A few miles and a whole universe from the Mexicantown bungalow where he grew up, this Indian Village mansion is where Jack White lived at the absolute peak of White Stripes mania. It’s a 1914 Colonial designed by C. Howard Crane โ the architect behind the Fox Theatre โ with 5,600 square feet of grand staircases and Pewabic tile, plus bathroom tile White had redone in his signature red-and-white.
The fan kicker: the White Stripes recorded their Grammy-winning Get Behind Me Satan right here in 2005, set up on the home’s staircase and foyer in a makeshift setup he called Third Man Studios. Tired of arguing with engineers, White cut the whole album in about two weeks for under $10,000 โ razor-blade tape edits and all โ and the band swore the sessions were cursed (the tape machine glitched, water dripped from the ceiling). He left for Nashville in 2007. Walk it together with his childhood home for the whole arc: upholsterer’s kid to global rock star, both inside Detroit’s city limits.