Houghton School at Abbott and Brooklyn
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Description
View at an angle of front and side of two-story brick school building located at Abbott and Brooklyn, parcel 92, in Corktown. Flagpole on building roof; property surrounded by chain link fence. Man stands next to truck parked in street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 92, Houghton School on Abbott & Brooklyn, 9-6-56." 1956 City Directory lists Douglas Houghton School at 1330 Abbott.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003833
- Subject:
- School buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- African American men--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-06
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 23
- 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.