Augur Clark house
Large clapboard house with gingerbread trim, viewed diagonally across board sidewalk and fences (decorative and utilitarian). Three boys lean on board fence. Leafless trees by sidewalk, more houses beyond. Handwritten on photograph front, under boys: "George Root, Wm. Clark, Frank Clark." Typed on label on photograph back: "This house was erected about 1857 or 1858, for Dr. Augur Clark. The three boys in the foreground are William and Frank Clark, and George Root. The two Clark boys are the sons of the doctor. Mr. James F. Joy lived in the house at one time, and James Joy was born there. It was torn down many years ago, and a row of brick buildings erected in its place. The picture was given me by Mr. William A. Butler Jr. The house is on the north side of Fort Street between Cass and First Streets." Handwritten on photograph back: "D/Sts_Fort, between Cass & First. C.M.B. (?) Dec. 5, 1908."
- Resource ID:
- DPA2591
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Architecture, Victorian--Michigan--Detroit
- Joy, James F. (James Frederick), 1810-1896--Homes and haunts--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1908-12-05
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 7.5 x 9.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Historic houses-Clark, Augur
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.