House at 1551-1563 Abbott
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Description
Front and side view of two-story wooden-frame residential building with flat roof located at 1551-1563 Abbott, parcels 196, 197, 198 and 199, in Corktown. Garland decorations on window crowns; building has four front entrances. Handwritten on front: "Par. 196-197-198-199 inc., 1551 to 63 Abbott, 10-8-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh004137
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-10-08
- 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.