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1979 Press Photo Sibley, house, 1848, Great Fire 1805

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Caption: It was built in 1848, which doesn't tell the whole story. The builder was Solomon Sibley, Detroit's first mayor--appointed by the territorial governor in 1806--a survivor of the Great Fire of 1805, a one-time judge of the Michigan Supreme Court.

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