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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.
February 21, 2010
The First Home Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On East Erie Street just from Linden Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The first house at what was then known as the "Forks of the Kalamazoo" was erected near this site by Tenney Peabody, a New Yorker. To this cabin with its thatched roof of grass from the banks of the nearby Kalamazoo River, Albion's first settler . . . — — Map (db m27815) HM |
| On East Cass Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Albion College Astronomical Observatory was built in 1883-84 at the urging of Dr. Samuel Dickie, who later became president of the college. Dickie helped raise $10,000 to build and equip the facility. The observatory still harbors its original . . . — — Map (db m27743) HM |
| Near South Avenue just south of East Burnham Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | James S. and Ellen G. White were among the founders of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which was organized in Battle Creek in 1863. Long participants in the Adventist movement, they cam to Battle Creek in 1855 when the . . . — — Map (db m144851) HM |
| | This brick structure with arched windows and a decorative cornice was built in 1876, five years after Homer incorporated as a village. A fire station, jail, and city offices initially occupied the building which is located in the center of the . . . — — Map (db m78879) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the township. His was the first family to locate in the . . . — — Map (db m28398) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Presto-Change-O! From saloon to billiard parlor, to clothing store, to bakery, to museum, this edifice, built in 1868, has known many transformations. Since April Fools' Day 1978 it has housed a unique collection that celebrates the magician's arts . . . — — Map (db m28371) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Gorham (1812-1901) came to Marshall in 1836 from New York State. First a merchant, he became a banker and in 1865 organized the First National Bank of Marshall, now the Michigan National Bank. He was a defendant in the famous Crosswhite fugitive . . . — — Map (db m28375) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Reverend Thomas Z.R. Jones, a traveling missionary, began visiting the Marshall area in 1838. On January 16, 1840, he helped organize the First Baptist Church of Marshall with eight members. The group erected this church in 1850-51. They . . . — — Map (db m28377) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling east. |
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In 1866 northern Civil War veterans organized the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for veterans' pensions and other benefits. Michigan's first chapter was formed the next year. National membership peaked in 1890 with 409,489 . . . — — Map (db m28380) HM |
| On West Prospect Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front)
Harold Craig Brooks (1885-1978) was Marshall's mayor from 1925 to 1931, patron, and philanthropist. His interest in city beautification set a standard for preservation and adaptive use as early as 1921. He owned and protected more . . . — — Map (db m28382) HM |
| On North Kalamazoo Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Abner Pratt settled in Marshall in 1839 and in the 1850s became Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court. In 1857-59 he was United States Consul to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands. Returning home, he built this house in 1860 to recreate the island . . . — — Map (db m28384) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling east. |
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Howard F. Young (1889-1934), a native of Allegan, designed this Marshall post office building in 1932. Young studied engineering at the University of Michigan and was involved in construction work in Albany, New York, Detroit and . . . — — Map (db m28390) HM |
| On East Green Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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When attorney Isaac E. Crary came to Marshall in 1832 from Connecticut, he became fast friends with another transplanted easterner, the Reverend John D. Pierce. Interested in government and education, these two men in 1834-35 . . . — — Map (db m28391) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Michigan's first congressman lived here from the early 1840s until his death in 1854. Located on lots one and two, original plat, lower village, the house was a wedding gift from his father-in-law, Judge Abner Pratt. Arriving here in 1831, Crary was . . . — — Map (db m28392) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94) at North Eagle Street, on the right when traveling west on Michigan Avenue. |
| | James A. Miner, born in Marshall in 1842, began studying law in Clinton, Iowa, in 1860. Completing his studies in Marshall, he was admitted to the Calhoun County bar in 1863. There he was circuit court commissioner (1866-1870) and prosecuting . . . — — Map (db m28393) HM |
| On West Mansion Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On this foundation stood the log house of the Reverend John D. Pierce. Born in New Hampshire, Pierce moved to Marshall in 1831, where he founded the Congregational church. In 1834 he and Isaac Crary designed Michigan's school system, and from 1836 . . . — — Map (db m28394) HM |
| On Homer Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (Front):
Lieutenant George A. Woodruff (1840-1863) graduated early from West Point because of the start of the Civil War. Young Woodruff served valiantly with the Army of the Potomac. At Gettysburg he was mortally wounded while defending . . . — — Map (db m28395) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue (Business Interstate 94), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded in 1831 by Sidney Ketchum and settles from New York and New England, the town was named in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall. Townsmen Isaac Crary and the Rev. John Pierce planned in 1834 the innovative Michigan public school system. . . . — — Map (db m28450) HM |
| On West Prospect Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front)
This house, built for local attorney Henry W. Taylor and long owned by the Schuyler family, was also home to Mary "Mazie" Miller (1871-1941) and her husband, Craig. An outspoken suffragette and Republican political activist, Miller . . . — — Map (db m28451) HM |
| On North Broadway Street (State Highway 62) at East State Street (State Highway 60), on the right when traveling north on North Broadway Street. |
| | Completed in 1899, this wooden frame building with limestone veneer is the third courthouse to serve Cass County. The Territorial Government of Michigan established the county in 1829 and named it after then Governor Lewis Cass. Two years later . . . — — Map (db m64729) HM |
| On Chain Lake Street 0.6 miles east of Carver Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1830s southern runaway slaves bound for freedom in Canada came into Michigan near Cassopolis. In 1840, Cass County's Quaker community, which provided a haven for the fugitives, became an integral part of the Underground Railroad. Many free . . . — — Map (db m64712) HM |
| On Marcellus Highway 0.2 miles east of Decatur Rd, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Christian Haefner in the 1860s, this house belonged to George Newton, a state legislator. The cupola, projecting eaves, and symmetrically grouped windows distinguish its architecture. This building is located in the 580 acre densely . . . — — Map (db m64730) HM |
| On Middle Crossing Road at Garrett Road, on the right when traveling west on Middle Crossing Road. |
| | Circuit-riding ministers established a Methodist class in Silver Creek Township in 1843. Five families attended the earliest meetings, held in the home of Leroy L. Curtis, the first class leader. In 1844 the Reverend David Whitlock was appointed . . . — — Map (db m64737) HM |
| On School Street at Sink Road, on the right when traveling west on School Street. |
| | Indian Lake Cemetery has been in use since the 1840s and contains the remains of many of the earliest settlers of Silver Creek Township. Many of the community’s first funerals were held in a log schoolhouse immediately to the south of here. In 1852 . . . — — Map (db m75358) HM |
| On Leach Road 0.2 miles north of Topash Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Chief Leopold Pokagon and his tribe of Potawatomi Indians built a log church here in 1838 and deeded the forty acres of land on which it stood to the Catholic Bishop of Detroit. Pokagon, who came to Silver Creek Township from his village outside of . . . — — Map (db m64735) HM |
| On Courtland Street 0.1 miles west of Center Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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(Obverse Side)
St. Paul's Church
Under the leadership of Justus Gage (1805-1875), this structure was built as a Universalist church. Completed at a cost of $3,000, it is Dowagiac's oldest public building. At the time of completion, . . . — — Map (db m64731) HM |
| Near U.S. 12 at Kessington Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This late-Victorian schoolhouse was built in 1874-75. Constructed at a cost of $3,000, it is made of locally manufactured yellow and red brick. The 1882 Cass County History described it as "the best rural schoolhouse in the State." Its two . . . — — Map (db m64644) HM |
| Near Redfield Rd 0.4 miles west of Brush Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The first Methodist church in Milton Township was organized in 1839. The following year, this church was built and named Smith's Chapel to honor Canon Smith, who had contributed generously to the construction of the church. Smith, a native of . . . — — Map (db m64740) HM |
| On Lake Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Lake Street. |
| | In 1831, Luther Humphrey of the American Home Missionary Society organized the Presbyterian Church of Edwardsburg. He described the village as "a few log cabins...standing amongst the bushes and brush." Members worshipped in homes until the chapel . . . — — Map (db m122217) HM |
| On Born Street at Patterson Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Born Street. |
| | In 1835, George Poe (1779-1851) emigrated from Crawford County, Ohio, and settled on land deeded to him by the U.S. government. Within two years he acquired 520 acres of land in Newberg Township. Many members of the Poe family settled in this . . . — — Map (db m64546) HM |
| On Vermont Street at Kansas Street, on the left when traveling south on Vermont Street. |
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(Obverse Side)
Methodist Episcopal Church
Circuit-riding Methodist ministers held religious services in Pokagon Township during the 1830s and 1840s. A class was organized in Sumnerville in 1840. In 1876 the Methodists purchased . . . — — Map (db m64747) HM |
| On Pokagon Highway at Wood Road, on the right when traveling west on Pokagon Highway. |
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(Obverse Side)
Sumnerville Mounds
Between the first and fourth centuries A.D. Hopewell Indians built nine burial mounds near here. The six remaining earthen mounds reflect the Hopewellian culture, which flourished in the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m64742) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 60) at Water Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street. |
| | Vandalia, prior to the Civil War, was the junction of two important "lines" of the "Underground Railroad." Slaves fleeing through Indiana and Illinois came to Cass County, where Quakers and others gave them shelter. Fugitives seeking a refuge in . . . — — Map (db m64724) HM |
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(Side A)
Big Rock Point
Big Rock Point is named for a large boulder used as a landmark by Native Americans. At least as early as the mid-nineteenth century Odawa (Ottawa) Indians used Big Rock, which they called Kitcheossening, as a . . . — — Map (db m97483) HM |
| On Boyne City-Charlevoix Road (County Road 56) east of Lake Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop and draft horses. The store and many early buildings still . . . — — Map (db m98027) HM |
| On South Huron Street south of Court Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This structure served as the Cheboygan County sheriff’s residence and jail from 1880 to 1969. The building originally had seven cells. Faced with overcrowding, the county built an additional sixteen cells in 1912. During the local lumber boom . . . — — Map (db m121800) HM |
| On Court Street east of South Huron Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When Cheboygan County was organized in 1853, the courthouse was located in Duncan (now a part of the city of Cheboygan). In 1860 the county board of supervisors moved the county seat to Inverness Township and purchased this property from Bela . . . — — Map (db m121798) HM |
| Near State Road 0.4 miles west of Michigan Highway 68. |
| | The glaciers of the last Ice Age retreated to the north some 25,000 years ago, leaving behind the lakes that rank as Michigan's most notable geographical feature. Among the state's largest inland lakes is Burt Lake, named after William A. Burt, who, . . . — — Map (db m33247) HM |
| Near North Nicolet Street at North Huron Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
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Fort Michilimackinac
Around 1715 Constant Le Marchand de Lignery established Fort Michilimackinac for the French at the site of a Jesuit mission. During the next fifty years as France and Great Britain struggled for control of the fur trade . . . — — Map (db m131748) HM |
| On North Huron Avenue, on the right when traveling east on North Huron Avenue. |
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Side 1
In 1634 Samuel de Champlain sent Jean Nicolet from Quebec to explore this area and make peace with the Ottawa and Ojibwa Indians. French traders were in the area in 1673, but they left when conflict with the Indians ensued. The . . . — — Map (db m105887) HM |
| On South Huron Avenue south of Mackinaw Crossings Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Mackinaw City Railroad Dock (side 1, marker #707)Before the Mackinac Bridge opened in 1957, ships were the only means of connecting Michigan's peninsulas. During the 1870s, small sailing vessels served as ferries. Steamboats took over . . . — — Map (db m131700) HM |
| Near South Huron Avenue north of Wendell Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Michigan State Ferry System (side 1)
In 1923, in response to increasing automobile traffic, the Michigan Highway Department established the Michigan State Ferry System to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas by transporting travelers . . . — — Map (db m131696) HM |
| Near North Huron Avenue at North Nicolet Street. |
| | This light is opposite the turning point for ships making the difficult passage through the Straits of Mackinac, one of the busiest crossroads of the Great Lakes. McGulpin's Point light, two miles to the west, had been established in 1856, but it . . . — — Map (db m40053) HM |
| Near Old Mackinaw Road 0.2 miles east of U.S. 23. |
| | In 1780 the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac moved to Mackinac Island as a safer location during the American Revolution. Robert Campbell built a sawmill on this site to furnish lumber for the new fort and settlement. His sawmill and dam . . . — — Map (db m59978) HM |
| On Depot Street at East Main Street (County Highway 58), on the right when traveling south on Depot Street. |
| | In 1881, John M. Sanborn surveyed land owned Daniel McKillop and platted the village of Torrey. That year a post office opened here under the name "Wolverine." In 1882 the village was replatted as Wolverine. By the turn of the century, lumbering . . . — — Map (db m138106) HM |
| On M-134 (a.k.a.: South Scenic Road) just west of East Lakewood Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
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Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes shipping. Anticipating increased traffic as a . . . — — Map (db m70781) HM |
| On State Highway 128 near West South River Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Once a thriving hub of pine lumbering, Emerson is now a fishing hamlet. Just one mile south of the mouth of the Tahquamenon River (immortalized in Longfellows poem “Hiawatha”), this settlement overlooks picturesque Whitefish Bay. The . . . — — Map (db m44588) HM |
| On North Whitefish Point Road 0.5 miles north of West North Shore Road. |
| | This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. Early a stopping place for Indians, voyageurs, and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks a course change for ore boats and other . . . — — Map (db m40054) HM |
| On West 5th Street (State Highway 115) at Beech Street, on the right when traveling west on West 5th Street. |
| | Saginaw architect William T. Cooper designed this church in a Greek cross plan. The church, built in 1909, is one of only a few in Michigan that reflect how early twentieth-century Protestants adopted the architecture of the fifth- and sixth-century . . . — — Map (db m98777) HM |
| On U.S. 10/127 0.7 miles north of South Clare Avenue (Business U.S. 127), in the median. |
| | In 1860 State Geologist Alexander Winchell reported that oil and gas deposits lay under Michigan's surface. First commercial production was at Port Huron where 22 wells were drilled, beginning in 1886. Total output was small. Michigan's first oil . . . — — Map (db m136472) HM |
| Near Interstate 96 1.5 miles east of Wright Road. |
| | Ahead lies Lansing, capital of Michigan. In 1835, when the state was organized, Detroit was the capital, as it had been when Michigan was a territory. The capital, after much debate, was moved to its present, more centally located site in 1847. The . . . — — Map (db m94905) HM |
| On East Williams Street east of North Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Built in 1869-70 for George D. and Carrie Sowers, this house is an excellent example of Italianate architecture. Sowers, the first of several prominent local businessmen to live here, owned a planing mill located across the street with his partner, . . . — — Map (db m119389) HM |
| On North Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Village of Ovid
In 1836, inhabitants of Ovid, Seneca Falls County, New York, began to settle this fertile farm area. Among them were Samuel Barker, who built his log cabin in "Section 6;" Jabez Denison, noted for his prowess in killing . . . — — Map (db m119352) HM |
| On Maple Street north of West Cass Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Lured by the railroad, John W. Paine (1821-1870) moved from the nearby Rochester Colony to St. Johns. In 1860 he built the town's first brick store and this house. The office was later added to this site. Dr. Samuel Gillam (1845-1908) remodeled the . . . — — Map (db m68222) HM |
| On Michigan Avenue at Spruce Street, on the right when traveling north on Michigan Avenue. |
| | In 1882, residents of Grayling built the town's first church for the Methodist Episcopal congregation that had organized in 1879. In 1918, local lumberman Nels Michelson donated funds to erect a large brick church in honor of his late wife, . . . — — Map (db m95652) HM |
| Near Interstate 75 at milepost 252 when traveling north. |
| | The Kirtland's Warbler was first identified in 1851 from a specimen collected on Dr. Jared Kirtland's Ohio farm. The birds originally depended on fire-created young jack pine forests for summer nesting. Such forests in northern Michigan became their . . . — — Map (db m33239) HM |
| On Ogden Avenue south of South 6th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Charles Brotherton
In 1852 Charles Brotherton came to the Upper Peninsula with a survey team organized by William Burt. Two years later, Peter White hired him to survey the land between the Menominee River and Marquette. His work in the . . . — — Map (db m139050) HM |
| On Ludington Street east of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land to the north. In 1864 the first ore dock was built . . . — — Map (db m137285) HM |
| On Ludington Street east of Third Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1864, E. Gaynor built the Gaynor House hotel, which he renamed Ludington House in 1871. after lumberman Nelson Ludington. In the late 1800s proprietor John Christie enlarged the hotel and renamed the establishment the New Ludington Hotel. An . . . — — Map (db m135301) HM |
| On Ludington Street at Water Plant Road, on the right when traveling north on Ludington Street. |
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Sand Point Lighthouse
From 1868 to 1939 the Sand Point Lighthouse warned mariners of the spit of land extending into Little Bay de Noc at the entrance to Escanaba Harbor. The U.S. Congress authorized construction of the lighthouse in 1864, . . . — — Map (db m137333) HM |
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Escanaba River: The Legend
This is the land of the Chippewa Indians and the legendary Hiawatha. Indian villages existed along the banks of the river, and Indians were living here when the first white men came to this region in the 1600's. . . . — — Map (db m139220) HM |
| On East Ludington Street at Iron Mountain Street, on the right when traveling west on East Ludington Street. |
| | While in Iron Mountain on Business during 1901, Andrew Carnegie saw the need for a library on the Menominee Iron Range which was then a prospering area. He donated $15,000 for this building. Serving the community for over seventy years, the . . . — — Map (db m106021) HM |
| On Cochran Avenue (Business Interstate 69) south of Tirrell Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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This building served as Eaton County's courthouse from 1846 to 1872. The first courthouse was built in Bellevue in the 1830s. In 1840, Charlotte became the county seat, and in 1844 the county supervisors voted to erect a new courthouse on the . . . — — Map (db m126072) HM |
| On Narrow Lake Road 0.1 miles east of Brookfield Road, on the left when traveling east. |
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On November 30, 1878, the local Methodist class purchased land for a church from Benjamin and Catherine Spotts for $25.00. Church men cut and hewed the logs for the building. The Reverend B. E. Paddock dedicated the church on November 10, 1881. . . . — — Map (db m126010) HM |
| On West Lawrence Avenue (State Highway 79) at North Cochran Avenue (State Highway 50), on the right when traveling west on West Lawrence Avenue. |
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Eaton County
Eaton County was organized in 1837 and named for President Andrew Jackson's war secretary, John H. Eaton. Pioneers had come to Bellevue, the first county seat, in 1833. The county was settled chiefly by New Englanders who . . . — — Map (db m121314) HM |
| On West Lawrence Avenue at West Lawrence Avenue (State Highway 79), on the left when traveling west on West Lawrence Avenue. |
| | This handsome brick church was completed in 1881. Seven persons organized the congregation in 1851 in nearby Carmel Township. Moving to Charlotte the next year, they held services in the wooden courthouse and in 1856 built the city's first place of . . . — — Map (db m121366) HM |
| On West Harris Avenue at North Clinton Street, on the right when traveling west on West Harris Avenue. |
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Local builder Nathan Johnson built this house around 1845 for Charlotte's first physician, Joseph P. Hall, and his wife, Mary. The house was moved from the business district to this site in 1868. Many professionals lived here, including . . . — — Map (db m126029) HM |
| On East Lawrence Avenue (Business Interstate 69) at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on East Lawrence Avenue. |
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Side 1
Served for many years by circuit riding ministers, the Methodist congregation dates from 1838, making it Charlotte's oldest religious society. People worshipped at the home of Jonathan Searles, in a temporary courtroom in the Eagle . . . — — Map (db m121387) HM |
| On Brookfield Road 0.4 miles south of East Clinton Trail (State Highway 50), on the left when traveling south. |
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Luren D. Dickinson
Michigan's thirty-seventh governor, Luren D. Dickinson (1859-1943), prided himself on being a frugal farmer. As a young man he taught school and served as principal of Potterville High School before becoming . . . — — Map (db m125995) HM |
| On South Bridge Street at East River Street, on the right when traveling north on South Bridge Street. |
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Constructed in 1884 as a roller skating rink, this building was purchased by Peter Blake and opened as Blake's Opera House in 1886. Here, audiences enjoyed talent shows, vaudeville, silent movies and athletic contests. Between 1928 and 1984, the . . . — — Map (db m122824) HM |
| On Fitzgerald Park Drive 0.4 miles north of West Jefferson Street. |
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Migrant Indian tribes led by the famous Chief Okemos called this area "Big Rocks." They came here in early spring to tap the sugar maples. Later, the beauty of the ledges and woods attracted the Grand Ledge Spiritualist Camp Association which, in . . . — — Map (db m122708) HM |
| On West Jefferson west of Harrison Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald Home
Here lived Frank D. Fitzgerald who served his first term as governor 1935-36. His second term, starting in January 1939, was cut short by his death in this house in March of that year. Born in Grand Ledge . . . — — Map (db m122729) HM |
| On Perry Street 0.1 miles north of West Jefferson Street when traveling north. |
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Built in 1906 — — Map (db m125646) HM |
| On Vermontville Highway at North Church Street, on the right when traveling west on Vermontville Highway. |
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Side 1
The Potterville United Methodist Church was organized after the Reverend Hiram Nichols held a revival meeting in Potterville in 1867. The congregation appointed a building committee in 1875 and began work on the church in the spring . . . — — Map (db m125966) HM |
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(Side A)
Bay View
Bay View comprises one of Michigan's most spectacular collections of Victorian era architecture. Sweeping verandas and stately turrets characterize the Queen Anne style evident in the cottages and public buildings. . . . — — Map (db m97487) HM |
| On Woodland Avenue (U.S. 31) at Reed Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Woodland Avenue. |
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J. W. Howard completed this spacious inn in 1887, naming it the Woodland Avenue House because of its proximity to that street. Later he called the hotel the Howard House. In 1923 the popular resort became the Roselawn in honor of Horace Rose, . . . — — Map (db m97565) HM |
| On Glendale Avenue east of Knapp Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
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When the Terrace Inn opened in 1911, its owners billed it as Bay View's "newest and most modern hotel." One of only two remaining hotels among the resort's four hundred Victorian houses and public buildings, it was built to accommodate the growing . . . — — Map (db m97485) HM |
| On Lake Shore Drive north of Brady Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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(Side A)
The Legs Inn, named for the stove legs that trim the roofline, is one of Michigan's most exuberant and unusual landmarks. The building reflects Stanley Smolak's creativity and the craftsmanship of local Odawa (Ottawa) Indians. A . . . — — Map (db m97844) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 119) west of Judd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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(Side A)
Andrew J. Blackbird House
Andrew J. Blackbird (c.1815 - 1908), an important figure in the history of the Odawa (Ottawa) tribe, was the son of a chief. Educated in the traditions of the Odawa, he also attended Euro-American schools . . . — — Map (db m97594) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 119) at Judd Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. |
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The many-sided house across the street, sheathed in steel plates, was built for Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive. Patented in 1881, the locomotive operated by a gear-drive mechanism. Its great traction and ability to operate on tight . . . — — Map (db m97600) HM |
| On Bay Street west of State Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad linked Harbor Springs to its main line in 1882, further opening the Little Traverse Bay area to resort and commercial development. Grand Rapids architect Sidney J. Osgood designed this depot, built in 1889, to . . . — — Map (db m97604) HM |
| | This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when the British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763, during Pontiac's uprising, Chippewa Indians seized the fort, . . . — — Map (db m7670) HM |
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Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761.
He is Michigan’s first known resident of the Jewish faith.
Solomon was one of the most active Mackinac fur . . . — — Map (db m107159) HM |
| On Lamkin Road 1.2 miles south of Michigan Highway 119, on the right when traveling south. |
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(Side A)
St. Ignatius of Loyola Church and Cemetery
By the 1740s, French Catholic missionaries had come to this area, known to the Odawa as Waganakising, to minister to local tribes. Later, missionary work was taken up by others, including . . . — — Map (db m97790) HM |
| On Lewis Street at Rose Street, on the right when traveling south on Lewis Street. |
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, city-dwellers from the Midwest escaped hot summers in the fresh air of northern Michigan. Constructed in 1899 for Norman J. Perry, the Hotel Perry catered to these vacationers with its . . . — — Map (db m97875) HM |
| On Bay View Road (U.S. 31) at Beaubien Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Bay View Road. |
| | For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, whose warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land. Around 1700 a mission was built by French Jesuits at the famous L'Arbre Croche villages which stretched from Cross Village . . . — — Map (db m55405) HM |
| On West Vienna Street near Railway Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1862 the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad built its original 26.1-mile section of track from Saginaw to Mount Morris. It selected Clio, originally known as Varna, as a railroad station location. The area around Varna was covered with white pine. The . . . — — Map (db m138086) HM |
| On North Leroy Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Leroy Street. |
| | Constructed soon after the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad reached town in 1855, this hotel has been a favorite resting and dining spot for over a century. It was said in 1883 that the guests were "entertained in a style unsurpassed in many large . . . — — Map (db m94761) HM |
| On South Leroy Street 0.1 miles south of Silver Lake Road. |
| | In March 1837 the Reverend Washington Jackson formed a Methodist congregation in Dibbleville (present-day Fenton) at the home of Levi Warren. Warren donated land and the first church was built in 1853. Its brick walls collapsed during the . . . — — Map (db m94759) HM |
| Near Davis Street 0.1 miles from W. Shiawassee Ave. when traveling south. |
| | Many of Fenton’s early developers, politicians, businessmen, and veterans are interred in this cemetery, which was established in 1834. Clark Dibble, who made the first land purchase in present-day Fenton in 1834, and Dustin Cheney, who accompanied . . . — — Map (db m153632) HM |
| On South Leroy Street at East Elizabeth Street, on the left when traveling south on South Leroy Street. |
| | On May 3, 1858, the Reverend Henry Banwell held Fenton's first Episcopal service for the Ladies Mite Society. The society formally organized as Saint Jude's Episcopal Church on July 18, 1859. In 1860 members built their first church on this site, . . . — — Map (db m94716) HM |
| On Albert R. Horrigan Drive 0.1 miles south of Robert T. Longway Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
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In 1905 William Durant of the Buick Motor Company asked wheel and axle manufacturer Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) to build axles in Flint. The Mott family and business had moved from Utica, New York, to Flint by 1907. In 1913 . . . — — Map (db m142480) HM |
| On East Kearsley Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on East Kearsley Street. |
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In 1905 William Durant of the Buick Motor Company asked wheel and axle manufacturer Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) to build axles in Flint. The Mott family and business had moved from Utica, New York, to Flint by 1907. In 1913 . . . — — Map (db m142532) HM |
| On Saginaw Street south of West Court Street (State Highway 21), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Genesee County was organized on March 8, 1836. The previous year the territorial legislature had stipulated that the county seat would be located on the west side of the Saginaw Turnpike “on lands recently deeded by John Todd and wife” . . . — — Map (db m121216) HM |
| On Saginaw Street at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Saginaw Street. |
| | The Reverend Daniel Brown came to this area in 1839 to help form a new Episcopal parish. He became the first rector of St. Paul's in 1840 when it received canonical sanction. The congregation met in a temporary chapel and then in a small church . . . — — Map (db m121202) HM |
| On East Kearsley Street at Chavez Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Kearsley Street. |
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Whaley House
The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it in 1884. Whaley a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the . . . — — Map (db m143776) HM |
| Near South Saginaw Road 0.9 miles north of E. Baldwin Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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The Buick Open
One year after Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club opened in 1957, Waldo McNaught used his unique position as club president and public relations director of the Buick Motor Division of the General Motors Corporation (GM) to . . . — — Map (db m135748) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 15) at Main Street, on the left when traveling south on State Street. |
| | E. S. Swayze opened a drugstore on this site prior to 1870. When the store burned in 1874, Swayze built this one. Members of the Free Methodist Church used the second-floor meeting hall for services from 1887 to 1890. In 1903 Masonic Lodge #401 and . . . — — Map (db m33728) HM |
| On North State Road (State Highway 15) 0.7 miles north of Vienna Road (State Highway 57), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This house was built in stages between the 1860s and the 1930s. In 1889 Dr. John B. Laing and his wife, Harriet, purchased the house. Raised in Vermont, Laing (1846-1908) came to Otisville in 1871 as one of the village's earliest physicians, and . . . — — Map (db m33731) HM |
| On Copper Peak Road 0.5 miles north of Black River Parkway (County Route 513), on the left when traveling north. |
| | At an altitude of more than 1500 feet, 300 feet above the surrounding terrain, this location was the southernmost area in Michigan to offer a prospect of producing copper in commercial amounts. The Chippewa Copper Mining Company began work here in . . . — — Map (db m45043) HM |
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