Delray, Detroit
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Delray is a neighborhood in southwest Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its area extends south to the River Rouge, east to the Detroit River, west to Fort Street, and north to Clark Street. The t
Looking north along W. Jefferson Avenue in 2021
Fort Wayne historical marker
Holy Cross Hungarian Catholic Church in 2022
The former Southwestern High School on West Fort Street in Delray (demolished in 2023)
Fort Wayne (Detroit)
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Fort Wayne is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, at the foot of Livernois Avenue in the Delray neighborhood. The fort is situated on the Detroit River at a point where it is under half a mile t
Delray, Detroit
…was first platted as Belgrade in 1836. Most of the settlement lay in Springwells Township, with the rest across the River Rouge in Ecorse Township. Fort Wayne was built in 1843 on the Detroit River at the foot of what is now Livernois Avenue to protect against a potential British attack from Canada. The area…
Original barracks at Fort Wayne
Original layout of Fort Wayne
The Officers' Quarters in an 1884 drawing by Silas Farmer
Gun emplacement, 1934