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Catalog Number 2013.049.422
Object Name Blueprint
Title Detroit - Prior to the Fire of June 11, 1805
Scope & Content One blueprint copy of a map entitled "Detroit - Prior to the Fire of June 11, 1805." The map shows the layout of the town and fort as of June, 1805, including the names and locations of property owners at that time as well as lot numbers, lot dimensions, street names, and right-of way widths. The map area extends from Griswold Street on the east, to the Detroit River on the south, to Cass Street on the west, and to Lafayette Avenue on the north. The map also shows the extent of filling which occurred along the shoreline from 1805 up 1889. The title block in the lower left corner indicates that the map was "prepared by C. M. Burton, Wayne County Abstract Office, from Official Records." The drawing was done by "R. J. Mackey, Draughtsman," at a scale of 1 inch = 60 feet and is dated 1889.
Date 1889
People Mackey, R.J.
Burton, Clarence M.
Publisher Wayne County Abstract Office
Extent of Description 24.125" x 40"
Collection General History
Search Terms Surveys
Downtown
Harbor Line
Fort Lernoult
Fort Detroit
Fort Shelby
Fortifications
Wayne County Abstract Office
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