On Southfield Road at Twelve Mile Road, on the left when traveling north on Southfield Road.
Here once stood the former catholic "Church of Saint Bede"
"Saint Bede" was part of a convent and school that serviced the surrounding community for over 50 years — — Map (db m119736) HM
On Northwestern Highway at Bell Road, on the right when traveling west on Northwestern Highway.
In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, seventeen followers of Traditional Judaism withdrew from the Beth El Society in Detroit to found the "Shaarey Zedek Society." In 1877 the membership constructed the first building in Michigan to be . . . — — Map (db m109907) HM
A group of early settlers known as "The Proprietors of the Burying Grounds" purchased the original one acre of land from Thaddeus Griswald on April 8, 1833 at the cost of $8.00. The Proprietors continued to operate the burying grounds until 1847 . . . — — Map (db m110036) HM
On Lahser Road, 0.3 miles south of Civic Center Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Upon the death of his daughter in 1832, John Thomas donated part of his farm to the township to form a public burying ground. He gave an adjacent parcel to the Presbyterians who built a church there in 1837. Although nonsectarian, the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m110047) HM
On West Ten Mile Road east of Lois Lane, on the right when traveling east.
This marker is placed on this site in recognition of many years of continuous use as a place of worship.
In the year of 1852 this site was donated by Ezekiel Hutton to the congregation. Their first building was moved to the site. Ten years . . . — — Map (db m110103) HM
On Civic Center Drive west of Park Place Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Thaddeus Griswold sold several parcels of his farm to settlers who used the land for burial grounds. In 1847 these "proprietors" donated the land to the board of health which established a township cemetery. The most heroic figure memorialized here . . . — — Map (db m110012) HM
and Southfield Burgh. At the intersection of 10-1/2 mile road and Berg Road there existed a business and residential center during much of the nineteenth century. It was the first important community center in what is now the City of Southfield. . . . — — Map (db m110002) HM
On Civic Center Drive east of Telegraph Road (U.S. 24), on the right when traveling west.
The Territorial Road (present-day 10-1/2 Mile Road) east of the Rouge River was Southfield Township's economic hub during the mid-nineteenth century. In 1831 Archibald Green, one of the township's earliest settlers, opened a blacksmith shop. In 1837 . . . — — Map (db m109939) HM
On this site in 1856, this little white frame building was erected by members and friends of the Southfield Methodist Episcopal Church. The building and horse sheds suffered severe damage by a tornado in 1925. In 1941 the Gleaner Society raised . . . — — Map (db m109980) HM
On Berg Road north of Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The Southfield Town Hall was built between 1872 and 1873 to house the government of Southfield Centre, also known at the Burgh. The hall was the site of elections, public meetings and social events. Township officials continued to conduct business . . . — — Map (db m110009) HM
On Berg Road north of Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Southfield Township purchased this site in 1872 and a frame building was erected shortly thereafter which was used for township meetings and community functions. After remodeling in 1934, it was used as the township business office until 1958. The . . . — — Map (db m110007) HM
On Berg Road north of Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This hall was built in 1942 for the Southfield Township Volunteer Fire Department. It served as hall, office and sleeping quarters for the two engineers, Charles Hooper, Sr. and Paul Ignash who worked twenty four hours on and twenty four hours . . . — — Map (db m110004) HM
On West Ten Mile Road east of Lois Lane, on the right when traveling east.
In 1850 seventeen Irish immigrants met in the home of Matthew Erwin Sr. and organized what became the Southfield United Presbyterian Church. Two years later they relocated a vacant church building to this site and met there until the present Greek . . . — — Map (db m110056) HM
With encouragement from Henry Ford and
his son, Edsel, in 1932, what is today
Lawrence Technological University
established its first campus in the former.
Henry Ford Trade School building adjacent
to the Model T assembly complex
in Highland . . . — — Map (db m226162) HM
Near West Ten Mile Road, 0.4 miles west of John C. Lodge Freeway (Michigan Highway 10).
Lawrence Tech was chartered in 1932 by the Lawrence brothers, Russell E. and E. George. The college was located in Highland Park on Woodward Avenue until 1955, when the first building opened on this campus. Lawrence Tech, founded as an undergraduate . . . — — Map (db m34596) HM
On Evergreen Road at Boardwalk Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Evergreen Road.
The land upon which you stand was generously donated by a very remarkable woman, Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson. Her great-grandparents and grandparents were pioneer settlers of Southfield Township. During a time when it was rare for a woman to . . . — — Map (db m110137) HM
On Evergreen Road at Boardwalk Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Evergreen Road.
Educator Mary E. Thompson (1871-1967) grew up in this house, which was built sometime between 1842 and 1864. She was considered "a woman of superior native ability" by the dean of pedagogy at New York University where she received a doctorate in . . . — — Map (db m110177) HM
Near Evergreen Road at Boardwalk Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
So that all citizens of the City of Southfield will remember, this plaque is placed in memory of Mary Thompson, for her unselfish dedicated service to this community, for her decision to sell the land to the city where now stands our most beautiful . . . — — Map (db m110263) HM
On Evergreen Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Covenanter Church
Southfield Reformed Presbyterian Church
In 1834, Scots-Irish pioneer settlers from New York established the Church in Southfield Township. The Reverend James Neill served as the first pastor from 1842 until . . . — — Map (db m144087) HM