Plaque marking site of Detroit's first post office
Description:
View of bronze tablet marking the site of Detroit's first post office building, installed on building on the northwest corner of Griswold and Larned. Inscription reads: "This tablet marks the site of Detroit's first postoffice building. The first government-built postoffice building in Detroit was opened here on January 30, 1860, and for the following thirty-seven years it housed both Federal courts and postoffice. President Jefferson established the first postoffice in rented building at Detroit, January 1, 1803. Presented to the city of Detroit in the month of September, 1926."
