Detroit College of Law

Detroit College of Law is a Michigan historical marker in Detroit, Wayne County, dedicated 1983.

130 E. Elizabeth St., Detroit

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Established in 1891, the Detroit College of Law was the first law school in the Detroit area and the second one in Michigan. The college, which opened in 1892 with sixty-nine students, was incorporated in 1893. Included in the first graduating class were men who became circuit court judges, a Supreme Court justice, and an ambassador. Since its inception, the college has been a privately funded, coeducational institution devoted exclusively to professional education in law.

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1873 · (Map of Wayne County, Michigan) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Plan of Detroit (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Chart of Detroit River (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1897 · Detroit, vicinity. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Detroit and Vicinity. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Detroit, vicinity, 1897, covering the location of Detroit College of Law, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Detroit, vicinity, 1897, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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