Overview
The cities Hamtramck and Highland Park are enclaves of the City of Detroit.
14 sights · 5 things to do · 4 places to eat · 2 bars & cafés
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Best things about Hamtramck-Highland Park
Hamtramck Disneyland
St. Florian Church
Built in 1928, this church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Ralph Adams Cram designed the church in Late Gothic Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman styles.
Hamtramck Historical Museum
Ukrainian American Archives and Museum
First United Methodist Church
Built in 1916, the First United Methodist Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The church is an Arts and Crafts influenced, Gothic-style structure, constructed from red brick and trimmed wit…
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Built in 1929, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The church is a small, random ashlar, limestone, Neo-Gothic-style building.
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: May–Oct. Summer highs reach about 84°F; winter lows dip to about 19°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb, Dec) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: May and Jul. (climate data from nearby Detroit)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit — 19 mi away (major hub). Directions
- FNT Bishop International Airport, Flint — 51 mi away. Directions
Budget & where to stay
No prices are listed for this place yet. See the Sleep guide ↓ for options.
Sample 3-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Hamtramck Disneyland, Ukrainian American Archives and Museum, Planet Ant
- Lunch Polish Village Cafe
- Afternoon St. Florian Church, Hamtramck Historical Museum
- Dinner Aladdin Sweets & Cafe
- Evening Whiskey in the Jar
Day 2
- Morning Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Highland Heights-Stevens' Subdivision
- Lunch La Dolce Vita
- Afternoon Trinity United Methodist Church, Highland Park General Hospital
- Dinner Motor City Sports Bar & Grill
- Evening Suzy's
Day 3
- Morning First United Methodist Church, Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions, Highland Park Ford Plant
- Afternoon Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments, Hamtramck Blowout
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
Food for you
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Understand
Hamtramck is known for being home to a large Polish community. This is evidenced in many ways, such as the celebration of Pączki (pronounced: poonchki) Day. In 1970, 91% of the residents were Polish. However, today its only about 22% because many Poles have moved to other parts of the area, and because of a large immigration of people from the Middle East and South Asia.
Highland Park is home to several architecturally significant buildings. It is also home to the Highland Park Ford Plant, the first plant in the world to use the assembly line.
See
Hamtramck
See Hamtramck Disneyland
Landmarks
Museums and galleries
See Pr1mary Space
Pr1mary Space displays a new show almost once a month. The gallery specializes in illustrative art of the post-pop era, basically graffiti art.
Highland Park
Landmarks
See First United Methodist Church (Soul Harvest Ministries)
Built in 1916, the First United Methodist Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The church is an Arts and Crafts influenced, Gothic-style structure, constructed from red brick and trimmed with limestone.
See Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Built in 1929, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The church is a small, random ashlar, limestone, Neo-Gothic-style building.
See Highland Park Ford Plant
Designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1910, the Highland Park Ford Plant was a production plant for Ford Motor Company. In 1913, the Highland Park Ford Plant became the first automobile production facility in the world to implement the assembly line. It is now used by Ford Motor Company to store documents and the Henry Ford Museum for artifact storage.
See Highland Park General Hospital
Built in 1918, this hospital is listed on the U.S. Register of Historic Places. The hospital was one of the first two institutions established when Highland Park incorporated as a city in 1916. The Highland Park Hospital closed in 1976.
See Highland Park Presbyterian Church
This church, built in 1910, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed in a Tudor Gothic style from red brick with limestone trim and red terra cotta roof tiles.
See Trinity United Methodist Church
Built in 1922, this church was designed in the Neo-Gothic architecutral style, and was built from gray limestone.
Historic neighborhoods
See Highland Heights-Stevens' Subdivision
This historic district composed of 422 homes, two apartment buildings, five commercial buildings, and a library was founded in the early 20th century. Most of the homes were designed by Albert Kahn in Century Revivals and Bungalow/Craftsman architectural styles.
See Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions
This historic district is composed of 272 homes, most of which are designed in the Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, and Tudor Revival architectural styles.
See Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments
This historic district is composed of 3 apartment buildings designed in the Century Revival and Classical Revival architectural styles. All three were built in the 1920s and were designed by Richard H. Marr.
Do
- Hamtramck Labor Day Weekend Festival Celebration of the Polish cultural heritage including ethnic foods and music and a parade.
Buy
Eat
Eat Polish Village Cafe
Polish Village is a great place for authentic Polish food, in a historic old cafe in the basement of this Hatramck home. Try the dill pickle soup and a huge beer.
Drink
Hamtramack once had the highest number of bars per capita of any American city. As demographics have changed and local government has come to cater to the largely Muslim immigrant population, the number of bars has decreased significantly, with new liquor licenses very seldom issued.
Drink Whiskey in the Jar
This eclectic bar was a speak-easy in a house during the Prohibition Era.
Stay safe
Highland Park is not highly regarded as a safe city. Visitors should not visit Highland Park at all after dark. The city of Highland Park became financially insolvent in 2002 and it was largely placed under the control of the county government.
Hamtramck is home to numerous bars and entertainment venues which stay open 7 days a week until 2AM. Exercising excessive caution is not necessary when visiting since most of the neighborhoods are safe. Applying common sense as one would when visiting any city is all that is necessary.
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