Angell

Named for the U-M’s longest-serving president, Angell School’s area includes a piece of student housing near the university. Most of it, however, is dominated by large, secluded homes along winding streets in the lovely hills south of the Huron River and east of downtown.

Students predominate in the rental housing near the U-M’s Central Campus and Medical Campus. Generally, these are older neighborhoods, dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the 1960s, until city rules restricted their construction, apartment buildings replaced many of the older houses. These student neighborhoods have been virtually frozen in time ever since.

Angell’s boundaries include one of Ann Arbor’s great public spaces—the U-M’s Nichols Arboretum, a hilly, wooded natural area sloping down to the Huron River. East of the Arb, the streets north of Geddes are lined with large, stately older homes built in the 1920s and 1930s. Perched on the slopes overlooking the river are more modern custom-built houses. The area is home to some prominent U-M professors, and there are many longtime residents.

South of Geddes are the winding, wooded streets of the city’s wealthiest neighborhood, Ann Arbor Hills. Here the custom design of each house projects an individualized vision of the good life. Some homes are worth more than $1 million, and many residents are over sixty.

Angell Elementary grads go on to Tappan Middle School and Huron High. Children are also bused to Angell from two outlying neighborhoods: U-M family housing on North Campus (see Northeast map) and the Golfside Lakes apartments along Washtenaw east of US-23 in Pittsfield Township (see Southeast map; Golfside Lakes students go on to Scarlett Middle School).