5.5 Inch Naval Cannon
This 1891 breech-loading gun was originally one of ten mounted on the deck of the Spanish
cruiser Vizcaya. The 364 foot long armored ship was shelled and sunk in the Battle of Santiago, Cuba, on July 3rd, 1898 by the . . . — — Map (db m252511) HM
This was the location of the Algiers Motel and its Manor House annex at the time of the 1967 Detroit Uprising. After midnight on July 26, a national guardsman heard what he believed to be gunshots coming from behind the motel. He called it in, and . . . — — Map (db m257669) HM
Built about 1918, this Neoclassical-style structure houses Gamma Lambda Chapter, third graduate chapter of the first black national Greek letter fraternity in the United States: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Founded in 1906 at Cornell University, . . . — — Map (db m172650) HM
The American Academy of Pediatrics was founded on June 24, 1930, by thirty-four physicians at Harper Hospital. Isaac A. Abt, M.D., was elected as its first president; John L. Morse, M.D., was chosen as the first vice-president; and Clifford G. . . . — — Map (db m172655) HM
Marshall Fredericks Jan. 23, 1908 - Apr. 4, 1998
Dedicated by
the members of the Detroit Athletic Club
to the brave Americans who,
to assure the freedom and safety of
our nation & community,
have put their lives in harm's way
as police, . . . — — Map (db m208272) WM
Andrew R. Strable Catholic War Veterans
Stand for a moment in silence, and let there rise from your heart
a prayer beseeching Almighty God,
the father of us all, to grant to
the souls of our departed comrades,
a peace and a glory that is . . . — — Map (db m197671) WM
Assumption Roman Catholic Church The origins of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church can be traced to 1830, when German immigrants first arrived in Detroit. Warned away from cholera-stricken Detroit, they built a log . . . — — Map (db m172802) HM
Henry Ford was only 41 years old when the new Ford Motor Company moved to Piquette Avenue in lat 1904. Despite two earlier corporate failures, he was a gifted and self-taught engineer, a decisive risk-taker. And he was able to envision the new . . . — — Map (db m172661) HM
On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They built a brick church in 1928 and lengthened it by . . . — — Map (db m172687) HM
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
Historian, activist, and playwright, Beatrice M. Buck made it her life's work to preserve the history and culture of the great Paradise Valley in Detroit, Michigan.
In Detroit's Paradise Valley, individuals, families, businesses, the arts, . . . — — Map (db m209229) HM
In 1839 a group of black Detroit citizens formed the Colored Methodist Society, which became the core of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The group held meetings in a hall which was donated by the Detroit Common Council. The Society . . . — — Map (db m32496) HM
This tablet marks the birthplace of
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh
The first aviator to fly from New York to Paris was born here, February 4, 1902, the son of Charles A. and Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh. After flying alone 3640 miles in . . . — — Map (db m176581) HM
This marker commemorates the birthplace of the Ford Motor car. Here in 1892, Henry Ford began experimenting with the motorized vehicle in his workshop, a small one-story brick structure, once located on this site. His invention was quite simple . . . — — Map (db m174295) HM
Birwood Wall. Constructed in 1941, the Birwood Wall divided the existing Black community in the Eight Mile-Wyoming area from Blackstone Park. a newly built White subdivision. The wall is a reminder of institutionalized racial segregation in . . . — — Map (db m207681) HM
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This Tudor Revival residence was constructed in the mid-1920s. The Boston architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh designed the house for the Catholic bishop of Detroit during the tenure of Michael J. Gallagher. Its ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m120913) HM
Named for its dark marsh soils, Black Bottom was a neighborhood roughly bound by Gratiot Avenue, St. Aubin Street, Larned Street and Brush Street. European immigrants settled here in the mid-nineteenth century. Between World Wars I and II it . . . — — Map (db m285291) HM
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
Between 1910 and 1940 Detroit’s African American population increased dramatically. Faced with restrictions on where they could live, many African Americans were forced into substandard housing. In 1935 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt broke ground for . . . — — Map (db m172651) HM
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.
Bertrand . . . — — Map (db m33687) HM
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
In 1824 the Reverend Richard Cadle led
the founding of St. Paul's Church, the
first Episcopal church in Michigan. St.
Paul's purchased property here in 1892,
and construction of this Gothic Revival style . . . — — Map (db m228742) HM
Lewis Cass, governor of the Territory of Michigan, approved a constitution for the First Methodist Episcopal Society May 17, 1822. This church, a direct successor, was designed by Gordon W. Lloyd. It was completed in 1867 by the combined efforts of . . . — — Map (db m42313) HM
The Detroit firm George D. Mason and Company designed this building for the Disciples of Christ in 1927. Although the structure remains relatively unchanged since its completion in 1928, the windows reflect the significant changes that occurred as . . . — — Map (db m174291) HM
Chapman Abraham
During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the British took Canada from France and with it possession of French forts in the western Great Lakes region, including Detroit. The post remained an important center of trade . . . — — Map (db m33485) HM
Alexander Chapoton built this Queen Anne style townhouse in the early 1870s. Chapoton, a builder, was one of the contractors for the state capitol in Lansing. A descendant of one of Detroit’s oldest families, he was a state legislator and a member . . . — — Map (db m174292) HM
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
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
The Annunciation (Evangelismos) Greek Orthodox Church was founded in 1910. It became the center of Detroit’s Hellenic community, which dates back to the early 1890s. The first liturgy was held in a rented hall on Miami Boulevard (now Broadway). By . . . — — Map (db m172522) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m91682) HM
Conant Gardens reflects black settlement in Detroit's northeast side during the first of two large migrations of blacks to Detroit after World War I . The neighborhood was originally designed as a community for white collar employees of the Ford . . . — — Map (db m170435) HM
Cornelius Langston Henderson was
born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1887 to
Rev. James and Cornelia Henderson. In
1911 he became the second African
American to graduate from the School
of Engineering at the University of
Michigan. He did so . . . — — Map (db m257372) HM
The Ford Motor Company Piquette Avenue Plant became the "laboratory"
in which Henry Ford explored design and created the car that changed the world, the Model T. Built for Ford Motor Company in 1904, its three brick stories rose next to the . . . — — Map (db m172660) HM
Dedicated to the Ralph C. Wilson J Foundation,
The Dancer stands in recognition of the generous
support for much-needed repairs to the Anna Scripps
Whitcomb Conservatory. The Albert Kahn designed
conservatory is one of Belle Isle Park's . . . — — Map (db m212335) HM
David Dunbar BuickDavid Dunbar Buick, for whom the Buick automobile is named, came to Detroit from Scotland with his parents in 1856 at age two. A plumbing inventor and businessman, Buick turned to building gasoline engines for boats on the . . . — — Map (db m180137) HM
Opened in 1915, this building was named for David Whitney, Jr. (1830-1900), a Detroit lumber, real estate and shipping magnate. During construction, the Detroit Free Press called it the “finest in the country.” Daniel H. Burnham and Company . . . — — Map (db m174309) HM
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
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
Detroit Club
712 Cass Avenue
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department Of The Interior
1892 — — Map (db m174308) HM
On this site, once owned by Christian Buhl--alderman, city mayor, police commissioner and banker--stands the former office of the Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills Company. Buhl was the first president of the company, which was incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m170433) HM
Designed by Harry J. Rill in 1897 for the Detroit Cornice and Slate Company, this building features a finely crafted facade of galvanized steel. The use of sheet metal in commercial buildings evolved from the cast iron structures built in New York . . . — — Map (db m172520) HM
Older than the state of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press began publishing as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer May 5, 1831. The Free Press supported the drive for statehood, helped establish the Associated . . . — — Map (db m91347) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m91356)
In July 1967 the civil unrest that had been spreading across the United States reached Detroit. In the early morning hours of July 23, Detroit police officers raided a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar, where patrons were celebrating the return . . . — — Map (db m170436) HM
Here, in 1868 five young physicians, whose work with wounded during the Civil War had left them eager to improve the quality of medical education, founded the Detroit Medical College, the city’s first such school. Like nearby Harper Hospital, it . . . — — Map (db m172643) HM
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
The office of the Plaindealer, Detroit’s first successful black newspaper, was located on this site. Founded in 1883 by five young men, it served as an advocate of black interests in Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Especially concerned . . . — — Map (db m174296) HM
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
The Detroit Urban League began in 1916 with Forrester B. Washington as executive director, and Henry G. Stevens as president. The organization’s initial purpose was the improvement of the social, moral, and material status of the large number of . . . — — Map (db m172648) HM
In the year 2011 the Detroit Yacht Club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Construction began on this facility in 1921 with Commodore Gar Wood laying the cornerstone. This clubhouse, our fifth, was completed and dedicated on May . . . — — Map (db m208106) HM
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
Duane Doty School first opened its doors in the fall of 1909. It was built as Detroit grew north along Woodward Avenue in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The school was named for Duane Doty (circa 1836-1902), an early Superintendent of . . . — — Map (db m180910) HM
Eastern Liggett School
Albert Kahn designed this school in the Arts and Crafts style in 1913. It opened in 1914 as Eastern Liggett, a college preparatory school for girls, Kahn oversaw the addition of an auditorium, gymnasium and new classrooms . . . — — Map (db m173028) HM
Erected by
The People of the City of Detroit
In commemoration of the achievements of
Thomas Alva Edison
In the realm of electricity — — Map (db m211354) HM
Elijah McCoy, the noted black inventor, lived on this site for much of his adult life. Born in 1844 to fugitive slaves residing in Canada, McCoy was trained in Scotland as a mechanical engineer, and came to Michigan after the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m172647) HM
Lisette gained freedom from slavery by escaping to Canada with family. Returning, she became a longtime domestic caretaker, investor, stockholder, and the first Black female landowner in Michigan.
Founder of St. James Episcopal Church. . . . — — Map (db m245337) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m21845) HM
Fannie Richards, Detroit’s first black public school teacher, lived on this site. Born in Virginia about 1840, she moved to Detroit as a young woman. In 1863, she opened a private school for black children, and two years later was appointed to teach . . . — — Map (db m172548) HM
Finney Barn. 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 . . . — — Map (db m41190) HM
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
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 this site, in 1850, a small group of German-Jewish immigrants gathered at the home of Isaac and Sarah Cozens and formed the Bet El Society. Here Marcus Cohen, a layman, conducted the first Jewish religious service in Detroit. The following . . . — — Map (db m174196) HM
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
In 1909 Wayne County built the first mile of concrete highway in the world here on Woodward between Six and Seven Mile Roads. From far and near road builders came to see how concrete stood up under the heavy traffic of that period. The success of . . . — — Map (db m173684) HM
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
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 . . . — — Map (db m84642) HM
The Golden Tower of the Fisher Building has brightened the skyline of metropolitan Detroit since 1928. Called Detroit’s largest art object, the edifice is a city landmark. The Fisher Brothers, developers of the closed automobile, erected the . . . — — Map (db m212510) HM
This flagpole was donated to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum by the Detroit News in 1960. The arrangement of yardarm and gaff spar is referred to as a Navy or Yacht Club rig, with the American flag hoisted on the gaff, as it would have been . . . — — Map (db m183919) HM
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
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 to . . . — — Map (db m147218) HM
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
Approximately 3,000 unemployed workers and labor activists marched from Oakwood to the Ford Employment Office, intent on delivering demands for better working conditions. When the group met resistance from Dearborn Police, five men were killed. . . . — — Map (db m189493) HM
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. Malcomson, who operated a coal yard once located on this site. Henry Ford gave . . . — — Map (db m33525) HM
Completed in 1904, the Piquette Avenue Plant was the first factory built by the Ford Motor Company. The building was designed by the Detroit firm of Field, Hinchman and Smith. Models B, C, F, K, N, R, S, and T were produced here between 1904 and . . . — — Map (db m172659) HM
"Get a good lock for the door," Henry Ford told Charles Sorenson in January 1907. "We're going to start a completely new job." A special locked room was created at the back of the Piquette plant's third floor for Henry's special and secret . . . — — Map (db m172663) HM
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 the possibility of attack by . . . — — Map (db m21736) HM
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
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
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 m259154) HM
In the home of William Webb, 200 feet north of this spot, two famous Americans 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 m168910) HM
In 1916 the Rev. Samuel S. Cumby founded Friendship Baptist Church, an African-American congregation, on Russell Street. The Rev. John Henry Johnson (1878-1957) began to lead the church the next year. Its membership grew rapidly over the next two . . . — — Map (db m172654) HM
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
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
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
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
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
Germantown
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 . . . — — Map (db m208159) HM
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
The Globe Tobacco Building
has been placed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Est. 1888 — — Map (db m274534) HM
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
Founded in 1881 by the Reverend John Wills, this is Detroit’s second-oldest African-American Baptist congregation. Carlos N. Stokes, an African-American draftsman, designed the church in 1920. Although his plans were modified two years later by the . . . — — Map (db m172652) HM
The Hartford Memorial congregation was the first African American church on Detroit’s west side. It began, under Rev. Edgar Edwards (1875-1942), as the international, interracial, interdenominational Institutional Baptist Church in 1917. Under its . . . — — Map (db m189350) HM
The citizens of Michigan
erect this monument to the cherished memory of
Hazen S. Pingree
A gallant soldier,
an enterprising and successful citizen,
four times elected mayor of Detroit,
twice governor of Michigan.
He was the . . . — — Map (db m237853) HM WM
Completed in 1905, this building served as the Commandant's office and administrative center for the
entire Fort Wayne complex. It continues to house
the museum curatorial and restoration offices and
also serves as a lecture and conference . . . — — Map (db m252777) HM
Henry and Clara Ford lived here from 1908 to 1915. The Fords were the first of a community of automobile magnates to reside in the Boston-Edison neighborhood. The Italian Renaissance Revival house, designed by Malcomson, Higginbotham and Clement of . . . — — Map (db m177724) HM
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