. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . fe^ .^. tures of largesize and of dif-ferent styles ofromanesque ar-chitecture. Thelatter has apyramidal cen-ter and tineclustered tur-rets, constructedof Lake Supe-rior red sand-stone, with in-terior woodworkof antique he churchscats 1,400 and First Presbyterian Churchthe chapel 800, and the cost, including ground, was $165, few squares farther out, on the corner of Parsons Street,is the handsome brick edifice, with stone facings, of the West-minster Presbyterian Church. Nearly opposite on the right,may be
. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . fe^ .^. tures of largesize and of dif-ferent styles ofromanesque ar-chitecture. Thelatter has apyramidal cen-ter and tineclustered tur-rets, constructedof Lake Supe-rior red sand-stone, with in-terior woodworkof antique he churchscats 1,400 and First Presbyterian Churchthe chapel 800, and the cost, including ground, was $165, few squares farther out, on the corner of Parsons Street,is the handsome brick edifice, with stone facings, of the West-minster Presbyterian Church. Nearly opposite on the right,may be seen through Martin Place, at the head of which itstands, the tall and extensive buildings of Harper is one of the most important charitable institutions ofDetroit, and was founded in 1859 by Walter Harper andNancy Martin,his housekeep-er, who kept avegetable stallin the old mar-ket. The orig-inal buildingswere construct-ed by the Gov-ernment in 1864for a militaryhospital, and at the close of the Westminster Presbyterian
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