Gillet Street / Ave. Detroit Mi.

Found my father's 1940 WWII draft registration. It indicates that he worked at 1551 Gillet, Detroit, Wayne County Michigan. Current Google search doesn't show a Gillet in Detroit. So - a little help here please. Where was 1551 Gillet, and what business was located there? Thanks.

In a Google Book called Paper Matcher, 1993, it says Gillett Waste Material is at 1551 Gillet in Detroit. Google maps has it on Roselawn since 1993

Gillett was a short street that ran one and a half blocks east from Greeley, dead ending at the Grand Trunk tracks. This would have been one block south of Holbrook and one block east of where I-75 is now. None of these streets still exist there today [[although Greeley does run from 6 Mile to 8 Mile further north). The area is all part of AAM's complex.

Here is clip from Hornwrecker's 1930s map showing the location of Gillett. I-75 [[Chrysler Fwy.) runs now where Russell is on this map. 1551 Gillett appears to have been a junk/salvage business for many years. It shows in 1920s and 30s city directories as the junk business of one Morris Sweet, and shows on the 1950 Sanborn map as a "waste paper warehouse".

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There is a short bit of Greely that runs north from Hague in what looks like AAM property

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Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Gillett was a short street that ran one and a half blocks east from Greeley, dead ending at the Grand Trunk tracks. This would have been one block south of Holbrook and one block east of where I-75 is now. None of these streets still exist there today [[although Greeley does run from 6 Mile to 8 Mile further north). The area is all part of AAM's complex.

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Yes, above I said that Gillett Waste was at 1551 Gillett until 1993 when it moved to 9120 Roselawn St, Detroit, MI 48204 and it's still there as Gillett Waste Paper

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Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Here is clip from Hornwrecker's 1930s map showing the location of Gillett. I-75 [[Chrysler Fwy.) runs now where Russell is on this map. 1551 Gillett appears to have been a junk/salvage business for many years. It shows in 1920s and 30s city directories as the junk business of one Morris Sweet, and shows on the 1950 Sanborn map as a "waste paper warehouse".

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You guys are awesome! Thanks. I have my father's address in 1940 being at 2975 Richton, and I'm imagining what his life must have been like as a 20 year old in Detroit back in the day. Thanks again.