House at 988 E. Congress
Grab
Description
Narrow two-story brick Italianate town house at 988 E. Congress, parcels 66 and 65, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Looks like apartment or rooming house. Tall windows, lace curtains in main floor window, roof stepped toward back; man stands by door. Sign by ornamented front stoop reads "Private property, no trespassing, violators will be prosecuted." Walker & Co. billboard next to house reads "Pocket pack, Kleenex tissues. Still only 5 [cents]." Viewed at an angle across street. Vacant lot on left and wooden-frame house on right. Cars parked on street and in lot. Handwritten on front: "Par. 66-65, 988 E. Congress, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003548
- Subject:
- Brick houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Apartment houses--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.