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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wayne County, Michigan

 
Clickable Map of Wayne County, Michigan and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Wayne County, MI (307) Macomb County, MI (118) Monroe County, MI (65) Oakland County, MI (257) Washtenaw County, MI (129)  WayneCounty(307) Wayne County (307)  MacombCounty(118) Macomb County (118)  MonroeCounty(65) Monroe County (65)  OaklandCounty(257) Oakland County (257)  WashtenawCounty(129) Washtenaw County (129)
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201Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Ile — L1280 — The Rucker-Stanton House
This vernacular house was built by John A. Rucker, Jr., in 1848. Rucker was the great-grandson of William Macomb, who with his brother, Alexander, purchased Grosse Ile from four Indian tribes on July 6, 1776. In 1873 Robert Lee Stanton, Rucker's . . . — Map (db m152536) HM
202Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Ile — Times of Change — for the Wayne County Bridge
Grosse Ile was an isolated farming community, accessible from the mainland only on boats (or ice in the winter) until this bridge was built about 1871. As part of a railroad that was built across Grosse Ile and the Detroit River and into . . . — Map (db m152542) HM
203Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L523 — Grosse Pointe Academy
Owned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart from 1867-1969, this site is now an independent school. The narrow shape of the property reflects its original use as a French "ribbon farm" extending inland from Lake St. Clair. Situated at the Grosse . . . — Map (db m106302) HM
204Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1887 — Grosse Pointe Farms Sewage Pumping Station
Built in 1929 — Map (db m106347) HM
205Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1888 — Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant
In 1893 summer residents organized the Grosse Pointe Water Company. Soon after, a village waterworks was built on Lake Shore near Moross Road to serve houses along the lake. The Peninsular Electric Light Company (forerunner of the Detroit Edison . . . — Map (db m106286) HM
206Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1882 — Grosse Pointe High School
Completed in 1928, this Neo-Georgian school, with its 134-foot-tall clock tower, is reminiscent of eighteenth-century buildings like Philadelphia's Independence Hall. Detroit architect George J. Haas designed the school with the most modern . . . — Map (db m106340) HM
207Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1865 — Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School
This school, named for Catholic missionary and educator Pere Gabriel Richard (1767-1832), opened on September 30, 1930. Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick, who planned many Georgian and Colonial Revival houses in Grosse Pointe as well as Dearborn's . . . — Map (db m156351) HM
208Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — S548 — Russell A. Alger House "The Moorings"
Russell A. Alger, Jr., (1873-1930) son of Michigan's Governor Russell Alger, built this Italian Renaissance style mansion in 1910. Alger was one of the founders of the Packard Motor Car Company, Charles A. Platt of New York designed this elaborate . . . — Map (db m106332) HM
209Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1876 — Saint Paul Catholic Church / Saint Paul Rectory and Parish House
Saint Paul Catholic Church By the 1790s, French priests were ministering to farmers living along Lake St. Clair. In 1825 Father Francis Badin dedicated a log church to Saint Paul near the lake in present-day Grosse Pointe . . . — Map (db m106312) HM
210Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1876 — Saint Paul Catholic School and Convent
In 1886 the Convent of the Sacred Heart began providing free education to the children of Saint Paul Catholic Parish. In 1926 the church committee decided to build an elementary and high school. Ground was broken in January 1927. A new convent . . . — Map (db m106291) HM
211Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — L1738 — The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
This Neo-Gothic church was dedicated on May 15, 1927, Detroit architect W. E. N. Hunter designed the limestone structure, which contains stained-glass windows by the Willet Studios of Philadelphia, Pewabic tile from Detroit and wood carvings by . . . — Map (db m106329) HM
212Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Farms — This Bell House
formerly located at Fair Acres the Grosse Pointe estate of Mrs. Henry B. Joy, was first erected there in 1929. Presented to the city in her memory by her son Henry, it was moved to this location in April 1959. — Map (db m106253) HM
213Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Shores — L2308 — Grosse Pointe Shores Village Hall
Side 1 The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores incorporated in 1911. After a few years of holding meetings in local homes, the village council purchased this property to build a village hall. Albert Kahn, who later designed the Fisher Building . . . — Map (db m156356) HM
214Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Woods — L1237 — Children's Home of Detroit
On May 18, 1836, following a cholera epidemic, thirteen civic-minded women met at the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church and founded the Ladies’ Orphan Association of Detroit. The women adopted a constitution and began raising money to run a home . . . — Map (db m156397) HM
215Michigan (Wayne County), Grosse Pointe Woods — L1076 — Fractional District No. 9 School
Known as the Cook School, this structure was built in 1890 near the corner of present-day Mack Avenue and Lochmoor Boulevard. Slated for demolition, it was moved to this site in 2006. The stickwork in the gable distinguishes the building from many . . . — Map (db m106349) HM
216Michigan (Wayne County), Hamtramck — S252 — Colonel John Francis Hamtramck
Side 1 John Francis Hamtramck was a native of Canada who dedicated his life to the new American nation. Born in 1756, Hamtramck fought in the American Revolution. He distinguished himself during and after the war fighting both Indian and . . . — Map (db m86443) HM
217Michigan (Wayne County), Hamtramck — S731 — Hamtramck Stadium
Side 1 After the Civil War, black and white baseball players could play on the same teams. But by 1900, black players were excluded from white professional leagues. More than 4,000 African Americans and Latinos played baseball in U.S. . . . — Map (db m104198) HM
218Michigan (Wayne County), Hamtramck — 33 — Poletown and Eminent Domain — Michigan Legal Milestone
Harsh economic conditions and the need to attract high-paying manufacturing jobs to keep the automobile industry centered in the Motor City led the cities of Detroit and Hamtramck to join forces in 1980 to condemn a working-class neighborhood . . . — Map (db m137534) HM
219Michigan (Wayne County), Hamtramck — L2189 — Saint Florian Church / Saint Florian Historic District
Saint Florian Church Saint Florian Parish was founded in 1907 to serve the Detroit area's rapidly expanding Polish Catholic community. By the 1920s Saint Florian was the second largest Catholic parish in Detroit, and it required a larger . . . — Map (db m86442) HM
220Michigan (Wayne County), Hamtramck — L1493 — Saint Francis Hospital
When John and Horace Dodge expanded their Hamtramck automotive factory in 1914, thousands of workers migrated to this area, creating the need for a local hospital. In 1927 the city built this Georgian Revival structure and opened it as Hamtramck . . . — Map (db m137540) HM
221Michigan (Wayne County), Hamtramck — L2188 — The Dodge Brothers / Dodge Main
The Dodge Brothers John (1864-1920) and Horace (1868-1920) Dodge grew up in Niles, Michigan. During the late nineteenth century they worked as machinists at the Murphy Boiler Works in Detroit and at the Dominion Typograph Company in Windsor, . . . — Map (db m86444) HM
222Michigan (Wayne County), Lincoln Park — L728 — Council Point / Pontiac's Council
Council Point On April 27, 1763, Obwandiyag, an Odawa who was also called Pontiac, assembled a council of warriors from various tribes near this site. He urged them to fight to maintain control of their land and their way of life. For more . . . — Map (db m88332) HM
223Michigan (Wayne County), Lincoln Park — Council Point Park
Near this spot in April, 1763, the great Ottowa chieftain, Pontiac, presided over one of the largest Indian councils ever held in the Great Lakes region. Thousands of Indians met here to plan an attack on Fort Detroit, as part of an ambitious plan . . . — Map (db m88492) HM
224Michigan (Wayne County), Lincoln Park — Council Point Park
Near this spot in April 1763, the great Ottowa chieftain Pontiac presided over one of the largest Indian councils ever held in the Great Lakes region. Thousands of Indians met here to plan an attack on Fort Detroit as part of an ambitious plan to . . . — Map (db m88624) HM
225Michigan (Wayne County), Lincoln Park — L2156 — Lincoln Park Post Office
The 1938 Lincoln Park Post Office was the first non-branch post office in this Detroit suburb. Erected by the United States Treasury Department, the building marked Lincoln Park's coming of age as a city with a large enough population to warrant its . . . — Map (db m87156) HM
226Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — A.J. Geer Store — Built 1908 • Moved 1976 • Opened 1982
Allen J. Geer was born February 10, 1882 in Howell Township and came with his parents to Plymouth about 1905. He married Hattie Bassett on September 7, 1905 and they had two sons, Stanley and Irving. The Geer family lived in the Bungalow next . . . — Map (db m151542) HM
227Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — Alexander Blue House — Built circa 1850's • Moved 1987 • Opened 2003
Alexander Blue was born in New York on February 25, 1817 to Daniel and Mary Blue. Alexander bought 80 acres in Livonia Township in 1835. He married Catharine Blue and they had three children, Malcolm (1844), Daniel A. (1846), and Mary C. (1851). . . . — Map (db m151479) HM
228Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — Friends Meeting House — Built 1846 • Moved 1981 • Opened 1994
David and Daniel Lapham purchased land in Bucklin Township in 1827. In 1846, this Meeting House was built and the Livonia Meeting used the building until disbanding in 1853. The building was sold and lived in by the Roberts Family (1860-1895), . . . — Map (db m151533) HM
229Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — George A. Custer U.S. Army Reserve Center
Dedicated in memory of Major General George A. Custer 1839-1876 Distinguished soldier from the state of Michigan was graduated from U.S. Military Academy 1861 He, with 264 officers and men of the Seventh U.S. Calvary, was killed in action . . . — Map (db m26787) HM
230Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — Joshua Simmons
began farming this property in 1826. The farm lane started at the barns and ran south down the middle of the farm to this location and the surrounding farm fields. The fence on the east side of the lane and one gate still remain. Part of the farm . . . — Map (db m109986) HM
231Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — L0139 — Joshua Simmons Farm
In 1824 Joshua Simmons of Bristol, New York, obtained a patent from the federal government for 160 acres of land in Livonia Township. Simmons and his wife, Hannah, were among the township's earliest white settlers. Their first home was a log shanty, . . . — Map (db m34973) HM
232Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — L1922 — Newburg Methodist Church
By 1834 there were two religious societies in Newburg, one Methodist and one Congregational. The Methodist society was part of the Plymouth Circuit and served by itinerant ministers. The Reverend Marcus Swift was the first pastor. A strident . . . — Map (db m99140) HM
233Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — L36 — Newburgh Cemetery
An organization, later known as the Newburgh Union Cemetery Society, was formed on Nov. 23, 1832, to establish and maintain this cemetery, the first in the present city of Livonia. One grave, that of Salmon Kingsley, a veteran of the American . . . — Map (db m99141) HM
234Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — Newburgh Mill — and the Power of the Rouge
The Newburgh Mill factory was built on the site of an earlier mill, like other Ford "Village Industries." Bovee Cider Mill used to operate here along the Middle Rouge River, within the thriving village of Newburgh. In 1934, Newburgh Lake . . . — Map (db m137131) HM
235Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Bungalow — Built 1913 • Moved 1979 • Opened 1992
According to city records, this bungalow was built in 1913. The Geer family lived in this house for a short time while operating the store next door. The first floor has two rooms, a living room and kitchen. The stairway in the kitchen will take . . . — Map (db m151547) HM
236Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Cranson-Hinbern House — Built circa 1840's • Moved 1985 • Opened 1987
Samuel and Persis Cranson, along with their three children, came to Livonia/Redford Township in 1832 from Monroe County, New York. Land was purchased in the names of children Marquis LaFayette, Samuel Jr., and Asa on June 8, 1833 in Township One . . . — Map (db m151531) HM
237Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Detroit United Railway Waiting Room — Built circa 1900's • Moved 1976 • Opened 1982
In 1897, the construction of an interurban line was proposed between Wayne, Plymouth, and Northville. The interurban began serving the Newburg area in 1909. The line ran between Wayne and Northville, making stops at Newburg and Plymouth. Several . . . — Map (db m151535) HM
238Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Kingsley House — Built 1843 • Moved 1977 • Opened 1986
Nathan Kingsley built this Greek Revival style house in 1843 in Section 16 of Livonia Township. The house was built from trees on the property. He married Mary Lambert that same year; they had four children. Their daughter Emma and her husband . . . — Map (db m151529) HM
239Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Newburg Church — Built 1848 • Moved 1977 • Opened 1984
In 1848, on land leased from Joseph Kingsley across from the Newburg Cemetery, this church was built as a Presbyterian Meeting House. After construction, the Presbyterians and Congregationalists shared usage, alternating services weekly. In the . . . — Map (db m151524) HM
240Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Newburg School — Built 1861 • Moved 1987 • Opened 1990
The first Newburg school was a small log structure built in 1831. In 1861, it was replaced with this frame building at the cost of $400. Students ranging in ages from 4 to 20 would be taught by one teacher in one large room, with older students . . . — Map (db m151526) HM
241Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — The Shaw House — Built 1843 • Moved 1981 • Opened 1983
This eight room Greek Revival house was built in 1843 for Thomas Shaw, his wife Hannah, and their three children. The Shaw family was from the village of Wysall, Nottinghamshire*, England and made the decision to move to America to own their own . . . — Map (db m151527) HM
242Michigan (Wayne County), Livonia — L261 — Wilson Barn
This barn was constructed in 1919 on the burnt-out foundation of an earlier structure built about 1888. It is a fine example of an increasingly rare bank barn style. Here, on the farm owned and operated by his family since 1847, Ira Wilson built a . . . — Map (db m78987) HM
243Michigan (Wayne County), Melvindale — L25 — Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery
In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820's. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired Private Claim 49, an old French ribbon farm whose . . . — Map (db m85941) HM
244Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — L1778 — Detroit Edison Company Building
The Detroit Edison Company's Northville regional office was located here from 1929 to 1971. The company had a reputation for offices that were "a credit to the community." Upon completion this building, which housed the overhead lines department and . . . — Map (db m112417) HM
245Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — L1665 — First Presbyterian Church of Northville
In 1829 former members of the Farmington Church organized this church, originally named the First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth. In 1835-1836 a frame church was built here on land donated by D. L. Cady. A New England-inspired brick church opened . . . — Map (db m51906) HM
246Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — L1427 — Mill Race Historical Village
Side 1 In 1827, John Miller built a grist mill on this site. The structure was replaced by the Northville Mills in 1847. In 1919 mill owner Donald P. Yerkes sold the site to Henry Ford who razed the structure and built a valve factory across . . . — Map (db m68219) HM
247Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — Northville Valve Plant — Henry Ford's Experiment
In Northville, Henry Ford tried something new. His first "village industry" was established here in 1920, to make valves for Model-Ts and tractors, using the Rouge River for power. He hired local workers, and even selected local children . . . — Map (db m137792) HM
248Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — Roadside Refreshment — at Northville's Silver Spring Well
It has been a Northville landmark for generations. As far back as 1913, city residents enjoyed cold spring water from the artesian well here, and visitors traveled here to fill their bottles. On the other side of the nearby railroad tracks, . . . — Map (db m137902) HM
249Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — Taking Flight — with Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Detroit was abuzz with aviation fever in the 1920s. Eddie Stinson, a successful aviator and stunt pilot, gained financing from Detroiters to build and test-fly the prototype Stinson Detroiter airplane — the first airplane with an . . . — Map (db m137695) HM
250Michigan (Wayne County), Northville — Two Tracks in Town — Northville's Electric Streetcars
There were two electric streetcar lines into Northville from Detroit, both built in 1899. One traveled on track through Farmington, along Eight Mile Road and down Griswold Street. The other came through Plymouth, up Northville Road and . . . — Map (db m137517) HM
251Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — L0874 — Baker House
Henry W. Baker (1833-1920) built this Italianate style house in 1875. Born in Richmond, New York, Baker had moved to this area while still a boy. As a young man, he worked as a photographer, a merchant and a lumberman. At the age of forty-nine, he . . . — Map (db m33078) HM
252Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — Gunsolly Carding Mill — and the Rouge River's Rich History
For many years, wool was processed here. The Gunsolly Carding Mill operated here from 1851 to 1890, using Rouge River waterpower and machinery to process and untangle wool for spinning into yarn. Nearby villages of Plymouth and Newburgh . . . — Map (db m137012) HM
253Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — Phoenix Mill — Women in a Village Industry
Henry Ford wanted only women to work here in this small factory, built in 1922 as one of his Village Industries. The women workers built electrical parts such as voltage meters, light switches and generator cutouts (a form of relay) for . . . — Map (db m136821) HM
254Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — 637 — Plymouth
The village of Plymouth was settled in 1825, incorporated in 1867, and became a city in 1932. The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, England, came here in 1967 to celebrate the centennial of Plymouth, Michigan's incorporation as a village. He and his aides . . . — Map (db m33098) HM
255Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — Roadside Development — and the Haggerty Comfort Station
This comfort station was one of the early public rest stops, and it was a prototype for roadside development. When originally constructed in 1937, this station had a full-time attendant, an information booth and concession stand. Wayne . . . — Map (db m136913) HM
256Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — 18 — Rose of Aberlone — Michigan Legal Milestone
T.C. Sherwood, president of Plymouth National Bank, contracted in 1886 with Hiram Walker of Walkerville, Ontario for the purchase of a cow, Rose 2d of Aberlone. Both parties believed that Rose was barren and would not breed, and that mistake led to . . . — Map (db m62359) HM
257Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — The Conner Building
The name of Conner has been associated with this site since Plymouth's earliest days. In 1857, Michael Conner (1821-95) arrived in Plymouth and purchased the hardware business at this corner that had been started by C.H. Bennett. Conner replaced . . . — Map (db m136723) HM
258Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — The Penniman Buildings
Most of this block of Main Street burned in 1857 and again in 1893. For this reason, this commercial block on Main Street is known as the Phoenix Block. These four buildings were erected after the 1893 fire, bearing the name "Penniman". Local . . . — Map (db m136749) HM
259Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — The Plymouth United Savings Bank
This Classical Revival building, constructed of granite and limestone, was completed in 1920 as the new home of the Plymouth United Savings Bank. Established on May 13, 1890 as one of the first banks in the area, the first Board of Directors . . . — Map (db m136714) HM
260Michigan (Wayne County), Plymouth — The Wilcox House
This is the site of a Plymouth Landmark, the Wilcox House, built in 1903 by William Markham, inventor of the BB Gun and the co-founder of the Daisy Air Rifle Co. George and Harriet Wilcox purchased it in 1911 and here raised their three children, . . . — Map (db m33070) HM
261Michigan (Wayne County), Redford Township — L1826 — Redford Township School District No. 9
In 1874, Redford Township School District No. 9 bought an acre of land from Eugenius and Abigail Hodge and erected this school. Named Beech School, it served the Beech Park settlement that sprang up here adjacent to the Detroit, Lansing & Lake . . . — Map (db m133877) HM
262Michigan (Wayne County), River Rouge — Civil War /Spanish War /World War
. . . — Map (db m14890) HM
263Michigan (Wayne County), River Rouge — 43 — River Rouge War Memorial
. . . — Map (db m26617) HM
264Michigan (Wayne County), Rockwood — 8725 — Hull's Trace
Side A In April 1812, as the United States prepared for a possible war with Great Britain, Michigan Territorial Governor William Hull, became the commander of the Army of the Northwest. His first task was to lead his army from Dayton, Ohio, . . . — Map (db m94084) HM
265Michigan (Wayne County), Rockwood — L1340 — State Police Post
A Michigan State Police post has been located in this area since the early days of the department. In 1917 the first detachment in Monroe County was posted to South Rockwood, about one mile south of here. Close to both Detroit and the Canadian . . . — Map (db m152092) HM
266Michigan (Wayne County), Romulus — L606 — Merrill-Morris House
Constructed in 1846, this Greek Revival residence was erected just nineteen years after Romulus was first settled. Originally the home of pioneer Harvey W. Merrill, the house is believed to be the oldest still standing in the city. Large walnut . . . — Map (db m98880) HM
267Michigan (Wayne County), Romulus — Morris Homestead
Side 1 This early Victorian farmhouse was built by Robert Anson Morris and Hiram G., his son, circa 1860, of select timbers from the North. Robert and Jane Phillips, his wife, came from New York state, and in 1854 purchased this 100 . . . — Map (db m98878) HM
268Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Coan Lake
Coan Lake was constructed in the fall of 1988. The lake is 3 acres, with a depth of nine to eighteen feet. The property the lake sits on was once known as the Schoncheck Farm. Stocked with a variety of fish, it provides a passive setting for a . . . — Map (db m94796) HM
269Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Fitz's Caboose
John J. Fitzpatrick was one of Michigan's great legislators from 1948 to 1966. This caboose has been given to Heritage Park by his family to all who use it will remember him. The City of Taylor appreciates the effort of Congressman John Dingell in . . . — Map (db m95366) HM
270Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Hand Train Station
Hand Train Station was named after George E. Hand, a German immigrant. In 1876 a rail line was constructed through Taylor and the train station was built near what is now Ecourse and Telegraph Roads. Hand Corners, as it became known, and nearby . . . — Map (db m94862) HM
271Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Heritage Park Road System
These roadways, pathways and parking lots were built by Taylor's Public Works and Parks employees. If not for our dedicated employees and generous gift of $200,00 in material from the Edward C. Levy Co., this project, would not have been possible. — Map (db m95119) HM
272Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — L1524 — Oak Grove Burying Ground
Oak Grove is Taylor's largest municipal cemetery. The first burial took place on this site in 1838. It has grown form the original one acre parcel donated by Garrett and Lydia Putnam in 1861. Sixty graves date from the nineteenth century. Prominent . . . — Map (db m135819) HM
273Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Taylor Heritage School
This building was constructed in 1882 as a catechism room for St. John's Lutheran Church. In early days, the German language was used in the school. It was purchased by the City and moved here in 1989. The Taylor Historical Society restored it in . . . — Map (db m95365) HM
274Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — L1740 — Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
The Taylor Methodist Episcopal congregation built the first church in Taylor Township in 1882 on land donated by Marlin H.H. and Rachel Coan for a church and cemetery. Platted in 1884, this cemetery originated as the church's burial ground. At that . . . — Map (db m94604) HM
275Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — L1487 — Taylor Township Cemetery
This cemetery is the oldest of the city's three municipal burial grounds. More than half of the graves date from the nineteenth century. William Sutcliffe donated the land for a cemetery in 1819. Some of Taylor's earliest settlers are buried here as . . . — Map (db m95116) HM
276Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — The Greenwald Herkimer House
The Greenwald-Herkimer House was built in the early 1900's by Frank and Ann Greenwald. The gingerbread trim is indicative of farmhouses of the period. The house once stood on the west side of Pardee Road near Eureka and was occupied until 1988. The . . . — Map (db m94835) HM
277Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — The Log Cabin
Taylor's oldest existing home was built circa 1850 near what is now Pennsylvania Road between Telegraph and Beech Daly. Andrew and Elizabeth Strong and their children were the first family to live in the house. It was constructed on timbers atop a . . . — Map (db m94613) HM
278Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — The Sell/Schonsheck House
The Sell/Schonsheck House, standing in its original location, was built circa 1900 by George W. Sell. The Sell family moved to Taylor in 1871 and farmed eighty acres of land. The produce was shipped by horse-drawn wagon to the Wyandotte market. . . . — Map (db m94615) HM
279Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Town Hall
Marker 1 (in front of the Town Hall) In 1847 Taylor became an independent township named after General Zachary Taylor who later became president. Taylor's first Township Hall was built in 1886 and housed the services of the Township Board, . . . — Map (db m94612) HM
280Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — Water-Powered Mill
The Waterwheel, invented centuries ago, was the first mechanical device used to harness power. It even powered early Ford manufacturing plants in this region. Gristmills were used to make various flours and cornmeal. Sawmills were used to produce . . . — Map (db m94894) HM
281Michigan (Wayne County), Taylor — West Mound Church
Built by German settlers in 1882, this church was located on Eureka Road across from what is now Southland Shopping Center. Formerly known as West Mound United Methodist Church, it was donated to the City of Taylor and moved to Heritage Park in 1994 . . . — Map (db m94611) HM
282Michigan (Wayne County), Trenton — S0199 — Battle of Monguagon
On August 9, 1812, a force of about 600 American troops, regulars and militia, moved down the River Road in an attempt to reach Frenchtown (Monroe) and bring back supplies needed desperately by the Americans in Detroit. At a point that cannot now be . . . — Map (db m14349) HM
283Michigan (Wayne County), Trenton — 96-2 — The Old Burial Ground
In 1849, Giles & Sophia Truax Slocum deeded this land to be held in trust to the Trenton Odd Fellow Lodge No. 33. In 1867, it was deeded to the Masonic Lodge, F. & A. M. No. 8. In 1918, the deed was transferred to Monguagon Twp. Here rest forty-four . . . — Map (db m152534) HM
284Michigan (Wayne County), Van Buren Township — L998 — French Landing Dam and Powerhouse
In 1910 the Eastern Michigan Edison Company, now the Detroit Edison Company, purchased most of the Van Buren Township land along the Huron River for a hydroelectric plant. The French Landing powerhouse and dam were completed in 1924-25. The dam, the . . . — Map (db m98899) HM
285Michigan (Wayne County), Wayne — L2053 — First Congregational Church
On August 20, 1848, the Reverend James S. Kidder and nine members chartered the First Congregational Church of Wayne. Later that year, a Congregational society was formed. The two organizations worked as one body, but were separate, looking to the . . . — Map (db m79329) HM
286Michigan (Wayne County), Wayne — S296 — Johnson's Tavern
In 1824 George M. Johnson purchased eighty acres of land from the government and erected a log tavern at this location, a days journey from Detroit. Stephen G. Simmons bought the tavern from Johnson in 1825 and operated it until he was hanged for . . . — Map (db m79302) HM
287Michigan (Wayne County), Wayne — L1347 — Old Wayne Village Hall
Since 1878 the Old Wayne Village Hall has served as the center of civic affairs in Wayne. It is one of the few surviving Second Empire style buildings in Wayne County. The first meeting of the village took place on April 20, 1869. In the following . . . — Map (db m79330) HM
288Michigan (Wayne County), Wayne — Wayne Industries — Building Transportation
From this building many industries put people in motion. The first was Harroun Motor Car Company, which built more than 3,000 vehicles here from 1915 to 1922. From 1924 to 1927 Gotfredson Truck made heavy duty trucks and bus chassis in this . . . — Map (db m149713) HM
289Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — "Learning by Doing" — at Ford's Nankin Mill Schoolhouse
Henry Ford established this one-room schoolhouse for children of workers at his nearby Nankin Mill village industry plant producing automotive parts. The rural school operated from 1937 to 1946 as part of Ford's Edison Institute School . . . — Map (db m96980) HM
290Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — L426 — Chief Tonquish Burial Site
Chief Tonquish and his son are buried nearby. Chief Tonquish led a band of Potawatomi Indians in this area in the early nineteenth century. In 1819, a series of clashes between these Indians and pioneers in the vicinity culminated in the death of a . . . — Map (db m87697) HM
291Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — L1578 — Cooper School
The first Cooper School, known officially as Nankin District No. 1 School, was built around 1837 on a farm owned by Gilbert Cooper at the southwest corner of present-day Ann Arbor Trail and Middlebelt Road. The Coopers were Nankin Township pioneers . . . — Map (db m33883) HM
292Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — S699 — Eloise Poorhouse/Hospital
(Front): In 1839 Wayne County purchased the Black Horse Tavern, a stagecoach stop, Located here on the Chicago road, for use as a poorhouse. Early on the poorhouse accepted not only the county's indigent, but the infirm and mentally ill as . . . — Map (db m14290) HM
293Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — Nankin Millers House — Living on the Rouge River
It was a short walk to work. This was home to milling families who owned and operated Nankin Mills during its gristmill heyday, from 1842 to 1918. Its Greek Revival style was popular when it was built in 1834. The last farmer living here . . . — Map (db m96981) HM
294Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — L68 — Nankin Mills
Two grist mills have occupied this site. The first mill was built between 1835 and 1842; the present was constructed soon after the Civil War. In 1918 Henry Ford purchased it as part of a plan to develop village mill industries along the Rouge . . . — Map (db m96986) HM
295Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — Nankin Mills — The Power of Water
Henry Ford wasn't the first to come here. Early Native Americans gathered along the Rouge River for hunting and fishing. European settlers valued Rouge River waterpower, and the building you see here today was built as a gristmill in the . . . — Map (db m96991) HM
296Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — S730 — Norwayne Subdivision
Side 1 In 1942, the National Housing Agency designed and built the Norwayne Subdivision to provide rental housing for nearby WWII defense factory workers. It cost $12 million dollars and was then the largest public housing project in the . . . — Map (db m79300) HM
297Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — L0423 — Perrinsville
The village of Perrinsville was established as a small commercial center during the 1830s. Abraham and Isaac Perrin started a successful sawmill where Merriman Road now crosses the Middle Rouge. Several businesses sprang up and the community became . . . — Map (db m33774) HM
298Michigan (Wayne County), Westland — L1996 — Perrinsville School
Perrinsville began with a sawmill established by Abraham and Isaac Perrin around 1832. During the next century three one-room schools served area children. The first, a wooden school, was erected in 1833 on the Marcus Swift farm. A second, larger . . . — Map (db m33766) HM
299Michigan (Wayne County), Wyandotte — S158 — America's First Bessemer Steel Mill
Eber B. Ward, pioneer industrialist in many fields, built the Eureka Iron Works in Wyandotte in 1854. Here iron ore from Upper Michigan was smelted into iron in furnaces that were heated by charcoal made from wood cut in the surrounding forests. . . . — Map (db m99949) HM
300Michigan (Wayne County), Wyandotte — John Eberts House
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m66350) HM

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