The Year CATCH-2022: Mr. Brownlee cuttin' my hair back in the day before it went gray. (clipping from the February 14, 1977 DETROIT FREE PRESS describing Detroit Mayor Coleman Young's visit to Jones & Wright Barbershop, 2328 6th Street [formerly "Cotton Street"], where his father cut hair before 1921. Mayor Young was born in Tuscaloosa.)

 

2328 6th Street (Jones & Wright Barber Shop): c. 1910; One story brick building with limestone facing. The facade

contains three arched openings: a centrally located door and flanking windows. The interior is characteristic of

1910 construction featuring ceramic tile flooring. The parapet roof is capped by brick corbeled cornice. (C)