Plaque marking site of Woodward Avenue's last toll gates

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Description

View of bronze tablet marking the site of Woodward Avenue's last toll gate, installed on boulder at Covington Drive and Woodward Avenue in Palmer Park. Inscription reads: "100 feet east of this spot stood until October, 1908 one of the last of the Woodward Ave. toll gates. Placed November 3, 1935 by Fort Pontchartrain Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution."

Details

Resource ID:: bh009160
Subject:: Toll roads--Michigan--Detroit--History; Woodward Avenue (Mich.); Plaques, plaquettes--Michigan--Detroit; Historical markers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 3.5 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.