has gloss | eng: The Ossian H. Sweet House is a private house located at 2905 Garland Street in Detroit, Michigan. It is notable as the home of black physician Ossian Sweet and is the location of his self defense in 1925 of his then newly-purchased home in a predominantly white neighborhood against a mob attempting to force him out of the neighborhood. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. He practiced medicine briefly in Detroit, then continued his medical studies in Vienna and Paris before returning to Detroit in 1924 to accept a position at Dunbar Hospital. built in 1919, and is typical of many homes in working-class Detroit neighborhoods. It is a Bungalow-style structure with a full basement, an open porch on the first floor, and an enclosed sun porch on the south side. The second story is covered with brown shingling, and atop the house is a simple gable roof with a central dormer. |