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A sixth main street, Fort, wanders downriver from the center of the city. After Detroit rebuilt in the early 19th century, a thriving community soon sprang up, and by the Civil War, over 45,000 people were living in the city, [4] primarily spread along Jefferson Avenue to the east and Fort Street to the west. As in many major American cities ...
The Beaubien House is built on the site of one of Detroit's original ribbon farms, owned by Antoine Beaubien. The farm had a quarter of a mile frontage on the river, but which ran nearly three miles inland. Beaubien was a Colonel in the Detroit Militia and received the patent certificate for his land in 1810. [3]
The Jefferson–Chalmers Historic Business District is a neighborhood located on East Jefferson Avenue between Eastlawn Street and Alter Road in Detroit, Michigan. The district is the only continuously intact commercial district remaining along East Jefferson Avenue, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The East Ferry Avenue Historic District is a historic residential district in Midtown Detroit, Michigan.The nationally designated historic district stretches two blocks from Woodward Avenue east to Brush Street; the locally designated historic district includes a third block between Brush and Beaubien.
The city of Detroit is split into seven council districts. The Detroit Demolition Program targeted all of these districts. Each region had between 1,500-3,000 demolitions. [9] [10] These demolitions were contracted to numerous companies with $90 million [7] [8] going to businesses that started up in Detroit. Most of these funds come from a ...
Frederick Stearns Building, c. 1910. Frederick Stearns & Company, established in 1855, [4] was a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in 19th century Detroit. In the late 1890s, Frederick K. Stearns (son of the firm's founder, Frederick A. Stearns) commissioned William B. Stratton to design this building [3] (Stratton also designed Stearns's personal home, the Frederick K. Stearns House, a few ...
The 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative is a large, 336 unit luxury housing cooperative in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of the near-east side of Detroit, Michigan.The building is notable for its address "1300" displayed in giant numerals on the North and South sides of the roof which are visible for miles in Detroit and Windsor.
The Moross House was built in 1840 by French brickmaker Christopher Moross; it was one of two homes built by him on the site. [3] The Moross House is the oldest brick dwelling remaining in the city of Detroit. Ownership of the property changed hands several times, and included owner Colonel Freeman Norvell, son of US Senator John Norvell of ...