Lewis Cass house
Grab
Description
Colonial-style building, with shuttered windows, pillared entrance. Additional wings in back and on left side of house. Left side of building has wrap-around porch. Handwritten on back: "Gen. Lewis Cass's old homestead." Handwritten on back of duplicate: "Old residence of Gen. Lewis Cass, N.W. cor. Fort St. & Cass St., 1870; built 1840, removed in 1876." Printed on back: "New series, panoramic and cabinet sketches in and about the city of Detroit, photographed and published by Jex Bardwell, 31 Monroe Avenue."
Details
- Creator:
- Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
- Resource ID:
- DPA2584
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Michigan--Detroit
- Architecture, Victorian--Michigan--Detroit
- Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866--Homes and haunts--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Cabinet photographs
- Photographic prints
- Publisher:
- Jex Bardwell
- Date:
- 1870
- Format:
- 1 cabinet card ; image 4 x 7 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Historic houses-Cass
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.