Plaque marking site of Detroit's first post office
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Description
View of bronze tablet marking the site of Detroit's first post office building, installed on building on the northwest corner of Griswold and Larned. Inscription reads: "This tablet marks the site of Detroit's first postoffice building. The first government-built postoffice building in Detroit was opened here on January 30, 1860, and for the following thirty-seven years it housed both Federal courts and postoffice. President Jefferson established the first postoffice in rented building at Detroit, January 1, 1803. Presented to the city of Detroit in the month of September, 1926."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh009178
- Subject:
- Post office buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Plaques, plaquettes--Michigan--Detroit
- Historical markers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 3.5 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- Outdoor civic memorials and historical markers, 1951, Detroit City Plan Commission, revision containing new photographs, 718 D484oa
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.