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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lapeer County, Michigan
Adjacent to Lapeer County, Michigan
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| Near East St. Clair Street at South Main Street (State Highway 53). |
| | In January 1992, a fire destroyed the building located at this location. The last business to operate at the southeast corner of St. Clair and Main Streets was Mollen's Antique Shop. The original structure was built during the 1850's and housed the . . . — — Map (db m155001) HM |
| On West St. Clair Street at South Main Street (State Highway 53), on the left when traveling west on West St. Clair Street. |
| | The "Old Newburg" general store on the southwest corner of Main Street was originally built of logs and was the first store built for the selling of dry goods and groceries. Built in 1836, it was originally owned by Charles B. Keeler. In the fire of . . . — — Map (db m155033) HM |
| On South Main Street (State Highway 53), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Graham John Terry, originally of England, was hired by Robert Thomas of Almont as a meat cutter in 1907. By 1925, he started his own business, Terry's Meat Market, in the store just to the south of this location and in 1929 he purchased land from . . . — — Map (db m155011) HM |
| On South Main Street (State Highway 53) north of Mill Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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The original wooden structure at this location served as a barber shop owned by Mr. Crippin, and was later moved to 311 Branch Street. The current building was built in 1927 when local businessmen founded the first National Bank at this location. . . . — — Map (db m155016) HM |
| On South Main Street (State Highway 53) at Mill Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | In 1861, R.L. Rutherford started his own butcher shop where the Muir Funeral Home stands today. The original building, owned by Mrs. Dodge, also served as a millinary. The building was demolished during the devastating downtown fire later that year . . . — — Map (db m155024) HM |
| Near East St. Clair Street at South Main Street (State Highway 53). |
| | More than 250 men joined the
Union Army in Almont during
the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Sixteen died in action,
nineteen died of disease.
Almont is proud
of her sons and their families
who helped preserve
The United States of America.
. . . — — Map (db m155035) WM |
| On East St. Clair Street east of Spring Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Frederick and Mary Currier built this house around 1854, inspired by Orson Fowler's A Home for All, which promoted the octagon form as a healthy place to live. The tall windows, which admit light and air, and the five octagonal rooms reflect . . . — — Map (db m154962) HM |
| On West St. Clair Street at Cherry Street, on the left when traveling west on West St. Clair Street. |
| | Henry Stephens (1823-1886), a native of Dublin, Ireland, was a merchant, lumberman and financier. One of Almont's earliest settlers, Stephens established the first mercantile business here. In 1845 he built a sawmill north of Lapeer. When the pine . . . — — Map (db m154947) HM |
| On First Street south of Pine Street (Route 44), on the left when traveling south. |
| | In the nineteenth century, railroads provided the prime transportation link between small villages and the rest of the country. The first Columbiaville depot was built near this site in 1872. In 1893 William Peter (1824-1899) replaced that structure . . . — — Map (db m101541) HM |
| On First Street south of Pine Street (Route 44). |
| | Dr. Richardson practiced Osteopathic family medicine and surgery in Lapeer and Genesee counties for 33 years. He was an ardent conservationist. He arranged for the planting of a half a million trees in this area. He was a founding member of . . . — — Map (db m101545) HM |
| On Second Street (County Route 44) at Water Street, on the right when traveling south on Second Street. |
| | This structure, completed in 1896, was the home of William Peter (1824-1899). Peter, a prominent Columbiaville businessman, was a rags-to-riches character. Around 1847 he came to the area from Germany via New York state, a penniless immigrant. . . . — — Map (db m101547) HM |
| On Pine Street (County Route 44) at Second Street (Route 44) when traveling east on Pine Street. |
| | This handsome Romanesque structure was completed in 1897 for the Methodist Protestant Church of Columbiaville. Local Methodists, with the assistance of circuit riders, had organized the church some forty years earlier. In 1865 the congregation . . . — — Map (db m101546) HM |
| On Main Street west of Mill Road, on the left when traveling west. |
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The area now known as Dryden was settled in 1834. By 1880 it was a hamlet of about 300 people. A marketing center surrounded by rich farm land, it turned to the railroad to increase its prosperity. Its citizens, spurred by the local . . . — — Map (db m109865) HM |
| On Main Street near Mill Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Ladies Library Association was established in 1871 to provide reading material at a small cost to the community. In the beginning the association only allowed married women to be members and charged an annual fee of one dollar. The women of the . . . — — Map (db m109815) HM |
| On West Nepessing Street at North Court Street, on the right when traveling east on West Nepessing Street. |
| | Set off by Gov. Cass in 1822, this county took its name from the French La Pierre, a translation of the Indian name for the Flint River. Settlers began to arrive in 1828. The county seat, founded in 1831, was also named Lapeer. Organization . . . — — Map (db m101532) HM |
| On West Nepessing Street at North Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on West Nepessing Street. |
| | Founded in 1859, the Lapeer Ladies Library Association gathered the community's first collection of books for lending. The popularity of the collection led the Carnegie Foundation to offer $10,000 to build a public library in 1916. In part through . . . — — Map (db m101536) HM |
| Near West Nepessing Street at North Washington Street. |
| | Born in 1899, Lapeer native Marguerite deAngeli was a significant author and illustrator of 20th century children's literature. In 1950, she was awarded the Newberry Medal for The Door in the Wall, and was one of the first inductees into the . . . — — Map (db m101535) HM |
| On West Nepessing Street at North Court Street on West Nepessing Street. |
| | The Michigan Legislature passed a bill in 1913 authorizing sterilization of mentally impaired persons confined in public institutions, even over the objections of a parent or guardian. The law was adopted to prevent those so confined from ever . . . — — Map (db m101533) HM |
| On North Main Street (State Highway 24) at State Street on North Main Street. |
| | Lapeer lumberman Columbus Tuttle and his second wife, Linda, had this Queen Anne house built around 1890. Tuttle's planing mill provided lumber for the county's earliest homes and businesses. After lumbering declined during the 1880s, Tuttle's mills . . . — — Map (db m101537) HM |
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