Hill's garage and storage building at 1306-1316 E. Congress
Grab
Description
One-story brick building on corner at 1306 E. Congress with converted church beyond at 1316, parcel 62, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Viewed from vacant lot diagonally across intersection. Row of four gasoline pumps. Signs on auto repair shop read "Garage, Hill's, auto collision, general repairs, bumping, painting, welding, Hill's super service garage, repair, service, all makes ca[rs and t]rucks. Lee [?] tires." Converted church with boarded-over windows beyond. Large brick church with crow-stepped gable behind garage. Duncan Speedometer building corner visible across street. Cars parked on street, on lot, and by garage door. Handwritten on front: "Par. 62, 1306-1316 E. Congress, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003544
- Subject:
- Automobile repair shops--Michigan--Detroit
- Warehouses--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-09-29
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 21
- Content Note:
- Part of a collection that contains condemnation files, photographs, blueprints and descriptions of slum clearance housing parcels for the City of Detroit. Of particular note are areas which included the neighborhoods known as Paradise Valley, Black Bottom, Corktown and the Jeffries Housing Project.
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.