Overhead Conveyor Co. building at 944 E. Congress
Grab
Description
One-story brick building housing Overhead Conveyor Co. at 944 E. Congress, parcel 71, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Viewed straight-on from fenced lot across street. Stepped roofline; garage door centered on front. Boxes and pallets stacked in neighboring lot. Cars parked on street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 71, 944 E. Congress, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003556
- Subject:
- Conveying machinery industry--Michigan--Detroit
- Commercial buildings--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.