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The Charles C. Trowbridge House is located at 1380 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest documented building in the city of Detroit; [ 3 ] it was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Scott was left a sizable fortune by his father who invested in Detroit real estate. [2] According to contemporaries, Scott gambled and told off-color stories. He was described by twentieth-century author W. Hawkins Ferry as a "vindictive, scurrilous misanthrope" [3] who attempted to intimidate his business competitors and when this was unsuccessful, he filed suit.
Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada. The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area.
As of January 1, 2016, under the terms of the City of Detroit's municipal bankruptcy the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) was created with a $50 million annual lease agreement to the City of Detroit for 40 years, while the DWSD bifurcated to focus its services specifically on the water and sewer customers within only the city of Detroit. [2]
John J. Bagley was the 16th governor of Michigan, serving from 1873 to 1877. [4] Bagley also served as a Detroit Alderman from 1860 to 1861 and as Police Commissioner from 1865 to 1872. He was instrumental in the creation of the Detroit Metropolitan Police Commission and the construction of the first Detroit House of Corrections. [4]
Hurlbut Memorial Gate is a monumental structure, 132 ft (40 m) long, 50 ft (15 m) high, and 40 ft (12 m) in depth, at the entry way to Water Works Park located at East Jefferson Avenue and Cadillac Boulevard in a historic area of Detroit, Michigan.
A fake obituary was posted for Slim Shady ahead of Eminem's upcoming 12th LP scheduled to be released this summer, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).” Obituary for Eminem alter ego ...
In 1833, Trowbridge became an alderman of the city of Detroit, [1] and briefly served as Mayor during the cholera epidemic of 1834, resigning his position soon after. [2] In 1837, he ran as the Whig candidate for governor of Michigan, and was defeated by Stevens T. Mason. This was the last time he ran for public office.