McFarren Cartage Co. at 1560 12th Street and house at 1552 12th Street
Grab
Description
View of one-story concrete block building with flat roof located at 1560 12th St. and two-story front-gabled house with shingle siding located at 1552 12th St., parcels 370 and 371, in Corktown. Sign on building: "McFarren Cartage Co., 1560, entrance in rear." House has covered entry porch. Arrow and "370" drawn on photograph points toward building on right; "371" drawn on photograph over house on right. Handwritten on front: "Par. 370 & 371, 1552 12th St., 12-4-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh002485
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Michigan--Detroit
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Storage and moving trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-12-04
- 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.