House at 1540-1542 Abbott
Grab
Description
Rear view of two-story wooden-frame house located at 1540-1542 Abbott, parcel 215, in Corktown. Tall wooden fence borders yard; laundry hangs on clothesline. Handwritten on front: "Par. 215, 1540 & 42 Abbott St., 10-23-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh002020
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-10-23
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 24
- 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.