A historic Detroit home that has turned heads in recent years due to being situated on a wooded oasis in the city is back on the market. Located at 22322 Roxford St. in a secluded subdivision at Seven Mile Road and Grand River Avenue, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom 2,812-square-foot Stone Craftsman-style house was built in 1926 by Edward J. Bench. The home charmed Patric Darby, a pediatric psychiatrist from Seattle who bought it last year for $399,000 and moved to Detroit to restore it. “I love old houses,” Darby tells Metro Times. “They just have so much character, and I always have these sort of romantic fantasies — like, ‘Oh, I wonder, you know, which girl came down in her wedding dress down the stairs,’ and all that kind of stuff. I always like to think about all the things that happened in the house.” Darby says over the years he has moved across the country renovating homes. His ph
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