Eber B. Ward, pioneer industrialist in many fields, built the Eureka Iron Works in Wyandotte in 1854. Here iron ore from Upper Michigan was smelted into iron in furnaces that were heated by charcoal made from wood cut in surrounding forests. Here in . . . — — Map (db m189317) HM
Thriving businesses, from variety stores to an undertaker, crowded along Biddle Avenue from Eureka to Sycamore
in this photograph from about 1910.
From the left, they are Little Dry
Goods, Gettleman's 5 & 10 Bazaar, Genthe
Grocery, H. . . . — — Map (db m189319) HM
When Eber Ward planned for the creation of his Eureka Iron Works on
this site in 1854, he also planned for the
creation of the village of Wyandotte.
This building, at the southeast corner
of Biddle and Elm, was built in 1860 to
serve as . . . — — Map (db m189304) HM
From 1880 to 1940, Wyandotte's first central fire station stood on this corner.
The building shown in the smaller image also
housed the jail, council chambers, courtroom
and public library. The two-story brick building had a mansard style . . . — — Map (db m189303) HM
Ford-MacNichol Home
Built in 1896
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m171136) HM
When travelers stepped off the train or streetcar and inquired about decent accommodations, they were directed to the Hotel Arlington. From 1884 to about 1919, the Arlington occupied this building.
The guest list from one week in September . . . — — Map (db m189299) HM
In 1886, through the efforts of the Marx Family estate, the first building for the exclusive use of theatrical entertainment was erected in Wyandotte. Named the Marx Opera House, it was located on Biddle Avenue between Maple and Sycamore . . . — — Map (db m189315) HM
In 1895, brothers James, John and George Melody built this two story
double storefront building and opened one
of the first department stores in the region.
Spacious and elegant, with oak floors and
tin ceilings, it stocked the latest . . . — — Map (db m189302) HM
Side A
On October 17, 1890, Captain John Baptiste Ford (1811-1903) purchased this property along the Detroit River. He established the Michigan Alkali Company here in 1893. Ford had financial interests in several glass companies, and he . . . — — Map (db m99946) HM
In 1905, with only $85.00 in capital,
20-year-old Archibald Burdett Milkins
opened a jewelry store on Biddle Avenue,
just south of Eureka. In 1914, the store relocated to the Marx Theater building, a block
north. Finally, in 1919, the . . . — — Map (db m189313) HM
"Dime stores" were variety stores that originally sold items for ten cents or
less. Through the 20th century, Biddle Avenue supported several dime stores including
Kresge's, Woolworth's, and Ruby Stores,
but best remembered is Neisner . . . — — Map (db m189312) HM
From 1871 to 1922, this stretch of land along the Detroit River was the site
of a major shipbuilding industry. In 1918,
when ship construction increased during
World War I, the Detroit Shipbuilding Co.
built this structure to house its . . . — — Map (db m189326) HM
This block has been an essential part of Wyandotte's business district since the 1860's. The structure at 2922 Biddle
was built in the 1880's, but wasn't given its
Old World German faηade until after 1900.
In the 19th Century, this was . . . — — Map (db m189301) HM
In 1871, Eber Ward, who had earlier
founded the Eureka Iron Co., was instrumental
in building a large shipbuilding facility on the
Detroit River between Pine and Orchard streets.
Over the next 51 years, renowned marine
architect Frank . . . — — Map (db m189327) HM
With the vision of universal freedom for all mankind this tree is dedicated to
PFC. Gregory Rea Benton, Jr.
and all prisoners of war and missing in action
1973 — — Map (db m189756) WM
3225 Biddle Avenue, has undergone transformative changes
over the last 300 years. In the 1730's, this land was a forested area on the
outskirts of a small Wyandot Indian village named Monguagon. Beginning
in 1818, pioneers established farms . . . — — Map (db m189321) WM
The intersection of streets sometimes results in a triangular bit of land
that's too small or too irregular to utilize in
the usual ways.
The photograph shows this site at
Biddle and First about 1912. Except for a
drinking fountain, the . . . — — Map (db m189311) HM
The Wyandot were a North American Indian people descended from the aboriginal inhabitants of the Ontario Peninsula, between present day Niagara, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. The ancient name for more than a dozen Iriquoian speaking tribes of this . . . — — Map (db m66259) HM
From 1879 to 1928 the Thomas family operated a pharmacy at 2948 Biddle Avenue.
Before 1914, there were few laws regulating the sale of drugs. The shelves of drugstores
were stocked with odd shaped bottles with
curious labels holding . . . — — Map (db m189309) HM
Dedicated to all citizen's of the United States of
America who advocate freedom, that we may
share in the days of peace.
Some Gave All
All Gave Some — — Map (db m189575) WM
Erected in respectful memory of the Wyandott Indians who came to southeastern Michigan in 1702 and, in the early 1730's built the village of Maquaqua on what is now the site of the City of Wyandotte.
This memorial was commissioned by the . . . — — Map (db m189461) HM
Rest easy, sleep well my brothers. Know the line has held, your job is done. Rest easy, sleep well. Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held. Peace, peace. and farewell... Richard Hollingsworth Jan. 9, 1966 Christopher Johnson June . . . — — Map (db m66346) WM
Erected by the Citizens of Wyandotte in Memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great World War 1914 - 1918 Edward C. Headman Oscar H. Pietraschke Herbert E. Czaddach Boleslaw Gutowski Samuel J. Frankhouse Joseph A. . . . — — Map (db m66345) WM
In Memoriam Dedicated by the citizens of Wyandotte in grateful memory of those of this community who gave the last full measure of devotion in the cause of freedom
Abbate, Vincent G. Amo, Glenn Joseph Assenmacher, Frank G. Barber, William . . . — — Map (db m66347) WM
