Barryton in Mecosta County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Barryton / Frank Barry
Photographed By Craig Doda, January 15, 2022
1. Barryton / Frank Barry Marker
Inscription.
Barryton, also, Frank Barry. . In 1894 Frank and Marion Barry registered the plat for a new village named Barryton with the state of Michigan. The twelve-block area consisted of Northern, Marion and Angell Avenues, and Stearns, Renwick, Darrah and Hudnutt Streets. A post office opened the same year. By 1896 Barryton had a sawmill, a planing mill, a livery, two general stores, two hotels, two restaurants, a pharmacy and a hardware store. Within five years a daily stage and the Pere Marquette Railroad served the town's five hundred citizens. Barryton incorporated as a village in 1908. , Frank Barry (1853-1902) settled in Mecosta County around 1884. A druggist who lacked formal medical training. Barry became known as "Doc” because he treated patients at Rodney, located approximately seven miles southwest of here. He was also involved in lumbering at Round Lake. In 1894 he established the village of Barryton on farmland in Fork Township, at the fork of two branches of the Chippewa River. Barry sold groceries, drugs and real estate, residing with his family in the town that bears his name until his death at age forty-nine.
In 1894 Frank and Marion Barry registered the plat
for a new village named Barryton with the state of
Michigan. The twelve-block
area consisted of Northern,
Marion and Angell Avenues,
and Stearns, Renwick, Darrah
and Hudnutt Streets. A post
office opened the same year.
By 1896 Barryton had a
sawmill, a planing mill, a
livery, two general stores,
two hotels, two restaurants,
a pharmacy and a hardware
store. Within five years a
daily stage and the Pere
Marquette Railroad served
the town's five hundred
citizens. Barryton incorporated as a village in 1908.
Frank Barry (1853-1902)
settled in Mecosta County
around 1884. A druggist
who lacked formal medical
training. Barry
became
known as "Doc” because he
treated patients at Rodney,
located approximately seven
miles southwest of here. He
was also involved in lumbering
at Round Lake. In 1894 he
established the village of
Barryton on farmland in
Fork Township, at the fork
of two
branches
of the
Chippewa River. Barry sold
groceries, drugs and real
estate, residing with his
family in the town that bears
his name until his death at
age forty-nine.
Erected 1994 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number L1919.)
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Location. 43° 45.093′ N, 85° 8.841′ W. Marker is in Barryton, Michigan, in Mecosta County. Marker is on 30th Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Barryton MI 49305, United States of America. Touch for directions.
A portion of this pole donated by the Barryton Lion's Club.
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