Houses at 1223 and 1229 Porter
Grab
Description
Rear view of two adjacent two-story front-gabled houses with shingle siding located at 1223 and 1229 Porter, parcels 112 and 113, in Corktown. Fence surrounds backyards; laundry hangs on clothesline. Automobile and bicycle parked behind house; doghouse next to back fence. Handwritten on front: "Par. 112 & 113, rear of 1223 & 1229 Porter St., 9-13-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003885
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Michigan--Detroit
- Clotheslines--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-13
- 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.