The soulful West Grand Boulevard property is ready to host your next family reunion.
Instead of turning it into a regular old rental, developer David King saw in his West Grand Boulevard property an opportunity to revere Motown ā and have some fun. Keeping many of the 115-year-old homeās original detailing, he restored it and added some soul with themed bedrooms, working Wurtlizer jukeboxes and murals throughout.
āEverything revolved around Motown,ā he says of the locationās magic. āThere are crowds every single weekend; theyāre lined up around the block.ā The tri-level home is available for rent by large groups and traveling families on Airbnb and peppered with pieces belonging to Berry Gordy and framed photos that recall the era of Motown sound.
Each bedroom is dedicated to a different color scheme and Motown act: Smokey is blue, Marvin is green, The Jackson 5 room is a whimsical hue of orange, and Rick James, no surprise, is fire red ā āGive it to Me Babyā scrawled across the wall.
King commissioned artist and ACE Academy teacher David Young to create the original pieces and murals; the Davids connected through Craigslist. Itās a Motown house but itās not excessive. Itās still, when all is said, a classically beautiful old Detroit home, just steps away from Hitsville U.S.A. King says, āWe donāt want to be the Motown Museum. Theyāre the star ā weāre just the complement.ā