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The Boston-Edison Historic District is a historic neighborhood located in the geographic center of Detroit, Michigan. It consists of over 900 homes built on four east/west streets: West Boston Boulevard, Chicago Boulevard, Longfellow Avenue, and Edison Avenue, stretching from Woodward Avenue on the east to Linwood Avenue on the west.〔Sarah Klein, "(Neighborhood Museum )," ''Metro Times'', 6/5/2002.〕 It is one of the largest residential historic districts in the nation.〔 It is surrounded by Sacred Heart Major Seminary to the west, the Arden Park-East Boston Historic District and the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament to the east, and the Atkinson Avenue Historic District to the south. The district was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Michigan State Housing Development Authority )〕 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.〔 ==Description== A substantial number of prominent Detroiters have lived in the neighborhood. Notable residents have included labor leader Walter P. Reuther, Rabbi Morris Adler, Detroit Tigers Harry Heilmann and Dizzy Trout, Michigan Supreme Court justices Franz C. Kuhn and Henry Butzel, U.S. Representative Vincent M. Brennan, Michigan governor Harry Kelly,〔 boxer Joe Louis, druggist Sidney Barthwell, Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Motown record label founder Berry Gordy, Detroit Tiger Willie Horton, and dentist and pioneering WCHB radio station owner Wendell F. Cox.〔〔(Arden Park-East Boston ) from Detroit 1701.〕 The District boasts the oldest continuous neighborhood association in the City, the Historic Boston-Edison Association, which was founded in 1921.〔 The District received historic designation from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office in 1973, the Detroit Historic District Commission in 1974, and the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.〔 Census data from 2000〔(Census Tract 5323, Wayne County, Michigan ) from US Census Bureau〕 〔(Census Tract 5312, Wayne County, Michigan ) from US Census Bureau〕 (which includes the surrounding streets of Atkinson, Clairmount, and Glynn Court) show Boston-Edison has both African-American and Caucasian residents. The homes are owned by people from diverse occupations and professions.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boston-Edison Historic District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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