Near Garden in Delta County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
A Middle Class Neighborhood
Fayette Historic State Park
The main street, Stewart Avenue, is located through a beautiful little grove and the houses so encircled by trees as to be invisible until one is close beside them.
Escanaba Tribune
1870
The middle class families of Fayette's foremen, skilled tradesmen and office workers lived in these company-built homes. Many were built in the New England salt box style; others were side-by-side duplexes. Today, nine houses and the stone foundations of thirteen others survive in the townsite.
Erected by Fayette Historic State Park & Michigan Historical Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 45° 43.129′ N, 86° 40.236′ W. Marker is near Garden, Michigan, in Delta County. Marker can be reached from State Park Road, one mile west of II Road (State Highway 183). Marker is located along the interpretive trail in Fayette Historic State Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4785 II Road, Garden MI 49835, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Boarding House Site (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Machine Shop (about 500 feet away); The Smelting Process (about 500 feet away); Carpenter Shop Site (about 500 feet away); Waterline (about 500 feet away); Warehouse Locations (about 600 feet away); Sawmill Site (about 600 feet away); Railroad Grade (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Garden.
More about this marker. Marker is a large, rectangular composite plaque, mounted horizontally on a waist-high wooden post.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Fayette Historic State Park
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1. Fayette Historic State Park. Fayette was once one of the Upper Peninsula's most productive iron-smelting operations. Fayette grew up around two blast furnaces, a large dock, and several charcoal kilns, following the post-Civil War need for iron. Nearly 500 residents — many immigrating from Canada, the British Isles, and northern Europe — lived in and near the town that existed to make pig iron. During 24 years of operation, Fayette's blast furnaces produced a total of 229,288 tons of iron, using local hardwood forests for fuel and quarrying limestone from the bluffs to purify the iron ore. (Submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Fayette Historic State Park website. (Submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 4, 5. submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.