The
1922 home is the largest home in
the Boston-Edison district. It
was built for Charles T. Fisher,
his wife, Sarah and their five
children. Fisher co-founded the
Fisher Body Company with his
brother. (Photo by HB Meeks/Tell
Us Detroit)
Actor
Hill
Harper
greets a
member
of the
Junior
League
of
Detroit
during
their
annual
Designers’
Show
House
media
walkthrough
at the
Charles
H.
Fisher
mansion
in the
historic
Boston
Edison
District.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Actor,
entrepreneur
Hill
Harper
back in
Detroit
to host
fundraiser
at
Fisher
mansion
By
Claudia
Lugo
Tell Us
USA News
Network
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
The
Junior
League
of
Detroit
is
hosting
their
annual
Designers’
Show
House at
the
Charles
H.
Fisher
mansion
now
owned by
actor
Hill
Harper.
“I
kind of
see this
house as
Detroit’s
White
House,"
Harper
said.
"It’s
going to
be a
House
for the
people."
At
this
year's
event
Harper
offered
up his
Motor
City
home to
39
designers
from six
states
to
transform
44
spaces
in the
mansion
to
unleash
their
creativity
to go on
dispay
at the
Designers'
Show
House.
More
permanent
changes
had to
be
approved
by
Harper
and his
lead
architect
Chandra
Moore of
coG
Studio.
Take the
second-floor
living
suite
for
example.
“We blew
out all
of those
rooms
there,"
Moore
explained.
"We
opened
up the
ceiling
there
and so
the
second
floor
really
speaks
to Hill
and his
aesthetic.”
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Most
of the
interior
design
installations
seen at
this
year's
fundraiser,
are
temporary.
For the
more
permanent
changes,
it had
to be
approved
by
Harper
and his
lead
architect
Chandra
Moore of
coG
Studio.
Hill, an
Iowa
native
who
bought
The
Roasting
Plant
downtown
early in
2017,
said
he’s
excited
to host
the show
house.
“It
is
especially
gratifying
that the
proceeds
from
this
event
will
support
the
Junior
League
of
Detroit
and
their
longstanding
mission
of
helping
families
and
children
in
Detroit,”
said
Harper
The home
will be
open to
the
public
from
Sept. 15
until
Oct. 7.
Funds
raised
will be
used to
support
the
Junior
League’s
community
programs.
The
Junior
League
of
Detroit
held a
preview
on
Thursday,
Sept.
13, 2018
of the
Charles
T.
Fisher
Mansion
in
Detroit
for its
22nd
Designers'
Show
House.
The
18,000
square-foot
home was
originally
owned by
Charles
and
Sarah
Fisher
and the
largest
in the
historic
Boston
Edison
District.
It is
now
owned by
TV actor
Hill
Harper.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Harper
hopes
the
public
will
come and
check
out this
masterpiece
of a
home.
“Most of
the work
is the
restoration,
and then
you do
the
beautification
at the
very end
so to
see how
everything
is
coming
together
is
fantastic,”
Harper
said.
The
1922
home is
the
largest
home in
the
Boston-Edison
district.
It was
built
for
Charles
T.
Fisher,
his
wife,
Sarah
and
their
five
children.
Fisher
co-founded
the
Fisher
Body
Company
with his
brother.