House at 988 E. Congress
Grab
Description
Rear view of narrow two-story brick Italianate town house at 988 E. Congress, parcel 66, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. One-story addition with one and a half-story brick garage/stable opening onto alley. Concrete-block one-story addition on side behind 980 E. Congress. Viewed at an angle across alley and board fence. Sign on neighboring yard reads "Private. Keep out." Handwritten on front: "Par. 66, 988 E. Congress, rear, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003549
- Subject:
- Brick houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Alleys--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.