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The Detroit Free Press

Wayne County · dedicated 2000 · 615 West Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit

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.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Michigan History Center

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