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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Oakland County, Michigan
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| On Dorothy Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This Sears Roebuck portable mail order chapel was built on East Liberty Street in 1930. It was moved to the village in 2000. — — Map (db m150890) HM |
| On Dorothy Street 0.1 miles west of South Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This one room school was built in 1907. It was moved to the village in 1984 from Ten Mile Road east of Rushton Road, Green Oak Township. — — Map (db m150889) HM |
| On Southfield Road at Twelve Mile Road, on the left when traveling north on Southfield Road. |
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Here once stood the former catholic "Church of Saint Bede"
"Saint Bede" was part of a convent and school that serviced the surrounding community for over 50 years — — Map (db m119736) HM |
| On Northwestern Highway at Bell Road, on the right when traveling west on Northwestern Highway. |
| | In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, seventeen followers of Traditional Judaism withdrew from the Beth El Society in Detroit to found the "Shaarey Zedek Society." In 1877 the membership constructed the first building in Michigan to be erected . . . — — Map (db m109907) HM |
| Near Civic Center Drive west of Park Place Drive. |
| | A group of early settlers known as "The Proprietors of the Burying Grounds" purchased the original one acre of land from Thaddeus Griswald on April 8, 1833 at the cost of $8.00. The Proprietors continued to operate the burying grounds until 1847 . . . — — Map (db m110036) HM |
| Near Civic Center Drive at Burgh Road. |
| | On this site in 1856, this little white frame building was erected by members and friends of the Southfield Methodist Episcopal Church. The building and horse sheds suffered severe damage by a tornado in 1925. In 1941 the Gleaner Society raised . . . — — Map (db m109980) HM |
| On West Ten Mile Road east of Lois Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
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This marker is placed on this site in recognition of many years of continuous use as a place of worship.
In the year of 1852 this site was donated by Ezekiel Hutton to the congregation. Their first building was moved to the site. Ten years . . . — — Map (db m110103) HM |
| Near West Ten Mile Road 0.4 miles west of John C. Lodge Freeway (Michigan Highway 10). |
| | Lawrence Tech was chartered in 1932 by the Lawrence brothers, Russell E. and E. George. The college was located in Highland Park on Woodward Avenue until 1955, when the first building opened on this campus. Lawrence Tech, founded as an undergraduate . . . — — Map (db m34596) HM |
| On Evergreen Road at Boardwalk Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Evergreen Road. |
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The land upon which you stand was generously donated by a very remarkable woman, Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson. Her great-grandparents and grandparents were pioneer settlers of Southfield Township. During a time when it was rare for a woman to . . . — — Map (db m110137) HM |
| On Evergreen Road at Boardwalk Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Evergreen Road. |
| | Educator Mary E. Thompson (1871-1967) grew up in this house, which was built sometime between 1842 and 1864. She was considered "a woman of superior native ability" by the dean of pedagogy at New York University where she received a doctorate in . . . — — Map (db m110177) HM |
| Near Evergreen Road at Boardwalk Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | So that all citizens of the City of Southfield will remember, this plaque is placed in memory of Mary Thompson, for her unselfish dedicated service to this community, for her decision to sell the land to the city where now stands our most beautiful . . . — — Map (db m110263) HM |
| On Lahser Road 0.3 miles south of Civic Center Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Upon the death of his daughter in 1832, John Thomas donated part of his farm to the township to form a public burying ground. He gave an adjacent parcel to the Presbyterians who built a church there in 1837. Although nonsectarian, the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m110047) HM |
| On Civic Center Drive west of Park Place Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Thaddeus Griswold sold several parcels of his farm to settlers who used the land for burial grounds. In 1847 these "proprietors" donated the land to the board of health which established a township cemetery. The most heroic figure memorialized here . . . — — Map (db m110012) HM |
| Near Berg Road at Civic Center Drive. |
| | and Southfield Burgh. At the intersection of 10-1/2 mile road and Berg Road there existed a business and residential center during much of the nineteenth century. It was the first important community center in what is now the City of Southfield. . . . — — Map (db m110002) HM |
| On Civic Center Drive east of Telegraph Road (U.S. 24), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Territorial Road (present-day 10-1/2 Mile Road) east of the Rouge River was Southfield Township's economic hub during the mid-nineteenth century. In 1831 Archibald Green, one of the township's earliest settlers, opened a blacksmith shop. In 1837 . . . — — Map (db m109939) HM |
| On Berg Road north of Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Southfield Town Hall was built between 1872 and 1873 to house the government of Southfield Centre, also known at the Burgh. The hall was the site of elections, public meetings and social events. Township officials continued to conduct business . . . — — Map (db m110009) HM |
| On Berg Road north of Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Southfield Township purchased this site in 1872 and a frame building was erected shortly thereafter which was used for township meetings and community functions. After remodeling in 1934, it was used as the township business office until 1958. The . . . — — Map (db m110007) HM |
| On Berg Road north of Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
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This hall was built in 1942 for the Southfield Township Volunteer Fire Department. It served as hall, office and sleeping quarters for the two engineers, Charles Hooper, Sr. and Paul Ignash who worked twenty four hours on and twenty four hours . . . — — Map (db m110004) HM |
| On West Ten Mile Road east of Lois Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1850 seventeen Irish immigrants met in the home of Matthew Erwin Sr. and organized what became the Southfield United Presbyterian Church. Two years later they relocated a vacant church building to this site and met there until the present Greek . . . — — Map (db m110056) HM |
| On Evergreen Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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The Covenanter Church
Southfield Reformed Presbyterian Church
In 1834, Scots-Irish pioneer settlers from New York established the Church in Southfield Township. The Reverend James Neill served as the first pastor from 1842 until . . . — — Map (db m144087) HM |
| On Livernois Road at Paragon Drive, on the right when traveling north on Livernois Road. |
| | Built by William Lakie as a dairy barn in 1912, this structure is now a church. At one time the electric interurban railway ran past this barn and picked up milk cans gathered from surrounding farms. After the Presbyterian Church purchased the . . . — — Map (db m95558) HM |
| On West Wattles Road west of Livemois Road. |
| | The city of Troy has set aside this area for historic structures. Located here is the 1832 Greek Revival home of pioneer Solomon Caswell, moved from its original site. Nearby is Troy's 1927 township hall. This building is a replica of a Dutch . . . — — Map (db m42177) HM |
| On West Big Beaver Road west of Coolidge Highway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Sebastion Spering Kresge founded the firm in 1899 in Detroit. His guidance during its formative years was responsible for its initial success. By 1916, when it was incorporated in Michigan, the company numbered 150 units. Innovative and careful . . . — — Map (db m68167) HM |
| On West 16 Mile Road 0.2 miles west of Coolidge Highway, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Sebastion Spering Kresge established this foundation in 1924 on the 25th anniversary of the company he organized in Detroit. The foundation's sole donor, he remained chairman of the board until retiring in 1966, shortly before his death. Grants of . . . — — Map (db m68201) HM |
| | In the summer of 1918, President Woodrow Wilson, at the urging of Britain and France, sent an infantry regiment to north Russia to fight the Bolsheviks in hopes of persuading Russia to rejoin the war against Germany. The 339th Infantry Regiment, . . . — — Map (db m91096) HM |
| On Livernois Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The city of Troy was an unclaimed wilderness when Johnson Niles moved here with his family from New York in 1821. As a farmer, carpenter, innkeeper, and merchant, Niles did much to develop the area, offering advice and encouragement to the settlers . . . — — Map (db m102018) HM |
| On Livernois Road 0.1 miles south of Wattles Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1827 the Michigan Territorial Legislative Council created Troy Township. Stephen V.R. Trowbridge and Riley Crooks were elected supervisor and clerk. Township meetings were held in houses and barns until 1848 when a frame hall was built on this . . . — — Map (db m91413) HM |
| On Livernois Road 0.2 miles south of East Wattles Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Harry Bennett Wattles purchased this house in 1876 about thirty years after its construction and added a veranda and a second story in 1909. Settling in Troy around 1837, the Wattles Family has been active in civic and social affairs. Here on this . . . — — Map (db m91377) HM |
| On Liberty Street at North Pontiac Trail, on the right when traveling south on Liberty Street. |
| | This land served as the local schoolhouse site from 1836 to 1895. The original schoolhouse situated here was built of hewn logs and oak shakes. Stonecrest was constructed as a one-room schoolhouse in 1860. The teacher at Stonecrest in 1868-69 was . . . — — Map (db m136645) HM |
| On Cooley Lake Road 0.1 miles east of Lochaven Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Four Towns received its name because it is near the point where the townships of West Bloomfield, Commerce, Waterford, and White Lake meet. In 1866 a frame schoolhouse was built here, on land donated by Nathan R. Colvin. From that year until 1930 . . . — — Map (db m46645) HM |
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It was a time of exciting change,
as the first automobiles tangled with horses and trolley cars in the streets and countryside. On June 23, 1902 a group of leading businessmen and industrialists came together at the Detroit . . . — — Map (db m105226) HM |
| On Rycroft 0.1 miles east of Orchard Lake Road, on the right when traveling east. |
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Cass Lake was the quiet pleasure
of farmers and merchants until the first trolley rail system was built through the area in 1895, bringing "weekenders" from Pontiac and Detroit to the area. In 1912 real estate developer Joseph . . . — — Map (db m105182) HM |
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A local advocate and leader.
Daniel J. Navarre served as the Director of the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission (WBPRC) from January 1999 until November of 2014. He is the longest serving director to date and is credited with . . . — — Map (db m155840) HM |
| On Arrowhead Road 0.3 miles south of Pontiac Trail, on the right when traveling south. |
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A local advocate and leader.
Daniel J. Navarre served as the Director of the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission (WBPRC) from January 1999 until November of 2014. He is the longest serving director to date and is credited with . . . — — Map (db m155853) HM |
| On Orchard Lake Road, on the left when traveling north. |
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Many Detroiters escaped to nature on the trolleys
of the Detroit United Railway (DUR) in the early 1900s. The Orchard Lake Beach stop was located here, where the parallel Grand Trunk Railroad and DUR trolley tracks crossed . . . — — Map (db m105107) HM |
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A former railroad corridor, the West Bloomfield Trail Network stretches 4.25 miles through West Bloomfield, Orchard Lake, Keego Harbor and Sylvan Lake.
The West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission bought it from the Grand Trunk . . . — — Map (db m105288) HM |
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The sparkling lake has been a gift to the generations
Pine Lake Country Club began as a treasured rustic destination for Automobile Club of Detroit road tours in the early 1900s. By 1910, the clubhouse on Pine Lake had become a . . . — — Map (db m105200) HM |
| On Seminary Road, on the right when traveling east. |
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The heart of the lake country was well-served by the trolleys
in the early 1900s. No stop in the entire Detroit United Railway (DUR) trolley system was more popular than the Orchard Lake stop located here, where the parallel . . . — — Map (db m105135) HM |
| Near Arrowhead Road 0.3 miles south of Pontiac Trail. |
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The lakes and landscape of Oakland County weren't ready
for the automobile in the early 1900s. Weekend visitors, in noisy "self-propelled" vehicles, churned up dust on unpaved roads and trespassed on private property. To . . . — — Map (db m105049) HM |
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Great blue herons are the official bird of West Bloomfield and it's easy to see why with their majestic appearance, great size and frequent sightings within our township. Also, for several years, the nature preserve you are now standing in . . . — — Map (db m105289) HM |
| On Walnut Lake Road 0.2 miles east of Haggerty Road, on the left when traveling east. |
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Railroad locomotives thundered through this countryside
for more than 130 years. The Michigan Air Line Railroad was completed in 1884, a branch of the historic Grand Trunk Railroad that became a vital shipping network between manufacturing . . . — — Map (db m155852) HM |
| On Haven Road 1.2 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59). |
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He was a man of vision and achievement,
and he called Haven Hill his "nerve retreat," his restful refuge. The only child of Henry and Clara Ford, Edsel Ford was born in 1893 and became the youngest president of Ford Motor Company in 1919. . . . — — Map (db m99082) HM |
| Near Haven Road 0.1 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59), on the left when traveling south. |
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Michigan state parks welcomed the newly-mobile drivers
of automobiles in the early 1900s. Genevieve Gillette made it her life's work to preserve precious natural settings and make them available to the travelling public. In 1920 she began . . . — — Map (db m99055) HM |
| Near Haven Road 1.2 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59). |
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It was a garage and a playhouse.
The Carriage House was planned to be the chauffeur's home and to shelter Ford family vehicles. But the chauffeur moved into the Lodge, and the Carriage House became a playhouse for the Ford children — . . . — — Map (db m99117) HM |
| On Haven Road 1.3 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59), on the right when traveling west. |
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An expression of deep respect for the land,
this complex was called the Farm Group Buildings. Edsel Ford learned from his father Henry Ford who wrote in 1932 that "with one foot in industry and another foot in the land, human society is . . . — — Map (db m99131) HM |
| On Haven Road 0.1 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59), on the left when traveling south. |
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The Gatehouse was the formal entryway
into the 2,422 acre Haven Hill Estate, Edsel Ford's chosen "weekend getaway." While Edsel gathered property for his country estate in the 1920s, Packard Motor Car Company and General Motors bought large . . . — — Map (db m99066) HM |
| On Haven Road 1.2 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59). |
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It was an expression of new wealth and mobility
created by the early automobile industry. Twenty years after his father founded Ford Motor Company in 1903, Edsel Ford began buying the hilly property that became his family's rural retreat . . . — — Map (db m99106) HM |
| On Morraine Road 0.1 miles south of Haven Road, on the left when traveling south. |
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They were discovering America, all over again.
In the summer of 1956, over 5,000 Girl Scouts from around the coutry and around the world gathered at Highland Recreation Area for the first Girl Scout Senior Roundup. The aim was to give the . . . — — Map (db m159639) HM |
| Near Haven Road 1.2 miles south of Highland Road (Michigan Highway 59). |
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They came from around the world.
In the early 1920s, "weekend jaunts" in automobiles and on new roads brought day travelers to this countryside like never before, and also brought prominent people from around the world. The world of Edsel . . . — — Map (db m99075) HM |
| On White Lake Road at Garner Lane, on the right when traveling east on White Lake Road. |
| | This cemetery was established by Robert Garner when his nine-month-old child, Mary, died in 1837. White Lake Road, which runs past it, was once an Indian trail. Garner, a pioneer of White Lake Township, was involved in the establishment of the First . . . — — Map (db m153554) HM |
| On State Highway 59 at Porter Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 59. |
| | White Lake Township's first white settler, Harley Olmstead, came here from New York State in 1830. The township was set off in 1836. Beginning around 1837 daily stagecoaches and wagons hauling lumber traveled along the old White Lake Road, part of . . . — — Map (db m94793) HM |
| On Pontiac Trail at Center Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Pontiac Trail. Reported missing. |
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A city and industrial complex were born here
at almost the same time. In the 1950s, Ford Motor Company chose the Wixom Road site for a new automobile assembly plant. It had unique advantages, including nearby railroad tracks to use for . . . — — Map (db m159756) HM |
| On North Wixom Road at West Maple Road, on the right when traveling north on North Wixom Road. |
| | Lewis Norton first settled the area in 1830, followed by Alonzo Sibley in 1831 and Alijah Wixom in 1832. Sibley built an impressive home opposite this site and donated land to establish a cemetery and church. The area became known as Sibley's . . . — — Map (db m136799) HM |
| On Wixom Road at Pontiac Trail, on the left when traveling north on Wixom Road. |
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Trains came from all directions,
and made Wixom a hub of commerce. In 1871, Willard Clark Wixom founded the village on property at the intersection of planned railroad lines. One line (later named Pere Marquette, now CSX) was built through . . . — — Map (db m136763) HM |
| On Pontiac Trail 0.2 miles west of Old Wixom Road, on the left when traveling west. |
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This road is a story with many chapters.
On Pontiac Trail people have traveled on foot, on horseback and on wheels, tracing the story of Wixom and southeast Michigan. It was vital in prehistory as a Native American footpath, and in 1828 it . . . — — Map (db m136792) HM |
| On North Wixom Road at West Maple Road, on the left when traveling north on North Wixom Road. |
| | The Wixom Cemetery has been in continuous use since 1838, when it was established as the South Commerce Burial Ground. The first burial however, that of an infant named Israel Barrett, occurred in 1835. Two hundred thirty-three of the graves date . . . — — Map (db m136819) HM |
| On North Wixom Road at West Maple Road, on the left when traveling north on North Wixom Road. |
| | This house was built in the early 1850s by Lucy Wixom, widow of Alijah Wixom, one of the town's founders. Its first residents were the Reverend and Mrs. Samuel Wire. He was the pastor of the Free Will Baptist Association of Commerce. The house . . . — — Map (db m136812) HM |
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