On South Jefferson Street at Ingham Court, on the right when traveling north on South Jefferson Street.
Named for Samuel Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson, Ingham County was organized in 1838. In 1840 Mason became the county seat. The town’s wide public square had been designed as the county's political and business center. The . . . — — Map (db m142680) HM
Town of Michigan
In 1847, required by Michigan's 1835 constitution to choose a permanent capital site within the first decade of statehood, the legislature voted to move the capital from Detroit. Convinced that the governmental seat should . . . — — Map (db m182190) HM
On North Capitol Avenue at Michigan Avenue on North Capitol Avenue.
Michigan State Capitol. Hailed by Michigan citizens as a proud symbol of their young and growing state, this building was dedicated on January 1, 1879. National publications praised its scandal-free construction which took six years, and its . . . — — Map (db m280008) HM
On Aloha Hawaii Parkway at Rhode Island Drive, on the left when traveling south on Aloha Hawaii Parkway.
In 1923 the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) initiated a plan to build a national home for the families of deceased and disabled American veterans. The following year a Jackson, Michigan, cattleman made his Ingham County ranch available for the site . . . — — Map (db m171836) HM
Near Meridian Road 0.8 miles north of North Territorial Road, on the left when traveling north.
Meridian-Base Line Initial Point
The 1785 Land Ordinance organized the system of surveying land in regular square six-mile units called townships and square one-mile subunits called sections. Surveyor General Edward Tiffin set the . . . — — Map (db m171910) HM
Near West Miller Rd., on the left when traveling west.
Roswell Everett
Roswell Everett, a native of New York State, came to Michigan in 1834. In 1841 he moved to Ingham County and immediately involved himself in public affairs. Everett (1790 - 1871) is credited with naming Delhi Township, which . . . — — Map (db m103501) HM
Near Cedar Street north of Holbrook Drive, on the right when traveling south.
John Taylor was born into slavery in Kentucky and was liberated by Union troops during the Civil War. In August 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Michigan Colored Infantry. After the war, Taylor worked for farmer John Buck in Delhi Township. When . . . — — Map (db m182170) HM
On South Center Street east of South Clinton Street (Michigan Highway 106), on the left when traveling north.
In early 1834, David and Mary Ann Rogers moved from New Jersey to Michigan. While living with Mary Ann's father in Lima, Washtenaw county, they bought land in Ingham county. By March, Rogers had built the frame for a house. He then moved it and . . . — — Map (db m213473) HM
