Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector Summary

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services includes a wide variety of area businesses perform professional, scientific, and technical services for others, including legal services, notaries, title services, accounting, architecture, photography, veterinary services, and much more. Taggart Law Firm has been in operation since 1876, making it Wayne County’s oldest continuously existing law firm. The earliest professional photographer, specializing in daguerreotypes, took out a newspaper ad dated May 23, 1840. The ad stated, "J. D. Vincents Daguerrean Rooms over Miller's Hat Store, opposite the Public Buildings. Likenesses taken as well in cloudy as clear weather."