You guys didn't cover the house I'm referring to. It stands on the corner of Edison St and 2nd Ave in Detroit. They lived there from 1908 till Fairlane was completed.

@crotchwolf1929 Год назад

@@ThisHouse A little tip for the Freer Mansion. The Detroit Institute of Arts has the original floor plans and architectural drawings for the house. I can send you a link to the plans in the museum's digital library.

@ThisHouse Год назад

@@crotchwolf1929 oh! I don’t think anyone has ever asked us to profile that house. I will add it to my list of homes to look into. Thank you for clarifying, cheers!

@ThisHouse Год назад

@@crotchwolf1929 I would love to compare them to the HABS drawings to see if they are the same plans or if there are additional drawings I haven’t acquired yet. Email Production@thishouse.media to share the link.

@04straw Год назад

I'm delighted to see it hasn't been torn down!

@tgill2943 Год назад

Fairy tale towers, what's not to love. An idyllic playroom for a child. Nice study too. I wonder what the views were like from way up there.

@amyjones8114 Год назад

The marble and onyx fireplace that would glow was my fav. I can just imagine it!

@SpanishEclectic Год назад

I love those 'chateau' style homes. When I was a girl, about 10 years old, I was obsessed with the idea of a turret room with a window seat, with a view of the ocean. Must have read about one in a story. I have to say I'm always impressed with the gorgeous carved arches and coffered ceilings in those stately mansions. Glad this one escaped the wrecking ball!!

@monkeygraborange Год назад

The exterior looks like a child’s drawing of a castle!

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

🏰

@christopherkraft1327 Год назад

I love the ornate ceiling!!! ,👍👍🙂

@bettesmith1117 Год назад

I enjoyed this. Thanks.

@elizabethwilliamsedmonds3907 10 месяцев назад

My Grandmother grew up in the carriage house. Her parents, John and Addie Batty worked as chauffeur, gardeners, and my grandmothers two brothers were in charge of lighting 13 fireplaces eh morning before school.

@user-jq8xu6sc4p 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for making such a comprehensive video of my great-grandfather's home.

@cassandraralph5906 Год назад

Brilliantly designed and decorated house, and not too big either. I am very pleased that this house has been preserved so well. 😀

@terrymenz5838 Год назад

Ken, something you might consider is sharing your knowledge of architecture and history with a local college or university. They often have non-credit community classes for adults. My husband and I have done these talks on astronomy topics which were well received. We include telescope viewing but yours could have a local tour as a finale! You certainly have the ability to capture an audience!

@jameshughes525 Год назад

Frank had good taste and a great beard to boot

@ropeburnsrussell Год назад

An onyx fireplace 💖💖💖

@jillatherton4660 Год назад

Un plus beau chateau. 😄👍

@ladyhonor822 Год назад

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@ladyhonor822 Год назад

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@ladyhonor822 Год назад

It's just my personal opinion lol 😂❤. It's true... Less is more!!!🌄

@bronwynj5194 Год назад

In perfect taste, not overdone, a bit grand but cosy too ❤

@jenpink4298 Год назад

I always wanted a tower room

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

Me, too🏰‼️

@lauraguida8482 Год назад

Well done story about this Detroit treasure! On the other side of Michigan is the Hackley & Hume Historic Site in Muskegon, where 2 lumber barons built their homes with a shared carriage house in between them. If you enjoy wood details and carvings, I highly suggest you check them out. Both are very different and well worth touring if you are in the area.

@ThisHouse Год назад

Thank you for the suggestion, cheers!

@grandmaoldschool7011 Год назад

Hello from Detroit. Please do more Detroit homes.

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

I agree

@whitneymarie9064 4 месяца назад

I live across the street from this house and it’s beautiful! Never knew the history!

@starbaby_DC Год назад

So happy to see this one....well done!!!

@gojenny1233 Год назад

This so wonderfully romantic. Thank you so much for taking me back in time.

@dougsteele5104 Год назад

Freer house right next door on Ferry is also amazing

@LoLoLifeinFlorida Год назад

Stunning

@jeffpetrie7744 Год назад

Another fantastic episode, Ken! Thank you.

@danielintheantipodes6741 Год назад

Thank you for the video!

@KhalidMahmood-wm1qz Год назад

I am sooo glad this house was saved and brought back to it's original.becausr so many amazing homes have been demolished for new progress that it breaks my heart.thank Ken for bringing us these awsome videos.i get to see the awesome work of art but also the history and lives of the people who built and then occupied them

@spinnetti Год назад

That place is still awesome today. Wish I could have seen the inside in person.

@vickilindberg6336 Год назад

It reminds me of what is now the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. If you haven't covered it yet, you should. While in town, you could do Summit Avenue in St. Paul.

@kendranewton9071 Год назад

The ceilings are gorgeous.

@rickyt3961 Год назад

thanks!

@toddbaginski5722 9 дней назад

I performed music there in the 70's. We called it "The Castle"....

@clairwaucaush7225 Год назад

It would be nice to see some current photos of the inside, in color.

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

I wish it was open for tours

@mortlowe9366 Год назад

Wow, I had to watch this, as my son is a hecker! But from northern California.

@carolhawley7081 Год назад

Just toured Rosemount in Pueblo CO. Incredible property, NY architect, amazing Tiffany fixtures, such thoughtful design for a high desert mansion home. .please review, original and intact to 1863. Fantastic tour!

@jrgnc1 Год назад

Because everyone needs a 21,000 sq, ft. house.

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

Right❓️

@steelman86 Год назад

I wanted to go back to the start and count the times the narrator said: " here we will find", but I didn't have the energy To do so!!! Great interior photos though!!!

@MrLookitspam Год назад

I love the kitchens and bathrooms larders the working parts of the hiuse

@poksnee Год назад

LOL, it is hard to imagine. Detroit...that's where I want to live.

@dianetheisen8664 Год назад

Come on over‼️

@ladyhonor822 Год назад

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@ladyhonor822 Год назад

Temple University. Stay silly 🤣😜

@ladyhonor822 Год назад

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@paco7992 Год назад

Are you on drugs?

@pyrexmaniac Год назад

The "low profile dome" is known architecturally as a 'saucer dome.'

@stevenhulkow1027 14 дней назад

you are corect and it is acoustically perfect. Paul Smiley would put the concert grand pianos in that room that were for sale

@brucebeamon5460 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tour ! But I was hoping that the photos would have been in color .. especially since it had been fully restored to its original design 😒

@wam44 11 месяцев назад

Great house as always from this This House...No bathrooms?

@scottburbridge3170 Год назад

unfortunate St Louis and Detroit now lay in waste. blessings the home was restored and is still cared for.

@andrewbrendan1579 Год назад

Not as large, but another town in waste is Gary, Indiana. Part of my family lived there for many years and I was born there, but I have no intention of ever going back.

@crotchwolf1929 Год назад

This house sits in Midtown, just a stone's throw from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Apartments in this neighborhood tend to go from $800 for a basic studio to $2,000 for a two bedroom apartment.

@juliepaul9563 Год назад

I lived right around the corner from this house in the 70's while attending Wayne. The neighborhood was dicier then... Today, Midtown is very desirable. Detroit is having a renaissance. Please do the Whitney mansion. It's a restaurant now, lovingly maintained and restored.

@SQBfromOB 9 месяцев назад

I LOVE DETROIT #Iam313

@colleen6890 18 дней назад

Bishop mansion is being renovated in palmer park

@Msangel06 Год назад

I like how the background music is low. Some videos have music playing too loud they it’s distracting.

@rbsmith3365 Год назад

I know where is Woodward Street. So beautiful. And today new mansions does not have any music rooms or library or men’s smoking room and something like that.

@Dallas_K Год назад

Woodward Avenue.

@squorly Год назад

So much cleaning though

@bruehlmannfabian Год назад

Can you please make a video of the Eaton Hall from England?

@ThisHouse Год назад

Thank you for the suggestion, cheers!

@bruehlmannfabian Год назад

@@ThisHouse always my pleasure👍🏻

@myperspective5091 Год назад

👍🏆👍

@beachbum4691 Год назад

My real favourite is that the mansion was acknowledged as being a consequence; both of itself as a structure and to Detroit as a city., After that would come the dining room; and an architect aware that not all rooms need to be over-the-top?. :)

@mikedrown2721 Год назад

'Lectric lights 😂

@jeanbaker2087 Год назад

Fave=daughters tower playroom & bedroom. 😊

@davidhjortnaes2000 Год назад

No interior shots in color?

@lonwaslien104 Год назад

I thought the rooms in the turrets were very cool.

@TaylorJohnson1 Год назад

Are there any architects that build this way anymore?

@Jesse-lu7bt Год назад

Test it fown

@rebeccabinnosavage Год назад

I’m a Detroiter and past tour guide for the Hecker House. Terrific job on your video history. (The sound cut off several times though)

@ThisHouse Год назад

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for the feedback, we will look into it. Cheers!

@dulcimama 14 дней назад

Is this the house where Baldwin pianos were sold in the 50s-70s?

@stevenhulkow1027 14 дней назад

yes.

@user-mv9es7fr9n 13 дней назад

@@stevenhulkow1027 Thanks for confirming. I was there when I was seven years old (1954) when my parents bought a Baldwin Acrosonic (back when that was a very good piano).

@kristinebailey6554 Год назад

A damned shame that Wayne State has ownership now.

@the23rdbryan Год назад

The very 1st sentence in this vid is you insulting the one city I most proudly called home and love dearly. Detroit is given a bad reputation by people encouraging negative opinions without knowledge. Yes, it has struggled in the past as many cities have. Its also been a beacon of change and going thru some incredibly major positive changes now. Please don't describe it in a way that automatically assumes its a bad place.

@dixierosaasen4431 Год назад

6 minutes video and 3 minutes to get inside …why do I even go there

@asylumlover 5 месяцев назад

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, AT LEAST IT'S STILL THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER NON-DEMOLITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@cdnamerican9646 8 месяцев назад

Tartarian building.

@MostlyPonies1 Год назад

Why do the portrait photos look like they were made with AI?

@Losttouchjs 12 дней назад

I wonder what happened 😂

@drinny26 Год назад

Detroit? So it’s worth about $5-6,000? 😂

@crotchwolf1929 Год назад

Wayne State bought the mansion for 2.3 Million in 2014.

@stevenhulkow1027 14 дней назад

it is apparent you have never been to Detroit.

@akpeagles 11 месяцев назад

We all know who ruined our city😢

@peanut422hb Год назад

Tents and horses, primitive people didn't build these houses. The powers that be can make up anything and the people will be educated (brainwashed) to believe it.

@mgithaiga1 Год назад

Nice video I wish we had this kind of architecture in Nairobi, Kenya

@scrapiron1952 Год назад

👍 NICE ❤

@greeneyedwarlock882 Год назад

This is not, repeat not Detroit’s most exquisite home. It is fabulous, for sure however it’s not “The most glamorous”. I live in the area and am an Independent Professional Photographer and have shot and been in a number of incredible historic Detroit homes.

@brucebeamon5460 Год назад

But it IS ONE of its most beautiful that is not tucked away in a neighborhood that can been seen by all that travel down its Main Street along with 4 other Mansions ( according to the narrator ) on this same street.. 2 others come to my mind !