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The Thompson Home is a Victorian structure located at 4756 Cass Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan.Originally the Thompson Home for Old Ladies, it was constructed in 1884, [3] designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974, [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Jean remained in Detroit until his death in 1762. Years later, Jean's descendant Alexander Chapoton inherited his father Eustache's [ 5 ] masonry business and a fortune to go along with it. [ 3 ] He later expanded his business and became an important contractor in Detroit, helping to build several commercial blocks and residences, including the ...
The first group includes the single-family residences built by prominent Detroit citizens before the Civil War. This group includes the Joseph Campau House (1835) and the Alexander Chene House (1855) listed in this T.R., as well as the Charles Trowbridge House (1826) and the Moross House (1855), both listed on the NRHP at an earlier date.
Judge Ulysses Boykin sits underneath photos of himself, left, from 1963 and his son Peter Boykin's, right, 1994 graduating photos from Cass Tech in a room at his home in Detroit on Friday, Feb. 16 ...
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]
In 1923, the Institute purchased the house, and have remained there since. [5] In 1980, this Institute (currently Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute) was incorporated into Wayne State University . The Institute runs the Early Childhood Center, a preschool for area children age 2 1/2 to 5, and has a research faculty of 12 studying children from ...
Jean Adamson, the popular children’s author best known for her Topsy And Tim series, has died aged 96. In a statement released by Ladybird Books, Adamson’s family announced with “deep sorrow ...