The Detroit Medical College
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N 42° 20.962 W 083° 03.538
17T E 330413 N 4690620
Tucked away in a plaza between two buildings on the east side of Woodward Avenue, between Selden Avenue and Parsons Street. Parking is available.
Waymark Code: WM12QN
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2006
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Here in 1868 five young physicians, whose work with wounded during the Civil War had left them eager to improve the quality of medical education, founded the Detroit Medical College, the city's first such school. Like nearby Harper Hospital, it occupied the barracks-type buildings of a former military hospital. These were razed in 1884, but the school continued as the Detroit College of Medicine and became well-known for the variety and quality of its clinical instruction. In 1933 it was one of six city colleges to be consolidated into the institution now known as Wayne State University.
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: Michigan Historical Commission Registered Historic Site #287
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
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