Floated The House Down The River

1835 Map Of Detroit (Bates Between Woodbridge and Atwater Streets) LOC

*General J. E. Schwarz also lived down that way about 1830, in a cottage with a veranda in front. The cottage once belonged to Honorable Austin E. Wing, and was occupied as a residence by him. It stood on Bates, between Woodbridge and Atwater streets. The general had a raft constructed and floated the house down the river and anchored it on the bank about where Baugh’s iron foundry was built. The general, his wife, who was a highly refined lady, and his daughter, Emma, made it an ideal home, many a gay party from the city enjoying their hospitality. [Source]

*...an early pioneer who contributed to writing about the history of Detroit, stated that "in 1827 there was but one German in all of Michigan, General John E. Schwartz."  "This, of course, was not so, but it indicates the small impression which the Germans who were present made upon their native fellow citizens." [Source]