Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Waterworks Park
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Description
Beaux Arts entrance gate to Water Works Park, built 1893, designed by Gustav Adolphus Mueller and Herman Brede. Three-tiered triumphal arch with dome and staircases. Viewed at an angle across street. Several people passing through ground-level gate. 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. Handwritten on stock back: "Hurlbut Memorial Gate." Spots and tape marks on photograph.
Details
- Resource ID:
- DPA3448
- Subject:
- Parks--Michigan--Detroit
- Hurlbut, Chauncey, 1803-1885--Monuments--Michigan--Detroit
- Gateways--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 3.25 x 5.5 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.