Douglass Daughters , 1890s
Year
c.1890
Civic leader Silas Douglass, dean of the UM medical faculty and twice mayor of Ann Arbor, lived in this home at 502 East Huron Street from 1848 until 1902. His three daughters, Kate, Marie, and Louise, shown here around 1890, enjoyed the luxuries of privileged America. Kate wrote in her reminiscences, "Ann Arbor society was unusually good for a small place. There were many tea parties where both gentlemen and ladies were invited. They sat around little tables enjoying the good supper and pleasant talk. They often had dances in private homes. There were many tableaux too, which we had in our bay window." In contrast, Harriet Noble recalled that when she arrived from New York State in late 1824, "there were six or seven log huts occupied by as many inmates as could crawl into them."
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Subjects
University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
Social Life
Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
Houses
Historic Buildings
Ann Arbor - Mayor
Silas Douglass
Marie Douglass
Louise Douglass
Kate Douglass
Downtown Ann Arbor Historical Street Exhibit Program
Site 1: Residential Life in Mid-19th Century Ann Arbor
At Home in the 19th Century
502 E Huron Street