Peter Platte Motor Sales building on Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson-Chalmers Historic Business District in Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Designed by architects James S. Rogers, Harrie W. Bonnah and Walter C. Chaffee, it was built in 1919. (
On September 7, 2016, The National Trust for Historic Preservation gave the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood in Detroit’s lower east side the distinction of a National Treasure. This is the first in the state of Michigan and the first project under the National Trust’s ReUrbanism initiative. (Photo by Jeffrey Sauger )
