On Kercheval Avenue at Nottingham Road, on the right when traveling west on Kercheval Avenue.
In 1921, Rural Agricultural District No. 1 consolidated five fractional districts, bringing together students who previously met in five separate schoolhouses. Defer Elementary School, the first school built after the consolidation, was named in . . . — — Map (db m175026) HM
On Windmill Pointe Drive at Lakepointe Street, on the left when traveling west on Windmill Pointe Drive.
Encouraged by a potential alliance with the English, the Fox Indians besieged Fort Pontchartrain, Detroit, in 1712. Repulsed by the French and their Huron and Ottawa Indian allies, the Fox retreated and entrenched themselves in this area known as . . . — — Map (db m175027) HM
On East Jefferson Avenue at Bedford Road, on the right when traveling east on East Jefferson Avenue.
Voigt-Kreit HouseWilliam Voigt, Jr. is thought to have designed this house as a summer home in the early 1900s. In 1889 his parents, who ran a butchering business, purchased the property for $1,850. French settler Joseph Tremble was granted the . . . — — Map (db m175028) HM
On East Jefferson Avenue at 3 Mile Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Jefferson Avenue.
William Buck, an English immigrant farmer, built the main part of this house around 1849. It has fourteen-inch thick walls and is the oldest brick house in Grosse Pointe. The rear clapboard addition, built elsewhere, dates from the 1880s. Henry . . . — — Map (db m175539) HM