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Birmingham

Birmingham, MI

The ambiance of this community offers suburban lifestyles, walking to downtown, parks, theatres, dining and shopping. Birmingham is known as a safe, friendly and upscale suburb. Birmingham has its own downtown area well established with fine dining and shopping. Many new homes are being built on older pre-existing homesites. There are plenty of fantastic public services like parks, the library, as well as high-quality public schools. Birmingham is known as being a trendy, chic, eclectic community.

In 2020 the average size of the Birmingham custom and unique residence that sold had 4-5 bedroom, 4-5 bathroom, 3,933 square feet and had an average sale price of $1,491,683.

With its geographic location near the Woodward corridor, Birmingham is a 20-30 minute drive to downtown Detroit. If you are looking for an upscale community where its residents enjoy walking on the sidewalks, outdoor community parks and strolling the downtown corridor, this may be the area for you to see and be seen. Birmingham offers a local Farmers Market, Birmingham Theatre, Lincoln Hills and Springdale Golf courses. Not to be overlooked is the Palladium 12 Theatre Dinner and a movie experience. The Four-Diamond Townsend Hotel is known for its exceptional services and amenities. Additional dining hotspots include Streetside Seafood and 220 Merrill. The Birmingham Historical Museum was founded in May of 2001. It includes the oldest house in Oakland County, the 1822 John West Hunter house.

The earliest Birmingham land entry was made on January 28, 1819, by Colonel Benjamin Kendrick Pierce (brother of future U.S. President Franklin Pierce) for the northwest quarter of section 36. Colonel Pierce visited his land several times but never settled on it. In March 1818, John W. Hunter and his brother Daniel left Auburn, New York, by sleigh and traveled to Michigan by way of Upper Canada. They waited in Detroit for their father and other family members who arrived by schooner via Lake Erie in July. The family remained in Detroit until spring 1819 when Hunter made an entry for the northeast quarter of section 36, now in the southeast section of current-day Birmingham. Lacking a proper land survey, Hunter mistakenly built his log house on a tract later purchased by Elijah Willets. That house was later occupied by William Hall, a son-in-law of Elisha Hunter, while John W. Hunter built another log house a short distance to the southeast. On September 25, 1821, Elijah Willets made a land entry for the southwest quarter of section 25. Two days later, Major John Hamilton made an entry for the southeast quarter of section 25. Each of these initial land entries met at what is now the intersection of Maple Road and Pierce Street.

The names of the city's founders appear throughout Birmingham in civic institutions and commercial businesses: Pierce Elementary School, Hunter House Hamburgers (which was located on the road formerly known as Hunter Boulevard, which bypassed downtown to the east and was renamed Woodward, with the original Woodward Avenue section renamed Old Woodward), Hamilton Hotel, Willets Building and Merrill Street. Hall & Hunter Realtors adopted their name in honor of the builder and occupier of Birmingham's first home.

Birmingham is in Oakland County and is one of the best places to live in Michigan, ranked #4 in Best Places to Buy a House in the Detroit Area by www.niche.com and is ranked as one of the highest estimated household incomes in the state. Living in Birmingham offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes. The city has more than twenty parks, with many amenities, including tennis courts, baseball diamonds, playgrounds, golf courses, sledding hills, nature trails, picnic areas and deep woods. Shain Park, the city's main commons, is the site of the Village Fair, art shows, summer music concerts and numerous community events. People the world over flock to downtown Birmingham annually to seek a glimpse at Detroit’s historic cars as they cruise on Woodward Avenue from Ferndale, Michigan to Pontiac, Michigan. Known as the Woodward Dream Cruise. It is held each year in August.

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