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Robert B Ross
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Landmarks of Wayne county and Detroit, |
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Unknown Binding |
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320 |
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1898 |
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B00087TCZO |
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The Evening news association |
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Product Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...attorney, sheriff and Circuit Court offices are on the second floor. The Circuit Court's and Board of Supervisors' rooms are located on the third floor. The upper floor is left for the future needs of the county. The original specifications provided for North Jay, Me., granite for the first two stories, and Berea stone for the three upper floors. The cost of the inside work and furnishings will be about $600,000. The old Federal building, at the northwest corner of Larned and Griswold streets, was finished and opened on January 30, 1860. It was occupied by the post-office, custom house, Federal courts and other offices until November 27, 1897, when the post-office was removed to 73 the new building hereafter described. The other courts and offices followed in the first part of 1898. The accommodations becoming insufficient, a movement for a new Federal building was commenced about 1880, and resulted in Congress passing an act on August 7, 1882, appropriating $250,000 to purchase additional land and for an addition to the building. Adjoining land was purchased, and an excavation for the basement made, at a total expense of $100,364.29. Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed over erecting the structure on the old site, which led to the appointment of a commission, consisting of William A. Moore, Alexander C. McGraw, William C. Colburn, Rufus W. Gillett, James L. Edson and Samuel Hannaford, to choose another location. In April, 1885, the commission selected the south half of the square bounded by Lafayette avenue, Shelby, Fort, and Wayne streets, which is substantially the site of Fort Lernoult, which was constructed in 1778-79, and afterward named Fort Shelby. Afterward the whole square was acquired. The land is 280 feet on Wayne and Shelby streets, and 2...
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