Country Club of Detroit. Grosse Pointe Farms.

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Description:

Exterior view of the Country Club of Detroit, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. "The clubhouse was approached from Lake Shore road on the north by a driveway that skirted a broad stretch of lawn, the massive brick structure was flanked at each end by projecting bays, while at the center was an ample porte-cochere, at the western end of the building a recessed porch overlooked the tennis courts, facing the lake on the south, a covered glass-enclosed veranda extended the full length of the building, this was interrupted at the center by a two-story portico with brick piers ... although [Albert] Kahn's country club was not, strictly speaking, an example of domestic architecture, nevertheless it was closely related in style to some of the houses he was building at the time," from "The Buildings of Detroit: A History," by W. Hawkins Ferry.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1974-07-22T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan and Grosse Pointe Farms

Subject Topic:

Country clubs

Subject Name:

Kahn, Albert and 1869-1942

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc6609