Children attended school in this building,
originally located on Sawmill Lake Road,
From 1879 to 1943
Moved to this site by The Ortonville
Community Historical Society in 1996 — — Map (db m179808) HM
In June 1850 an eleven-member Methodist class was organized here as the Hadley Circuit of the Detroit District. B. F. Prichard was the pastor; M. H. Filmore, the class leader; and James Shaw, the presiding elder. That year the group built a stone . . . — — Map (db m108869) HM
Ortonville
Honors the memory of
Pte. Frank R. Scott
Co. D, 44th BN., C. E. F.
Died of wounds, Sept. 11, 1918
Pte. Roy L. Hartwig
Co. E, 125th Inf., U. S. A.
Died of disease Jan. 26, 1918
Corp. Benj. J. Richmond . . . — — Map (db m190375) WM
The local Methodist society, organized in 1837 at the house of Joseph Shurter, met in residences and schoolhouses for nearly four decades. In 1871, Irene Gibbs donated this land for its use. The church's cornerstone was laid on May 29, 1874. Lumber . . . — — Map (db m77806) HM