The Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Free Press is a Michigan historical marker in Detroit, Wayne County, dedicated 2000.

615 West Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit

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Older than the state of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press began publishing as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer May 5, 1831. The Free Press supported the drive for statehood, helped establish the Associated Press, and sent reporters to Civil War battlefields. By the time the paper moved in July 1998 to this Albert Kahn-designed building, the Free Press staff had earned eight Pulitzer Prizes.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1815 · Map of Detroit River and Adjacent Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Western States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Chart Of Detroit River, From Lake Erie To Lake St. Slair (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · (Map of Wayne County, Michigan) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Plan of Detroit (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map of Detroit River and Adjacent Country, 1815, covering the location of The Detroit Free Press, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of Detroit River and Adjacent Country, 1815, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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