Woodward Avenue, Central Methodist Church, and Detroit YMCA (Circa 1924)

Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit showing Central Methodist Church, the Hotel Wolverine sign, and the Downtown Detroit YMCA. — Woodward Avenue, Central Methodist Church, and Detroit YMCA (Circa 1924) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Documenting the vibrant urban streetscape of downtown Detroit during his engineering tenure at Ford and Stout, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed Woodward Avenue at Grand Circus Park. The composition captures the Gothic Revival limestone facade of Central Methodist Episcopal Church, a street-corner sign for Woodward Avenue, vintage sedans, the Hotel Wolverine, and the historic Downtown Detroit YMCA building where Hall resided.