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The Workers' Row House was originally comprised of three identical, two-story, 550-square-foot, four-room houses. These houses shared side walls, but each was a discrete unit; there were no doors to communicate between the units without going outside.


Workers Row House Restoration

Figure 1. Workers' Row House, Winter 2002, before new roof installation.
The discolored replacement siding between the two windows on the first floor
reveals where a third door was originally.
 

Figure 2. Workers’ Row House after cedar roof installation and fresh paint on main facade.

 
First Floor
 
Second Floor
Front Front
   

Figure 3. Original floor plan. Three separate units, each with front and back doors,
under-the-stair pantry and no indoor bathroom.

 
First Floor
 
Second Floor
Front Front
   

Figure 4. Current floor plan. At some point, the two southernmost units were combined into one unit, with a new doorway cut in to allow communication between the two front rooms. Two bathrooms were also added, and the stairway of the middle unit was removed.

 
First Floor
 
Second Floor
Front Front
   

Figure 5. The proposed floor plan allows for the four rooms of one unit to be restored to an 1850s appearance, the kitchen and rear bedroom of another to be restored to a 1910s appearance, and the remainder of the spaces to be used as offices, collection, and exhibit spaces.

 

 

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Workers' Row House
Greater Corktown Development Corp.
1438 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48216
       
 Copyright 2008 by WRH

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