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| Photo by Steve Neavling. |
Sadly, the funeral home and the adjacent building, which was built as a mortuary space in 1930, have been neglected and abandoned for years. Lightning struck the funeral home on Oct. 1, causing a fire and creating a hole in the roof.
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Harry may have picked the wrong city to bow out. Detroit doesn't appear to be in any shape economically to preserve landmarks.
ReplyDeleteI went and saw this when I was in Detroit (it's only a few blocks from the site of Grace hospital). The area is pretty desolate.
DeleteIt is not abandoned. The person who owns it, rents out the
ReplyDeletegarage to people storing cars.
When the original owner died he left it to ho son who cares for the building but not the funds to make repairs
Jon Oliver
When I was there a few years back, on a night tour, the whole front part of the building on Cass Ave. was empty. I took a lot of photos into the actual windows, and there was nothing in there but curtains and some wire hangers. The very long side of 3957 Cass Ave., on W. Alexandrine, does have 2 garage doors next to an alley, followed by an active fire station. I'm not sure who would want to rent out this location? There is plenty of free street parking all around, if you want to park in the very dangerous Cass Corridor ghetto, that is.
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