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The Ossian H. Sweet House is a privately owned house located at 2905 Garland Street in Detroit, Michigan. The house was designed by Maurice Herman Finkel, and in 1925 it was bought by its second owner, physician Ossian Sweet, an African American.
Aug 30, 2020 · OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. The home of Black physician, Ossian Sweet, became the site of a racial incident that resulted in a nationally publicized murder trial. Dr. Sweet, a graduate of Howard University Medical School, bought this two-story brick house in an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925.
In 1925, Dr. Ossian Sweet, a prominent African American physician, purchased a home in an all-white Detroit neighborhood. The result was a mob scene, a murder charge, and a landmark lawsuit that helped define Detroit race relations.
He is known for being charged with murder in 1925 after he and his friends used armed self-defense against a hostile white mob protesting after Sweet moved into their neighborhood. Stones were thrown at his house, breaking windows. Shots were fired, and one white man was killed and another wounded.
Ossian Sweet, a prominent African American physician, purchased this home in what was an all-white Detroit neighborhood. In 1925, the property became the site of a racial incident that resulted in a nationally publicized murder trial that significantly impacted the greater Civil Rights movement.
Feb 21, 2020 · The story of Dr. Ossian Sweet and his historic home in Detroit. His four-bedroom Detroit home is now an historic landmark etched in state and national history forever. Dr. Ossian Sweet...
Aug 13, 2018 · Aug 13. 2018. Mayor's Office. Ossian Sweet House was site of deadly 1925 racial incident after Dr. Ossian Sweet and his family moved into the all-white neighborhood. Grant will fund expansion of historic district, preservation of two other nearby houses to foster public education about racial discrimination in housing.
