Schoolcraft Road between Lamphere and Telegraph, August 31, 1928. Smith Bros., Detroit Historical Society
Detroit History · Local History · Michigan

History of the Development of B.E. Taylor’s Brightmoor, Detroit Neighborhood, Part IV

The population of the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit rapidly increased from 8 residents and 6 houses in 1922, to 11,319 residents and 3,958 houses by 1925. By that same year, the community included 190 businesses,…

Tent House in Brightmoor, Circa 1922 (B.E. Taylor Personal Papers, DPL)
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History of the Development of B.E. Taylor’s Brightmoor, Detroit Neighborhood Part III

Early Brightmoor From the start of his ambitious sales campaign in 1922, Burt Eddy Taylor offered a variety of purchase options for prospective homeowners in Brightmoor. By the end of 1922, lot sales were increasing,…

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