Fort Apartments at 1250 Abbott
Grab
Description
View of two-story brick apartment building with wrought iron balcony located at 1250 Abbott, parcel 95, in Corktown. Inscribed on building: "Fort Apts.; 1915." Several children pose in front of building; cars parked in street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 95, 1250 Abbott, 9-6-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003837
- Subject:
- Apartment houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Children--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-06
- 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.