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Joseph E. Sparks

Architect

Designer of the Water Works Park Tower, the park that stood in Detroit's East Village from 1876 until it came down in 1945.

The story

Metro Detroit knows Sparks by the Water Works Park Tower, built in Detroit's East Village in 1876 and demolished in 1945.

Joseph E. Sparks' work in Metro Detroit

Where the work stands

Photo credits

The photo on Joseph E. Sparks' page, each with its author, license and the original.

  1. Water tower, Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

Sources

The facts on Joseph E. Sparks come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.