Grosse Pointe Shores
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Ford House Gate House |
Grosse Pointe Shores was recently incorporated as a City
from its original status as a Village. Founded in 1911 with
only about 350 residents, today, according to the 2010
Census, there are 3,008 residents. The Shores is the second
smallest of the Grosse Pointes with only about one and one
half square miles in area. All of The Shores is located in a
narrow strip that runs east and west along Lake St. Clair.
There is no commercial district in Grosse Pointe Shores but
there are two outstanding properties. The first is the Edsel
and Eleanor Ford House which is a tax-exempt property that
provides wonderful tours of both the historic house and
grounds, Cotswold Café, concerts on the lawn and a variety
of programs. It was also the first facility of its kind to
offer “an app for that” with its iPhone tour application.
The other property of interest is The Grosse Pointe Yacht
Club which has been consistently voted the “Number One Yacht
Club in North America”. The GPYC started as an ice boating
club in 1914 and its dedicated members included some of the
most prominent citizens of the era. A private club, its
amazing Italian Renaissance clubhouse was built in 1929 and
continues to provide a beacon along Lake St. Clair. The
Grosse Pointe Shores residents’ only park is dedicated to
provide great outdoor entertainment to all who come to
visit. Interesting links that might assist you in obtaining
more information about The Shores are:
Lakeshore Drive |
Grosse Pointe Yacht Club |
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