Excerpt: Homes that bear plaques with the word “historic” often bring to mind sprawling Civil War-era plantations, colonials from the Revolution and 19th-century farmhouses.
But what about the 1965 tri-levels with rumpus room and attached garage? How could a mid-century ranch — perhaps identical to the one you grew up in — possibly be considered historic?
In Southfield (and increasingly across the nation), it is.