Grosse Pointe Farms in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant

Photographed by Joel Seewald, July 15, 2017

1. Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant Marker

Inscription. In 1893 summer residents organized the Grosse Pointe Water Company. Soon after, a village waterworks was built on Lake Shore near Moross Road to serve houses along the lake. The Peninsular Electric Light Company (forerunner of the Detroit Edison Company) bought the facility in 1905 and provided service to Grosse Pointe Farms, and later, Highland Park. During the 1920s Grosse Pointe evolved into a suburb and required a larger water system. In 1929 a waste water pumping station was erected on Chalfonte Avenue. The following year this filtration plant was built. Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick designed the elegant Neo-Georgian exterior to mask the building's utilitarian use.

Erected 1993 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number L1888.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.

Location. 42° 24.479′ N, 82° 53.321′ W. Marker is in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of Moross

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Road and Carver Street, on the right when traveling east on Moross Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33 Moross Road, Grosse Pointe MI 48236, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Michigan

and in Greater Detroit.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: This Bell House (within shouting distance of this marker); Grosse Pointe Academy (approx. 0.9 miles away); Saint Paul Catholic School and Convent (approx. 0.9 miles away); Saint Paul Catholic Church / Saint Paul Rectory and Parish House (approx. one mile away); Grosse Pointe Farms Sewage Pumping Station (approx. one mile away); Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Grosse Pointe High School (approx. 1.4 miles away); Martin Luther King Jr. In Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, July 15, 2017

2. Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant and Marker

(approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grosse Pointe Farms.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Children's Home of Detroit (was approx. 1.2 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on July 29, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 1,045 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.