Leonard B. Willeke was an architect. He was a native of Cincinnati and worked there with Tietig & Lee in 1911 and was listed with The Allyn Co. in 1914. Then he moved to Detroit where he "maintained a prestigious practice until his death". He "combined" Arts & Crafts with "a basis in Traditional styles" and was featured in a "highly-illustrated biography" by Thomas Brunk. Edsel and Eleanor Ford were "acquainted" with Willeke and he did residential design work for them, Roscoe B. Jackson, and Mrs. William Clay of Detroit in 1917 and 1918, as well as Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...

 and his wife Clara. He was contracted to do the design work to house 3,500 Ford employees at "Fordson Village" until it was abandoned for the "much smaller" Molony site, with 12 house designs that were also by Willeke. He is also credited as the architect of Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District

Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District

Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District is a residential historic district located in Highland Park, Michigan. It runs along three east-west streets: Eason Street, Moss Street, and Putitan Street, from Hamilton Avenue on the west to Woodward Avenue on the east...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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Further reading

• Thomas W. Brunk and Leonard Bernard Willeke Leonard B. Willeke, Excellence in Architecture and Design University of Detroit, School of Architecture Staff (Hardcover)
• Langsam (1997), 4, 93-94, 115-17, 129;