Houses at 1406 and 1400 Abbott
Grab
Description
Rear view of two adjacent two-story houses with simulated brick siding located at 1406 and 1400 Abbott, parcels 90 and 91, in Corktown. Debris in backyard on left; automobile parked in yard at right. Chain link fences border alley; truck trailers parked in adjacent lot. Handwritten on front: "Par. 90, rear of 1406 Abbott St., 9-10-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003826
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-10
- 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.

