City - Detroit, MI - Campus Martius 1910 Canvas Print

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Colorized photo from 1910
Original title: Campus Martius
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: 779 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI

This location is in Detroit, Michigan, its called Campus Martius. Back in 1805, the city burned down (there seems to be a great fire in almost every town around this time). When they rebuilt it, they decided this will be the center of town. They named this location after the principal square in Marietta, Ohio, the first capital of the Northwestern territories. Martius is Latin for Field of Mars, where Roman hero's walked.

The large white building in the center was original the Kirkwood hotel, built in 1880. Later around 1909 or so, they turned it into a theatre, named The Family Theatre, they had moving pictures and vaudeville. It stayed open as a theater till about the 1960's to 1970's, where it eventually only showed X-rated movies, but kept the Family theatre title, which was confusing. They eventually changed it to Follies Theater,...

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