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Michigan Historical Commission Historical Markers
Markers of the Michigan state historical markers program administered by the Michigan Historical Commission and its predecessors.
By Bernard Fisher, August 18, 2011
Michigan at Perryville Marker (side 2)
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Hays Mays Road 0.6 miles east of Whites Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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(side 1)
Among the 61,000 Union soldiers who at the Battle of Perryville ended Confederate attempts to gain control of Kentucky were six Michigan units. The most heavily engaged of these were Coldwater’s Loomis Battery (Battery A of the . . . — — Map (db m46357) HM |
| On Battlefield Memorial Highway (U.S. 421) 0.1 miles south of General Nelson Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
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(Obverse Side)
Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
During the Civil War more than three thousand men served in Michigan's First Regiment of Artillery. The twelve batteries saw action in both major theaters. Unlike in infantry . . . — — Map (db m66937) HM |
| On Tebbs Bend Road 0.2 miles west of New Columbia Road (Kentucky Route 55), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Side 1
During the first week of July 1863, while the people of the North and the South focused their attention on Gettysburg and Vicksburg, five Michigan companies defended the bridge across the Green River here at Tebbs Bend. They were . . . — — Map (db m99030) HM |
| On Reno Monument Road at the Appalachian Trail, on the right when traveling west on Reno Monument Road. |
| | More than 90,000 Michigan men served in the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War. The 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered at the Detroit Barracks in August 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Withington. The regiment . . . — — Map (db m158389) HM |
| On Campbell Street west of State Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1870, across from the township hall, Greenbush School is one of Alcona County’s pioneer schools. It remained a part of the Alcona County educational system until 1947. The school began with twenty-five students, kindergarten through eighth . . . — — Map (db m121967) HM |
| Near State Highway 28 1 mile east of Arbutus Street (Autrain Forest Lake Road), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Le lac supérieur the French called it, meaning only that geographically it lay above Lake Huron. In size, however, Lake Superior stands above all other freshwater lakes in the world. The intrepid Frenchman Brulé discovered it around 1622. . . . — — Map (db m41968) HM |
| On Chestnut Street at Hubbard Street, on the right when traveling south on Chestnut Street. |
| | Allegan County's name was coined by the noted student of the Indians, Henry Schoolcraft. The county was set off in 1831 and organized in 1835. Settlement of the county seat, Allegan, was promoted in 1835 by eastern capitalists who were attracted by . . . — — Map (db m69891) HM |
| On Walnut Street at Hubbard Street, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street. |
| | On June 15, 1858, the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd was organized; its parish was admitted into the Diocese of Michigan two years later. Built in 1866-69, this Gothic structure was designed by Gordon W. Lloyd and first used for Divine . . . — — Map (db m69890) HM |
| On State Street (2nd Street) south of Brady Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This simply ornamented wrought-iron bridge was built in 1886. It replaced an earlier wooden one that had begun to fall into disrepair. Designed by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio, the double-intersection Pratt truss . . . — — Map (db m69901) HM |
| On Center Street at Mixer Street, on the left when traveling east on Center Street. |
| | Side 1
In 1866, faced with the growth of what were then the separate villages of Douglas and Dudleyville, Saugatauk Township Districts No. 3 and 4 merged forming Union District No. 3. The Douglas Union School opened for classes in . . . — — Map (db m45325) HM |
| On Center Street at Union Street, on the left when traveling east on Center Street. |
| | Dutcher Lodge No. 193
Masons from Douglas, Fennville, and Saugatauk chartered Dutcher Lodge No. 193 on January 19, 1867. From 1867 to 1870 they held meetings in a building owned by Worshipful Master Thomas Dutcher. In 1875, the western . . . — — Map (db m45393) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive south of 123rd Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Surveyed in 1839, the village of Pier Cove was once hailed as "the busiest port between St. Joseph and Muskegon." Before the Civil War, Pier Cove was a bustling community and a major point for lumber distribution, with ships departing daily carrying . . . — — Map (db m73498) HM |
| Near Old Allegan Road 0.3 miles east of 58th Street. |
| | Spanning the Kalamazoo River, this 422-foot bridge is one of Michigan’s longest pony truss highway bridges, and among the oldest surviving swing bridges in the United States. The Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Company fabricated the $5,000 structure, . . . — — Map (db m73574) HM |
| On 38th Street 0.3 miles north of 144th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A Dutch settlement known as Oakland sprang up in this area about a decade after the founding of nearby Holland in 1847. Many residents worshipped with the Vriesland and Drenthe congregations until they formed their own churches. One group, North . . . — — Map (db m73681) HM |
| On Ottogan Street (E. 32nd Street) 0.2 miles east of 52nd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Members of the First Reformed Church in Holland founded this congregation in 1866 to provide a place of worship for the settlers living southeast of town. Heavy immigration from the Netherlands prompted this move. The Dutch language was used . . . — — Map (db m73682) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles south of 146th Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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(Side One)
Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. V. Raalte. In June of that year a separate group of seventy . . . — — Map (db m73685) HM |
| On 142nd Avenue 0.1 miles west of Beeline Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Laketown Township was settled by Dutch immigrants who arrived in the area in 1847. Originally part of Newark Township, Laketown was set off in 1858 and named for its proximity to Lake Michigan. Officials did not have a meeting hall until 1884 when . . . — — Map (db m73641) HM |
| On E. 147th Avenue (E. 40th Street) 0.5 miles east of S. Waverly Road (54th Street), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The main portion of this building was the residence of George N. Smith, a Congregational missionary to the Indians in this area and at Waukazoo's Village on nearby Lake Macatawa. The mission was named after an Indian convert. Built in 1844-45 by . . . — — Map (db m73683) HM |
| On E. Allegan Street (State Highway 89) east of N. Fair Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Otsego Methodist Church was organized in 1842 and served by a traveling minister. The first church was built on this site in 1847. On December 22, 1889, over 900 townspeople attended the dedication of the present church. Many donated money . . . — — Map (db m69960) HM |
| On 142nd Avenue at 47th Street, on the right when traveling east on 142nd Avenue. |
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(Side One)
Overisel
Seeking religious liberty and better economic opportunity in a new land, the Reverend Seine Bolks and a congregation of about two dozen families, left Hellendoorn, Province of Overisel, The Netherlands, on . . . — — Map (db m73646) HM |
| On Grand Street at Hoffman Street, on the left when traveling north on Grand Street. |
| | All Saints Episcopal Church An Episcopal parish was organized in Saugatauk on All Saints Day, November 1, 1868. Services were held at various locations until 1873. In 1871 the parish purchased property. Detroit architect Gordon W. Lloyd . . . — — Map (db m45324) HM |
| Near Shore Acres Drive 0.2 miles west of 138th Avenue. |
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Chicago inventor and businessman Dorr Felt built this house as a summer home for his wife, Agnes. Felt held numerous patents, mostly notably for the Comptometer, the first machine to do complex calculations. In 1919 Felt purchased more than 750 . . . — — Map (db m73640) HM |
| On Hoffman Street at Griffith Street, on the left when traveling east on Hoffman Street. |
| | On January 11, 1860, eight years before Saugatuck was incorporated as a village, a council of area Congregational leaders met in the Pine Grove schoolhouse and organized a church. During the summer the congregation built a church on this site, which . . . — — Map (db m45457) HM |
| On Culver Street at Griffith Street, on the right when traveling west on Culver Street. |
| | Roger E. Reed, whose father was a blacksmith and carriage maker, built this structure in 1905. The front of the building housed an office and carriages, while the back was a stable of 25 stalls. Here travelers boarded stages bound for Holland, Grand . . . — — Map (db m45238) HM |
| Near Park Street north of Van Dalson Street. |
| | The village of Saugatuck built this structure in 1904
to house the community’s first water pumps. The
building’s construction cost about $720.
The pumps were part of a water system designed by
John W. Alvord, an engineer from Chicago. The
two . . . — — Map (db m154313) HM |
| On Butler Street at Culver Street, on the left when traveling north on Butler Street. |
| | Beneath the sands near the mouth of the Kalamazoo River lies the site of Singapore, one of Michigan's most famous ghost towns. Founded in the 1830's by New York land speculators, who hoped it would rival Chicago or Milwaukee as a lake port, . . . — — Map (db m45269) HM |
| On Old Allegan Road 0.1 miles west of New Richmond Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When Allegan county was organized in 1835, the only road from the interior to Lake Michigan followed an Indian Trail along the Kalamazoo River. In 1838 Ralph Mann of Connecticut was supervising improvements at the short-lived town of Richmond. He . . . — — Map (db m73603) HM |
| On S. Main Street at Pine Street, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
| | Upon her death in April 1899, Julia Robinson Henika bequeathed two thousand dollars to the Wayland Ladies Library Association for construction of a library building. Her husband George H. Henika, and mother, Mary Forbes, later donated additional . . . — — Map (db m73679) HM |
| On North First Avenue north of Park Place, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Located on the Government Square, City Hall remains one of Alpena’s most prominent structures. In 1904 when the city council chose to construct the building of Bedford (Indiana) limestone rather than local limestone or concrete from Alpena’s . . . — — Map (db m121900) HM |
| On West Chisholm Street (U.S. 23) south of South Ninth Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "Alpena has blazed a new trail in construction," architect William H. Kuni of Detroit declared at the opening of the Alpena County Courthouse on October 21, 1935. Calling it "the first monolithic building erected in a cold climate," Kuni designed . . . — — Map (db m66795) HM |
| On West Chisholm Street (U.S. 23) south of South 5th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1861 Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) trod through snow and icy waters from Sault Ste. Marie to Alpena where he founded a Catholic church. However, it was not until 1866 that Father Patrick Murray became the first resident pastor of the church . . . — — Map (db m121899) HM |
| On Center Road (U.S. 23) at North George Street, on the right when traveling east on Center Road. |
| | This churchlike white frame structure with its graceful cupola was built in 1890 as the second Arenac County Courthouse. The first courthouse on this site burned the previous year. Omer had been a part of Bay
County until Arenac was organized in . . . — — Map (db m70969) HM |
| Near U.S. 41 0.1 miles north of Plains Cut-off Road. |
| | This region's history is long and rich. Father Ménard, the Jesuit missionary, wintered near what is now L'Anse in 1660-1661. Near here Father Baraga set up his mission in 1843. He and the head of the neighboring Methodist mission, the Rev. J. . . . — — Map (db m76282) HM |
| On West State Street just east of South Broadway Street (State Highway 37), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Barry County, organized in 1839, was named after U.S. Postmaster General William Barry. Hastings, the county seat, was platted in 1836 and chartered as a village in 1855. The present courthouse was completed in 1892. A newspaper was published here . . . — — Map (db m150276) HM |
| On West State Street just west of South Church Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | (north side) Kim Sigler (1894-1953), a native of Schuyler, Nebraska, received his law degree from the University of Detroit in 1918. While attending law school, Sigler worked at Henry Ford’s Highland Park plant. He first practiced law in . . . — — Map (db m150275) HM |
| On East Woodlawn Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On April 5, 1885, the Michigan Mutual Tornado, Cyclone, and Windstorm Insurance Company became the first mutual windstorm company incorporated by the state of Michigan. Starting in a one-room office above Grant's store, the company occupied and . . . — — Map (db m33250) HM |
| On North Water Street 0 miles south of Center Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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When Bay City's sawmills opened in 1885, mill owners notified workers that wages would be 12 to 25 percent lower than in 1884. On July 6, 1885, Bay City millhands began to walk off the job. Their slogan, "Ten Hours or No Sawdust," . . . — — Map (db m33693) HM |
| On Center Avenue (State Highway 25) at North Madison Avenue (State Highway 25), on the right when traveling east on Center Avenue. |
| | Center Avenue presents one of the most spectacular displays of late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential architecture in Michigan. Between 1870 and 1940 Bay City's prominent citizens favored Center Avenue as "the" place to live. Early . . . — — Map (db m33961) HM |
| On Center Avenue (State Highway 25) at North Jackson Street, on the right when traveling west on Center Avenue. |
| | Side 1
In 1848, James G. Birney and his wife led Bay City's earliest Presbyterian services in a schoolhouse. Birney, an elder in the church, twice ran unsuccessfully for president on the antislavery ticket. The Reverend Lucius Root organized . . . — — Map (db m33696) HM |
| On Westside Saginaw Road (State Highway 84) at Ziegler Road, on the right when traveling north on Westside Saginaw Road. |
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Frankenlust
One of four colonies in Michigan settled by people from Franconia, Germany, Frankenlust was founded by Pastor Ferdinand Sievers and fourteen immigrants who established Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in June 1848. On July . . . — — Map (db m138097) HM |
| On Center Avenue (State Highway 25) at North Grant Street, on the right when traveling west on Center Avenue. |
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Trinity Church
Trinity Church grew from a small group of settlers served by Episcopal missionaries beginning around 1842. Church records credit William and Ann Fitzhugh with founding the church. On March 4, 1854, . . . — — Map (db m33912) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) north of Traverse Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
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In 1858, in what was then a remote wilderness, the Rev. Charles E. Bailey and four families from his Ohio Congregational parish founded Benzonia colony. It was to be an "educational Christian colony" modeled after the earlier Congregational . . . — — Map (db m97478) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) north of Traverse Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Historian, author, editor, Bruce Catton (1899-1978) is best known for his two Civil War trilogies -- The Army of the Potomac and The Centennial History of the Civil War. Born in Petoskey, Catton spent most of his childhood in Benzonia, . . . — — Map (db m97480) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) north of Traverse Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
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This building was a girls dormitory erected in 1909 for the Benzonia Academy. Named Mills Cottage in honor of the Reverend Harlow S. Mills, pastor of Benzonia Congregational Church from 1896 to 1916, it became property of that church when the . . . — — Map (db m97479) HM |
| On 2nd Street south of Father Marquette Circle, on the left when traveling south. |
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On May 18, 1675, Father Jacques Marquette, the great Jesuit missionary and explorer, died and was buried by two French companions somewhere along the Lake Michigan shore of the lower peninsula. Marquette had been returning to his mission at St. . . . — — Map (db m97466) HM |
| On East Britain Avenue at Eastman Avenue, on the left when traveling west on East Britain Avenue. |
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(Obverse Side)
Israelite House of David
Based on the teachings of the Christian Israelite tradition begun by Joanna Southcott in England in 1792. Benjamin and Mary Purnell founded the House of David communal religious community in . . . — — Map (db m64809) HM |
| Near Territorial Road 0.2 miles east of North Crystal Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Because of Lake Michigan's moderating effect, a narrow coastal strip from Indiana to Grand Traverse Bay, 300 miles north, is blessed by a climate uniquely suited to fruit growing. This fact was observed by the 1840's when peaches already were being . . . — — Map (db m64812) HM |
| On Territorial Road 0.1 miles east of Paw Paw Ave., on the left when traveling east. |
| | This house built in 1849, by Eleazar Morton and his son Henry, was occupied until 1936 by four generations of Mortons. The oak-framed barn was built in 1840. Members of the Morton family, pioneers in this area, were prominent in Benton Harbor's . . . — — Map (db m43844) HM |
| On JN Andrews Boulevard at Old US 31 (Michigan Highway 139), on the right when traveling north on JN Andrews Boulevard. |
| | This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien Springs in 1901 where its name was changed to . . . — — Map (db m64917) HM |
| On North Cass Street (State Highway 139) at West Union Street, on the right when traveling south on North Cass Street. |
| | This building, a fine example of the Greek Revival style, was designed by Gilbert B. Avery in 1838. James Lewis, the contractor, agreed to complete the building by April, 1839. Built almost entirely of whitewood, the courthouse has hand-hewn timbers . . . — — Map (db m64918) HM |
| On Pokagon Road at State Highway 140, on the right when traveling east on Pokagon Road. |
| | In 1857 Protestants of different denominations established a church and cemetery on property purchased from Zera and Eliza Wright. They dedicated the Greek Revival-style Union Church on July 4, 1858. The denominations held services on alternating . . . — — Map (db m64939) HM |
| On East Betrand Road near Bond Street. |
| | Nearby French and English trading posts were known as parc aux vaches or “cowpens” for the wild buffalo once found here. Joseph Bertrand, an early trader, married the daughter of a Potawatomi chief and through her acquired land in . . . — — Map (db m1604) HM |
| Near Adams Road 0.3 miles north of State Line Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Known as Parc aux Vaches, or “cow pasture,” this area was named by the French for the wild buffalo that once grazed here. Two major Indian trails crossed here: the Sauk Trail, also called the old Chicago Trail, which linked Detroit and . . . — — Map (db m64552) HM |
| Near Madaline Street 0.1 miles west of Adams Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Here, in 1837, in the then flourishing settlement of Bertrand, a fine brick church, dedicated to St. Joseph, was built to serve the Catholics of this area. In this church, on September 8, 1844, the habit of the Sisters of the Holy Cross was given . . . — — Map (db m64931) HM |
| On East Front Street west of Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Commerce and Industry have characterized the Buchanan Downtown Historic District since mill owner Charles Cowles settled here in the 1830s. McCoy's Creek supplied millraces for fifteen mills. The circa 1840 Day and Hamilton Race supported William . . . — — Map (db m155293) HM |
| On Orange Road 0.2 miles south of West Chicago Road, on the right when traveling south. |
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(Side 1)
Persuaded by reports of good land from the Reverend John Seybert, Bishop of the Ohio Conference, the Jacob and David Rough families came to Portage Prairie from Pennsylvania in the spring of 1849. In 1851 they organized the Zion . . . — — Map (db m64835) HM |
| On Lakeshore Road at Park Drive, on the right when traveling north on Lakeshore Road. |
| | Known as Ames Grove, this property served as a picnic ground and recreation area beginning in the 1880s. John Aylesworth purchased the property in 1901 and opened the Lakeside Inn in this building as early as 1915. The hotel once had its own zoo and . . . — — Map (db m64830) HM |
| | The nation’s first Highway Travel Information center opened on May 4, 1935, on US-12 at New Buffalo, not far from here. Other states followed Michigan’s lead, and by 1985 there were 251 travel information centers across the nation. The New Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m1593) HM |
| On North Whittaker Street 0.2 miles north of East Water Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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At the turn of the twentieth century, deep ruts and sand made West Michigan roads nearly impassable. In 1911 the West Michigan Lakeshore Highway Association was founded to promote the construction of the first improved highway . . . — — Map (db m60839) HM |
| On Ferry Street near North 6th Street. |
| | Constructed in 1867 at a cost of nearly $3,000, the Ferry Street School opened in January, 1868 as Niles’s school for “colored children.” In 1870 the Niles school system was integrated, and this facility closed. It reopened as an . . . — — Map (db m1635) HM |
| On South Bond St. near Fort Street. |
| | The French fort built here in 1691 controlled southern Michigan’s principal Indian trade routes. Missionaries and fur traders were here already. The fort became a British outpost in 1761. Two years later it was one of the forts seized by Indians . . . — — Map (db m1628) HM |
| On East Main Street (Business U.S. 12) near 4th Street. |
| | The Four Flags Hotel opened with much fanfare on July 6, 1926. The newly formed Niles Hotel Corporation had raised $350,000 to build a hotel on the site of the Pike House hostelry. Chicago architect Charles W. Nicol designed the hotel, which was . . . — — Map (db m1629) HM |
| | John and Horace Dodge.
Auto barons John (1864–1920) and Horace (1868–1920) Dodge were born and raised in Niles. During the 1830s, their grandfather, Ezekiel, had migrated from Massachusetts to Niles, where he ran a steam engine . . . — — Map (db m1707) HM |
| On Old US 31 (State Highway 139) 0.3 miles south of Ullery Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | John Johnson Sr. donated property for this cemetery in 1838. His son Samuel had been buried on the land in 1835. John Johnson Jr. was among the township's first white settlers. The Johnsons and many pioneers are buried here. All but 20 of the 211 . . . — — Map (db m64953) HM |
| Near Dey Street east of N. 5th Street (Michigan Highway 51), on the right when traveling east. |
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(Obverse Side)
Michigan Central Railroad Depot
This Richardsonian Romanesque-style depot was constructed in 1892 by the Michigan Central Railroad Company. Seeking to create a lasting impression of Michigan for passengers . . . — — Map (db m68480) HM |
| On Pucker Street at Chapel Road, on the right when traveling north on Pucker Street. |
| | The local Methodist Episcopal Society, the oldest Methodist society in Berrien Township, was organized in 1840. In 1846 it voted to name its church in honor of Bishop Thomas A. Morris, then the head of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Michigan. . . . — — Map (db m64952) HM |
| On Bond Street north of Fort Street. |
| | Sportswriter, humorist, sardonic observer of the American scene, Ring Lardner was born in the house across the street on March 6, 1885. Possibly the best-known American author in the 1920s, he began his career writing sketches of sporting events for . . . — — Map (db m1632) HM |
| On South Lincoln Avenue (Business U.S. 12) near Clay Street. |
| | The Roman Catholic Church in Niles traces its origin to the Indian Mission established at nearby Fort St. Joseph in the late 1600’s. Reestablished at Bertrand, three miles south of Niles, in the 1830s, the mission moved into town in 1849 and was . . . — — Map (db m1606) HM |
| On Ferry Street near North 5th Street (Michigan Highway 51). |
| | In 1851 the Reverends J.W. Hackley and D.G. Lett organized the Second Baptist Church under the Anti-Slavery Baptist Association. The first of four churches—a log building—was erected on the southeast corner of Sixth and Ferry streets. In . . . — — Map (db m1607) HM |
| | The Chapin House.
This Queen Anne style house, completed in 1884, was the Henry A. Chapin family home until 1902. In 1932, when the City of Niles bought the property at auction for $300, the Chapin children stipulated that it be used only for . . . — — Map (db m1706) HM |
| On South Fourth Street near Broadway Street. |
| | This is the oldest existing church structure in Niles, located in the oldest Episcopal parish in the Diocese of Western Michigan. The first Episcopal service in Niles was conducted by Bishop Philander Chase in 1832. The parish was organized in 1834. . . . — — Map (db m1634) HM |
| | In 1839 circuit riders from Ohio began preaching in Niles, using the barroom of a local hotel. In 1832 nine worshipers formed the Methodist class that grew to be the Wesley United Methodist Church. They dedicated their first house of worship in . . . — — Map (db m1605) HM |
| On Sodus Parkway at South Pipestone Road, on the right when traveling east on Sodus Parkway. |
| | In 1854 Robert Hogue (1846-1905) migrated from Pennsylvania to Pipestone Township with his family. At age seventeen, he began teaching in a local school. He attended Adrian College, later graduating from the University of Michigan before he resumed . . . — — Map (db m64868) HM |
| On Langley Avenue at Miller Drive, on the right when traveling north on Langley Avenue. |
| | William Burnett, an American patriot from New Jersey, established a trading post on the bank of the St. Joseph River immediately east of this point between 1775 and 1782. He was the first permanent white resident of this area. He married Kakima, . . . — — Map (db m64855) HM |
| On Lake Boulevard at Ship Street, on the right when traveling south on Lake Boulevard. |
| | Here in November 1679, on the Miami River, as the St. Joseph was then called, La Salle, the French explorer built a fort as a base for his western explorations. Here he awaited the Griffin, the upper lakes' first ship. When the ill-fated vessel did . . . — — Map (db m64837) HM |
| On State Street at Sutherland Street, on the left when traveling south on State Street. |
| | During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, local river captains, mill owners, merchants and other professionals built homes in this neighborhood. Over one hundred of their homes remain. They exemplify popular architectural styles . . . — — Map (db m64856) HM |
| Near East Central Avenue near North Elm Street. |
| | This cannon, captured in the Spanish-American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1,400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine. This was the largest contribution, per capita, of any community in the . . . — — Map (db m1603) HM |
| On Lakeshore Road at Apple Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Lakeshore Road. |
| | Built in 1924 by Louis and Lena Gordon, and expanded four years later, Gordon Beach Inn was the centerpiece of the Jewish resort subdivision of the same name. The Gordons operated the inn for a decade before losing it during the Great Depression. . . . — — Map (db m64829) HM |
| On North Matteson Street at York Street, on the left when traveling north on North Matteson Street. |
| | The Bronson library originated in the early 1880s as the Ladies Library Association. In 1888 the township assumed ownership. Built with funds donated by steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie, the Classical Revival Bronson Public Library opened on May 23, . . . — — Map (db m64550) HM |
| On West Chicago Road (U.S. 12) 0.4 miles east of Prairie River Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | One of the great routes for the pioneers coming west was the Chicago Road. The survey of the road began at Detroit in 1825 and followed closely the Sauk Trail which Indians had marked and traveled for centuries before the coming of the white man. . . . — — Map (db m64549) HM |
| On Division Street at East Pearl Street, on the right when traveling north on Division Street. |
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(Obverse Side)
Branch County
Branch County, named for John Branch, President Andrew Jackson's secretary of the navy, was one of thirteen counties established by the Michigan Territorial Legislature in 1829. The village of Branch, . . . — — Map (db m66759) HM |
| On Marshall Street (Old U.S. 27) at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Marshall Street. |
| | Organized in 1837, the same year that Coldwater became a village, the local Presbyterian society held services in various quarters until 1844 when it erected its first church. It completed the present Romanesque Revival-style brick church in 1869 at . . . — — Map (db m122218) HM |
| On Division Street (Old U.S. 27) at East Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Division Street. |
| | On this site lived Cyrus Gray Luce, twenty-seventh Governor of Michigan. Born in Ohio in 1824, he moved to Branch County about 1849. He soon became involved in township, local and state politics, serving on the Board of Agriculture, in the . . . — — Map (db m66760) HM |
| On East Chicago Street (U.S. 12) at North Hudson Street, on the right when traveling west on East Chicago Street. |
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H.C. Lewis Art Gallery
Businessman Henry Clay Lewis and his wife, Alma, built the original part of this structure in 1869 to house their extensive art collection and make it available to the public. The Italianate building complimented the . . . — — Map (db m103503) HM |
| Near Airport Drive at Airview Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
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(Front Side)
According to a long-standing Quimby family tradition, early aviatrix Harriet Quimby was born in the Coldwater area on May 1, 1875, to Ursula (Cook) and William Quimby. She spent her childhood in Arcadia, Michigan, and Arroyo . . . — — Map (db m67528) HM |
| On East Chicago Street (U.S. 12) at Division Street (Old U.S. 27), on the right when traveling east on East Chicago Street. |
| | The first formal step toward the founding of a state library association was taken by Mary A. Eddy, of the Coldwater Free Public Library, in a letter to Henry M. Utley of the Detroit Public Library on January 13, 1891. They had discussed this matter . . . — — Map (db m66717) HM |
| Near Marshall Road 0.3 miles north of State Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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State Public School at Coldwater
In 1871 the Michigan legislature authorized the building of a special state public school to furnish temporary support and instruction for dependent and neglected children between the ages of four and . . . — — Map (db m68976) HM |
| On East Chicago Street (U.S. 12) at Marshall Street (Old U.S. 27), on the left when traveling east on East Chicago Street. |
| | Potawatomie Indians ceded Coldwater Prairie to the United States in 1827. The Indians called it “Chuck-sew-ya-bish,” meaning “cold spring water.” Coldwater is located at the junction of Old Sauk and Fort Wayne Indian trails. . . . — — Map (db m65858) HM |
| On South Jefferson Street at East Pearl Street, on the right when traveling north on South Jefferson Street. |
| | This impressive Second Empire style home with mansard roof was constructed in 1875 for Jay M. Chandler (1850-1884) and his young bride Frances. On this site from 1847-1871 had stood the Parrish flouring mill. Jay, the fourth son of locally prominent . . . — — Map (db m66761) HM |
| On Marshall Road (Old U.S. 27) 0.1 miles south of East Girard Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Methodists held the first religious services in Girard Township. Organized in 1832 by the Reverend Ezekiel Gavit, a circuit rider, the congregation met in homes and a school until a church was built in 1844. When that structure burned in 1887 it was . . . — — Map (db m65812) HM |
| On N. Main Street 0.1 miles north of W. Chicago Street (U.S. 12), on the left when traveling north. |
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In 1906 Quincy businessman Charles W. Bennett and steel entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie both offered to build a library in Quincy Township. Carnegie required that the township provide the land and name the building after him. . . . — — Map (db m66774) HM |
| On North Broadway Street 0.1 miles north of Allen Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On March 7, 1837, the Reverend Calvin Clark of Homer led sixteen people in organizing the First Congregational Church of Union City. The congregation is likely the oldest of this denomination in the state. This Romanesque Revival building dates from . . . — — Map (db m65805) HM |
| On Coldwater Street 0.1 miles east of Crane Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On March 17, 1847, the Union City Iron Company was incorporated with leading citizens of the town as stockholders. The company was formed to produce iron from the bog and kidney iron ore deposits in Union and neighboring townships. A furnace was . . . — — Map (db m65808) HM |
| On Ellen Street at Ann Street, on the right when traveling west on Ellen Street. |
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During 1836-37, cabinetmaker David Hull led the organization of the township's first religious society. Circuit-riding ministers held services for Union City's fledgling Methodist congregation on alternate Sundays. The group . . . — — Map (db m65806) HM |
| On East Michigan Avenue (State Highway 99) at North Ingham Street, on the right when traveling east on East Michigan Avenue. |
| | Methodists obtained a charter for Spring Arbor Seminary from the Territorial Council of Michigan in March, 1835. Later the institution was established in Albion on land donated by Jesse Crowell, a leading Albion pioneer and benefactor. In 1841 the . . . — — Map (db m27744) HM |
| On East Michigan Avenue (State Highway 99) at College Court, on the left when traveling east on East Michigan Avenue. |
| | "The Old Rugged Cross," one of the world's best-loved hymns, was composed here in 1912 by the Rev. George Bennard (1873-1958). The son of an Ohio coal miner, Bennard was a lifelong servant of God, chiefly in the Methodist ministry. He wrote the . . . — — Map (db m27745) HM |
| | It was in the spring of 1911 that two freshmen at Albion College, Byron D. Stokes and F. Dudleigh Vernor, wrote the words and music for a song they called "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." The song made a hit with their fraternity brothers, and . . . — — Map (db m27742) HM |
| On East Porter Street at South Monroe Street, on the right when traveling west on East Porter Street. |
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In February 1837 the Reverend Calvin Clark, a circuit riding pastor sent by the American Home Missionary Society, met with twenty-four persons and organized the Albion Presbyterian Church. The first church was built in 1840 on the . . . — — Map (db m28378) HM |
| On South Superior Street (State Highway 99), on the right. |
| | Augustus P. Gardner (1817-1905), a wealthy hardware merchant, built this Victorian style house in 1875. A three-story, thirteen-room mansion with a mansard roof, it was Gardner's home until his death in 1905. In 1966, after decades of neglect, the . . . — — Map (db m116148) HM |
| On East Erie Street at South Ionia Street, on the right when traveling east on East Erie Street. |
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On May 13, 1877, the second Sunday of the month, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley stepped into the pulpit of the Methodist-Episcopal Church and completed the sermon for the Reverend Myron Daugherty. According to local legend, Daugherty . . . — — Map (db m27817) HM |
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