Charles A. Ducharme residence undergoing demolition
Description:
Bird's-eye view of the former Charles DuCharme house, located at 2165 E. Jefferson Avenue, being demolished. American Housewrecking Co. sign in front of house. Clipping on back: "Another Jefferson Ave. landmark is passing. This is the old Charles DuCharm [sic] home at 2165 E. Jefferson, showplace built in the 1880s. It was a true mansion in Detroit's golden era of mansions when E. Jefferson was one of the city's finest residential areas. it lived through the section's 'Bohemian' period when artists and writers starved in cluttered apartments in the fine old homes. Now it makes way for a quarter-million dollar extension of Alexander Blain Hospital, at right." Stamped on back: "Free Press photo, Jul 30, 1959."
