Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Waterworks Park
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Description
Beaux Arts entrance gate to Waterworks Park, built 1893, designed by Gustav Adolphus Mueller and Herman Brede. Three-tiered triumphal arch with dome and staircases. Viewed from street. Two women in ground-level gate; several people on staircases and next to dome. Located at East Jefferson at Cadillac Boulevard. Hurlbut was a grocer and Detroit Water Commissioner; left most of his estate to the Board of Water Commissioners. Born 1803; died Sept 7 1885. Typed on photograph back: "Photos from H. Erichsen, 340 Chandler Ave., Detroit Mich." (address hand-corrected to "415 Harmon, Birmingham, Mich." Handwritten on photograph back: "Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Waterworks Park, Detroit, Mich. Designed by Gustav Mueller, architect." Spot on photograph.
Details
- Resource ID:
- DPA3450
- Subject:
- Parks--Michigan--Detroit
- Hurlbut, Chauncey, 1803-1885--Monuments--Michigan--Detroit
- Gateways--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 3.75 x 4.75 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Monuments-Hurlbut, Chauncey
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.