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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wayne County, Michigan
Adjacent to Wayne County, Michigan
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| On East Ferry Street 0.1 miles east of Michigan Highway 1, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Charles Lang Freer House
Detroit industrialist Charles Lang Freer prospered primarily as a railroad car manufacturer. This house, considered Michigan's finest example of the Shingle Style, was designed by Wilson Eyre Jr. of Philadelphia and . . . — — Map (db m84630) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 12) at Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Michigan Avenue. |
| | The Great Sauk Trail, the most important Indian trail in the Great Lakes region, was used later by French explorers, fur traders, missionaries, and soldiers. After the 1760's the trail became a major road for British and American travelers. In the . . . — — Map (db m42298) HM |
| On West Fort Street at Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on West Fort Street. |
| | This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
Comerica Incorporated
Founded in 1849
For more than 100 years
of continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for contribution to the . . . — — Map (db m91682) HM |
| On State Highway 1 at West Canfield Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 1. |
| | This mansion was once described as "an American palace enjoying the distinction of being the most pretentious modern home in the state and one of the most elaborate houses in the west." David Whitney, Jr. (1830-1900), its owner, was one of the . . . — — Map (db m84641) HM |
| On Brush Street at East Ferry Street, on the right when traveling south on Brush Street. |
| | The Detroit Association of Colored Women's Clubs was organized on April 8, 1921, with eight clubs. This association reached its peak membership in 1945 with 73 clubs and 3,000 members. Affiliated with the Michigan and National Associations of . . . — — Map (db m84638) HM |
| On West Lafayette Boulevard at Second Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on West Lafayette Boulevard. |
| | This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
Detroit Free Press
Founded in 1831
For more than 150 years
of continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for contribution to the . . . — — Map (db m91356) |
| Near Steve Yzerman Drive. |
| | For centuries, Native People used the Detroit River for travel, trade, and food. From 1701 to the mid-19th century, French, British, and American settlers used the River the same way. After 1870, companies that processed steel, chemicals, . . . — — Map (db m33419) HM |
| | Front:Cuba
Porto Rico
Erected by the people of Wayne County in commemoration of the services of her volunteer sons in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States during the war with Spain 1898-1902 Reverse:
China . . . — — Map (db m26655) HM |
| On Griswold Street at State Street, on the right when traveling north on Griswold Street. |
| | This tablet marks the site of Detroit's "Underground Railway Station"
A large brick building known as "The Finney House Barn," was located here and used as a depot for helping slaves gain freedom into Canada from 1833 until the Civil . . . — — Map (db m91616) HM |
| On Adams Avenue East at Witherell St. on Adams Avenue East. |
| | Edwin Denby
Enlisted on this spot
26 April 1917
As Private, U.S.M.C. — — Map (db m42315) HM |
| Near Robert Brady Drive 0.1 miles north of Lafayette Street East. |
| | In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentlemen formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and . . . — — Map (db m21845) HM |
| On Griswold Street at State Street, on the right when traveling south on Griswold Street. |
| | Seymour Finney conducted one of the principal passenger depots of the underground railroad in the Detroit area. Finney, a tailor by trade, later became a hotel-keeper, and it was in this capacity that he assisted fugitive slaves in the era prior to . . . — — Map (db m41190) HM |
| On State Highway 1 at East Forest Avenue, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 1. |
| | In 1801, David Bacon and his wife Alice made the first attempt to establish Congregationalism in Detroit. Sent by a Connecticut Congregational society, the Bacons failed in their efforts to build a mission. It was not until 1844 that the First . . . — — Map (db m84643) HM |
| Near Macomb Street 0.1 miles east of Chene Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The First Michigan Colored Regiment was organized at Camp Ward, which originally stood at this location. Formed from August through October 1863, a year of draft riots and protests against the war, this Negro regiment consisted entirely of . . . — — Map (db m14889) HM |
| On Cass Avenue at Prentis Street, on the right when traveling south on Cass Avenue. |
| | Perry W. McAdow and his wife Clara built this elaborate mansion in 1891. The McAdows, who had earned their fortune in the gold mines of Montana, lived here from 1891 to 1897. The house continued as a private residence until 1913, when it was sold to . . . — — Map (db m84642) HM |
| On Griswold Street at W. Congress St., on the right when traveling south on Griswold Street. |
| | Among Detroit’s first skyscrapers, the nineteen-story Ford Building was built between 1907 and 1909. The Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed it and two other Detroit buildings, the Majestic and the Dime. One of the . . . — — Map (db m90780) HM |
| Near West Fort Street (State Highway 85) east of Denmark Street/Oakwood Boulevard/South Fort Street, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | On March 7, 1932, in the midst of the depression, unemployed autoworkers, their families, and union organizers braved bitter cold temperatures and gathered at this bridge, intent on marching to the Ford Rouge Plant and presenting a list of demands . . . — — Map (db m147218) HM |
| Near West Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 10) near Griswold Street. |
| | Ford Motor Company was incorporated as an automobile manufacturer on June 16, 1903. The articles of incorporation were drawn up and signed in the office of Alexander Y. Malcolmson, who operated a coal yard once located on this site. Henry Ford gave . . . — — Map (db m33525) HM |
| On Shelby Street at West Fort Street (Michigan Highway 85), on the right when traveling south on Shelby Street. |
| | This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. the fort was built by the British in 1778-79 to protect Detroit against possible attack by George . . . — — Map (db m21736) HM |
| On Washington Blvd. at Jefferson Ave., on the right when traveling east on Washington Blvd.. |
| | The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade center south from Michilimackinac. Cadillac's plan was . . . — — Map (db m21853) HM |
| On Third Street at Michigan Highway 85, on the right when traveling north on Third Street. |
| | Second Presbyterian Church was organized in 1849 by the Reverend Robert K. Kellogg and twenty-six charter members. The present limestone building, dedicated in 1855, was designed by Octavius and Albert Jordan in Gothic Revival style. Renamed in 1859 . . . — — Map (db m91345) HM |
| On Fort Wayne Drive near Livernois. |
| | No hostile shots have ever been fired from this star-shaped fort built in the 1840s to guard against a British invasion from Canada which never came. This third bastion to protect the river approach to the city was named for General "Mad" Anthony . . . — — Map (db m14292) HM |
| On St. Antonne Street at Congress Street on St. Antonne Street. |
| | In the home of William Webb, 200 feet north of this spot, two famous American's met several Detroit Negro residents on March 12, 1859, to discuss methods of abolishing American Negro slavery. John Brown (1800-1859), fiery antislavery leader, . . . — — Map (db m82809) HM |
| On Sainte Anne Street near Howard Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Father Gabriel Jacques Richard, S. S., (1767-1832) -- pastor, educator and public servant -- arrived in Detroit in 1798. In 1802 he became the pastor of Ste. Anne Church. He brought a printing press to the area and in 1809 printed Michigan's first . . . — — Map (db m14879) HM |
| On Muse Road near Central Way, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 1923. This tablet is dedicated to Gen. O. M. Poe Post No. 433, Grand Army of the Republic, by its auxiliary, Gen. Poe Woman's Relief Corps No. 8. "Not for selfish gain or applause, but for honor and the glory of the cause they did that which will . . . — — Map (db m26657) HM |
| On Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue (U.S. 12), in the median on Washington Boulevard. |
| | This monument to General Casimir Pulaski, who on Oct. 11, 1779 gave his life at Savannah, Georgia, in the cause of America independence, is a gift to the city of Detroit from the Central Citizens Committee in behalf of 400,000 Americans of Polish . . . — — Map (db m21877) HM |
| On East Larned Street near Beaubien Street. |
| | George DeBaptiste, a long-time Mason, and one of Detroit's most active and impassioned black community leaders, lived on this site during the 1850s and 60s. Born in Virginia about 1815, he moved to Madison, Indiana in 1838 and became involved in the . . . — — Map (db m14479) HM |
| On East Grand River Avenue at Centre Street, on the left when traveling south on East Grand River Avenue. |
| | Fleeing political unrest in their homeland, Germans began arriving in Detroit during the 1830s. Lured by state of Michigan recruiting pamphlets, German musicians, teachers and professionals joined increasing numbers of immigrants in Detroit. By . . . — — Map (db m42263) HM |
| Near Atwater Street west of St. Aubin Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Stone 1:
St. Aubin Park Riverwalk
Glimpses of Detroit's Riverfront History
This walk made possible by:
Friends of Partners
Detroit Recreation Department
Dedicated July 1969
Stone 2:
The Many Names of . . . — — Map (db m33975) HM |
| On Muse Road near Central Way, on the right when traveling north. |
| | There are now forty-eight reasons why we will always remember the Grand Army of the Republic. Erected by Department of Michigan, Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Dedicated November, 1948. — — Map (db m26656) WM |
| On Grand River Avenue at Cass Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Grand River Avenue. |
| | Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors of 1861-1865 — — Map (db m14144) HM |
| On Broadway Street near Gratiot Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Henry the Hatter. Founded in 1893, for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contributing to the economic growth and . . . — — Map (db m42316) HM |
| On Cass Avenue at West Hancock Street on Cass Avenue. |
| | This structure was completed in 1917 for the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Field, Hinchman and Smith - predecessor to the architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls - designed it in a Classical Roman Ionic style. In 1961 Wayne State . . . — — Map (db m84482) HM |
| On Washington Blvd. just north of Larned Street. |
| | Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name "Bailey". Developing a striking talent for advertising and management, he bought the Cooper & Bailey Shows which . . . — — Map (db m90963) HM |
| On John R Street at East Ferry Street when traveling south on John R Street. |
| | This Colonial Revival structure was built in 1910 for James F. Murphy, Treasurer of the Murphy Chair Company and a future director of the Murphy-Potter Company. In 1941 it became the office of the Lewis College of Business. Violet T. Lewis had . . . — — Map (db m84637) HM |
| On Cass Avenue 0.1 miles south of West Warren Avenue. |
| | This 1895 Queen Anne style house, designed by Malcolmson & Higginbotham, was the home of David Mackenzie. Educator, scholar, and humanitarian, Mackenzie fostered higher education for Detroit students. While principal of Central High School, then . . . — — Map (db m84284) HM |
| On East Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 10) at Randolph Street (State Highway 3), on the right when traveling east on East Jefferson Avenue. |
| | In 1842, according to the will of Julia Ann Anderson, Mariners' Church was organized to serve the spiritual needs of Great Lakes seamen. Anderson had come to Detroit in 1818 with her husband, John, a brevet lieutenant colonel with the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m42295) HM |
| On State Street at Griswold Street, on the right when traveling west on State Street. |
| |
Michigan's First Capitol
At noon on September 22, 1823, citizens and dignitaries joined a Masonic procession to place the cornerstone for the capitol of the Michigan Territory on this site. The red brick building, designed by Obed Walt, . . . — — Map (db m91622) HM |
| On West Grand Boulevard 0.1 miles west of Rosa Parks Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Side 1 The "Motown Sound" was created on this site from 1959 to 1972. The company was started with an $800 loan from the savings club of the Bertha and Berry Gordy, Sr., family. Originally called Tamla Records, the company's first national . . . — — Map (db m84958) HM |
| On Madison Street just west of Brush Street. |
| | Originally called the Wilson Theatre, this building was completed in 1928 with funds provided by Matilda Wilson (Mrs. Alfred G.), William E. Kapp of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, an architectural firm whose works dominated the city's skyline of the . . . — — Map (db m91730) HM |
| On East Ferry Street 0 miles east of John R Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This Victorian structure built in the early 1890s houses the Detroit chapter of the first national Greek letter fraternity established at a Negro University. Omega Psi Phi was founded in 1911 at Howard University in Washington D.C. The Greek letters . . . — — Map (db m84636) HM |
| | Perry's Victory
in Lake Erie
Sept. 18, 1813 — — Map (db m14365) HM |
| Near Atwater Street south of Rivard Street. |
| | Peter Wetherill Stroh (1927-2002) was a Detroit business leader, civic activist and philanthropist. A great grandson of the founder of The Stroh Brewery Company, he became Chairman and CEO of the family business while at the same time maintaining a . . . — — Map (db m33469) HM |
| On Inselruhe Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the early twentieth century, Detroit police and their criminal foes both adopted the automobile as their preferred means of transportation. To regain an advantage, Detroit police pioneered a novel use for radio. In 1921, under Commissioner . . . — — Map (db m106391) HM |
| On Central Avenue at Picnic Way, on the right when traveling east on Central Avenue. |
| | In Lansing, on August 21, 1897, Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950) founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the precursor to Oldsmobile. He produced four vehicles that year. In 1899, Olds relocated to Detroit, opening the Olds Motor Works on West Jefferson . . . — — Map (db m14362) HM |
| On East Kirby Street 0.1 miles east of Michigan Highway 1, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Robert Pauli Scherer (1906-1960) was a native of Detroit and a graduate of Detroit's public schools. In 1930, at the age of twenty-four, he invented the rotary die encapsulation machine in a workshop located in the basement of this structure. The . . . — — Map (db m84640) HM |
| On Farnsworth Street at John R Street, on the left when traveling east on Farnsworth Street. |
| | Founded in 1907, the Scarab Club is one of Michigan's oldest arts organizations. Originally called the Hopkin Club after Detroit marine painter Robert Hopkin, it was renamed in 1913. The scarab, an Egyptian symbol of rebirth, represents the clubs . . . — — Map (db m84639) HM |
| On Monroe Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded in 1836 by thirteen former slaves, the is the oldest black congregation in Michigan. From its beginnings the church has occupied a prominent place in Detroit's black community. In 1839 it established the city's first school for black . . . — — Map (db m102493) HM |
| On Monroe Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Monroe Avenue. |
| | Second Baptist Church
Underground Railroad Site
Fort Street Stations
1836-1854 1854-1857
Croghan (Monroe) Street Station
1857-1865 — — Map (db m102494) HM |
| On Randolph Street at East Larned Street, in the median on Randolph Street. |
| | Near this site, on February 26, 1906, some 3,000 spectators watched the nation's first Shrine Circus. Detroit's Moslem Shrine temple's one-ring show was the beginning of a major fund-raising venture for Shrine temples throughout the country. In 1907 . . . — — Map (db m23804) HM |
| On Woodword Avenue (State Highway 12) at Woodward (State Highway 1), in the median on Woodword Avenue. |
| | Erected by the people of Michigan in honor of the martyrs who fell and the heroes who fought in defense of liberty and union. — — Map (db m26658) HM |
| | In memory of our Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines — — Map (db m26651) HM |
| On Woodward Avenue just north of East Jefferson Avenue (Michigan Highway 10), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The inscription on the symbol wall is from II Corinthians, 3:17 "Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
The sculpture by Marshall Fredericks was designed to continue the thought conveyed by the . . . — — Map (db m42317) HM |
| On St. Aubin Street at East Canfield Street, on the left when traveling north on St. Aubin Street. |
| | Polish immigrants arrived in Detroit as early as the 1850s, but not until the Reverend Simon Wieczorek founded St. Albertus Roman Catholic Parish in 1872, did their community have a center. In 1885 the present Gothic Revival building replaced the . . . — — Map (db m67632) HM |
| On East Lafayette Street at St. Aubin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Lafayette Street. |
| | On April 27, 1919, thirty-nine people met in the First Presbyterian Church on Woodward Avenue and organized St. John's Presbyterian Church. Reverend John W. Lee, a field missionary, led the formation of the church to serve Detroit's growing black . . . — — Map (db m106394) HM |
| | St. Mary's parish was founded by Father Martin Kundig in 1835 for the German-speaking Catholics in Detroit and is the third oldest Catholic parish in the city. The cornerstone for the original church was laid on the feast of Corpus Christi, June 19, . . . — — Map (db m92850) HM |
| On Monroe Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Monroe Avenue. |
| | Constructed in 1876, this North Italian Banded Romanesque structure was designed by Swiss architect Julius Hess. It is the second rectory building of the St. Mary's parish, which was organized in 1835 under the leadership of Father Martin Kundig . . . — — Map (db m101637) HM |
| On Monroe Avenue at St. Antoine Street, on the right when traveling north on Monroe Avenue. |
| | This structure, designed by Pius Daubner, was completed in 1868. It is one of the oldest Catholic school buildings in the state and the third in the history of St. Mary's. At the first school, built in 1844, laymen were the original instructors. In . . . — — Map (db m102491) HM |
| On Shelby Street at West Congress Street, on the left when traveling south on Shelby Street. |
| | Completed in 1900, this is Michigan's preeminent example of design by the internationally renowned architects, McKim, Mead and White of New York. The three-story Neoclassical structure features a white marble exterior with bronze window units. Among . . . — — Map (db m42265) HM |
| On Library Street at Farmer Street on Library Street. |
| | Let man be free. — — Map (db m26788) HM |
| On Sainte Anne Street at Howard Street, on the right when traveling north on Sainte Anne Street. |
| | On July 26, 1701, two days after his arrival, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit, built a chapel dedicated to Ste. Anne, patron saint of New France. Father Francois Vaillant, a Jesuit, and Father Nicholas Constantine Delhalle, a . . . — — Map (db m14878) HM |
| On State Highway 1 at Larned Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 1. |
| | On September 22, 1877, a Bell telephone was installed on this site in the drugstore operated by Frederick Stearns. An iron wire strung along the rooftops connected the store with the Stearns laboratory a half mile away at the foot of Fifth Street. . . . — — Map (db m91388) HM |
| On East Jefferson Avenue 0 miles east of Adair Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Near this site, in late July 1763, the British and Indians fought the fiercest battle of Chief Pontiac's uprising. As Captain James Dalyell led about 260 soldiers across Parent's Creek, the Indians launched a surprise attack which devastated the . . . — — Map (db m21846) HM |
| Near Atwater Street south of St. Aubin Street. |
| | This hallowed land was early Detroit. First came the Indians, then Cadillac and French settlers with their Black and Indian slaves. These early Blacks were French speaking Catholics with French names. History recorded that our first Black inhabitant . . . — — Map (db m33483) HM |
| On West Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 10) near Woodward Avenue (State Highway 1). |
| | (English side)
The Cadillac Convoy In recognition of the courage, perseverance and expertise of the French-Canadians who brought Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac to establish the first permanent settlement at Le Détroit du Lac Érié. . . . — — Map (db m33687) HM |
| On West Lafayette Boulevard at Second Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on West Lafayette Boulevard. |
| | On August 23, 1873 James E. Scripps began publishing The Evening News, one of the first popular, low-priced evening newspapers in Michigan. The News specialized in short, local, human interest stories. Resolutely independent, it has . . . — — Map (db m91352) HM |
| On Griswold Street at State Street, on the right when traveling south on Griswold Street. |
| | This corner stone of Michigan's First capitol building was laid September 22, 1823 and the structure was completed five years later. It housed the county courts for a time and later was given over to legislative sessions. The building was burned on . . . — — Map (db m91624) HM |
| On the foot of Wayne Street near present-day Steve Yzerman Drive. Reported missing. |
| | This tablet marks the site of the first theatre in Michigan.
In the top story of a government warehouse on this site, in the year 1819, was located Michigan’s first theatre. Amateur performances were given by officers stationed at Fort . . . — — Map (db m41849) HM |
| On Fort Street (State Highway 85) at Miller Road, on the right when traveling west on Fort Street. |
| |
Approximately 3,000 unemployed workers and labor activists braved bitterly cold weather and mobilized in Oakwood on March 7, 1932, for the first Ford Hunger March.
The men and women crossed the old Fort Street drawbridge chanting and . . . — — Map (db m146711) HM |
| Near West Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 10) near Woodward Avenue (State Highway 1). |
| | Until Emancipation, Detroit and the Detroit River community served as the gateway to freedom for thousands of African American people escaping enslavement. Detroit was one of the largest terminals of the Underground Railroad, a network of . . . — — Map (db m33459) HM |
| On East Grand River Avenue at Centre Street, on the right when traveling north on East Grand River Avenue. |
| | Detroit's oldest musical association, the Harmonie Society, was founded in 1849 by German immigrants who wished to meet and sing Lieder (German art songs). The society's first building, Harmonie Hall, was constructed in 1874 at the corner of . . . — — Map (db m42262) HM |
| On Woodward Avenue (State Highway 1) at Michigan Avenue (U.S. 12), on the left when traveling south on Woodward Avenue. |
| | (side 1)
The Iron Brigade
The Iron Brigade became one of the most celebrated military units of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It was composed of five volunteer infantry regiments (2nd, 6th & 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, and . . . — — Map (db m42264) HM |
| Near West Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 10) near Woodward Avenue (State Highway 1). |
| | The Landing of Cadillac (English side)
After departing Montreal June 5, 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and his convoy of 25 canoes sailed down this river and on the evening of July 23 camped 16 miles below the present city of Detroit on . . . — — Map (db m33522) HM |
| On Randolph Street (State Highway 3) at Congress Street, in the median on Randolph Street. |
| | Founded by William Booth in London, England. The Salvation Army came to Michigan in 1883. When organizing the Detroit corps in 1887 Captain Fink wrote to her British superiors: "This is the Metropolis of Michigan … a beautiful city, but oh, the sin . . . — — Map (db m23805) HM |
| On Cass Avenue at West Hancock Street, on the right when traveling north on Cass Avenue. |
| | This Victorian structure was completed in 1884. It was named for wealthy Detroit businessman David Thompson. In his will Thompson instructed his wife Mary to use part of his estate to found a charitable institution. She commissioned George DeWitt . . . — — Map (db m84419) HM |
| On East Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 10) at Randolph Street (State Highway 3) on East Jefferson Avenue. |
| | When Michigan became a state in 1837, the Detroit office of the U.S. Topographical Engineers was headquartered on this site. The topographical engineers helped transform Michigan from a wilderness into a prosperous state. They also played a vital . . . — — Map (db m42294) HM |
| On Congress Street at Bates Street, on the right when traveling east on Congress Street. |
| | The Catholepistemiad, or university, of Michigania resided in a building near this site from 1818 to 1837. Conceived of by the Reverend John Montieth, Father Gabriel Richard and Judge Augustus Woodward, the university was established by territorial . . . — — Map (db m23662) HM |
| On 151 West Jefferson Avenue. |
| | The Veterans Memorial Building, completed in 1950, stands as a monument to those Detroiters who gave their lives and services in war for our country. It was the first of the civic center’s buildings to be erected. The soaring carved marble eagle . . . — — Map (db m42266) HM |
| On Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue (U.S. 12) on Washington Boulevard. |
| | Hardship struck soon after American troops regained Detroit on Sept. 29, 1813, during the War of 1812. Soldiers' quarters were lacking, and food supplies became desperately short. Then a disease resembling cholera broke out among the soldiers. By . . . — — Map (db m21745) HM |
| On Cass Avenue south of West Warren Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here in the Central High building completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College, from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other colleges, some begun here and some bearing notable histories in other parts of the city, . . . — — Map (db m84262) HM |
| On Second Avenue at West Canfield Street, on the left when traveling north on Second Avenue. |
| |
Side 1
In 1813, Territorial Governor Lewis Cass purchased the Macomb farm. By 1818 he had acquired "80 arpents in depth" of land extending almost three miles inland from the Detroit River in the form of a narrow French ribbon farm. Cass . . . — — Map (db m133652) HM |
| On Woodmere Road at West Fort Street, on the left when traveling north on Woodmere Road. |
| |
Many fascinating stories are buried here,
of people who built Detroit on their fortunes in lumber, real
estate, cigar-making, seed, and department stores. Established
in 1867 on 250 acres of rural land, Woodmere Cemetery also
became the . . . — — Map (db m159974) HM |
| On Woodward Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In the earliest days of Detroit, Campus Martius, which means "military ground," served as a drill ground for militia. When Judge Augustus Woodward created his street plan for Detroit in 1807, he began at Campus Martius.
Campus Martius . . . — — Map (db m91452) HM |
| On West Huron River Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This complex was part of Henry Ford's "village industries" plan to decentralize production by building plants in rural areas. Designed by Detroit architect Albert Kahn, the early-1920s complex comprised a factory with hydroelectric generators, a . . . — — Map (db m156747) HM |
| On Warren Road at Sunset Drive, on the right when traveling east on Warren Road. |
| | On May 10, 1825, Marcus Swift, from Palmyra, N. Y., bought the northwest corner of Section 11 in Nankin Township from the United States government. He was the first to own land now part of Garden City. The Swift family's log cabin overlooked the . . . — — Map (db m33765) HM |
| On Beechwood Avenue at Brandt Street, on the right when traveling east on Beechwood Avenue. |
| |
Side 1
Henry Ford and Clara Bryant were married on April 11, 1888. Soon afterwards, construction of this house, known as both the Honeymoon House and the Square House, began in Dearborn. Ford built the one-bedroom house himself using . . . — — Map (db m99331) HM |
| On South Gibraltar Road 0.1 miles east of West Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In this vicinity on Aug. 5, 1812, six weeks after the outbreak of war, an Indian force, led by the famous Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, ambushed about 200 Americans under Major Thomas Van Horne who were on the way south to the River Raisin. There, . . . — — Map (db m27572) HM |
| On South Gibraltar Road 0.1 miles east of West Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | [First Tablet, Lower Tablet Facing East]:
War of 1812 Memorial
Dedicated on Aug. 5, 2006
Original monument was dedicated
In 1908 at W. Jefferson Ave.
Near Gibraltar Road by
Dr. Hal C. Wyman
Moved in 1958-1959 to . . . — — Map (db m27819) WM |
| On East River Road at Grosse Ile Parkway, on the right when traveling south on East River Road. |
| |
Stony Island, across the water and quiet now,
was a busy place in the past. In the 1870s, when Canada Southern Railroad built a railway to Canada, trains ran on tracks where Grosse Ile Parkway is now and over a bridge to Stony Island. . . . — — Map (db m152752) HM |
| On Horsemill Road at Keith Road, on the left when traveling east on Horsemill Road. |
| | Angus Keith (1819-1899), a Great Lakes steamship captain, was born on Grosse Ile. In 1850 he purchased this property and later built this house. In 1858, Keith married Isabella Norvell, the daughter of John Norvell, who was one of Michigan's . . . — — Map (db m152535) HM |
| On Horsemill Road at Parke Lane, on the left when traveling east on Horsemill Road. |
| | From 1787 until about 1840 a horse-driven grist mill occupied the triangle of land north of Horsemill Road bounded by the river and Thorofare. Ten acres were cleared and enclosed as meadows for the mill horses. Equipped with "a pair of Stones 3 feet . . . — — Map (db m152604) HM |
| On East River Road 0.4 miles north of Church Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here, on high ground near the aged maple, an identification point in old surveys, stood the Mansion House built by William Macomb in 1783-84. He died in 1796 leaving Grosse Ile to his three sons. Michigan's Gov. William Hull and British Lt. Col. . . . — — Map (db m152553) HM |
| Near East River Road at Grosse Ile Parkway, on the right when traveling south. |
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Few islands have been so impacted by transportation.
Grosse Ile witnessed shipping on the Detroit River before the Canada Southern railway opened bridge access between the mainland and the island in 1873. Later, Michigan Central Railroad . . . — — Map (db m152702) HM |
| On East River Road 0.1 miles south of Bellevue Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This point marked the northeast corner of the stockade of a post that was maintained on Grosse Ile by the United States Army for a short time after the War of 1812. The post was garrisoned by detachments of the Fifth Infantry Regiment which were . . . — — Map (db m152621) HM |
| Near East River Road south of Grosse Ile Parkway, on the right when traveling south. |
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The Canada Southern Railroad built the first bridge
connecting Grosse Ile with the mainland about 1873. To link the agricultural products of the West (via Chicago) with the markets of the East Coast (via Buffalo), the railroad's most direct . . . — — Map (db m152682) HM |
| Near East River Road at Grosse Ile Parkway, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This building has seen a lot of travel.
The U. S. Customs House was built about 1873 by the Canada Southern Railroad along its railroad track, now Grosse Ile Parkway. Along this railway, people and freight traveled both ways across Grosse Ile . . . — — Map (db m152647) HM |
| On East River Road at Church Road, on the left when traveling north on East River Road. |
| | St. Anne Church
The first building used by Catholics on Grosse Ile was originally the island's first school. It was moved here from Thorofare and Church Road. Named St. Anne Church, it was recognized as a mission in 1863. Among its supporters . . . — — Map (db m152548) HM |
| On East River Road 0.1 miles south of Grosse Ile Parkway, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Lisette Denison, a freed slave, willed her life savings to build Saint James Episcopal Chapel. With supplemental funds from her employer, William S. Biddle, and his brother James, this Gothic chapel was constructed in the summer of 1867. The . . . — — Map (db m152607) HM |
| Near East River Road at Grosee Ile Parkway, on the right when traveling south. |
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There are clues that this was a railroad depot,
like the flat ground area where the train track used to be. Or the angled windows where the station master could watch trains come and go. From this Michigan Central Railroad depot, built in . . . — — Map (db m152655) HM |
| On East River Road at Grosse Ile Parkway, on the right when traveling south on East River Road. |
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Great Lakes shipping and waterways had to be ready
for industry in the early 20th Century. Like roadways on land, the development of harbors and channels were critical to the growth of the economy. By 1906, the Detroit River was the busiest . . . — — Map (db m152767) HM |
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