The tug Sport, one of the nation’s earliest steel-hulled vessels, was built for lumber and steel entrepreneur Eber Brock Ward in 1873 by the Wyandotte Iron Ship Building Works in Wyandotte, Michigan. For forty-seven years the tug towed, . . . — — Map (db m174902) HM
On Huron Avenue (State Highway 90) near Main Street (State Highway 25), on the right when traveling east.
Side 1 Jeremiah Jenks and John L. Woods built the Cadillac House hotel in the Italianate style in 1860. The business opened on July 4 of that year with great fanfare, including songs from the Lexington Glee Club, a parade, dinner and dancing. . . . — — Map (db m204024) HM
On Simons Street near Main Street (Michigan Route 25), on the left when traveling east.
Charles H. Moore & Albert E. Sleeper House
Built 1859
Is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Building #85000064 — — Map (db m212441) HM
On Huron Avenue (Michigan Route 90) near Main Street (Michigan Route 25).
This handsome building was constructed in 1859 by Sanilac
County's first lawyer, John Devine, and served as his law office
until the end of the 19th century. It was then remodeled to
become the library for the village of Lexington and opened . . . — — Map (db m212418) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles north of Huron Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The village of Lexington and the local Masonic Lodge combined their efforts and finances to build this three-story Italianate structure in 1876. The village owned the first two floors (the fire department and the opera house); the Masons, the third . . . — — Map (db m41200) HM
On Simons Street, 0.2 miles east of Michigan Highway 25.
He walked our streets as an old captain patrols the deck of his ship-with a weathered affection and an iron sense of responsibility. His compassion and wit were legend. His belief in community inspired us all. No captain ever gave more of himself, . . . — — Map (db m89378)
On State Highway 90 at State Highway 25, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 90.
The first white settlers came to Lexington in 1834 so it was appropriate that the village was the center of the Sesquicentennial Celebration honoring Sanilac County July 4-8th, 1984.
A spectacular parade and fireworks commemorated the Fourth, . . . — — Map (db m88821) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 25) at Hubbard Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
This tall stately Gothic Style church with its elegant wood interior was built in 1874 during Sanilac County's great lumbering era. The Reverend A. B. Flower came to Lexington as a missionary in 1869 and started this congregation known as the Church . . . — — Map (db m41205) HM
