Detroit's Oldest Cabin Lies Hidden in a Neighborhood

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What a find!

That it sets at such an odd angle relative to its surroundings suggests the unsolved mystery: What accounts for that disclination? To what other grid was it originally aligned? And how can that crooked chimney still stand?

Street view

I can't answer for the chimney but the other grid is 'Public Land Survey System'. [[also refereed to as Township and Range). Eight mile was the Base Line for the system explaining the north south orientation. I wonder how much acreage the original farmer worked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System