X,Y,HM_ID,Marker_ID,Marker_Status,Registry_Listing_Year,Erected_Date,Significant_Date,Marker_Name,Marker_Name_Other,Marker_Name_Front,Marker_Name_Back,Marker_Desc_Front,Marker_Desc_Back,Marker_Location_address,Marker_Location_City,Marker_Location_State,Marker_Location_Zipcode,Marker_Location_Misc,Marker_County,Geo_ID,Latitude,Longitude,Website_Link,Keyword,Update_Date,GlobalID,National_Registry_Date,OBJECTID,Photo_Count,Photo_Name,Photo_Credits,Photo_Type,Photo_Date,OBJECTID_1
-83.149778,42.577655,MHC631980035,L762B,2,1980,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Historic Green,,Historic Green,,"The city of Troy has set aside this area for historic structures. Located here is the 1832 Greek Revival home of pioneer Solomon Caswell, moved from its original site. Nearby is Troy’s 1927 township hall. This building is a replica of a Dutch Colonial inn near Troy, New York, and was the town hall until 1966. At the rear of this brick structure, now the Troy Historical Museum, are other restored buildings from past eras. The Historic Green is a symbol of continuity for a community first settled in 1821.",,60 Wattles Road,Troy,MI,0,at Livernois Road,Oakland,02N11E16SESE,42.577655,-83.149778,,,09/12/2017,f8c17961-9a79-43cf-af1a-005ef1c2fb91,0,2,0,,,,,415687
-82.4869662,42.8183294,MHC742004015,L2145,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Diamond Crystal Salt Company,Cargill Salt,Diamond Crystal Salt Company,,"Salt exploration and extraction began in St. Clair County as early as 1863. Several people tried to make drilling cost-effective. Charles F. and Franklin Moore, Justin Whiting, and Mark Hopkins founded the St. Clair Rock Salt Company in 1886, and eventually turned a profit. When a unique production method (The Alberger process) resulted in exceptionally high purity levels, they changed the name to Diamond Crystal Salt Company. The company prospered under Charles Moore’s leadership. General Foods Corporation bought Diamond crystal in 1929; however, the Moore family bought it back in 1953. Diamond remained independent until 1987 when Akzo Nobel purchased it. Ten years later Cargill acquired the company.",,916 South Riverside Drive,St. Clair,MI,48079,,Saint Clair,,42.8183294,-82.4869662,,,08/08/2017,33184abb-0e1d-4f83-ab55-00830e3097ea,0,3,0,,,,,415688
-1.021329,44.064424,MHC991984023,S564C,2,1984,1984,Native People and the French (< 1760),Cadillac Museum / Musee Cadillac,,Cadillac Museum,Musee Cadillac,"Antoine Laumet was born in this house on March 5, 1658. Laumet became le Sieur de la Mothe Cadillac. On July 24, 1701, he founded the settlement that became Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. Accompanied by one hundred troops of the Compagnie Franche de la Marine and nearly as many Indians, Cadillac claimed Detroit in the name of King Louis XIV, who had directed him to establish forts connecting Quebec and New Orleans. Cadillac brought his family to Detroit and remained there until 1710. In 1717, after serving as governor of Louisiana, he returned to France. He died in Castelsarrasin in 1730. In 1972 the Detroit Historical Commission and Society gave the village of St. Nicolas-de-la-Grave twenty thousand dollars to purchase and help restore this house for use as a museum.","C’est dans cette maison qu’est né Antoine Laumet le 5 mars 1658. Laumet devint le Sieur de la Mothe Cadillac. Le 24 juillet 1701, il fonda le petit village qui, plus tard, deviendra Détroit, Michigan, Etats-Unis d’Amérique. Accompagné d’une centaine de soldats de la Compagnie Franche de la Marine et de presque autant d’indiens, Cadillac revendiqua Détroit pour le compte du roi Louis XIV. Ce dernier lui avait assigné la tâche d’etablir des forts reliant Québec à la Nouvelle Orléans. Cadillac fit venir sa famille à Détroit et y resta jusqu’en 1710. En 1717, après avoir servi comme Gouverneur de la Louisiane, il revint en France. Il mourut à Castelsarrasin en 1730. En 1972, la Commission Historique et la Société Historique de Détroit firent don de 20.000,00 dollars US pour l’achat de cette maison afin qu’elle puisse servir de musée.",Lamothe Cadillac Avenue,St. Nicolas-de-la-Grave,,0,"This marker is located in France, Musee Cadillac",, ,44.064424,-1.021329,,,01/27/2020,41955981-ed61-40c7-9b1a-00b7a7333466,0,4,0,,,,,415689
-83.3232839999999,42.4435310000001,MHC631958009,HB24,2,1958,2011,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Botsford Inn,Sixteen Mile House,Botsford Inn,,"This historic structure was built as a home in 1836 by Orrin Weston and converted into a tavern by Stephen Jennings in 1841. Milton Botsford bought what was by then called the Sixteen Mile House in 1860. It was a stagecoach stop popular with drovers, farmers and travelers on the Grand River plank road. Henry Ford, who in the 1880s attended dances at the inn with his future wife, Clara, bought it in 1924. He renovated the inn to reflect the Victorian era. He first used it as a private retreat. Later he opened it to the public. The Anhut family bought the property in 1951, operating it as one of the state’s oldest inns until 1999. That year Botsford Hospital bought the property. The hospital rehabilitated the building in 2008. The exterior reflects its Ford-era appearance.",,28000 Grand River Avenue,Farmington Hills,MI,48336,"Between Colwell St. and Botsford Drive. Located in front of Inn, facing Grand River Ave",Oakland,01N09E36SWSE,42.443531,-83.323284,,,01/27/2020,60f913e1-ef88-420e-bcb3-00c2f50dc547,1979,5,1,MHC341973026_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,10/19/2012,415690
-85.177643,42.3218959700001,MHC132008001,L2199,2,2008,2008,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Independent Congregational Church,First Congregational Church,Independent Congregational Church,,"Congregationalists joined Presbyterians in organizing a church in 1836. When a split occurred in 1883, they formed the Independent Congregational Church. Chicago architect Joseph C. Llewellyn designed this Neo-classical church, built in 1907, to accommodate 800 people. Weekly radio broadcasts of Sunday services, begun by Reverend Doctor Carleton Brooks Miller in 1930, continued into the twenty-first century.",,145 N. E. Capital Ave,Battle Creek,MI,49017,Between North Ave and Fremont Streets,Calhoun,02S07W06SWSW,42.32189597,-85.177643,,,08/08/2017,474342d0-e209-4cbb-a92f-019d7d352adf,0,7,0,,,,,415691
-85.0008769999999,41.9382000000001,MHC121975015,S469,2,1975,1975,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Governor Cyrus Gray Luce,,Governor Cyrus Gray Luce,,"On this site lived Cyrus Gray Luce, twenty-seventh governor of Michigan. Born in Ohio in 1824, Luce moved to Branch County in 1849. He soon became involved in township, local, and state politics, serving on the Board of Agriculture, in the legislature, and as a member of the 1857 constitutional convention. In 1886 and 1888 he was elected governor on the Republican ticket. He remained active in the farmers' Grange until his death in Coldwater in 1905.",,Intersection of Division & E. Washington Sts.,Coldwater,MI,0,NE corner,Branch,06S06W21NENE,41.9382,-85.000877,,Governors,08/21/2017,c124d5e1-9c4e-467f-9234-01ab4331e728,0,8,0,,,,,415692
-83.330472,44.412875,MHC351980033,L830B,2,1980,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Louis Chevalier Claim,,The Louis Chevalier Claim,,"In 1823 Louis Chevalier, a French-Canadian trader, was granted five hundred arpents (640 acres) of land by the United States government. This land, located on the AuSable River, extends northwesterly in a long, narrow, French ribbon-farm manner. It still appears on maps of AuSable Township. From around 1820 to the mid-1830s, Chevalier bartered trade goods for furs, fish and game brought in by Chippewa and white trappers, hunters and fishermen in this locality. He conducted his trade near this site from a hand-hewn log blockhouse. Although he left the area in 1833, ruins of the structure were still visible in 1867. Chevalier’s trading post is regarded by many as the first business of consequence in Iosco County.",,205 Harbor St,Oscoda,MI,48750,Au Sable Township,Iosco,23N09E03SESW,44.412875,-83.330472,,,09/01/2017,d0c99329-617d-4b0e-9030-01b1b0fcd28b,0,9,0,,,,,415693
-84.614113,45.8507210000001,MHC491973030,L217,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Island House,,Island House,,"Constructed for Charles O’Malley about 1852, this building was one of the first summer hotels on Mackinac Island. Captain Henry Van Allen, a Great Lakes skipper, purchased the hotel in 1865. He later moved it from the beach to its present location. By the 1880s the Island House was known as “The best family hotel on the island.” Following the death of her parents, Mrs. Rose Van Allen Webster became proprietor about 1892. She was the wife of Colonel John Webster, whom she had met during the 1870s when he was stationed at Fort Mackinac. Mrs. Webster added the large wings in 1895 and 1912, retaining ownership until her death in 1938. The Island House still serves as a resort hotel.",,Huron Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.850721,-84.614113,,,09/05/2017,f8dacaf6-e713-4380-a5d8-01c85fcc9f7c,0,10,1,MHC491973030_1.jpg,Michigan Historical Commissioner,Site Photo w/Marker,07/06/2013,415694
-88.455553,47.248473,MHC311986037,L1337C,2,1986,2012,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Italian Hall Tragedy / The Italian Hall,,Italian Hall Tragedy,The Italian Hall,"By December 1913, thousands of area copper miners had been on strike for five months. They were fighting for union recognition, safer working conditions, shorter workdays and better pay. On Christmas Eve hundreds gathered on the second floor of the Italian Hall to attend a holiday party for strikers’ families. As the children filed to the stage to receive presents, someone yelled “Fire!” People panicked and rushed toward the exit. There was no fire. Many were trampled on the stairs. Officially, seventy-three people died; more than half were children under ten. Despite a Congressional hearing and a coroner’s inquest, the person who yelled fire was never identified.","The building that stood on this site was called the Italian Hall, and was home to the Societa Mutua Beneficenza Italiana, which aided immigrants and others in need. Built in 1908, the hall housed a saloon and an Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company store on the first floor. A main hall with a dining room, a barroom, and a stage were on the second floor. The hall was the site of one of Michigan’s worst tragedies. On Christmas Eve 1913, seventy–three people died due to a false alarm of “Fire!” When the building was razed in 1984, the archway from its main entrance was saved. In 1989 the Village of Calumet, with the help of Operating Engineers Local 324 and the Friends of Italian Hall, created this park dedicated to those who died in 1913.",Seventh Street,Calumet,MI,49913,near the intersection of Elm Street - Located in the middle of Memorial Park.,Houghton,56N33W14NWSE,47.248473,-88.455553,,"Mining Industry,5",04/01/2020,d3418c7d-8fb0-4ef6-ae59-01d56713f433,0,11,2,"MHC311986037_1.jpg;MHC311986037_2.jpg","Charlie Chapman;John Sullivan","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/15/2019;06/14/2020",415695
-85.001095,42.028051,MHC121997011,L2015,2,1997,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Episcopal Church,United Methodist Church of Girard,Methodist Episcopal Church,,"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 replaced with the present one, constructed byJ. R. Simmons of Union City, who used native hard maple and stones gathered from nearby fields. The building was dedicated on August 31, 1888.",,126 Marshall Rd,Coldwater,MI,49036,Girard Township,Branch,05S06W21NENE,42.028051,-85.001095,,1,07/28/2017,c2bb18ae-50fd-4f7f-88fc-027f31b160f6,0,12,1,MHC121997011_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,07/15/2020,415696
-85.522238,45.745193,MHC152013010,L2251,2,2013,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Holy Cross Catholic Church,,Holy Cross Catholic Church,Holy Cross Catholic Church,"Father Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) first landed on Beaver Island as a missionary in 1832. This church was built in 1860 and consecrated by Baraga, then Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. This church originally stood inland alongside the parish cemetery one mile to the south. To better serve the island’s population center on Paradise Bay, Holy Cross Church was cut in half, moved and reassembled at this location in 1957.","After the expulsion of the Mormons in 1856, many Irish families settled on the island. To serve this community, liturgies were given in the Gaelic language until the 1890s. The inability to attract teachers to the isolated Island’s public schools led the parish to invite Dominican Sisters based in Grand Rapids to help educate children on the Island in 1899. The last Dominican Sister to teach on the Island left in 1991.",37860 Kings Highway,"St. James, Beaver Island",MI,49782,,Charlevoix,39N10W27NWNE,45.745193,-85.522238,,,10/02/2019,ed090294-68a9-47e2-8445-02d5ac69af9f,0,13,3,"MHC152013010_1.jpg;MHC152013010_2.jpg;MHC152013010_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;",415697
-85.034008,46.553548,MHC171979017,L725B,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Emerson-,,Emerson,,"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 Longfellow’s poem “Hiawatha”), this settlement overlooks picturesque Whitefish Bay. The village was founded by Kurt Emerson, a lumberman from the Saginaw Bay area, in the 1880s. Emerson erected a sawmill and in 1884 sold his establishment to the Chesbrough Lumber Company. Milling and lumbering operations ceased in 1912, at which time commercial fishing became the economic bulwark of the community.",,M-123 south of Tahquamenon River,Whitefish Township,MI,0,"1/4 mile South of Tahquamenon River, Paradise vicinity",Chippewa,48N06W15NESE,46.553548,-85.034008,,Timber Industry,07/24/2017,a3145130-f114-419e-b1f6-02fca7e7eaee,0,14,0,,,,,415698
-84.211352,41.712292,MHC462003003,L2124,2,2003,2004,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Taft Memorial Highway / Murray D. Van Wagoner Memorial Bridge,M-156 Bridge over Silver Creek,Taft Memorial Highway,Murray D. Van Wagoner Memorial Bridge,"In 1930 organizers from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida formed the Taft Memorial Highway Association to promote automobile tourism. Named after the nation’s twenty-seventh president, William Howard Taft, the highway stretched from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Inspired by hundreds of similar associations across the country, founding members lobbied officials for modern roads and bridges along their selected route. Morenci organizers participated actively in the association. Although the association ceased operations during World War II, the state highway bridge over the Silver Creek remains as a legacy of local effort in a national movement.","The Michigan State Highway Department built the steel-beamed Murray D. Van Wagoner Bridge over Silver Creek in 1935 at a cost of $35,700. The federal relief project helped the community by providing work during the Great Depression. The Morenci community, and boosters from the Taft Memorial Highway Association, held a dedication ceremony attended by 5,000 people. Namesake Murray D. Van Wagoner, head of the State Highway Department and a future governor of Michigan, made the keynote speech. Adjacent is the 1893 Sterling Road truss bridge, relocated in 2004 from nearby Hillsdale County by the Michigan Department of Transportation for use as a crossing on the pedestrian trail.",M-156 north of Skyline Industrial Dr.,Morenci,MI,49256,,Lenawee,09S02E05SWSW,41.712292,-84.211352,,Governors,07/29/2019,620211d4-fb3a-40d0-a0d6-031e43b19619,2000,15,0,,,,,415699
-82.488804,42.8232300000001,MHC741987021,L1456A,2,1987,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church,City of St. Clair Community Center,First Baptist Church,,"The Reverend E. K. Grout, pastor of the Baptist church in China Township, also held services in St. Clair’s log courthouse. On November 5, 1848, Grout and seven other people organized a local congregation. Around 1852 the first meetinghouse was built here on land donated by the village board of supervisors. That church burned in 1870. The present Romanesque-inspired church was erected three years later. In 1974 citizens bought the church and gave it to the city of St. Clair for a community center.",,308 South Fourth Street,St. Clair,MI,0,,Saint Clair, ,42.82323,-82.488804,,,09/13/2017,2a8020e0-e324-4339-9aac-035520a564be,0,16,0,,,,,415700
-83.8708799999999,41.8350750000001,MHC461990032,L1754,2,1990,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hiram D. Ellis House,Hiram D. Ellis Inn,Hiram D. Ellis House,,"In 1883 Blissfield banker Hiram D. Ellis (1826-1900) built this house. The bracketed cornice, hip roof, and bay window reflect the influence of Italianate architecture; the classical porch probably was added in the early twentieth century. Ellis emigrated from New York and settled in Blissfield Township in 1842. From 1873 to 1877 he and F. G. Beagle operated a grocery and hardware store. Around 1879 Ellis joined Arthur D. Gilmore in a banking firm. He also served as postmaster and township supervisor.",,415 West Adrian St.,Blissfield,MI,0,,Lenawee,07S05E30SWSE,41.835075,-83.87088,,,09/05/2019,ebb37f80-422e-414e-9b03-03741328c26a,0,18,0,,,,,415701
-83.15769016,42.8140127400001,MHC632012014,L2239,2,2012,2012,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lakeville Cemetery,,Lakeville Cemetery,,"In 1843 Addison Township settler Ernest Mann donated one acre of land to the local community for use as a cemetery. The cemetery has since expanded to more than eleven acres. Among the first to be buried here was Private Derrick Hulick, a veteran of the American Revolution who enlisted in the New Jersey militia in June 1776. The Lakeville Cemetery Auxiliary was established in 1910 to maintain the cemetery and preserve its history.",,825 Drahner Road,Leonard,MI,48367,At Cemetery entrance,Oakland,05N11E27SWSW,42.81401274,-83.15769016,,,03/26/2020,feca6bd5-7c03-43df-b3e2-038f49730f8a,0,19,3,"MHC632012014_1.jpg;MHC632012014_2.jpg;MHC632012014_3.jpg",";;","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","12/08/2011;08/10/2011;12/01/2011",415702
-83.1480109999999,42.574962,MHC631977042,L522,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wattles House,,Wattles House,,"Harry Bennett Wattles purchased this house in 1876, about thirty years after its construction, and added a veranda and a second story in 1909. Settling in Troy around 1837, the Wattles family has been active in civic and social affairs. Here on this property, once known as Sunnycrest Dairy, Wattles began to use progressive farming methods. His registered Jersey cows won numerous prizes. This house, Wattles, and his descendants who have lived here, provide Troy with the legacy of a community-minded family.",,3864 Livernois,Troy,MI,0,"south of Wattles Road, between Wendelton Road and Scottsdale Dr.",Oakland,02N11E21NENE,42.574962,-83.148011,,,09/09/2019,4b9c41b4-1b31-4170-adb5-03e586bffc36,0,20,0,,,,,415703
-85.586757,45.0570910000001,MHC451971029,S350,2,1971,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Omena Presbyterian Church,Grove Hill New Mission Church,Omena Presbyterian Church,,"In 1839 the Reverend Peter Dougherty founded Old Mission, the first Protestant mission in the Grand Traverse area. The church, comprising Indians and whites, was organized in 1843. After 1850 the Indians were allowed to buy land; they and the church moved to Omena, or New Mission in 1852. This church, resembling those of New England was built and dedicated in 1858. Since the 1880s it is used mostly in summer. It remains relatively unchanged from the original.",,M-22,Omena,MI,0,,Leelanau,31N11W25SWSW,45.057091,-85.586757,,,09/01/2017,e3ba83ac-10d8-4ac0-a3d0-041b2e55c74c,0,21,0,,,,,415704
-84.2900959999999,44.3036730000001,MHC652012016,L2235,2,2012,2012,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ogemaw Springs / Ogemaw Springs,Ogemaw Springs Park,Ogemaw Springs,Ogemaw Springs,Ogemaw Springs is the oldest village in Ogemaw County. The spring that gives the town its name provided the sole supply of water for early settlers. It also supplied water for the boilers of the railroad steam engines that served the area’s lumber industry. In 1888 the local Board of Health sought to protect the springs with an ordinance against the placing of “any rubbish or unclean thing within the spring.”,"The arrival in Ogemaw Springs of the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad in 1872 opened up the region’s rich timber resources. By 1873 two hundred people lived in the growing community that included several saw mills, a post office and a grocery. In 1875 Ogemaw Springs nearly became the county seat, losing to West Branch by only one vote. In the 1890s the depletion of timber in the area led to the town’s decline.",Maes Road and Spring Street,West Branch,MI,48661,"All of Section 15, Ogemaw Twp.",Ogemaw,22N01E15NENE,44.303673,-84.290096,,2,11/05/2020,20ff255d-f32a-4209-a03d-042bf5c67c34,0,22,3,"MHC652012016_1.jpg;MHC652012016_2.jpg;MHC652012016_3.jpg","Commissioner;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";10/17/2020;10/17/2020",415705
-84.484493,42.7333600000001,MHC331985008,S572B,2,1985,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Alice B. Cowles House / Alice B. Cowles House,President's House/No. 4 Faculty Row/Cowles House,Alice B. Cowles House,Alice B. Cowles House,"The Alice B. Cowles House, built in 1857, is the oldest building on the Michigan State University campus. Built as a “Farm Cottage” on Faculty Row from bricks made of clay from the banks of the Red Cedar River, it was originally the official residence of the president of Michigan Agricultural College. After 1874 it was used as faculty housing, as Department of Education offices, and as a residence for female students. In 1941 it again became the official home of the president. After World War II, it was remodeled using funds from the estate of alumnus Frederick Cowles Jenison and named for Jenison’s mother, Alice B. Cowles. Jenison’s grandfather, Albert Cowles, had been a student in the college’s first class in 1857 and had helped gather the materials for the building.","Cowles House was centrally located on the campus of the nation’s oldest land grant institution, Michigan Agricultural College. Constructed in 1857, it was one of four cottages, designed by architect J. J. Scott of Toledo, Ohio, to house college faculty and their families. Joseph R. Williams, president from 1857 to 1859, was its first resident. In 1874 a new house on the site now occupied by Gilchrist Hall became the president’s residence and Professor William James Beal moved into Cowles House with his wife Hannah and daughter Jessie. A pioneer botanist, Beal is credited with the first documented account of hybrid corn experimentation. Due to the many modifications of Cowles House over the years, only the stone foundation and two walls of the original structure remain visible.",1 Abbott Road,East Lansing,MI,48824,South side of West Circle Drive on the Michigan State University Campus.,Ingham,04N02W13NESE,42.73336,-84.484493,,,08/30/2017,56502be6-142a-4779-a9f7-042ffaf0dada,0,23,0,,,,,415706
-83.044813,42.3288400000001,MHC821965013,S270,2,1965,1965,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan State Medical Society,,Michigan State Medical Society,,"Formation of the Michigan State Medical Society took place here, June 5, 1866, in the Supreme Court Room of Odd Fellows Hall. About one hundred physicians from all areas in Michigan were present. The society adopted the code of ethics of the American Medical Association. The state society, a voluntary, professional organization, provides postgraduate training for physicians and strives to improve the public health by its public service and educational activities.",,31 Woodward Ave,Detroit,MI,48226,located at the Odd Fellows Hall,Wayne, ,42.32884,-83.044813,,,02/03/2020,5f599620-5c28-4d72-ba9c-0439e50c5593,0,24,0,,,,,415707
-83.52378487,43.1664451200001,MHC252006011,L2180,2,2006,2010,Civil War and After (1860-1875),E. S. Swayze Drugstore,,E. S. Swayze Drugstore,,"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 the Order of the Eastern Star bought the building, which they owned until 1970. This intact commercial building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,107 East Main Street,Otisville,MI,48463,Forest Township,Genesee,09N08E21SESE,43.16644512,-83.52378487,,,08/08/2017,39fe26f4-c7ef-41cc-9555-04772929747c,1982,25,0,,,,,415708
-85.851802,43.899345,MHC431958015,S184,2,1958,1958,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Lake County,,Lake County,,"This county was originally set off in 1840 and first named Aishcum after a well-known Potawatomi chief. In 1843 the name was changed to Lake. For three decades it was attached to neighboring counties until 1871 when settlement was sufficient to warrant organization. Baldwin, the county seat, was settled in 1872. The county’s forests helped make Michigan a leading lumbering state. Farming and the tourist industry are the chief activities. Wildlife is abundant.",,Lake County Courthouse,Baldwin,MI,0,Courthouse lawn,Lake,17N13W03NENW,43.899345,-85.851802,,,09/01/2017,e9a1a2d5-0734-4d2f-bf8d-0486f698057f,0,26,0,,,,,415709
-86.201143,42.775337,MHC702002006,L2108,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ottawa Beach / Ottawa Beach,,Ottawa Beach,Ottawa Beach,"Ottawa Beach is a well-preserved example of the summer cottage resorts that developed along the Lake Michigan shore during the late nineteenth century. In 1885 the West Michigan Park Association purchased eighty acres of land here. In May 1886 Ottawa County Surveyor Albert Peck platted the resort with 150 cottage lots, streets, and a lot for a hotel. He designated the majority of the land as park area owned in common by cottagers, with each residential lot abutting one of the parks. The Hotel Ottawa, built immediately for the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad (later the Pere Marquette Railway), was one of the largest resort hotels on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Some guests arrived by train, many by steamship from Chicago. The hotel burned in 1923.","Construction of cottages in the Ottawa Beach resort began in June 1886. Most cottage owners, shareholders in the West Michigan Park Association, hailed from Grand Rapids. Among the earliest cottagers were prominent business people, furniture makers, railroad officers, and politicians. For more than a century, the same families returned each summer, often occupying the same houses for decades. From the 1930s through the mid 1960s future U.S. President Gerald Ford spent many summer vacations at Ottawa Beach, first at his parents’ cottage and then at one he owned with his brothers. In 2001 Ford recalled: “I loved Ottawa Beach—both cottages. There is no finer sand beach worldwide.” Ottawa Beach is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",Ottawa Beach Road,Holland,MI,0,"Near Auburn Avnue corner; Ottawa Beach Historic District, Otttawa Beach Road",Ottawa,05N16W33SENE,42.775337,-86.201143,,5,08/01/2021,ffd051d1-4fea-48fb-829d-04a38f7a32de,1995,27,3,"MHC702002006_2.jpg;MHC702002006_3.jpg;MHC702002006_1.jpg","Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","10/01/2020;10/01/2020;10/01/2020",415710
-84.03617,41.8971290000001,MHC462014011,L2263,2,2014,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Adrian Engine House No. 1/Adrian Fire Department,Engine House No. 1,Adrian Engine House No. 1,Adrian Fire Department,"In 1855, local architect and builder O.P. Smith designed and constructed Engine House No. 1. An 1867 renovation increased the hose-drying tower’s height from twenty to seventy feet, making it a town landmark. Italianate elements are included in the Romanesque Revival building. When the Fire Department stopped using the engine house in 1987, it was Michigan’s oldest fire hall in continuous use. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.","Adrian founded its fire department in 1841. By 1851, it had 102 male volunteers, who served in two companies. They pulled hand pumpers and hose carts to fires, using water from city-built reservoirs. In 1867, the city began to use horses to pull its steam engines. Drivers were the only paid staff from 1867 until 1918, when the city hired its first firemen. Beginning in 1912, the city bought motorized fire trucks and retired its horses.",126 E. Church Street,Adrian,MI,49221,"Between S. Main and S. Broad Streets, in small garden adjacent to and immediately East of the building on the E. Church St. sidewalk.",Lenawee,07S03E02SENW,41.897129,-84.03617,,,09/05/2019,0c2a9af1-a3d9-4968-a4f5-04c2f1b41157,1989,28,1,MHC462014011_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,,415711
-83.5204679999999,42.549067,MHC631997002,L2034,2,1997,1999,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp Association / Detroitin Suomailinen Kesaleiriyhdistys,,Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp Association,Detroitin Suomailinen Kesaleiriyhdistys,"On June 21, 1925, Detroit-area people of Finnish descent purchased this land and built a summer camp where they could share the traditions of their native Finland. The Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp Association organized to maintain the camp and “promote the social, intellectual, cultural, and physical welfare of its members.” The founding members planned and built the campground, constructing the first sauna in 1926 and the existing dance hall in 1927. Summer activities included athletic contests, swimming programs, plays, and the annual celebration of Juhannus, the Finnish midsummer festival.","Kesäkuun 21 p:nä 1925 Detroitin amerikansuomalaiset ostivat tämän maaalueen ja rakensivat leirikeskuksen, missä heillä oli mahdollisuus pitää yllä synnyinmaansa perinteitä. Detroitin suomalaisten leirikeskusyhdistys päätti ylläpitää leiriä, joka “edistäisi jäsentensä sosiaalista, henkistä ja ruumiillista hyvinvointia sekä kulttuuria”. Perustajajäsenet suunnittelivat ja rakensivat leirikeskuksen, rakentaen, ensin aunan 1926 ja vieläkin jäljellä olevan tanssisalin 1927. Leirin kesätoiminta käsitti urheilukilpailuja, uintia, näytelmiä sekä suomalaisten keskikesän juhlan, juhannuksen.",2524 Loon Lake Rd,Wixom,MI,48096,located at the Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp,Oakland,02N08E29SENE,42.549067,-83.520468,,,01/27/2020,75b89ab1-d87b-439b-85a0-04d1f588c2f1,0,29,0,,,,,415712
-83.927994,42.6070810000001,MHC471975036,L391,2,1975,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),County Courthouse,Livingston County Courthouse,County Courthouse,,"Albert E. French designed this two-and-a-half-story brick and stone building. This edifice, completed in 1890, shows influence of Richardsonian architecture and has maintained many of its original Victorian furnishings. Peter and Marie Cowdry donated the land for the courthouse square with the provision that it revert to their heirs if no longer used for a courthouse. Local citizens presented the clock to the county as a gift. The people of Livingston County voted in 1976 to restore their courthouse, which is an area landmark.",,200 East Grand River Avenue,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,03N04E36NESW,42.607081,-83.927994,,,05/26/2020,058c6c9b-5980-4200-9f6a-04eb77fa8860,0,30,5,"MHC471975036_2.jpg;MHC471975036_3.jpg;MHC471975036_5.jpg;MHC471975036_7.jpg;MHC471975036_8.jpg",Charlie Chapman,"Other Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","08/14/2017;08/14/2017;08/14/2017;04/16/2019;",415713
-85.115248,45.551607,MHC241976054,L491,2,1976,2014,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Ignatius Of Loyola Church And Cemetery / chi-twah Ignatius nuh-ma guh-mik (in Odawa),,St. Ignatius Of Loyola Church And Cemetery,chi-twah Ignatius nuh-ma guh-mik (in Odawa),"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 Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), who dedicated a church at this site on August 1, 1833. The present St. Ignatius Church was constructed in 1889 to replace one destroyed by fire that same year. The cemetery next to the church contains the graves of generations of area Odawa and dates to before the present church. In the 1970s, an Odawa caretaker of the cemetery placed the white wooden crosses to denote the many unmarked graves.","mahn-duh-pee 1740 gee bi zhah-wunk zhin-duh, ge-we wam-ti-goo-zheek. wee be kinoo mah ga waht, goon-duh O dah wahk gee dah wuhk zhin-duh wah-guh-nuhk-sing bah-mah-pee dush chi mag-da kun-ya, Fred Baraga gah zhin kah zot gee bi zhah zhin-duh. mee dush a gah ching nuh-na guh-mik gee zhi toot. mahn-duh pee 1833. mee-go a tuk O-dah-wahk gah yah jik zhin duh gee nuh-mas-kat gee ki noo moo wahn dush wah kid waht uh nuhm ah waht. geen bo-waht mee-go zhin duh gee bi gi—danj gahz waht. ga-yah-be dush tam-gut bi-gi-danj wing zhin duh jee ge nuh-ma-guh-mik.",101 N. Lamkin Road,Harbor Springs,MI,49740,SE corner of church yard near entrance steps to church and cemetery.,Emmet,37N07W36SWSW,45.551607,-85.115248,,,10/24/2019,b02610eb-34d0-4ce8-8b66-053771b5e9ea,2007,31,5,"MHC762020010_1.jpg;MHC241976054_2.jpg;MHC241976054_3.jpg;MHC241976054_4.jpg;MHC241976054_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;;","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","09/06/2015;09/06/2015;09/06/2015;;",415714
-85.590019,42.284166,MHC391957013,S153,2,1957,1959,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Kalamazoo School Case,,Kalamazoo School Case,,"Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of the Michigan Supreme Court, rendered by Justice Thomas M. Cooley in 1874, affirmed an opinion of Kalamazoo Circuit Judge Charles R. Brown that upheld this right. As a result, the way opened for free high schools in Michigan and also in other states.",,Westnedge and West Vine,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"Community Education Center, NW corner of Westnedge and West Vine Streets",Kalamazoo,02S11W21SENE,42.284166,-85.590019,,,09/01/2017,bb98b788-d6fc-4f5b-8453-053c7793a1f3,0,32,1,MHC391957013_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415715
-83.0393129999999,42.330535,MHC822001001,S675,2,2001,2002,Statehood Era (1815-1860),David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company,,David Dunbar Buick,Buick Motor Company,"David Dunbar Buick, for whom the Buick automobile is named, came to Detroit from Scotland with his parents in 1856 at age two. A plumbing inventor and businessman, Buick turned to building gasoline engines for boats on the Detroit River during the 1890s. By 1900 his first motor firm, Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company, was operating some six blocks north of this site near what is now the southwest corner of Beaubien and Lafayette Streets. The firm’s overhead valve engines became famous for power. The first experimental Buick automobile was built in Detroit circa 1900. On May 19, 1903, David Buick incorporated the Buick Motor Company. That fall the firm was sold to the Flint Wagon Works in Flint where the first retail Buicks were built in 1904.","David Dunbar Buick was one of many Detroiters who built gasoline-powered marine and farm engines during the late nineteenth century. Buick (1854-1929) opened his first motor shop, Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company, around 1900. Machinist Walter Marr built the first Buick automobile about the same time, and engineer Eugene Richard soon patented the powerful overhead valve engine synonymous with the Buick label. In 1903 the Flint Wagon Works purchased what was by then the Buick Motor Company and moved operations to Flint. Carriage maker William C. Durant took control of the company in 1904, propelling Buick to the top of the burgeoning market and using the capital to found General Motors in 1908. In 1998—nearly 35 million Buicks later—Buick’s headquarters returned to Detroit.",Jefferson Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,near the intersection of Beaubien Street and Jefferson Avenue - Renaissance Center Towers,Wayne, ,42.330535,-83.039313,,Auto Industry,01/23/2020,e8b21c47-46d8-4ff8-986b-05637e320f2e,0,33,0,,,,,415716
-84.963068,42.2715610000001,MHC131985015,L1226A,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,,"The Reverend Thomas Z.R. Jones, a traveling missionary, began visiting the Marshall area in 1838. On January 15, 1840, he helped organize the First Baptist Church of Marshall with eight members. The group erected this church in 1850-51. They enlarged and remodeled it in 1876 with plans provided by Benjamin J. Bartlett of Chicago. The handsome Romanesque church, now the oldest church edifice in the city, features rounded-arch stained glass windows and an early example of a modified Akron (semicircular) seating plan.",,305 North Superior Street,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271561,-84.963068,,,08/05/2020,d37e9479-9fad-44c6-9764-056a3520081e,0,34,2,"MHC131985015_1.jpg;MHC131985015_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","07/12/2020;07/12/2020",415717
-77.479389,39.737943,MHC201299001,S726C,2,2012,2013,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Battle of Monterey Pass / Michigan Cavalry Brigade,Monterey Pass Battlefield,Battle of Monterey Pass,Michigan Cavalry Brigade,"During a torrential rainstorm on the night of July 4-5, 1863, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade moved to intercept the retreating Army of Northern Virginia by attacking the miles-long wagon train of the Second Corps and its cavalry escort at this location. The opposing troops collided in hand-to-hand combat in the narrow pass. The 5th Michigan Cavalry, led by Colonel Russell A. Alger, future Secretary of War and Michigan Governor, charged up the eastern slope and across Red Run Creek Bridge. Although “nothing was discernible a half dozen paces ahead,” Union forces triumphed. By 3:00 A.M. they had taken many supplies and captured thirteen hundred Confederate prisoners.","The Michigan Cavalry Brigade was formed in December 1862 of the 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry regiments with General Joseph T. Copeland commanding. In June 1863 the addition of the 1st Michigan Cavalry and Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, completed the brigade. On the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg, George A. Custer of Monroe assumed command with his promotion to brigadier general. On July 3, 1863, the brigade helped repulse General J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry. It fought in every major campaign of the Army of the Potomac until the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House in April 1865. Nine brigade members received Medals of Honor for heroism during the Civil War.",14325 Buchanan Trail East,Waynesboro,PA,17268,Site is located along Route 16 and Charmian Road.,,,39.737943,-77.479389,,Civil War,08/19/2019,41ff43aa-c25e-4030-8807-05a03e1cce98,0,35,3,"MHC201299001_4.jpg;MHC471982004_1.jpg;MHC201299001_5.jpg","Other;unknown","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Front","07/05/2013;;",415718
-87.7014969999999,45.1544730000001,MHC551971013,S343,2,1971,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Chappee Rapids,,Chappee Rapids,,"Stanislaus Chaput, a French-Canadian fur trader sometimes called Louis Chappee, became the first settler at the mouth of the Menominee River in the early 1800s. He fought, along with most of the Green Bay traders, in the British attack on Fort Mackinac during the War of 1812. After the war he traded extensively in the northern Wisconsin region, working for John Lawe, Green Bay fur magnate. Forcibly deposed from his old location in 1824 by rival traders William Farnsworth and Charles Brush, Chaput moved a few miles upstream and built a fortified trading post at the foot of the rapids. Until Chaput’s death in the 1850s the post at the rapids was a center of trade for the surrounding villages of Menominee Indians.",,River Road West of Menominee,Menominee,MI,0,"5 miles west of Menominee, County Road 581",Menominee,32N28W24SENE,45.154473,-87.701497,,,09/06/2017,d28bd85f-ea14-4004-bdc9-05c12f155953,0,36,0,,,,,415719
-86.23596,44.49246,MHC512002021,L2116,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Trinity Lutheran Church,,Trinity Lutheran Church,,"In 1880 many Germans left Milwaukee and settled in Manistee County. Among them was lumberman Henry Starke, who vowed to return to Wisconsin if no Lutheran church could be found. Instead he helped to organize this congregation in 1881, and he platted Arcadia the same year. In 1887 Starke donated land and money for this Neo-Gothic church, completed in 1888. The complex grew to include a parsonage, a school, and a teacherage.",,17191 3rd St.,Arcadia,MI,0,,Manistee,24N16W10SESW,44.49246,-86.23596,,1,12/27/2021,14ec1a66-0819-42ea-8654-05ce6ce87424,0,37,1,MHC512002021_1.jpg,,Historical Photo,,415720
-83.74996,42.2805260000001,MHC811986002,S584C,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Central Title Service Building,First Presbyterian Church,Central Title Service Building,,"On August 6, 1845, the first graduation ceremony for the University of Michigan was held in this building, which was then the First Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, the first university of the state moved to Ann Arbor in 1837, the year this building was constructed. Graduations were held here for the next eleven years and then moved to other church locations until the University of Michigan constructed a building large enough for this purpose.",,213 East Washington,Ann Arbor,MI,0,Between Fourth and Fifth Avenues,Washtenaw,02S06E29SWNE,42.280526,-83.74996,,,09/13/2017,db1593ee-0080-45f4-bece-06467d66ed0b,0,38,1,MHC811986002_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,415721
-87.0765019999999,45.797152,MHC211966012,L63,2,1966,1967,Native People and the French (< 1760),Escanaba River: The Legend / Escanaba River: The Lumbermen,,Escanaba River: The Legend,Escanaba River: The Lumbermen,"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 1600s. The Indians named the river for the flat rocks over which it runs. In “The Song of Hiawatha,” Longfellow described how Hiawatha “crossed the rushing Esconaba” in pursuit of Mudjekeewis, whom he slew to avenge the death of his mother. The last Indian lands in the Upper Peninsula were ceded to the United States in 1842. This closed an era that began about ten thousand years ago.","A short distance upriver from this marker, Alden Chandler built the first sawmill about 1835. Another mill was built in the early 1840s where this power dam now stands. Government surveyors were surprised to discover these mills and a small settlement here in 1844. These mills were all water-powered. The region was at first famous for its vast white pine forests. Lumber sawed here helped build Chicago and rebuild that city after the great fire of 1871. Hardwood flooring in large quantity was also produced here. At the turn of the century the I. Stephenson Company, with mills at the river mouth, was the largest producer of lumber in the world.",Pioneer Trail Park west side US-2,Escanaba,MI,0,"Opposite Pioneer Trail Park, behind the Department of Natural Resources bldg, US-2 and US-41",Delta,39N22W06SWSW,45.797152,-87.076502,,"Native People,Timber Industry",10/07/2020,3494393a-874b-44b0-bdb1-0649803f8d09,0,39,2,"MHC211966012_2.jpg;MHC211966012_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","10/06/2020;10/06/2020",415722
-85.52074,45.746154,MHC151958013,HB32,2,1958,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mormon Print Shop,James Strang's Print Shop,Mormon Print Shop,,"This building was erected in 1850, by James Strang and his followers. Here, during the 1850s, these Mormon dissenters published religious works and two newspapers, the Northern Islander and the Daily Northern Islander. Strang’s group had settled on Beaver Island in 1846 after breaking away from the Mormons led by Brigham Young. In 1850 Strang was declared “king” of his community, which made up the majority of the population on the island. In 1856 Strang was fatally shot by two disenchanted followers. In the wake of the assassination, an angry mob from the mainland stormed Beaver Island destroying buildings and forcing the Mormons to flee. At that time, this print shop was ransacked. It later became a boardinghouse. Today it serves as the headquarters for the Beaver Island Historical Society.",,NW corner of Forrest and Main Streets,Beaver Island,MI,0,St. James Township,Charlevoix,39N10W27NWNE,45.746154,-85.52074,,,08/08/2017,22f745e4-0ba1-458d-8894-0656d5a74710,0,40,0,,,,,415723
-85.172163,42.322685,MHC131987056,L1369A,2,1987,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Seirn B. Cole House,,Seirn B. Cole House,,"This flamboyant Arts and Crafts-style house was constructed in 1912. Its first resident, Seirn B. Cole (1861-1947), was a native of New Jersey. He and his wife, Elizabeth Farmer, lived in Detroit before they moved here where Cole was the contractor for the Battle Creek City Hall. Cole eventually became one of the city’s most active contractors. By the time he retired in 1934, his contributions to the city’s architecture included the Ralston-Purina Plant, the Masonic Temple, the Battle Creek High School, and the YWCA. During his fifty-year career, he also worked on the Ypsilanti Stone Water Tower and schools throughout the state. Cole was a civic leader. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a charter member of the Battle Creek Country Club.",,276 Capital Avenue NE,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S07W06SESW,42.322685,-85.172163,,,08/23/2017,6ccbc3f5-8c04-42f8-a6af-0657b7e76c5b,0,41,0,,,,,415724
-83.9682539999999,43.0865440000001,MHC781998015,L2171C,2,1998,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hazelton,Ratville,Hazelton,,"In 1849 the state of Michigan gave Porter Hazelton over six thousand acres of land in what soon became Hazelton Township. The land was partial payment for his construction of a bridge over the Flint River. A thriving village, popularly known as “Ratville”, developed. With an economy based primarily on agriculture, Hazelton by 1863 had three churches, a post office, a general store, and four hundred residents. In 1902 the post office closed as the town gradually disappeared.",,"New Lothrop Rd, South of Henderson",New Lothrop,MI,0,Hazelton Township,Shiawassee,08N04E22NENE,43.086544,-83.968254,,,10/17/2019,5ad5fe40-4ca2-4286-a35c-065f7eba2894,0,42,0,,,,,415725
-83.0436769999999,42.3271780000001,MHC821979056,S515A,2,1979,2001,Native People and the French (< 1760),The Landing of Cadillac / Le Debarquement de Cadillac,,The Landing of Cadillac,Le Debarquement de Cadillac,"After departing Montreal June 5, 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and his convoy of twenty-five canoes sailed down this river, and on the evening of July 23 camped sixteen miles below the present city of Detroit on what is now Grosse Ile. On the morning of July 24, Cadillac returned upriver and reached a spot on the shore near the present intersection of West Jefferson and Shelby. Pleased with the strategic features, the bank towering some forty feet above the level of the river, Cadillac landed and planted the flag of France, taking possession of the territory in the name of King Louis XIV. The erection of a fortress was immediately begun. The stockade, formed of fifteen-foot oak pickets set three feet in the ground, occupied an area of about an acre. The fortress was named Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit (the strait) in honor of Count Jerome de Pontchartrain, Minister of Marine. From this fort and settlement, Detroit, the Renaissance City, takes its origin.","Après avoir quitté Montréal le 5 juin 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac descendit ce fleuve avec un convoi de vingt-cinq canoes. Le soir du 23 juillet, le détachement établit son camp à l endroit que s’appelle maintenant Grosse lle, soit seize miles en aval de la position actuelle de la ville de Détroit. Le 24 juillet au matin, Cadillac revint en amont et atteignit le point de la rive qu’on peut situer aujourd hui près du croisement des rues West Jefferson et Shelby. Séduit par la valeur stratégique du lieu qui dominait de quarante pieds le niveau de la rivière, Cadillac débarqua et planta le drapeau français, prenant ainsi possession du territoire au nom du Roi Lous XIV. La construction d’une forteresse commença immédiatement. Avec ses pieux de chêne que faisaient quinze pieds de long et que étaient enfoncés de trios pieds dans le sol, la palisade délimitait une superficie d’un arpent, soit environ une acre. On baptisa cet enclos Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, en l’honneur du Comte Jérôme de Pontchartrain, minister de la Marine. C’est de ce fort et de ce campement qu’est née la ville de Détroit, la Cité de la “Renaissance.”",Woodward Avenue near Hart Plaza,Detroit,MI,0,adjacent to the Cadillac monument,Wayne, ,42.327178,-83.043677,,5,11/17/2022,3fb9dfb5-ef92-45b4-9232-069789988d6c,0,43,0,,,,,415726
-84.1649879999999,42.056693,MHC461990051,S611A,2,1990,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Joseph's Church / St. Joseph's Shrine,,St. Joseph's Church,St. Joseph's Shrine,"St. Joseph’s Church originated as a missionary church during the 1850s. Priests from Adrian, Clinton, Manchester, Tecumseh, and Monroe served the parish until the first resident priest arrived in 1854. The original church, which is still part of the present structure, was constructed in 1854 by Irish pioneers. In 1863 the first Mass was held in the church. The tower and stained glass windows were added in 1911. In 1928 Father Joseph Pfeffer from St. Mary’s in Manchester served here and oversaw the enlargement and remodeling of the church to its present form. The transept was built and [the] nave enlarged, transforming the church to a cruciform plan. The red tile roof, the tower, and the use of mosaic, tile and wrought iron in the interior, give the church its Spanish Mission flavor.","As part of the 1928 expansion of St. Joseph’s Church, a shrine--inspired by the grotto at Our Lady of Lourdes in France--was designed. In 1932 work began on the fourteen outdoor stations of the cross, which depict scenes of the Via Dolorosa (the sorrowful way) that Jesus walked to Calvary. The footpath begins at a replica of Pontius Pilate’s palace, then winds past balconied houses, through the judgment gate and ends at Christ’s tomb. The crucifixion scene is sculpted from Carrara marble. Two Mexican artisans, Dionicio Rodriquez and Ralph Corona, under the supervision of Leo Ouelette, sculpted the steps, archways, and railings from wet cement to resemble stone and timber.",8743 US-12,Brooklyn,MI,0,"Brooklyn vicinity, Cambridge Twp",Lenawee,05S02E11NENW,42.056693,-84.164988,,,07/24/2017,0a611d45-cb1a-4607-8fda-06d4ff1b5c99,0,44,0,,,,,415727
-84.059357,41.8971340000001,MHC461962002,S227,2,1962,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Adrian College,,Adrian College,,"Chartered on March 28, 1859, Adrian College traces its origins back to a Wesleyan Methodist theological institute founded at Leoni, Michigan, in 1845. This institution later became Michigan Union College. Strongly antislavery in its sentiments, the school was moved to Adrian in 1859 through the efforts of the antislavery leader and educator, Reverend Asa Mahan, who was elected first president of the new Adrian College. The college was transferred to the Methodist Protestant Church in 1868, and here for seventy-one years, leaders of this denominational union of American Methodism resulted in the establishment of the Methodist Church. Adrian College is affiliated with this great church body.",,110 South Madison,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,07S03E03SWNW,41.897134,-84.059357,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",08/21/2017,5ce061f2-3619-4d36-99e3-06dcc4bf49c3,0,45,0,,,,,415728
-85.180447,42.317124,MHC131959015,L9,2,1959,1960,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,,"The First Baptist Church, oldest church in Battle Creek, was organized in April 1835, with nineteen charter members. Meetings were held in the log schoolhouse the first few years. The present site was bought from Sands McCamly in 1843 for $275. The first building, completed in 1850, was replaced in 1871 by the present sanctuary at a cost of $26,500. Many members signed notes for the indebtedness. In 1957 an educational building was erected. The church was remodeled in 1959.",,80 East Michigan Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W12NENE,42.317124,-85.180447,,,08/23/2017,4f97e324-eee4-4be3-9634-0700ae3e962b,0,47,0,,,,,415729
-83.688934,43.013969,MHC251974017,L371,2,1974,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Paul's Episcopal Church,,St. Paul's Episcopal Church,,"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 before the present structure was started in 1872 through efforts of the Reverend Marcus Lane. This massive Gothic Revival building was designed by Gordon Lloyd of Detroit. The limestone, donated by a quarry in Flushing, was transported by members to the site. On August 24, 1873, the first service was held in this church. St. Paul’s was consecrated in 1882 when the Reverend William Seabrease was rector. Memorials in the church honor eminent citizens of Flint’s past, including carriage makers and auto pioneers.",,711 South Saginaw St.,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee,,43.013969,-83.688934,,,04/03/2020,84ff9aae-59c3-4e36-8cb3-071f5e005abf,0,48,1,MHC251974017_1.jpg,Karl F Collyer,Marker Photo - Front,02/20/2020,415730
-83.6961919999999,43.017201,MHC251987064,L1397C,2,1987,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Charles W. Nash,,Charles W. Nash,,"This Queen Anne-style house, built circa 1890, was owned by automotive pioneer Charles W. Nash (1864-1948). Born in Illinois, Nash worked on area farms before forming a successful hay-processing firm, “Adams and Nash,” in 1882. He was hired by the Flint Road Cart Company as a cushion stuffer at $1.00 a day in 1890. He later became general manager and vice president of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, general manager of the Buick Motor Company (1910) and president of Buick and the General Motors Corporation (1912). In 1916 he formed the Nash Motor Company.",,307 Mason Street,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.017201,-83.696192,,Auto Industry,08/30/2017,ec8f1cc5-dbdc-47ae-a4b6-075b7cb44e6a,0,49,0,,,,,415731
-87.43832409,45.2955808500001,MHC552002001,L2110,2,2002,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bailey Fishery,Charles L. Bailey House,Bailey Fishery,,"Mathias Bailey was a commercial fisherman who moved his family from Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, in 1870, seeking more abundant fishing on the west side of Green Bay. In 1893 his son Charles bought 123 acres of land and built this house for his wife, Aurora. Charles operated one of the area’s largest fisheries on this site from 1893 to 1950. His daughter E. Leone Bailey, who died in 1994, willed the house, the fishery and 100 acres of land to the county for use as a museum and natural area.",,N5756 Highway M-35,Menominee,MI,49858,Ingallston Township,Menominee,34N25W31SWNE,45.29558085,-87.43832409,,,08/08/2017,87e577c3-1482-4907-8be1-075f941b18a5,0,50,0,,,,,415732
-83.19467,42.328609,MHC821962003,S236,4,1962,1963,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Henry Ford Birthplace,,Henry Ford Birthplace,,"At this intersection stood the home in which Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. The farmhouse was owned by Ford’s parents, William and Mary Ford, and in 1944 it was moved to Greenfield Village. In a space of less than ten years at the beginning of this century, the founder of Ford Motor Company developed three separate and distinct concepts, any of which would have assured him an honored niche in history. He designed and built the Model T Ford car, “the car that put the world on wheels.” He inaugurated the moving automotive assembly line and developed the process of mass production on which modern industry is based. By instituting a five-dollar wage for an eight-hour day, he promulgated a new economic concept that opened the door to mass distribution. Henry Ford was also a pioneer in the field of aviation and in the development of the farm tractor.",,Ford Road,Dearborn,MI,0,"SE corner of Ford and Greenfield Roads, Condominium parking lot Ford Road at Greenfield",Wayne,02S11E18NWNW,42.328609,-83.19467,,"Auto Industry,2",06/16/2022,ffb41d3c-38c1-49df-8ae0-076e34bcda47,0,51,0,,,,,415733
-88.547787,46.106505,MHC361958007,S213,2,1958,1964,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),First Roadside Park,,First Roadside Park,,"In 1918 the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved the recommendation of the road commission, through its engineer-manager, Herbert F. Larson, to purchase this 320-acre tract of roadside virgin timber and to dedicate it as a forest preserve. The following year Iron County established Michigan’s first roadside park and picnic tables. This was quite likely America’s first such facility. Since then similar parks have been provided by most states for the comfort and enjoyment of the traveling motorist.",,US-2 four miles east of Iron River.,Iron River,MI,0,"Iron County Park, Bates Township",Iron,43N34W22NESW,46.106505,-88.547787,,Heritage Conservation Trail,09/01/2017,5527c165-e13d-4028-8343-079232003c93,0,52,2,"MHC361958007_2.jpg;MHC361958007_1.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Archives of Michigan","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",415734
-84.618853,45.857473,MHC491959014,L4,2,1959,2021,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Home of the Ancestors / Home of the Ancestors,Skull Cave,Home of the Ancestors,Home of the Ancestors,"Mackinac Island has long been a burial location for the Anishnaabek (Odawa, Ojibway and Potawatomi). Some of the burials on the island are more than one thousand years old. It is a common practice for the Anishnaabek to bury their dead near water and their villages. Once their kin are interred, the Anishnaabek remember them in special ceremonies, often called “feasts of the dead” or “ghost suppers.” Michigan Odawa, Ojibway and Potawatomi communities hold these feasts in autumn.","As part of respecting the dead, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians have worked with Mackinac State Historic Parks to repatriate ancestral human remains from Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City. The 1990 federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act governs this work. Mackinac Island is a special place for many native people. Manidook (spirits), events and the burials of the ancestors all contribute to the sacred nature of the island.",Garrison Road,Mackinac Island,MI,0,near Rifle Range Road,Mackinac, ,45.857473,-84.618853,,2,09/13/2021,d93fcdde-4ee5-4f5c-9a56-0832640cd84a,0,53,1,MHC491959014_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,09/09/2021,415735
-84.6185869999999,45.847545,MHC491982012,L982A,2,1982,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lake View Hotel,Lake View House,Lake View Hotel,,"Originally known as the Lake View House, this is one of the oldest continuously operated hotels on Mackinac Island. Reuben Chapman built the structure in 1858. After his death in 1860, the hotel was operated by his wife, Maria. In 1880 the Chapmans’ daughter Jeannie and son-in-law Claude C. Cable purchased the structure. They later changed the name to the Lake View Hotel. In the 1890s, as Mackinac Island became a midwestern tourist mecca, the hotel was enlarged and the two large towers were added. The restaurant and bar were built in 1969 and expanded in 1975. The original portion of the hotel is a well-preserved example of vernacular resort architecture. The handsome building is accented by an open, wood-columned porch with a modified hipped roof and a raised basement.",,SW end of Huron Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.847545,-84.618587,,,09/05/2017,6f2224a5-4b0d-485f-bb03-08671d5a2563,0,54,0,,,,,415736
-85.287572,42.646731,MHC081995014,L1929,2,1995,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Methodist Episcopal Church,"Independent Order of Oddfellows Hall; Thomas Jefferson Hall",Methodist Episcopal Church,,"The first Methodist Episcopal Society, the oldest congregation in Hastings, erected this Greek Revival structure in 1860. In 1911 the Methodists built a new church on the northwest corner of Green and Church Streets. The following year it sold the older church to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which shared the space with the Rebekahs. In 1987 the Barry County Democratic Party acquired this adaptable building and named it the Thomas Jefferson Hall.",,300 S. Jefferson Street,Hastings,MI,0,,Barry,03N08W17SWNW,42.646731,-85.287572,,1,07/28/2020,0bb87e06-5b32-4924-85cb-087130120e44,0,56,2,"MHC081995014_2.jpg;MHC081995014_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/07/2020;07/07/2020",415737
-85.583437,42.289972,MHC391976031,S462,2,1976,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),David S. Walbridge,,David S. Walbridge,,"Born in Vermont in 1802, David S. Walbridge became one of Kalamazoo’s most distinguished citizens. He moved here in the early 1840s and was a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church. Active in the business community, Walbridge set up a general store, bought a large flourmill, and invested in flat boats and plank road construction to transport his goods. His deep interest in Whig politics led to his participation in the first state Republican convention in Jackson, where he was named permanent chairman of the meeting. Elected to Congress in 1855, he served until 1858. His other offices included terms as postmaster and state legislator. After years of service to his party and to Michigan, David S. Walbridge died in Kalamazoo in 1868.",,202 South Kalamazoo Mall,Kalamazoo,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SESW,42.289972,-85.583437,,,09/01/2017,3fc6d5cb-a1c6-4fa1-bf0e-087c721d8b6d,0,57,0,,,,,415738
-85.181268,42.3199800000001,MHC131990045,L1792C,2,1990,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ward Mill Site / Ward Building Site,,Ward Mill Site,Ward Building Site,"In 1845 Joseph M. Ward (1822-1902) joined William Fargo in a livery and freight business, located on the corner of State and Jefferson Streets. In 1849 Ward bought an interest in a woolen mill on the nearby creek, which he operated until 1860. The next year he converted the mill to flour production. Ward’s son Frank (1860-1936) and E. C. Hinman (1852-1906) took over the business in 1882. Hinman left the business in 1888, and Frank Ward moved to Detroit in 1897. Joseph resumed control of the business until his death.","In 1905 Frank and Charles Ward erected a six-story steel and masonry building here, on the site of the Ward flour mill, in memory of their father, Joseph M. Ward. The Battle Creek Sunday Record quoted authorities at the Michigan Commercial Insurance Company who stated that the “Ward Skyscraper” was the “only absolutely fireproof office building in Michigan.” It housed many prosperous businesses, a business school and the Athelstan social club. The Ward Building was razed in 1987.",37 Capitol Ave NE,Battle Creek,MI,0,north of State Street near the friendship park rock and the Battle Creek,Calhoun,02S08W01SESE,42.31998,-85.181268,,,09/11/2019,fa952c6b-bdf2-48e2-976f-0889c62d55dc,0,59,0,,,,,415739
-84.03466,41.9018810000001,MHC461974049,L365,2,1974,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),County Courthouse,Lenawee County Courthouse,County Courthouse,,"Lenawee County was first settled in 1824 at Tecumseh, which the territorial legislature subsequently made the county seat. Pioneers, mostly from upper New York State, then established Blissfield and Adrian, the latter called Logan. The largest Indian tribe in the area was the Potawatomi. In 1838 the first state legislature moved the Lenawee seat of justice from Tecumseh to Adrian. The first courthouse in Adrian was built in 1837 but burned in 1852. Immediately purchasing this site, formerly the western terminus of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, the county erected a temporary courthouse. The Romanesque-style edifice was completed in 1885 and features round-arched entrances and an ornate tower. Its exterior is also adorned with classic reliefs and terra-cotta trim. Since 1885 this impressive structure has been the seat of Lenawee County government.",,301 North Main Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E35NWSE,41.901881,-84.03466,,,09/01/2017,4d528f13-d8a3-4266-88c8-08df6272186c,0,60,1,MHC461974049_2.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,415740
-84.846289,43.0916130000001,MHC342001009,L2091,2,2001,2001,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John the Baptist Church / St. John the Baptist Cemetery,St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Complex,St. John the Baptist Church,St. John the Baptist Cemetery,"Organized in 1855 to serve Irish Catholic immigrants, the parish of St. John the Baptist worshipped in a simple church on the Cowman farm until 1868. That year, the parish of seventy families built this church, which seated four hundred people. It was the largest church in Ionia County at that time. St. John’s grew to include a cemetery (1884), a rectory (1907), a school (1917), a convent (1927), which was razed in 1987, and a parish hall (1977).","Consecrated in 1884, Saint John the Baptist Cemetery contains the graves of the Irish founders of the parish and their descendants. The oldest burials date from 1875 and were moved from the original Catholic cemetery, located one mile west of here. The Roach, Welch, Hogan, Cahalan, and Connell families donated the land for the cemetery. At the entrance a shrine pays tribute to Father Eugene R. Fox, who served at St. John’s from 1938 to 1986.",324 S. Washington Rd,Hubbardston,MI,0,,Ionia,08N05W12SWSE,43.091613,-84.846289,,,05/27/2020,4238c6a4-e1db-4e8c-b432-090819d42b92,0,61,2,"MHC342001009_1.jpg;MHC342001009_2.jpg","Karol Sanborn;Karol Sanborn","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/01/2020;07/01/2020",415741
-83.149839,42.605771,MHC631968005,L71,2,1968,1968,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Troy Corners,,Troy Corners,,"The city of Troy was an unclaimed wilderness when Johnson Niles moved here with his family from New York in 1821. As a farmer, carpenter, innkeeper, and merchant, Niles did much to develop the area, offering advice and encouragement to the settlers who followed. By 1834 the township included over eleven hundred inhabitants and the thriving village of Troy Corners had grown out of Niles’s original settlement. Niles became Troy’s postmaster and supervisor, and served in the Michigan legislature as a representative and later as a senator. His original home, a log cabin, was replaced by this house, built a few years after Niles arrived.",,Livernois South of Square Lake Road,Troy,MI,0,"Marker delisted and salvaged - the structure was moved to the Troy Historic Village (2 miles south) and the text was no longer accurate;",Oakland,02N11E09NENE,42.605771,-83.149839,,4,01/19/2021,ece2e068-2a8e-48e1-bbd0-09273ae265fb,0,62,0,,,,,415742
-83.482613,42.021389,MHC581998008,L2042,2,1998,2001,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Exeter Township Hall,,Exeter Township Hall,,"Exeter was organized in 1836 and named for the New York birthplace of the township’s first postmaster, Henry Palmer. In 1890 local officials set aside five hundred dollars to build this hall. The Canada Southern Railway, which ran through the township, spurred Exeter’s logging, charcoal, and limestone industries. Bricks, barrels, and broomsticks were produced in Maybee and Scofield. The area outside the villages was farmland.",,6158 Scofield Road,Maybee,MI,0,,Monroe,05S08E28NESE,42.021389,-83.482613,,1,02/22/2022,5aa2a466-3edd-4b0b-bdb9-094a41792626,0,63,3,"MHC581998008_2.jpg;MHC581998008_3.jpg;MHC581998008_1.jpg","J.T. Lambrou;J.T. Lambrou;J.T. Lambrou","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","03/29/2021;03/29/2021;03/29/2021",415743
-84.933388,45.262439,MHC152009004,S722C,2,2009,2010,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hemingway at Walloon Lake,Ernest Hemingway,Hemingway at Walloon Lake,,"In 1899 the Hemingways of Oak Park, Illinois, built a summer cottage called Windemere some six miles northwest of here on Walloon Lake. Young Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) spent his days at the lake reading, fishing, hunting, and boating. In 1921 he and Hadley Richardson married at a Methodist Church in Horton Bay and honeymooned at Windemere. Hemingway lived and traveled throughout the world, yet his boyhood experiences and the people he knew in Horton Bay and Walloon Lake continued to inspire his writing. Local friends such as Bill and Katy Smith and the Dilworths served as models for characters in his short stories and novels. Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.","""All the love went into fishing and the summer. He had loved it more than anything. He had loved digging potatoes with Bill in the fall . . . . The hills at the foot of Walloon Lake, storms on the lake. . . delivering vegetables around the lake. . . coming up from the foot of the lake with the groceries, the mail and the Chicago paper under a tarpaulin. . . . the wind in the hemlocks and the wet pine needles underfoot when he was barefoot going for the milk. Getting up at daylight to row across the lake and hike over the hills after a rain to fish in Hortons Creek.""
-From ""On Writing,"" The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1972 The Ernest Hemingway Foundation. Used Courtesy of Scribner, a Division of Simon and Schuster, Inc.
Ernest Hemingway drove ambulances in Italy during Workd War I, attended bullfights in Pamplona, and hunted big game in Africa. Like these worldwide experiences, his adventures in ""Upper Michigan,"" where he spent idyllic summers as a youth, influenced his work throughout his career. In 1924 he authored ""On Writing,"" a short story published in the 1972 anthology The Nick Adams Stories.","M-75 North, Melrose Twp Park",Walloon Lake,MI,49796,,Charlevoix,33N05W16NWNW,45.262439,-84.933388,,,07/15/2019,2466dc16-10ac-43f4-9952-0aae95278299,0,65,6,"MHC152009004_1.jpg;MHC152009004_2.jpg;MHC152009004_3.jpg;MHC152009004_4.jpg;MHC152009004_5.jpg;MHC152009004_6.jpg","Michigan History Center;Central Michigan University/Clarke Historical Library Collection;Central Michigan University/Clarke Historical Library Collection;Central Michigan University/Clarke Historical Library Collection;Central Michigan University/Clarke Historical Library Collection;Megan Moreno-Central Michigan University/Clarke Historical Library","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;;;;06/10/2008",415744
-82.955928,42.466982,MHC502001011,L2093,2,2001,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church,,St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church,,"Erin Township’s German immigrants first worshipped together in a log church amid an oak forest in 1846. The following year the Reverend John Friedrich Winkler helped organize St. Peter’s church as a “country church” near Detroit. This is the third building occupied by the congregation. Dedicated in 1950, the church and school were designed by Merritt and Cole and are fine mid-twentieth-century interpretations of the Neo-Gothic style. The church bells were brought from the congregation’s second church, which stood two blocks south of here from 1859 to 1950. The adjacent cemetery was dedicated in 1888.",,23000 Gratiot Ave,Eastpointe,MI,0,two blocks north of Nine Mile Road,Macomb,01N13E30SWSE,42.466982,-82.955928,,,09/05/2017,81532198-f4db-4a71-b106-0ab3c422d63d,0,66,0,,,,,415745
-84.797963,43.621203,MHC371986021,L1298,2,1986,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Indian Cemetery,Mission Creek Cemetery,Indian Cemetery,,"In the 1850s the Methodist Episcopal (Indian) Church established the Bradley Mission School and Indian Cemetery in this area. The cemetery served the mission until the late 1860s. Only a few grave markers are visible, and it is not known how many Indians were buried here. The best-known Indian buried here was Chief Shawshawwawnabeece (1817-1868). As leader of the Saginaw Swan Creek and Black River Band of Chippewa, he signed the Treaty of 1855, which set aside six adjoining townships of land in Isabella County for his tribe.",,1475 South Bamber Rd,Mount Pleasant,MI,0,"North of Pickard Rd, South of River Rd, on South side of Mission Creek",Isabella,14N04W09SWNE,43.621203,-84.797963,,Native People,08/18/2017,4bffc909-82ac-48bc-a54e-0acbd43d72df,0,67,0,,,,,415746
-84.7492569999999,42.2437580000001,MHC131989015,L1695,2,1989,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church / First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,First Presbyterian Church,"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 corner of Clinton and Erie Streets. In 1857 the congregation erected a new church on this site; it burned in 1873. The third church, completed in 1879, also burned, and the present one was built in 1884.","The First Presbyterian Church, built on this site in 1858, burned in February 1873. Detroit architect Elijah E. Myers was immediately commissioned to plan a new church, which was completed in 1879. (Myers also designed Michigan’s present state capitol.) In 1883 fire again ravaged the church. The Romanesque Revival building’s shell and two stained-glass windows were saved and incorporated into the present church, which was dedicated on August 10, 1884.",305 E. Porter,Albion,MI,0,,Calhoun,03S04W02NENW,42.243758,-84.749257,,,08/23/2017,f24931e7-0fc3-4c21-9e3f-0b0d643ba70b,0,68,0,,,,,415747
-86.204797,41.912307,MHC142000015,S666,4,2000,2000,Native People and the French (< 1760),Sumnerville Mounds / Sumnerville Cemetery,,Sumnerville Mounds,Sumnerville Cemetery,"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 Woodlands of North America, primarily in Illinois and Ohio. Sumnerville is one of the few places in Michigan where Hopewellian mounds have survived into the twentieth century. While most mounds have been destroyed by plowing or construction, the Sumnerville mounds were preserved by the landowners. Some of the artifacts removed from the mounds during the late nineteenth century were acquired by the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Archaeologists named “Sumnerville Incised,” a type of Hopewellian pottery, for its association with this site.","The earliest marked grave in Sumnerville Cemetery dates from 1830 and bears the name “Emily Markham.” Many Pokagon pioneers are buried there, including prominent African American families of Ash, Gault, Mitchem, and Mitchell. The remains of Cass County’s first white settlers, Uzziel and Anna Putnam are interred in the cemetery. The Putnams came to Pokagon Prairie in 1825. Charity Thompson, the widow of Berrien County’s first white settler, Squire Isaac Thompson, and two of their children are also buried in the cemetery. Veterans, beginning with the War of 1812, are interred there as well as judges, legislators and township officials. Since 1990 Pokagon Township has cared for the cemetery.",Wood Road and Pokagon Highway,Niles,MI,49120,Pokagon Township (see comments),Cass,06S16W31NENE,41.912307,-86.204797,,5,03/02/2021,f71c59ba-6b49-43ae-afc1-0b598760fe5a,0,69,0,,,,,415748
-85.479812,44.9904500000001,MHC281999008,L2059,2,1999,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hesler Log House / Hesler Log House,Joseph Hesler Log House,Hesler Log House,Hesler Log House,"The Hesler house is a rare surviving log house dating from the early settlement of the Old Mission Peninsula. From 1854 to 1856, Joseph and Mary Hesler built the house of hand hewn pine and hemlock logs fourteen miles south of here on the eastern shore of the peninsula. Joseph and Mary, from Canada and Ireland respectively, were among a number of Irish, English, Canadian, and Scottish immigrants living in the southern part of the township in 1860.","Completed in 1856, the Hesler Log House typifies the first shelters built by early pioneers. Faced with acres of forest, they cleared their land, built a house with the timber, and planted crops. The Heslers sold the house in 1866. During the next 125 years it served as a private residence, housing for migrant workers, a school, and quarters for a bull. When the house was threatened with demolition in 1992, citizens rallied. The building was moved to this site and restored.",20500 Center Rd,Traverse City,MI,49686,"Old Mission Peninsula, Lighthouse Park, End of Center Rd",Grand Traverse,30N10W23SWNE,44.99045,-85.479812,,,07/13/2017,349a95b7-a76a-48d4-88c5-0b6761d907c3,0,70,0,,,,,415749
-86.251358,41.831829,MHC111976025,L477,2,1976,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ferry Street School,Ferry Street Elementary School,Ferry Street School,,"Constructed in 1867 at a cost of nearly three thousand dollars, 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 integrated school in 1873. The west wing was added in 1903. From 1956 to 1975 the School for Exceptional Children was located here. In 1975 concerned citizens began restoring the original building to its nineteenth century style. Nineteenth century one room schools in this community typically contained a woodburning stove, woodbox, water bench, coat pegs, wooden blackboards, and long rows of desks. One teacher often taught two grades. Lessons were in reading, writing, spelling, numbers, declamation, and geography—all with a moral. This school provides a link to schools of yesteryear.",,620 Ferry Street,Niles,MI,0,SW corner of Seventh St.,Berrien,07S17W26NWSE,41.831829,-86.251358,,African-American History,,f84ba83c-2da5-4a65-990b-0b88916743c6,0,71,0,,,,,415750
-83.3843419999999,42.282452,MHC821969007,S296,2,1969,1969,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Johnson's Tavern,George M. Johnson Tavern,Johnson's Tavern,,"In 1824 George M. Johnson purchased eight acres of land from the government and erected a log tavern at this location, a day’s journey from Detroit. Stephen G. Simmons bought the tavern from Johnson in 1825 and operated it until he was hanged for the murder of his wife in 1830. In 1832 the tavern, located on the new Detroit-Chicago military road, was purchased by Ezra Derby. He later subdivided some of his land and sold lots. A hamlet known as Derby’s developed around the tavern, and in 1836 the name of the settlement was changed to Wayne, apparently to honor General Anthony Wayne. On April 12, 1869, forty-five years after George Johnson settled here, the village was incorporated.",,35118 West Michigan Avenue,Wayne,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E28SWSW,42.282452,-83.384342,,,09/22/2017,2554c401-da59-443a-96cd-0b89684f451c,0,72,0,,,,,415751
-86.0707,42.2450000000001,MHC802014015,L2264C,2,2014,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Isaac Watts Willard / Isaac Watts Willard,,Isaac Watts Willard,Isaac Watts Willard,"In 1838, Isaac Watts Willard (1803-1879) and partners Peter Gremps and Lyman Daniels surveyed and platted the village of Paw Paw. That same year, Gremps and Willard opened a mercantile and grist mill in the village. Willard moved to Paw Paw in 1840 and opened a hotel. At the site of this marker, he built a saw mill, which he operated until his death. A Vermont native, Willard first visited Michigan in 1830. A year later, he moved to White Pigeon and opened a mercantile with future governor John Barry. After the partnership ended in 1834, Willard moved to Kalamazoo and opened Willard’s Mercantile. In 1849, he became a Commissioner of the Paw Paw and Lawton Plank Road Company, which built the only plank road in Van Buren County.","Isaac Watts Willard’s lifelong involvement in civic and political activities began when he served as the first resident clerk of the St. Joseph County Circuit Court. In 1836, he became Postmaster of Kalamazoo. That year, he also represented the county at the second Convention of Assent, which accepted the federal government’s terms for Michigan statehood. Later, Willard became the county Probate Judge. He represented Van Buren County at the 1850 Michigan Constitutional Convention. In 1853, President Pierce named him Timber Agent for Michigan and the Western Territories. In 1859, he became Paw Paw’s first village president. In the cemetery on Prospect Hill, south of this marker, Willard built a 127-foot-tall tower. He is buried there, at the summit of the hill.",429 S. Kalamazoo Street (M-40),Paw Paw,MI,49079,"South of Berrien St., on John H. Tapper property, on a small triangular grassy area on the river bank and fronting Kalamzoo St.",Van Buren,,42.245,-86.0707,,"Timber Industry,5",02/16/2021,1b37d669-6980-4a42-ab22-0bad5725bbe7,0,73,0,,,,,415752
-84.162955,45.5897160000001,MHC711957043,S119,2,1957,1956,Native People and the French (< 1760),Lake Huron,,Lake Huron,,"This, the fifth largest lake in the world, was the first of the Great Lakes seen by white men. By following the Ottawa River route, Samuel de Champlain in 1615 came to the “Freshwater Sea.” It was half a century before the French fully understood the lake’s size. Lake shipping has swelled immensely since the [Griffon’s] solitary voyage in 1679. Much of the shore is still as wild as when the Huron Indians were the only travelers on the lake.",,Roadside Park US-23,Bearinger Township,MI,0,"26 miles North of Rogers City at Huron Beach, near Hammond Bay Refuge Harbor",Presque Isle,37N02E14SWNW,45.589716,-84.162955,,4,09/12/2017,400ae02f-920e-4d3e-bdfb-0bb86dbbfee9,0,74,1,MHC711957043_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415753
-86.18431,42.020477,MHC141996004,L1977,2,1996,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Methodist Episcopal Church,,First Methodist Episcopal Church,,"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 minister to the group and conducted services in the Indian Lake schoolhouse. During the ministry of the Reverend John R. Richards, church members used lumber from nearby farms to build this Greek Revival-style church in 1869. Two local men, Enos Bowerman and Will Hess, served as contractor and carpenter for the construction. Throughout its history the congregation’s societies and charitable fund raising have made it a vibrant participant in the local community.",,31944 Middlecrossing Rd.,Dowagiac,MI,49047,Silver Creek Township,Cass,05S16W21SWNW,42.020477,-86.18431,,,08/23/2017,3c90412a-5650-412c-8421-0c3bc87d456e,0,76,0,,,,,415754
-85.666732,42.961621,MHC411971038,L120,2,1971,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ladies Literary Club,,Ladies Literary Club,,"In 1870 six women who had been meeting for a year to study history, organized Grand Rapids’s first Ladies Literary Association. The group was also instrumental in opening the first public library in the city that same year. In 1882 the association incorporated as the Ladies Literary Club of Grand Rapids. It built this Richardsonian Romanesque-style meetinghouse for six thousand dollars in 1887. Designed by William G. Robinson, it is one of the earliest Michigan structures built as a women’s club.",,61 Sheldon Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W30NWSW,42.961621,-85.666732,,,09/01/2017,7197e55b-93ed-46ae-b36d-0c41fea5a490,0,77,0,,,,,415755
-83.0392209999999,42.3331880000001,MHC821977027,L516,2,1977,2010,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Jewish Religious Services,,First Jewish Religious Services,,"Near this site in 1850, a small group of German-Jewish immigrants gathered at the home of Isaac and Sarah Cozens and formed the Beth El Society. Here Marcus Cohen, a layman, conducted the first Jewish religious service in Detroit. The following year, at the urging of Sarah Cozens, the Society was incorporated under the name of ""Beth El"" meaning ""House of God."" and thus became the first Jewish congregation in Michigan, which is still in existence.",,Congress at the end of St. Antoine,Detroit,MI,0,Corner of St. Antoine and East Congress Streets,Wayne, ,42.333188,-83.039221,,,02/03/2020,ed15d2c0-0c42-4dc4-b6f4-0c454579bcab,0,78,0,,,,,415756
-83.801103,42.4493790000001,MHC471970009,L78,2,1970,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Stephen's ,St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,St. Stephen's ,,"This building is one of the oldest Episcopal churches in Michigan. St. Stephen’s parish was organized in 1844, and construction of the church began almost immediately. Hiram Raymond of Hamburg was the contractor, and building funds were solicited in the East and in Europe. Donations were received from Hamburg, Germany, the native city of some parishioners. The clean delicate lines of the church and the interesting tower make this one of the state’s most intriguing churches.",,10585 Hamburg Road,Hamburg,MI,0,Corner of Stone St,Livingston,01N05E25NESW,42.449379,-83.801103,,,07/28/2017,3a75e659-95b2-490f-9513-0c73a0878c34,0,80,0,,,,,415757
-83.619061,42.731527,MHC631982011,L1026B,2,1982,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Rose Township Hall,,Rose Township Hall,,"Rose Township was created by legislative act on March 11, 1837. Its organizational meeting was held at the house and tavern of David Gage. The township held meetings at the tavern until 1881, when the present structure was built by local carpenter William Miller. The Rose Township Board held its first meeting here in March 1882. From 1898 to 1958 the Rose Mission, organized by the Ladies Aid Society of Rose, held regular Sunday morning worship services here.",,204 Franklin Street,Holly,MI,0,Rose Center,Oakland,04N07E22NESW,42.731527,-83.619061,,,09/12/2017,3b4bc4f9-0ab4-4848-8dca-0c817321ee4d,0,81,0,,,,,415758
-84.7560329999999,42.248559,MHC131995017,L1942,2,1995,2006,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The Gale House,,The Gale House,,"Orlando C. and Adeline Gale erected this house 1862. Built in the Italianate style, the house reflects the Gale´s prominence. Orlando and his father and brothers owned a succession of hardware and farm implement businesses in Moscow, Jonesville, and Albion. In 1864 Orlando and two of his brothers, Horatio and Augustus, started a farm implement factory in Albion that became the Gale Manufacturing Company in 1874. Production shifted to automotive parts in the 1930s. The factory ccclosed ion 1968.",,220 W. Mulberry Street,Albion,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S04W35SWSW,42.248559,-84.756033,,,07/30/2019,96324ab7-6729-4c39-b8ca-0cfa54d586fe,0,82,0,,,,,415759
-84.9585719999999,42.271037,MHC131978016,S503,2,1978,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),State School System/Isaac E. Crary and John D. Pierce,Marshall Middle School,State School System,Isaac E. Crary and John D. Pierce,"
In 1834-35 Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854) and John D. Pierce (1793-1882) planned Michigan’s public school system, which influenced educational policy throughout America. Their most important contribution was the establishment of a separate department of education run by a superintendent—an innovative effort to introduce uniform schooling in Michigan. Crary and Pierce specified that certain land revenues go to the state, not the townships, for education. They also designated Michigan’s general college fund for the financially ailing University of Michigan. Later in 1862, Congress adopted this state’s method of using land revenues for schools, a plan which benefited Michigan Agricultural College in East Lansing. Using ideas from Prussian educators and New England schools, Michigan’s school system aided the growth of this frontier area.","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, planned Michigan’s public school system. The proposed system became law in 1835 when Crary headed the education committee of the state’s inaugural constitutional convention. The following year Pierce was appointed state superintendent of education—the first such position in America. Crary, who later was a state legislator and the first United States Representative from Michigan, and Pierce continued to battle for educational plans including free schools. Dying in 1854 and 1882 respectively, Crary and Pierce were buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall.",100 East Green Street,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25SENW,42.271037,-84.958572,,,08/23/2017,6bd262bc-a2da-457d-9350-0d3906e94971,0,83,0,,,,,415760
-86.220188,43.9361010000001,MHC531993015,L1904,2,1993,1994,Native People and the French (< 1760),Notipekago,,Notipekago,,"Ottawa oral tradition tells of a war between the Ottawa and Mascouten tribes in the seventeenth century. The defeat of the Mascouten allowed for permanent Ottawa settlement in Lower Michigan. One battle took place in the Custer vicinity along the Pere Marquette River. Many years later, erosion exposed the buried remains of those from both tribes who died here. Indians placed many of the skulls along the riverbank. The battle site became known as Notipekago—the place of the skulls. This story holds an enduring place in Ottawa oral tradition.",,South Custer Rd.,Custer Township,MI,0,north of Conrad Road near the Pere Marquette River,Mason,18N16W21SESE,43.936101,-86.220188,,,09/06/2017,b6083b26-e697-4c13-96d7-0d3d74839e0b,0,84,0,,,,,415761
-84.118127,42.9794710000001,MHC781988023,L1514B,2,1988,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Corunna Public Schools / Shiawassee Street School,,Corunna Public Schools,Shiawassee Street School,"The Corunna School District was organized in 1842. Later that year a one-story frame schoolhouse was constructed. A teacher, Miss Cook, was hired in 1843 and received the “unprecedented salary of $2.50 per week” and the “privilege of boarding ‘round” in the community. In 1851 a two-story brick school was built to accommodate Corunna’s growing population. A larger, three-story brick school was erected in 1866 just north of the schoolhouse. In the fall of 1882 both buildings burned. Another three-story brick school was constructed later that year to serve grades kindergarten through twelve. On April 14, 1908, that school burned. The present school was built that same year with funds from insurance policies and a city bond issue.","Edwyn A. Bowd of Lansing, an architect popular in the early twentieth century for his plans of public buildings, designed the Shiawassee Street School, which opened in January 1909. Rickman and Son, who built the Shiawassee County Courthouse in 1903-04, constructed this school at a cost of thirty-one thousand dollars. The Georgian Revival-style school is trimmed in limestone. The bell in the cupola was cast in 1882 and donated by the Corunna Presbyterian Church upon the school’s completion. The building served as an elementary school between 1952 and 1976, when it became the home of community education courses and the Corunna Public Schools administrative offices. This was the fifth school built on this site since 1842.",106 South Shiawassee,Corunna,MI,0,South of State Street,Shiawassee,07N03E28SWNE,42.979471,-84.118127,,,10/17/2019,b78d1460-ccd3-4d0a-adf0-0d7cba61b5e3,0,85,0,,,,,415762
-84.023812,41.90596,MHC461998004,L2047,2,1998,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Oakwood Cemetery,,Oakwood Cemetery,,"With its parklike setting, wooded pathways and variety of monuments, Oakwood Cemetery is an outstanding Victorian Era cemetery. Local citizens, including Adrian founder Addison Comstock, created Oakwood Cemetery in 1848. Originally 22 acres, by 1968 the cemetery had grown to 120 acres. Many of Adrian’s earliest settlers are buried here. The first interment was six-year-old Oscar Augustus Stevens. Rachel Sightler, a former slave, and Martin Loop, a Civil War veteran who died at age 103, are buried here. In addition, the cemetery contains the remains of prominent Michiganians including Governor William L. Greenly (1813-1883), Governor Charles M. Croswell (1825-1886), and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Thomas M. Cooley (1824-1898).",,101 Oakwood Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E36SWNW,41.90596,-84.023812,,,09/01/2017,b2656072-9e1a-4eb4-a9c1-0dd270235c52,0,86,0,,,,,415763
-86.678996,41.843086,MHC112004002,L2134,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Lakeside Inn,,Lakeside Inn,,"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 extensive gardens. During the 1930s and 1940s Chicago orchestras played at the inn. The Lakeside Center for the Arts occupied the premises from 1968 to 1994 and hosted artists from around the world. In 1995 the inn was restored to its 1920s appearance.",,15251 Lakeshore Rd,Lakeside,MI,0,Chikaming Township,Berrien,07S20W19SESW,41.843086,-86.678996,,,09/22/2017,0987bda0-6624-433e-9c5b-0dd55a80dfae,0,87,1,MHC112004002_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,,415764
-83.288469,42.6321360000001,MHC991988030,L1403A,2,1988,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Vincent de Paul Church / St. Vincent de Paul Church,,St. Vincent de Paul Church,St. Vincent de Paul Church,"St. Vincent de Paul parish, established in 1851 by Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, once included all of Oakland County and parts of Genesee, Lapeer, and Macomb Counties. The parish’s first house of worship, the Academy Building, was first a private school and later a branch of the University of Michigan. In 1866 the church was moved from North Saginaw Street to Oakland Avenue at Lafayette. The parish grew as increasing numbers of Irish and German Catholic immigrants came to Pontiac to work in industry and farming. The Reverend Fridolin Baumgartner, pastor from 1876 to 1894, organized the fund-raising for and the construction of the present church. Nearly five thousand people celebrated as its cornerstone was laid on September 6, 1885.","Detroit architects John M. Donaldson and Walter Meier designed this Victorian Gothic church. Upon its dedication on September 18, 1887, a fourteen-coach excursion train brought spectators and clergy from Detroit to Pontiac to celebrate. Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess and Father Fridolin Baumgartner presided over the ceremony. A sixty-six hundred-pound bell, cast by H. Stuckstede and Company, was installed in the bell tower of the church in 1890. The St. Frederick School building, added in 1897, was replaced by the present structure in 1923. The school was staffed by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe, until it closed in 1969. The rectory was built in 1895, the parish hall in 1911.",150 East Wide Track,Pontiac,MI,0,at Whittemore,Oakland,03N10E33NWNW,42.632136,-83.288469,,,09/12/2017,2d565a32-440b-4222-95b7-0ddd0ac0bb12,0,88,0,,,,,415765
-83.304347,42.6481250000001,MHC631956032,HB7,2,1956,1961,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pine Grove,Moses Wisner House,"""Pine Grove""",,"This was the home of Moses Wisner and his wife, Angeolina Hascall. From 1859 to 1861 Wisner served Michigan as governor. He was born in New York, came to Michigan in 1837, and shortly established a successful law practice. In 1844 he purchased this property and in 1845 began construction of the main section of the house. He brought Angeolina here as a bride. Wisner planted various kinds of pine native to Michigan on the premises. During the Civil War he organized and commanded the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry. He died in Kentucky in 1863. He bequeathed the homestead to his wife who lived here until her death in 1905. Wisner’s daughter and granddaughter maintained “Pine Grove” until its purchase in 1945 by the Oakland County Historical Foundation as a center for Oakland County history.",,405 Oakland Avenue,Pontiac,MI,0,NW of North Johnson Road,Oakland,03N10E20SESW,42.648125,-83.304347,,"Civil War,Governors",08/21/2017,52454f3c-636a-4ae0-a358-0e212c36b187,0,89,1,MHC631956032_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415766
-84.61168,45.8501190000001,MHC491990029,S622,2,1990,1992,Native People and the French (< 1760),Sainte Anne Church,Sainte Anne de Michilimackinac Roman Catholic Church,Sainte Anne Church,,"In 1670 Jesuit Father Charles Dablon founded a birchbark mission chapel on Mackinac Island. The following year, Father Jacques Marquette relocated the mission at Saint Ignace. Abandoned in 1706 and reestablished at Fort Michilimackinac around 1715, the new church was named Sainte Anne de Michilimackinac. During the winter of 1780-81, British troops relocated to the island and moved the church building across the ice. The parish is the nation’s oldest dedicated to Saint Anne, and maintains baptismal records dating from April 1695.",,Huron St.,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac,,45.850119,-84.61168,,,09/05/2017,66a7ce3e-51cd-437f-9c09-0e807e8da31b,0,91,1,MHC491990029_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/28/2015,415767
-85.392276,46.095131,MHC491964002,S258,4,1964,1965,Revolution and War (1760-1815),The Northernmost Point of Lake Michigan,,The Northernmost Point of Lake Michigan,,"About a mile west of here is the northernmost point of Lake Michigan. This geographical location is of historical importance because the act of Congress which created the territory of Michigan in 1805 used it to mark the western boundary of this new frontier governmental unit. The boundary line ran up the middle of Lake Michigan “to its northern extremity, and thence due North to the northern boundary of the United States.” West of this line the Upper Peninsula in 1805 was part of Indiana Territory. In 1818 Michigan’s boundary was pushed west to the Mississippi River. All of the U.P., along with what is now Wisconsin and part of Minnesota, came within the limits of the territory.",,Roadside Park 3 mi east of Naubinway,Naubinway,MI,0,,Mackinac,43N09W26SWNE,46.095131,-85.392276,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",09/05/2017,4fc3d7f4-31e5-4117-be2e-0ea7023a9193,0,92,2,"MHC491964002_1.jpg;MHC491964002_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","05/16/2015;05/16/2015",415768
-82.798349,43.1273100000001,MHC741981041,L870A,2,1981,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),James McColl House,,James McColl House,,"This Queen Anne-style structure was erected in 1899 by Scottish-born James Livingston. He gave the house to his daughter, Louise Livingston McColl. During the late nineteenth century Livingston and his son-in-law, James McColl, produced linseed oil and twine in their flax mills in Michigan and Canada. At the time this house was built, McColl was also village president. The elaborate wood-frame home remained in the McColl family until 1980.",,205 South Main Street,Yale,MI,0,,Saint Clair,08N14E15NENE,43.12731,-82.798349,,,09/13/2017,cfd56361-a35e-4d38-8e53-0ecad6d789cd,0,94,0,,,,,415769
-83.362337,42.7194610000001,MHC631964008,L38,2,1964,1965,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sashabaw United Presbyterian Church,,Sashabaw United Presbyterian Church,,"This church structure, one of the oldest in the Detroit Presbytery, was erected by a church building society which was organized on January 20, 1855. A fine example of the classic New England church, it was built and furnished for three thousand dollars. It was dedicated in June 1856 as the house of worship for the First Presbyterian Church of Independence. The congregation had been organized in 1840 under the Plan of Union as the Church of Orion and Independence. Because of a small membership, the church in 1932 was dissolved. When Sashabaw United Presbyterian Church was organized in 1946, this building became its house of worship. The original steeple was restored and the building carefully preserved.",,5331 Maybee Road,Clarkston,MI,0,East of Sashawbaw Road,Oakland,04N09E35NENW,42.719461,-83.362337,,,09/12/2017,80fd4c2e-178c-4b7b-a505-0f3d4cb5bbf1,0,96,0,,,,,415770
-85.2341,43.097379,MHC341992028,L2050,2,1992,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Pere Marquette Railway Depot,Pere Marquette Railway Belding Depot,Pere Marquette Railway Depot,,"Completed in 1921 for the Pere Marquette Railway, this depot is typical of the railroad stations that served Michigan towns during the early decades of the twentieth century. The depot replaced an earlier, wood frame station built during the 1880s when passenger service was introduced by the Detroit, Lansing, and Northern Railroad. By 1900 nineteen passenger trains passed through Belding each day except Sunday. Passenger service ceased in 1941. In 1994 the city of Belding purchased the building. With funds from the Michigan Department of Transportation, the city renovated the depot as offices. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,100 Depot St.,Belding,MI,0,,Ionia,08N08W10SENE,43.097379,-85.2341,,,08/30/2017,515d9293-b06e-43c1-8edb-0f7e1beae8a5,1997,97,1,MHC341992028_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,,415771
-82.422567,42.9754550000001,MHC742015006,S734,2,2015,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Port Huron To Mackinac Race / Yacht Clubs and World War II,Bayview Mackinac Race,Port Huron To Mackinac Race,Yacht Clubs and World War II,"In 1924, members of the Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit raced a schooner named Lloyd W. Berry and won the 731-mile race from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda. Later that year, members of the Bayview Yacht Club, Port Huron Yacht Club and other sailing clubs organized a long distance fresh-water race on Lake Huron. The first annual race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island was held on July 25, 1925. Steamships towed boats from Lake St. Clair sixty miles up the St. Clair River to the starting line at Port Huron. Twelve boats began the 261-mile race to Mackinac Island, but only six boats finished due to high seas, strong winds and broken equipment.","After the first Port Huron to Mackinac Race in 1925, entries in the sailing competition increased. A month after the United States entered World War II in December 1941, race organizers wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking if the Port Huron to Mackinac Race should be suspended due to the war. In a letter dated February 6, 1942, M.H. McIntyre, Secretary to the President, responded, “The continuation of yachting on the Great Lakes is encouraged by the Navy.” McIntyre urged Bayview Yacht Club and other Great Lakes yacht clubs to continue teaching young men navigation and seamanship skills and increase instruction in Morse Code and radio communication.","Between Michigan & Fort Sts., South side of Quay St.",Port Huron,MI,48060,"On city park property, along Black River. Park is adjacent to Quay, west of the Port Huron Yacht Club. Marker is between Michigan and Fort Sts., on South side of Quay St. A duplicate marker is located at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit.",Saint Clair,06N17E11SWNW,42.975455,-82.422567,,Maritime Heritage,09/05/2019,4adc941d-925f-4a31-9160-0f8acd415b2f,0,98,3,"MHC742015006_2.jpg;MHC742015006_3.jpg;MHC742015006_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","07/17/2015;07/17/2015;07/17/2015",415772
-85.66162,43.4368400000001,MHC622004012,S684,2,2004,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Croton Hydroelectric Plant / Hydroelectric Power,Croton Dam,Croton Hydroelectric Plant,Hydroelectric Power,"The Grand Rapids - Muskegon Power Company (a predecessor to today's Consumers Energy Company) built the Croton Hydroelectric Plant in 1906 - 1907. The plant and its 110,000-volt transmission line (the highest voltage in use at that time) attracted international attention. Curious spectators rode excursion trains to the site, were they received a tour of the dam and powerhouse, as well as a grand dinner. When the plant went into full service in September 1907 it represented the latest advances in electric power generation and transmission. Engineers from Russia, England, France, Italy, Japan, and India came to tour the plant when it opened. The facility is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Flowing water has long provided power to mines and mills. With advances in electricity in the 1880s, waterpower was soon used to generate electricity. The first public demonstration of hydroelectric power in the country occurred on July 24, 1880, when sixteen carbon arc street lamps lit up Grand Rapids using a belt driven dynamo (generator) powered by a water turbine at the Wolverine Chair Factory. Michigan's extensive water resources were harnessed to power electric generating equipment, first at existing dams and mills and later at sites built expressly for hydroelectric generation. The electricity from these plants provided power for homes and businesses and helped fuel Michigan's growth as one of the nation's premier industrial states.",Croton Hardy Drive.,Croton Township,,0,,Newaygo,12N11W17NWNW,43.43684,-85.66162,,,04/21/2020,7bb7bde1-f905-413c-9c2b-0fb1d3bddce5,0,99,1,MHC622004012_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,415773
-85.600291,42.2834,MHC391978011,S510,2,1978,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),East Hall,Western Michigan University,East Hall,,"In 1903 the State Legislature provided for the creation of Western State Normal School, the forerunner of Western Michigan University, a publicly funded institution of higher learning. Donating money, services and land, the City of Kalamazoo worked with the State Board of Education to develop this campus. The Olmsted Brothers, well known landscape architects, laid out a prominent site on Prospect Hill, and E. W. Arnold of Battle Creek designed this Georgian Revival complex as Western´s official home. Construction began in 1904, and the first portion of East Hall, the administration Building, was dedicated in 1905. By 1909 the remainder of the building was completed, and some 500 students from all over the state attended classes at the college. East Hall symbolizes the cooperation between school and community.",,Oakland Drive,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"marker was salvaged by Western Michigan Univsersity on June 20, 2019. East Hall was remodeled and the historical integrity was compromised.",Kalamazoo,02S11W21SENW,42.2834,-85.600291,,,06/05/2019,fc37c45a-7af0-487f-9da1-0fe288006f68,0,101,0,,,,,415774
-83.3636559999999,42.5784390000001,MHC631983027,L1079,2,1983,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Emmendorfer House / Francis A. Emmendorfer,,Emmendorfer House,Francis A. Emmendorfer,"William Gilmour began building this house in the 1830s. With two hidden chambers and a strategic location on an Underground Railroad route between Farmington and Pontiac, it is believed to have provided shelter for runaway slaves. In the 1830s and 1840s Gilmour occasionally hosted township meetings here. It was owned by Seneca Randall in 1847 and Nathaniel Hearding from 1849 to 1863. Francis A. Emmendorfer and family owned this property from 1864 to the 1950s.","Francis A. Emmendorfer came to America from Germany in 1852. In 1857 he moved to West Bloomfield Township where he worked for Judge Joseph Copeland. In 1864 he bought ninety acres on Orchard Lake where he specialized in growing fruits and grain. In 1893 he joined Edward M. Murphy and S. E. Beach in organizing the Pontiac Buggy Company, which was absorbed by the Oakland Motor Company in 1906. That firm, bought by General Motors, became Pontiac Motor Division in 1933.",4121 Pontiac Trail,Orchard Lake,MI,0,,Oakland,02N09E15NESE,42.578439,-83.363656,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,Auto Industry,African-American History",08/21/2017,25830d4c-6fcc-4869-aa5d-0fe4a7af604d,0,102,0,,,,,415775
-83.0416489999999,42.35986,MHC821980043,L800B,2,1980,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Reverend John A. Lemke,,Reverend John A. Lemke,,"John A. Lemke, the son of one of the founders of Detroit’s first Polish Roman Catholic parish, was born in Detroit in 1866. In 1884 he entered St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. Ordained March 10, 1889, he became the first native-born Detroiter of Polish descent to be ordained into the Catholic priesthood in the Diocese of Detroit. The ceremony was held at St. Albertus. Reverend Lemke died in 1890 at the age of twenty-four. He is buried at Mount Elliot Cemetery, Detroit.",,4231 St. Aubin St,Detroit,MI,0,"Wall mounted inside the St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church, in the foyer",Wayne, ,42.35986,-83.041649,,,09/11/2019,303ee6f1-f966-4ea4-963a-1036940556c0,0,103,0,,,,,415776
-83.052418,42.3888430000001,MHC821963003,S252,2,1963,1976,Native People and the French (< 1760),Colonel John Francis Hamtramck / Colonel John Francis Hamtramck,Colonel John Hamtramck Burial Place,Colonel John Francis Hamtramck,Colonel John Francis Hamtramck,"John Francis Hamtramck was a native of Canada who dedicated his life to the new American nation. Born in 1756, Hamtramck fought in the American Revolution. He distinguished himself during and after the war fighting both Indian and British forces. In 1787 he was made commander of Post Vincennes in the Illinois Territory. There Major Hamtramck was instrumental in negotiating a peace treaty with area Indians.","In 1793 Hamtramck was named lieutenant colonel in the forces led by General Anthony Wayne. The next year Hamtramck was cited for bravery in Wayne’s decisive victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. In 1796 Hamtramck, a newly appointed colonel, was further honored when he was given command of the fort at Detroit, which had previously been in British hands. Except for two years, he remained there until his death in 1803. In 1798 one of the four townships in Wayne County was named for this military hero.",Joseph Campau Street,Hamtramck,MI,0,"Veteran´s Memorial Park, between Berres and Dan Streets",Wayne, ,42.388843,-83.052418,,,09/20/2017,b27d0df4-a012-4a62-af78-1044a9c62c46,0,104,0,,,,,415777
-86.2600429999999,41.8136920000001,MHC111956053,S4,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fort St. Joseph,,Fort St. Joseph,,"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 during the uprising of Chief Pontiac. Still later, traders made it their headquarters. In 1781, Spanish raiders ran up the flag of Spain at the fort for a few hours.",,"South Bond St, North of Fort St.",Niles,MI,0,,Berrien,07S17W35SWSW,41.813692,-86.260043,,,07/27/2017,e35c9e68-edbb-4306-8e06-104a48561e2e,0,105,1,MHC111956053_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Site Photo w/Marker,06/01/1964,415778
-83.409978,43.1557740000001,MHC441984024,L1162A,2,1984,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),United Methodist Church,Columbiaville Methodist Episcopal Church,United Methodist Church,,"This handsome Romanesque structure was completed in 1897 for the Methodist Protestant Church of Columbiaville. Local Methodists, with the assistance of circuit riders, had organized the church some forty years earlier. In 1865 the congregation erected a parsonage. They held church services there until 1880, when their first church was built. That early church was struck by lightning and burned in 1896. The following year, this red brick church was completed on the same site at a cost of three thousand dollars. It has also been used for school graduation and baccalaureate ceremonies and other community gatherings.",,4696 Pine Street,Columbiaville,MI,0,,Lapeer,09N09E33NENE,43.155774,-83.409978,,,09/01/2017,6afc6bae-2d23-479d-b824-105910333b6c,0,107,0,,,,,415779
-84.722635,45.8676150000001,MHC491956023,S41,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),St. Ignace,,St. Ignace,,Pere Marquette established in 1671 the Mission of St. Ignace. French troops soon after built Fort Buade. The state’s second oldest white village guarded the straits while serving as the most important French fur post in the Northwest. By 1706 both the fort and mission were abandoned. Only in the nineteenth century did lumbering and fishing revive the town.,,State Ferry Dock No. 1,St. Ignace,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.867615,-84.722635,,,09/05/2017,1979ae5b-b096-4d90-9d3e-10b3243dd53a,0,108,0,,,,,415780
-88.453591,47.247569,MHC311971007,L112A,2,1971,1973,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Calumet Theater,Calumet Civic Auditorium,Calumet Theatre,,"One of the first municipal theaters in America, the Calumet opened on March 20, 1900, “the greatest social event ever known in copperdom’s metropolis.” The theater contained a magnificent stage and elegant interior decorations, including an electrified copper chandelier. For over a decade, Copper Country audiences witnessed the broad panorama of American legitimate theater, and many prominent stage personalities, both American and European, trod the boards of the Calumet. By the 1920s, motion pictures replaced live theater, and, subsequently, live drama returned to the Calumet. The reopened community theater resumed its position as a focal point of civic pride for the people of Calumet and the Copper Country.",,340 Sixth St.,Calumet,MI,0,,Houghton,56N33W14NWSE,47.247569,-88.453591,,4,07/01/2021,d381062b-ed70-4913-b46a-10d5b967f3c4,0,109,4,"MHC311971007_1.jpg;MHC311971007_2.jpg;MHC311971007_3.jpg;MHC311971007_4.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";;;06/19/2021",415781
-84.962206,42.2741180000001,MHC132006005,L2161,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hillside / Mary Miller,John and Faye Berry Residence,Hillside,Mary Miller,"Erected in 1843, this house is among the oldest in Marshall. It came to be known as “Hillside”, a named derived from its prominent location. The house was designed in the fashionable Gothic Revival style. Its architecture and landscaping were likely influenced by the design for a “Cottage in the English or Rural Gothic Style” in Cottage Residences, a popular book of house plans by landscape gardener Andrew Jackson Downing that was published in 1842.","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 was an early president of the Michigan League of Women Voters. She resided here from 1905 until her death. During that time, Miller hosted many political luminaries, including future U.S. president William Howard Taft, as well as state legislators from Lansing.",224 West Prospect,Marshall,MI,49068,NE Corner of Prospect & Grand Streets,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.274118,-84.962206,,,08/08/2017,bbab2f16-fc83-4499-a0a3-10e2243aece8,0,110,0,,,,,415782
-83.5908899999999,42.580742,MHC631979005,L743A,2,1979,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Oak Grove Cemetery,,Oak Grove Cemetery,,"Oak Grove Cemetery, established in May 1845, was formally named in May 1871. When it was officially designated as the township cemetery, the remains from the area’s “old burying ground,” begun on the corner of Mill and Washington Streets in 1832, were moved to it. Elizur Ruggles, Milford’s first white settler, and veterans of the War of 1812 and the Civil War are buried here. The site has an early potter’s field near the Huron River. The cemetery vault, built to thwart grave robbers and provide a place to store remains during hard winters, dates back to 1885. In 1980 the vault was restored and a new fieldstone entrance was built. The original cemetery, which covered 12.76 acres, has expanded over the years to encompass 15.6 acres.",,1055 Garden Road,Milford,MI,0,,Oakland,02N07E11SESW,42.580742,-83.59089,,"Civil War,War of 1812",09/12/2017,273a6edb-5208-4e37-9c34-10f4ed5649dc,0,111,0,,,,,415783
-86.234178,43.0652030000001,MHC701980013,L785A,2,1980,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Grand Trunk Depot,Tri-Cities Historical Society Museum,Grand Trunk Depot,,"This depot was constructed in 1870 as the western terminus of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad. This line was later owned by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The station served Grand Haven as a passenger depot until passenger service between Detroit and Grand Haven ended in 1955. The city of Grand Haven purchased the property in 1967 and leased the depot to the Tri-Cities Historical Society. The rehabilitated structure was reopened as a historical museum in 1972.",,1 North Harbor Avenue,Grand Haven,MI,0,"At the foot of Washington Street; wall-mounted on the depot building",Ottawa,08N16W20NWSE,43.065203,-86.234178,,3,02/04/2020,20bab781-cc61-4425-b264-110043b01d5b,0,112,0,,,,,415784
-85.6044699999999,42.292306,MHC392002005,L2104C,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Henderson Park West Main Hill Historic District,,West Main Hill Historic District,,"Businessman Frank Henderson capitalized on the topography when he platted the West Main Hill neighborhood. The naturalistic plan features curving, tree-lined streets and deep setbacks. Although platted in 1888, West Main Hill did not fully develop until the early twentieth century when motorized transportation eased residents’ commute to the city’s manufacturing and business centers. The district, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is bounded by West Main Street, Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo College, and the city limit. The houses exhibit a variety of architectural styles and range from modest bungalows to the opulent Henderson Castle on the neighborhood’s highest point.",,Grand Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Henderson Park-intersection of Grand Avenue and Monroe Street,Kalamazoo,02S11W16SWSW,42.292306,-85.60447,,,01/02/2020,1b86b0ef-47c6-4ba5-9051-110317a090d1,1995,113,0,,,,,415785
-86.316344,44.245686,MHC511989050,L1647A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Manistee Fire Hall,,Manistee Fire Hall,,"In early October 1888, the Manistee City Council hired Frederick Hollister of Saginaw, the architect of Manistee’s [principal] school, to design a fire hall to replace the original station, which was constructed in 1872-73 on Filer Street. Later that month the Manistee Democrat predicted that the city’s new fire hall would be “a model of convenience and usefulness.” Constructed of brick, cut stone, and French plate glass, and trimmed with galvanized iron, this Romanesque Revival-style building was constructed by the local firm of Brownrigg and Reynolds at a cost of $7,516. The dome is covered with copper. The hall opened in June 1889 when Manistee’s first “fire truck,” a horse-drawn steam engine, was brought from the original hall.",,281 First Street,Manistee,MI,0,SW corner of Hancock Street,Manistee,21N17W12NENW,44.245686,-86.316344,,,09/05/2017,a3fe2f1c-cf4f-4889-97d8-1129ffc8f99d,0,114,0,,,,,415786
-86.413044,42.123401,MHC111957005,S155,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Fruit Belt,Benton Harbor Fruit Market,The Fruit Belt,,"Because of Lake Michigan’s moderating effect, a narrow coastal strip from Indiana to Grand Traverse Bay, three hundred miles north, is blessed by a climate uniquely suited to fruit growing. This fact was observed by the 1840s when peaches already were being shipped from Berrien County to Chicago. Apples, cherries, berries, grapes, pears, and plums added to the fame of the “fruit belt.” One of the world’s great fruit markets has developed here in Benton Harbor to provide an outlet for these bountiful crops.",,Territorial Road,Benton Harbor,MI,0,between Crystal Avenue and Euclid Street,Berrien,04S18W16SWNW,42.123401,-86.413044,,4,09/22/2017,dabd5d31-a79c-4122-bbc1-11a156f029ac,0,117,1,MHC111957005_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415787
-83.057079,42.360128,MHC821975038,L388,2,1975,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church,,Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1839 a group of black Detroit citizens formed the Colored Methodist Society, which became the core of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The group held meetings in a hall which was donated by the Detroit Common Council. The society moved several times before a church was built on Lafayette in the 1840s. In 1841 the church assumed its present name and organization. From its inception, the church has served in a number of ways; it has provided a school for black children, an agency to assist southern migrants, and a bureau for labor and housing. Today the church remains a focal point for community social services.",,5050 St. Antoine,Detroit,MI,0,"Richard Allen Boulevard, near East Warren Avenue",Wayne, ,42.360128,-83.057079,,African-American History,09/20/2017,144a5f29-86cc-422e-8518-12362eced7da,0,118,0,,,,,415788
-83.164974,42.516876,MHC631985039,S164,2,1985,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saginaw Trail,this is a two sided marker - John Almon Starr House (L1278A),John Almon Starr House,Saginaw Trail,"John Almon Starr (1828-1895) and his wife, Nancy Quick (1831-1895), built this house in 1868 from bricks fired in Almon’s tile factory. Almon and his parents had emigrated to Michigan from Richmond, New York, in 1831, the same year Nancy was born in Royal Oak Township. Almon and his father, Orson Starr, manufactured animal bells until 1866, when Almon started his brickyard and tile works at this location, later known as Starr Corners. The house was occupied by the Starr family until 1967.","The Saginaw Trail, running from Detroit to Saginaw through Pontiac and Flint, was originally an Indian trail. In 1816 [the] Michigan territorial government authorized the building of a road from Detroit to Saginaw along the trail. Part of the trail in Oakland County is now Woodward Avenue and Dixie Highway. Evidence of the original Saginaw Trail’s path through Royal Oak is still visible as a depression in the ground running northwesterly across the property adjacent to the John Almon Starr House.",3123 Crooks Road,Royal Oak,MI,0,"This is a two sided marker- front - John Almon Starr House (L1278A); Back - Saginaw Trail (S164). See Comments for explanation of error made in using the same site number on the physical marker. CORRECT THIS IF REPLACED",Oakland,01N11E08NENE,42.516876,-83.164974,,,02/18/2020,b9daf440-e060-4365-9d11-125f4c01888d,0,119,2,"MHC631985039_2.jpg;MHC631985039_3.jpg",";","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","02/18/2020;02/18/2020",415789
-84.60905,43.2918020000001,MHC292010002,L2224,2,2010,2011,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Henry R. Pattengill,Henry Romaine Pattengill Monument,Henry R. Pattengill,Henry R. Pattengill,"Henry R. Pattengill began his career in 1874 as the superintendent of St. Louis schools, and later of Ithaca schools. His experiences in rural Michigan education led him to advocate for its improvement during his tenure as Michigan superintendent of public instruction. In 1924 his former pupils and admirers donated 510 stones from around the world to construct this monument as a memorial to their beloved teacher, colleague and friend.","Henry R. Pattengill (1852-1918) was Michigan superintendent of public instruction from 1893 to 1897. As a textbook author, an orator and the editor of Moderator-Topics, a journal for educators, he shaped Michigan’s education system. He championed the creation of rural district libraries, free textbooks, compulsory attendance and teacher certification. Running as a Progressive, he lost his bid for governor in 1914.",120 N. Maple Street,Ithaca,MI,48847,near the Fire Hall - next to Pattengill monument in City of Ithaca.,Gratiot,11N03W36SESE,43.291802,-84.60905,,,03/21/2019,18cc6c85-66fa-4847-aa22-127ffde5394f,0,120,1,MHC292010002_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,,415790
-85.6742189999999,44.875274,MHC451987033,L1462,2,1987,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bingham District No. 5 Schoolhouse,,Bingham District No. 5 Schoolhouse,,"This school was erected in 1877 to replace a log structure built in 1870. The school has two rooms that housed grades one through eight. Older children attended school in Suttons Bay or Traverse City. Sunday school classes met here until 1888 when an Evangelical church was built across the road. Bingham prospered during the lumber boom of the 1870s and 1880s. By 1910 area timber was depleted, and Bingham’s population declined. This building served as a school until after World War II. It has been used as the township hall for many years. In 1987 the school was restored to its original appearance and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,7171 S. Center Rd.,Traverse City,MI,49684,Bingham Township,Leelanau,29N11W32NWNW,44.875274,-85.674219,,,09/01/2017,012757f8-14ea-4fa0-89b2-1296698d4547,1987,121,0,,,,,415791
-86.1067736099999,42.65198803,MHC031978034,L589A,2,1978,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fifty-Seventh Street Bridge,New Richmond Bridge,57th Street Bridge,,"Spanning the Kalamazoo River, this 422-foot bridge is one of Michigan´s longest pony truss highway bridges, and among the oldest survivng swing bridges in the United States. The Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Company fabricated the $5,000 structure, which has four primary and eight short approach spans, to serve traffic on Fifty-Seventh Street near New Richmond. Of the four primary Warren pony truss spans, three date from 1879 (including a 89-foot long swing span) and one from 1899. To allow boats to pass, a bridge tender rotated open the swing span. The bridge was closed to motor vehicles in 1997 and rehabilitated for use by pedestrians in 2003. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.",,57th Street at Kalamazoo River,Fennville,MI,0,"In Manlius Twp., on South shore at entrance to bridge",Allegan,03N15W17NENW,42.65198803,-86.10677361,,6,03/09/2021,5f4278f0-f862-4389-a3d3-129eb8651a50,1998,122,2,"MHC031978034_1.jpg;MHC031978034_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",415792
-85.268926,43.598667,MHC541970015,L81,2,1970,1971,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Negro Settlers,,Negro Settlers,,"In the 1860s Negroes from southern Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario settled this region as farmers and woodsmen. Some of them moved to new villages in Mecosta and Isabella Counties. Schools and churches founded in the area were integrated. Among these was the Wheatland Church of Christ, established in nearby Remus in 1869. Their pioneering spirit provided a unity that led to the first Old Settlers’ Reunion at this lake in the 1890s, a get-together which is still held annually.",,Nine Mile Rd at Ninetieth Ave.,Morton Township,MI,0,School Section Lake Park,Mecosta,14N08W16SESE,43.598667,-85.268926,,African-American History,09/06/2017,f5e63234-48ea-477e-aa00-12c6d6d16b60,0,123,0,,,,,415793
-85.497452,42.912561,MHC411996018,L2000,2,1996,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cascade Township Hall,,Cascade Township Hall,,"Built in 1898, Cascade Township Hall is a rare example of a well-preserved nineteenth century frame town hall. Cascade Township was established on April 3, 1848, when the state legislature set off Ada and Cascade Townships north and south of the Grand River. Soon after, the first town meeting was held at Zerah Whitney’s public house. Subsequent meetings took place in various locations until this hall was constructed.",,2839 Thornapple River Dr. SE,Grand Rapids,MI,49546,Near Cascade Road,Kent,06N10W16NWNE,42.912561,-85.497452,,1,10/24/2022,8cfbc2a5-22e4-43d1-85d5-12d8bf75516f,0,124,2,"MHC411996018_1.jpg;MHC411996018_2.jpg","Sandra Korhorn;Sandra Korhorn","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","10/18/2022;10/18/2022",415794
-84.741472,42.6267730000001,MHC231986017,L1296B,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Potterville United Methodist Church / The Potterville United Methodist Church,Potterville Methodist Episcopal Church,The Potterville United Methodist Church,The Potterville United Methodist Church,"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 of 1877. George M. Potter donated the land for the church, which was dedicated on February 3, 1878. The church took its present name after the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968.","When constructed in 1877, the church seated three hundred people. Its main entrance was at its southeast corner. From 1920 to 1923 the church was remodelled and enlarged under the guidance of head carpenter John Griffith. Much of the original woodwork on the windows and gables was removed; however, the stained glass windows and the bell were left intact. The church also retained its L-shape, frame structure, and high gable roofs.",105 N. Church St.,Potterville,MI,0,NW corner of Vermontville Hwy,Eaton,03N04W23SESE,42.626773,-84.741472,,,07/23/2020,a42fe644-4b03-4832-be1f-12ff211f3f1b,0,125,0,,,,,415795
-85.530415,41.923798,MHC752008011,L2201,2,2008,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Leverett and Amanda Clapp House,,Leverett and Amanda Clapp House,,"This Italianate style house was built in 1879-80 for Leverett and Amanda Hampson Clapp, who were among the Centreville’s most prominent citizens. The 1880 tax rolls listed this house as the most valuable residence in Centreville. Amanda (1840-1931) belonged to one of Centreville’s pioneer families and was a social leader, while Leverett (1837-1929) played an important role in public affairs and business. He held many public offices, including state land commissioner. Mr. Clapp was also president of the First National Bank, secretary of the Centreville Fruit Preserving Company, and, for a half-century, secretary of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,324 W. Main Street,Centreville,MI,49032,,Saint Joseph,06S11W25NENE,41.923798,-85.530415,,4,08/08/2017,cf88878c-024b-42d4-a514-1307b97b6e46,2009,126,2,"MHC752008011_2.jpg;MHC752008011_1.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","05/15/2015;05/15/2015",415796
-83.107988,42.4207890000001,MHC821957053,S123,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The First Mile of Concrete Highway,,The First Mile of Concrete Highway,,"In 1909 Wayne County built the first mile of concrete highway in the world here on Woodward between Six and Seven Mile Roads. From far and near road builders came to see how concrete stood up under the heavy traffic of that period. The success of this experiment speeded the development of modern automobile highways. It cost $13,537, including $1,000 in state aid. The road was replaced in 1922 by a broad throughfare.",,Woodward Ave.,Detroit,MI,0,"US-10, between Six and Seven Mile Roads in Palmer Park",Wayne,01S11E11SWSE,42.420789,-83.107988,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,d7a6c416-b635-4ef7-9c3c-13314e67a29d,0,129,0,,,,,415797
-85.397746,44.248583,MHC831980014,L782A,2,1980,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cobbs and Mitchell Building,,Cobbs and Mitchell Building,,"In 1905 George D. Mason of Detroit designed this brick and limestone building as a showplace for the products of Cobbs and Mitchell, Incorporated, a nationally known lumber company. Completed in 1907, the building’s interior is finished in nine varieties of native Michigan wood—elm, white maple, bird’s eye maple, sap birch, red birch, curly red birch, red beech, red oak, and hemlock. The company was named for Jonathan W. Cobbs (1828 1898) and William W. Mitchell (1854 1915). Their families were prime movers in the growth of the city of Cadillac and developed much of northern Michigan’s lumber industry. The building also housed the Mitchell Brothers Company and other lumbering interests before it was purchased by the State Highway Department in 1939.",,100 E. Chapin St,Cadillac,MI,49601,West of Mitchell Street,Wexford,21N09W04NENE,44.248583,-85.397746,,Timber Industry,03/13/2018,2e164c5b-147f-49d3-b94f-13775917fb62,0,130,0,,,,,415798
-85.62753,43.485842,MHC622004013,L2144,2,2004,2005,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Hardy Hydroelectric Plant / Hydroelectric Power,Hardy Dam,Hardy Hydroelectric Plant,Hydroelectric Power,"Constructed from 1929 to 1931, on a site once known as the Oxbow, the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant was built by Consumers Power Company. The plant was named for George Hardy, a partner in the firm that financed Consumers´ projects from 1911 through 1928. The complex includes a Spanish Colonial Revival-style powerhouse and intake tower, an oil house, and a dormitory. It originally included four operator´s houses on the eastern bank of the pond, which were Sears-Roebuck kit homes. Due to advancements in fossil fuel steam generating plants, this was the last conventional hydroelectric plant built by Consumers. The Hardy plant is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Flowing water has long provided power to mines and mills. With advances in electricity in the 1880s, waterpower was soon used to generate electricity. The first public demonstration of hydroelectric power in the country occurred on July 24, 1880, when sixteen carbon arc street lamps lit up Grand Rapids using a belt driven dynamo (generator) powered by a water turbine at the Wolverine Chair Factory. Michigan´s extensive water resources were harnessed to power electric-generating equipment, first at existing dams and mills and later at sites built expressly for hydroelectric generation. The electricity from these plants provided power for homes and businesses and helped fuel Michigan´s growth as one of the nation´s premier industrial states.",6928 East 36th Street,Newaygo,MI,0,At Muskegon River,Newaygo,13N11W28SWSE,43.485842,-85.62753,,,04/21/2020,08c3fefb-7b3c-4a91-8f14-13a7c2d62704,1997,131,0,,,,,415799
-83.548079,42.360353,MHC811989033,L1700,2,1989,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),John Wesley Conant House,,John Wesley Conant House,,"John W. and Alice Conant of New York purchased land near Denton in 1833, and built this house soon after. During World War II, when the original site was condemned to make way for the Willow Run Bomber Plant, the family moved the house to its present location. Five generations of Conants have lived in the simple Greek Revival house. Virtually unaltered since a wing was added in the 1870s, it remains an excellent example of architecture from Michigan’s settlement period.",,5683 Napier Rd.,Salem Township,MI,0,,Washtenaw,01S08E31NWNW,42.360353,-83.548079,,,09/20/2017,2be72d54-c7b9-4b22-96a5-13cd629ec4ec,0,132,0,,,,,415800
-84.555023,42.7347390000001,MHC331989043,L1689,2,1989,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Paul's Episcopal Church / Saint Paul's Episcopal Church,,Saint Paul's Episcopal Church,Saint Paul's Episcopal Church,"In 1848, soon after the Michigan legislature relocated the state capital to Lansing Township, an Episcopal society met in the new capitol, located at Washington Avenue and Allegan Street. The society, which became a parish in 1856, erected its first church at the corner of North Washington Avenue and Ionia Street in 1859. A second, much larger church opened at the present location on October 20, 1873, three weeks after the cornerstone of the present capitol had been laid.","This Neo-Gothic-inspired church was erected in 1914. Although plans for a church had been supplied by local architect Samuel D. Butterworth, revised plans of the Reverend Henry J. Simpson, rector, were used when the A. R. Cole Company built the church. The church complex includes a 1942 chapel, a 1952 parish house, and a 1967 education annex. The building is distinguished by its stained glass windows, installed in the 1940s-1960s, and wood carvings, crafted by German artisan Alois Lang.",218 W. Ottawa St.,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16SENW,42.734739,-84.555023,,2,11/09/2020,09e1c265-5baf-4b41-a7d7-13ebcd5ae29a,0,133,2,"MHC331989043_1.jpg;MHC331989043_2.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","10/15/2020;10/15/2020",415801
-86.40723466,43.36342535,MHC612006024,L2184,2,2006,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),White Lake Yacht Club / White Lake Yacht Club,,White Lake Yacht Club,White Lake Yacht Club,"By 1897 most of White Lake’s bustling sawmills had given way to cottages and small hotels. Promoters advertised the area’s cool temperatures as relief from the summer heat of cities and drew thousands of people to the area, many from Chicago. During the winter of 1902-3 the White Lake Yacht Club formed. The club hired Chicago architect Robert Rae, Jr. to design the clubhouse, which opened in 1906 with a large ballroom and bays for boats.","By 1922 summer tourists were traveling more by car than by boat, and golf surpassed sailing in popularity. The White Lake Yacht Club fell into disrepair. In 1925 Henry Sturtevant saved the building, mostly with his own funds, and Clarence Pitkin brought national power boat races to White Lake. Interest revived and the club reopened, offering a sailing school, boat races, swimming lessons, and social events to members and their families.",6748 S. Shore Drive,Whitehall,MI,49461,White Lake Township,Muskegon,11N18W12NWSE,43.36342535,-86.40723466,,,08/08/2017,203585c8-79b4-4088-966b-13ed272295a6,0,134,0,,,,,415802
-86.11156,41.9846140000001,MHC141982008,L1028A,2,1982,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Episcopal Church / St. Paul's Church,,Episcopal Church,St. Paul's Church,"The first recorded Episcopal gathering in Cass County was conducted by Bishop Philander Chase in 1832. In 1858, under the auspices of the Trinity Church of Niles, the first Episcopal services in Dowagiac were held. In 1897 the Reverend R. H. F. Gairdner of Niles helped establish St. Alban’s Mission. The mission rented this property. After St. Alban’s Mission dissolved in 1903, a small group of Episcopalians continued to meet informally until 1911, when St. Paul’s Mission was formed. The mission first leased this structure, then purchased and remodeled it in 1913. On June 8, 1915, St. Paul’s was established as a parish of the Diocese of Western Michigan. The consecration of this building as an Episcopal church was held on December 17, 1919.","Under the leadership of Justus Gage (1805-1875), this structure was built in 1859 as a Universalist church. Completed at a cost of three thousand dollars, it is Dowagiac’s oldest public building. At the time of completion, it was the town’s only auditorium. Women’s rights advocates Victoria Woodhull, Belva Lockwood, Anna Shaw, Mary Livermore and Susan B. Anthony spoke here, as did black civil rights supporter Sojourner Truth. Performers appearing in the auditorium included Ole Bull, the Norse violinist. Episcopalians first met here in 1897. The Romanesque-style exterior has remained virtually unchanged; however, the interior was remodeled extensively in 1959, when Dom Francis Bacon, O.S.B., (1903-1967) added mosaics and decorations reminiscent of very early churches.",306 Courtland Street,Dowagiac,MI,0,,Cass,05S16W36SESE,41.984614,-86.11156,,,08/21/2017,09fabab7-fc29-48c9-bf34-1420c70f40bb,0,135,0,,,,,415803
-82.584041,43.2096250000001,MHC761995003,L1926,2,1995,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Matthews Farm,Thomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews Farm,Matthews Farm,,"In 1848 Thomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews came to Worth Township from Ontario, Canada, following other farm families who migrated from Upper Canada to Michigan. Matthews’s grandfather, Thomas Elmes Matthews, a Loyalist during the American Revolution, left New York for Upper Canada after the war. Young Thomas’s father, Peter, was executed in Toronto in 1838 for his role in the 1837-38 Rebellion of Upper Canada. Today historians consider him a patriot and a martyr. This farmhouse, built in 1852, exemplifies plank-frame construction commonly used in Upper Canada during the early nineteenth century. An English hay barn also survives. Thomas lived quietly, farming and raising his seven children. He died in 1893 at age seventy-one. The Matthews Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,5916 Gardner Line Rd.,Worth Township,MI,0,,Sanilac,09N16E22NWNW,43.209625,-82.584041,,,09/13/2017,bcc2956e-8f3f-4df1-863c-143db4d72d6f,1995,136,1,MHC761995003_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Dedication Photo,,415804
-83.119521,42.3320890000001,MHC821989004,L1626A,2,1989,1990,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Zion Lutheran Church,Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,Zion Lutheran Church,,"Blocks of limestone that once formed the old Detroit post office were used to construct the Zion Lutheran Church in 1933. This Neo-Gothic-style church, designed by the firm of Maul and Lentz of Detroit, was dedicated on May 27, 1933. In 1882 West Prussian immigrants had organized the congregation and built a frame church on this site. Services were conducted exclusively in German until 1925. It became an integrated congregation in 1961.",,4305 Military Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.332089,-83.119521,,,09/20/2017,881d9c01-85b5-4dc7-862b-143e95b17f16,0,137,0,,,,,415805
-85.0392859999999,45.102607,MHC051994017,L1883,2,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church,,Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church,,"In 1885 Bohemian immigrants founded Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church, named for the patron saint of Czechoslovakia. The settlers, most of whom emigrated from Prague, named their community Praga. This Gothic Revival church was built as a frame structure in 1890; the steeple and bell were added in 1893. In 1926 the church was clad in fieldstone. The altar and some statues date from 1894. Since its founding, Saint John Church has been served by neighboring priests.",,M-32 and St. John Rd,Jordan Township,MI,0,Corner of M-32 and St. John Road,Antrim,31N06W10NWNW,45.102607,-85.039286,,,01/15/2017,8672219e-cc70-44a1-9fb5-1440d940c3e1,0,138,0,,,,,415806
-83.654099,42.4544920000001,MHC631981019,L943B,2,1981,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"""Witch's Hat"" Depot",Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Depot,"""Witch's Hat"" Depot",,"In the late nineteenth century the community of South Lyon was served by three rail lines operating from the 1871 Pere Marquette depot, which burned in 1908. By the time this one-story Queen Anne depot was erected by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad system in 1909, only two lines came to South Lyon. Featuring a rounded front and a conical roof, the wood-frame structure served as a passenger station until 1955. The city of South Lyon acquired the depot in 1975 and in 1976 moved it to this site. In 1981 the station began its service as the Witch’s Hat Depot Museum and a community center.",,300 Dorothy Street,South Lyon,MI,0,in McHattie Park,Oakland,01N07E30SENE,42.454492,-83.654099,,,09/12/2017,e3ed1ad2-1cb7-4a5e-ae6e-145595bff837,0,139,0,,,,,415807
-85.884181,42.21777,MHC801987051,L1375A,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Mark's Church / The Reverend Darius Barker,St. Mark's Episcopal Church,St. Mark's Church,The Reverend Darius Barker,"St. Mark’s Parish, organized at the county courthouse on February 22, 1851, is Paw Paw’s oldest Episcopal congregation. The Reverend Voltaire Spaulding conducted the first service in a vacant store. The present church’s cornerstone was laid on the Feast of St. Mark, April 25, 1876. Joseph Davey built the church under the leadership of the Reverend Darius Barker. Bishop George Gillespie consecrated it on December 6, 1876. The bell tower with a bell donated by the Reverend George Schetky and his family was added in 1882.","The Reverend Darius Barker was born in 1805 at Unity, New Hampshire. He came to Michigan in 1839, living in Lenawee and Jackson Counties. In 1866 Barker became the first resident rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Barker used part of his house, located at the intersection of Oak and Van Buren Streets, as a chapel until the present church was built in 1876. Barker extended his pastoral duties to include other Van Buren County communities. He died on May 29, 1892, and was buried in Prospect Cemetery in Paw Paw.",609 East Michigan Ave,Paw Paw,MI,0,,Van Buren,03S14W12SWSE,42.21777,-85.884181,,,09/13/2017,debe5c2a-4f78-4640-b61a-145c8816d870,0,140,0,,,,,415808
-83.065803,42.3542360000001,MHC821979058,S514A,4,1979,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mackenzie House,,Mackenzie House,,"This 1895 Queen Anne-style house, designed by Malcomson and Higginbotham, was the home of David Mackenzie. Educator, scholar, and humanitarian, Mackenzie fostered higher education for Detroit students. While principal of Central High School, then housed in what is now “Old Main,” he established the Detroit Junior College in 1917. Six years later that institution expanded to become the College of the City of Detroit with Mackenzie as its first dean. This was the nucleus from which Wayne State University grew.",,4735 Cass Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,between West Woodward Avenue and the Lodge Freeway. 4/30/2020 Commission approved new marker location - waiting for sponsor to move the marker.,Wayne, ,42.354236,-83.065803,,1,05/04/2020,b406d5fe-e7fc-43ab-b4f7-148d393582b4,0,141,0,,,,,415809
-84.458345,42.232777,MHC381981048,L884A,2,1981,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),McCain School,,McCain School,,"This typical one-room schoolhouse was built for School District No. 2 of Summit Township in the 1880s. Named for a school board member, McCain School is the second schoolhouse erected on this site. The first was built in the early 1850’s shortly after the land was set aside for school purposes. The rear lean-to addition was completed in 1899. The building operated as a school until 1956. It later served as a social center. In 1976 it was renovated as a studio apartment.",,3517 McCain Road,Jackson,MI,0,east of Robinson Road at Ganton Drive,Jackson,03S01W05SWSW,42.232777,-84.458345,,,07/24/2019,372079ea-ed49-48db-a44f-14bd35dfefe1,0,142,2,"MHC381981048_1.jpg;MHC381981048_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","12/21/2017;12/21/2017",415810
-85.2603864599999,45.3181387000001,MHC151995018,L1930,2,1995,2011,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The First Congregational Church,,First Congregational Church,,"The First Congregational Church was formed in 1882. Members purchased this lot in 1883, and the building was completed in 1885. Church women held social fundraisers to help finance its cost. The building features rare Stick style motifs. The church installed the stained glass windows in 1884 and the half-ton bell made of Michigan copper and Banca tin in 1886. It added a wing in 1904 and a fellowship hall in 1970.",,101 State Street,Charlevoix,MI,49720,"Corner of State Street and Park Avenue; in front yard of church, on State Street",Charlevoix,34N08W26SWNW,45.3181387,-85.26038646,,,03/16/2016,b8a0e223-c644-48d1-bb94-14bef452aa2d,0,143,2,"MHC151995018_1.jpg;MHC151995018_2.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",415811
-86.067649,44.811819,MHC451977012,L567,2,1977,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Empire Lumber Company,,Empire Lumber Company,,"The Empire Lumber Company operated from 1887 to 1917, dominating this once-booming lumber town. Empire, incorporated in 1895, derived its name from the schooner Empire which was icebound here during a storm in 1865. George Aylsworth operated the first mill between 1873 and 1883. Potter and Struthers built a second mill in 1885, which T. Wilce Company purchased in 1887. Called the Empire Lumber Company, it expanded to one of the largest and best equipped hardwood mills in the area, capable of producing up to twenty million feet of lumber a year. Docks, several businesses, and a railroad sprung up in Empire. Destroyed by fire in 1906, the mill was quickly rebuilt. The mill burned again in 1917. With most of the nearby virgin timber gone, the mill was not replaced. Empire is now a picturesque village near the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.",,10484 Niagara Street,Empire,MI,0,Just inside Lake Michigan Beach Park,Leelanau,28N15W24NWSE,44.811819,-86.067649,,"Timber Industry,4",11/10/2022,486045d2-871c-4e54-a566-14e8d899c4f8,0,144,1,MHC451977012_1.jpg,Bill Hunt,Marker Photo - Front,11/09/2022,415812
-85.8808989999999,42.965781,MHC701990017,L1743C,2,1990,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Blendon Landing,,Blendon Landing,,"In the mid-nineteenth century a site called Blendon Landing was located in this vicinity on the Grand River. Blendon was organized in 1854 and named for the Blendon Lumber Company. A logging train hauled timber seven miles from the pine forest to the landing for shipping. White pine and hardwoods were transported from here and used to manufacture ships, railroad cars, and guns. Blendon’s sawmill, logging operations, and shipyard sustained a community of about two hundred people in the early 1860s. The sawmill burned in 1864 and by 1870 the railroad was abandoned. By 1912 Blendon was deserted. In 1965 Grand Valley State College professor Richard E. Flanders began excavating the Blendon Landing site as part of the university’s archaeology program. Blendon Landing is owned by the Grand Valley State University Club.",,Grand Valley State University,Allendale,MI,49401,"South side of campus, Lake Michigan Hall",Ottawa,07N13W29SWNW,42.965781,-85.880899,,"Timber Industry,4",07/13/2017,22c4e1f1-d2a9-4f64-bc27-1507231fb76b,0,145,0,,,,,415813
-84.846451,45.424897,MHC241957014,S138,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Passenger Pigeons / Passenger Pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius),,Passenger Pigeons,Passenger Pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius),"At one time Michigan was a favorite nesting ground for the passenger pigeons. Vast quantities of beechnuts and other food attracted them. Each spring immense flocks arrived, literally darkening the skies hours at a time as they flew over. Here at Crooked Lake a nesting in 1878 covered ninety square miles. Millions of birds were killed, packed in barrels, and shipped from Petoskey. Such wanton slaughter helped to make the pigeon extinct by 1914. The conservationist’s voice was heard too late.","At one time North America’s most numerous bird, the passenger pigeon was particularly abundant in the Upper Mississippi Valley. The mature male was about sixteen inches long. Less colorful and big was the female. In 1914 the last known survivor of the species died.",3377 Oden Road,Alanson,MI,0,"One mile west of Oden on Oden Road (US-31), located at the Oden Lake State Fish Hatchery",Emmet,35N04W18NESW,45.424897,-84.846451,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,5",08/30/2017,cb3763e0-9052-4c75-800d-151715e89db4,0,146,1,MHC241957014_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415814
-84.175482,42.999399,MHC781970006,HB59,2,1970,2022,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Curwood Castle,,Curwood Castle,,"James Oliver Curwood was born in Owosso on June 12, 1878, and lived here most of his life. Writing and love of nature were his boyhood interests, and by 1908 Curwood was earning his living as a novelist. Most of his stories were adventure tales set in the Canadian north, where the author spent much of his time. During the 1920s his books were among the most popular in North America, and many were made into movies. The castle, built in 1922, was his writing studio, and a number of his later works were composed in the tower, overlooking the Shiawassee River. Curwood became a zealous conservationist, and in 1926 he was appointed to the Michigan Conservation Commission. He died at his nearby home on Williams Street on August 13, 1927.",,209 Curwood Castle Drive,Owosso,MI,0,,Shiawassee,07N02E13SWSE,42.999399,-84.175482,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",10/06/2022,896cdc03-db73-4331-b47b-156a1a98771e,0,147,1,MHC781970006_1.jpg,Shaffer Fox,Site Photo w/Marker,10/01/2022,415815
-82.493579,42.7133600000001,MHC741977020,L546,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Holy Cross Parish,Catholic Point (Holy Cross Historic District),Holy Cross Parish,,"Father Gabriel Richard received this triangular plot of land by way of a grant from President John Quincy Adams on April 1, 1825. This area, known as Catholic Point, contains, among other buildings, a church, a rectory, a convent, the former high school, a new high school, and a grade school. The present church edifice, the second to stand on the site, was built in 1903. A bell, which formerly hung in the original church, was cast in Normandy, France, in 1825. The tracker organ in the church was built in 1861 and is one of the earliest American-built models in Michigan. Among former pastors of Holy Cross Parish were the saintly missionary Bishop Frederic Baraga, and a pioneer priest of St. Clair, Father Lawrence Kilroy. Holy Cross Parish has remained in continuous use and service to the people for over 150 years.",,610 South Water Street,Marine City,MI,0,SE corner of Bridge Street,Saint Clair,03N16E12NENE,42.71336,-82.493579,,,09/13/2017,09dd1864-4f26-401e-876f-157def4a48bf,0,148,0,,,,,415816
-86.067229,42.761943,MHC031967007,L70,2,1967,2021,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Old Wing Mission,,Old Wing Mission,,"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 Isaac Fairbanks, a government agricultural agent to the Indians, this house is the oldest structure in the vicinity. Nearby were a church and school, and some Indian dwellings. The first Dutch settlers in 1846-47 lodged here and in the Fairbanks cabin on the knoll to the southeast. As the Dutch settlement grew, Smith and the Indians moved away and established a new village on Grand Traverse Bay. Isaac Fairbanks remained in this area and was active in the settlement of Holland.",,5298 E. 147th Avenue,Holland,MI,0,"Between 52nd & 50th Sts., Fillmore Twp.",Allegan,04N15W03NWSE,42.761943,-86.067229,,"Native People,4",12/02/2021,d4841ae4-6385-47fa-a1a5-157fb227fe51,0,149,2,"MHC031967007_1.jpg;MHC031967007_2.jpg","Shekinah Revival Ministries;Shekinah Revival Ministries","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back","09/16/2021;09/16/2021",415817
-84.630841,41.920324,MHC301989040,L1645A,2,1989,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Anthony's Catholic Church,,St. Anthony's Catholic Church,,"The origins of Catholicism in Hillsdale County date to the 1840s when Irishmen who worked for the Southern Railroad settled here. In 1853 the Reverend Joseph Kindekens of Adrian and eighty-five people organized St. Anthony’s parish. The former Presbyterian church, which was located on this site, became the first house of worship. In 1858 the Reverend Charles Ryckaert became the first pastor and built a rectory. After the Reverend Peter Slane arrived in 1878, the old church was razed to make way for the present one. On June 15, 1884, Bishop Casper Borgess dedicated this spired Gothic Revival church. St. Anthony’s Church remains the only Catholic parish in Hillsdale County.",,11 North Broad St.,Hillsdale,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W26SWNW,41.920324,-84.630841,,,08/30/2017,c3a7a132-5688-4d53-90c0-158e9e873f0c,0,150,0,,,,,415818
-84.9553799999999,42.2720190000001,MHC131983013,L1051A,2,1983,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Grand Army of the Republic / The G. A. R. Hall,,Grand Army of the Republic,The G. A. R. Hall,"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 men, while Michigan’s rolls crested in 1889 with more than 21,000 members. In its heyday, the G.A.R. was a powerful political pressure group. The society also provided food and clothing for indigent widows and orphans. The last state encampment was held in 1948.","Marshall’s Civil War veterans organized a Grand Army of the Republic chapter in 1883. They built this handsome red brick structure as their headquarters in 1902. It was named for Marshall’s Corporal Calvin Colegrove, color-bearer for the Michigan First Infantry, who was killed at the first Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. The memorial hall, built at a cost of three thousand dollars, served C. Colegrove Post No. 166 until the late 1930s. In 1977 the Marshall Historical Society purchased it for one dollar to house its archives.",West Michigan at Exchange,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NENW,42.272019,-84.95538,,Civil War,08/05/2020,643d7cbf-49c1-4c10-9161-15a92cddb451,0,151,1,MHC131983013_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,07/12/2020,415819
-85.583474,42.291326,MHC391986007,S582C,2,1986,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Upjohn Company / William E. Upjohn,Upjohn Pill and Granule Company,The Upjohn Company,William E. Upjohn,"The Upjohn Pill and Granule Company was founded on this site in 1886 by Dr. William E. Upjohn and his three brothers—Dr. Henry U., Frederick L., and Dr. James T. Upjohn. The pill-making factory began in the basement of a commercial block, where the Upjohn brothers turned out their specialty, “friable pills.” By year’s end the company employed twelve people, manufactured 186 different medicinal formulas and had moved to a new building on Farmer’s Alley. In 1888 the company moved again, this time to Lovell Street, where it celebrated a century of operations in 1986. The Upjohn Company (renamed in 1902) is a worldwide provider of pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical products, and health care services.","Dr. William E. Upjohn (1853-1932), founder of the Upjohn Company, was known as Kalamazoo’s “First Citizen” because of his active role in the community. He helped institute the commission-manager form of government and served as the city’s first mayor under the new system (1918-1921). He helped direct the construction of Bronson Hospital (1904) and several area churches (1926). He also established the Kalamazoo Foundation (1925) and the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (1932). His belief in the “happy use of leisure time” led him to donate land for Upjohn Park (1919), to help fund an “Art House” (1928) and a municipal golf course (1929), and to build the Civic Auditorium (1931).",Kalamazoo Mall,Kalamazoo,MI,0,south of the intersection of South Street and Burdick Street,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SESW,42.291326,-85.583474,,,09/01/2017,cbe742e2-6084-414e-a852-15b6ffe7dde7,0,152,0,,,,,415820
-83.43679,45.06514,MHC041982021,L990A,2,1982,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Bernard Catholic Church,,St. Bernard Catholic Church,,"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 dedicated to and named for St. Bernard. Father Murray was instrumental in the building of the first church structure, which was located almost directly opposite the current edifice. The foundation of this stone structure was laid in 1880. Three years later the church split into three parishes. The French parish, which kept the original structure, became St. Anne; the Polish became St. Mary; and the Irish retained the St. Bernard name and records. This structure, completed by the Irish in 1884, houses the oldest Catholic parish between Bay City and Cheboygan.",,SE corner of Fifth and Chisholm Streets,Alpena,MI,0,,Alpena,31N08E22NWSE,45.06514,-83.43679,,4,01/17/2017,3cb4b3a0-96d0-44f7-ab44-15d00bc02fd3,0,153,0,,,,,415821
-85.162475,45.178663,MHC151996025,L2004,2,1996,1999,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),John and Eva Porter Estate / John and Eva Porter Estate,Elm Pointe,John and Eva Porter Estate,John and Eva Porter Estate,"Elm Pointe is an eleven acre estate developed c. 1926 by John J. and Eva Porter. The house, designed by Grand Rapids architect J. Alexander McColl, was constructed of lumber milled by the East Jordan Lumber Company. An unusual, contemporary version of Colonial architecture, the house provided a showcase for the company’s products when the Porters entertained clients. Robert W. and Augustine Allen purchased the estate in 1942 to use as a summer home. They built the lodge in the early 1940s. Augustine Allen Westgate donated the property with many of its original furnishings to the city of East Jordan in 1972. The Portside Art and Historical Society’s museum was established here in 1976.","This property was a part of the original holdings of the East Jordan Lumber Company, owned by John Porter’s father, William P. Porter. Organized in 1888, the company began manufacturing cedar shingles in 1890. By 1912 it operated two sawmills and a maple flooring plant. It made lumbering the leading industry in East Jordan until the last of the company’s mills closed in 1928. John Porter directed the sales department. Recognizing the need for an alternative source of employment as the lumbering era came to an end, the Porters formed the East Jordan Canning Company. From 1927 into the 1970s, the company processed and marketed the region’s produce. John Porter became its president in 1931.",01787 S. M-66 Hwy,East Jordan,MI,49727,South Arm Twp,Charlevoix,32N07W09SESE,45.178663,-85.162475,,Timber Industry,07/27/2017,5ab5b9a9-ebba-4644-a3fc-161ceac62599,0,154,0,,,,,415822
-84.765069,42.254196,MHC131981016,L966A,2,1981,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Holy Ascension Orthodox Church,Holy Ascension of Christ Orthodox Church,Holy Ascension Orthodox Church,,"In 1904 the Albion Malleable Iron Company began recruiting workers for its foundry. The arrival of six Russians from New York City marked the beginning of Albion's ""Foreign Colony."" By 1915 the Foreign Colony had grown to around six hundred people of several Eastern European nationalities, most of whom were Orthodox Christians. Initially, a visiting priest from Detroit conducted Albion's Orthodox services, but by 1915 permission to build an Orthodox church had been granted. A fund drive within the city raised five thousand dollars. The cornerstone was laid on April 30, 1916, and the church was consecrated on Thanksgiving Day of that year. Holy Ascension Church was the only non-Greek Orthodox parish in south-central Michigan until the late 1950s.",,810 Austin Avenue,Albion,MI,49224,Wall-mounted on NW corner of church.,Calhoun,02S04W34SWNE,42.254196,-84.765069,,6,08/01/2016,f30bdddb-d1c0-4bcb-bc73-164b814c4845,0,155,0,,,,,415823
-84.5536499999999,42.732694,MHC332009007,L2215,2,2009,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Capital Bank Tower,Boji Tower,Capital Bank Tower,,"Upon its completion in 1931, the Capital Bank Tower was hailed by newspapers as the tallest building in the state beyond Detroit. Industrialist and Capital Bank president Ranson E. Olds commissioned the three hundred-foot skyscraper, which housed the bank in the four lower floors and office space in the upper stories. To accommodate the building, the city council amended an ordinance that limited buildings to 150 feet. Hopkins and Dentz of New York designed the building. It was a major investment in Lansing by Olds, despite the Great Depression. The May 30, 1931, Lansing Capital News headlined: ""New Bank Tower Pledge of Faith: 22-Story Structure Monument of Builder's Belief in Lansing."" The original brass elevator doors depict scenes for the life of Ransom Olds.",,124 Allegan Street,Lansing,MI,48933,"Corner of Capitol Ave; marker is wall-mounted on Capitol Ave side of building",Ingham,04N02W16NESW,42.732694,-84.55365,,6,11/05/2020,5ce22253-3e7b-44a5-8c20-168bc915310c,0,156,2,"MHC332009007_1.jpg;MHC332009007_3.jpg","Not Provided;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Other Photo","06/26/2017;10/15/2020",415824
-84.553512,42.73377,MHC331991005,S629C,2,1991,1991,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Town of Michigan / Lansing,,Town of Michigan,Lansing,"In 1847, required by Michigan’s 1835 constitution to choose a permanent capital site within the first decade of statehood, the legislature voted to move the capital from Detroit. Convinced that the governmental seat should be in the state’s interior, legislators voted to relocate in Ingham County’s unsettled Lansing Township. Citizens viewed the choice with skepticism—believing the decision was a joke that backfired. The capital commission platted the “Town of Michigan” in 1847 and chose a site bounded by Washington and Capitol Avenues and Allegan and Washtenaw Streets for a temporary capitol building. When the legislature met that year, many members were forced to lodge in private homes; others made their beds on the capitol floor. During that session, the legislature renamed the capital city Lansing.","The town of Michigan was platted in 1847 as the state capital. In April the state legislature considered renaming the capital Pewanogowink, Swedenborg, or El Dorado, but chose Lansing, after John Lansing, an American Revolution hero. At that time the capital was a wilderness fraught with wolves and a “brain fever” (spinal meningitis) epidemic. In 1859 Lansing was incorporated as a city. During the 1870s, Lansing’s lyceums and literary societies hosted author Mark Twain and actor Edwin Booth. The 1847 capitol, considered “an old rattle trap,” was replaced by the present building in 1879. Primarily an agricultural community, Lansing developed as a manufacturing center in the 1890s. In 1897 Ransom Eli Olds organized the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, Michigan’s first operating automobile company.",124 West Michigan Ave,Lansing,MI,0,Lansing City Hall,Ingham,04N02W16SENW,42.73377,-84.553512,,"Auto Industry,5",11/09/2020,ec7edaa8-6d37-425f-9793-16ba29608988,0,157,3,"MHC331991005_2.jpg;MHC331991005_3.jpg;MHC331991005_4.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back","06/27/2017;10/15/2020;10/15/2020",415825
-83.442285,42.627847,MHC631989028,L1682B,2,1989,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Hathaway-Hess Farm,,Hathaway-Hess Farm,,"The Hathaway-Hess Farm originated as the homestead of Jonathan Owen Hathaway, who migrated from New York to Oakland County with his parents in 1830. In 1861 Hathaway and his wife, Marcy C. Dewey, acquired an eighty-acre parcel of land in Waterford Township. In 1902 Hathaway’s granddaughter Myrtle Hathaway married William Hess, an early investor in the Fisher Body Company. Following William’s retirement in the 1930s, the Hesses devoted their lives to the family farm. Here they operated a successful dairy known as the Lone Cedar Farm, and raised champion sheep and Jersey and Hereford cattle. Myrtle Hess died in 1985. She bequeathed the family farm to Waterford Township and stipulated that the land be used as a park. In 1989 Waterford Township dedicated the Hess-Hathaway Park.",,825 Williams Lake Road,Union Lake,MI,0,,Oakland,03N09E31NWNW,42.627847,-83.442285,,,09/12/2017,ea6332a1-e049-48ac-a9af-16f3f6fc538c,0,158,0,,,,,415826
-82.886669,42.4965250000001,MHC501978032,L618,2,1978,1978,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Selinsky-Green House,,Selinsky-Green House,,"In 1868 when this area was covered with small farms, Prussian immigrants John and Mary Selinsky bought farmland in Erin Township and built this saltbox house using solid log construction covered with clapboard. The Selinskys gave the house to their daughter Ernestine when she married John Green in 1874. The property was owned by their descendants until 1974. Moved to this location in 1975 because of the construction of I-696, this house is now restored as a museum.",,22504 11 Mile Rd,St. Clair Shores,MI,0,just east of Jefferson Avenue,Macomb,01N13E23NWNW,42.496525,-82.886669,,,09/05/2017,c6730126-00a0-429f-8cf1-171e4a4b4a63,0,159,0,,,,,415827
-82.880205,42.607154,MHC501979072,L1344,2,1979,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House / Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House,Saint Joseph Hospital and Bath House,Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House,Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House,"Opened in 1899, the Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House is the only building remaining from the Mount Clemens bath era. Beginning in 1870 people suffering from rheumatism, blood poisoning, diabetes and skin diseases, among other ailments, sought the curative powers of the baths. The city was hailed as “The Great Health and Pleasure Resort of Michigan.” By 1911 the city boasted 78 hotels and 11 bathhouses. Elegant and modern, Saint Joseph Sanitarium sported parlors, a library, steam heat, electric lighting, and a hydraulic elevator. It offered mineral baths until 1952.","In 1900 the Sisters of Charity of Mount Saint Joseph established a fifty-bed hospital in the Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House, which they operated. That same year, the director, Sister Immaculata D’Arcambal, founded one of the first state-licensed nurse training programs here. Saint Joseph’s eventually became the major hospital between Detroit and Port Huron. The present structure comprises the original Colonial Revival building, designed by local architect Theophilus Van Damme, and several additions. In 1990, Saint Joseph’s was transferred to the Sisters of Mercy.",215 North Avenue,Mount Clemens,MI,0,,Macomb,,42.607154,-82.880205,,,09/05/2017,d0b76898-6ba8-4b1a-aa28-172915bf46dc,0,160,0,,,,,415828
-85.432777,42.425167,MHC081970002,L87,2,1970,1971,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Thomas's Mills,,Thomas's Mills,,"In 1850 George Thomas operated a sawmill here, and in the next decade, as settlers began to arrive, he built a gristmill. The new village, also known as Gull Lake, was a few miles south of the Reverend Leonard Slater’s Baptist Indian mission. Thomas dominated local affairs, being the leading merchant, the postmaster, a large landowner, and a member of the state legislature. At the turn of the century, when the village was practically abandoned, Gull Lake became popular as a summer resort.",,M-43,Gull Lake,MI,0,"North end of Gull Lake Park; Prairieville Twp.",Barry,01N10W36NWSE,42.425167,-85.432777,,1,01/16/2017,99f49406-0629-49b4-a0d0-172d1217f85b,0,162,0,,,,,415829
-85.3994969999999,44.2512100000001,MHC831980009,L856A,2,1980,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cadillac Carnegie Library,Wexford County Historical Society Museum,Cadillac Carnegie Library,,"Constructed with the joint support of an Andrew Carnegie grant and the Cadillac Literary Society, this Classical Revival style building was completed at a cost of thirty thousand dollars in 1906. Built on land donated by Jacob and Wellington Cummer, it served as a public library until 1969. The structure housed the Cadillac Police Department for eight years before becoming the Wexford County Historical Society Museum in 1977. In 1978 the historical society began restoring the library to its original appearance.",,127 Beech St.,Cadillac,MI,0,1/2 block east of Mitchell Street,Wexford,21N09W04NENE,44.25121,-85.399497,,,09/22/2017,61994b69-5fa0-44d1-8435-17a6447080d1,0,163,1,MHC831980009_1.jpg,,Marker Dedication Photo,,415830
-84.4428789999999,42.579702,MHC331971036,L117,2,1971,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ingham County Courthouse,,Ingham County Courthouse,,"Named for Samuel Ingham, secretary of the treasury under Andrew Jackson, Ingham County was organized in 1838. In 1840 Mason became the county seat. The town’s wide public square had been designed as the county’s political and business center. The first county offices were on the sides of the square built at this location. The present building, completed in 1904, was described as a “temple of justice.” Governor Fred Warner, speaking at the dedication, called it “a meeting place for farmers, mechanics, business and professional men.” The courthouse has been the center of Ingham County’s activities throughout the twentieth century. In 1971 the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.",,Jefferson and Ash,Mason,MI,0,,Ingham,02N01W09NWNW,42.579702,-84.442879,,4,12/01/2021,548b95ad-c8f3-4496-8a9b-17cc06575694,1971,164,2,"MHC331971036_1.jpg;MHC331971036_2.jpg",Charlie Chapman,"Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";",415831
-83.326486,42.6550290000001,MHC631965006,S274,2,1965,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Courthouse / Oakland County,,The Courthouse,Oakland County,"The first Oakland County courthouse, built about 1824, was located on the corner of Saginaw and Huron Streets on land given by the Pontiac Company. The log first story housed the jail, while the frame second story was occupied by the courtroom and sheriff’s residence. Following several attempts to remove the county seat from Pontiac, a new courthouse was opened on the same site in 1858. This was replaced in 1905 by a three-story building of gray Cleveland sandstone. By the 1950s population pressure and demand for increased services forced new construction. A more expansive site near the city’s western limits, on which some county buildings were already located, was enlarged for the Oakland County Service Center. Ground for the present courthouse was broken on September 21, 1959.","A proclamation of Territorial Governor Lewis Cass organized Oakland County and designated Pontiac as the county seat on March 28, 1820, although the boundaries had been established on January 12, 1819. At that time this area was a wilderness, with the Indian trail from Detroit to Saginaw the main artery of settlement. Farming was the chief occupation in early times, and by mid-century the county led the state in agricultural production. The numerous lakes were a major attraction to settlers and vacationers, and today Oakland County has many public parks which serve urbanized southeastern Michigan. Once the home of the Michigan Military Academy, the county now has a number of outstanding educational facilities. Automobile manufacture has long been important here and remains the major industry.",1200 North Telegraph,Pontiac,MI,0,"Oakland County Courthouse, just north of Elizabeth Lake Road",Oakland,03N10E19SWNW,42.655029,-83.326486,,,05/27/2020,b0c59341-3f2a-4b13-b740-18a9adcd3901,0,165,2,"MHC631965006_1.jpg;MHC631965006_2.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Charlie Chapman","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo","03/28/1970;",415832
-83.356278,42.484738,MHC631981035,L953A,2,1981,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Aldrich House,"Royal Aldrich House; Flora Basil House",Aldrich House,,"Royal Aldrich, a native of Farmington, New York, built this two-story Greek Revival farmhouse around 1840. His father, Esek, had purchased the 320-acre site from the United States government in 1823. Esek never lived here, but sold the property to Royal, who settled here in 1839. The house retains its original clapboard siding, interior woodwork, doors and hardware. It is supported by fourteen-inch to sixteen-inch walnut beams and a cobblestone basement foundation.",,31110 Eleven Mile Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,East of Orchard Lake Road,Oakland,01N09E23NWNW,42.484738,-83.356278,,,01/15/2020,1072a5b4-5d58-4711-9857-18aead4b5027,0,166,0,,,,,415833
-83.144368,42.5011940000001,MHC631996021,L1968,2,1996,1996,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Royal Oak Township Cemetery/Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery,,Royal Oak Township Cemetery,Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery,"Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery was established in 1875 and consecrated by Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess that year. The land for the cemetery was purchased from Royal Oak Township. One of the earliest burials was for Edmund Loughnane (Lockman), who had hosted Catholic meetings in his home. Unusual statuary includes a concrete tree trunk and a seated maiden holding flowers. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located atop Saint Mary High School beginning in 1925, was moved here in 1992. This cemetery contains the remains of a number of local businessmen, among them undertaker William Sullivan, and John and Frank Fraquelli, founders of Royal Oak Monumental Works, whose markers are located here and in the Royal Oak Township Cemetery.",,Main Street,Royal Oak,MI,0,"Bounded by Twelve Mile and Rochester Roads and Main Street; this is a two-sided marker and each side was assigned a different site No. - Royal Oak Township Cemetery is L1967 and Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery is L1968",Oakland,01N11E15NWNW,42.501194,-83.144368,,,10/01/2019,5155e9bc-736e-4590-80b8-18e2954221c6,0,167,1,MHC631996021_1.jpg,Royal Oak Department of Public Service,Marker Photo - Front,09/26/2019,415834
-84.018826,41.898935,MHC462001012,L2102,2,2001,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Lenawee County Fairgrounds,,Lenawee County Fairgrounds,,"The Agricultural Society of Lenawee County organized and held its first fair in 1839, making it one of Michigan’s oldest county fairs. The fair originally took place in downtown Adrian between River Street and the River Raisin. In 1879 the grandstand collapsed in the county’s worst disaster to that date. The event sent the fair into bankruptcy, but the agricultural society persevered. In 1884 it purchased this site. The oldest building on the grounds is the 1899 octagon Grange Building. A 1905 Adrian Daily Telegram claimed “No other county in the world has as many granges as Lenawee County.” The 4-H Building, the Women’s Congress Building, and the grandstand are among the fairground’s other early structures.",,602 Dean Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E36SESW,41.898935,-84.018826,,,09/01/2017,5314aa58-8c59-4b2f-87f2-194b3a7dc516,0,168,0,,,,,415835
-83.836945,42.7975750000001,MHC251988050,L1510,2,1988,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Argentine Township Cemetery,,Argentine Township Cemetery,,"In 1838, Halsey Whitehead, a veteran of the War of 1812, buried his two-year-old daughter Rebecca here on land he settled in 1837. He offered burial plots for others until 1843, when he donated the land to Argentine Township. Graves located here include those of pioneer families, such as the Murrays, Lobdells, Sutherlands, Algers, Lahrings and McCaslins, as well as veterans of seven different wars.",Same text.,Silver Lake Road,Linden,MI,48451,"Grave driveway entrance to cemetery is off from Silver Lake Road between Seymour Road and Softwater Lake Drive. The marker is located in center of original part of Cemetery, next to hand pump.",Genesee,05N05E26SESW,42.797575,-83.836945,,,09/05/2019,db9c9443-ff1b-47a4-b9fa-197e409d4ca5,0,169,2,"MHC251988050_1.jpg;MHC251988050_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/15/2015;08/15/2015",415836
-88.5655339999999,47.120505,MHC311977040,L568A,2,1977,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Ignatius Loyola Church,,St. Ignatius Loyola Church,,"The roots of the Catholic Church in the Portage Lake area are associated with Bishop Frederic Baraga, the “Snowshoe Priest,” who dedicated the original St. Ignatius Loyola Church on July 31, 1859. Before the erection of that building, Catholics in Houghton worshipped in a boarding house and later a school. The present structure was completed in 1902, after four years of construction, under the direction of Father Anton Ivan Rezek. Father (later Monsignor) Rezek came as pastor in 1895 and remained in that position for fifty-one years. One of the most imposing edifices in Houghton, St. Ignatius Loyola Church features rock-faced sandstone facades. Beautiful stained glass windows and an elaborate Gothic altar adorn the breathtaking interior.",,703 East Houghton Ave,Houghton,MI,0,,Houghton,55N34W36SENW,47.120505,-88.565534,,,08/30/2017,1407d560-1f6a-40c4-a9cc-198b57c7083f,0,170,0,,,,,415837
-84.8063059999999,42.1457310000001,MHC131976033,L439,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Homer Fire Station,,Homer Fire Station,,"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 commercial district. Shortly after its construction, townspeople used the facilities for public meetings and theatricals. Now attached to the new fire station and municipal offices, it is the oldest public building in Homer.",,128 East Main Street,Homer,MI,0,,Calhoun,04S04W05SWSW,42.145731,-84.806306,,,04/30/2019,814d380d-b72b-4759-9c01-198f98732832,0,171,2,"MHC131976033_1.jpg;MHC131976033_2.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","05/09/2018;05/09/2018",415838
-84.058885,41.8978680000001,MHC462002002,S679,2,2002,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Camp Williams / Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry,,Camp Williams,Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry,"
At the outbreak of the Civil War in early 1861, the trustees of Adrian College offered the use of campus buildings and grounds to the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry for training. This became known as Camp Williams. The city of Adrian donated money to build a mess and dining hall. By early June ten companies of the Fourth had arrived and started their training. The 1,025 soldiers came from Adrian, Ann Arbor, Dexter, Jonesville, Hudson, Sturgis, Monroe, Hillsdale, Tecumseh, and Trenton. On June 21 nearly 30,000 people came to town to see the Fourth depart for Washington. The ladies of Adrian presented Colonel Dwight Woodbury with the regimental flag. Sewn onto the flag was “The Ladies of Adrian to the Fourth regiment Defend It.”","
In spring 1861 the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry departed Adrian’s Camp Williams for service in the Civil War. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and saw action in forty-one engagements, including Gaines Mills, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Petersburg. The Fourth was one of the few regiments in the war to lose more men in battle than to disease. Out of 1,399 men, 307 died from May 1862 through June 1864. Three colonels perished in battle defending their regimental flag: Dwight Woodbury, at Malvern Hill, Virginia; Harrison Jeffords in The Wheatfield at Gettysburg; and George Lumbard at The Wilderness, Virginia. In 1864 the reorganized Fourth trained here, at Camp Williams, once more.","North Hall, Adrian College",Adrian,MI,0,Corner of Madison and Williams Streets,Lenawee,07S03E03SWNW,41.897868,-84.058885,,Civil War,09/01/2017,f05f5a33-db04-4398-a8d6-19945de5a1be,0,172,0,,,,,415839
-84.962978,42.2730090000001,MHC131975023,S454,2,1975,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),John D. Pierce Homesite,Pierce-Ludington House,John D. Pierce Homesite,,"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 to 1841, he served as the state’s and the nation’s first superintendent of public instruction. Pierce died in 1882 and is buried in Marshall’s Oakridge Cemetery, honored by a monument erected by Michigan schoolteachers.",,314 West Mansion,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.273009,-84.962978,,,08/23/2017,9438745d-6b19-4f5a-9f94-19c96af330cc,0,175,0,,,,,415840
-84.729137,45.8686910000001,MHC491956056,S98,2,1956,1958,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fort de Buade,,Fort de Buade,,"This fort was built by the French near here within a decade after Marquette had established his mission in 1671. Its name was that of the family of Frontenac, the French governor for North America. Until Detroit was founded in 1701, this was the most important French post west of Montreal. The fort’s commandant had charge of all other French forts in the West. Also known as Fort Michilimackinac, it was the first of three forts which were to bear this name in the Straits area.",,Municipal Building State Street,St. Ignace,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.868691,-84.729137,,,09/05/2017,1cc7cfec-a8cc-4a9d-bc99-19dba83e5b45,0,176,0,,,,,415841
-84.011161,41.9051890000001,MHC461984032,L1178C,2,1984,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Joseph Hospital and Home for the Aged,,St. Joseph Hospital and Home for the Aged,,"In the old elm farmhouse that once stood on this site, six Dominican nuns opened the St. Joseph Hospital and Home for the Aged on May 20, 1884. They were sent by Mother Hyacinth Scheininger, prioress of Holy Rosary Convent in New York City, at the request of Father Casimir Rohowski, pastor of Adrian’s St. Joseph Church. From 1884 to 1896 the St. Joseph Hospital cared for 138 patients and eighteen orphans, who in 1887 were accommodated in a larger facility. In 1896 the hospital was closed and converted into the St. Joseph Academy. It later became the center of the present motherhouse of the Adrian Dominican Sisters. The farmhouse was demolished in 1926.",,1269 Siena Heights Dr.,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E36NWSE,41.905189,-84.011161,,,09/01/2017,687a22de-32ba-4db2-9c1a-19ddeb76ca6d,0,177,0,,,,,415842
-83.188137,42.5614670000001,MHC631974052,S425,2,1974,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),S.S. Kresge Company,,S.S. Kresge Company,,"Sebastian Spering Kresge founded the firm in 1899 in Detroit. His guidance during its formative years was responsible for its initial success. By 1916 when it was incorporated in Michigan, the company numbered 150 units. Innovative and careful management insured its continued growth. Since the introduction of the rapidly expanding Kmart division in 1962, the firm has become one of the world’s leading mercantile chains. In 1972 the firm’s international headquarters was located here.",,3100 West Big Beaver Road,Troy,MI,0,,Oakland,02N11E19SESE,42.561467,-83.188137,,,09/12/2017,d22f39e3-69c3-44d2-b13d-19e3dcda06f9,0,178,0,,,,,415843
-86.25555,43.231567,MHC611970008,HB58,2,1970,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Hackley House / Hackley House,Charles H. Hackley House,Hackley House,Hackley House,"This three-story, wood frame building is one of Michigan’s most splendid examples of Queen Anne architecture. With juxtaposition of masses created by roof lines, chimneys, tower, and porte-cochere it has become a symbol of Muskegon. Fifteen stained glass windows add to the elegance of the structure, and the interior decoration includes hand-stenciled walls and ceilings, carved woodwork and seven tiled fireplaces. The house is testimony to Hackley’s wealth, and to an era when Muskegon was known as “Lumber Queen of the World.”","
Charles H. Hackley (1837-1905) came to Muskegon in 1857. Though he had only seven dollars when he arrived, he was worth twelve million dollars at the time of his death. He made his fortune in lumber, and when lumber declined, he administered the Chamber of Commerce program that rebuilt Muskegon into a center of industry. His gifts and endowments to the community totalled over six million dollars and supported parks, statuary, schools, local churches, a hospital, and a public library.",484 West Webster Ave,Muskegon,MI,0,,Muskegon,10N16W30NENW,43.231567,-86.25555,,Timber Industry,08/18/2017,5a8af20f-8cd1-455b-b8e5-1a3841916e30,0,179,0,,,,,415844
-84.516317,42.7437170000001,MHC331988001,L1567C,2,1988,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company / Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company,,Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company,Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company,"Founded in 1881 by flour mill owners from ten mid-Michigan communities, the Michigan Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company was among the first millers’ cooperative fire insurance companies in America. Its first policy was issued to company president D. L. Crossman of Williamston on October 26, 1881. By the turn of the century, Michigan Millers offered other types of insurance as well. During the Great Depression the company continued to grow, and in 1933, it established its Western Department in Glendale, California. The firm shortened its name to Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company in 1954.","Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company has headquartered in Lansing since it was founded in 1881. The company built its first office in 1890 at 120 West Ottawa Street, and erected its second, the Mutual Building, at 208 North Capitol Avenue in 1929. One-hundred-year-old millstones imbedded in the concrete sidewalk outside of the building serve as reminders of the company’s origins. Michigan Millers continued to grow through the 1940s and 1950s. Its present office, designed by Childs and Smith of Chicago, was built in 1956-57. The building’s symbolic link to the company’s origins is the 1858-vintage steam pumper fire engine, encased in glass on the front lawn.",2425 East Grand River,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W11SESW,42.743717,-84.516317,,5,08/30/2017,a158549b-f153-42f9-a385-1aea4e28e0b6,0,182,2,"MHC331988001_1.jpg;MHC331988001_2.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","11/18/2020;11/18/2020",415845
-84.631333,41.92064,MHC301969011,S294,2,1969,1969,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hillsdale,,Hillsdale,,"The plat for the village of Hillsdale was filed in July 1839, though the first settlement probably occurred a few years previously. Before that time this area had been inhabited mainly by a band of Potawatomi Indians led by their chief, Baw Beese. Jonesville was the first county seat, but Hillsdale gained this distinction in 1843 due to its more central location and the completion of the Michigan Southern Railroad to the town. The first Hillsdale County Fair was held on this site in 1851. Hillsdale College opened for classes in November 1855, and the city received its charter in April 1869.",,"Courthouse Square, Howell Street",Hillsdale,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W26SWNW,41.92064,-84.631333,,,08/30/2017,ce8c800c-5934-44c9-96f7-1b73ec5a4b2f,0,183,0,,,,,415846
-87.6167,46.4775000000001,MHC522008012,S710,2,2008,2008,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Gwinn Model Town,,Gwinn Model Town,,"William Gwinn Mather, president of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, directed the design and construction of Gwinn. He was inspired both by benevolence and by a belief that a contented healthy work force was dependable and less likely to strike. In 1906 Mather hired Boston landscape architect Warren H. Manning to design Gwinn as a company town providing housing and community services for mine employees. Manning included boulevards, landscaping, and extensive green space, tenets of the City Beautiful and Garden movements, in his design. The mines closed in 1946 and company-owned properties were sold. Mather´s and Manning´s ideas became a model for other company towns of the day. Their ""Model Town"" of Gwinn is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,Nordeen Park Entrance (Town Commons),Gwinn,MI,49841,SE corner of M-35 and Flint Street,Marquette,,46.4775,-87.6167,,Mining Industry,08/26/2016,d0077e92-788f-4f01-8264-1bc4e9585176,2002,184,0,,,,,415847
-84.954273,42.270943,MHC131980044,L783B,2,1980,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Oliver C. Comstock Jr. / Oliver C. Comstock Jr.,,Oliver C. Comstock Jr.,Oliver C. Comstock Jr.,"Oliver C. Comstock Jr. (1806-1895) built this Gothic Revival house between 1849 and 1856. Comstock, born in Fairfield, New York, migrated to the Marshall area in 1836. He left a well-established medical practice in Trumansburg, New York, to start anew on the Michigan frontier. Later that year, he erected the first brick business building in Calhoun County on Exchange Street. It housed his pharmacy and office.",Oliver C. Comstock Jr. served as the state’s third superintendent of public instruction (1843-45). In 1847 he was one of the abolitionists who prevented Kentucky slaveholders’ taking the fugitive slave family of Adam Crosswhite. In 1848 he and several prominent Marshall citizens were convicted and fined for conspiracy to harbor the fugitives. Comstock was superintendent of the construction of the Michigan Central Railroad between Jackson and Kalamazoo and a founder of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.,203 South Marshall Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNE,42.270943,-84.954273,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History,2",03/22/2021,b20ab5a3-57d5-4bbe-b157-1be25896c60e,0,185,1,MHC131980044_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,11/24/2017,415848
-84.031553,42.860948,MHC781963001,L32,2,1963,2022,Native People and the French (< 1760),Knaggs Bridge Area,,Knaggs Bridge Area,,"
Oral traditions of the Anishinaabek and archaeological evidence show people living here for thousands of years. Both Odawa and Ojibway were once in this area, but the Odawa had moved north by the 1750s. The Ojibway village was Ketchewandaugoning, meaning big salt lick. According to some accounts, this area was the birthplace of Okemos and the summer residence of Wasso, two Anishinaabe chiefs. Henry Bolieu, a trader, was the first Euro-American settler. He built a cabin here on the Shiawassee River around 1817. When the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw reserved this land for tribal use, Peter Whitmore Knaggs built a trading post here that he maintained for several years. Later, a relative, John Knaggs, operated a store and tavern at the same site. It closed in 1839. The first bridge was built here in 1838. A dam, the remains of which can be seen, was added in 1856.
",,Cole Road,Bancroft,MI,48414,"3 Miles SE of Bancroft; Burns Twp",Shiawassee,05N04E06SWNE,42.860948,-84.031553,,"Native People,4",08/31/2022,eb90b07a-8746-4814-9693-1be2bae87e09,0,186,2,"MHC781963001_2.jpg;MHC781963001_1.jpg","Burns Grange #160;Burns Grange #160","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","08/31/2022;07/31/2022",415849
-83.3678889999999,42.4991350000001,MHC631981030,L963,2,1981,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Samuel Davis House,,Samuel Davis House,,"Pennsylvania native Samuel Davis settled on this site in 1855. In 1886 Samuel and his wife, Susan Graft Davis, built this Italianate house on their 299-acre farm. The Davises engaged in general farming and raised stock, and were among Oakland County’s leading farmers. In 1888 the Davises’ daughter Martha married Republican Fred M. Warner of Farmington, who served three terms as Michigan’s governor, beginning in 1905. The Davis family sold the house in 1942.",,32330 Twelve Mile Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E10SWSE,42.499135,-83.367889,,,09/12/2017,a0df4831-a12a-4889-b389-1be7569a9e17,0,187,0,,,,,415850
-84.3617599999999,42.709213,MHC331956041,S31,2,1956,1956,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Grand River Trail,,Grand River Trail,,"The old Grand River Indian Trail, now US-16, became a plank road in 1848. A toll gate and Red Bridge Post Office were located here. Nearby were homes of John Mullett, pioneer surveyor, and John Forster, explorer, north Michigan mine pioneer. Michigan State University, first U. S. land grant college, and Lansing, the capital of Michigan, lie to the west.",,Roadside Park on Grand River (M-43),Williamston,MI,0,Four miles west of Williamston,Ingham,04N01E29SWNW,42.709213,-84.36176,,,08/30/2017,beb06bf0-8322-4099-8783-1c8d03f68485,0,188,1,MHC331956041_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415851
-82.887017,42.495635,MHC501979013,S520B,2,1979,1979,Native People and the French (< 1760),Lake St. Clair (Lac Sainte Claire),,Lake St. Clair (Lac Sainte Claire),,"French explorers discovered and named Lake Saint Clair on August 12, 1679. Among the party of thirty-four men were voyageur René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Roman Catholic friar Father Louis Hennepin. Aboard the Griffon, the first sailing vessel on the Upper Lakes, the group sailed from the Niagara Falls area on August 7, 1679, and entered the Detroit River on August 11. They reached Lake Saint Clair the following day and named it Lac Sainte Claire in honor of Sainte Claire of Assisi whose feast day fell at that time. It was Sainte Claire who established the order of Franciscan nuns, the Order of the Poor Claires. Government officials and map makers later changed the spelling to the present form of Saint Clair. This led to some confusion as to the true origin of the name of the lake.",,11 Mile Rd at Jefferson,St. Clair Shores,MI,0,"Lac Ste. Claire Park, just east of Jefferson Avenue",Macomb,01N13E23NWNW,42.495635,-82.887017,,,09/05/2017,83e2978f-6739-4f45-9d3c-1d33f3c15b5d,0,189,0,,,,,415852
-83.394797,42.4258560000001,MHC821976023,L395,2,1976,1976,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Livonia Revolutionary War Veterans,,Livonia Revolutionary War Veterans,,"This marker commemorates three American Revolutionary War soldiers who lived and died in Livonia. David Dean was born in 1763 and enlisted in the New York militia in 1778. Dean settled in Livonia around 1836 where he died in 1838. A native of Connecticut, born in 1755, Salmon Kingsley belonged to a company of minutemen who aided in the defense of Boston. Kingsley came to Livonia in 1825 where he died two years later. Born in New York about 1763, Jeremiah Klumph was a messenger in Washington’s army. Klumph lived in Livonia from 1836 until his death in 1855. These men were a few of the many Revolutionary veterans who settled in the west. All three journeyed with their families and settled in this area.",,Intersection of Wayne & W. Seven Mile Rds,Livonia,MI,0,,Wayne,01S09E05SESE,42.425856,-83.394797,,,07/27/2017,418bdf12-4254-4f4f-ad38-1d61add89de3,0,191,0,,,,,415853
-83.035789,42.3457470000001,MHC821972011,L204,2,1972,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Joseph's Parish,St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church,St. Joseph's Parish,,"Organized in 1855, St. Joseph’s served a German Catholic neighborhood for generations. With schools and activities conducted in German, the parish sponsored a mutual benefit society to assist its immigrant flock. In 1873, led by Father Johann Friedland, the parish dedicated this limestone church, designed in the Gothic Revival style by Francis Himpler. No longer predominantly German, St. Joseph’s continues as a neighborhood parish and still provides services in German.",,1828 Jay St.,Detroit,MI,0,"corner of Orleans Street, SE of Gratiot Avenue",Wayne,,42.345747,-83.035789,,,09/20/2017,de1d3778-bfb9-4428-8cfa-1d6b2f5d038f,0,192,0,,,,,415854
-82.764534,42.993637,MHC742003002,L2131,2,2003,2003,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish / John F. Farrell,,Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish,John F. Farrell,"Father Lawrence Kilroy established Catholic churches throughout St. Clair County during the early nineteenth century. In Kenockee he founded a cemetery and the “log church,” the precursor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in 1853. The church served a mostly Irish parish. In 1876 Irishmen formed the St. Patrick’s Benevolent Society, which raised money to help the needy. Members could be fined for dueling, for mentioning politics during a meeting, and for missing the St. Patrick’s Day parade. In 1897 the parish built a monumental Neo-Gothic church in Emmett. That church burned in 1966 and was replaced with the present structure, which typified church architecture of the era when it was completed in 1970.","Father John F. Farrell (1885-1971) served Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish from 1923 to 1966. When he arrived in Emmett, the parish consisted of the church, the rectory, and a stable. The following year Farrell established Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. Soon after, he had a convent built for the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe who taught at the school until 1971. In 1974 the school became part of the Yale School District and was renamed John F. Farrell Elementary School. Father Farrell died in 1971 and was buried in the parish cemetery in Kenockee on the site of the original log church. Using funds from Farrell’s estate, the Archdiocese of Detroit awards an annual scholarship in his name to Detroit priests for study in Rome, Italy.",10828 Brandon Rd,Emmett,MI,0,,Saint Clair,07N14E36SENW,42.993637,-82.764534,,,07/15/2019,b2a30c0b-6566-403e-a87e-1df77518bcbd,0,193,0,,,,,415855
-83.053072,42.337242,MHC821979015,L647A,2,1979,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Women's City Club of Detroit,,Women's City Club of Detroit,,"William B. Stratton designed this building for the Women’s City Club of Detroit--founded in 1919 “to promote a broad acquaintance among women” and to further civic and cultural activities. The club, which grew to be one of the largest women’s clubs in the world with a membership of over eight thousand in the 1950s, occupied this building from 1924 to 1975. Mary Chase Perry Stratton’s Pewabic tile is featured throughout.",,2110 Park St.,Detroit,MI,0,Between Columbia W. and Elizabeth,Wayne, ,42.337242,-83.053072,,3,05/25/2022,1c31ee7e-7f80-402c-8dfa-1e251b77e39d,0,194,0,,,,,415856
-84.041375,42.1486570000001,MHC811987040,L1384A,2,1987,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Manchester Township Library / James A. Lynch House,,Manchester Township Library,James A. Lynch House,"In 1838, one year after Michigan attained statehood, Manchester Township established its library, one of the first township libraries in Michigan. During the early years the township clerk maintained the collection. In 1900 the township decided to rent quarters for the library and to hire a librarian. It was housed in various locations including the Mahrle Building on Adrian Street. In 1934 the township purchased the former James A. Lynch House as a permanent location.","Junius Short constructed this house around 1867 for his eldest daughter, Elma (1844-1928), and his son-in-law, Dr. James A. Lynch (1837-1917), a physician. Lynch shared ownership of a pharmacy with John D. Van Duyn. The wood-frame house’s cube shape, bracketed cornice and segmental and round-arched windows reflect the Italianate style, popular in the 1870s. In 1934 Manchester Township purchased the house for twelve hundred dollars from descendants of Junius Short for use as a library.",202 West Main,Manchester,MI,0,,Washtenaw,04S03E02SESW,42.148657,-84.041375,,,09/20/2017,6d16123b-74c0-48c2-b284-1e456a6eaa6f,0,195,0,,,,,415857
-83.096874,42.4082220000001,MHC821956021,S3B,2,1956,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Highland Park Plant,Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant,Highland Park Plant,,"The Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant was built between 1909 and 1920 on the lot bounded by Woodward, Manchester and Oakland Avenues, and three railroad tracks. An office building, a garage and several machine shops once stood on this portion of the site. At this plant Ford instituted the “five dollar day,” a generous wage for the time. In factory “H,” located directly east of here, he began mass producing automobiles on moving assembly lines. Detroit architect Albert Kahn designed the complex, which included offices, factories, a power plant, and a foundry. In 1927 Ford shifted auto production to the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, limiting Highland Park to truck and tractor manufacturing. The Highland Park Plant is a National Historic Landmark.",,NE Corner of Woodward and Manchester,Highland Park,MI,0,"Wall-mounted marker located on the brick façade by the entrance. As of 2019 the building is used as a supermarket. Site No. S3 is also used on ""Home of the Model T"" marker located on Woodward Avenue near the intersection of Sears Street in Highland Park",Wayne, ,42.408222,-83.096874,,Auto Industry,02/04/2020,d81c5be2-08ca-4726-8c27-1e4ef07103fc,1997,196,0,,,,,415858
-83.150392,42.477047,MHC821997014,S659,2,1997,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Zoological Park,,Detroit Zoological Park,,"When it opened on August 1, 1928, the Detroit Zoological Park was unique and progressive in its design. The Detroit Zoological Society commissioned Boston landscape architect Arthur Shurtleff to draw the plans for the park. Shurtleff did so according to the practices of landscape designer Carl Hagenback of Hamburg, Germany, who promoted the construction of zoo exhibits without bars. Rather than being caged, the animals roamed freely in outdoor habitats bounded by moats and “rocks” made of reinforced concrete. Carl’s son Heinrich came here to supervise and build the exhibits. The Detroit Zoological Park is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,8450 West Ten Mile Road,Royal Oak,MI,0,In the communities of Huntington Woods and Royal Oak,Oakland,01N11E21SWSE,42.477047,-83.150392,,,09/24/2019,373d550a-fe50-4e89-91e2-1e6bef7c517f,1990,197,0,,,,,415859
-83.6402669999999,42.5890460000001,MHC631996008,L1958,2,1996,1998,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Priscilla Calkins Prior House / Priscilla Calkins Prior House,Prior-Welch House,Priscilla Calkins Prior House,Priscilla Calkins Prior House,"Frederic and Priscilla Prior and four of their seven children were among Milford Township’s earliest settlers. Originally from Massachusetts, the Priors came to Michigan in 1835 and settled near Sears Lake. This house was completed soon after Frederic’s death in 1840. Priscilla married Charles Colton of New York and continued to live in the house following his death in 1853. Prior family descendants owned the property until 1936.","Built around 1841, the Prior house exemplifies Greek Revival residential architecture. The house mimicks the New England saltbox form, no doubt familiar to Frederic and Priscilla Prior who built the house after migrating from Massachusetts in 1835. The house originally occupied a forty-acre farm. Owned by descendants of the original owners until 1936, the house was associated with one of Milford’s most prominent pioneer families.",835 N. Garner Road,Milford,MI,0,,Oakland,02N07E08SENE,42.589046,-83.640267,,,09/12/2017,c42ea9e7-dff1-49fe-b282-1e7c239e1256,0,198,0,,,,,415860
-85.71928,46.271096,MHC481982030,L981A,2,1982,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Helmer House Inn / Helmer House Inn,Helmer General Store and Resort,Helmer House Inn,Helmer House Inn,"Erected in 1881-82 this two-and-a-half-story structure was built as a mission house and manse by Newberry’s Presbyterian church. It served as a mission station until 1888, when Gaylord Helmer—first postmaster and village deputy sheriff—purchased it for use as a general store and hotel. In 1894 the village of Helmer became a stagecoach mailstop and Gaylord Helmer added a second structure to accommodate more travelers.","Charles and Jeanie Fyvie purchased the Helmer House Inn and store in 1904. The store housed the post office until 1920, when rural free delivery (RFD) was instituted. The Fyvie family continued to live here and operate the store and hotel until 1950. Following nearly three decades of disrepair and neglect, in 1981 the building received new windows, doors, porch, roof, and stone facing and was reopened as a hotel to commemorate its centennial.",RD #3-County Rd 417,Helmer,MI,0,1/2 mile south of Highway 44,Luce,45N11W30NENE,46.271096,-85.71928,,,09/05/2017,f76e5cee-30cd-46bd-9d61-1f1ef7e47e25,0,200,0,,,,,415861
-86.360307,41.827282,MHC112015011,L2276,2,2015,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Buchanan Downtown / Buchanan Downtown,Downtown Buchanan Historic District,Buchanan Downtown,Buchanan Downtown,"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 and more than fifteen mills. The circa 1840 Day and Hamilton race supported William Bainton’s 1857-58 flour mill, which became Pears Mill. In 1863 business leaders John D. Ross and Lorenzo Alexander built the Union Block with its third floor event hall. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.","After a disastrous 1862 fire, merchants built more than twenty brick Italianate buildings in this historic district. In 1904, the Buchanan Improvement Association persuaded Chicago’s George R. Rich Manufacturing Company to relocate here. Renamed Clark Equipment in 1916, it built employee housing during World War I and adjusted its payroll practices to stabilize the local economy in the 1930s. It was a major Buchanan employer for decades and a Fortune 500 Company.",Front Street,Buchanan,MI,49107,"Between 114 and 120 Front St., near intersection of Front and Main Sts.",Berrien,07S18W35NENE,41.827282,-86.360307,,,09/09/2019,89c318e0-1d0b-4431-9d90-1f22ed819e2a,2009,201,6,"MHC112015011_1.jpg;MHC112015011_3.jpg;MHC112015011_4.jpg;MHC112015011_5.jpg;MHC112015011_6.jpg;MHC112015011_7.jpg","Michigan History Center;unknown;unknown","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo","10/10/2015;;;06/02/1907;;09/25/1910",415862
-83.6104569999999,42.2469550000001,MHC811997005,L2029,2,1997,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Central Freighthouse,Michigan Central Railroad Freighthouse (Ypsilanti Freighthouse),Michigan Central Freighthouse,,"The Michigan Central Railroad (MCRR) came to Ypsilanti in 1838, transforming the farming community into a transportation center. This Italianate structure, built in 1878, increased the freight-handling capacity of the MCRR’s Ypsilanti complex. Goods and produce were shipped across the U.S. and Canada. In 1979 the city acquired the building, opening it as a community center and farmers market the following year.",,435 Market Place,Ypsilanti,MI,0,,Washtenaw,03S07E04SWSE,42.246955,-83.610457,,,09/20/2017,feae9a89-2173-4c05-a969-1f3b4e47ea14,0,202,1,MHC811997005_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,415863
-85.6306627,44.7628418,MHC282006012,L2181,2,2006,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Friends Meetinghouse,Traverse City Friends Church,Friends Meetinghouse,,"George Fox founded the Religious Society of Friends in England during the seventeenth century. In the U.S. the society, commonly called Quakers, opposed slavery during the nineteenth century, and it opposed war and violence throughout its existence. In Grand Traverse County, Friends organized in the Long Lake area in 1880. In 1892 lumberman Perry Hannah donated this site to the society for a meetinghouse, which was completed in 1894.",,208 South Oak,Traverse City,MI,49684,,Grand Traverse,27N11W03SWSW,44.7628418,-85.6306627,,,08/08/2017,19d74e50-1058-4fdd-ba1a-1fdd871a8675,0,204,0,,,,,415864
-83.3639019999999,42.5162690000001,MHC632000010,L2077,2,2000,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Chene House,Edward Chene House,The Chene House,,"Wells D. Butterfield and his daughter Emily (the state’s first licensed woman architect) designed this house for Edward and Evelyn Chene. The house was built in 1927 as part of “The Oaklands,” one of the first subdivisions in Farmington Township. The Great Lakes Land Development Company hired the Butterfields to plan the community with small “estate sized” houses, tennis courts, ornamental lakes, and putting greens. The project failed due to the Great Depression.",,29920 Ardmore,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E03SESE,42.516269,-83.363902,,,09/12/2017,5bb08da2-ef87-4a3f-b437-20092820a9d1,0,205,0,,,,,415865
-83.6242589999999,42.7892330000001,MHC632011005,L2220,2,2011,2012,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Holly´s Railroads / Holly Union Depot,Holly Union Depot,Holly´s Railroads,Holly Union Depot,"In 1854 when “the last rail was laid and the last spike driven in the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway between Detroit and Holly” the Oakland County Advertiser reported “great rejoicing among Hollyites who had lived so long in the woods.” In 1858 Holly became Michigan’s first railroad junction following the completion of a second track, the Flint and Holly Railway. Before long, both railroads had expanded and reorganized, becoming two of Michigan’s leading lines, the Grand Trunk and the Pere Marquette. These routes connected Michigan’s dense old growth pine forests to the industrial centers of the Midwest and Northeast. At the height of the railroad era, it was common to see more than one hundred trains pass through the Holly junction in a period of twenty-four hours.","The February 13, 1886, issue of the Oakland County Advertiser declared this depot “a model of elegance and convenience” in the description of its dedication. Heitsch and Son of Pontiac built this Italianate-style structure at a cost of $6,500. The interior was clad in Norway pine and featured two ticket offices, one for each railway that served Holly. The depot included two waiting rooms. One was reserved exclusively for women; the other was fitted with an elegant walnut lunch counter, a rarity for the depot’s size. It offered a “clean palatable lunch, not an average railway ‘liverpad.’” The large stone panels in the depot’s floor and its exposed stud framing are details that are not found in any other Michigan train depot.",Washington Street,Holly,MI,48442,"223 Broad Street is the address on the application, however it does not bring you close to the site. The Holly Union Depot is at the end of Washington Street back behind Crapo Park or possibly back in from Sherman Street and John Street.",Oakland,05N07E34NWSW,42.789233,-83.624259,,,09/10/2019,cb88bb85-a19b-4113-a5b4-200b2ffc30bb,2000,206,3,"MHC632011005_1.jpg;MHC632011005_2.jpg;MHC632011005_3.jpg","Jan Lufkin;Jan Lufkin;Jan Lufkin","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","10/31/2008;10/31/2008;10/31/2008",415866
-85.565643,41.9278240000001,MHC751973021,L248,2,1973,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stewart House,,Stewart House,,"This handsome L-shaped residence retains the characteristics of Greek Revival architecture and features symmetrically placed windows flanked by distinctive pilaster trim. It was constructed in the 1840s by Daniel and Alexander Stewart who were associated with the Denton Mills, Centreville’s famous maker of sleeping garments. Although passing through many hands, the house has remained with Frank Holtom’s descendents since 1909 and has carried the name of “Lonelm Farms” for many years.",,134 North Clark,Centreville,MI,0,M-86 at Holtom Road,Saint Joseph,06S11W23SWSW,41.927824,-85.565643,,,09/13/2017,894f5a29-ade9-4e40-9813-208131fd9999,0,207,0,,,,,415867
-85.332189,42.238113,MHC391989031,L1681B,2,1989,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Daniel B. Eldred House,Wolfsalger or Sheldon House,Daniel B. Eldred House,,"In 1835 New York native Daniel B. Eldred built this house, which is believed to be the earliest frame dwelling in Climax. Eldred’s house, with its delicate Federal entrance, was the site of the first Climax Township meeting in 1838. Eldred first came to the area in 1831 with his father, Judge Caleb Eldred, to found a new settlement. He is credited with naming the area Climax Prairie because he said it “climaxed” the end of their search.",,216 East Maple St,Climax,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,03S09W02NWSW,42.238113,-85.332189,,1,11/17/2021,5b777ebe-c937-45f3-8089-2085fe5b4c16,0,208,1,MHC391989031_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,04/12/2021,415868
-82.88868,42.4079770000001,MHC821993011,L1888,2,1993,1993,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant,Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant and Pumping Station,Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant,,"In 1893 summer residents organized the Grosse Pointe Water Company. Soon after, a village waterworks was built on Lake Shore near Moross Road to serve houses along the lake. The Peninsular Electric Light Company (forerunner of the Detroit Edison Company) bought the facility in 1905 and provided service to Grosse Pointe Farms, and later, Highland Park. During the 1920s Grosse Pointe evolved into a suburb and required a larger water system. In 1929 a waste water pumping station was erected on Chalfonte Avenue. The following year this filtration plant was built. Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick designed the elegant Neo-Georgian exterior to mask the building’s utilitarian use.",,29 Moross Rd.,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.407977,-82.88868,,,09/09/2019,2aaa1539-4ec9-4748-b323-20acd4bb0072,0,209,0,,,,,415869
-86.108007,42.787527,MHC701957030,S89,2,1957,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Dutch in Michigan,,Dutch in Michigan,,"On February 9, 1847, the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte and a band of Hollanders founded the city of Holland. Within two years the other four original colonies—Graafschap, Zeeland, Vriesland, Overisel—had also been established. Plagued by illness and not accustomed to the task of clearing a wilderness, the settlers found their first year a hard one, but their suffering was to be repaid in the bountiful days ahead.",,Centennial Park,Holland,MI,0,"Bounded by River Avenue, Tenth Street, Central Avenue, and Twelfth Street",Ottawa,05N15W29NESW,42.787527,-86.108007,,4,09/12/2017,f536719a-d943-4c7e-8b57-20c66ee48171,0,210,1,MHC701957030_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415870
-83.372787,42.807751,MHC631984003,L1176B,2,1984,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Seymour Lake Methodist Episcopal Church,,Seymour Lake Methodist Episcopal Church,,"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 for the four thousand-dollar structure was hauled from Kings Mill near Lapeer. The builders were George Brock, Charles Tolfree, and J. K. Wolfe. The building has been used as a house of worship and a community gathering place since its dedication on October 27, 1874.",,3050 Sashabaw Road,Seymour Lake,MI,0,NW corner of Seymour Lake Road,Oakland,05N09E35NWNW,42.807751,-83.372787,,,09/12/2017,6e7690e4-b026-4bb6-82b0-20f647257e28,0,211,0,,,,,415871
-84.552184,42.732423,MHC331987011,S587C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lansing Becomes the Capital City / Lansing's First Capitol Building,,Lansing Becomes the Capital City,Lansing's First Capitol Building,"The territorial courthouse that served as Michigan’s first state capitol was completed in Detroit in 1828. However, Michigan’s first constitution made Detroit a temporary capital and said that a permanent site should be chosen by 1847. As the deadline approached, nearly every town in Michigan was proposed. James Seymour, a land speculator with a mill in what is now North Lansing, campaigned for Lansing Township, pointing out its location equidistant from Detroit, Monroe, Mount Clemens and the mouths of the Grand and Kalamazoo Rivers. The house voted on thirteen sites before selecting Lansing; and the senate voted fifty-one times before it accepted the house’s recommendation that the wilderness township with less than one hundred people become the new state capital.","Early in 1847 three commissioners were appointed to select an appropriate site for the capitol in Lansing. The contract for construction was awarded on June 3, 1847. Building materials were shipped by boat on the Grand River, or by rail from Detroit to Jackson and by wagon on cut trails through the woods to Lansing. Gradually, the capitol rose on this site. It was described as “a churchlike little structure of wood, painted white.” The building measured sixty feet by one hundred feet, was two stories high and had a cupola. A white picket fence set it off from the surrounding forest. It contained legislative and supreme court chambers, an office for the governor, a few other offices and a library. Completed in late 1847, it was used until the present capitol was completed in 1879.",South Washington Square,Lansing,MI,0,On the Northwest corner of Washington Square and Allegan Street,Ingham,04N02W16NWSE,42.732423,-84.552184,,5,07/02/2019,4d065d30-2bda-4971-b259-21c2c5793e19,0,212,2,"MHC331987011_2.jpg;MHC331987011_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/22/2017;06/22/2017",415872
-84.749427,42.243085,MHC131960001,L13,2,1960,1960,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The First Home,,The First Home,,"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 brought his wife and seven children on March 4, 1833. This courageous pioneer used three yoke of oxen and two wagons to bring his family from New York. He helped form the company organized to build the town, named Albion after a town in New York.",,303 East Erie Street,Albion,MI,0,,Calhoun,03S04W02NENW,42.243085,-84.749427,,1,08/12/2021,a0c60886-a787-4c19-8969-21ffcfe82d26,0,213,1,MHC131960001_1.jpg,Albion Street Department,Site Photo w/Marker,08/12/2021,415873
-85.514618,42.7830250000001,MHC411976034,L478,2,1976,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),David Kinsey Home / David Kinsey Home,,David Kinsey Home,David Kinsey Home,"David Kinsey, the founder of Caledonia village, settled on this site on April 13, 1856. He replaced his temporary lodging, a board shanty, with a plank house shortly after he arrived. Occasionally, Indians would be found sleeping on the first floor wrapped in blankets. In 1872-73 Kinsey built a brick house, which stood here until a fire in 1976 gutted it. The owners completed the restoration and reconstruction of the building in 1988, which included the addition of a summer kitchen built from parts of an old barn.","David Kinsey was born in Dumfries, Ontario, Canada, on August 22, 1830. In 1855 he came with his brother Isaac to Gaines Township. Kinsey laid out and platted the village of Caledonia, where he settled. Kinsey started a farm on this site, which was crossed by the Grand Valley Railroad in 1870. He offered two village lots to the man who would build the first house in Caledonia. He also offered two lots for the site of the United Brethren Church. He died on his farm in May 1892.",6087 100th Street,Caledonia,MI,0,"west of Kinsey Boulevard; it is off the road and partially covered by a tree.",Kent,05N10W29SWSE,42.783025,-85.514618,,2,11/18/2020,ad6d52d7-93a3-445e-b020-22089d7e713c,0,214,2,"MHC411976034_3.jpg;MHC411976034_4.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/15/2020;11/15/2020",415874
-85.032849,46.679962,MHC171979064,L727B,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Shelldrake,,Shelldrake,,"Legend has it that Lewis Cass, governor of the Territory of Michigan, and his party of nearly one hundred camped here on their search for the source of the Mississippi River in 1820. This area, once a bustling lumbering community, was first settled in the mid-nineteenth century. Shelldrake is now a sleepy resort and hunting place. Few of the weatherbeaten buildings that once faced the long boardwalk remain. This settlement is a reminder of the area’s lumbering era.",,North Superior Drive,Whitefish Township,MI,0,located off from North Whitefish Point Road on Old Shelldrake Road that turns into N. Superior Drive.,Chippewa,49N06W03NENE,46.679962,-85.032849,,,02/04/2020,e1ceebce-c0e8-48db-8fcc-220a2e032b8f,0,215,0,,,,,415875
-85.289394,42.6486630000001,MHC081987023,S586C,2,1987,1987,Post WWII (1945-1970),Governor Kim Sigler / Governor Kim Sigler,,Governor Kim Sigler,Governor Kim Sigler,"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 Detroit, where he worked in the office of Edwin Denby, former secretary of the navy, and Judge Arthur Webster. In 1922 his family moved to Hastings. A Democrat at that time, he was elected as Barry County prosecutor for three consecutive terms. In 1928 he unsuccessfully ran against Wilber M. Brucker for attorney general. In the late 1920s Sigler took office as city attorney, serving in that capacity for over ten years. He returned to private practice and moved to Battle Creek in 1943.","Kim Sigler’s vigor and courtroom manner led to his selection as a special prosecutor for a grand jury probe of legislative graft in 1943. The success of this investigation gave him a statewide reputation. Though originally a Democrat, he won the Republican gubernatorial nomination and election in 1946. His was one of the largest gubernatorial majorities in the country that year. In office, he created the Department of Administration, effected changes in the Prison and Corrections Department, and revitalized the unemployment compensation program and the Public Service Commission. However, he faced an uncooperative legislature and division within his cabinet. He was defeated for reelection in 1948. He died while piloting his own plane in a crash near Battle Creek on November 30, 1953.",220 West State Street,Hastings,MI,0,"Barry County Courthouse yard; West State Street and South Church Street - Southwest corner",Barry,03N08W17SWNW,42.648663,-85.289394,,"Governors,5",07/07/2020,279567dd-e884-4427-894f-2227d54773a1,0,216,2,"MHC081987023_1.jpg;MHC081987023_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";07/03/2020",415876
-83.27649,42.4068960000001,MHC821986024,L1317A,2,1986,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Redford Cemetery,Bell Branch Cemetery,Redford Cemetery,,"In 1831 Israel Bell, a Pekin Village commissioner, gave one acre of land to the village for a cemetery. Originally called Bell Branch Cemetery after the river and the settlement founded by Bell in 1818, its name was changed to Redford Cemetery after Pekin’s modern name, Redford Township. Additional acreage obtained in 1840, 1854, and 1883 expanded the cemetery to ten acres, of which half is in Redford Township and half is in Detroit. A wrought iron fence was built for the cemetery in 1886 with money contributed by Redford Township citizens. Among those buried here are Israel Bell and many war veterans, including two from the Revolutionary War and many from the War of 1812, the Civil War, and World War I.",,15884 Telegraph Rd,Detroit,MI,0,between Five Mile and Puritan Ave,Wayne,01S10E16NWSW,42.406896,-83.27649,,,09/20/2017,4b67976f-7abf-421f-a194-22383b8bafaf,0,217,0,,,,,415877
-86.019813,44.900437,MHC451957031,S173,2,1957,1957,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Early State Parks,,Early State Parks,,"By the end of World War I, with the rapid growth of the recreation industry in Michigan, a need for a statewide parks system had arisen. In 1919 the State Park Commission was established. D. H. Day State Park, honoring the commission’s chairman, was the first park that it set up. When state parks were transferred to the Conservation Department in 1921 over twenty other sites had been acquired, most of them, like D. H. Day State Park, beautifully located on lakeshores.",,Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail,Glen Arbor Twp,MI,0,"Sleeping Bear Dune National Park, 2 miles West of Glen Arbor, M-109 to West D. H. Day Park Road",Leelanau,29N14W20NESE,44.900437,-86.019813,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",09/03/2021,2b32834f-afa9-4975-9428-22429be56d7e,0,218,1,MHC451957031_1.jpg,"Matthew Mohrman, Sleeping Bear Dunes",Site Photo w/Marker,09/03/2021,415878
-83.270336,42.490102,MHC631986025,L1365C,2,1986,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Congregation Shaarey Zedek,,Congregation Shaarey Zedek,,"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 erected specifically as a synagogue, at Congress and St. Antoine. In 1913 as the first Conservative Jewish congregation in the Detroit area, Shaarey Zedek was one of the founding congregations of the United Synagogue of America. Since the nineteenth century, members of the congregation have played leading roles in Michigan, the nation, and in world Jewry. Congregation Shaarey Zedek has worshipped in six different structures since its founding and continues to transmit its heritage from generation to generation. The congregation moved to Southfield in 1962.",,27375 Bell Road,Southfield,MI,0,,Oakland,01N10E16SWSE,42.490102,-83.270336,,,09/12/2017,e04adbfe-96ec-41de-99ea-22b41c6295b9,0,221,0,,,,,415879
-85.48213005,43.69778961,MHC542008008,L2202,2,2008,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fairman Building,,Fairman Building,,"Banker Ferdinand Fairman (1833-1902) built this structure in 1880-81. The upper floors housed offices, and the basement and first floor offered a variety of commercial businesses, including a combined tobacco store-billiard hall and Fairman’s bank. The block was designed and built by Crocker and Hudnutt of Big Rapids. Fairman closed his bank in 1889, but opened a new one in 1896 after the financial Panic of 1893 left the city without a bank.",,102-106 S. Michigan Ave.,Big Rapids,MI,49307,SW corner of Michigan Ave and Maple Street,Mecosta,15N10W14NWNW,43.69778961,-85.48213005,,,08/08/2017,43263705-00a1-4f68-843b-22e32bd414f1,1987,223,0,,,,,415880
-84.4622199999999,42.734678,MHC331978001,L629,2,1978,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bigelow-Kuhn-Thomas House,,Bigelow-Kuhn-Thomas House,,"By 1986 this Greek Revival house was the only privately-owned pre-Civil War house still used as a residence in East Lansing. Horace Bigelow (c. 1822-1891) built it in 1849. According to the 1874 Atlas of Ingham County, Bigelow was “a farmer, stock and wool grower, and breeder of Essex hogs.” He was also a member of the Marble School Board. His daughter Jennie Kuhn (1853-1925), long-time secretary of the Marble School Board, lived in the house all of her life.",,334 North Hagadorn Rd,East Lansing,MI,48823,,Ingham,04N01W17SWNW,42.734678,-84.46222,,,08/30/2017,0aae5185-effc-4375-9952-23a0dfc31a4b,0,224,0,,,,,415881
-85.602212,42.2785250000001,MHC391963014,S244,4,1963,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kalamazoo State Hospital,Michigan Asylum for the Insane,Kalamazoo State Hospital,,"Until the 1840s the mentally ill received little therapy and often were neglected. Upon recommendation of Governor Epaphroditus Ransom, the legislature, in 1848, established Michigan’s first state institution for the treatment of mental patients. Kalamazoo was chosen as the site in 1850. Construction of the first building began in 1854, but it was not completed for five years. The first patient was admitted on April 23, 1859. The superintendent, Dr. Edwin H. Van Dusen, anticipated many methods of treatment that later won general acceptance. Linda Richards, America’s first trained nurse, was superintendent of nurses here, 1906-09. This hospital was the first in Michigan to open an out-patient psychiatric clinic and to begin a home-boarding program. Adoption in 1910 of the name Kalamazoo State Hospital, replacing the original name, Michigan Asylum for the Insane, symbolized a new concept of mental illness.",,1312 Oakland Drive,Kalamazoo,MI,49008,between Wheaton Avenue and Howard Street,Kalamazoo,02S11W21NESW,42.278525,-85.602212,,4,09/15/2017,0f33b297-de4d-4f02-a9c9-23b99bead063,0,225,0,,,,,415882
-82.919524,42.3904830000001,MHC821996019,L2008,2,1996,1997,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lewis E. Maire Elementary School,,Lewis E. Maire Elementary School,,"The Lewis Maire Elementary School opened on October 20, 1936. Designed by Detroit architects H. August O’Dell and Wirt C. Rowlands, the school reflects the English Gothic Revival style. Copper moldings and gutters, multi-paned windows, and the steeply pitched gabled entrance typify Rowland’s Gothic designs. The interior is distinguished by Pewabic tile fireplaces and fishponds. The school’s namesake, Lewis E. Maire, was a prominent ophthalmologist who served on the Grosse Pointe Boards of Education and Health as well as the village board of supervisors.",,740 Cadieux,Grosse Pointe,MI,0,,Wayne,,42.390483,-82.919524,,,09/20/2017,192f93e3-e899-4dfa-9e59-23e838ef1f43,0,227,0,,,,,415883
-83.74106,42.28461,MHC811984001,L1181A,2,1984,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Thomas the Apostle Church,St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church,St. Thomas the Apostle Church,,"In 1831 Father Patrick O’Kelly came from Detroit to minister to the Irish Catholics in the Washtenaw area. He offered his first mass in Ann Arbor on July 12, 1835, in a home located on land bounded by Detroit, Kingsley, and Fifth Streets. St. Thomas parish took more permanent form in 1840, when, under the leadership of Father Thomas Cullen, it purchased land on Kingsley Street near Division Street and built Ann Arbor’s first brick church. It established a parochial school in 1868. The church site was purchased in 1883. The present church, begun in 1896 under Father Edward D. Kelly, was dedicated in 1899. Its granite fieldstone and Bailey bluestone were donated and hauled to the site by parishioners and area farmers. The first hospital to serve the community and two additional Ann Arbor Catholic parishes emerged from St. Thomas Parish.",,East Kingsley Street,Ann Arbor,MI,0,corner of Kingsley and Elizabeth Streets,Washtenaw,02S06E29NENE,42.28461,-83.74106,,,08/22/2019,2026616f-7f94-4f59-88d6-241b48060ac5,0,228,2,"MHC811984001_1.jpg;MHC811984001_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","04/19/2018;04/19/2018",415884
-85.289494,42.649656,MHC081974048,L285,2,1974,1974,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Railroad Depot,,Railroad Depot,,"Hastings was first linked with Jackson and Grand Rapids by the Grand River Valley Railroad in 1870. The Michigan Central Railroad leased the line that same year. At first located elsewhere, a passenger station was built on this site in 1882. In 1922 this brick structure was constructed with the aid of the Rotary Club. Passenger service was discontinued in 1959 and in 1968 the building was privately purchased. Restored and furnished in the style of the 1850s, it now houses law offices.",,222 West Apple Street,Hastings,MI,0,NW corner of Church St.,Barry,03N08W17SWNW,42.649656,-85.289494,,,07/29/2020,67345990-2758-45bf-bf44-242adde83bb2,0,229,2,"MHC081974048_1.jpg;MHC081974048_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","07/07/2020;07/07/2020",415885
-83.938571,43.4346540000001,MHC731973025,L219,2,1973,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saginaw Club,,Saginaw Club,,"Organized April 18, 1889, the club’s membership was comprised of most of the leading business and civic figures of Saginaw. One of the first items of business was preparation for a clubhouse. Architect W. T. Cooper furnished plans, and ground was broken on July 1, 1889. Described as a monument to “enterprise, sagacity, and liberality,” the clubhouse was opened on May 29, 1890. The inaugural event was a full-dress ball attended by eight hundred guests. Only slightly modified from its original design, the Saginaw Club has graced the main street of town for over eighty years.",,219 North Washington,Saginaw,MI,0,,Saginaw,12N04E24NENE,43.434654,-83.938571,,,09/12/2017,a9221ca9-a4fb-4e95-9e00-244ed3f9d155,0,230,0,,,,,415886
-83.1480499999999,42.202883,MHC821957046,S158,2,1957,1958,Civil War and After (1860-1875),America's First Bessemer Steel Mill,Eureka Iron Works,America's First Bessemer Steel Mill,,"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 1864 the first steel ingots were made by the Bessemer steel process, a method actually developed by the American, William Kelly, but named for Sir Henry Bessemer. The next year the first Bessemer steel rails were rolled at the Wyandotte mill. Once its value had been proven, Kelly’s process was quickly adopted by other companies. Plagued by many difficulties, the Eureka Works was forced to cease operations in 1892.",,Van Alstyne Blvd,Wyandotte,MI,0,NW corner of Van Alstyne Boulevard and Elm Street,Wayne,03S11E28SWSW,42.202883,-83.14805,,Mining Industry,09/22/2017,70acb906-a9c3-44e7-b344-245d890bd674,0,231,0,,,,,415887
-83.913598,45.486098,MHC712006030,L2186,2,2006,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Forty Mile Point Lighthouse / Lake Huron Graveyard of Ships,,Forty Mile Point Lighthouse,Lake Huron Graveyard of Ships,"During the late 1800s, the U.S. Lighthouse Board created a system of coastal lights along Lake Huron’s Michigan shore so that mariners would always be within sight of at least one. With a light south of Forty Mile Point on the Presque Isle Peninsula and one to the north at Cheboygan, an eighteen-mile stretch of shoreline remained unlighted and dangerous. In 1890 the board recommended that a light and fog signal be built at Forty Mile Point. The light was completed in 1896, and Xavier Rains served as the first keeper. The lighthouse was transferred to Presque Isle County in 1998, but the Coast Guard retained ownership of its Fresnel lens. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.","Named by seventeenth century French explorers La Mer Douce, the sweet of freshwater sea, Lake Huron is the second largest of the five Great Lakes. It has over 3,800 miles of shoreline and contains 30,000 islands, among them Manitoulin, the world’s largest freshwater island. Violent storms on the “sweet sea” have made it dangerous for ships. As of 2006, 1,200 wrecks had been recorded. During the Big Blow of 1905, twenty-seven wooden vessels were lost. One of these, the steamer Joseph S. Fay, ran aground. A portion if its hulls rests on the beach approximately 200 feet north of the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse. The Great Storm of 1913 was responsible for sinking may modern steel ships.",7323 US-23 North,Rogers City,MI,49779,7 Miles North of Rogers City Between County Road 646 and Manitou Beach,Presque Isle,36N04E23SESE,45.486098,-83.913598,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,5",03/18/2021,f71688bf-43d3-4c7e-9b95-246928dcbfcd,1984,232,4,"MHC712006030_1.jpg;MHC712006030_3.jpg;MHC712006030_2.jpg;MHC712006030_4.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","10/09/2020;10/09/2020;10/09/2020;10/09/2020",415888
-87.3914589999999,46.5430700000001,MHC521976010,S477,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Steam Railroad in Upper Peninsula,Point of Beginning and First Survey of UP Railroad,First Steam Railroad in Upper Peninsula,,"On this site in 1852, the Green Bay and Lake Superior Rail-Road began the survey which led to the construction of the first steam railroad in the Upper Peninsula. The railroad ran from Marquette to the Jackson and Cleveland iron mines fourteen miles away. In 1855 the building of the railroad along the previously surveyed route was begun by the Iron Mountain Railroad Company. By 1857 it was hauling ore from the mines to Marquette. It later became part of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, which has operated since 1961 as the Soo Line. This railroad, and others like it, carried millions of tons of ore, the basic raw material for the rapidly developing steel industry in the United States.",,200 N. Lakeshore Blvd,Marquette,MI,49855,In Mattson Lower Harbor Park,Marquette,48N25W23SWNE,46.54307,-87.391459,,,10/04/2016,a923f591-e6b2-4289-9112-24ebf39ee00e,0,233,1,MHC521976010_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,07/17/2016,415889
-82.432801,42.967387,MHC741996010,L1993,2,1996,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Trinity Lutheran Church,Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Missouri Synod),Trinity Lutheran Church,,"In 1871 German speaking Lutherans organized this congregation under the leadership of the Reverend John F. Ruff. The parish moved from Erie Street to this area, known as “Deutschtown,” in 1874. This structure, dedicated in 1942, is the third church built on the site. Detroit architect Walter Maul designed the church, and the Detroit Stained Glass Works produced the windows. Trinity’s school opened in 1871.",,1517 Tenth Street,Port Huron,MI,0,at Griswold Street,Saint Clair,06N17E10SESW,42.967387,-82.432801,,,09/13/2017,b467404a-e3f1-46d3-b913-25124d021ada,0,234,0,,,,,415890
-83.781196,42.81548,MHC251971016,L160,2,1971,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Linden Mills,Linden Gristmill,Linden Mills,,"The Linden Mills were a vital source of this village’s economic growth. The first mill, located on the land granted to Consider Warner, was used to cut lumber. From 1845-50 Seth Sadler and Samuel W. Warren, local residents, erected both a saw and grist mill. Operating along with the earlier facility, this complex was called the Linden Mills. The gristmill continued to function for over a century until the machinery was dismantled and sold at auction in 1956. The village then purchased the building for municipal offices and a public library.",,Tickner Street,Linden,MI,0,,Genesee,05N06E20NESW,42.81548,-83.781196,,,03/21/2019,7122f34b-947c-4a46-9376-25530b472077,0,235,0,,,,,415891
-83.050077,42.3493700000001,MHC821995012,S650C,2,1995,1995,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Brewster Homes,,Brewster Homes,,"Between 1910 and 1940 Detroit’s African American population increased dramatically. Faced with restrictions on where they could live, many African Americans were forced into substandard housing. In 1935 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt broke ground for the Brewster Homes, the nation’s first federally funded public housing development for African Americans. The homes opened in 1938 with 701 units. When completed in 1941 there were 941 units bounded by Beaubien, Hastings, Mack, and Wilkins Streets. Residents were required to be employed and there were limits on what they could earn. Former residents described Brewster as “a community filled with families that displayed love, respect and concern for everyone” in a “beautiful, clean and secure neighborhood.” The original Brewster Homes were demolished in 1991 and replaced by 250 townhouses.",,Eliot St.,Detroit,MI,0,Inside the Brewster Home project of townhouses - Eliot Steet near the corner of St. Antoine near the sidewalk,Wayne,,42.34937,-83.050077,,"African-American History,4",11/02/2020,ffdb7c35-0889-4e1b-9cb1-259359611e57,0,236,0,,,,,415892
-83.0154469999999,42.346531,MHC821962006,S241,2,1962,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan's Oldest Jewish Cemetery,,Michigan's Oldest Jewish Cemetery,,"Beth El, the first Jewish congregation in Michigan, was organized in Detroit on September 22, 1850, by twelve families. This half-acre cemetery, dedicated on January 1, 1851, was known then as “The Champlain Street Cemetery of Temple Beth El” because Lafayette was formerly called Champlain Street. The first interment was in fall of 1851, and in 1854 Samuel Marcus, the first rabbi of Beth El, was buried here. The cemetery, containing many graves of Jewish war veterans, was in active use until the 1950s.",,3371 East Layfayette accessable from inside Elmwood Cemetery,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne,,42.346531,-83.015447,,,01/27/2020,a6f611cd-ab82-422b-81a9-25c24afe0d0b,0,237,0,,,,,415893
-83.049517,42.333127,MHC821956011,S69,4,1956,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Finney Barn,Finney Hotel,Finney Barn,,"Seymour Finney conducted one of the principal passenger depots of the underground railroad in the Detroit area. Finney, a tailor by trade, later became a hotel-keeper, and it was in this capacity that he assisted fugitive slaves in the era prior to 1861. In 1850 he purchased a site where in later years stood the Finney Hotel, and also erected a large barn which he operated along with his tavern. Strongly sympathetic with the abolitionist cause, Finney employed every means to assist escaping slaves across the river into Canada. Detroit was one of the most important “stations” en route to Canada; if a fugitive reached this city, he was comparatively safe. Finney Barn served as a hiding-place for runaways until they could reach the river bank and freedom.",,State and Griswold Streets,Detroit,MI,0,in Capitol Park,Wayne, ,42.333127,-83.049517,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History,4",03/31/2022,c8066f79-e7ed-4069-aa8d-25e1f5cfa2b5,0,238,1,MHC821956011_1.jpg,Downtown Detroit,Marker Photo - Front,03/05/2019,415894
-84.5479589999999,42.735957,MHC331988033,L1517A,2,1988,1988,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lansing City Market,Lansing Municipal Market,Lansing City Market,,"Dancing and fiddling heralded the opening of the Lansing City Market on August 25, 1938. Built by the Granger Construction Company, and partly financed by the Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration, the market typifies depression-era municipal projects. The first city-sponsored market opened at North Grand Avenue and East Shiawassee Street in 1909 after the North Side Commercial Club blocked off Turner Street twice a week and showed the city council that a farmers’ market could succeed.",,333 North Cedar,Lansing,MI,0,"Structure demolised; marker salvaged 2020",Ingham,04N02W16SWNE,42.735957,-84.547959,,3,01/25/2021,a992bd01-f213-4849-8f67-2602e0d3252c,0,239,2,"MHC331988033_1.jpg;MHC331988033_4.jpg",,"Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","07/28/2017;07/28/2017",415895
-84.619004,45.846564,MHC491971005,L107,2,1971,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Round Island Lighthouse,,Round Island Lighthouse,,"The Round Island Lighthouse, seen south of this site, was completed in 1895. Operating under the auspices of the United States government, this facility was in continuous use for fifty-two years. It was manned by a crew of three until its beacon was replaced by an automatic light in 1924. A sole caretaker occupied and operated the station from 1924 to 1947. Following the construction of a new automatic beacon near the breakwater off the south shore of Mackinac Island, the lighthouse was abandoned. The United States Forest Service now supervises the structure, which is located in the Hiawatha National Forest. The lighthouse serves as a sentinel for the past, reminding visitors of the often precarious sailing and rich history of the Straits of Mackinac.",,Main Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,between Bourisaw Lane and French Lane - in a grassy area that leads to the water.,Mackinac, ,45.846564,-84.619004,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,4",09/13/2021,f55a8316-338f-4403-8239-26481ef84046,0,240,2,"MHC491971005_1.jpg;MHC491971005_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","09/09/2021;09/09/2021",415896
-86.3577112,43.6963291000001,MHC642009013,L2210,2,2009,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Auto Tourist Camps / John Gurney Park,,Auto Tourist Camps,John Gurney Park,"With the introduction of the Model T by the Ford Motor Company in 1908, the automobile – previously a luxury – became something the working class could afford. Taking a drive soon became a source of recreation. Since no services were yet available, travelers who took long trips to scenic areas had to camp overnight, often on private land. In 1919 the Michigan State Park Commission was founded to create a state park system that offered public access to lakes and beaches and free camping to auto tourists. Before long camping became a national phenomenon. To meet demand the Michigan Tourist and Resort Association proposed that five camps be built in 1920 along the West Michigan Pike, one of the state’s first improved continuous highways. By 1923 Michigan had some 300 free auto tourist camps.","Former state senator Theron Gurney and his wife, Helen, donated land to the Village of Hart in 1912 for a park to honor their son. Lieutenant John Gurney (1871-1898), a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, had died at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish American War. In 1914 the Progressive Park Association erected the entrance arch as a memorial. John Gurney Park was one of several auto tourist camps developed along the West Michigan Pike during the 1920s. In 1921 the pavilion was built and the park was improved with water and other amenities. A 1921 Hart Journal called it “one of the most beautiful and spacious parks that any town in Western Michigan can boast.” Hart Lake was created in 1925 when the Pentwater River was dammed for a hydroelectric plant.",300 Griswold Street,Hart,MI,49420,at Katheryn St,Oceana,15N17W17SENE,43.6963291,-86.3577112,,,10/29/2019,a3cbd73f-87c8-4c00-9ce6-267086488a68,0,241,2,"MHC642009013_1.jpg;MHC642009013_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo",";",415897
-83.9268749999999,42.605981,MHC471993006,L1896C,2,1993,1993,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Livingston County Press / Livingston County Press,,Livingston County Press,Livingston County Press,"The Livingston County Press, one of Michigan’s oldest weekly newspapers, traces its roots to The Livingston Courier, The Livingston Republican, and The Livingston Democrat. The Courier, established in 1843, was the county’s only newspaper until the rival Republican began in 1855. By 1857 the Courier had failed. An ardent Democrat purchased the paper and renamed it the Livingston Democrat. It competed with the Republican for thirty-three years before failing in 1890. County Democrats bought the paper, which survived until 1928 when it was sold. A 1929 merger with the Republican created the Livingston County Republican Press. In 1937 the name was shortened to Livingston County Press. The paper became part of the Suburban Communications Corporation in 1980.","George W. Lee, who participated in the 1854 organization of the Republican party in Jackson, Michigan, founded the Livingston Republican the following year. As a presidential elector in 1860, Lee was chosen by the electoral college to deliver the result of the Michigan vote to Lincoln. He served as a captain and assistant quartermaster of volunteers during the Civil War. The Republican had several owners prior to 1884 when brothers E. D. and Orin Stair came to Howell and bought the Republican. A year later E. D. Stair managed the Howell Opera House, and used the newspaper to advertise the theater, which promised to “give the patrons of the Opera House first class amusement.” In 1889 the Stairs sold the Republican, moved to Detroit and purchased the Detroit Free Press.",323 E. Grand River Ave.,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,03N04E36NESW,42.605981,-83.926875,,,07/24/2019,806aa574-f9b5-47cd-aeac-267d93e5d4fb,0,242,3,"MHC471993006_1.jpg;MHC471993006_3.jpg;MHC471993006_4.jpg",,"Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","08/14/2017;08/14/2017;08/14/2017",415898
-84.574964,42.1892320000001,MHC381994014,L1910,2,1994,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Huron Potawatomi Village / Spring Arbor,,Huron Potawatomi Village,Spring Arbor,"As early as 1825 large numbers of Potawatomi encamped at this location. One of the most prominent Huron Potawatomi located here was Wabkezhik (Whapcazeek), who was wounded during the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe Creek when General William Henry Harrison’s troops dispersed a concentration of Indians near present-day Lafayette, Indiana. At negotiations for the 1833 Chicago Treaty, Wabkezhik was one of many Michigan Potawatomi who opposed federal government resettlement plans.",White settlers arrived in Spring Arbor Township around 1831. In May 1835 Methodist deacon William Smith and Dr. Benjamin Packard platted the 128-lot village of Spring Arbor on the site of a Potawatomi Indian settlement bounded by present-day South Cross and Hammond Roads. The men then established a Methodist seminary in the village. The panic of 1837 discouraged investment and led to the demise of the school. In 1839 Methodists moved the seminary to Albion. In 1845 the present village was founded one mile northeast of here.,Hammond Road.,Spring Arbor Township,MI,0,SW corner of Hammond Road near Cross Street,Jackson,03S02W29NWNW,42.189232,-84.574964,,Native People,05/02/2019,0e23ff27-d5e5-448b-8b51-26f64c5ce5d0,0,243,3,"MHC381994014_1.jpg;MHC381994014_2.jpg;MHC381994014_4.jpg",,"Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","05/09/2018;05/09/2018;05/09/2018",415899
-83.06734,42.35934,MHC821984028,S563C,2,1984,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Robert Pauli Scherer,,Robert Pauli Scherer,,"Robert Pauli Scherer (1906-1960) was a native of Detroit and a graduate of Detroit’s public schools. In 1930, at the age of twenty-four, he invented the rotary die encapsulation machine in a workshop located in the basement of this structure. The building was then the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Otto Scherer. R. P. Scherer’s invention transformed the production of soft gelatin capsules used in the pharmaceutical industry into a commercial process that helped raise worldwide health and nutritional standards. In 1933 he founded the present-day R. P. Scherer Corporation. With eighteen plants in twelve countries the firm was the world’s largest manufacturer of soft gelatin capsules in 1984. An ingenious inventor, Scherer received fifty-two patents during his lifetime. His experimental machine was placed in the Smithsonian Institution in 1955.",,67 Kirby St,Detroit,MI,0,Near Woodward Ave,Wayne, ,42.35934,-83.06734,,,06/06/2019,064c9740-8b8f-4a41-89fd-26f9b2ac0d83,0,244,0,,,,,415900
-86.104215,42.787487,MHC701961010,S231,2,1961,2019,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Hope College,,Hope College,,"In 1851, four years after settlers from the Netherlands founded Holland, the Pioneer School was established to meet some of the educational needs of the young colony. This school, the predecessor of Hope College, received direction and financial support from the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America. The school evolved into the Holland Academy, which in 1862 enrolled its first college class. On May 14, 1866, the institution was chartered as Hope College, and on July 17, 1866, the first class of eight students was graduated. The college’s name, seal, and motto are derived from a statement of the founder of Holland, the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, who said of the Pioneer School, “This is my Anchor of Hope for this people in the future.” In the decades that followed, a strong college of arts and sciences was developed, which continues to serve the church and the community.",,College Avenue,Holland,MI,0,Hope College Campus on College Avenue between E. 10th Street and E. 12th Street (near Graves Hall). Marker refinished in 2019,Ottawa,05N15W29NWSE,42.787487,-86.104215,,4,08/02/2021,725a08ad-3ab5-4d52-bc6c-270f6fd6186e,0,246,0,,,,,415901
-86.098985,44.619135,MHC101977005,L468,2,1977,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mills Community House,Mills Cottage,Mills Community House,,"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 the Benzonia Congregational Church from 1896 to 1916, it became the property of that church when the academy closed in 1918. Renamed Mills Community House, it hosts local gatherings and houses a public library. Its purposes are consistent with the educational and religious beliefs held by the town´s early settlers.
",,891 Michigan Avenue,Benzonia,MI,0,Benzonia Library. In the front lawn right beside a two post marker titled Bruce Catton,Benzie,26N15W26SWSW,44.619135,-86.098985,,1,03/11/2022,14e7de42-fb09-45b9-a952-273e50ca6179,0,247,2,"MHC101977005_1.jpg;MHC101977005_2.jpg","Benzonia Library Staff;Charles Kraus","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","10/09/2019;12/02/2020",415902
-85.2633039999999,43.0591360000001,MHC341983016,L1063C,2,1983,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Smyrna,Village of Smyrna,Smyrna,,"In 1843 Calvin Smith became the first white settler in the area. N. G. Chase opened a store here the following year. When Dr. Wilbur Fisher, the area’s pioneer physician, began operating a rural post office in 1848, he named the community Smyrna after a Greek city. The village, platted as Mount Vernon, was also called Mount Vernon Mills. In the 1880s, with a population of three hundred, Smyrna had a hotel on this site, plus saw and flour mills, a foundry, three blacksmith shops, two churches, and a wagon shop.",,4972 Whites Bridge Road,Smyrna,MI,0,,Ionia,08N08W28NENW,43.059136,-85.263304,,,08/30/2017,9a4a3633-39e4-4da6-9456-274088f793be,0,248,0,,,,,415903
-86.2505339999999,43.234541,MHC611998010,L2043,2,1998,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Muskegon Woman's Club,,Muskegon Woman's Club,,"The Muskegon Woman’s Club was founded in 1890 and dedicated to the intellectual “improvement and development” of women. The Chicago firm of Weir and Perry designed this Neoclassical structure, built in 1902 with funds donated by Minnie Smith, the widow of Muskegon attorney Francis Smith. The club lobbied the city to hire the first police woman, held performances, and worked with charitable groups such as the Red Cross and the Council of National Defense.",,280 West Webster Avenue,Muskegon,MI,0,,Muskegon,10N16W19SWSE,43.234541,-86.250534,,,08/14/2019,9c30db14-5e88-4e18-804c-2788169473cf,0,249,2,"MHC611998010_1.jpg;MHC611998010_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","07/04/2019;",415904
-83.254566,42.197462,MHC821990003,L1740,2,1990,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery,,Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery,,"The Taylor Methodist Episcopal congregation built the first church in Taylor Township in 1882 on land donated by Marlin H. H. and Rachel Coan for a church and cemetery. Platted in 1884, this cemetery originated as the church’s burial ground. At that time, remains dating from as early as the 1840s were relocated here from private family cemeteries. In 1923 the burial ground became the West Mound Cemetery, named for the large sand hill on which it stood. The remains of Peter Coan, Taylor’s first landowner, are among the 3,200 graves, of which 114 date from the nineteenth century.",,22395 Eureka Road,Taylor,MI,0,,Wayne,03S10E33NWNE,42.197462,-83.254566,,,09/22/2017,c825a498-6cf0-4f33-b3fa-278f88553151,0,250,0,,,,,415905
-85.048799,41.936808,MHC121988046,L1490C,2,1988,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Harriet Quimby / Harriet Quimby,,Harriet Quimby,Harriet Quimby,"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 Grande, California. In 1902 Harriet became a journalist for the San Francisco Dramatic Review. She later wrote features for the San Francisco Chronicle and worked for the Call-Bulletin. In 1903 she went to New York where she wrote drama reviews and features for Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly. At the October 1910 Belmont Park Aviation Meet she became fascinated with flying and met aviator John Moisant. She soon took lessons at the Moisant School of Aviation in Mineola, New York. She later toured the U.S., Mexico, and Europe with the Moisant Fliers.","On August 1, 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s license when she successfully completed the requirements of the Aero Club of America. On April 16, 1912, Harriet became the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel, journeying from Dover, England, to Hardelot, France. After being celebrated on the Hardelot beach by the local French people, Harriet returned to the U.S. and began a busy exhibition schedule. In June she went to Boston for the upcoming Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet. On July 1 she flew meet manager William A. P. Willard around Boston Light. During the flight, her Bleriot plane nose-dived, plummeting both Willard and Quimby to their deaths in Dorchester Bay. In 1991 the U.S. Post Office issued an air mail stamp to honor Harriet as an aviation pioneer.",Branch County Memorial Airport,Coldwater,MI,0,,Branch,06S06W19SWNE,41.936808,-85.048799,,,02/14/2018,7e5a54e7-2bad-4458-8bd2-27d3c1db48a5,0,251,0,,,,,415906
-86.455664,43.9488020000001,MHC531966013,S278,2,1966,1966,Native People and the French (< 1760),Marquette's Death,,Marquette's Death,,"Father Jacques Marquette, the great Jesuit missionary and explorer, died and was buried by two French companions somewhere along the Lake Michigan shore on May 18, 1675. He had been returning to his mission at St. Ignace, which he had left in 1673 to go exploring in the Mississippi country. The exact location of his death has long been a subject of controversy. A spot close to the southeast slope of this hill, near the ancient outlet of the Pere Marquette River, corresponds with the death site as located by early French accounts and maps and a constant tradition of the past. Marquette’s remains were reburied at St. Ignace in 1677.",,South Lakeshore Dr.,Pere Marquette Township,MI,0,"Pere Marquette Park, bottom of shrine, Ludington vicinity",Mason,18N18W15SWSW,43.948802,-86.455664,,,09/06/2017,7425bce5-70eb-4b6a-afe8-27fab8170328,0,252,0,,,,,415907
-83.1655249999999,42.4501530000001,MHC631995010,L1953,2,1995,1996,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Carver Elementary School,George Washington Carver Elementary School,Carver Elementary School,,"During the early twentieth century, many African Americans migrated north to work in Detroit’s automobile factories. Increased migration during World War II prompted Royal Oak Township’s Clinton School District to split into two racially segregated districts. The new Carver School District and the George Washington Carver Elementary School, built in 1945, served black students. By 1960 the Carver district suffered a drop in tax revenue and could not support a high school. Because neighboring districts would not accept Carver’s students, Governor G. Mennen Williams merged the Carver and Oak Park districts. The Carver school closed in 1982. Although much altered, the building is a reminder of “separate but equal” government policies that institutionalized segregation.",,21272 Mendota,Ferndale,MI,0,Royal Oak Township,Oakland,01N11E32NESE,42.450153,-83.165525,,"African-American History,4",10/12/2020,da079910-b909-4873-8225-28086c491aed,0,253,1,MHC631995010_1.jpg,Hiram Harris,Site Photo w/Marker,10/12/2020,415908
-82.4424299999999,42.96043,MHC741956026,S81,2,1956,1962,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First International Tunnel,St. Clair River Tunnel (Grand Trunk Tunnel),First International Tunnel,,"At this point the Grand Trunk Western Railroad tunnel, linking Port Huron with Canada, passes underneath Gratiot Avenue. This international submarine railway tunnel—first in the world—was opened in 1891. The tunnel’s total length is 11,725 feet, with 2,290 feet underwater. The tunnel operations were electrified in 1908 and completely dieselized in 1958. Tracks were lowered in 1949 to accommodate larger freight cars. During World War I, a plot to blast the tunnel was foiled.",,16th Street,Port Huron,MI,0,"Originally on Military Street, now at 16th at Grank Trunk mainline",Saint Clair,06N17E16SENE,42.96043,-82.44243,,,09/13/2017,f2a0b2ad-20fc-4594-af03-28586bd50c3a,0,254,1,MHC741956026_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,05/25/1963,415909
-83.232365,42.302803,MHC821963005,S251,2,1963,1962,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Edison Institute / The Edison Institute,,The Edison Institute,The Edison Institute,"The Edison Institute, founded on this site by Henry Ford and dedicated to Thomas Alva Edison by President Herbert Hoover on October 21, 1929, the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the incandescent lamp, has three divisions. Greenfield Village, America’s first outdoor museum, contains some one hundred historic buildings moved here from many different areas to show how Americans lived and worked during the first three centuries of their history. The Henry Ford Museum exhibits Ford’s vast collections of Americana, which he began assembling as early as 1906. Together the village and museum preserve historic objects and buildings of national significance. The Greenfield Village Schools were established by Henry Ford to carry out his “learning-by-doing” philosophy of education. Collectively, the Edison Institute’s three divisions reflect the creative spirit that has built our nation from the time of the first settlers and demonstrate Henry Ford’s concept of bringing American history to life.","“I am collecting the history of our people as written into things their hands made and used. . .” “Education is the greatest force in civilization. . .” “I deeply admire the men who founded this country and I think we ought to know more about them and how they lived and the force and courage they had. . .” “The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead . . .” “When we are through, we shall have reproduced American life as lived, and that, I think, is the best way of preserving at least a part of our history and tradition. . .” ~Henry Ford",Village Road,Dearborn,MI,0,Marker was salvaged - will remain listed on the State Register - see comments,Wayne,,42.302803,-83.232365,,5,08/13/2020,8f588a3c-3247-458d-a8d9-2862df66cce6,0,255,1,MHC821963005_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415910
-86.314945,44.2812490000001,MHC511957001,S140,2,1957,1957,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Great Fire of 1871,,Great Fire of 1871,,"On October 8, 1871, the day the famous Chicago fire began, equally terrible fires broke out on Lake Michigan’s east coast in forests parched by a hot, dry summer. The flames were fanned by high winds. In a few hours most of Holland and Manistee lay in smoldering ruins, a fate other coastal towns barely escaped. The fires swept on across the state, clear to Lake Huron, destroying some two million acres of trees. Relief for the thousands of victims came from all over Michigan and the nation.",,Orchard Beach State Park,Manistee Township,MI,0,two miles north of Manistee on M-110,Manistee,22N17W25SESW,44.281249,-86.314945,,Heritage Conservation Trail,09/05/2017,abb9da0c-23aa-43ea-b037-286469f0b2a3,0,256,1,MHC321957055_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415911
-85.226822,43.097786,MHC341980041,L816A,2,1980,1981,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Alvah N. Belding Library,,Alvah N. Belding Library,,"Alvah N. Belding erected this library in 1917-18 as a memorial to his parents, Hiram and Mary Wilson Belding. Alvah and his brother Hiram began peddling silk around Belding (then Patterson’s Mills) in 1858. With the help of their brother Milo they began the internationally known Belding Brothers and Company in 1863. Michigan’s first silk mill was erected here in 1886 and operated until 1932. This library, which cost fifty thousand dollars, was dedicated and presented to the city of Belding on May 14, 1918. It is the only structure built by the Beldings still being used for its original purpose. An example of Classical Revival architecture, the limestone structure features a Spanish-tile roof. Its interior contains trim of marble, oak, and pine.",,302 East Main St,Belding,MI,0,,Ionia,08N08W11SENW,43.097786,-85.226822,,,08/30/2017,4c471b34-d291-4415-85c3-286e779baaae,0,257,0,,,,,415912
-85.587304,42.2763670000001,MHC391957022,S133,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kalamazoo Celery,,Kalamazoo Celery,,"A Scotsman named Taylor grew the first celery in Kalamazoo in 1856. Diners at the Burdick Hotel regarded it with curiosity. Cornelius De Bruyn, a gardener, who came here from the Netherlands in 1866, developed the modern type of celery from the earlier soup celery. Other Dutch farmers by 1872 were turning the Kalamazoo mucklands into fields of celery. J. S. Dunkley sold medicines and condiments made of celery. Soon Kalamazoo celery was known the nation over. Michigan has been a leading celery producer ever since.",,Crosstown Parkway and Park Streets,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"Intersection of Crosstown Parkway, Balch, and Park Streets",Kalamazoo,02S11W22SWSW,42.276367,-85.587304,,,09/01/2017,dbd3640f-675b-4595-8841-28b949f0a802,0,258,1,MHC391957022_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415913
-85.2906379999999,42.648933,MHC081982016,L1027,2,1982,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),George W. Lowry House,,George W. Lowry House,,"Oakland County physician George W. Lowry (1850-1922) purchased this lot and a medical practice from Dr. William A. Upjohn in 1887. In 1892-94 he built one of Hastings’s finest residences, which also housed his medical office. The asymmetrical composition, stately turret, decorative bargeboards and spindlework typify Queen Anne architecture. In 1922 Dr. Haroutoune A. Adrounie (1882-1936) purchased the house and Lowry’s practice. Dr. Adrounie’s wife, Dorothy, lived in the house until her death in 1988.",,126 S. Broadway,Hastings,MI,0,,Barry,03N08W18SENE,42.648933,-85.290638,,1,10/06/2021,530419c9-e5a0-4f88-9287-28da65269b0c,0,260,4,"MHC081982016_4.jpg;MHC081982016_1.jpg;MHC081982016_2.jpg;MHC081982016_3.jpg","unknown;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","08/01/1982;07/07/2020;07/07/2020;07/07/2020",415914
-82.424964,42.9662520000001,MHC741973009,L220,2,1973,1973,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Davidson House,Wilbur F. Davidson House,Davidson House,,"This excellent Queen Anne-style house, completed in 1890, was the residence of Wilbur F. Davidson until his death in 1913. Born in Adrian in 1852, Davidson opened a Port Huron dry goods store in 1882. The next year he installed in the store the first electric light plant in St. Clair County. Much of the rest of his business career was with public and private electrical utilities. Davidson’s daughter lived in the family home until 1951. In 1972 the building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places.",,1707 Military Street,Port Huron,MI,0,At the corner of Oak Street,Saint Clair,06N17E15NENE,42.966252,-82.424964,,,09/13/2017,f28f8bc5-12d6-40a9-b702-28daa5c2c6d2,0,261,0,,,,,415915
-88.0525009999999,45.8380080000001,MHC221971018,L148A,2,1971,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Ardis Furnace,,The Ardis Furnace,,"Inventor John T. Jones of Iron Mountain recognized the economic potential of the low-grade iron ore of the Upper Peninsula. He developed a method for processing the ore and built an experimental furnace in 1908, named for his daughter Ardis, to test his theory. The furnace, a huge metal tube lined with firebrick, was placed on an incline and charged with ore. The whole device was rotated by electric motor, with iron suitable for mill use discharged from the lower end of the tube. The experiment was plagued with financial and mechanical problems, and by the close of World War I the Ardis was dismantled, Jones moving to other mining endeavors. Elements of the Jones method were later incorporated into successful processing operations for low-grade iron ores.",,1555 N. Stephenson (behind Comfort Inn),Iron Mountain,MI,0,M- NE corner of Aragon and Antoine Streets,Dickinson,40N30W19SESE,45.838008,-88.052501,,Mining Industry,02/04/2020,67856c70-5660-4c0f-b033-28e2931745d8,0,262,1,MHC221971018_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415916
-85.8186719999999,41.925749,MHC141991012,L1817C,2,1991,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Poe's Corners,,Poe's Corners,,"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 vicinity, and it became known as the Poe Neighborhood and Poe’s Corners. In 1838 the first recorded burial, that of Rachel Everhart, occurred in Poe’s Cemetery, located on one corner of George Poe’s farm. The First Regular Baptist Church of Newberg, also known as Poe’s Church, was organized in 1841; a church was erected in 1858. School District No. 2, known as Poe’s School, was created in 1856. In 1957 the school district merged with the Marcellus School District; the school building became the Newberg Township Hall in 1958.",,Patterson Hill Road and Born Street,Jones,MI,49061,Newburg Township,Cass,06S13W27NWNW,41.925749,-85.818672,,,08/23/2017,05392844-ce86-455f-b90e-28f84c611f65,0,263,0,,,,,415917
-84.553644,42.7401530000001,MHC331987063,L1449C,2,1987,1987,Post WWII (1945-1970),Lansing Community College,,Lansing Community College,,"Lansing Community College was established on April 8, 1957, by the Lansing Public Schools. It opened that fall with 425 students and sixteen faculty members. It offered civil, mechanical and electronic technologies, as well as practical nursing and apprenticeship programs. In 1961 the college began year-round operation. The Lansing Community College District was formed by a vote of area citizens in 1964. The Board of Trustees was organized and six members were elected at that time. The first off-campus learning center was established in 1971. In its thirtieth year of operation, the college provided lifelong education and training in more than two hundred academic programs to a student body numbering over forty-three thousand.",,610 North Capital,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16NENW,42.740153,-84.553644,,4,07/02/2019,8653fe4f-fe7b-49c1-94f6-291a706f85ff,0,264,3,"MHC331987063_1.jpg;MHC331987063_3.jpg;MHC331987063_4.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017",415918
-86.012529,41.911928,MHC141976022,L487,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cass County Courthouse,,Cass County Courthouse,,"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 Cassopolis became the county seat. The Board of Supervisors built the first courthouse in 1835 away from the Public Square. The area’s rapid growth necessitated the erection of a second courthouse on the Public Square in 1841. Nineteen years later some county offices moved across the street to a building called “The Fort.” The inconvenience of two separate facilities and the dilapidated condition of the second courthouse led to construction of the present building. With a wing added in 1976, it remains the seat of justice in Cass County.",,110 North Broadway,Cassopolis,MI,0,,Cass,06S15W26SESE,41.911928,-86.012529,,,05/13/2020,a1b1426b-d01a-4e19-a65b-293b3dc2463e,0,266,1,MHC141976022_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,,415919
-83.0230056999999,42.4809872000001,MHC502006023,L2174,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Clement Cemetery,,St. Clement Cemetery,,"St. Clement Catholic Church served as the center of community life for the Belgian, German, Polish, French, and Irish Catholics who settled at Kunrod’s Corner during the mid-nineteenth century. This cemetery originated as the parish’s burying ground, where primarily church members were interred. The earliest known burial dates from March 27, 1854. More than 800 graves date from the nineteenth century. The inscriptions on the grave markers not only confirm Center Line’s diverse ethnic origins, they reflect the names of some of Macomb County’s earliest settlers and most notable families. Members of the Groesbeck and Schoenherr families are buried here, as are Joseph Buechel, who built the first general store, and Hieronymus Englemann, Center Line’s first postmaster.",,8075 Ritter,Center Line,MI,48015,"Located between Van Dyke on the west, Lorraine on the east, Ritter and Ten Mile Roadon the South and Engelman and I 696 on the North",Macomb,01N12E22SWSW,42.4809872,-83.0230057,,,07/07/2020,ef4415ab-069f-4453-8a64-2954b067945f,0,267,2,"MHC502006023_1.jpg;MHC502006023_2.jpg","Michael V. Grobbel;Michael V. Grobbel","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","06/30/2020;06/30/2020",415920
-87.050034,45.745643,MHC211981012,L881A,2,1981,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ludington Hotel,Gaynor House Hotel/The House of Ludington,Ludington Hotel,,"In 1864 E. Gaynor built the Gaynor House hotel, which he renamed the Ludington House in 1871 after lumberman Nelson Ludington. In the late 1880s proprietor John Christie enlarged the hotel and renamed the establishment the New Ludington Hotel. An advertisement in the 1893 Michigan Gazetteer and Business Directory read, “New Ludington Hotel-The Largest and Only hotel In the city having Baths, Steam Heat and Electric Call Bells-$2.00 per day.” The hotel exemplifies Queen Anne resort architecture, popular in the 1880s and 1890s.",,223 Ludington Street,Escanaba,MI,0,,Delta,39N22W29NESW,45.745643,-87.050034,,,08/23/2017,bdd00d63-7675-4e9d-8ae8-299cdab9397d,0,268,4,"MHC211981012_1.jpg;MHC211981012_2.jpg;MHC211981012_3.jpg;MHC211981012_4.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;10/06/2020;10/06/2020",415921
-85.588946,42.281341,MHC391960005,L10,2,1960,1960,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pioneer Cemetery,"South West Street Cemetery, South Westnedge Street Park",Pioneer Cemetery,,"South Westnedge Street Park is actually Kalamazoo’s first cemetery. The pioneer leader, Cyren Burdick, and his wife, Mary Ann, in 1833 donated this land as a common burial ground. From this time until 1862 hundreds of pioneer settlers were buried here in what was then known as South West Street Cemetery. Later an unknown number of bodies were removed to other cemeteries in the village. In 1884, after years of neglect, Kalamazoo’s pioneer cemetery was converted into a park.",,South Westnedge at Wheaton,Kalamazoo,MI,0,between Wheaton and Minor Streets,Kalamazoo,02S11W22NWSW,42.281341,-85.588946,,,09/01/2017,f54fad68-a257-47b3-bc40-29ad0ca4dd3e,0,269,0,,,,,415922
-82.903629,42.390595,MHC821992010,L1882,2,1992,1993,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Grosse Pointe High School,,Grosse Point High School,,"Completed in 1928, this Neo-Georgian school, with its 134-foot-tall clock tower, is reminiscent of eighteenth-century buildings like Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. Detroit architect George J. Haas designed the school with the most modern equipment and fashionable accoutrements. The school’s Program of Dedication noted that the goal was to “create in appearance an expression in brick and mortar of the idealism of the public school in community and individual life.” The hallways are lined with pink Tennessee marble and the doorways are crowned with plaster cornices. Murals in the library, by Edgar Louis Yaeger, were commissioned by the Works Progress Administration in 1938. In 1968 the school was renamed Grosse Pointe South High School.",,Fisher Road,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,located at Grosse Pointe South High School. On Fisher Road between Kercheval Avenue and Grosee Pointe Boulevard,Wayne, ,42.390595,-82.903629,,4,05/20/2021,5c9405c5-ed92-4d08-89bc-29c05057590a,0,270,2,"MHC821992010_1.jpg;MHC821992010_2.jpg","Marc Chamberlin - Ehresman Architects;Marc Chamberlin - Ehresman Architects","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","05/19/2021;05/19/2021",415923
-85.285534,45.147814,MHC051995008,L1941,2,1995,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Essex / Essex,,Essex,Essex,The Central Lake Lumber Company founded the town of Essex in 1899. The company built a branch of the Pere Marquette Railroad in Banks Township to transport its products to market. During the fall of 1903 the company’s advertisement-- “Wanted at Essex 50 men and 10 teams wanted for the season Steady work”--attracted many loggers to Essex. When the company first arrived it dammed King Creek to create an area to wash the logs. The creek is one of the few reminders of the location where the town existed.,"At the beginning of 1901, a reporter visiting Essex noted thirty to forty houses, a large sawmill, a stave factory, a shingle mill, one store, a telephone office, a blacksmith shop, a livery stable and a post office. A 1902 Central Lake Torch reported signs in Essex announcing “Shoes Repared Hear,” and “Harness Repared Here.” The first postmaster was Henry Chamberlin, who came in 1900. Arthur B. Meech, the second postmaster, was installed on May 16, 1904. The post office closed four months later as the lumber supply and population declined.",Dennis Road South of Essex Road,Ellsworth,MI,0,SW corner of South Dennis and Essex Roads,Antrim,32N08W28NENE,45.147814,-85.285534,,"Timber Industry,2",01/15/2017,5bb06ace-bba5-4fef-b4a0-29caac071c4f,0,271,0,,,,,415924
-83.935821,43.4313930000001,MHC731971002,L125,2,1971,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saginaw Post Office / Saginaw Post Office,Castle Station,Saginaw Post Office,Saginaw Post Office,"In 1889, at the urging of Saginaw Congressman (later governor) Aaron Bliss, the Congress appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for the construction of a new federal building in Saginaw. During the next several years the project stalled as city leaders rejected two different sets of plans drawn by U.S. Treasury Department architects. Congressman William Linton, who represented the Saginaw district from 1893 to 1897, persuaded the government to draft a third design. William Aiken, the newly appointed supervising architect of the Treasury Department, submitted a final plan, which was enthusiastically approved by local officials in 1897. On May 11, 1897, Saginaw Postmaster A. G. Wall dug the first spade of dirt during ceremonies celebrating the start of construction. William Linton became Saginaw’s postmaster in 1898.","Inspired by Saginaw’s French heritage, architect William M. Aiken designed this stately “French chateau” to house Saginaw’s post office. Aiken once wrote that the corner towers represented the “defensive feature of frontier life.” The building, which opened on July 4, 1898, was built of Bedford limestone, ornamented with copper, and topped with a red slate roof. The interior contains marble quarried in Colorado. In 1930 the post office faced demolition because of the need for a larger structure. Instead it was extensively enlarged. Saginaw architect Carl Macomber doubled the building’s size yet designed the addition to be compatible with the original structure. In the 1970s the county acquired the post office and rehabilitated it as the Castle Museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.",500 Federal Avenue,Saginaw,MI,0,,Saginaw,12N05E19SWNW,43.431393,-83.935821,,,09/12/2017,8e319fe0-f6d5-44ac-af27-2a2c506e9e5a,1987,272,0,,,,,415925
-83.9106819999999,42.386713,MHC811971044,L110,2,1971,1971,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hudson Mills,,Hudson Mills,,"This hamlet developed around the mills which were located here to utilize the great water power of the Huron River. Cornelius Osterhout built a sawmill here about 1827, followed in 1846 by a gristmill in which three men produced six thousand barrels of flour a year. Later a cider mill and plaster mill became part of the complex. In 1882 a wood pulp producer, the Birkett Manufacturing Company, acquired the mill property. Across the Huron the remains of the Birkett mill and dam are still visible.",,Hudson Mills Metropolitan Park,Dexter,MI,0,"South of North Territorial Road, just west of Huron River Drive",Washtenaw,01S04E13SWSE,42.386713,-83.910682,,,09/20/2017,c89b0ad7-a159-4567-b155-2a34a428053d,0,273,0,,,,,415926
-87.968473,45.8040930000001,MHC221956001,S85,2,1956,1958,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Menominee Iron Range,Fumee Park,Menominee Iron Range,,"This range, named for the Menominee River which runs through part of it, is one of three great iron ore districts in the Upper Peninsula. In 1846 William A. Burt, the discoverer of the Marquette Iron Range, noted signs of iron ore in the Crystal Falls area. In 1849 federal geologist J. W. Foster found ore near Lake Antoine, and two years later he and J. D. Whitney confirmed Burt’s report on the Crystal Falls district. The first mining activity began in 1872 at the Breen Mine, where ore had been discovered in the 1860s by the Breen brothers, timber cruisers from Menominee. Development of the range was delayed until a railroad could be built from Escanaba. The Breen and Vulcan Mines shipped 10,405 tons of ore in 1877 when the railroad was built as far as Quinnesec. By 1880 it reached Iron Mountain and Florence, and in 1882 tracks were laid to Crystal Falls and Iron River. Twenty-two mines had made shipments of ore that year. A few crumbling ruins are all that remain of most of them, but in subsequent decades many more mines were developed which have produced vast amounts of ore for America’s iron and steel mills.",,US-2 one mile east of Quinnesec,Quinnesec,MI,0,one mile east of Quinnesec on US-2,Dickinson,39N30W02SENE,45.804093,-87.968473,,Mining Industry,02/04/2020,e17c7f13-67fa-48c8-aa2b-2a8e9c808172,0,274,1,MHC221956001_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415927
-83.7378889999999,42.27682,MHC811956004,S37,4,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The University of Michigan,,The University of Michigan,,"By legislative act in 1837, Ann Arbor was selected as the site for the University of Michigan. Near this point on the original forty-acre campus, classes were held in old Mason Hall in the fall of 1841. The student body numbered seven; the faculty had two members. Dr. Henry Philip Tappan’s appointment in 1852 as the president of the university marked the beginning of the steady growth that has made it a world-famous institution.",,Graduate Library,Ann Arbor,MI,0,"Original Marker salvaged 7/2021 - working on revised text for a replacement marker. NW corner of the Graduate Library, near Tappan and South University Streets",Washtenaw,02S06E28NWSW,42.27682,-83.737889,,4,07/07/2021,e5b37f39-21ac-4872-9e0e-2aa9d3e0ff89,0,275,0,,,,,415928
-83.957476,43.4050540000001,MHC731981026,L921A,2,1981,1982,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Presbyterian Church of South Saginaw,Washington Avenue United Presbyterian Church,Presbyterian Church of South Saginaw,,"Begun in 1865 as a Sunday school for children of this area, the Presbyterian Church of South Saginaw was formally organized on November 10, 1866. Shortly afterwards, the congregation purchased a small building on the corner of Washington and Williamson. In 1872 Norman Miller of Saginaw City gave the congregation the lot across the street from the original church. The frame structure was moved to that site, and worship services were held there until 1885 when the present brick church was erected on the same lot. With the consolidation of the cities of East Saginaw and South Saginaw, the church became known as the Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church. The city’s first Boy Scout troop was chartered at this church and one of its most outstanding members, Wilber M. Brucker, ruling elder of the congregation for many years, was governor of the state of Michigan from 1931 through 1932.",,2312 South Washington,Saginaw,MI,48601,NE corner of Williamson Road,Saginaw,12N04E35NENE,43.405054,-83.957476,,,09/12/2017,69ab21e1-5fb3-4f6a-a906-2ab2f3adaa43,0,276,0,,,,,415929
-84.984365,45.430522,MHC241963009,S248,2,1963,1970,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ephraim Shay,Shay Locomotive,Ephraim Shay,,"The many-sided house across the street, sheathed in steel plates, was built for Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive operated by a gear drive mechanism. Its great traction power and ability to operate on tight curves made it a favorite with logging and mining firms. Built in Lima, Ohio, thousands of Shays were operated by railroads throughout the world. Several were used on Shay’s Hemlock Central Railroad which began here and ran about fifteen miles to the north. Shay, born in Ohio in 1839, was an inveterate mechanic. He built the Harbor Springs waterworks and later donated it to the city. His firm experimented with boats and automobiles, and one winter he built sleds for the children of the town. In 1888 Shay moved to Harbor Springs, where he died in 1916.",,Main and Judd St,Harbor Springs,MI,0,SW corner,Emmet,35N06W13SWNE,45.430522,-84.984365,,Timber Industry,07/24/2017,d83a0c3a-11f5-401b-8470-2acad8c0355b,0,277,0,,,,,415930
-83.296841,42.4239010000001,MHC821994012,L1991,2,1994,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Redford Township District No. 5 School,,Redford Township District No. 5 School,,"Three Redford Township District No. 5 Schools have stood on this property. A log structure served students from around 1842 until the 1870s when a wooden-frame school was constructed. The present structure, built sometime between 1916 and 1921, was erected according to stock plans provided free by the state superintendent of public instruction, who noted: “The modern rural building is planned to observe both hygienic needs and the conveniences of schoolroom administration.” Renamed Redford Union District No. 1 in 1923, and known popularly as the Beech Road School, this is a rare surviving example of a school that exhibits every detail of the state superintendent’s design, including the belfry and the simple decorative brickwork.",,18499 Beech Daly Road,Redford,MI,0,,Wayne,01S10E08SWNW,42.423901,-83.296841,,,09/20/2017,c07160c2-d6ae-43fe-aa67-2b1f76ac5671,0,278,0,,,,,415931
-82.892693,42.396079,MHC821977009,L523,2,1977,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Grosse Pointe Academy,Academy of the Sacred Heart,Grosse Pointe Academy,,"Owned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart from 1867 to 1969, this site is now an independent school. The narrow shape of the property reflects its original use as a French “ribbon farm” extending inland from Lake St. Clair. Situated at the Grosse Pointe Academy are an 1868 structure initially used as a public school for village children; the present academy building erected in 1929; and a place of worship modeled after a French convent chapel. Each of these edifices is still in use.",,171 Lake Shore Drive,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,West of Moran Road,Wayne, ,42.396079,-82.892693,,,09/09/2019,d162bb71-f711-400a-99d3-2b7f0e8e9c29,0,279,0,,,,,415932
-86.10847,42.2164280000001,MHC801975034,L430,2,1975,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Van Buren County Poorhouse,County Poorhouse (Van Buren County Historical Society Museum),Van Buren County Poorhouse,,"This two and a half-story brick building was constructed in 1884 as the county poorhouse and infirmary. Here lived the indigent and mentally retarded from Van Buren County. Able-bodied residents worked on the grounds and on the adjacent farm where they produced much of the food for the poorhouse. Operating from 1951 to 1958 as a county social welfare office, the building’s altered function reflected society’s changing methods of aiding the poor. The county historical museum now occupies the structure.",,6215 Red Arrow Highway,Hartford,MI,0,West of County Road 681,Van Buren,03S15W07SWSW,42.216428,-86.10847,,,09/13/2017,c439ff3a-9f6b-4e81-9d8a-2c567fe95f82,0,280,0,,,,,415933
-84.406215,42.256693,MHC381958023,S178,2,1958,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First State Prison,,First State Prison,,"This was the original site of Michigan’s first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres donated for that purpose here. In 1839 the first thirty-five prisoners were received. A permanent prison was built three years later. Beginning in the 1880s under Warden H. F. Hatch a greater emphasis was placed on the education and rehabilitation of prisoners. After 1934 the inmates were housed in the new prison north of Jackson.",,North end of Mechanic Street,Jackson,MI,0,National Guard Armory,Jackson,02S01W34SENE,42.256693,-84.406215,,,04/18/2019,b778f20d-1238-45a0-9a3b-2c57cfc6a0aa,0,281,3,"MHC381958023_1.jpg;MHC381958023_2.jpg;MHC381958023_4.jpg",Archives of Michigan,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back",";09/05/2017;09/05/2017",415934
-85.889568,42.2162500000001,MHC801977024,L556A,2,1977,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Van Buren County / Van Buren County Courthouse,,Van Buren County,Van Buren County Courthouse,"Settlers attracted by lumbering came to this area in the 1830s. By the 1860s a mild climate, rich soil and easy access to the Chicago markets created a thriving fruit industry in Van Buren County. The county was one of thirteen platted by the territorial legislature in 1829, and one of six named for President Andrew Jackson’s cabinet members. A gubernatorial commission chose Lawrence as the seat of government; however, when the county was set-off in 1837, the board of supervisors chose Paw Paw. When the board decided to build a new courthouse in 1900, it considered moving the county seat. South Haven, the county’s largest town, Lawrence and Hartford all vied for the designation. In a countywide election on April 1, 1901, citizens voted to keep the county seat in Paw Paw.","Van Buren County officials occupied the first county courthouse (the present Paw Paw City Hall) in 1845. On September 2, 1901, Frank O. Gilbert, the grand master of the Michigan Free and Accepted Masons, laid the cornerstone for the present courthouse. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic and fraternal organizations marched through town in celebration. The Paw Paw True Northerner estimated that between 8,000 and 10,000 people attended the ceremony. The monumental Classical Revival building, designed by Jackson architect Claire Allen, was dedicated on February 23, 1903. The Sheldon and Oradell Rupert memorial clock was installed in the tower in 1986. Both of Van Buren’s courthouses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.",Paw Paw Street,Paw Paw,MI,0,,Van Buren,03S14W12SESW,42.21625,-85.889568,,,05/27/2020,2490e29a-ebb5-4db9-80b3-2c75cfba8916,1971,282,1,MHC801977024_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,,415935
-83.3500519999999,42.34646,MHC821975019,L423,2,1975,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Perrinsville,,Perrinsville,,"The village of Perrinsville was established as a small commercial center during the 1830s. Abraham and Isaac Perrin started a successful sawmill where Merriman Road now crosses the Middle Rouge. Several businesses sprang up and the community became known as Perrinsville. About 1850 the village reached its peak of activity with flourishing enterprises on Ann Arbor Trail and Merriman Road. But a railroad built during this era by-passed Perrinsville to the south; in 1871 this railroad was intersected at what is now Wayne City by a rail line running from the north. Perrinsville’s distance from these vital transportation lines led to its decline. It became an agricultural area. Absorbed by the city of Westland in 1966, one of Perrinsville’s residential streets, a school, and a store still exist.",,Merriman Road,Westland,MI,0,Intersection of Ann Arbor Trail and Merriman Road,Wayne,02S09E02NWSW,42.34646,-83.350052,,,09/22/2017,54dc643e-2a2c-4383-ae15-2cc40ac16d1a,0,283,0,,,,,415936
-84.805537,42.2757920000001,MHC131981022,S544A,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Starr Commonwealth Schools / Floyd Starr,Starr Commonwealth for Boys,The Starr Commonwealth Schools,Floyd Starr,"In 1913 Floyd Starr purchased forty acres of land on Montcalm Lake to found Starr Commonwealth for Boys, a nonprofit home and residential school for wayward, delinquent and neglected boys. At that time, the only building on the property was an old barn in which Starr and the first two boys stayed until the first structure was completed. Today 155 boys are served on a three hundred-acre campus encompassing facilities built with private contributions. Services to youth were expanded with the founding of the Van Wert, Ohio, campus in 1951, and the merger with the Hannah Neil Center for Children in Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. Focusing on positive support in the character development of troubled children by providing a well-founded academic, social and spiritual exposure, Starr Commonwealth is now a nationally recognized child care organization.","Floyd Starr, originator of the credo, “There is no such thing as a bad boy,” was born in Decatur, Michigan, on May 1, 1883. After graduating from Marshall High School, he worked for several years in a half-way house in St. Louis, Missouri. Returning to Michigan, he obtained his bachelor of arts degree from Albion College in 1910. Fulfilling a lifetime dream to someday adopt fifty boys, Starr founded Starr Commonwealth for Boys in 1913. “Uncle Floyd,” as he was affectionately called by his boys, earned the respect of court officials, coworkers and students for his successful work with homeless, neglected, and delinquent boys. He received numerous citations for his humanitarian efforts. Starr retired from active leadership of Starr Commonwealth in 1967, but provided guidance until his death on August 27, 1980, at the age of 97.",Starr Commonwealth Road (26 Mile),Sheridan Township,MI,0,"Between I-94 and Michigan Avenue, 1/2 mile South of Exit 119. Located directly across the road from the entrance to the Starr.",Calhoun,02S04W29NWNE,42.275792,-84.805537,,,01/14/2020,38f4ac67-8a10-48e3-829a-2ceaf1e3f244,0,284,0,,,,,415937
-87.044587,45.7447090000001,MHC212007004,L2193,2,2007,2007,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sand Point Lighthouse / Squaw Point Boathouse,Escanaba Lighthouse,Sand Point Lighthouse,Squaw Point Boathouse,"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, shortly after the first railroad began hauling iron ore from the mines to docks at Escanaba. The newly appointed keeper, John Terry, died just before the opening of the light, so his wife, Mary, lit the lamp for the first time on May 13, 1868. Mary Terry served as keeper until March 1886 when she died in a mysterious fire at the lighthouse. In 1939 the new crib light began operating in the harbor. From 1985 to 1990 the Delta County Historical Society restored the lighthouse and tower.","This boathouse was built at the Squaw Point Lighthouse, on the eastern shore of Little Bay De Noc, in 1897. When Squaw Point was furnished with an acetylene lantern in 1914, that lighthouse was left unmanned, and the boathouse and a motorboat were moved to Sand Point. The Sand Point keeper was given the responsibility of tending the new “Sunvalve” torch at Squaw Point, traveling across the bay each week. The Sand Point Lighthouse served as a hub for supplies, communications, and social support for outlying lights at Poverty Island, St. Martin Island, Eleven Foot Shoal, and Point Peninsula. The keepers at Sand Point often concluded their daily log: “The Lights in this vicinity shone bright this night.”",Ludington Street,Escanaba,MI,49829,"Ludington Park, Ludington Street aka Loren Jenkins Drive at the corner of Water Plant Road",Delta,39N22W29NWSE,45.744709,-87.044587,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",10/08/2020,19b79ef8-7f6c-46b2-897a-2cfb750f99c3,1997,285,3,"MHC212007004_1.jpg;MHC212007004_2.jpg;MHC212007004_3.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","08/09/2019;10/06/2020;10/06/2020",415938
-83.0541009999999,42.3276430000001,MHC821971043,L101,2,1971,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fort Street Presbyterian Church,,Fort Street Presbyterian Church,,"Second Presbyterian Church was organized in 1849 by the Reverend Robert K. Kellogg and twenty-six charter members. The present limestone building, dedicated in 1855, was designed by Octavius and Albert Jordan in [the] Gothic Revival style. Renamed in 1859 as Fort Street Presbyterian Church, it has survived two severe fires, in 1876 and 1914. Still substantially unchanged, it is one of Detroit’s oldest churches.",,631 West Fort,Detroit,MI,0,at Third Street,Wayne, ,42.327643,-83.054101,,,09/20/2017,ee65470c-8cbc-4030-8644-2d4c257c2727,0,286,0,,,,,415939
-84.473958,45.649144,MHC161989012,L1622A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Jacob J. Post House,,Jacob J. Post House,,"Cheboygan businessman Jacob J. Post built this Queen Anne-style house in 1886. The residence was designed by Frederick W. Hollister of Saginaw and reflects Post’s prominence in the community. A New York native, Post received a medical discharge from the Union army in 1863. He then worked in a general store where he learned the merchant trade. In 1872 Post and his wife, Cornelia, settled in Cheboygan. Here he opened Cheboygan’s first hardware store and founded the First National Bank of Cheboygan.",,528 S. Huron St,Cheboygan,MI,0,,Cheboygan,38N01W30SESE,45.649144,-84.473958,,,08/23/2017,e15ca915-bbca-4f56-af01-2dc4f39baf49,0,287,0,,,,,415940
-85.2262219999999,43.097631,MHC341990048,L1747,2,1990,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Belrockton Dormitory,,Belrockton Dormitory,,"Built in 1906, the Belrockton is the last remaining boardinghouse of the three provided by the Belding Brothers and Company for its single female workers. A major silk manufacturer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company employed hundreds of young women and earned Belding the title of “Silk City of the World.” Providing accomodations for one hundred residents and staff, the Belrockton Dormitory, a Classical Revival-inspired building, was erected at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. Following the closing of the company’s silk mills in 1935, the “Bel” served as a residential training center for the National Youth Administration. In 1943 the building became a recreation center. The city of Belding purchased the structure in 1950 to serve as a community center. In 1987 it became the home of the Belding Museum..",,108 Hanover St.,Belding,MI,0,,Ionia,08N08W11SENW,43.097631,-85.226222,,,08/30/2017,a2c5c69a-d6d6-455a-9533-2e56d4c290fc,0,288,0,,,,,415941
-84.527274,42.7117620000001,MHC332009008,L2211,2,2009,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mount Hope Cemetery,,Mount Hope Cemetery,,"Mount Hope Cemetery opened as Lansing's new city cemetery in June 1874 on what was formerly the John Miller Farm. Between 1874 and 1881 the city vacated the Lansing City Cemetery, located on the site of what would become Oak Park, and moved roughly one thousand graves to Mount Hope. Frederick W. Higgins, superintendent of Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery, planned the drives, and Henry Lee Bancroft, Lansing cemetery superintendent and director of parks and recreation from 1914 to 1957, developed the landscape over many years. The rolling terrain, curving drives, and variety and profusion of monuments reflect cemetery concepts of the mid-nineteenth century. A large obelisk, the city's Civil War soldier's monument was dedicated in 1878 on one of the highest points in the cemetery.","Mount Hope Cemetery contains the remains of some of the capital city's most prominent citizens, as well as some of the least priveleged. Industrialists such as Ransom Eli Olds, pioneer botanist Dr. William J. Beal, and two-time Medal of Honor winner and surgeon Dr. George Ranney are buried here as well as state officials and university presidents. A section platted in 1874 for the State Reform School (later the Boys Vocational School) holds the remains of sixty-one boys who died between roughly 1860 and 1933. In addition the remains of Lieutenant Luther Baker, who led the effort to capture John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, are here, as well as those of Lucy Karney, a formerly enslaved African American who died in 1879 at the age of 117.",1709 E. Mount Hope Ave,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W27NENE,42.711762,-84.527274,,5,11/05/2020,6f8cb176-8e54-41be-9a76-2e65750cf454,0,289,6,"MHC332009008_1.jpg;MHC332009008_2.jpg;MHC332009008_3.jpg;MHC332009008_4.jpg;MHC332009008_5.jpg;MHC332009008_6.jpg","Michigan History Center;;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","10/20/2009;10/02/2017;10/02/2017;;10/15/2020;10/15/2020",415942
-86.397385,43.365999,MHC611991006,L1820,2,1991,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fruitland District No. 6 School,,Fruitland DIstrict No. 6 School,,"This clapboard school with its octagonal belfry was erected here in 1883, following the organization of School District No. 6 in 1882. The new school was built by Thomas Keilor on land donated by John McNeil. Students attended classes here from 1883 through May 1948, when Fruitland Township School District consolidated with Whitehall. In 1961 the school was donated to the White Lake Community Club. The club deeded the property to Fruitland Township in 1990.",,6227 S. Shore Dr.,Whitehall,MI,0,at Lamos Road,Muskegon,11N18W12SENE,43.365999,-86.397385,,,08/18/2020,4f4bd901-4ba6-4583-bec6-2e79a63e7d79,0,290,0,,,,,415943
-84.356207,42.4231110000001,MHC382015012,S737,2,2015,2015,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Meridian-Base Line Initial Point / Meridian-Base Line Dual Initial Points,Initial point of the Michigan Public Survey,Meridian-Base Line Initial Point,Meridian-Base Line Dual Initial Points,"The 1785 Land Ordinance organized the system of surveying land in regular square six-mile units called townships and square one-mile subunits called sections. Surveyor General Edward Tiffin set the Michigan Meridian (north-south line) using the 1807 Treaty of Detroit land cessions. On September 29, 1815, Benjamin Hough began surveying north from Fort Defiance, Ohio. Alexander Holmes began surveying the meridian from a point 78 miles west of Detroit. Wet land caused him to turn east then north before starting the base line east. He quit that fall, but Hough completed the meridian and marked the initial point in 1816. Tiffin suspended surveying in 1816 as he believed the land was “poor,” unfit for military purposes, and not “worth the expense of surveying it.”","Michigan Territory Governor Lewis Cass directed surveys near Detroit to resume in 1817. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 increased industry and settlement, contributing to the need for further land surveys. In 1824, Joseph Wampler reran the last twelve miles of the meridian north to intersect the base line he had extended west about eighteen miles. For unknown reasons, he marked a second initial point 935.88 feet south of the first mark. Since land had already been surveyed and sold using the first point, surveyors used both initial points: the northern point for land east of the meridian and the southern point for land westward. The Michigan survey continued through 1856, based on the dual initial points near here, where Jackson and Ingham Counties meet.",Meridian Road,Pleasant Lake,MI,0,"Between Territorial and Fitchburg Rds., near edge of parking lot, at Jackson/Ingham County line.",Jackson,01S01E06NWNE,42.423111,-84.356207,,4,03/19/2020,c8c69ec4-0cea-4194-a94a-2e810e3dc69d,0,291,3,"MHC382015012_1.jpg;MHC382015012_2.jpg;MHC382015012_3.jpg","Rae Pierce;Rae Pierce;Rae Pierce","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","09/01/2014;09/01/2014;09/01/2014",415944
-85.215969,41.8685380000001,MHC121957050,S162,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Chicago Road,,The Chicago Road,,"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. Because of its many curves the road was likened to ""a huge serpent, lazily pursuing its onward course, utterly unconcerned as to its destination."" Originally designed as a military highway linking the forts at Detroit and Chicago, the road proved to be more important in opening southern Michigan to settlement and as a westward land route enabling travelers to avoid the long voyage by boat around lower Michigan. By the 1830s pioneer families by the thousands each year were moving over this road in their wagons. By 1835 the Western Stage Company of Detroit was running two stages daily to Chicago. Much of the road was little more than an unimproved trail, making a trip over it an unforgettable and an uncomfortable experience. Buildings from that bygone age still stand along US-112, the Chicago Road's descendant.",,US-12 & Prairie River Rd,Bronson,MI,0,"Park 1-1/2 miles West of Bronson; Bronson Twp",Branch,07S08W15NENE,41.868538,-85.215969,,,08/18/2017,d72fd7f2-9e10-4bda-9e96-2e8572f4a5e9,0,292,1,MHC121957050_2.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415945
-84.9613189999999,42.2730040000001,MHC131987025,L1393C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pioneer School / Pioneer School,Marshall Public Schools Pioneer Schoolhouse Site,Pioneer School,Pioneer School,"The city of Marshall was platted in 1830 by Sidney Ketchum, a land speculator from Clinton County, New York. In 1832 townsfolk erected their first public building, a modest frame schoolhouse, on land donated by Isaac E. Crary, who became one of the fathers of the Michigan public school system. During its early years, the schoolhouse also served as a church for three denominations, the circuit court of Calhoun County, and, during the cholera epidemic, a hospital.",In 1833 Marshall’s first village officials were elected at a meeting held in the pioneer schoolhouse. The building served the community as a school until 1843. William Venn built a house on this property in the early 1860s and moved the old schoolhouse to the rear of the lot. There it was used as a barn. The schoolhouse was demolished in 1871 when the First Presbyterian Church purchased the property for a manse. The church sold the property in 1880 and repurchased it in 1914.,200 West Mansion,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.273004,-84.961319,,,08/23/2017,d2a88b73-0ec7-4387-9639-2eac1177d78f,0,293,0,,,,,415946
-83.96623134,43.41876647,MHC732012019,L2229,2,2012,2012,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"The Reverend Hiram L. Miller and twelve others founded this church, the first in the Saginaw Valley, on March 1, 1838. They first worshiped at a carpentry shop on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Ames Street. The congregation erected a white clapboard church on this site in 1852, the first permanent religious building in the Valley. On November 10, 1883, the cornerstone for the present sanctuary, designed by local architect Fred W. Hollister, was laid. The completed building was dedicated November 22, 1885. There have been several additions and restorations since then. A 750-pound bell, a gift to the original church from area citizens, hangs in the present structure.",,121 South Harrison Street,Saginaw,MI,48602,"At Court St, mounted on wall of church.",Saginaw,12N04E26NENW,43.41876647,-83.96623134,,,09/15/2016,443010c4-2cdc-435a-836d-2ee20cb80c84,0,295,0,,,,,415947
-83.0716889999999,42.711704,MHC501985030,S570C,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),William Austin Burt / William Austin Burt,,William Austin Burt,William Austin Burt,"Near this site lived William Austin Burt, inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. Born in Massachusetts in 1792, Burt settled in this area in 1824, after spending several years in Erie County, New York. There he had been a justice of the peace, a school inspector, and a postmaster. In Michigan he worked as a land surveyor and a millwright, building over eight mills. He was a member of the Michigan Territorial Legislature in 1826 27. He served as Mount Vernon’s first postmaster (1832 1856), a Macomb County Circuit Court judge (1833 1853), a state legislator (1853) and a deputy U. S. surveyor (1833 1853). Between 1833 and 1857 he and his five sons won acclaim for their accurate work on public land surveys. In 1857 Burt moved to Detroit, where he died in 1858.","America’s first patented typewriter was constructed by William Austin Burt in 1829 in a workshop located on this site. It was also here that Burt built the solar compass, patented in 1836, which was the prototype for those used today. Burt’s compass became an indispensable instrument for surveying because it used the sun instead of the magnetic north as a fixed reference and was therefore unaffected by the magnetic fields of iron ore deposits. Burt also received a patent for an Equatorial Sextant. Among Burt’s other accomplishments were the establishment of the northern point of the Michigan principal meridian in 1840, the discovery of the Marquette iron ore range in 1844 and the establishment of the northern portion of the Michigan Wisconsin boundary in 1847. In 1852 he assisted in surveying the route for the Soo Canal.","4300 Main Park Drive, Stoney Creek Metropark",Washington Township,MI,0,,Macomb,03N12E05NWNW,42.711704,-83.071689,,,09/11/2019,701f47a2-fa06-4887-9acb-2f62e3573d2b,0,296,0,,,,,415948
-83.6875599999999,43.0118570000001,MHC251989014,L1678A,2,1989,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Genesee County Courthouse,,Genesee County Courthouse,,"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” to Wait Beach. Beach would in turn donate two acres of land to the county for “a courthouse and public square, one acre of ground for a burial ground, two churches and two school lots of common size.” The first courthouse and jail was constructed on this site in 1839. In 1866 an inmate in the jail burned the structure. The second courthouse, completed in 1867, was replaced by a more spacious building in 1904. That courthouse also burned. On August 31, 1926, the present Neo-Classical-style structure, designed by Frederick D. Madison, was dedicated.",,920 South Saginaw St.,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.011857,-83.68756,,,05/13/2020,382b0ec7-9162-43bc-8258-2fa5a9bfa98e,0,297,2,"MHC251989014_1.jpg;MHC251989014_2.jpg","Karl F Collyer;Charlie Chapman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","02/20/2020;",415949
-86.201219,44.4498350000001,MHC511998009,S662,2,1998,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby,William and Ursula Quimby Home,Harriet Quimby Childhood Home,Harriet Quimby,"Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby, settled in Bear Lake, present-day Arcadia Township, in 1867 and acquired this property in 1874. Ursula produced and sold patent medicines like “Quimby’s Liver Invigorator,” which was advertised with testimonials from satisfied customers in the Manistee Daily News. Between 1887 and 1890 Harriet and her parents moved to Arroyo Grande, California, which Harriet claimed as her birthplace during interviews later in her life. By 1900 the Quimbys were living in San Francisco where Harriet embarked on a career as a drama critic.","Early aviatrix Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) was inspired to learn to fly when she covered the October 1910 Belmont Park international aviation meet for Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly newspaper in New York. She authored drama reviews, travel pieces, and eventually wrote about her own adventures as a pilot. On August 1, 1911, Quimby received the first aviation license granted to an American woman. With this success came immense popularity. On April 16, 1912, seeking additional recognition, she became the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel. Her achievement was overshadowed in the press, however, by reports of the sinking of Titanic. On July 1, 1912, Quimby and a passenger died when her plane plunged into Dorchester Bay during a meet at Squantum, Massachusetts.",14789 Erdman Road,Arcadia Township,MI,0,,Manistee,24N16W25SWSW,44.449835,-86.201219,,,09/05/2017,7a3643c7-4dbd-4ad9-9a99-2fc77996e235,0,298,2,"MHC511998009_1.jpg;MHC511998009_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/30/2012;06/30/2012",415950
-83.0143209999999,42.342073,MHC821985035,L1262A,2,1985,1987,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Players,The Players Playhouse,The Players,,"The Players, a Detroit gentlemen’s amateur theatre club founded in 1911, opened this playhouse in 1926. The handsome building was created by club members William E. Kapp, architect; Corrado Parducci, stone sculptor; and Paul Honoré, muralist. The playhouse, built in the style of the sixteenth-century English Renaissance, was one of the earliest major structures in the area to use cinder block laid in ashlar on its interior walls to give the appearance of cut stone. It has been in continual use as a playhouse since its completion.",,3321 East Jefferson Ave,Detroit,MI,0,"wall-mounted on the brick building by the cement entrance titled ""The Players""; near the intersection of Adair Street.",Wayne, ,42.342073,-83.014321,,,09/11/2019,87fe63af-5c16-4edc-a858-2fe4ca58dc26,0,299,0,,,,,415951
-84.950593,42.259462,MHC131997009,L2009,2,1997,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Samuel Coleman House,Samuel and Elizabeth Galloway Coleman House,Samuel Coleman House,,"In 1928 the Samuel Coleman family settled in Marshall and became one of only two African American families living in Marshall. The city’s black population had dwindled from 109 in 1870 to 9 in 1920, in part because more work was available in nearby Albion and Battle Creek. In 1937 Coleman and his sons made three thousand cement blocks and used them to build this house. Samuel, his wife, Elizabeth, and their twelve children lived in the house, which also served as a furniture repair shop and a fruit market.",,923 Willow St,Marshall,MI,0,Corner of Homer St,Calhoun,02S06W36NWNE,42.259462,-84.950593,,African-American History,08/23/2017,fd47ab02-f0f0-48c3-b9f9-2ff14099de12,0,300,0,,,,,415952
-84.711989,44.659929,MHC201979063,L757B,2,1979,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Chief Shoppenagon / Shoppenagon´s Homesite,,Chief Shoppenagon,Shoppenagon´s Homesite,"Chief David Shoppenagon was born in Indianfields, a Chippewa Indian Village in the Saginaw River Valley. In 1795 his grandfather, also a Chippewa chief, was among the Indians who met with General Anthony Wayne at Fort Greenville, Ohio, and signed a treaty that ended forty years of warfare in the Ohio Valley. Shoppenagon arrived in the Grayling area from the Saginaw Valley during the early 1870s. He trapped, hunted, and was a guide for sportsmen throughout the northern Lower Peninsula.","Chief David Shoppenagon had a house near this site, though he spent much of his time along the lakes and rivers of the area. Whites called him “Old Shopp” and welcomed his campfire tales of bear and deer hunts. He made canoes and paddles by hand and was a river guide in the area. In the early 1900s, a local inn, the area’s cork pine and maple flooring company were named for Chief Shoppenagon. The chief died on Christmas Day 1911. He was believed to be 103 years old.",Ingham Street,Grayling,MI,0,On the bank of the AuSable River outside the Old AuSable Fly Shop and Rays BBQ. Near M-72 by the bridge.,Crawford,26N03W07SESE,44.659929,-84.711989,,2,11/18/2020,667c663f-a5bb-4132-9c38-3023f5531f06,0,302,2,"MHC201979063_1.jpg;MHC201979063_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","11/13/2020;11/13/2020",415953
-86.099349,44.61797,MHC101963010,S245,2,1963,1964,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Benzonia College,Grand Traverse College,Benzonia College,,"In 1858, in what was then a remote wilderness, the Reverend 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 settlements at Oberlin, Ohio, and Olivet, Michigan. As an integral part of the new community, Grand Traverse College was chartered in 1863. Its first building was erected on this corner. During the pioneer era it provided college preparatory work and teacher training. The school reorganized as Benzonia College in 1891. It supplied college-level education until 1900. Benzonia Academy was then maintained until changed conditions led to its closing in 1918. Benzonia College and Academy fulfilled the founders’ dream of bringing educational opportunity to northern Michigan.",,Michigan Avenue,Benzonia,MI,0,On M-115/US-31 (Michigan Avenue) near Traverse Ave - across the road from the ball field,Benzie,26N15W27SESE,44.61797,-86.099349,,4,12/29/2020,5ca4d32d-163e-4e91-8bdd-302f02142f17,0,303,3,"MHC101963010_2.jpg;MHC101963010_1.jpg;MHC101963010_3.jpg","Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","12/02/2020;12/02/2020;01/02/2021",415954
-84.0263419999999,41.899543,MHC461979074,L671A,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Joseph's Catholic Church,,St. Joseph's Catholic Church,,"German immigrants desiring to practice Catholicism in their native language founded St. Joseph’s parish in 1863. Father John G. Ehrenstrasser became the first pastor in 1865. This handsome brick and stone church, the second house of worship for this parish, was constructed at a cost of thirty thousand dollars and dedicated on October 13, 1879, by Bishop Caspar H. Borgess. While St. Joseph’s tranquil interior has seen several changes, its stately exterior has been altered only slightly in over a century.",,415 Ormsby Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E35SESE,41.899543,-84.026342,,,07/28/2017,8ab6c207-1091-45f9-ac7f-30410ee86bc9,0,305,0,,,,,415955
-84.748036,42.7545490000001,MHC231978018,S511A,2,1978,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald Home / Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald Home,,Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald Home,Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald Home,"Here lived Frank D. Fitzgerald who served his first term as governor 1935-1936. 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 in 1885, Fitzgerald earned wide respect from local citizens. A Republican, he was secretary of state 1930-1934. State chief executive during some tumultuous depression years, Fitzgerald advocated government reorganization measures, including a civil service system for state employees.","Governor Fitzgerald acquired this house during his first gubernatorial term. At that time the state did not provide an official mansion; thus Fitzgerald used this home as the governor’s residence. Out of office 1937-38, he planned his successful reelection campaign from here. Lansing architect Edwyn C. Bowd designed the residence in 1907. It was built for eighteen thousand dollars. The house was set on a high foundation. The tile roof, massive chimneys, and rounded bay windows are Romanesque style.",219 West Jefferson,Grand Ledge,MI,0,Between Harrison & Adams Sts.,Eaton,04N04W11NWNE,42.754549,-84.748036,,Governors,04/23/2019,bd7e3865-b94a-4c22-af50-304aab25c4a1,0,306,4,"MHC231978018_1.jpg;MHC231978018_4.jpg;MHC231978018_5.jpg;MHC231978018_6.jpg",,"Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","06/17/2017;06/25/2017;06/17/2017;06/17/2017",415956
-82.9955189999999,42.334886,MHC821979070,S529A,2,1979,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Belle Isle,,Belle Isle,,"This island, a jewel in the hearts of Detroiters, has provided shining memories for visitors of all ages. About 1845 this site received its present name, Belle Isle, in honor of Governor Lewis Cass’s daughter Isabella. On September 23, 1879, this island was purchased by the city of Detroit for two hundred thousand dollars. Early in the 1880s, the Board of Park Commissioners consulted with Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York City, to plan the development of Belle Isle as a public park. Belle Isle is now a unique island park covering 981 acres and attracting millions of visitors annually. Its most popular features include a beach, the Casino restaurant, beautiful formal gardens, Scott Fountain, riding stables, an aquarium, a conservatory, a nature interpretive center, and the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.",,"Casino Way, Belle Isle",Detroit,MI,0,"Near the Belle Isle Casino, Detroit River",Wayne, ,42.334886,-82.995519,,,03/10/2020,1de5d711-0749-4432-969e-3096a1bc4ae7,0,307,0,,,,,415957
-88.0557659999999,45.8325820000001,MHC221979049,L661A,2,1979,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Maria Santissima Immacolata / Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church,,Maria Santissima Immacolata,Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church,"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Italian immigrants came to Iron Mountain to work in the iron mines. In 1890 Italian Catholics from the community’s north side organized what was popularly known as “the Italian Church.” That year they built a frame church near this site. The church burned in 1893 and was rebuilt. In April 1902 Father G. Pietro Sinopoli arrived here. Within two months he formed a church building committee. Four thousand dollars was raised and in June Father Sinopoli began excavating the foundation. The church was completed in December and dedicated to Mary Immaculate of Lourdes on January 1, 1903.","This church reflects the heritage and building techniques of the Italian immigrants who erected it. The church, with its bell tower fashioned after a campanile, is strikingly reminiscent of Renaissance parish churches in Italy. Father G. Pietro Sinopoli, the parish priest, is thought to have designed the building. Masons and volunteers hauled sandstone from a quarry one mile south of here to build the exterior walls. The Menominee Stained Glass Works created at least three of the windows, including the choir loft window designed by Father Sinopoli. The church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.",500 East Blaine Street,Iron Mountain,MI,0,,Dickinson,40N30W30SWNE,45.832582,-88.055766,,,08/30/2017,df5949a7-e711-4927-9ed3-30a1b1174ee1,1990,308,0,,,,,415958
-85.958232,42.3832340000001,MHC801985032,L1245A,2,1985,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Bloomingdale Depot / Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad,Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad Bloomingdale Depot,Bloomingdale Depot,Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad,"Originally called the Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad Depot, this building was completed in December 1870. Harvey Howard, owner of the local sawmill, and his brothers Zenas and Joseph supplied the lumber and built the depot. Its original location was an acre of land donated by Augustus Haven. The park built on the depot grounds in 1912 is named in Haven’s honor. The first passenger train arrived in Bloomingdale on July 4, 1870.","On April 14, 1869, Kalamazoo businessmen filed articles of incorporation establishing the Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad Company. Final construction on the line was completed in December 1870. After a year of operation, the railroad became a division of the Michigan Central Railroad. The village of Bloomingdale was established along the line on May 23, 1870, by Lucius Kendall and Henry Killefer. Passenger service was discontinued in 1937; and all other rail service, in 1970.",Kalamazoo Street,Bloomingdale,MI,0,NW corner of Kalamazoo and Van Buren Streets,Van Buren,01S14W17SENE,42.383234,-85.958232,,,09/18/2019,b9d242b9-bc84-42df-9b73-30ade7756484,0,309,3,"MHC801985032_1.jpg;MHC801985032_2.jpg;MHC801985032_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back",";;",415959
-82.892173,42.5988820000001,MHC501973017,L239,2,1973,1973,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Thomas Edison,"Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Mount Clemens Station",Thomas Edison,,"While working as a railway newsboy on the Detroit-Port Huron line, Tom Edison often stopped in Mount Clemens. He made friends with station agent J. U. Mackenzie and in 1862 saved Mackenzie’s young son from death by a train. In gratitude Mr. Mackenzie taught Tom Edison railroad telegraphy. From his training Tom became a qualified railroad telegrapher and worked during the 1860s at this occupation. Some of his earliest inventions were based on the telegraph.",,198 Grand Street,Mount Clemens,MI,0,at Cass Avenue,Macomb, ,42.598882,-82.892173,,,09/05/2017,071fad1c-e877-4e87-8ef9-30e86dcad32d,0,310,1,MHC501973017_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415960
-83.117964,42.355711,MHC821976009,L486,2,1976,1983,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Orsel McGhee House,,Orsel McGhee House,,"In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis of a restrictive covenant forbidding non-white residents. The McGhees, aided by the NAACP and represented by Thurgood Marshall, appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court’s 1948 decision in favor of the McGhees upheld the principle of freedom from discrimination in the enjoyment of property rights.",,4626 Seebaldt St,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.355711,-83.117964,,African-American History,09/20/2017,9d494253-a72c-4ef7-969f-310eb9283f50,0,311,1,MHC821976009_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,415961
-84.746209,42.7551490000001,MHC231978017,L592,2,1978,1989,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Second Island,Seven Islands Resort,Second Island,,"Graced by the natural beauty of these soaring sandstone ledges, Grand Ledge was once famous for its Seven Islands Resort, a recreation area centered on this island from 1870 to 1910. At the turn of the century the ledges made this city one of the most popular resort areas in lower Michigan. Excursion trains brought thousands to enjoy this area, which featured steamboat rides, a boat livery, a hotel and vaudeville theater, mineral wells, a roller coaster, and fishing. In 1976 the Grand Ledge Area Bicentennial Commission erected the band pavilion.",,"Second Island, Grand River",Grand Ledge,MI,0,,Eaton,04N04W11NWNE,42.755149,-84.746209,,,08/07/2019,50b8b68e-2744-4931-810f-319090f3309b,0,312,2,"MHC231978017_1.jpg;MHC231978017_2.jpg","Jeffrey Schmidt;Jeffrey Schmidt","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/17/2017;06/17/2017",415962
-86.240535,43.060077,MHC701991004,L1831C,2,1991,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard / The Escanaba,,Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard,The Escanaba,"
In autumn 1929 raging storms sank four ships on Lake Michigan between Grand Haven and Milwaukee. Two went down with all hands—a total of seventy-seven men. The cargo ship Andaste departed Grand Haven for Chicago on September 9 and sank with her twenty-five-man crew south of Holland. The carferry Milwaukee sank en route to Grand Haven on October 22 with a crew of fifty-two. Coast Guard personnel stationed in Grand Haven were hampered in search and rescue attempts by vessels unable to travel in heavy seas and the absence of ship-to-shore radios on the foundered ships. As a result, the U.S. Congress funded six additional Great Lakes Coast Guard cutters. Grand Haven became the home port of Escanaba in December 1932.","On December 9, 1932, the 165-foot Coast Guard cutter Escanaba arrived in Grand Haven, her home port until she was called to duty in World War II. On June 13, 1943, while escorting a convoy from Greenland to Newfoundland, Escanaba was destroyed by an enemy submarine and sank in the North Atlantic. Only two crewmen survived. Grief-stricken, the citizens of Grand Haven organized a war bond campaign and raised over one million dollars in three months to pay for a “second Escanaba.” Escanaba II was commissioned in 1946, but never visited Grand Haven. In 1987 Escanaba III was commissioned in Grand Haven; she is now stationed in Boston. Each August, Grand Haven has celebrated its relationship with the Coast Guard by hosting a festival that commemorates the founding of the United States Revenue Marine on August 4, 1790.",Harbor Drive,Grand Haven,MI,0,"Escanaba Park - Adjacent to the USCG station; Harbor Dr. between Y Dr. & Sand St.",Ottawa,08N16W20SWSW,43.060077,-86.240535,,Maritime Heritage,08/21/2019,7caf5736-a189-4a96-b04d-31b860ac77d0,0,313,2,"MHC701991004_1.jpg;MHC701991004_2.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","07/03/2019;07/03/2019",415963
-86.299008,43.243936,MHC611979041,L726B,2,1979,1980,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Jean Baptiste Recollect Trading Post,,Jean Baptiste Recollect Trading Post,,"Near this site, on the shore of Muskegon Lake, stood the first Indian fur trading post in Muskegon County. It was established in 1812 by Jean Baptiste Recollect, a French fur trader believed to be this area’s first white settler. Jean Recollect remained here for about a year when a new manager took over. The Muskegon post operated as a successful business enterprise for many years. Remains of the chimney of Recollect’s station were visible as late as 1836.",,310 Ruddiman Drive,North Muskegon,MI,0,SE corner of Ruddiman Drive and Bear Lake Road,Muskegon,10N17W23SWNW,43.243936,-86.299008,,,07/13/2022,9b90589e-5271-4ae0-a52b-3201e6233d45,0,315,0,,,,,415964
-83.969733,43.116,MHC781989034,L1679,2,1989,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Episcopal Church,"First United Methodist Church, New Lothrop Methodist Church",Methodist Episcopal Church,,In February 1889 the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Lothrop was organized. Later that year the present sanctuary and belfry were built of timber cut from local farms. A seven hundred-pound bell was donated by the H. P. Niles G.A.R. post in 1891 in honor of New Lothrop’s Civil War veterans. In 1900 a portion of the former English Settlement Church was attached to the north side of this structure. Mergers in 1939 and 1968 resulted in the church being renamed First United Methodist Church.,,7495 Orchard St,New Lothrop,MI,0,Church burned. On 11/16/1999 the Commission approved having the marker exhibited inside the new church and not returning it to the State.,Shiawassee,08N04E10NENE,43.116,-83.969733,,,01/15/2020,e01f3f39-e7a0-4348-b2e7-32148bc475dd,0,316,0,,,,,415965
-84.984813,45.430563,MHC241971033,S352,2,1971,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Andrew J. Blackbird House / Makade Binisii Wegamik,Chief Blackbird Ottawa Indian Museum,Andrew J. Blackbird House,Makade Binisii Wegamik,"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, including present-day Eastern Michigan University. Blackbird bought this building around 1858, when the town was inhabited mostly by Odawa people. From here he ran the post office and wrote a history of the Odawa. As a councilor for the Odawa he participated in negotiations for the Treaty of 1855, which established a large home reservation for the Odawa in this area. Blackbird also helped Odawa veterans get pensions, and assisted with land claims. This site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",Kida maandaa ka kiiga etaabendaawaa. Ezhinikaadeg wagaa nakaazi maanpii odawaak gii bizhigewak odenwaa miinwaa gii zhin kaa daamgut wiikwaatoonsing. Miinwaa maanpii kade kii bindaatsit makade binissii maandaa pii 1815. Oosun gii odawawaa giimaa. Makade binissii kii maadsaa oowak kinamaagoo. Kiipshkaa bii maanpii gii bidaaa bimaadsiwin. Kiim noo biiga shebiiga minwaa gii shebiiaan. Nagwaa odaawak mazinigan. Maandaa wiigwaam gii zhiga maandaa pii abita 1800’s minwaa gii kaadaat. Aanjitoon maajiibiigan wiigwaam. Gii naagadawanda maajiibiigun wiigwaam.,368 East Main St.,Harbor Springs,MI,0,,Emmet,35N06W13SWNE,45.430563,-84.984813,,Native People,08/18/2017,454883f9-ddd6-4132-a848-329a253ec3aa,0,317,0,,,,,415966
-83.256157,42.4724130000001,MHC631997016,L2026,2,1997,1998,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Southfield United Presbyterian Church,,Southfield United Presbyterian Church,,"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 Revival-style chapel was built in 1862. In 1912 laborers, using horses and wooden shovels, dug a basement under the church. The education unit and sanctuary date from 1953 and 1960 respectively.",,21575 W. Ten Mile Rd.,Southfield,MI,0,,Oakland,01N10E27NWNW,42.472413,-83.256157,,,09/12/2017,5d54822a-f12b-442e-ab71-329ec3ca2d6a,0,318,0,,,,,415967
-83.647783,42.622331,MHC631974039,L351,2,1974,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Rowe House,,Rowe House,,"Squire and Dolly Rowe, who settled here in 1835, built this elegant, cut fieldstone house in 1855. The solid cobblestone, beaded mortar joint construction is highlighted by the pleasing and sophisticated use of delicate scrollwork under the eaves and by the smooth chiseled quoins, lintels and sills. Squire Rowe grew to a position of prominence in the community. After twenty-five terms as township supervisor, he served in the state legislature in 1865, the year before his death.",,2360 Lone Tree Road,Milford,MI,0,"Between Hickory Ridge and Milford Roads, Northwest of Milford",Oakland,03N07E29SWSE,42.622331,-83.647783,,,09/12/2017,42fad315-038a-41b4-a5f6-32b9279bc9c0,0,319,0,,,,,415968
-83.6922939999999,43.1192950000001,MHC251987060,L1444B,2,1987,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First United Methodist Church,,First United Methodist Church,,"First United Methodist Church, one of the oldest congregations in Genesee County, began with services held in Lewis Buckingham’s home in 1836. The Reverend Luther D. Whitney, a Flint circuit rider, and nine other people organized the congregation in 1838. Their first church, built in 1850, was moved to Genesee Street in 1865-66. The Reverend Seth Reed, a patriarch of Michigan Methodism, dedicated the congregation’s present Gothic Revival church on January 31, 1886.",,808 Genesee Street,Mt Morris,MI,0,,Genesee,08N07E07NWNW,43.119295,-83.692294,,,08/30/2017,468eb915-3511-4d34-b965-32d92a82c783,0,320,0,,,,,415969
-85.58696,42.2899090000001,MHC391956012,S44,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lincoln at Kalamazoo,,Lincoln at Kalamazoo,,"On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that Lincoln addressed a Michigan audience. The event was almost unnoticed in the press. Some Republicans felt the speaker was too moderate on the antislavery issue. Four years later Michigan’s vote helped put Lincoln into the White House.",,Bronson Park,Kalamazoo,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SWSW,42.289909,-85.58696,,Civil War,09/01/2017,278c3c16-0e6f-419a-85a3-32f8450ea1f0,0,321,1,MHC391956012_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415970
-84.65251475,44.2997058,MHC722014006,L2257C,2,2014,2014,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Prudenville / Roscommon Lumber Co.,Houghton Lake Logging Railroad Trestle,Prudenville,Roscommon Lumber Co.,"Timber and the 1862 Homestead Act began drawing people to Prudenville in 1870. Named for early developer Peter Pruden, the community was also known as Edna for a time. As the commercial center of Roscommon County, Prudenville boasted a post office, two hotels, many businesses, and a school. In 1887, the Roscommon Lumber Company ended logging operations in Michigan. The area’s next economic surge came in the 1920s with paved roads, electricity, automobiles and tourism.","In 1882, the Roscommon Lumber Company built a “stand alone” railroad to move timber. A 700-foot- long trestle above the East Bay of Houghton Lake allowed logging crews to push logs off the train cars into the water. Logs floated across the lake to the Muskegon River, then down the river to the mills at Muskegon. Locally, the company employed more than seven hundred people and logged 175 million board feet of white and Norway pine between 1882 and 1887.",123 Lake St,Prudenville,MI,48651,"North end of Gladwin Rd, east to First St., at entrance to Trestle Park.",Roscommon,22N03W15SENE,44.2997058,-84.65251475,,"Timber Industry,2",10/29/2019,e670ec3a-9aa7-4c40-83e3-333152392373,0,322,2,"MHC722014006_1.jpg;MHC722014006_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo",";",415971
-84.555616,42.731062,MHC331987029,S588C,2,1987,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),State Bar of Michigan,,State Bar of Michigan,,"The State Bar of Michigan was established by the legislature in 1939 as an organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice and the delivery of legal services. Every lawyer licensed to practice in Michigan is required to be a member. The organization is under the supervision of the Michigan Supreme Court. Before 1935 lawyers could join the Michigan State Bar Association, which was organized in 1890. The State Bar made this building its headquarters in 1950. A four-story addition was completed in 1979. The State Bar of Michigan’s guiding principle, expressed by its first president, Roberts P. Hudson, is “No organization of lawyers can long survive which has not for its primary object the protection of the public.”",,306 Townsend Street,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16NESW,42.731062,-84.555616,,4,12/22/2020,cdec7520-ef89-4dfe-8b59-3355e0c00220,0,323,3,"MHC331987029_2.jpg;MHC331987029_3.jpg;MHC331987029_5.jpg",Michigan Historical Commission,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","06/27/2017;06/27/2017;11/19/2020",415972
-83.7474,42.2774700000001,MHC811982020,L1046A,2,1982,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bethlehem United Church of Christ,Bethlehem German Evangelical Church,Bethlehem United Church of Christ,,"In the late 1820s and early 1830s many German Protestant immigrants settled in the Ann Arbor area. Desiring to worship in German, they wrote Switzerland’s Basel Mission to request a pastor. On August 20, 1833, the Reverend Friedrich Schmid arrived to help found one of Michigan’s first German congregations. The church was formally organized on November 3, 1833, as the First German Evangelical Society of Scio. The next month, the congregation completed a modest log structure at the site of the present Bethlehem Cemetery. It built a second church at First and Washington in 1849, and in 1896 dedicated the present stone structure. From 1846 to 1916 the church conducted a parochial school. In 1945 the congregation became an Evangelical and Reformed church; it joined the United Church of Christ in 1958.",,423 South Fourth Avenue,Ann Arbor,MI,0,North of Packard Street,Washtenaw,02S06E29NWSE,42.27747,-83.7474,,,09/13/2017,7cd58b29-44e4-4eca-9012-3359a3438556,0,324,2,"MHC811982020_1.jpg;MHC811982020_2.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided","Marker Photo - Front;Historical Photo","04/19/2018;04/19/2018",415973
-84.837499,42.563839,MHC231972022,L187,2,1972,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Congregational Church of Charlotte,,First Congregational Church of Charlotte,,"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 worship, “The Basswood Church” on Bostwick Avenue. In 1873 construction of the present church began. Members made contributions to assure its finish. Local businessman Joseph Musgrave donated exterior brick originally purchased for his own home.",,106 South Bostwick at Lawrence,Charlotte,MI,0,SW corner of Lawrence Street,Eaton,02N05W13SENE,42.563839,-84.837499,,,04/17/2019,ddd185d3-5ea3-4fba-9d1c-336106f8ebfe,0,325,2,"MHC231972022_1.jpg;MHC231972022_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/16/2017;07/16/2017",415974
-83.62601,42.923971,MHC252012022,L2230,2,2012,2013,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Grand Blanc Consolidated School,"Perry Center; Grand Blanc Township Consolidated School",Grand Blanc Consolidated School,Grand Blanc Consolidated School,"At the close of the nineteenth century, many rural Michigan school districts were in crisis as people left farms for the city and industrial jobs. A 1903 state law authorized consolidation of districts and provided for public transportation to ensure access to more distant schools. Local schools quickly responded and in 1904 nearby districts Porter and Cook had joined with Grand Blanc. By 1921 the entire township consolidated.","When Grand Blanc became the first consolidated school district in the state, it used the school that stood on this site and was destroyed in a 1920 fire. Students were originally brought by horse-drawn bus to the consolidated school. It was later mandated that all school vehicles be motorized. The present building was dedicated in January 1922 with 350 pupils. Several additions have been necessary as enrollment grew.",11920 S. Saginaw,Grand Blanc,MI,48439,"Corner of S. Saginaw Street and Perry Road/Bush Street, on NE corner of property.",Genesee,06N07E15SENW,42.923971,-83.62601,,,09/05/2019,6482f201-2586-4d66-8e90-33970a4bcd12,0,326,2,"MHC252012022_1.jpg;MHC252012022_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",415975
-82.899457,42.3871830000001,MHC821990043,L1739A,2,1990,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church,,The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church,,"This Neo-Gothic church was dedicated on May 15, 1927. Detroit architect W. E. N. Hunter designed the limestone structure, which contains stained glass windows by the Willet Studios of Philadelphia, Pewabic tile from Detroit, and wood carvings by German carver Alois Lang. The tower houses a forty-seven-bell carillon. In 1962 the education wing was erected. The church was dedicated to the founders, who organized the nondenominational Grosse Pointe Protestant Evangelical Church on September 7, 1865. In 1867 the first church was erected at Kerby Road and Lake Shore Drive. A stone and woodframe building, referred to as the “ivy-covered church,” was built on this site in 1894. In 1920 the congregation reorganized as a Presbyterian church.",,16 Lake Shore Drive,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.387183,-82.899457,,4,09/09/2019,0d7b5121-87b5-4685-8654-339e70567cf6,0,327,0,,,,,415976
-86.107028,42.786522,MHC701978013,L622,2,1978,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Netherlands Museum,Kremers House,The Netherlands Museum,,"Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kremers commissioned local builder George Dalman to design and construct this house for them. Completed in 1889, the modified Elizabethan-style dwelling was built primarily of native stone and locally manufactured brick. A prominent doctor, Kremers was elected mayor of the city in 1889. After his death in 1914, his wife, Alice Van Zwaluwenberg-Kremers, lived here until 1917, when she sold the house to the city of Holland for use as its first city hospital.",,8 E. 12th Street,Holland,MI,0,near the corner of Central Avenue,Ottawa,05N15W29SWSE,42.786522,-86.107028,,1,12/13/2021,ac986e5e-be0e-4572-b629-33aa684a2fb2,0,328,1,MHC701978013_1.jpg,Dan Walcott,Site Photo w/Marker,07/13/2021,415977
-86.0586969999999,42.7682810000001,MHC031970012,L77,2,1970,1971,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ebenezer Reformed Church,,Ebenezer Reformed Church,,"Members of the First Reformed Church in Holland founded this congregation in 1866 to provide a place of worship for settlers living southeast of town. Heavy immigration from the Netherlands prompted this move. The Dutch language was used exclusively at first, and some services in Dutch continued until 1937. Three buildings have been used for worship; the first church, dedicated in 1867, was destroyed by fire in 1883. Replaced immediately by a second structure, the third and present house of worship was dedicated in 1964.",,Corner of 32nd and 52nd Streets,Fillmore Twp,MI,49423,,Allegan,04N15W03NENE,42.768281,-86.058697,,1,01/13/2017,4b494007-84e9-4d7b-b11d-33ffc3a9ceba,0,329,0,,,,,415978
-85.1854039999999,42.3222930000001,MHC131959001,L5,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Methodism in Battle Creek,First United Methodist Church,Methodism in Battle Creek,,"The first Methodist class in this area met in the home of Daniel Thomas in 1833. Three years later services were being held in the log schoolhouse. In 1841 the first structure for religious services in the village was built by the Methodists 150 feet to the north. On this site a brick edifice with spire and tower was built in 1859. The sanctuary could seat six hundred and had a large pipe organ. The present building, entirely new, was completed in 1908.",,114 East Michigan Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W01SWSE,42.322293,-85.185404,,,08/23/2017,eca32509-b9f9-44ed-b6c2-340dd1c1b68f,0,330,0,,,,,415979
-84.25327062,37.6726966000001,MHC201199001,S723C,2,2011,2012,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan Light Artillery Regiment / Batteries F and G,"Battle of Richmond, Kentucky",Michigan Light Artillery Regiment,Batteries F and G,"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 regiments, the six-gun artillery batteries served as detached units. Light artillery was mobile. Six-horse limbers pulled an ammunition caissons and guns that delivered devastating fire using solid shot, explosive shell, case or canister. On May 28, 1861, the Coldwater Light Artillery, Michigan´s first unit, mustered in; its last battery formed up in 1864. In late August 1862 the six-gun battery F and a two-gun section of battery G, under Lieutenants Lanphere, Hale, Paddock and Brown, fought against superior Confederate numbers in their first battle, here at Richmond.","Batteries F and G of Michigan´s First Light Artillery went into action here on August 29, 1862. They were the only Union artillery on the field of battle. Despite inadequate training and ammunition, they provided accurate fire that helped drive back the Confederates ""with admirable effect."" Early on August 30 the batteries defended the initial Union battle line. During successive Union withdrawals, the guns served as rallying points or as the rear guard. Seven of eight guns were brought off the field in the last Federal withdrawal. In the final chaotic retreat, lacking infantry support and ammunition, all seven fell into enemy hands. Reported losses were 7 killed, 12 wounded and 65 captured. The two batteries later fought during the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns and at the battle of Nashville.",101 Battlefield Memorial Highway,Richmond,KY,40475,Placed near the position of the First Michigan Light Artillery Battery (F & G)--Civil War site and park,,,37.6726966,-84.25327062,,Civil War,09/22/2016,2c0a8e84-7f31-4e2e-b275-3446304c293d,0,331,1,MHC201199001_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,01/30/2012,415980
-83.1443799999999,42.491698,MHC631988024,L1610C,2,1988,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church of Royal Oak / First Baptist Church of Royal Oak,,First Baptist Church of Royal Oak,First Baptist Church of Royal Oak,"Several members of this church were significant to its early development. In 1839 charter member Hamlet Harris, “a free colored person” according to the 1840 census, donated twenty-five dollars towards the construction of the first church. In 1876 Athalinda Phelps donated the land, and the Reverend Silas Finn provided his labor and half of the money required to build a second church. When membership was low at the turn of the century, Anna B. Quick held meetings to maintain the church charter. This marker was erected in 1989, the church’s 150th year.","In January 1839 twenty people organized this congregation, ten of whom were baptized in the Red Run Creek. The Baptists built the first church in Royal Oak in August of that year near Main and Third Streets. All subsequent churches have stood on the present site on Main Street where the second church, known as the “Greek Cross Church,” was built in 1876. The Tabernacle followed in 1918, the first brick sanctuary in 1921, and the adjacent educational building in 1950. The present sanctuary was erected in 1965.",309 North Main Street,Royal Oak,MI,0,,Oakland,01N11E15SWSW,42.491698,-83.14438,,,09/12/2017,87835c74-a400-4017-bdb3-34859c1fcb2a,0,332,0,,,,,415981
-84.428874,42.716734,MHC332003010,L2133,2,2003,2004,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Chief Okemos / Okemos Village,,Chief Okemos,Okemos Village,"
Okemos was born in Shiawassee County around 1775. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Sandusky during the War of 1812 and won the respect of the Saginaw Chippewa people. Chief Okemos later signed several treaties on behalf of the Chippewa, including the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. During the 1830s and 1840s Okemos led a band of Indians, most likely Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi people, who lived south of here along the Red Cedar River. The band traded with white settlers in the area, including Freeman Bray who founded the village of Hamilton in 1840. By 1850 the band had dispersed as some people were forced by the U.S. government to live on reservations. Chief Okemos eventually relocated to Shimnicon, an Indian settlement in Ionia County. He died near DeWitt in 1858.","Native Americans led by Chief Okemos lived in this vicinity when white settlement began in 1839 with the arrival of Sanford Marsh and Freeman Bray. A post office named Sanford was established the following year. Bray founded the village of Hamilton in 1840, and he recorded the plat in 1851. In 1859 the state legislature renamed the village Okemos in honor of the Indian leader. By 1874 hotels and stores dotted the Detroit-Grand River plank road (present-day Hamilton Road), and sawmills, gristmills, and planing mills operated at the site of present-day Ferguson and Wonch Parks off of State Road (now Okemos Road). Okemos gradually developed into a trade center for agricultural activity in the area. In 1923 Grand River Road became a state trunk line and was rerouted north of its original location.",SE corner of Hamilton & Okemos Rds.,Okemos,MI,48864,Meridian Twp,Ingham,04N01W21NWSE,42.716734,-84.428874,,"Native People,War of 1812",07/27/2017,6f20b7a5-d697-4765-9dab-34d54689c7c1,0,333,0,,,,,415982
-84.947876,45.3808480000001,MHC241957015,S166,2,1957,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Little Traverse Bay,,Little Traverse Bay,,"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 to Harbor Springs. Petoskey, named for Chief Petosega of the Bear River Band, was first settled in 1852 by Andrew Porter, a Presbyterian missionary. With the coming of the railroad in 1873 it changed rapidly from primitive settlement to one of America’s leading summer resort cities. Bay View, the adjoining summer colony, was established in 1875.",,Sunset Park on US-31,Petoskey,MI,0,"One mile west of Petoskey, between Bay View and Petoskey",Emmet,35N05W32NESW,45.380848,-84.947876,,,08/30/2017,cab5d975-e9eb-493b-93d9-34dac3fbae25,0,334,1,MHC241957015_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,415983
-85.323257,42.5732780000001,MHC081983032,L1049,2,1983,1998,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Hope Township District No. 4 School,,Hope Township District No. 4 School,,"From 1872 to 1963 Hope Township children attended school in this building, known as the Hinds School because of its location at the crossroads community of Hinds Corners. The school had stood vacant for almost twenty years when Robert Casey, a Hinds student during the 1930s, purchased it in 1981. Casey (1928-1997), a teacher here and in Hastings, restored the building as a place for children to visit.",,5500 Cedar Creek Road,Hastings,MI,49058,near the intersection of Brogan Road in Hope Township,Barry,02N09W12SWNW,42.573278,-85.323257,,1,10/13/2021,4aab6ba4-346a-40e3-8c53-34de2efda3d6,0,335,0,,,,,415984
-83.313563,42.6409560000001,MHC631974008,S437,2,1974,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Clinton Valley Center / Clinton Valley Center,Eastern Michigan Asylum/Pontiac State Hospital,Clinton Valley Center,Clinton Valley Center,"The Clinton Valley Center has served southeastern Michigan for one hundred years and is the second oldest hospital for the mentally ill in the Great Lake State. Since opening in 1878, the center has employed seven superintendents. This institution was originally named Eastern Michigan Asylum; it became Pontiac State Hospital in 1911, and adopted the name Clinton Valley Center in 1973. The different names symbolize changing concepts in the treatment of mental illness. The first patient was admitted on July 31, 1878, a day before the official opening. Treating 222 patients at its start, this hospital now serves nearly 800 patients. It has advanced from a custodial institution to a modern treatment center which offers many kinds of therapy necessary for different emotional illnesses.","Elijah E. Myers, a renowned Michigan architect, designed the original hospital structure in 1875. Charles Anderson, a local architect, was responsible for the master plan of several of the residences. Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, of Detroit, drew up plans for the 1907 chapel building, which is still extant. Patients using the extensive grounds for agriculture, dairy and cattle breeding projects were a familiar sight to the citizens of Pontiac. The Clinton Valley Center trains psychiatrists, nurses and other health care workers. Receiving a World’s Fair Award in 1894 for “evidence of excellent fire protection, detached cottages for each sex, and a training school for attendants,” this center continues to provide modern facilities for the mentally ill.",140 Elizabeth Lake Road,Pontiac,MI,0,"building demolished; marker salvaged in March 27, 2001.",Oakland,03N10E30SENE,42.640956,-83.313563,,,01/15/2020,2086489c-2df5-408b-a8dd-3523e5dd6e7d,0,336,0,,,,,415985
-82.897632,42.4233520000001,MHC821985026,L1237C,4,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Children's Home of Detroit,,Children's Home of Detroit,,"On May 18, 1836, following a cholera epidemic, thirteen civic-minded women met at the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church and founded the Ladies’ Orphan Association of Detroit. The women adopted a constitution and began raising money to run a home for children orphaned by the epidemic. A house on St. Antoine Street was obtained, rent free, for one year. The home opened on February 1, 1837, and cared for eleven children during its first year. Now known as the Children’s Home of Detroit, the home has had a number of names and locations. In 1950 it moved to this campus. As it celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1986, the Children’s Home of Detroit continued to meet the challenge of serving children with special needs.",,900 Cook Road,Grosse Pte Woods,MI,0,,Wayne,,42.423352,-82.897632,,,04/19/2018,2f279427-8902-479a-8066-355c582636c6,0,337,0,,,,,415986
-86.112339,42.78645,MHC701976001,HB49,2,1976,1976,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Third Reformed Church / Third Reformed Church,,Third Reformed Church,Third Reformed Church,"Under the leadership of the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of the Holland Colony, the Third Reformed Church was organized on September 9, 1867. The first house of worship, measuring ninety feet long, fifty-six feet wide, and thirty-two feet high, was erected on this site. In the great Holland fire of October 8 and 9, 1871, the first structure was destroyed. On January 2, 1873, disaster struck again as the newly erected framework of a second building was demolished in a high wind. The present church, a structure of beauty and symmetry, was dedicated on November 25, 1874. The architectural style is known as Carpenter Gothic. The building is of balloon frame, battened perpendicularly on the outside, finished with buttresses towering in pinnacles above the roof. The steepled bell tower was added in 1891. The parish hall and education facilities were built in 1952. During the centennial observance of 1967-68, the church building underwent extensive restoration so that it continues to stand as a significant historic landmark.","From the time of its organization, a progressive spirit has marked the life of the Third Reformed Church. The congregation immediately organized a Sunday School with Isaac Cappon, Holland industrialist and the city’s first mayor, as superintendent. In 1872 the church gave impetus to the establishment of a thirty thousand dollar endowment fund for Hope College. The missionary fervor of the Reformed Church in America caught hold quickly in the congregation. Miss Elizabeth Cappon went as a missionary teacher to Amoy, China, in 1891. Nearly 125 men and women have followed her in the work of Christian ministry at home and abroad. In recognition of changing language patterns, Third Church became the first Dutch immigrant congregation in the community to use the English language exclusively. To express its activities and goals, the congregation chose for its motto “To know Him and to make Him known.”",110 West Twelfth Street,Holland,MI,0,SW corner of Pine Avenue,Ottawa,05N15W29SWSW,42.78645,-86.112339,,5,08/02/2021,299541cf-1844-4e56-ab00-3565dca10b6d,0,338,0,,,,,415987
-86.1062219999999,44.6177670000001,MHC101981028,L879A,2,1981,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Benzonia Congregational Church,Benzie Area Historical Museum,Benzonia Congregational Church,,"Early in the 1850s Congregationalists came to this area to found the community of Benzonia and a Christian college. In 1860 the Reverend Charles E. Bailey, prime figure behind the organization of the community and college, helped organize the area’s first church with eighteen members. Erected in 1884-87, this Gothic Revival-style building served the congregation until 1968. In 1969 the building became the Benzie Area Historical Museum.",,6941 Grand Traverse Ave.,Benzonia,MI,0,"1 block West of US-31; now the Benzie Area Historical Museum.",Benzie,26N15W27SWSE,44.617767,-86.106222,,1,05/12/2020,aba4d3cc-bab9-4279-941b-35a861567f26,0,340,4,"MHC101981028_1.jpg;MHC101981028_2.jpg;MHC101981028_3.jpg;MHC101981028_4.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown;","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo",";;;",415988
-85.2669299999999,43.9438090000001,MHC671984037,L1179A,2,1984,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),North Evart United Methodist Church,Emanuel's Church (Evangelical Association),North Evart United Methodist Church,,"German settlers of this Osceola County farming community began holding evangelical services in the home of John J. Arndt in 1872. Later services were held in a log house a quarter mile west of here. The church society was formally organized in 1882. The present church, originally named Emanuel Evangelical Church, was built at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars and dedicated on November 9, 1884. The name changed in 1968 to reflect the merger of the Evangelical and Methodist societies.",,Ninetieth Avenue,Evart,MI,0,"Ninetieth Avenue, SW corner of Nine Mile Road, Evart vicinity",Osceola,18N08W22NWNW,43.943809,-85.26693,,,09/12/2017,59d5339c-06a4-44cb-8949-35a8e0837d2f,0,341,0,,,,,415989
-85.6651429999999,42.963963,MHC411980025,L850B,2,1980,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First (Park) Congregational Church,,First (Park) Congregational Church,,"On September 18, 1836, twenty-two persons founded one of the first Protestant congregations in Grand Rapids. Initially a Presbyterian parish, it was reorganized under the Congregational polity in 1839. The congregation occupied a former Roman Catholic chapel from 1842 to 1869. The present brick Gothic structure, completed in 1869, is the second oldest existing church building in the city. Additions were made in 1916 and 1950. The church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.",,10 East Park Place NE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,Wall mounted on the back corner of the church by the parking lot - off from Ransom Avenue NE,Kent,07N11W30SWNW,42.963963,-85.665143,,6,10/07/2021,b3382350-8bab-40ee-9425-35afd7c897a3,1982,342,0,,,,,415990
-82.495447,42.724435,MHC741996023,L1969,2,1996,1996,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Greenwood Cemetery,Woodlawn Cemetery,Greenwood Cemetery,,"In 1856 Detroiters Eber Brock and Mary Ward deeded approximately one and one-half acres of land along the Belle River to establish Greenwood Cemetery. As a result of several additions, the burial ground comprised 14.2 acres by 1922. Renamed Woodlawn around 1901, the cemetery is reminiscent of Victorian era perpetual care lawn cemeteries. A draped obelisk and a pedestaled larger-than-life-size maiden holding a bouquet of flowers exemplify monuments popular during this period. Ohio architect John P. Schooley designed the sandstone public mausoleum, constructed in 1929. The remains of several prominent people are interred here including Sydney McLouth, president of the McLouth Foundry. In 1991 concerned citizens contributed to the Woodlawn Cemetery Seawall Fund, which paid for the river wall that protects the cemetery from erosion.",,444 Pleasant St,Marine City,MI,0,,Saint Clair,03N16E01NWNE,42.724435,-82.495447,,,09/13/2017,ee09f6f7-bd92-4a32-b874-35ef584dbf7d,0,343,0,,,,,415991
-85.662516,42.2370050000001,MHC991964006,S222,2,1961,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Kalamazoo Region,,The Kalamazoo Region,,"Kalamazoo is an Indian word said to mean “boiling water.” Originally it was applied to the river that flows northwesterly to Lake Michigan. A trickle of settlers in the late 1820s became a torrent in the 1830s as the region’s fertile prairies, oak openings, bottomlands, and ample sources of waterpower became known. The village of Bronson, founded in 1829 by Titus Bronson, is now the city of Kalamazoo. Here Lincoln made his only known Michigan speech. J. Fenimore Cooper wrote about the area in Oak Openings. Kalamazoo College, founded in 1833, Nazareth College (1897), and Western Michigan University (1903) are here. Once famous for its celery and its stoves, Kalamazoo is now known for many products including paper and drugs. The nation’s first permanent pedestrian mall was opened in the downtown section in 1959.",,Eastbound I-94 Rest Area,Texas Charter Township,MI,0,located at the eastbound I-94 rest area west of US-131 between 9th Street and 12th Street. (THREE identical markers exist for The Kalamazoo Region - see comments),Kalamazoo,03S12W01NESW,42.237005,-85.662516,,,10/23/2020,06beba52-404d-4257-acd4-35fba2d65fcf,0,344,0,,,,,415992
-85.5285849999999,41.9668770000001,MHC751965004,L56,2,1965,1965,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Langley Covered Bridge,,Langley Covered Bridge,,"This is the longest of Michigan’s few remaining covered bridges. It is 282 feet long with three, ninety-four-foot spans of the Howe-truss construction. The bridge was built in 1887 by Pierce Bodmer of Parkville, using the best quality white pine for the frame timbers. The bridge’s name honors a pioneer Centreville family. When the Sturgis Dam was built in 1910, the Langley Bridge had to be raised eight feet. In 1950-51 extensive repairs and replacement of parts on the bridge were carried out by the St. Joseph County Road Commission to preserve for the future this historic link with a bygone era.",,Covered Bridge Rd,Centreville,MI,0,"3 miles North of Centreville, Nottawa Twp",Saint Joseph,06S11W12NENE,41.966877,-85.528585,,,09/13/2017,c9a06fd8-4438-4fca-aa35-362994f6752b,0,345,0,,,,,415993
-86.2761849999999,42.4074590000001,MHC801966002,S277,2,1966,1966,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Haven Peaches,,Haven Peaches,,"The Haven peach varieties were developed here by Michigan State University’s South Haven Experiment Station, under the direction of Professor Stanley Johnston. From 1924 to 1963 eight yellow-fleshed freestone varieties were selected from more than twenty-one thousand cross-bred seedlings. They were named Halehaven, Kalhaven, Redhaven, Fairhaven, Sunhaven, Richhaven, Glohaven, and Cresthaven. Redhaven was the first red-skinned commercial peach variety. It is now the most widely planted freestone peach variety in the world. The Haven peaches have provided an orderly supply of high quality peaches extending over a seven-week period. Prior to the development of Haven peaches, harvests had been restricted to a three-week period.",,220 Dyckman St.,South Haven,MI,0,Stanley Johnson Park,Van Buren,01S17W03NESW,42.407459,-86.276185,,,09/13/2017,289b618e-beff-427a-83af-366ecceca90b,0,346,1,MHC801966002_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,415994
-86.918957,45.931406,MHC211966003,S281,2,1966,1968,Native People and the French (< 1760),Indian Trail,Grand Island Indian Trail,Indian Trail,,"The trail that begins here was one of the most important in the Upper Peninsula. The Noquets, an Algonquian tribe, lived in this area and used the trail in their frequent travels between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. In places the trail is deeply worn from centuries of use. Beginning in the early 1800s, the Northwest Fur Company and the American Fur Company established posts at Grand Island, near the Lake Superior end of the trail. Traders, lumbermen, and others continued to use this route until a county road was built. The U.S. Forest Service has reconstructed the trail and maintains it for hiking and riding.",,County Rd 509,Masonville Township,MI,0,"West side of County Road 509, north of US-2 & South of Bills Creek; trailhead parking area",Delta,41N21W22NWSE,45.931406,-86.918957,,Native People,10/09/2020,4b96695b-6c36-446b-a97a-36740618b01a,0,347,2,"MHC211966003_1.jpg;MHC211966003_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","10/06/2020;10/06/2020",415995
-83.052711,42.356298,MHC821985028,L1281A,2,1985,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church Complex,,St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church Complex,,"St. Josaphat’s, founded on June 1, 1889, was the third Polish-speaking Roman Catholic parish established in Detroit. On February 2, 1890, it dedicated a combination church and school building. Within a decade plans were begun for a new church rectory and a convent. In 1901 this late Victorian Romanesque-style church was completed at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars. The church was designed by Joseph G. Kastler and William E. N. Hunter. Local carpenters, Harcus and Lang and the Jermolowicz Brothers, were the builders. The stained glass was crafted by the Detroit Stained Glass Works. In 1907 the convent was completed. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.",,715 East Canfield,Detroit,MI,0,West of the I-75 Service Drive,Wayne,,42.356298,-83.052711,,,09/20/2017,b2157b36-4d8d-4be6-b75d-368c093db5b1,0,349,0,,,,,415996
-86.104234,42.786565,MHC701966011,S276B,2,1966,1966,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Western Theological Seminary,,Western Theological Seminary,,"Theological training began here in 1866 when seven of the first eight graduates of Hope College petitioned the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America for such training. The request was granted and classes were begun, using the facilities and staff of Hope College. In 1867 the Reverend Cornelius E. Crispell, D.D., was elected by the General Synod as the first professor. In 1869 the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of the Holland Colony, and the Reverend Philip Phelps Jr. were also made professors. Financial difficulties, caused primarily by a national depression, forced the suspension of classes in 1877. The seminary was reorganized in 1885, and classes were resumed. It was then officially designated as Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America. Its purpose has been, and continues to be, the preparation of men and women to become ministers, missionaries, and scholars in the service of Jesus Christ.",,291 College Avenue,Holland,MI,0,very close to the intersection of 12th Avenue and College Avenue.,Ottawa,05N15W29SWSE,42.786565,-86.104234,,4,08/01/2021,dc3c6f58-7d91-45fa-80df-36b91cdace39,0,351,0,,,,,415997
-85.78197956,43.8959209700001,MHC432008004,L2204,2,2008,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Island / The Flamingo Club,Williams Island,The Island,The Flamingo Club,"The Island, once accessible only by footbridges, was the center of life at Idlewild from the 1910s into the 1960s. Early advertisements for the resort described Island Park as having a beautiful bathing beach and a small “parlor”, or clubhouse, on the east shore. Built in 1916, the parlor was a social hub. By 1923 the Idlewild Resort Company boasted in the Chicago Defender that the Island had a dance pavilion, saddle horses, a new 62-room hotel, and a “cottage city” of 29 sleeping cottages. Locals called these “doghouses” due to their small size. During the 1930s and 1940s, entrepreneur Virgil Williams ran a hotel and nightclub here. Detroiter Phil Gilles purchased them during the 1940s. For some 20 years Giles’ savvy marketing of Idlewild’s nightlife drew audiences from the Midwest and beyond.","Detroit hotelier Phil Giles opened the Flamingo Club in 1955. A 1956 Chicago Defender article reported it was “classed with the top nighteries” in the nation. As early as the 1920s, resorters had many options for evening activities, including card parties and dances. By the 1930s the Island’s clubhouse had been renovated as the Idlewild Club Casino. During the next thirty years venues with the Paradise Club and the El Morocco featured top African American entertainers, including Sara Vaughan, Jackie Wilson, and the Four Tops. Idlewild’s club scene declined during the 1960s, in part because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which provided equal access to employment in public places and expanded opportunities for black entertainers and audiences alike. The Flamingo closed by 1968.",1002 Martin Luther King Avenue,Idlewild,MI,49642,Yates Township,Lake,17N12W05SWNW,43.89592097,-85.78197956,,African-American History,08/08/2017,f7cba5e0-cdb7-411d-8df5-36d6d7751b6e,0,352,3,"MHC432008004_2.jpg;MHC432008004_1.jpg;MHC432008004_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";;",415998
-84.957624,42.2720420000001,MHC131982026,L989A,2,1982,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Postmasters / Howard F. Young,United States Post Office,Postmasters,Howard F. Young,"
Until the Civil Service reforms of 1883, one became a postmaster through a federal political appointment. Thus, postmasters were usually prominent political leaders of the local community. In 1831 George Ketchum, cofounder of the city of Marshall, became this area’s first postmaster. In 1833 he was followed by the Reverend John D. Pierce, who later became Michigan’s first state superintendent of public instruction. Through the years a stagecoach operator, a banker, a physician, a mayor, and a newspaper publisher have served the community as postmasters.","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 Kalamazoo. His interest in restoring Greek Revival architecture is evident in his Marshall projects, which include the restoration of the Harold C. Brooks and other homes and the conversion of Marshall’s livery stable into a town hall. Young also designed the Brooks Memorial Fountain.",202 East Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NENW,42.272042,-84.957624,,,08/06/2020,5556c284-fe30-4755-a80c-372cd931cfb9,0,353,2,"MHC131982026_1.jpg;MHC131982026_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo","07/12/2020;07/12/2020",415999
-83.7022909999999,43.005878,MHC251973029,L262,2,1973,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan School for the Deaf / Superintendent's Cottage,,Michigan School for the Deaf,Superintendent's Cottage,"In 1848 the Michigan legislature established the Michigan Asylum for Educating the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. Flint was selected as the site for the new institution. The first student arrived on February 6, 1854. After the School for the Blind opened in Lansing in 1880, the Flint facility began serving only deaf children. The curriculum, which combined academics and practical training, emphasized “market gardening and general farming.” Boys studied carpentry, printing, tailoring, and farming, while girls learned the sciences of cooking, sewing, darning, and patching. The school’s mission was to educate deaf children so that they “may earn a living . . . may have culture enough to enjoy that living . . . [and] may be fitted for citizenship.”","The Superintendent’s Cottage, completed in 1890, is the oldest building on the campus of the Michigan School for the Deaf. With the exception of the masonry work, the cottage was built almost entirely by male students. In addition, students made the furniture for the house in the school shops. The building reflects the craftsmanship of the boys who studied under instructors Edwin Barton and James Foss. Student labor saved the state money while preparing the boys for future employment. Construction of the cottage began during an 1880s diptheria epidemic when faculty housing was reorganized to make room for hospital space. Beginning with Francis Clarke and his family, who lived in the house from 1892 to 1913, every superintendent has resided in the cottage.",1301 West Court Street,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.005878,-83.702291,,,08/30/2017,0ab45f32-d354-4498-8ed5-37e3d87f6a90,0,356,0,,,,,416000
-83.8094347699999,42.3334666200001,MHC812012020,L2227,2,2012,2012,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Delhi Bridge / Delhi Bridge,East Delhi Bridge,Delhi Bridge,Delhi Bridge,"The Delhi Bridge was one of many Pratt through truss iron bridges built to order by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, between 1876 and 1899 to span the Huron River. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Once common in Michigan, few bridges of this type survived into the twenty-first century. Built to serve the thriving agricultural village of Delhi Mills, it replaced earlier wooden foot and wagon bridges that crossed the river at a traditional ford. In the 1870s Delhi Mills was home to two flouring mills, a saw and woolen mill, a plaster mill, a train depot, a grocery store and a school. As electricity supplanted water power in the early twentieth century many mill towns fell into decline, including Delhi Mills.","On June 6, 1917, a powerful tornado swept through Washtenaw County, severely damaging Delhi Mills and the Delhi Bridge. The Washtenaw County Red Cross was created that summer to aid the victims of the tornado. Torn from its abutments, the bridge was tossed into the river below. According to local tradition, Edward Outwater and Eli Gallup used a team of horses to salvage the bridge. The bridge reopened the following year. The bridge was closed between 2005 and 2009 and then rehabilitated in response to the efforts of the East Delhi Bridge Conservancy. The work maintained the bridge’s original one-lane design and retained its classic Pratt through truss plan, ensuring its continued viability and preserving its aesthetics.",East Delhi Road at Huron River Drive,Scio Township,MI,0,At Southwest corner of bridge,Washtenaw,02S05E02NWSE,42.33346662,-83.80943477,,,03/30/2020,b1db25d8-a7b1-4264-87ca-3847ecfecd46,2008,358,3,"MHC812012020_1.jpg;MHC812012020_2.jpg;MHC812012020_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo","09/12/2012;02/20/2010;02/20/2010",416001
-86.106962,42.787871,MHC701990016,L1780C,2,1990,1991,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church,,Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church,,"In 1865 the Holland Church, the city’s first Christian Reformed congregation, was founded. In 1866 the group bought this lot on what was then Market Street and moved a school here to use as a church. The following year the congregation built a new church and adopted the name True Dutch Reformed Church. It became popularly known as Market Street Church. By 1899 the street and the church were renamed Central Avenue. The present church was built in 1952.",,1 Graves Place,Holland,MI,0,Mounted on the front of the church by the main entrance - the church is on the NW corner of Graves Place and Central Avenue,Ottawa,05N15W29NWSE,42.787871,-86.106962,,3,09/24/2019,732b4141-00bb-4b43-b261-385ff9d1995c,0,359,0,,,,,416002
-88.500623,46.76059,MHC071957040,S135,2,1957,1963,Native People and the French (< 1760),Keweenaw Bay,,Keweenaw Bay,,"This region’s history is long and rich. Father Ménard, the Jesuit missionary, wintered near what is now L’Anse in 1660-61. Near here Father Baraga set up his mission in 1843. He and the head of the neighboring Methodist mission, the Reverend J. H. Pitezel, were good friends. Furs and fish figured prominently in the bay’s early history as a source of economic wealth. In the 1880s and 1890s the area’s timber was cut with Baraga and Pequaming being the centers of lumbering.",,Baraga State Park,Baraga Twp,MI,0,"On US-41, 1/4 mile South of Baraga",Baraga,50N34W01SENW,46.76059,-88.500623,,,07/13/2017,4eba5440-13f5-488c-8dee-3866f5bd57d6,0,360,1,MHC071957040_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,08/01/1957,416003
-84.618823,45.849615,MHC491956046,S34,2,1956,1956,Native People and the French (< 1760),Mackinac Island,,Mackinac Island,,"In 1670 a Jesuit priest, Father Claude Dablon, wintered here. The British in 1781 made it a center of their military and fur-trade activity. The island was occupied by the Americans in 1796. Held by the British during the War of 1812, it became the hub of Astor’s fur empire after 1817. Mackinac was already becoming a popular resort when fur trading declined during the 1830s.",,Market Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,Near City Hall and Astor Street,Mackinac, ,45.849615,-84.618823,,,09/05/2017,28a90130-5a82-4e3f-bfe0-38ce724ef343,0,361,1,MHC491956046_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/28/2015,416004
-83.0141399999999,42.3421450000001,MHC821956027,S70,2,1956,1977,Revolution and War (1760-1815),The Battle of Bloody Run,,The Battle of Bloody Run,,"Near this site in late July 1763, the British and Indians fought the fiercest battle of Chief Pontiac’s uprising. As Captain James Dalyell led about 260 soldiers across Parent’s Creek, the Indians launched a surprise attack, which devastated the British. Dalyell and some sixty of his men were killed, and the creek became known as Bloody Run. This battle marked the height of Pontiac’s siege of Detroit, a struggle which he was forced to abandon three months later.",,3321 East Jefferson Ave.,Detroit,MI,0,"Wall-mounted on the brick building that is titled ""The Players""; located near the intersection of Adair Street",Wayne, ,42.342145,-83.01414,,,09/11/2019,b0e21321-cd16-4ec5-bd28-38d11628efe0,0,362,0,,,,,416005
-83.871902,41.8367900000001,MHC461984007,L1146C,2,1984,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad / Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad,,Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad,Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad,"The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833, to connect present-day Toledo, Ohio, with the Kalamazoo River; however, the track never reached beyond Adrian. The first train arrived in Adrian on October 1, 1836. In 1837 the E&K contracted for the transport of “the Great Western Mail.” From 1852 to 1857 the line, then part of the Michigan Southern Railroad, was a link in an early rail route from the east coast to Chicago. As part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the New York Central, the Penn Central, and the Conrail systems, the E&K carried passengers until November 1956.","Blissfield was once a stop on the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road, the first passenger railway in the Northwest Territory. On October 1, 1836, the first train, a horse-drawn wooden car running on iron strips spiked to oak rails, left Toledo and traveled the thirty-three miles to Adrian. Advertisements in the Toledo Blade boasted that the train saved travelers two days in their trip to Adrian, where they connected with coaches bound for Michigan City, Chicago, and the Wisconsin Territory. Passengers paid $2.25 for a full ticket in the “pleasure car.” In June 1837 the E&K replaced horsepower with a locomotive. The E&K existed as a leased railroad and paid dividends to investors for more than 125 years.",Beagle Road and Main Street,Blissfield,MI,0,"Replacement marker with revised text was erected in 2001; located by the tracks at the intersection of Beagle Road and Main Street",Lenawee,07S05E30SWSE,41.83679,-83.871902,,,09/05/2019,4840b41d-eda9-4f5d-9680-38e0c7b091bb,0,363,1,MHC461984007_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416006
-83.9648759999999,43.4172580000001,MHC731975006,L415,2,1975,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saginaw Valley Lumbering Era / Saginaw Valley Lumbering Era,,Saginaw Valley Lumbering Era,Saginaw Valley Lumbering Era,"The Saginaw River Watershed has been crucial in the development of Michigan. In the 1830s when white settlers moved into the area, they discovered the rich timberlands and hundreds of miles of rivers, providing an excellent base for lumbering, which soon thrived in the area. In 1834 Gardner and Ephraim Williams opened the first steam mill at the foot of Mackinaw Street in Saginaw. By 1854 the Saginaw Valley had become the leading producer of lumber in the state, a distinction it held for the next forty years. In 1869 the watershed area alone was earning seven million dollars yearly from lumbering, and Michigan was producing more lumber than any other state.","This extraordinary output was possible because of a carefully organized process, which was constantly improved through invention and imagination. Cooperative boom companies were formed to collect the logs and float them downstream to the mouth of the tributaries. Using company marks, the logs were separated at this point into floating booms, and then formed into rafts, held together by rope and wedge-shaped oak pins. The Saginaw was one of the few rivers to use wooden pins extensively. The greatest impact on production, however, was made by saws. A series of refinements in blades and the introduction of gang saws increased capacity so dramatically that in one year, 1882, the Saginaw yielded one billion board feet of lumber. By the 1890s the loggers had depleted their raw material and much of mid-Michigan was cutover, barren land. The Saginaw lumbering era had come to an end.",111 South Michigan,Saginaw,MI,0,Saginaw County Building,Saginaw,12N04E26SWNE,43.417258,-83.964876,,Timber Industry,07/24/2017,f4782407-1876-4360-b515-38fac35f0431,0,364,0,,,,,416007
-86.19508266,43.0755887,MHC702009016,S714,2,2009,2009,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Winsor McCay/Winsor McCay,,Winsor McCay,Winsor McCay,"Winsor McCay (c.1867-1934), A pioneer in cartoon animations, first received acclaim for his artwork as a pupil in Spring Lake´s Union School. His blackboard sketch of the 1880 wreck of the SS Alpena inspired a photographer to take a picture of the drawing and sell the prints. As a youth McCay worked at the local Clinker boat works and at a sawmill. Around 1886 he enrolled at Cleary College in Ypsilanti. Instead of attending classes, however, he sketched patrons for money in a Detroit dime museum. Stints in Chicago and Cincinnati preceded the artist´s move to New York to work for the Herald newspaper. In 1911 publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst hired McCay as a cartoonist. Hearst´s New York American promoted McCay as ""the Most Brilliant Cartoon Pen on the whole American Scene.""","Originally from Spring Lake, Winsor McCay (c.1867-1934), was likely the most popular cartoonist of the early twentieth century. In addition to drawing newspaper comic strips such as Little Nemo in Slumberland, McCay had a vaudeville act, for which he drew pictures on a blackboard at lightning speed. In 1911 he introduced a moving Little Nemo cartoon into his act, thuss taking his place among animation pioneers. His 1914 film Gertie the Dinosaur comprised ten thousand drawings and launched the first cartoon ""star."" The fluid movement and vivid personalities of McCay's characters influenced illustrators Walt Disney and Walter Lantz. In 1972 the international Animated Film Society, ASIFA ~ Hollywood, created the Winsor McCay Award, one of the highest honors given in the animation industry.",123 East Exchange Street,Spring Lake,MI,49456,,Ottawa,08N16W15SWSE,43.0755887,-86.19508266,,5,08/08/2017,b63b701c-4ce2-427b-8d28-3967cf321b8a,0,366,2,"MHC702009016_2.jpg;MHC702009016_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";",416008
-83.693727,43.035651,MHC251992019,L1861,2,1992,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Oak Park Methodist Episcopal Church,,Oak Park Methodist Episcopal Church,,"Flint automotive giants William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort donated this land for a Methodist Episcopal church on Flint’s growing north side. Between 1900 and 1910, the population tripled, spurred by the formation of General Motors in 1908. The Reverend Frank M. Field organized the Oak Park Methodist Episcopal Church on July 18, 1909. Flint architects George M. Edwards and James F. Sterling designed the Neo-Gothic structure. The congregation dedicated the chapel on May 15, 1910, and the main church October 8, 1916. An addition containing a library, a chapel, and offices was built in 1969.",,2125 North Saginaw,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.035651,-83.693727,,,08/30/2017,d21d8f5f-8f7d-460c-883a-3980c27bff78,0,367,0,,,,,416009
-85.180779,42.3174700000001,MHC131973015,S405,2,1973,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Battle Creek Post Office,,Battle Creek Post Office,,"The second Battle Creek Post Office, one of Albert Kahn’s earliest commissions, opened in 1907. He designed the structure with reinforced concrete supports, an innovation he later used in his internationally renowned factory designs. The building’s stone trim and repeating arches exemplify Second Renaissance Revival architecture. The post office became the Calhoun County Hall of Justice in 1978. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.",,67 East Michigan,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W12NENE,42.31747,-85.180779,,,08/23/2017,0e763fa1-cd34-4189-88b4-39a20854ef1a,1972,368,0,,,,,416010
-85.4861769999999,42.952372,MHC411969002,L75,2,1969,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ada Covered Bridge,,Ada Covered Bridge,,"An act of the legislature in 1867 authorized Ada Township to borrow up to three thousand dollars for the purpose of building or repairing bridges in the township. This bridge was built about that time, apparently by William Holmes. The design for the trusses was patented by Josiah Brown in 1857. A timber bearing his name was uncovered during repair work. The bridge has been threatened by floods a number of times. It is said that farmers used to drive wagons loaded with stone onto the bridge during high water to hold it to the foundation. The bridge was closed to automobile traffic in 1930 and restored by the Kent County Road Commission in 1941.",,Across the Thornapple River at Bronson Street,Ada,MI,0,Near the Ada Leonard Baseball Field. Original bridge demolished. Present bridge is a reconstruction,Kent,07N10W34SWNW,42.952372,-85.486177,,4,11/16/2020,b1bbc4d2-e6fc-4d9e-b12b-39b27ce485c6,0,369,2,"MHC411969002_2.jpg;MHC411969002_4.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/14/2020;11/14/2020",416011
-82.426779,42.989629,MHC741973027,S404,2,1973,1973,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Huron Lightship,Huron Lightship No. 103 (Relief Lightship),Huron Lightship,,"Commissioned in 1921, the Huron began service as relief vessel for other Great Lakes lightships. She is ninety-seven feet long, twenty-four feet in beam, and carried a crew of eleven. On clear nights her beacon could be seen for fourteen miles. After serving in northern Lake Michigan the Huron was assigned to the Corsica Shoals in 1935. These shallow waters, six miles north of Port Huron, were the scene of frequent groundings by lake freighters in the late nineteenth century. A lightship station had been established there in 1893, since the manned ships were more reliable than lighted buoys. After 1940 the Huron was the only lightship on the Great Lakes. Retired from Coast Guard service in 1970, she was presented to the city of Port Huron in 1971.",,Pine Grove Park,Port Huron,MI,0,on the St. Clair River,Saint Clair,06N17E03SENE,42.989629,-82.426779,,,09/13/2017,143379a5-a9f1-48f7-8517-39ba6c718d47,0,370,0,,,,,416012
-84.7442,42.2466200000001,MHC131959002,S212,2,1959,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Albion College,,Albion College,,"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 cornerstone was laid for the first building, and in 1843 the institution opened as the Wesleyan Seminary. In 1861 the power to confer degrees was obtained and the school named Albion College. Support from the Methodist church, a large endowment, and private sources have contributed to its growth as a strong liberal arts college.",,703 E Michigan Ave,Albion,MI,49224,North Ingham Street and Michigan Avenue,Calhoun,03S04W02NWNE,42.24662,-84.7442,,,01/14/2020,f117419e-3061-447f-a26c-39bb84e20a41,0,371,0,,,,,416013
-83.0656519999999,42.3542580000001,MHC821982027,L1037A,2,1982,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Hilberry Theatre,First Church of Christ Scientist,Hilberry Theatre,,"This structure was completed in 1917 for the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Field, Hinchman and Smith—predecessor to the architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls—designed it in a Classical Roman Ionic style. In 1961 Wayne State University acquired the building and converted the auditorium into an open stage theater. Named after the president of the university, Clarence B. Hilberry, the theater was created to house a graduate repertory company, which opened its first season in 1964.",,4743 Cass,Detroit,MI,0,West of Forest Ave,Wayne, ,42.354258,-83.065652,,,09/20/2017,5b775928-c467-4310-8cf1-39d41a13b38d,0,372,0,,,,,416014
-86.609367,41.8012170000001,MHC111962010,S239,2,1962,1963,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Dewey Cannon,,The Dewey Cannon,,"This cannon, captured in the Spanish American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised fourteen hundred dollars for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine. This was the largest contribution, per capita, of any community in the nation. “Three Oaks Against the World,” a local paper proudly boasted. This park was dedicated October 17, 1899, by President William McKinley, and others. Presentation of the cannon took place on June 28, 1900. Guest of honor was Helen Miller Gould, called the Spanish American War’s “Florence Nightingale.” Thousands of people were in attendance on each occasion.",,Maple Street,Three Oaks,MI,0,"Dewey Cannon Park, two blocks north of M-60",Berrien,08S20W02SWSW,41.801217,-86.609367,,,09/22/2017,9d12a2dc-b0e9-4cf3-adb3-39d704e65ee0,0,373,0,,,,,416015
-83.175054,42.303071,MHC821976019,S493,2,1976,1977,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Ford Rouge Plant,,Ford Rouge Plant,,"Henry Ford began construction of this complex on the banks of the River Rouge in April 1917. Here the Ford Motor Company built World War I submarine chasers known as “Eagle” boats. By the mid-1920s this plant was the largest manufacturing center in the world. The transfer of the assembly line from nearby Highland Park to Dearborn in 1927 fulfilled Ford’s vision of an industrial complex which encompassed all aspects of automotive production. The first automobile to be completely assembled here, the Model A, was introduced in December 1927. The Ford Trade School operated at this location for twenty years until 1946. During World War II, massive amounts of materiel for air, amphibious, and land transport were produced. Beginning with raw materials, the Ford Rouge Plant makes component parts and assembles vehicles.",,"Shaeffer Road, south of I-94",Dearborn,MI,0,"Gate No. 2, Miller Road, bounded by Dix Road, the Rouge River, and Rotunda Drive",Wayne, ,42.303071,-83.175054,,Auto Industry,08/17/2017,ca4b7af5-1a60-4140-8bd4-3a21c8ca1ecb,0,374,0,,,,,416016
-83.227818,42.297057,MHC821983004,L1070A,2,1983,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Dearborn Inn / Colonial Homes and Adjacent Buildings,,The Dearborn Inn,Colonial Homes and Adjacent Buildings,"Henry Ford built the Dearborn Inn in 1931 to accommodate overnight travelers arriving at the Ford Airport. Located opposite the inn on Oakwood Boulevard, the airport opened in 1924. The 179-room inn, designed by Albert Kahn, was the world´s first airport hotel. The Georgian-style structure features a crystal-chandeliered ballroom and high ceilings. Its rooms are decorated with reproductions of furniture and fabrics of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The guest quarters along Pilots Row originally were used by the airline´s crews. The inn and the adjacent colonial homes reflect Henry Ford´s fondness for American history.","In 1937 the Dearborn Inn´s accommodations were expanded with replicas of historically famous homes. Constructed on this twenty-three-acre wooded complex, the additions included the Barbara Fritchie House, the Patrick Henry House, the Oliver Wolcott House, the Edgar Allen Poe House, and the Walt Whitman House. The homes are furnished with brass candlesticks on the mantles, English shaving mirrors, brass or pencil four-poster beds, traditional lighting fixtures and Dutch doors. In 1933 the dormitory building was added to house the inn´s employees. It served this purpose until 1961. The fifty-four-unit Motor House was completed in 1960.",20301 Oakwood Blvd,Dearborn,MI,48124,NW of Rotunda Drive,Wayne, ,42.297057,-83.227818,,,01/15/2020,86e8ad50-5be0-4134-83c1-3a29d099f2e6,0,375,0,,,,,416017
-86.447682,43.947936,MHC531997013,S656,2,1997,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ludington Car Ferries / S. S. Badger,,Ludington Car Ferries,S. S. Badger,"
Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry service began on the lakes, eliminating the need to unload and load the cars before and after crossing the lake. Five years later the Pere Marquette, the first steel railroad car ferry on the Great Lakes, sailed from Ludington. The Pere Marquette could carry thirty fully loaded freight cars. By 1930 nine boats made up the Ludington fleet. During the peak season of 1955, the ferries carried 205,000 passengers, 71,000 automobiles, and 141,000 freight cars in nearly 7,000 crossings.","S.S. Badger is one of fourteen ships that served in the Ludington railroad car ferry fleet. Badger and its sister ship S.S. Spartan were built in 1952 by the Christy Corporation of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O). Named for the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University, the boats were a vital commercial link between the two states. The ferries joined the fleet begun in 1897 by the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad. Car ferry traffic peaked during the 1950s, then declined steadily. In 1983 the C&O sold off the last of its fleet, including Badger and Spartan. Badger, newly renovated in 1992, resumed automobile, truck freight, and passenger service between Ludington and Manitowoc.",700 South William St.,Ludington,MI,0,,Mason,18N18W22NWNE,43.947936,-86.447682,,5,07/28/2020,798f076d-7db5-436a-bda1-3a2c84cea601,0,376,3,"MHC531997013_1.jpg;MHC531997013_2.jpg;MHC531997013_3.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front",";07/24/2020;07/24/2020",416018
-85.2583319999999,45.3180550000001,MHC151957054,S136,4,1957,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mormon Kingdom,,Mormon Kingdom,,"About twenty miles northwest of here is Beaver Island. In 1847 James Strang set up a colony for his followers, dissenters from the main body of Mormonism. Strang crowned himself “King James” in 1850. Hatred of the sect by non-Mormons led to the Battle of Pine River in 1853 at present-day Charlevoix. On June 16, 1856, because they hated his authoritarian rule, some of Strang’s subjects mortally wounded him. Later in the summer, mainlanders drove the Mormons from Beaver Island.",,City Dock Park,Charlevoix,MI,0,,Charlevoix,34N08W26SWNW,45.318055,-85.258332,,,01/29/2020,fc24b9cd-9362-43fd-ad01-3ab5cad8f2b1,0,377,0,,,,,416019
-83.751123,42.3578460000001,MHC811976017,S494,2,1976,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Patrick's Church,,St. Patrick's Church,,"Catholicism in Northfield Township dates from the early nineteenth century. In 1829 Father Patrick O’Kelly, a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, was sent to the area to minister to the Irish Catholics who were settling in southwestern Michigan. The first parish church, a log structure, was completed on this site in 1831. Originally named St. Brigid, this is the oldest English-speaking Catholic parish in the state. The present Gothic Revival-style church was completed and dedicated in 1878. The parish was renamed St. Patrick’s at that time. The rectory was completed in 1890. In 1917 the church and rectory were badly damaged by a cyclone; however, both were rebuilt in subsequent years. Serving the area for 150 years, the parish continues to reach out to the needs of the surrounding community.",,5671 Whitmore Lake Road,Ann Arbor,MI,48105,Intersection of W. Northfield Church and Whitmore Lake Roads,Washtenaw,01S06E29SWSE,42.357846,-83.751123,,,07/23/2019,c2440d03-bbaf-423c-8327-3ae612dff451,0,378,0,,,,,416020
-83.737047,42.2811300000001,MHC811973003,S415,2,1973,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Governor Alpheus Felch,,Governor Alpheus Felch,,"Born in Maine in 1804, Felch graduated from Bowdoin College in 1827. Entering the legal profession, he moved to Michigan in 1833 and after 1843 resided in Ann Arbor. A lifelong Democrat, Felch was governor in 1846-47, serving previously as justice of the state supreme court and as a member of the first three legislatures. Rising to national prominence, he was U.S. senator in 1847-53 and was then appointed to a commission to settle Spanish land claims in California. Returning to Ann Arbor in 1856 he resumed his law career, serving as Tappan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan in 1879-83. On Felch’s ninetieth birthday this park was named in his honor. He died two years later, in 1896.",,121 Fletcher,Ann Arbor,MI,0,SE corner of E. Huron & Fletcher,Washtenaw,02S06E28SWNW,42.28113,-83.737047,,Governors,07/21/2020,ad34154d-a294-45ce-855d-3b09f3319125,0,379,1,MHC811973003_1.jpg,University of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,07/20/2020,416021
-85.7009889999999,42.9830160000001,MHC411988018,L1603A,2,1988,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Villa Maria,,Villa Maria,,"Villa Maria was founded by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in 1904 as a haven for destitute young women. Many girls came here seeking shelter from negligent or abusive families; in later years some were referred by social service agencies. Villa Maria’s mission was not only to educate, but to teach self-discipline and offer the women a new start. Residents learned a variety of skills so that they could become independent. The home was first located on Bridge Street and moved to the present site in 1904. In 1985 it became a retirement center.",,1315 Walker NW,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N12W23NENW,42.983016,-85.700989,,,09/01/2017,a953c89c-075f-467d-9809-3bae46faa4ef,0,380,0,,,,,416022
-83.0998989999999,42.410217,MHC821956010,S3A,2,1956,1956,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Home of the Model T,Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant,Home of the Model T,,"Here at his Highland Park Plant, Henry Ford in 1913 began the mass production of automobiles on a moving assembly line. By 1915 Ford built a million Model T’s. In 1925 over nine thousand were assembled in a single day. Mass production soon moved from here to all phases of American industry and set the pattern of abundance for twentieth century living.",,Woodward Avenue,Highland Park,MI,0,"near the intersection of Sears Street and Woodward Avenue. Site No. S3 was also used for the ""Highland Park Plant"" marker that is located at 14100 Woodward Avenue, Highland Park. (special permission was given to do this)",Wayne,01S11E13NWSW,42.410217,-83.099899,,Auto Industry,02/04/2020,bd642c3a-9211-40c1-a4e0-3bc46bfb7e9b,0,381,1,MHC821956010_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,09/23/1961,416023
-88.4458989999999,47.2384300000001,MHC311990037,L1714C,2,1990,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Suomi Synod,,Suomi Synod,,"On March 25, 1890, nine Lutheran congregations, representing twelve hundred Finnish immigrants, assembled at Trinity Lutheran Church in Calumet and organized the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America - Suomi Synod. Four pastors and seventeen laymen from congregations in Calumet, Hancock, Jacobsville, Republic, Ishpeming, Negaunee, and Ironwood, Michigan, as well as Savo, South Dakota, chose the Reverend Juho K. Nikander as the first president of the synod. By the 1920s the synod had become a national church body with 153 congregations and thirty-six thousand members. In 1963 it merged with Lutheran churches of Swedish, German, and Danish descent to form the Lutheran Church In America. The Calumet congregation, Faith Lutheran Church, is a continuation of the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian group that met in Trinity Lutheran in 1890.",,Faith Lutheran Church Depot and Laurium,Calumet,MI,0,,Houghton,56N33W24SWNW,47.23843,-88.445899,,,08/30/2017,4829de77-8dde-4dd8-931e-3bdd4c6c4f49,0,382,0,,,,,416024
-83.802545,42.4434870000001,MHC471986028,S583C,4,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hamburg / Edwin B. Winans,,Hamburg,Edwin B. Winans,"The year 1831 marked the arrival of Hamburg’s first settlers—Felix Dunlavey, Jesse Hall, Calvin Jackson, Cornelius Miller, and Heman Lake—and their families. In 1835 Ann Arbor merchant E. F. Gay and Amariah Hammond purchased thirty acres of land in this area, constructed a dam, and built the area’s first sawmill. By 1837 the two men had sold their interests to the Grisson brothers, who had emigrated from Hamburg, Germany, in 1834. The Grissons also managed a store, a gristmill, and a hotel. In 1837 the village of Hamburg was platted, and in 1840 its post office was established. John Grisson was the first postmaster. One hundred and fifty years after its founding, the village of nine hundred residents boasted a historic Episcopal church, a volunteer fire department, several stores and factories, a library, a cemetery, and a township hall.","
Edwin B. Winans (1826-1894) was the first Democrat to be elected governor of Michigan after the Civil War. Serving a two-year term starting in 1890, he instituted the secret ballot system. A native of New York, Winans moved to Livingston County, Michigan, at the age of eight. He attended Albion College and the University of Michigan Law School before leaving the state to seek his fortune in the California gold rush. In 1858 he returned to Michigan and purchased a four hundred-acre farm in Hamburg. He enjoyed an active political career, serving as state representative (1861-1864), constitutional convention delegate (1867), township supervisor (1872-1873), Livingston County probate judge (1877-1881), and congressman (1883-1886). He died at his Winans Lake estate in Hamburg Township in 1894.",10964 Hamburg Road,Hamburg,MI,0,"corner of Hamburg Road and Strawberry Lake Road - Outside Hamburg Cemetery by second driveway - may also be listed as Whitmore Lake, MI",Livingston,01N05E25SESW,42.443487,-83.802545,,"Governors,5",06/22/2021,d99f2d3b-3e7d-4b2f-b659-3be3a05fa8d2,0,383,0,,,,,416025
-83.146733,42.484806,MHC631988026,L1562A,2,1988,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Royal Oak Methodist Episcopal Church,First United Methodist Church,Royal Oak Methodist Episcopal Church,,"On May 3, 1918, the Royal Oak Tribune boasted that, “architecturally and artistically,” the new Methodist Episcopal Church was “the achievement of a master mind.” William E. N. Hunter, a Detroit architect and Methodist who designed many Protestant churches, provided the plans for this Collegiate Gothic-style church, now known as First United Methodist Church. The Methodist Episcopal congregation was the first church organized in Royal Oak. It was established in 1838, and five years later its members built a wood-frame church on this site. In 1894 the frame church was replaced with one built of bricks manufactured and donated by Edwin A. Starr. By 1915 a new church was needed to accommodate the growing membership. The education wing was added in 1928.",,8320 West Seventh Street,Royal Oak,MI,0,,Oakland,01N11E21SENE,42.484806,-83.146733,,,09/12/2017,a9e4143d-7714-498e-93f5-3bfcd5a88cf8,0,384,0,,,,,416026
-86.179384,44.324793,MHC512016003,L2283,2,2016,2016,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Scandinavian Lutheran Society / Norwalk Lutheran Church,,Scandinavian Lutheran Society,Norwalk Lutheran Church,In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to satisfy both groups. In 1884 Ole and Mary Johnson donated this land for the construction of the society’s first church and cemetery. The church was built circa 1888. The society began using the cemetery around 1893. Many of those buried here were descendants of the society’s founders.,"In 1916 the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town’s first church burned down. That same year, they began to build this church, based on plans drawn by Reverend Ole Stenson and an unknown carpenter. Craftsman John Olson led the construction effort. He made the altar, baptismal font, pulpit, lectern and window frames in his basement. The building was dedicated in 1920. It later became known as Norwalk Lutheran Church and has been renovated several times.",5614 Chippewa Hwy (US-31 North),Manistee,MI,0,"Between Milarch & Kerry Roads, at Norwalk Lutheran Church",Manistee,22N15W07SWNW,44.324793,-86.179384,,,03/26/2020,574e5711-11d6-4eef-a435-3c13f1a2dcab,0,385,5,"MHC512016003_1.jpg;MHC512016003_2.jpg;MHC512016003_3.jpg;MHC512016003_4.jpg;MHC512016003_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;;Manistee County Historical Society;Kathy Lambert","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo",";;;08/30/1914;09/01/2014",416027
-84.13870811,43.2998532400001,MHC732005013,L2151C,2,2005,2005,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Early St. Charles,Home of Hiram Davis-First Settler/Lumberjack Park,Early St. Charles,,"In 1852 Hiram Davis built the first house in St. Charles here, at the forks of the Bad River. The log house measured 18 by 26 feet. Only rough trails existed at the time so goods were transported by canoe or raft or pack. Davis helped build the Chesaning Road, which encouraged settlement. The township was organized in the Davis house in 1853 and named for lumberman and investor Charles Kimberly, who built the first store that year. By 1860 thriving St. Charles had 500 residents, 2 steam sawmills, 2 hotels, 4 general stores, 2 churches, district schools, and a library association. In 1912 Davis’ daughter Sarah Davis Lytle recalled the first frame house, which had stood near their log home. She suggested that this site be named “Pioneer Park” and that a memorial or marker be erected.",,500 Block of E. Water,St. Charles,MI,48655,Between Miami and Vine Streets,Saginaw,10N03E05SWNE,43.29985324,-84.13870811,,,08/08/2017,ced4f3a0-5c53-4435-aef4-3c1f880a42c4,0,386,0,,,,,416028
-83.01775,42.34544,MHC821975012,S453,2,1975,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Elmwood Cemetery,,Elmwood Cemetery,,"In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentlemen formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and utilized the ideas of the famous nineteenth-century landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Parent’s Creek, renamed Bloody Run after the battle fought between Pontiac and the British in 1763, serves as the focus in the informal country garden landscape. Albert and Octavius Jordon designed the handsome Gothic Revival chapel, which opened for services in 1856. The chapel’s limestone walls blend into the natural ravine and tree-shaded paths. Famous people buried here include General Russell Alger, geologist Douglass Houghton, and Territorial Governor Lewis Cass.",,Robert Bradley Dr,Detroit,MI,0,one block north of Lafayette Boulevard and Mount Ellison Street,Wayne, ,42.34544,-83.01775,,,09/20/2017,05d1eea4-7af7-47d3-a2d4-3c6ccc114eb2,0,387,0,,,,,416029
-86.432018,35.871316,MHC991966009,S279,2,1966,1966,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan / Michigan,Stones River Battlefield,Michigan,Michigan,THE STATE OF MICHIGAN HAS ERECTED THIS MARKER TO HER BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS SONS WHO FOUGHT AT STONES RIVER TO PRESERVE THE UNION.,"This marker is dedicated to all the Michigan soldiers engaged in this great battle, to the seventy-one men who lost their lives and to the six regiments which fought bravely for their country: Twenty-first Michigan Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William B. McCreery (Flint), 18 killed, 89 wounded, 36 missing; Eleventh Michigan Infantry, commanded by Colonel William Stoughton (Sturgis), 30 killed, 84 wounded, 25 missing; Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, commanded by Colonel Michael Shoemaker (Jackson), 17 killed, 72 wounded; Fourth Michigan Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Robert H. G. Minty (Detroit), 1 killed, 7 wounded, 12 missing; First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, commanded by Colonel William P. Innes (Grand Rapids), 2 killed, 9 wounded, 5 missing; First Michigan Artillery Battery, Company A, commanded by Colonel Cyrus O. Loomis (Coldwater), 1 killed, 10 wounded, 2 missing. Michigan men fought at Stones River for the preservation and perpetuity of the Union.",Stones River Natl. Battlefield,Murfreesboro,TN,0,Stones River Battlefield - Tennessee,,,35.871316,-86.432018,,Civil War,02/03/2020,25eede83-1737-43c9-a92e-3c7332d4fb7a,0,388,2,"MHC991966009_1.jpg;MHC991966009_2.jpg","Rebecca Schmitt;Rebecca Schmitt","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","02/19/2020;02/19/2020",416030
-84.67723667,45.02913428,MHC692005012,L2149,2,2005,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Mary´s Catholic Church / St. Mary´s Catholic Church,Mount Carmel Centre,St. Mary´s Catholic Church,St. Mary´s Catholic Church,"St. Mary’s Church began as a mission of the Catholic diocese of Grand Rapids. The first church was built around 1884. The parish grew to become a predominantly Polish congregation while under the pastorate of Father Casimir Skory (1892-1905). In 1893 Father Skory founded St. Mary’s School, which was served by the Dominican Sisters. Father Skory was instrumental in the planning and construction of this church in 1900.","The Neo-Gothic St. Mary’s Catholic Church has been a Gaylord landmark since it was dedicated on September 15, 1990. When the Diocese of Gaylord was established in 1972, the church became the cathedral. The diocese built a new cathedral in 1976 and closed St. Mary’s. In 1985 a local group, fearing the building would be razed, purchased it for use as a performing arts center, which they named the Mount Carmel Centre.",147 N. Otsego St.,Gaylord,MI,49735,Livingston Township,Otsego,31N03W33SESE,45.02913428,-84.67723667,,,10/14/2020,9d253dec-3a68-4031-93b8-3c927416e6d6,0,389,0,,,,,416031
-84.788489,43.611968,MHC371986006,S574A,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Schoolhouse,United States Indian School School Building,Schoolhouse,,"In 1891 Congress established the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School and appropriated $25,000 for land and buildings. Local citizens contributed an additional thirty-four hundred dollars for the land. First occupied on June 30,1893, the school building contained eight classrooms and an auditorium. The school, emphasizing academics and vocational training, operated until 1934, with an average enrollment of three hundred. That year the property was transferred to the State of Michigan, becoming the Mount Pleasant branch of the Michigan Home and Training School.",,Harris Street,Mount Pleasant,MI,0,Camput of Mt. Pleasant Regional Ctr for Developmental Disabilities,Isabella,14N04W09SESE,43.611968,-84.788489,,Native People,12/01/2016,793f37c7-2d7d-4ac4-a98d-3d0f65156551,0,390,0,,,,,416032
-83.2631699999999,42.302149,MHC821972027,S386,2,1972,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Joseph's Retreat,,St. Joseph's Retreat,,"In 1885 Michigan’s first private mental institution was located here under the guidance of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. In 1855 the Sisters at St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit had begun the care of the mentally ill, formerly confined to prisons and poorhouses. In 1860 they opened a separate facility, the Michigan State Retreat, which was incorporated in 1883 as St. Joseph’s Retreat. The original brick building situated on these 140 acres of farmland and lawns overlooking the River Rouge was enlarged and encircled by outer structures to accommodate four hundred patients. At first these included Civil War veterans; later alcoholics, drug addicts and other curables were rehabilitated. In 1962 the retreat was closed since it no longer met pressing needs; the impressive structure was subsequently razed.",,23300 Michigan Avenue,Dearborn,MI,0,at Outer Drive,Wayne,,42.302149,-83.26317,,4,09/20/2017,c3e16445-23ff-45b3-b647-3d1ddc0deed6,0,391,1,MHC821972027_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416033
-84.4750142,43.4079002600001,MHC292009006,L2214,2,2009,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Drake House,Wilkie and Rhoda Drake House,Drake House,,"This house was built in 1907 for Wilkie and Rhoda Waggoner Drake. Upon graduating from medical school in 1902, Wilkie Drake (1875 - 1963) practiced near Detroit and then came to Breckenridge to begin a career that lasted more than sixty years. After the doctor's death in 1963 the house passed to the Drakes' daughter, naturalist and author (Mary) Margaret Drake Elliott (1904 - 1999) of Muskegon. Upon her death, Elliott bequeathed the house and its contents to the Breckenridge/Wheeler Area Historical Society.",,328 E. Saginaw Street,Breckinridge,MI,48615,Corner of Saginaw & 4th,Gratiot,12N01W30NWNE,43.40790026,-84.4750142,,,08/16/2017,83d88f82-a71e-4b1d-8663-3d4ba0eec0cb,0,392,0,,,,,416034
-83.23988,42.7866930000001,MHC631979008,L709A,2,1979,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Predmore House,Joshua C. Predmore House,Predmore House,,"This Carpenter Gothic-style house was built in 1879 for Joshua C. Predmore (1837-1912). A Civil War veteran, Predmore was on guard duty at the White House the night President Lincoln was assassinated. He was mustered out of the service in 1868. Returning to Lake Orion, he became a merchant, running a general store for forty years. Predmore held local offices from village president to councilman and was township clerk at the time of his death. The restored house features three original lattice archways and two oak fireplaces, one in the front parlor and one in the living room.",,244 North Broadway,Lake Orion,MI,0,SW corner of Church Street,Oakland,04N10E02NESE,42.786693,-83.23988,,Civil War,09/12/2017,ac3ac08b-0969-4d5d-9f9b-3dc121fe3139,0,393,0,,,,,416035
-84.7777579999999,43.599406,MHC371972009,L189A,2,1972,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint John's Episcopal Church,,Saint John's Episcopal Church,,"A mission was organized in Mount Pleasant in 1876, and in 1882 the present building was begun. Local businessman William N. Brown contributed most of the building funds, and the bricks and lumber were made in his plants. The interior design of St. John’s was adopted from a chapel on the English estate of the Duke of Devonshire. The Right Reverend George D. Gillespie consecrated the church in a three-hour ceremony on January 10, 1884, after which parishioners repaired to a local hotel for a ten-course dinner.",,206 West Maple St,Mount Pleasant,MI,0,,Isabella,14N04W15SESW,43.599406,-84.777758,,,09/01/2017,2dea8836-4e74-4faf-825f-3dc36d749a2e,0,394,0,,,,,416036
-83.6568329999999,43.003901,MHC252000011,L2085C,2,2000,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church,,Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church,,"Founded in 1875 and named in memory of Paul Quinn, the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Quinn Chapel is the oldest black congregation in Genesee County. This building, dedicated in 1957, is the congregation’s third house of worship. A debate society organized by the young men of the church paid the debt on the first church building, erected in 1877, with admission fees earned from its Friday evening debates. In 1912 a large brick structure replaced the original frame church. The city of Flint demolished that building in 1955 to make way for the Civic Center.",,2101 Lippincott Blvd,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee,07N07E17SESE,43.003901,-83.656833,,African-American History,08/30/2017,fc06de6e-5e29-45dc-b1e3-3dc7174d8757,0,395,0,,,,,416037
-85.640327,44.7785640000001,MHC451972003,L214,2,1972,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Greilickville,,Greilickville,,"This village was first known as Norristown, in honor of Seth and Albert Norris, who opened a gristmill here about 1853. In the mid-1850s Godfrey Greilick and sons, natives of Bohemia, built a small, water-powered sawmill. The steam-powered Greilick Brothers mill replaced this in a few years. Until its destruction by fire about 1907 the mill was one of the most important on Grand Traverse Bay, cutting in 1883 8.5 million feet of hardwood lumber. Other industries in the nineteenth century included a brickyard, brewery, and tannery. When the Manistee and Northeastern Railroad entered town in 1892, the station was called Greilicks, and soon the village also took this name. Population peaked at about two hundred, and in 1902 the post office was discontinued.",,13501 S. W. Bay Shore Drive,Traverse City,MI,49683,"Elmwood Township´s Greilickville Harbor Park, next to Municipal Marina",Leelanau,28N11W33SWSE,44.778564,-85.640327,,Timber Industry,01/15/2020,6ef3af08-2480-4385-b5f8-3dcda1010456,0,396,1,MHC451972003_1.jpg,,Marker Photo - Front,,416038
-85.063473,42.985261,MHC341973032,S408A,2,1973,1973,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Fred W. Green,Governor Fred W. Green House,Fred W. Green,,"Governor of Michigan, 1927-1931, Fred W. Green was born in Manistee in 1872 and grew up in Cadillac. A partner in the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company, he moved the business to Ionia in 1904. Attracted to politics, he served twelve terms as mayor of Ionia and ten years as treasurer of the Republican State Central Committee. While mayor, he had this handsome Mission-style house built, completing it in 1924. An avid sportsman, his administration was characterized by an expanding fish planting program and acquisition of seven state parks. In 1931 he returned to private life and to his favorite pastimes, hunting and fishing. He died in 1936 near Munising.",,320 Union St,Ionia,MI,48846,,Ionia,07N06W19NWNE,42.985261,-85.063473,,Governors,04/18/2019,fe370c27-1f1b-411c-8d4b-3dcfea3b0ff4,0,397,1,MHC341973032_1.jpg,,Site Photo w/Marker,06/24/2017,416039
-85.597426,42.332749,MHC391987044,L1445B,2,1987,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Cooper Congregational Church / Cooper Congregational Church,First Congregational Church of Cooper,Cooper Congregational Church,Cooper Congregational Church,"This church was built in 1856 with money raised from the sale of family church pews—a popular fund-raising method used in new England and New York. Ephraim Delano, George Delano, George Hart, A. R. Allen, A. W. Ingerson, Allen Chappell and John Walker built the church on land donated by Barney and Eliza Earl. The cornice returns, triangular pediments and square louvered belfry, containing a bell cast by Meneely and Kimberly of Troy, New York, reflect the church’s Greek Revival styling.","In 1843 the Reverends Mason Knappen and Ova Hoyt organized the Cooper Congregational Church with families from New York and Vermont. Church founders included Laura Blanchard; John and Betsy Borden; Mace, Nancy and John Borden; Matilda Delano; David Deming; Eliza Earl; Lydia Hart; Fidelia Pratt; William and Susan Lyman; and Almon and Phoebe Monroe. These members first worshipped in a log schoolhouse at Cooper Centre. The present church was erected in 1856.",8071 Douglas Avenue,Cooper Township,MI,0,between C and D Avenues,Kalamazoo,02S11W04NWNE,42.332749,-85.597426,,,09/01/2017,239a30d0-6b9b-45c1-a7bc-3e04042276d6,0,398,0,,,,,416040
-83.591831,42.9310130000001,MHC251989051,L1680B,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),William Ray Perry House,Perry Settlement,William Ray Perry House,,"In 1894 William Ray Perry built this house on the farm that was purchased by his father in 1829. The Queen Anne house displays Eastlake ornamentation. Perry’s forbearers had arrived in New England in 1650. In 1825 Edmund Perry, William’s great-uncle, moved his immediate family from Rhode Island to the Grand Blanc area; other family members followed. The Perrys were the township’s second pioneer family, and this vicinity became popularly known as the “Perry Settlement.”",,6025 Perry Rd.,Grand Blanc Township,MI,0,,Genesee,06N07E13NWNW,42.931013,-83.591831,,,08/30/2017,0be1f606-aabd-4803-8648-3e09ba08fa5a,0,399,0,,,,,416041
-83.684091,42.4975910000001,MHC471973028,S406,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kinsley S. Bingham,Bingham House,Kinsley S. Bingham,,"Twenty-five-year-old Kinsley Bingham left his New York home in 1833 saying: “Give me $500 and let me go to Michigan and I’ll be governor in two years.” He settled here, constructing this handsome Greek Revival house in 1842. Bingham’s boast was not exaggerated, since he was elected to the legislature in 1836, serving five terms, and was U.S. Congressman from 1847 to 1851. Adamantly opposed to slavery, he broke from the Democratic Party of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. The Republican Party chose Bingham as its candidate for governor in Jackson’s famous “Under the Oaks” convention of 1854. Six months later he took office as the nation’s first Republican governor, and in 1856 he was reelected. Becoming U.S. senator in 1859, Bingham died here on October 5, 1861.",,13270 Silver Lake Rd,Brighton,MI,0,"Between Kensington (Peer) & Dixboro Rds; listed as Green Oak Twp for city",Livingston,01N06E12SENW,42.497591,-83.684091,,Governors,01/03/2020,3cceccc6-8946-48d8-ac5a-3e12a00ea627,0,400,0,,,,,416042
-84.774078,43.6062430000001,MHC371973001,L223A,2,1973,1975,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Doughty House,,Doughty House,,"Built about 1865 this oldest remaining house in Mount Pleasant was purchased by Wilkinson Doughty in 1869. An early hardware and dry goods merchant, Doughty was a town trustee, and a founder of Central Michigan Normal School, now Central Michigan University. A carefully preserved example of balloon frame pioneer architecture, the house has remained in the family since Doughty’s death in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.",,301 Chippewa Street,Mount Pleasant,MI,0,,Isabella,14N04W15SWNE,43.606243,-84.774078,,,09/01/2017,a3506f8c-4c30-4d4b-bcd0-3e22797b67dc,1974,401,0,,,,,416043
-82.937358,42.3825340000001,MHC821996020,L1995,2,1996,2001,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Defer Elementary School,,Defer Elementary School,,"In 1921 Rural Agricultural District No. 1 consolidated five fractional districts, bringing together students who previously met in five separate schoolhouses. Defer Elementary School, the first school built after the consolidation, was named in honor of George Defer (1880-1927) who served as a village trustee and president and as a state senator. Constructed in 1924, in the Tudor Revival style, the school was designed by Detroit architect George J. Haas and decorated with Pewabic ceramic tiles. By 1927 the neighborhood had grown and the school became overcrowded. In 1928 an addition, which included the conservatory, was built. Defer Elementary School is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,15425 Kercheval Street,Grosse Pointe Park,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.382534,-82.937358,,,09/20/2017,14754f7a-3f94-4015-a8ca-3e435d936fd9,1996,402,0,,,,,416044
-85.483964,43.7012510000001,MHC541975035,L414,2,1975,1976,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,,St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,,"St. Andrew’s Parish was organized in 1870, when Michigan’s logging industry was flourishing. Among its early members were George Stearns, the mayor, and Thomas Lazell, the police magistrate. The simple white pine Gothic Revival church was built by the congregation, and dedicated on January 21, 1872. Part of the Western Michigan Diocese since 1874, St. Andrew’s has served the Big Rapids community for over a century.",,323 South State Street,Big Rapids,MI,0,Corner of Locust,Mecosta,15N10W11SWSW,43.701251,-85.483964,,1,03/05/2021,811262aa-8d1c-4811-b270-3e459c63fefc,0,403,2,"MHC541975035_1.jpg;MHC541975035_2.jpg","Coleen Dice;Coleen Dice","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","05/12/2021;05/12/2021",416045
-84.023177,44.431805,MHC651995002,L1933,2,1995,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Rose Township District No. 5 School,,Rose Township District No. 5 School,,"During the 1903-04 school year Alexander Reid built this two-room school, known commonly as the Lupton Schoolhouse, on land donated by George T. Stanley. Reid had come to Lupton only four years before. The 1904-05 class consisted of ninety-eight children. Classes were held here until 1964. Since then it has served many community groups. In 1993 the Lupton Area Senior Citizens donated the building to the Bible Baptist Church for use as an educational and activities center.",,3668 Cherry St.,Lupton,MI,0,Lupton,Ogemaw,24N03E36SWNW,44.431805,-84.023177,,,09/12/2017,0d6ffb8d-9cc3-4d88-b340-3e6273ac3404,0,404,0,,,,,416046
-84.228369,42.01558,MHC461979033,L672A,2,1979,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wooden Stone School,Cambridge Sixth District School,Wooden Stone School,,"In 1850 the Reverend Robert Wooden built this school, located in Cambridge School District No. 6. It is an example of early fieldstone construction, commonly found in the southern part of the Lower Peninsula. The school closed in 1955, and in 1979 was condemned by Cambridge Township. A group of citizens convinced the township to postpone demolition; in 1983 the site was deeded to the Wooden Old Stone School Association. The group restored the schoolhouse in 1989.",,Stephenson Road and Hawkins Highway,Onsted,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S02E30NENE,42.01558,-84.228369,,,09/05/2017,a4333ebb-231f-411c-a016-3e990947693a,0,405,0,,,,,416047
-83.067549,42.3320000000001,MHC821975016,S470,4,1975,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Tiger Stadium,,Tiger Stadium,,"Baseball has been played on this site since before 1900 and it has been the home of the Detroit Tigers from their start as charter members of the American League in 1901. Standing on the location of an early haymarket, the stadium has been enlarged and renamed several times. Once called Bennett Park with wooden stands for 10,000, it became Navin Field in 1912 when seating was increased to 23,000 and home plate was moved from what is now right field to its present location. Major alterations later expanded its capacity to more than 54,000 and in 1938 the structure became Briggs Stadium. Lights were installed in 1948 and in 1961 the name was changed to Tiger Stadium. The site of many championship sporting events, the evolution of this stadium is a tribute to Detroit’s support of professional athletics.",,2121 Trumbull Ave,Detroit,MI,48216,Per Kim Johnson: Stolen. Marker in place in 2000 report. Missing since 2006.,Wayne, ,42.332,-83.067549,,,02/03/2020,c8847824-f9af-40b3-8b7c-3ee0dabd66b7,0,406,0,,,,,416048
-84.645091,45.8774310000001,MHC491958016,S187,2,1958,1958,Revolution and War (1760-1815),British Landing,,British Landing,,"Here during the night of July 16-17, 1812, a small force of British regulars and several hundred voyageurs and Indian allies from St. Joseph Island landed. They occupied a height that overlooks Fort Mackinac and demanded its surrender. Lieutenant Porter Hanks, commander of the American garrison of fifty-seven soldiers, had not known that war had been declared. Realizing that resistance was hopeless and might provoke an Indian massacre, Hanks capitulated without a fight.",,British Landing Road at Lakeshore,Mackinac Island,MI,0,NW shore of Mackinac Island,Mackinac,,45.877431,-84.645091,,War of 1812,09/05/2017,438a7956-c50b-46ae-9434-3f0fe3c8210f,0,408,1,MHC491958016_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,07/06/2013,416049
-83.065258,42.3531540000001,MHC821976050,L497,2,1976,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Unitarian Universalist Church,,First Unitarian Universalist Church,,"Perry W. McAdow and his wife, Clara, built this elaborate Victorian mansion in 1891. The McAdows, who had earned their fortune in the gold mines of Montana, lived here from 1891 to 1897. The house continued as a private residence until 1913, when it was sold to the Universalist congregation. It was used as a temporary church until 1916, when the congregation completed a new church in the former garden to the north. This structure then became the parish house. In 1934 the Universalist and Unitarian congregations merged acquiring the name, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit. The group uses this structure as a place of meetings and worship for religious liberals. The house, with its notable frescos, paneling, plasterwork, and stained glass was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.",,4605 Cass Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,at the corner of Prentis Street,Wayne,,42.353154,-83.065258,,,09/20/2017,b215eba9-2712-4ddf-be05-3f6044161763,1980,409,0,,,,,416050
-86.059253,42.842279,MHC701990026,L1744C,2,1990,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Noordeloos / Noordeloos Christian Reformed Church,,Noordeloos,Noordeloos Christian Reformed Church,"
A continuous arrival of immigrants from the Netherlands in 1847 and 1848 dotted the Black River region with a number of distinct communities. Noordeloos, which was named for its first pastor’s native village, provided rich soil for farming. Early settlers had previously worshipped in Zeeland, but a distance of five miles and poor roads prompted these parishioners to petition the Classis Holland on April 3, 1856, to organize their own Reformed church. The Reverend Koene van den Bosch, an influential “seceder,” was invited to minister to area settlers. On May 16, 1856, he arrived from Noordeloos, the Netherlands, and was welcomed into the classis. He became the first pastor of the Noordeloos Reformed Church and preached his inaugural sermon from a farmer’s wagon in the woods.","Religious discord in the Netherlands and antipathy with earlier religious leaders in the western Michigan settlements inspired a secession movement in the Reformed church led by the Reverend Koene van den Bosch. At a meeting of the Classis Holland on April 8, 1857, the Reverend van den Bosch presented a letter of secession and, joined by three other churches, founded the Christian Reformed Church. This group, comprised of sixteen families, changed its name to Noordeloos Christian Reformed Church. The secession letter of March 14, 1857, was dated earlier than documents presented by fellow congregations; therefore Noordeloos claims the distinction of being the first congregation of the Christian Reformed Church denomination.",4075 112th Avenue,Holland,MI,0,Holland Twp,Ottawa,05N15W03SESE,42.842279,-86.059253,,5,08/01/2021,6e999c24-9aed-4379-b7a8-3f84bec5001f,0,410,0,,,,,416051
-83.51979374,43.1919619500001,MHC252007005,L2191,2,2007,2007,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Laing-Mason House,Dr. John B. Laing-George W. Mason Homestead,Laing-Mason House,,"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 became one of Otisville’s most important citizens. At his death Laing owned 120 acres of land. The property changed hands six times before being purchased in 1935 by George W. and Frances Mason. George Mason owned the Mason Tackle Company of Otisville, familiar to fishermen worldwide, and operated it out of this house until 1944. The Masons renovated extensively, reportedly using materials – including the west porch columns – salvaged from a Detroit bank that failed during the Depression.",,12420 N. State Road,Otisville,MI,48463,On M-15 between M-57 and Farrand Road Forest Township,Genesee,09N08E15NWNW,43.19196195,-83.51979374,,,08/08/2017,ba5064e3-88f5-4e0e-af4e-3fa542a3c34f,0,411,0,,,,,416052
-85.661536,42.965151,MHC411981047,L915A,2,1981,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),McCabe-Marlowe House,James Gallup House,McCabe-Marlowe House,,"Built between 1865 and 1870 by James and Hanna Gallup, this Victorian-style villa is one of the oldest homes in the Heritage Hill Historic District. Gallup and his family lived here until 1896. The house was later owned by several prominent Grand Rapids residents, including the James Wylie family (major contributors to the Grand Rapids Foundation), the Ennis P. Whitley family, and the Alexander M. Campbell family. In 1945 the house was purchased by Marie McCabe and her niece Wilma McCabe Marlowe. Both women taught science at Grand Rapids Junior College until the 1950s. They opened their home as a social and cultural gathering place for students, faculty, and community leaders. The Grand Rapids Junior College Foundation acquired the property in 1980 so that the house could continue to be used in the tradition begun by Marie McCabe and Wilma Marlowe.",,74 Lafayette Ave NE,Grand Rapids,MI,49503,,Kent,07N11W30SENW,42.965151,-85.661536,,4,11/28/2022,ec473d2b-9995-47c9-a44e-3ff5f1747f04,0,412,1,MHC411981047_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,,416053
-77.616734,39.4706210000001,MHC991986038,S580C,2,1986,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Stonewall Regiment / Stonewall Regiment,"Fox's Gap; Wise's Field; Braddock Heights",Stonewall Regiment,Stonewall Regiment,"More than ninety thousand Michigan men served in the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War. The Seventeenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered at the Detroit Barracks in August 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Withington. The regiment consisted of raw recruits from field, workshop, and schoolroom. One company was composed almost entirely of students from Ypsilanti Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University. With less than a month of military training, the Seventeenth left for Washington, D.C., on August 27, 1862. From there it was sent to the Maryland campaign. On September 14, a little more than two weeks after leaving the state and just three days before the Battle of Antietam, the regiment engaged in battle here.","The Seventeenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was among the units of General Ambrose E. Burnside’s Ninth Army Corps that were engaged in battle here on September 14, 1862. The fighting began around 9:00 a.m. just south of this site. Around noon a Confederate battery opened fire on the regiment, which was supporting Cook’s Massachusetts Battery. The Seventeenth held its position for several hours. At 4:00 p.m. the command was given for an assault along the entire Union line. The Confederates came out of the woods to meet the charge at a fence line in the middle of the field, then moved back to the stone walls along the crest of the hill. The seventeenth advanced and captured the stone walls. Of the five hundred men of the “Stonewall Regiment” engaged in battle here, 27 were killed and 114 wounded, many mortally.",8629 Reno Monument Rd,Middletown,MD,0,"See Comments - marker being stored. This marker is located at Fox´s Gap (Wise´s Field) Information Site in Middletown, Maryland.",, ,39.470621,-77.616734,,Civil War,01/27/2020,38fbcc60-076a-4f59-b641-40351df5d399,0,413,1,MHC991986038_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Back,,416054
-84.963712,42.271481,MHC131973024,L216,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Old Stone Barn,William Prindle Livery Stable/Marshall Town Hall,The Old Stone Barn,,"Built by William Prindle in 1857, this landmark served as a livery stable for over sixty years. It also saw brief use as a stagecoach stop for the lines connecting Coldwater with Lansing. By 1928 it had become an unsightly gas station. Purchased through the efforts of Mayor Harold C. Brooks, its conversion into a city hall by architect Howard Young was completed in time for Marshall’s centennial celebration of 1930.",,323 West Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,S. Kalamazoo at Fountain Circle,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271481,-84.963712,,,08/23/2017,02e1956d-8cd8-43d5-976b-403f1166c2d6,0,414,1,MHC131973024_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Other Photo,07/12/2020,416055
-83.469701,42.3623460000001,MHC821987047,L1377B,2,1987,1987,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sutherland House,William Sutherland House,Sutherland House,,"This house was built for William Sutherland in 1921. A prefabricated semi-bungalow, it was constructed by the Lewis Manufacturing Company of Bay City, which built many such bungalows in Michigan between 1914 and 1940. Sutherland, a horticulturist and land developer, owned a large section of land in southwest Plymouth. After building this house, the first in this area, Sutherland sold the remaining lots to the city for the Sunshine Acres subdivision. Sutherland Street was named in his honor.",,1142 South Main St.,Plymouth,MI,0,,Wayne,01S08E34SENE,42.362346,-83.469701,,,09/20/2017,f3acf123-7278-4fd7-bb62-4073ac5da52e,0,415,0,,,,,416056
-86.969382,46.260498,MHC021987055,L1460,2,1987,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Mikulich General Store,Morgan's Country Store and Museum,Mikulich General Store,,"Traunik was the heart of a large ethnic community that developed in the early 1900s, when Slovenians who cut timber settled on the cutover land. This store, built in 1922-23, was purchased by Louis Mikulich in 1925. Mikulich’s store was the social and economic center for the community. In 1927 Mikulich became postmaster and opened an office in the store. His family’s residence was on the second floor. The Mikulich General Store was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.",,NE corner of County Roads H-01 and H-44,Traunik,MI,0,,Alger,45N21W29SWSW,46.260498,-86.969382,,1,03/08/2021,6e6705ae-09c1-4719-89f0-40b3abdf1f9d,1993,416,0,,,,,416057
-85.4959269999999,42.696291,MHC081972008,L191,2,1972,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Scales´ Prairie,,Scales's Prairie,,"In 1834 Louis Moran, member of a French family prominent in Detroit since the mid-1700s, purchased land here and opened a log tavern and trading post. An Indian settlement called Middle Village was nearby, on the trail from Gull Prairie to Grand Rapids. Moran moved to Grand Rapids about 1837 and his interests were taken over by nineteen-year-old Robert Scales of Kentucky. Since then the area has been known as Scales’s Prairie although its namesake departed after a ten-year residence.",,Corner of Adams and Norris Roads,Thornapple Township,MI,0,"West of M-37; intersection of Norris Road and Adams Road",Barry,04N10W33NWNE,42.696291,-85.495927,,1,01/09/2020,d82da6e3-e8f0-41fd-989f-40b4e052dd8d,0,417,0,,,,,416058
-84.880624,45.405762,MHC242015003,S736,2,2015,2015,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hiawatha Pageant,Hiawatha Indian Play,Hiawatha Pageant,Hiawatha Pageant,"From 1905 to 1915, summer resorters came here to experience “The Indian Play Hiawatha.” Canadian Louis O. Armstrong worked with Ojibwa from the Garden River Reserve in Ontario, to create the pageant. It had been presented in several places, including Europe, when the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway sponsored moving it to this location to attract tourists. Waganakising Odawa from this area joined the Canadian First Nation actors in dramatizing the narration of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1855 poem “The Song of Hiawatha.” The play romanticized Native American life as it provided income for Native actors. Hiawatha Pageants were also held on the Bear River, in Harbor Springs and in Petoskey into the mid-1950s. Other public views of native culture during this time came through pow wows and naming ceremonies.","The pageant that began here in 1905 was based on an Anishnaabek story, though Hiawatha is an Iroquois name. It brought a grandstand, a hotel, an Indian-themed workshop and tea room, and the name Wa-ya-ga-mug to Round Lake. Water separated the audience from the stage; the backdrop was the woods, with tepees more appropriate to the American West than the Great Lakes. At evening pageants, “all the lovely colors from the great bonfires, stage settings and costumes were reflected in the water.” The play ended with Hiawatha standing in a canoe drifting across the water to the words:
Thus departed Hiawatha,
Hiawatha the Beloved.
In the glory of the sunset,
In the purple mists of evening,
To the regions of the home-wind,
Of the Northwest Wind, Keewaydin,
… To the land of the Hereafter.",4505 Hiawatha Trail,Petoskey,MI,49770,Between Barney Road & Powell Road off from Hiawatha Trail. The marker is on the North Western State Trail (bike trail - Petoksey to Mackinaw) .,Emmet,35N05W26NWNE,45.405762,-84.880624,,Native People,03/23/2016,937efa4f-536b-4c30-95d5-40e3ba1f784f,0,418,3,"MHC242015003_1.jpg;MHC242015003_2.jpg;MHC242015003_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","10/08/2015;10/08/2015;10/08/2015",416059
-84.478229,45.73203,MHC491990024,L1752C,2,1990,1990,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Bois Blanc Island / Bois Blanc Island,,Bois Blanc Island,Bois Blanc Island,"On August 3, 1795, Chippewa Chief Matchekewis ceded Bois Blanc to the United States as part of the Treaty of Greenville. The cession also included most of Ohio, part of Indiana, sixteen strategic sites on Michigan waterways, and Mackinac Island. During the War of 1812, U.S. Navy Captain Arthur Sinclair’s fleet took shelter at the island while waiting to attack the British at Fort Mackinac. In 1880 the island provided a haven to alleged murderer Henry English who escaped from Pennsylvania authorities before his trial. He was apprehended on Bois Blanc by Pinkerton agents, returned to Pennsylvania and acquitted. During the twentieth century, Bois Blanc’s wilderness supported a lucrative lumber industry before giving way to tourism. Although primarily a resort in 1990, the island had forty-five permanent residents.","Bois Blanc Island, known as “Bob-lo” to area residents, is twelve miles long, six miles wide and has six lakes. In 1827 the United States government platted the island. The U.S. Coast Guard established a life-saving station at Walker’s Point in 1890. The following year the Pointe Aux Pins Association was formed. In 1908, on behalf of the association, President Walter B. Webb hired the Mason L. Brown Company, a Detroit surveying firm, to plat and record the Pointe Aux Pins subdivision. Pointe Aux Pins was the first resort community on the island. Much of Bois Blanc Island is state-owned forestland containing White and Norway pines that tower two hundred feet tall. As recently as the 1950s, Bois Blanc provided lumber to Mackinac Island where woodcutting is prohibited.",Ferry Dock,Bois Blanc Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.73203,-84.478229,,,09/05/2017,66c2fa77-08c5-44ae-a706-41045343a2f5,0,419,2,"MHC491990024_2.jpg;MHC491990024_1.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","08/04/2017;08/04/2017",416060
-84.7826890599999,42.3999223700001,MHC132005002,L2157,2,2005,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Duck Lake School,,Duck Lake School,,"Duck Lake School is unique in that its construction and operation were privately funded. Stephen Munroe (1813 - 1890), a local physician and logging magnate, had the school erected as a convenience for the children of his extended family and those of local residents. The nearest school was three miles away. The school closed in 1888. It reopened briefly in 1911 to accommodate children from a nearby storm-damaged school.",,26 1/2 Mile Road at U Drive,Springport,MI,49284,Clarence Township,Calhoun,01S04W09SENE,42.39992237,-84.78268906,,,08/08/2017,f43f3076-c572-4f0f-a319-4108904c9c0a,0,420,0,,,,,416061
-84.887108,42.2749590000001,MHC131959008,L1,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Marengo Pioneer Cemetery,,Marengo Pioneer Cemetery,,"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 settlement later named by him Marengo. He built a sawmill on the Kalamazoo River, and was a member of the commission that helped to locate and survey the Territorial Road.",,West Michigan Ave at Twenty-One Mile Road,Marengo,MI,0,Five miles west of Albion,Calhoun,02S05W27NWNW,42.274959,-84.887108,,,08/23/2017,97454462-1027-4701-9bd0-410c5bd85458,0,421,1,MHC131959008_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416062
-86.258031,43.232781,MHC611978005,L601,2,1978,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Union Depot,"Chessie System Depot, Muskegon County Convention and visitor's Bureau,C&O Depot",Union Depot,,"The Union Depot opened in 1895 to serve the Chicago and West Michigan Railway; the Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad; and the Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railroad. A. W. Rush and Son of Grand Rapids designed the Richardsonian Romanesque station. Several national political figures paused at the depot during whistle stop campaigns. In 1896 William Jennings Bryan stopped during the first of three unsuccessful presidential bids. The 1952 campaign brought Republican vice presidential candidate, and future president, Richard M. Nixon to Muskegon, as well as President Harry S Truman who stopped on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. The Union Depot closed in 1971. It was donated to Muskegon County in 1992 and restored as a visitors’ center and museum.",,610 W. Western Avenue,Muskegon,MI,0,,Muskegon,10N16W30NENW,43.232781,-86.258031,,4,01/20/2021,f9b42150-4830-4ce6-bc2e-4169ad1364ff,0,422,1,MHC611978005_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,11/03/2015,416063
-85.603666,42.293052,MHC391972017,L203,2,1972,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Edward Israel Arctic Pioneer,,Edward Israel Arctic Pioneer,,"Near here is the grave of Edward Israel who went on the nation’s first polar expedition, led by Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely. The team set out in 1881 for Ellesmere Island in the Arctic Ocean. Expedition scientist was Israel of Kalamazoo, age twenty-two, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan. He collected valuable astronomical information and assisted Greely in many administrative chores. Disaster struck in 1883 when the relief ship was sunk en route. After a severe winter, eighteen of the twenty-five expedition members died. Israel died on May 27, 1884. The entire city of Kalamazoo, with mixed sorrow and pride, honored Israel when the body was returned in August of that year.",,Mountain Home Cemetery,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"bounded by Main Street, Ingleside Terrace, and Forbes Street",Kalamazoo,02S11W16NESW,42.293052,-85.603666,,,09/01/2017,a5c7a713-c174-46dd-8cee-418636d5d2f2,0,424,0,,,,,416064
-85.624995,42.9605680000001,MHC411962005,S235,2,1962,1962,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Aquinas College,,Aquinas College,,"Aquinas had its beginning in 1887 as the Novitiate Normal School of the Dominican Sisters of Marywood. In 1922 it became Marywood College of the Sacred Heart. When the college was moved downtown in 1931, it became the coeducational Catholic Junior College. It began operating as a four-year college in 1940 and was named in honor of the great medieval theologian and philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas is primarily a liberal arts college. It was moved to this campus, the former Lowe estate, in 1945.",,1607 Robinson SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,near Holmdene building,Kent,07N11W28NWSW,42.960568,-85.624995,,,09/01/2017,4f6f6e43-8401-484b-b586-41b3ca9ef629,0,425,0,,,,,416065
-83.1597409999999,42.1638370000001,MHC821989003,L1693B,2,1989,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Angus Keith House,Seven Gables,Angus Keith House,,"Angus Keith (1819-1899), a Great Lakes steamship captain, was born on Grosse Ile. In 1850 he purchased this property and later built this house. In 1858 Keith married Isabella Norvell, the daughter of John Norvell, who was one of Michigan’s original U.S. senators. Keith’s father, William Keith, commanded both naval and merchant ships. Angus Keith sailed the lakes for forty years and operated commercial vessels including lumber carriers for the Peshtigo Lumber Company.",,9510 Horse Mill Rd.,Grosse Ile,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.163837,-83.159741,,,09/20/2017,4f882d4b-200c-42a2-94b3-41cf9f9baf75,0,426,0,,,,,416066
-84.997556,41.939004,MHC121974042,S445,2,1974,1979,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Wing House Museum / Wing House Museum,,Wing House Museum,Wing House Museum,"Lucius M. Wing (1839-1921), Civil War captain, county sheriff, and prominent businessman, purchased this residence in 1882. That same year he served a term as mayor. Making notable contributions to the industrial, financial and social life of the city, he was the long-time president of a local bank, a manufacturer of cigars, and founder of the Bon Ami Social Club. The house remained in the family for three generations until acquired by the Branch County Historical Society in 1974 for use as a historical museum.","This impressive Scond 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 1847-71 had stood the Parrish flouring mill. Jay, the fourth son of locally prominent Albert Chandler, followed his brothers into the family hardware business. Albert founded the Coldwater Sentinel and served as the city´s first mayor. Jay Chandler sold his home to Lucius Wing in 1882.",27 South Jefferson,Coldwater,MI,0,NE Corner of South Jefferson and East Pearl Street,Branch,06S06W22NWNW,41.939004,-84.997556,,2,01/20/2021,d46adf18-8782-4501-bf85-41d811a9a943,0,427,4,"MHC121974042_2.jpg;MHC121974042_3.jpg;MHC121974042_1.jpg;MHC121974042_4.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/12/2020;08/12/2020;08/12/2020;08/12/2020",416067
-82.98432,42.3701960000001,MHC821975029,S461,2,1975,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Ossian Sweet House / Dr. Ossian Sweet,,Ossian Sweet House,Dr. Ossian Sweet,"African American physician Ossian Sweet and his wife, Gladys, purchased this house in May 1925. When the Sweets moved into their home on September 8 white residents who objected to blacks moving into the neighborhood formed a crowd on the street. The next day hundreds of people converged on the corner of Charlevoix and Garland Streets intent on driving the Sweets from their home. The mob threw rocks and bricks at the house while the Sweets and nine others took refuge inside. In the evening shots rang out and a white man was killed. The police charged the people inside the Sweet house with murder. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hired attorney Clarence Darrow, who argued that people, regardless of their race, have a right to protect their homes.","The murder trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet, his wife, Gladys, and nine others was one of the most celebrated cases in Detroit’s legal history. The Honorable Frank Murphy, a future Michigan governor and U.S. Supreme Court justice, presided, and eminent attorney Clarence Darrow defended. The trial ended in a hung jury with the judge declaring a mistrial. Sweet’s brother Henry was tried separately and acquitted. After the trial, Ossian returned to the medical practice he had started in 1921 following graduation from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and study in Vienna, Austria. His wife and daughter died of tuberculosis in 1926. In 1929 Sweet cofounded Good Samaritan Hospital, which became a tuberculosis hospital in 1936. Ossian Sweet lived in this house until 1944. He died in 1960.",2905 Garland Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne,,42.370196,-82.98432,,African-American History,08/18/2017,130d22ca-98d3-41e7-9acf-41ee19d71ab5,0,428,0,,,,,416068
-87.666263,46.488228,MHC521957024,S139,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ishpeming: Historic Ski Center,Birthplace of Skiing in America/National Ski Hall of Fame,Ishpeming: Historic Ski Center,,"The sport of skiing was introduced to America in the nineteenth century by Scandinavian immigrants. The first ski club in Michigan and one of the first in the country was formed at Ishpeming in 1887. It held its first public ski meet on February 25, 1888. The longest jump was one of thirty-five feet. Since then this city has produced many famous ski jumpers who have gained their experience on renowned Suicide Hill. Here in this city the National Ski Association was formed on February 21, 1904. The National Ski Hall of Fame and Ski Museum is located here because of Ishpeming’s historic role in developing skiing in America.",,610 Palms on US-41,Ishpeming,MI,0,Between Second and Third Streets,Marquette,47N27W10SENW,46.488228,-87.666263,,,09/05/2017,9b3c6fcd-3449-4c27-a4f1-42471024c39d,0,429,1,MHC521957024_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,08/23/1961,416069
-85.601332,42.290643,MHC391956022,S101,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kalamazoo College,,Kalamazoo College,,"This school, Baptist in origin, was chartered in 1833 by the Territory of Michigan as the Michigan and Huron Institute and held its first classes in 1836. Instruction of college level has been given here longer than at any other Michigan school. In 1845 the present campus was purchased. The right to confer degrees was granted in 1855. This pioneer school has won national renown as a liberal arts college with special honor in teaching of the sciences.",,1200 Academy,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Courtyard behind 1200 Academy,Kalamazoo,02S11W16SESW,42.290643,-85.601332,,,04/19/2018,385cb3a0-cfb9-458d-bc0d-4259266a5616,0,430,0,,,,,416070
-85.596287,42.291947,MHC391977037,L565B,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stuart Neighborhood,,Stuart Neighborhood,,"Charles Stuart, politician and lawyer, initiated this residential area with the building of his Italianate house in 1858. Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas visited the Stuart home, which was one of the first on the west edge of the village of Kalamazoo. Later, as the neighborhood developed around that site, Stuart opened Douglas Avenue, which he named in honor of his guest. Most of the early residents of this area, then a suburb, were prosperous businessmen and self-employed craftsmen.",,910 West Main,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"corner of Woodward and West Main - church lot - This is 1 of 3 Stuart Neighborhood markers. Each marker is listed as site no. L565 then marked with an A, B, or C. The text is different on all 3 of the markers.",Kalamazoo,02S11W16SWSE,42.291947,-85.596287,,1,12/22/2020,a3e4aad7-31f0-4dba-8822-426aa84909cd,0,431,2,"MHC391977037_1.jpg;MHC391977037_4.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","11/21/2020;11/21/2020",416071
-83.029278,42.4999920000001,MHC502001007,S674,2,2001,2001,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant / Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant,,Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant,Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant,"Just two decades after the end of World War I, Europe was again at war. Construction of the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant began in 1940, before the U.S. became directly involved in the conflict. The 1941 Lend-Lease Act committed the U.S. to supplying arms to its allies. During World War II the U.S. government contracted with automakers to make tanks, trucks, and planes. William Knudson, president of the General Motors Corporation, led the government’s defense production effort. Capitalizing on the auto industry’s mass production capabilities, he called on Chrysler Corporation president K. T. Keller to build tanks. By the war’s end the arsenal built 22,234 tanks, over one quarter of the tanks produced in the U.S.","
In 1940 the U.S. Army and the Chrysler Corporation hired Detroit architect Albert Kahn to design a self-contained tank plant. Kahn specialized in factories. In 1941 he designed 20 million square feet of defense plants. The first tank rolled off the assembly line at the sprawling Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant on April 24, 1941, amid cheering spectators. The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the U.S. into the Second World War and tank plant workers into round-the-clock production. President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, inspected the plant in September 1942. Two months later workers set the monthly record for all U.S. plants by producing 896 tanks. Tank manufacturing ceased here in 1997.",28201 VanDyke Ave,Warren,MI,0,"In front of building, near courtyard & sidewalk",Macomb,01N12E16SENE,42.499992,-83.029278,,Auto Industry,10/13/2020,bc26e0ac-616b-42e3-9217-428c79f85f85,0,432,0,,,,,416072
-82.4902969999999,42.8272680000001,MHC741985029,L1270A,2,1985,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Mary's Church / St. Mary's Rectory,,St. Mary's Church,St. Mary's Rectory,"In 1850 a Catholic Parish was established in St. Clair by Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, who appointed Father Lawrence Kilroy as the first resident pastor. The parish completed a modest church at the intersection of Fifth and Pine in 1853. In 1864-65, under the leadership of Father Francis VanderBom, the present brick church was completed at a cost of thirteen thousand dollars. Bricks for the church were hand formed and hauled to the site by church women. The present transept was added in 1921 during the pastorate of Father Edward J. Kromenaker (1917-1959).","This picturesque red brick, Queen Anne-style structure was erected as a residence and office for St. Mary’s parish priests in 1886, during the pastorate of Father C. M. B. Schenkelberg. The rectory archives contain the complete sacramental records of all of the early Catholic missionaries in the area, including those of Father Frederic Baraga. The rectory complex has been enlarged over the years with the addition of a garage in 1926, housekeeping quarters in 1953, and office space in 1959.",415 North Sixth,St. Clair,MI,0,Between Vine & Orchard,Saint Clair,,42.827268,-82.490297,,,09/20/2017,809ad105-2a81-4f52-aef7-42d993ea8819,0,433,0,,,,,416073
-84.7766349999999,43.603434,MHC371968003,L69C,2,1968,1968,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Central Michigan University,Central Michigan University First Class,Central Michigan University,,"Founded in 1892 as a private institution, Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute held its first classes on this site. The institution became a state normal school in 1895. After several changes in name, the school became Central Michigan University in 1959.",,103 Rowe Hall,Mount Pleasant,MI,48859,In collections of Musum of Cultural and Natural History. Moved from original location (201 S. Main St.) after Carpenter Building burned.,Isabella,14N04W15NWSE,43.603434,-84.776635,,,09/15/2017,218ac9a8-9ebe-4ee1-b045-42ec783ccc19,0,434,0,,,,,416074
-83.062954,42.3552270000001,MHC821974027,L329,2,1974,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Congregational Church of Detroit,,First Congregational Church of Detroit,,"In 1801 David Bacon and his wife Alice made the first attempt to establish Congregationalism in Detroit. Sent by a Connecticut Congregational society, the Bacons failed in their efforts to build a mission. It was not until 1844 that the First Congregational Society was formed in Detroit. The society erected a building which it soon outgrew. A second structure was dedicated in 1854. The third and present church known as the “Church of the Seven Arches” was completed in 1891. Designed by John L. Faxon, it has Byzantine and Romanesque features. The tower of the church is crowned by a statue of the Angel Uriel. Both the exterior and interior of this church are rich in the colors and symbolism of the Christian religion.",,33 East Forest,Detroit,MI,0,NE corner of Woodward Avenue,Wayne, ,42.355227,-83.062954,,,09/20/2017,a55eb1c3-b0e2-44cb-a621-433eb50bd364,0,435,0,,,,,416075
-83.226546,42.578721,MHC631984002,L1156C,2,1984,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Academy of the Sacred Heart,,The Academy of the Sacred Heart,,"Responding to a request from the Antoine Beaubien family, five religious of the French order of the Sacred Heart came from New York to Detroit in 1851. The religious opened a school on Jefferson Avenue in June of that year with ten day-students and three orphans. From 1851 to 1861 the school occupied three different locations on Jefferson Avenue. In 1861 the religious erected a new school there. It operated for fifty-seven years. From 1918 to 1958 the school was located on Lawrence Avenue. In addition to their Detroit endeavors, the religious operated a boarding school in Grosse Pointe Farms from 1885 to 1969. In 1958 the Detroit school was moved to Bloomfield Hills. It is the oldest continuing school among the members of the Independent Schools of Michigan.",,1250 Kensington Road,Bloomfield Hills,MI,0,north of Wattles Road,Oakland,02N10E14SESE,42.578721,-83.226546,,,09/12/2017,d777ed87-4c59-4905-9854-43d65d7ea081,0,436,0,,,,,416076
-88.483028,46.748859,MHC071984033,L1198C,2,1984,1985,Native People and the French (< 1760),L'Anse-Lac Vieux Desert Trail,,L'Anse-Lac Vieux Desert Trail,,"Near this spot ran the L’Anse-Lac Vieux Desert Trail, which crossed the interior of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from L’Anse on Keweenaw Bay to Lac Vieux Desert on the Wisconsin border. The trail was used in prehistoric times by native Americans traveling to visit, hunt, or trade. Father René Ménard may have followed this route in 1661 as he traveled south from Keweenaw Bay, a trip from which he never returned. The trail was later used by fur traders, early surveyors, and homesteaders. L’Anse and Lac Vieux Desert bands of Chippewa Indians used this trail into the twentieth century. Today, many segments of the L’Anse-Lac Vieux Desert Trail are unpaved roads that can be traveled by car.",,"Bishop Baraga Shrine, Lambert Road",L'Anse,MI,0,3/4 mile South of US-41,Baraga,50N33W07NENW,46.748859,-88.483028,,Native People,01/22/2017,072ff9c1-8bd1-4216-8714-43d9539c4169,0,437,1,MHC071984033_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416077
-85.463386,42.604541,MHC081957027,S159,2,1957,2018,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Yankee Springs Inn,,Yankee Springs Inn,,"Near here once stood one of the most famous inns west of Detroit. It was run by “Yankee Bill” Lewis, a New Yorker who came here in 1836. His establishment, located on the main road from Grand Rapids to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, was an unimposing collection of log cabins, but the fame of his hospitality was such that as many as one hundred people often stayed at the tavern for a night. Sixty teams of horses could be stabled at a time. Stagecoaches stopped there to rest passengers and to change horses. After Lewis’s death in 1853, new roads bypassed Yankee Springs. His inn soon closed.",,Yankee Springs Road,Yankee Springs Township,MI,0,1/4 mile North of Duffy Rd.,Barry,03N10W35SWNW,42.604541,-85.463386,,4,10/16/2019,b32f60f9-3815-4b3a-a7c2-440b6a36547b,0,438,0,,,,,416078
-83.065689,42.35472,MHC821974032,L358,2,1974,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Thompson Home,Thompson Home for Old Ladies,Thompson Home,,"This Victorian structure was completed in 1884. It was named for wealthy Detroit businessman David Thompson. In his will Thompson instructed his wife, Mary, to use part of his estate to found a charitable institution. She commissioned George DeWitt Mason, prominent local architect and leader in architectural education, to design the building. It stands as a distinctive example of his early work. The one-story addition was constructed in 1964.",,4756 Cass Ave,Detroit,MI,0,between West Forest and West Warren Avenues,Wayne, ,42.35472,-83.065689,,,09/20/2017,70dde251-b912-4bdb-88c6-442a224b59d6,0,439,0,,,,,416079
-83.776822,42.1687640000001,MHC811972012,L210,2,1972,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Davenport House,William H. Davenport House,Davenport House,,"This handsome two and a half-story residence, constructed in 1875, was the home of William H. Davenport (1826-1909), prominent Saline citizen. In 1851 Davenport entered into partnership with H. J. Miller in a general store. He bought out Miller’s interest in 1853 and became a leading city merchant. Later, Davenport started a private bank in 1885. Since 1902 this bank has been known as the Citizens’ Bank of Saline. Well-known Detroit architect William Scott designed Davenport’s elegant Second Empire home, built at a cost of eighty-five hundred dollars.",,300 East Michigan Avenue,Saline,MI,0,,Washtenaw,04S05E01NENE,42.168764,-83.776822,,,09/20/2017,86a39b9f-52ff-481e-98fb-4439096d8905,0,440,0,,,,,416080
-83.940522,42.021815,MHC461987032,L1415C,2,1987,2021,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Al Meyers Airport / Al Meyers Airport,Tecumseh Airport,Al Meyers Airport,Al Meyers Airport,"The Al Meyers Airport is a privately owned airport designed for public use. It was established in 1939-40 by a twenty-seven-year-old airman, designer, and manufacturer, Al Meyers (1908-1976). When World War II broke out, Meyers received a contract to build planes for pilot training under the Civilian Pilot Training Program. He selected Tecumseh for his production site. His government contract ended just prior to the close of the war; however, he continued to manufacture planes for private use until 1966. This field, originally the Tecumseh Municipal Airport, was renamed Al Meyers Airport in 1975. The airport is still privately owned and is used for transporting manufactured goods and for the restoration of all types of airplanes, especially the Meyers plane.","Al Meyers, a native of Allenhurst, New Jersey, settled in this area in 1939, after accepting a government contract to manufacture planes for pilot training. Prior to that he had visited the area as a barnstormer, selling airplane rides and performing aerobatics to raise money to build a prototype plane for the private flyer. In 1941 he formed the Meyers Aircraft Company. After the war, the company produced the Meyers 145 and four series of the Meyers 200, one of the most advanced private planes of its time. The company manufactured aluminum boats to help finance the production of these planes. In 1966 the Meyers 200 was sold to North American Rockwell, and production moved to Albany, Georgia. The boat division was sold in 1977. Proceeds from the sale were used to start the Allen H. Meyers Foundation.",Macon Rd at Tecumseh-Clinton Hwy,Tecumseh,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S04E22SESW,42.021815,-83.940522,,5,05/26/2022,5e35ff09-99cb-47e5-a3d3-44aa7b0639d7,0,442,2,"MHC461987032_1.jpg;MHC461987032_2.jpg","Timothy Husband;Timothy Husband","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/11/2021;05/25/2022",416081
-84.3065688,42.48967463,MHC332014005,L2262,2,2014,2015,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian Church,Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian Catholic Church,Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian Church,Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian Church,"In 1845 local Catholics began holding Mass in the home of Irish immigrant James Markey in Bunker Hill Township. Father Kelly from Ann Arbor traveled on horseback to provide religious services. After the death of a neighbor’s son in 1849, Markey gave the church land for a cemetery. Parishioners built a wood-framed church in the middle of the cemetery in 1864. Bishop Lefevere of Detroit named the church after St. Cornelius, a Roman priest who became Pope in A.D. 251, and St. Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage. In 1869 the parish purchased a farm adjoining the property and was assigned its first resident priest. By 1873 the farm was sold and the church was a mission of Pinckney’s parish.","Father Connelly of Williamston was assigned to the parish in 1898. The next year, he led construction of a larger church that could accommodate more members. It was paid for as it was constructed. In 1905 Father Connelly, now the resident priest, continued further expansion. The parish built a rectory and a convent, and the original church was moved from the cemetery across the street and converted into a school staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph from Kalamazoo. Fires destroyed the church in 1906 and the rectory in 1910. Both were rebuilt, using fire-resistant brick and stone. The parish built a larger school with an auditorium in 1912. It served the community until 1964.",1320 Catholic Church Road,Leslie,MI,49251,"Between Meridian and Haynes Road, in front of church.",Ingham,01N01E10NWSE,42.48967463,-84.3065688,,,03/24/2020,e8dc4c39-5b55-4db3-af3a-44b0a4874828,0,443,4,"MHC332014005_1.jpg;MHC332014005_2.jpg;MHC332014005_3.jpg;MHC332014005_4.jpg",";unknown;;","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;;",416082
-83.5566679999999,44.1903120000001,MHC351963012,S247,2,1963,1972,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Alabaster,,Alabaster,,"This area is named after a variety of gypsum, discovered offshore by Douglass Houghton in 1837. Prospectors soon began searching for other gypsum deposits, and this quarry was opened in 1862 by B. F. Smith. Used at first as fertilizer and as an ingredient in plaster, gypsum is now used principally in the manufacture of wallboard. A fire in 1891 destroyed the operation but it was rebuilt in time to supply material for the main buildings at the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893. These buildings, with marble-like walls, earned the exposition the title, “White City,” and greatly expanded gypsum sales. Incorporated into the U.S. Gypsum Company in 1902, this quarry has helped to make Michigan a leading producer of gypsum for over a century.",,Benson and Turtle Roads,Alabaster,MI,0,U.S. Gypsum Co. Quarry,Iosco,21N07E26NWNW,44.190312,-83.556668,,,08/30/2017,660ba758-5b91-46f2-b6fd-4526d517c769,0,444,0,,,,,416083
-86.2356349999999,43.226675,MHC611986015,L1329,2,1986,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Evergreen Cemetery / Evergreen Cemetery,,Evergreen Cemetery,Evergreen Cemetery,"In 1862 the village of Muskegon purchased this ten-acre site for a new cemetery. It was formally platted in 1864, and the first burial took place that same year. The Ladies Cemetery Association was organized to beautify and maintain the grounds, which were quite desolate and surrounded by a rough board fence. There was no sexton in the early years, so the association was responsible for all improvements. The cemetery became the final resting place for many prominent Muskegon citizens. There are 3,200 graves, 965 of which date from the nineteenth century. The gently rolling, landscaped grounds contain family mausoleums, columbaria, eleven above ground crypts and vaults, and several obelisks and marble markers.","Many of Muskegon’s most prominent civic, commercial and industrial leaders are buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Lumberman and civic benefactor Charles H. Hackley’s Vermont granite mausoleum is one of the cemetery’s most imposing structures. A “branded hand” marks the resting place of abolitionist Jonathon Walker, sentenced by a federal court to be branded for helping slaves escape. Lumberman Thomas H. Hume; Chauncy Davis, first mayor of Muskegon; educator David McLaughlin, who introduced kindergartens into Michigan public school systems; Adelphia Grace “Mother” Ward, founder of the Maccabees Life Insurance Company; and Winfield Scott Gerrish, designer of Michigan’s first steam powered, narrow gauge, logging railroad are also interred here.",Irvin St.,Muskegon,MI,0,"Bounded by Grand, Wood, Pine, and Irvin Streets",Muskegon,10N16W29NESW,43.226675,-86.235635,,,09/06/2017,3a7c47bd-024f-4e7d-b4bc-453829d53edf,0,445,0,,,,,416084
-84.652162,42.758738,MHC231972010,L201,2,1972,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Delta Mills,,Delta Mills,,"Erastus S. Ingersoll settled here in 1836 and constructed a water-powered sawmill. A gristmill was added, and in 1840 a resident wrote that people came from twenty miles around to have their flour made. A school modeled after Oberlin College was chartered as “Grand River Theological Seminary,” but never opened. Platted as Grand River City in 1841, the village was commonly called Delta Mills after the township and main industry. The mills operated into the twentieth century.",,"Delta Mills Park, Old River Trail",Delta Mills,MI,48917,"Old River Trail, SW of Delta Mills",Eaton,04N03W03SESW,42.758738,-84.652162,,1,08/30/2017,4b168592-7bef-4853-9b3a-45691e4551f6,0,446,3,"MHC231972010_1.jpg;MHC231972010_4.jpg;MHC231972010_5.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Not Provided;J.T. Lambrou","Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";06/23/2017;02/16/2022",416085
-87.602645,46.512211,MHC521956002,S35,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Marquette Iron Range,,Marquette Iron Range,,"The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party discovered outcroppings of iron ore south of Teal Lake. This area soon became the first and has remained the chief center of the range’s mining. In 1847 real production was underway at the Jackson Mine. Operations at the early mines were confined to ores at or close to the surface. Underground mining began after the Civil War when shafts were sunk. A forge built on the Carp River produced iron blooms in 1848. The pioneer furnace at Negaunee, built in 1857-58, was the first actual blast furnace. Most ore has been shipped out to be smelted. When the Iron Mountain Railroad was built in 1857 ore could be moved easily to Marquette. Here at the pocket docks, the first of which was built in 1857, the ore was loaded aboard ships and carried through the Soo Canal to the growing industrial centers in the East. Copper, gold, silver, and lead have been mined here but in small amounts only, leaving iron supreme.",,US-41 (M-28) near Maple Street,Negaunee,MI,49866,located in Miners Park near the intersection of US-41 (M-28) and Maple Street,Marquette,48N26W31NWSE,46.512211,-87.602645,,"Mining Industry,4",09/06/2017,73af917b-5c80-4f6c-9052-459bfe496164,0,447,2,"MHC521956002_1.jpg;MHC521956002_2.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/23/1961;05/17/2022",416086
-83.060148,42.3415120000001,MHC821964009,S255,2,1964,1964,,"Zion Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M.",,"Zion Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M.",,"On April 27, 1764, the provincial grand master of the Free and Accepted Masons in New York issued a charter to a Masonic lodge in Detroit. The Royal American Regiment’s Lieutenant John Christie was the master of the lodge, Michigan’s first. The Detroit Masons first adopted the name Zion Lodge in 1794 when they began operating under a new charter from Quebec. With American occupation of Michigan, the lodge again came under the Grand Lodge of New York, which issued a new charter in 1806 to “Zion Lodge No. 1” of Detroit. This name was retained by the Grand Lodge of Michigan when it was formed in 1826. Zion Lodge suspended operations during the War of 1812 and during the anti-masonic agitation of 1829-45, but each time its functions were resumed.",,500 Temple Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.341512,-83.060148,,,08/22/2017,2f3d92d7-853c-4806-81be-45c1ad8b03f6,0,448,0,,,,,416087
-83.097291,42.2997710000001,MHC821958004,S182,2,1958,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fort Wayne,,Fort Wayne,,"No hostile shots have ever been fired from this star-shaped fort built in the 1840s to guard against a British invasion from Canada which never came. This third bastion to protect the river approach to the city was named for General “Mad” Anthony Wayne who accepted the surrender of Detroit from the British in 1796. It was a mobilization center for Union troops during the Civil War. Regiments from Fort Wayne served in Indian conflicts, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and World War I. An active post in the 1920s, it housed a Civilian Conservation Corps during the depression. Fort Wayne was a wartime supply depot in World War II and an induction center during the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. Deactivated by the federal government in 1967, it now operates as a military museum under the auspices of the Detroit Historical Commission.",,6325 West Jefferson,Detroit,MI,0,on the grounds of Fort Wayne near the visitors center,Wayne, ,42.299771,-83.097291,,Civil War,09/20/2017,8e2f4e3a-f6b5-41f7-86d9-45e3aa8ae8d9,0,449,0,,,,,416088
-86.104866,42.789243,MHC701958006,HB37,2,1958,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church / Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church,"Pillar Church; Old First Church",Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church,Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church,"Dedicated on June 25, 1856, this church was built under the leadership of the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder and first pastor of the Holland colony. Jacobus Schrader designed the Greek Revival-style building using native hand-hewn oak for the sills and crossbeams. The copper rooster on the belfry, symbolizing Peter’s denial and pride, is commonly found on Calvinist churches in the Netherlands. The city’s oldest extant church, often referred to as the Pillar Church, was one of the few buildings in Holland to survive the devastating fire of 1871.","The congregation of the Pillar Church was organized in 1847 and worshipped in a log church at the site of the Pilgrim Home Cemetery. Composed of immigrants in secession from the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, the church was without denominational ties until it joined the Reformed Church in America in 1850. A division occurred within its congregation in 1882 and the building was assumed by the seceding majority. The minority reestablished itself as the First Reformed Church. In December 1884 the Pillar Church affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church. Over the years its members, and those of daughter congregations, have sought to fulfill the ideals which inspired the founders to seek a new home in America: freedom of religion; purity of doctrine; and a Christian education for their children in home, school, and church.",61 9th Street,Holland,MI,0,located near the entrance off from Ninth Street on the brick sidewalk in the grass. Near the intersection of College Avenue.,Ottawa,05N15W29NWSE,42.789243,-86.104866,,5,08/01/2021,9b879f2e-f0d8-4ac0-8874-45efff6b9d5c,0,450,0,,,,,416089
-83.323783,42.349611,MHC821988029,L1578C,2,1988,1999,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Cooper School,,Cooper School,,"The first Cooper School, known officially as Nankin District No. 1 School, was built around 1837 on a farm owned by Gilbert Cooper at the southwest corner of present-day Ann Arbor Trail and Middlebelt Road. The Coopers were Nankin Township pioneers who owned a gristmill on the Rouge River. Cooper School became Fractional No. 1 of Nankin and Livonia in 1849. In 1865 the district built a one-room school on land leased from Cooper’s son Loren. It was replaced in 1938 with a brick structure, which was annexed to the Livonia Public Schools in 1957. A fourth school, built in 1966 across the road from here, closed in June 1991 due to growing concern about the school’s location on a landfill. In September 1991 the former Whittier Junior High School reopened as the fifth Cooper School.",,28550 Ann Arbor Trail,Westland,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E01SENW,42.349611,-83.323783,,4,04/14/2021,5f2dd4f1-9dfb-42a2-bf08-4606aa237e39,0,451,0,,,,,416090
-83.3483254,42.28596879,MHC822006038,S699,2,2006,2007,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Eloise / Eloise,Wayne County General Hospital & Infirmary,Eloise,Eloise,"In 1839 Wayne County purchased the Black Horse Tavern, a stagecoach stop, located here on the Chicago Road, for use as a poorhouse. Early on the poorhouse accepted not only the county’s indigent, but the infirm and mentally ill as well. During the late nineteenth century, the number or residents grew, and new buildings were constructed to meet the demand. In 1894 a post office opened on the grounds with the name Eloise, a name that became synonymous with what developed into a 902-acre, 75-building complex. By the late 1920s Eloise’s population had peaked at 10,000 patients and 2,000 staff. A city in itself, Eloise had its own farm, cannery, bakery, cemetery, employee housing, police and fire departments, trolley and train stations, and 16 kitchens that served 30,000 meals daily.","Wayne County’s medical complex, “Eloise”, was founded as a poorhouse in 1839. It eventually became one of the largest public health-care facilities in the U.S. The most advanced medical and psychiatric treatments were used here. During the early twentieth century Eloise physicians pioneered the use of X-rays for diagnostic purposes, radium for the treatment of cancer, and “open air” treatment for tuberculosis. Psychiatric patients underwent electroshock and insulin shock therapy, as well as music, recreational, and television therapy. Psychiatric care ended in 1979, and the general hospital closed in 1984. Most of the complex’s 75 buildings were razed by the mid-1980s. More than 7,100 patients are buried in the Eloise cemetery, their graves marked only by numbered blocks.",30712 Michigan Ave,Westland,MI,48226,,Wayne,02S09E26NWSW,42.28596879,-83.3483254,,,08/08/2017,8c5ebef2-9bde-473a-82b3-4617d7767267,0,452,0,,,,,416091
-83.6945229999999,43.0233160000001,MHC251988007,L1491C,2,1988,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Michael Roman Catholic Church / St. Michael Roman Catholic Church,,St. Michael Roman Catholic Church,St. Michael Roman Catholic Church,"In 1834 Daniel O’Sullivan, a teacher from Ireland, moved to Flint and began teaching religion to students after school. Together with two traveling priests he convinced Bishop Lefevere to build a church in Flint. That church became St. Michael Roman Catholic Parish. In 1848 the parish completed its first church on land donated by Chauncey S. Payne. When this church became too small, the parish built its second church in 1883 under the leadership of Father Timothy J. Murphy. In 1924 fire destroyed the sanctuary of that church. Monsignor Patrick Dunigan had it rebuilt that same year. Monsignor Earl V. Sheridan led the construction of the third church in 1964. It was dedicated in 1966.","Father Charles DeCeuninck, the third pastor of St. Michael, organized the parish’s first school in 1856. The first permanent school building was completed in 1872. In 1877 the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary began staffing the school. The rectory became their convent. The parish built a new school in 1928, and a new rectory in 1938. A new convent for the sisters was completed in 1950. The school was enlarged in 1954. In 1940 the Franciscan Sisters came to Flint and were given the Holy Angels Convent, on the St. Michael property. In 1970 the school merged with other area Catholic Schools and the convent belonging to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary became a Parish Religious Education Center.",609 East Fifth Avenue,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.023316,-83.694523,,,08/30/2017,787c0856-1cb6-4456-890d-462784dacc13,0,453,0,,,,,416092
-84.836983,43.42425,MHC291982007,S545B,2,1982,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lumberjack Park / Lumberjack Park,,Lumberjack Park,Lumberjack Park,"In 1926 when George Beck of Ithaca learned that one of the last stands of white pine in Gratiot County was going to be cut, he called on local lumberjacks and rivermen to buy the threatened forty-acre tract and preserve it as a memorial. The woodsmen organized the Lumberjack and Riverdrivers Association and in 1927 purchased the land for three thousand dollars. They elected Otis Terpening as their first president that year. By 1945 the mortgage had been fully paid through membership fees, donations, and fund-raising dinners.","The Lumberjacks and Riverdrivers Association minutes of October 18, 1934, explained: “We shanty boys are growing old and our ranks keep getting thinner year by year, but when our day is ended we know our children’s children still can gather on this spot where the shanty boys have built their final camp.” The bunkhouse and cook shanty were completed in 1930, the pavilion by 1931, and the caretaker’s house in 1947. The park also features a band shell, a playground area and a nature trail.","Lumberjack Rd, 1-1/2 miles North of M-46",Riverdale,MI,0,,Gratiot,12N04W18SESW,43.42425,-84.836983,,Timber Industry,07/26/2017,f289b5e7-516d-4b3e-95b2-463c0c636e0b,0,454,0,,,,,416093
-83.0473249999999,42.3345830000001,MHC821987049,L1376A,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),L. B. King and Company Building,Annis Fur Building,L. B. King and Company Building,,"L. B. King and Company headquartered here from 1911 to 1932, and Annis Furs occupied the building from 1932 to 1983. Constructed in 1911 to the designs of James S. Rogers and Walter MacFarlane, it exemplifies the Chicago commercial style popular in the early twentieth century. The building features a steel frame, terra cotta skin, three-part vertical division and banks of “Chicago windows.” It incorporates classical decorative elements in the cornice and the window details.",,1274 Library Ave,Detroit,MI,0,at East Grand River Avenue,Wayne, ,42.334583,-83.047325,,,09/20/2017,b229b25b-2351-4378-83cc-46478cde8045,0,455,0,,,,,416094
-86.014022,42.808562,MHC702000003,L2081,2,2000,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Zeeland Cemetery,,Zeeland Cemetery,,"Early Zeeland pioneers and prominent twentieth century figures are buried in Zeeland Cemetery. Dutch immigrants settled Zeeland in 1847 under the leadership of the Reverend Cornelius Vander Meulen and Jannes Vande Luyster. The city’s first cemetery, located at the southeast corner of Church Street and Central Avenue, was used from 1847 to 1852. In 1853 Vande Luyster sold this site to the community for use as a cemetery. Maples, white pines, spruce, cedar, and yew create a park-like setting. Many area veterans are buried here, their graves marked with identical white marble tombstones. In addition to early pioneers, Zeeland Cemetery contains the remains of prominent political figures and entrepreneurs.",,Lincoln and Church Streets,Zeeland,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N14W19SENW,42.808562,-86.014022,,,09/12/2017,45790df9-5f76-4edc-9d96-468ad8c65601,0,456,0,,,,,416095
-83.614592,42.2439150000001,MHC811965008,HB47,2,1965,1965,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ladies Literary Club House,William M. Davis House,Ladies Literary Club House,,"This house, built prior to 1842 by Arden Ballard, has been recognized by the Historic American Building Survey as a model of Greek Revival architecture. The house was purchased by the Ladies’ Literary Club in 1913.",,218 North Washington,Ypsilanti,MI,0,SE corner of Emmet Street,Washtenaw,03S07E09NENW,42.243915,-83.614592,,,09/20/2017,352e76ea-6441-40ab-b877-46a04d6158c8,0,457,0,,,,,416096
-86.256108,43.2322350000001,MHC611990038,S607,2,1990,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hackley-Holt House / Hackley-Holt House,,Hackley-Holt House,Hackley-Holt House,"In 1850 Joseph Hackley came to Michigan from Wisconsin to serve as superintendent of construction for the Durkee, Truesdell and Company sawmill. In 1860 he purchased this house, built in 1857. Hackley and his first wife, Salina Fuller Hackley, were the parents of Charles Hackley, one of Michigan’s most successful lumbermen and a prominent Muskegon philanthropist. Salina Hackley died in 1864 and, in 1867, Joseph married Catherine Palmer. Joseph died on January 8, 1874, while living in this house.","New Yorker Henry Holt came to Michigan in 1852. He soon returned to New York to attend law school, but came back to Michigan to practice law in Grand Rapids. In 1858 Holt moved to Muskegon, was elected prosecuting attorney of Ottawa County and began a long political career, which included serving two terms as lieutenant governor, five terms in the state legislature and two terms as mayor of Muskegon. In 1878 Holt married Catherine Palmer Hackley. Henry and Catherine lived in this house until Henry died here in 1898.",523 W. Clay Ave,Muskegon,MI,0,,Muskegon,10N16W30NENW,43.232235,-86.256108,,Timber Industry,07/26/2017,aa8f9d50-9bae-4430-871f-46d500c36fd9,0,458,1,MHC611990038_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416097
-83.027525,42.3373360000001,MHC821974038,L363,4,1974,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),William Lambert Homesite,,William Lambert Homesite,,"William Lambert, a black leader in Michigan for almost fifty years, lived on this site. Born in New Jersey about 1817, he moved to Detroit as a young man and became active in the antislavery movement. In 1843 he helped organize the first State Convention of Colored Citizens and served as its chairman. Urging blacks to participate directly in the struggle for freedom and equality, he helped prepare an address to the citizens of Michigan outlining black grievances and demanding full civil rights. He was also prominent in the Underground Railroad and in early efforts to secure education for black children. After the Civil War, Lambert continued to work for black rights and operated a successful business. He died in 1890.",,"Larned, East of St. Aubin",Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne,,42.337336,-83.027525,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",02/03/2020,f4971246-aadf-4075-a6f4-46fabe98ea76,0,459,1,MHC821974038_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416098
-85.51514,46.3524560000001,MHC481975014,L408,2,1975,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Jail and Sheriff´s Residence,,Jail and Sherriff's Residence,,"Constructed in 1894, this graceful Queen Anne-style structure served as the Luce County jail and sheriff’s residence for over seventy years. The Peninsular Land Company donated the site. The architectural firm of Lovejoy and DeMar, from Marquette, designed this sturdy edifice made of rough-hewn Jacobsville sandstone. The Luce County Historical Society rescued this building from demolition in 1975 and restored it as the Luce County Historical Museum, which opened in 1976.",,411 West Harrier Street,Newberry,MI,0,,Luce,46N10W26NWSE,46.352456,-85.51514,,,08/11/2020,c41e1122-ed63-436b-be2f-472b32ca2b8f,0,460,4,"MHC481975014_1.jpg;MHC481975014_2.jpg;MHC481975014_3.jpg;MHC481975014_4.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","07/16/2016;07/16/2016;07/16/2016;07/16/2016",416099
-85.402908,42.406949,MHC391990025,S605A,2,1990,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),W.K. Kellogg House,W. K. Kellogg Biological Station,W.K. Kellogg House,,"W. K. Kellogg (1860-1951) founded the Toasted Corn Flake Company of Battle Creek in 1906. In 1925 Kellogg and his second wife, Dr. Carrie Staines, a physician at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, commissioned Benjamin and Benjamin of Grand Rapids to design a summer house here. Their picturesque estate included this Neo-Tudor manor house, a windmill, a greenhouse, a stable, a boathouse, a combined guest house, garage and chauffeur’s residence, and a caretaker’s house. Marshall Field and Company of Chicago decorated the interior. From 1944 to 1950 the estate served as a rehabilitation center for the Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek. In 1952 the W. K. Kellogg Foundation gave the property to Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), which developed it as the Kellogg Gull Lake Biological Station.",,3700 Gull Lake East Drive,Ross Township,MI,0,Hickory Corners vicinity,Kalamazoo,01S09W06SWSE,42.406949,-85.402908,,,09/01/2017,ad56dd75-8f2b-4ff4-8fff-47609bf240b4,0,462,0,,,,,416100
-82.994295,42.3369730000001,MHC821997007,S658,2,1997,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ransom Eli Olds,,Ransom Eli Olds,,"In Lansing, on August 21, 1897, Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950) founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the precursor to Oldsmobile. He produced four vehicles that year. In 1899 Olds relocated to Detroit, opening the Olds Motor Works on West Jefferson Avenue near the MacArthur Bridge. In 1901 he built 425 gasoline-powered Curved Dash Oldsmobile Runabouts, driving them on Belle Isle prior to sale. Mounds of dirt excavated during canal construction on the island provided perfect “hills” for drivers who tested the mettle of early automobiles. Runabouts were the first cars to carry the Oldsmobile name.",,Belle Isle,Detroit,MI,0,"Picnic shelter on Central Rd, between Casino Way & Ruse Rd",Wayne, ,42.336973,-82.994295,,Auto Industry,08/18/2017,adb7ba91-2f74-4bb5-827a-476a970b2390,0,463,0,,,,,416101
-83.178028,42.329694,MHC821998001,S660,2,1998,1998,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Fordson High School / Fordson High School,,Fordson High School,Fordson High School,"When it was dedicated on March 22, 1928, Fordson High School was hailed as “one of the finest school buildings in the United States.” Designed in the Neo-Tudor style, the school is reminiscent of sixteenth century English universities and manor houses. The tower was inspired by the Yale University Memorial Quadrangle and the Lawyers Club at the University of Michigan. Fordson’s interior houses mosaics, statuary, Pewabic tile, and murals by Hungarian-born artist Zoltan Sepeshy (1898-1974). A major restoration occurred during the 1970s. In 1926 the school’s architect, Everett Lane Williams of the Detroit firm of VanLeyen, Schilling and Keough, wrote, “May the youth of this city be inspired to go forth from this building to enjoy life to its full extent.”","Completed in 1928, Fordson High School stands on a fifteen-acre parcel in what was then the village of Fordson. Citizens raised $2.2 million through a bond issue to build the school. In 1929 the village merged with the city of Dearborn, creating the current boundaries. Fordson has a rich tradition of graduating students of many nationalities and cultures who have become leaders in all fields of endeavor. Notable graduates include UAW president Walter Reuther, class of 1930; Dr. Jerome Wiesner, 1932, science advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; and U.S. Senator Robert Griffin, 1941. Local personalities include Wayne County Circuit Court Judge George T. Martin, 1925; and philanthropist and businessman Michael Adray, 1940.",13800 Ford Road,Dearborn,MI,0,between Neckel Street and Horger Street,Wayne,02S11E07SESE,42.329694,-83.178028,,5,09/07/2022,38fc0d1b-eda9-4d74-95df-477a44afe957,0,464,1,MHC821998001_1.jpg,Mark Andrews,Site Photo w/Marker,09/06/2022,416102
-84.797286,44.021179,MHC181978026,L635B,2,1978,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Harrison,,Harrison,,"The Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company platted this area in 1879 and presented a parcel to the county. This site became the Clare County seat in November of that same year. Named for President William Henry Harrison, the village was incorporated in 1885 and officially became a city in 1891. Harrison was noted at the turn of the century for its thriving lumber mills. Prominent lumbermen in the vicinity included Frederick Miller, Ephraim B. Rought and William and Samuel Wilson, who built and operated several mills on the Budd Lake shoreline.",,Lake Street and Budd Lake,Harrison,MI,0,,Clare,19N04W21NWSE,44.021179,-84.797286,,1,08/23/2017,6c26fe41-68a5-4a09-85a8-47dc712ed53f,0,466,2,"MHC181978026_2.jpg;MHC181978026_1.jpg","Dianne Fry;Dianne Fry","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","10/18/2021;10/18/2021",416103
-84.964194,42.2743550000001,MHC131979004,S512A,2,1979,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fitch-Gorham-Brooks House / Harold C. Brooks,Jabez S. Fitch House,Fitch-Gorham-Brooks House,Harold C. Brooks,"Built by Jabez S. Fitch in 1840, this handsome residence became the home of Charles T. Gorham, prominent Marshall citizen, in 1848. Harold C. Brooks purchased the house in 1921 and contracted with landscape architect Jens Jensen to design the grounds. The Reverend John D. Pierce and Isaac E. Crary planned the Michigan public school system in 1834 under the oak now by the west entrance. This Greek Revival structure with five-column arrangement and side entrances reflects the New York heritage of this city’s early settlers.","Harold Craig Brooks (1885-1978) was Marshall 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 than a dozen Marshall buildings. Brooks is responsible for the design of the Marshall Post Office, the conversion of the Old Stone Barn into Town Hall, and presentation of the Brooks Memorial Fountain to the city. He donated land for veterans, the airport, recreational uses, and funds for education and hospital facilities.",310 North Kalamazoo Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.274355,-84.964194,,,08/23/2017,09760f98-8faf-4a11-b844-4832722fa959,0,467,0,,,,,416104
-83.60852658,42.2462467300001,MHC812011004,S724C,2,2011,2012,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The Barracks / Ypsilanti in the Civil War,"Norris Block Barracks; Thompson Block",The Barracks,Ypsilanti in the Civil War,"When the Civil War began in 1861, this corner site housed a commercial building called the Norris Block. Its location across the street from the railroad station made it an ideal place for short-term lodging for enlistees waiting to be sent off to battle, and locals soon dubbed it ""The Barracks."" The Ypsilanti Light Guard, a local militia company that became Company H, First Michigan Infantry, stayed here in the spring of 1861. They mustered in Detroit on May 1 and arrived in Washington, D.C., on May 16. Recruits for the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry, including 129 men from Washtenaw County, spent six months here from September 1861 to February 1862 while the regiments ranks were filled. The Fourteenth first saw action as part of the siege of Corinth, Mississippi.","More than 4,000 soldiers from Washtenaw County served during the Civil War. Hundreds bivouacked here, in the Norris Block, before mustering into service. More than thirty men who were students or graduates of the Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University) joined Company E of the Seventeenth Michigan Infantry in 1862. Their first action was at South Mountain in Maryland. In December 1863, the First Michigan Colored Infantry stopped here as part of its state-wide recruiting drive. In 1902 veterans of the Twenty-Seventh Michigan Infantry held their reunion here. Since the 1880s this site has been known as the Thompson Block and has had a variety of commercial uses.",404-412 North River Street,Ypsilanti,MI,48197,,Washtenaw,03S07E04SWSE,42.24624673,-83.60852658,,Civil War,09/16/2016,d8a5b68e-9a50-469f-9a6f-488b31264ee4,0,468,0,,,,,416105
-85.1934439999999,42.325994,MHC131991019,L1841,2,1991,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),African Methodist Episcopal Church,,African Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1855 Elder James Brown and his wife, Radley, established an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Battle Creek. The congregation met in members’ homes until 1860 when it moved into a church on the northeast corner of Maple and Van Buren Streets. In 1867 the members began worshipping in a church located on this site. The Reverend E. L. Carey was the first pastor. The present church, built in 1906-08, has since been enlarged. The church became Mount Zion A.M.E. in 1926.
",,364 West Van Buren Street,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W01NESW,42.325994,-85.193444,,African-American History,10/19/2021,437db6ba-7ba7-404a-8782-488baa43123e,0,469,0,,,,,416106
-87.5975769999999,45.7137900000001,MHC551974020,L345,2,1974,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hermansville,Wisconsin Land and Lumber Company Town,Hermansville,,"Charles J. L. Meyer of Minden, Germany, migrated to America in 1849 and continued his family tradition of woodworking by founding a plant in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, for the manufacture of sash, doors, and blinds. In 1878 he bought pine timberlands and founded the town of Hermansville to supply lumber to his Fond du Lac factories. The village was named for his son Herman, the first postmaster, and the township was named for Meyer. His son-in-law, George Washington Earle, of Tully, New York, helped bring the Wisconsin Land and Lumber Company, which Meyer started in 1883, through difficult times. Earle led the company to preeminence by producing precision finished hardwood flooring on machines which Meyer had designed and manufactured. The flooring factory closed in 1943.",,"US-2, near County Road 388",Hermansville,MI,0,,Menominee,38N27W02NESE,45.71379,-87.597577,,,08/18/2017,9a5566b9-498c-4b21-a996-48ab33e66758,0,470,0,,,,,416107
-82.471597,42.9080730000001,MHC741979050,L1100,2,1979,1985,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),C. H. Wills and Company,Chrysler Plant,C. H. Wills and Company,,"C. Harold Wills (1878-1940) began working as a draftsman for Henry Ford in 1902. When the Ford Motor Company was organized in 1903, Wills was its chief engineer and metallurgist. He designed every Ford car until he resigned in 1919. Deciding to manufacture his own car, Wills selected Marysville, a hamlet of two hundred on the banks of the St. Clair River, as the site of C. H. Wills and Company. In 1921 the first overhead-cam, V-8, Wills Sainte Claire was produced. Remembered for its Flying Gray Goose radiator emblem, it utilized strong, lightweight molybdenum steel and was the first car to have back-up lights. Hydraulic brakes, balloon tires, and a six-cylinder engine were added before the factory closed in 1926, having produced fourteen thousand cars. The property was purchased by the Chrysler Corporation in 1935.",,840 Huron Ave,Marysville,MI,0,East of the intersection of Huron Boulevard and M-29,Saint Clair,,42.908073,-82.471597,,Auto Industry,09/13/2017,fb5d94d6-51f4-4568-8751-4911ddb42ffd,0,472,0,,,,,416108
-85.623553,44.764014,MHC281971019,L162,2,1971,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),City Opera House / City Opera House,,City Opera House,City Opera House,"In 1891 three brothers-in-law--Anthony Bartak, Charles Wilhelm, and Frank Votruba--built this twelve hundred-seat Victorian opera house. Designed by E. R. Prall of Pontiac, the opera house was the first facility in Traverse City to use electric lights. It has a forty-three-foot ceiling, hardwood maple floors, and excellent acoustics. Built as a meeting hall and auditorium, the opera house hosted concerts, traveling plays, vaudeville shows, high school graduations, dinners, and balls.","In 1920 a motion picture firm leased the opera house and closed it to avoid competition with its own film theaters. The building was used briefly during the depression for a WPA project creating miniature city buildings. In 1971 it was listed on the national and state historic registers. In 1978 the City Opera House Heritage Committee began raising money to restore the structure. In 1980 the opera house was given to Traverse City by the descendants of one of the original owners, Frank Votruba.",106-112 Front St.,Traverse City,MI,0,,Grand Traverse,27N11W03NWSE,44.764014,-85.623553,,,07/31/2019,6e97714b-dd7a-4e42-9790-4937d3379764,1971,473,3,"MHC281971019_3.jpg;MHC281971019_1.jpg;MHC281971019_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","05/18/2018;05/18/2018;05/18/2018",416109
-83.043649,42.339955,MHC821976002,L447,4,1976,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Matthew's Episcopal Church,,St. Matthew's Episcopal Church,,"Founded in 1846, St. Matthew’s Church has served the prominent and well-established members of Detroit’s black community. The combined influence of businessman William Lambert and William Monroe, first pastor of Second Baptist Church, drew members to the new congregation. St. Matthew’s was forced to close during the Civil War due to declining membership. Many members had fled to Canada to escape the effects of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. The Reverend Monroe resigned and emigrated to Liberia. In 1881 the church reopened, becoming the center for reform groups and self-improvement clubs. Among St. Matthew’s well-known ministers were former professor Charles Thompson, and Robert Bagnall, organizer of Detroit’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.",,2019 St. Antoine St.,Detroit,MI,48226,See Misc comments. - a brown and gold marker is mounted on a brick supporting structure of the parking ramp. Likely this replaced the state historical marker,Wayne,,42.339955,-83.043649,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",02/03/2020,c00794af-ab51-4d06-a328-497ec05730be,0,474,0,,,,,416110
-83.476995,45.304225,MHC711993018,L1890,2,1993,2015,Civil War and After (1860-1875),John Kauffman / John Kauffman House,John Kauffman Homestead,John Kauffman,John Kauffman House,"In 1858, German immigrant John C. Kauffman (1833-1913) left Buffalo bound for Chicago aboard a ship that later ran aground near Bell Bay. John walked ashore and made his way to Burnham’s Landing at Presque Isle Harbor, where he found work cutting firewood for lake steamships. In 1861, John married Elizabeth Woodruff. During the Civil War, he served in the 13th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery. His unit was with the 13th New York Cavalry during the search for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. It helped capture one of Booth’s accomplices. Kauffman returned to Presque Isle after the war. There he served forty years as township supervisor. He was postmaster for the last fifteen years of his life.","John and Elizabeth Kauffman applied for a 149-acre homestead in Presque Isle Township in 1862. He built a log cabin near Grand Lake, but drifting snow off the lake forced him to move it in 1876. John marked each log to make reassembly easier. Using a team of oxen, he and his family skidded the hand-hewn logs up the hill to this site and rebuilt the cabin. Nearby Grand Lake made the cabin a popular tourist stop in the summer. Visitors remembered John sitting on the porch in his military uniform every Fourth of July, telling stories of his service. After John died, his family loaned, and then deeded, the cabin to the Grand Lake Association. The building has served as a community center, recreation facility and gift shop.",East Grand Lake Road,Presque Isle,MI,49777,Between Grand Lake Blvd and Lake Esau Rd.,Presque Isle,34N08E33NWNW,45.304225,-83.476995,,"Civil War,5",07/10/2019,340774ec-e88a-424e-ab36-4996bbf53cc4,0,475,1,MHC711993018_1.jpg,Russ Kauffman,Site Photo w/Marker,09/18/2018,416111
-83.138996,42.1508670000001,MHC822015009,L2275,2,2015,2015,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Anne Church / St. Anne Chapel,Sacred Heart Church,St. Anne Church,St. Anne Chapel,"The first building used by Catholics on Grosse Ile was originally the island’s first school. It was moved here from Thorofare and Church Road. Named St. Anne Church, it was recognized as a mission in 1863. Among its supporters were Archange Brodhead and Catherine Wendell. The sisters were granddaughters of William Macomb, who with his brother purchased the island from Potawatomi Indians in 1776. Mrs. Brodhead and her children provided a place in their home for priests to stay when they visited the island to celebrate mass. The family also took care of the church.","On August 15, 1915, Father John R. Command laid the cornerstone for this building, which was named Sacred Heart Church. Using donated stone and mostly volunteer labor, the congregation was ready to install the windows and furnace by November. Four years later, it petitioned for a resident pastor, noting the problems of “haphazardly having one mass on Sundays, as a priest could not always be secured.” Sacred Heart became a parish in 1919 and soon had its own pastor. This building was renamed St. Anne Chapel after the parish built its new church, which was dedicated in June 1969.",21508 E. River Road,Grosse Ile,MI,48238,Corner of Church Rd.,Wayne,,42.150867,-83.138996,,,09/05/2019,5e116e0c-60e8-4846-bd58-49c1b5952ea7,0,476,3,"MHC822015009_1.jpg;MHC822015009_2.jpg;MHC822015009_3.jpg","unknown;;unknown","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;",416112
-83.9704399999999,42.0713030000001,MHC461981040,L875B,2,1981,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. John's Episcopal Church,,St. John's Episcopal Church,,"In 1835, under the leadership of the Reverend William N. Lyster, this church was founded as St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. The Reverend Lyster had organized a church in nearby Tecumseh in 1833, and this church was a mission of that pioneer parish until 1836. In 1853 the parish voted to change its name to St. John’s Episcopal Church. Completed in 1835, this is the oldest remaining Episcopal church building in Michigan. Its hand-hewn beams, wainscoting, and stained glass windows all date back to 1835.",,122 East Church Street,Clinton,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S04E05NESE,42.071303,-83.97044,,,09/01/2017,ddd0682e-c9f3-4161-8003-49d1269e5f84,0,477,0,,,,,416113
-83.044471,42.32692,MHC821978002,L594,2,1978,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ford Motor Company,,Ford Motor Company,,"Ford Motor Company was incorporated as an automobile manufacturer on June 16, 1903. The articles of incorporation were drawn up and signed in the office of Alexander Y. Malcomson, who operated a coal yard once located on this site. Henry Ford gave the company its name and designed its first product, the 1903 Model A. The purpose of the company was to manufacture and sell motor cars and related parts. In addition to Ford and Malcomson, the original stockholders included other figures important in the history of Detroit: John S. Gray, John F. Dodge, Horace E. Dodge, Albert Strelow, Vernon C. Fry, Charles H. Bennett, Horace H. Rackham, John W. Anderson, James Couzens, and Charles J. Woodall. Over the past seventy-five years the Ford Motor Company has become one of the leading auto producers of the world.",,Hart Plaza,Detroit,MI,0,near amphitheater,Wayne,,42.32692,-83.044471,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,0e24446f-4dfc-422e-8581-49d2291f515a,0,478,0,,,,,416114
-86.269335,42.4032470000001,MHC801980018,L807,2,1980,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Scott Club,,Scott Club,,"This federated women’s club, founded as a reading circle in 1883 and named for Sir Walter Scott, merged with the Literary and Antiquarian Societies to build a clubhouse in 1892. John Cornelius Randall designed the sandstone Queen Anne structure, built by local artisans and completed in 1893. Two stained glass windows created in Austria portray Sir Walter Scott and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This building has been in continuous use by the Scott Club as a cultural center providing fellowship for women of the area.",,652 Phoenix Street,South Haven,MI,0,,Van Buren,01S17W10NWNE,42.403247,-86.269335,,,09/13/2017,4e7b45ac-c582-4ec3-a3fb-4a388d37a6b9,0,479,0,,,,,416115
-84.835771,45.8837500000001,MHC491957026,S120,2,1957,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Lake Michigan,,Lake Michigan,,"This lake, the sixth largest in the world, was discovered in 1634 by Jean Nicolet, who explored this north shore to Green Bay but found no Orientals as the French in Quebec had hoped he would. The general size and outline of the lake was established in the 1670s by Marquette and Jolliet. They named it Lake Michigan. Its elongated shape was an obstacle to transcontinental expansion, but its waters soon proved a real boon to commerce.",,"US-2, 6 miles west of St Ignace",Moran Township,MI,0,marker located off from US-2 in Gros Cap roadside park,Mackinac,40N04W05SESW,45.88375,-84.835771,,,06/03/2019,6a5adf8d-707e-4800-b527-4a555e439fa7,0,480,1,MHC491957026_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,08/01/1967,416116
-84.955346,42.2719230000001,MHC131980039,L784B,2,1980,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sidney Ketchum (1797-1862) / Marshall House,,Sidney Ketchum (1797-1862),Marshall House,"Sidney Ketchum, a land surveyor, was born in Clinton County, New York. Seeking a new home and hoping to found a town, Ketchum explored central lower Michigan in 1830. Later that year he obtained government grants for the land on which most of Marshall now stands. He named the town in honor of U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall. Ketchum founded the county’s first bank in 1836 and built the city’s first Methodist church in 1838.","This handsome structure was built in 1838 by Sidney Ketchum, founder of Marshall. For many years it was one of the largest and most elaborate hotels outside of Detroit. The then three-story structure, known as the Marshall House, had forty bedrooms and a dining room with a seating capacity of 150. Suffering from competition with a newly erected local inn, the hotel closed in 1859. The building reopened in 1864 as the Perrin Collegiate Institute, a boarding and day school for girls. It now houses a mortuary.",100 Exchange Street,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25SENW,42.271923,-84.955346,,2,08/06/2020,d56759e4-8bb4-4d70-97fa-4a65c660f1f4,0,481,2,"MHC131980039_1.jpg;MHC131980039_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Charlie Chapman","Other Photo;Other Photo","07/12/2020;11/24/2017",416117
-84.223573,41.753277,MHC462005007,L2159,2,2005,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fractional District No. 3 School,North Morenci School,Fractional District No. 3 School,,"Seneca Township children attended school here, on the Wilson Farm, as early as 1857. As school inspector, Simon Wilson oversaw construction and maintenance of schools for fifteen years. In 1899 his son Charles sold land to the district, and this school was built. Here, students received grades for deportment, in addition to subjects like agriculture and penmanship. The school closed when Morenci schools consolidated in 1955.",,M-156 and West Ridgeville Road,Seneca Township,MI,49256,,Lenawee,08S02E30NENW,41.753277,-84.223573,,,07/25/2019,c7a956e5-2113-4fa6-9a92-4abedce22249,0,483,0,,,,,416118
-84.0328859999999,41.899733,MHC462015004,HB12,2,1958,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Croswell House / Governor Charles M. Croswell,,Croswell House,Governor Charles M. Croswell,"Charles Croswell helped his guardian and uncle, Daniel Hicks, build this Greek Revival house. He and his first wife, Lucy Eddy, bought the 1840s building from his uncle’s estate in 1853. The house remained in the family until Elizabeth Musgrave Croswell Merrill, his second wife, donated it to the Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1927. The Mary B. Hopkins Memorial funded the 1949 addition. In 1972 the house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) was born in New York. A lawyer and civic leader, he was secretary of the Republican Party’s founding convention in Jackson. He also drafted Michigan’s act ratifying the XIII Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. Croswell served as Adrian’s mayor and led both the state senate and house before becoming Michigan’s seventeenth governor (1877-1880). As governor, he oversaw the completion of Michigan’s 1879 capitol building.",228 N. Broad Street,Adrian,MI,49221,"Between Front and Church Streets, on north side of front lawn.",Lenawee,06S03E35SWSE,41.899733,-84.032886,,Governors,09/05/2019,043f2a1d-cb72-4abb-87af-4ac3679977f1,1972,484,3,"MHC462015004_1.jpg;MHC462015004_4.jpg;MHC462015004_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","10/10/2015;10/11/2015;10/10/2015",416119
-85.397586,44.413796,MHC831970016,L79B,2,1970,1970,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Battle of Manton,,Battle of Manton,,"In 1881 Manton became the Wexford County seat as a result of a compromise between Cadillac and Sherman. Those towns had quarreled over the issue for years. Cadillac partisans renewed the feud and won the county seat at an election in April 1882. After the election a sheriff’s posse left Cadillac for Manton by special train to seize the county records. An angry crowd confronted the Cadillac men and drove them out of town. Collecting several hundred lumbermen, a supply of whiskey, and a brass band, the sheriff returned to demand the records. Manton residents barricaded the courthouse, but the posse broke through doors and windows, seized the documents, and returned to Cadillac triumphant. Cadillac was victorious, but the battle of Manton left injuries and hard feelings.",,US-131,Manton,MI,0,"Rotary Park, south of Griswald Street",Wexford,23N09W03SWSW,44.413796,-85.397586,,,09/22/2017,df3ff289-7ad1-4adb-869f-4adeac05891d,0,485,0,,,,,416120
-83.83307,42.3696600000001,MHC811982006,L1047A,2,1982,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Webster Township Hall,,Webster Township Hall,,"In 1976 Webster Township Hall, built in 1871, was the sixth oldest township hall in continuous use in the state. The structure, which replaced a building at Scully and North Territorial Roads, was designed by Isaac Terry. Its cost of $1,758.17 included the land, fence, and hitching posts. It relied on kerosene lamps as late as 1920 and on a wood burning stove until 1970. The room at the back of the hall was added in 1948. Among events celebrated at the hall was the 1933 Webster Township Centennial.",,5001 Gregory Road,Webster Township,MI,0,at Scully Road,Washtenaw,01S05E27NWNE,42.36966,-83.83307,,,09/20/2017,328b5da7-f517-4876-8a96-4b23e8430979,0,486,0,,,,,416121
-85.2650132699999,43.5982950000001,MHC542012011,L2242,2,2012,2013,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Little River School House / Isaac and Lucy Berry,,Little River School House,Isaac and Lucy Berry,"The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building in 1905. It was the local school and community center until 1935. The Berry family landscaped the property around the lake, including the beach, calling it Pleasant View. They sold that land to Mecosta County for a park after Lucy Berry´s death.","Born into slavery, Isaac Berry (1831 - 1914) escaped from bondage in Missouri to freedom in Canada in 1858. There he married Lucy Millard (1838 - 1928), a white woman he met while enslaved in Missouri. The Berrys moved to Morton Township in 1877 with other black and multi-racial families. They bought cutover land, and Isaac served as the postmaster, blacksmith and school director. Lucy became the Little River Schools first teacher.",9003 90th Avenue,Mecosta,MI,49332,"90th Ave and 9 Mile Road, NE corner",Mecosta,14N08W16SESE,43.598295,-85.26501327,,"African-American History,2",03/20/2020,8f076e86-b4bf-4541-b803-4b28f5345726,0,487,4,"MHC542012011_1.jpg;MHC542012011_2.jpg;MHC542012011_3.jpg;MHC542012011_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","08/06/2013;08/06/2013;08/06/2013;",416122
-85.179721,42.321111,MHC131959010,L7,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Log Schoolhouse,,The Log Schoolhouse,,"Near this spot, facing the Indian Trail, the village’s first public school was erected in 1834. Built of logs, its floor, desks, and benches were constructed of lumber floated down the river from Bellevue’s sawmill. Warren B. Shepard, the first teacher, had a dozen pupils. The pioneers paid eighty dollars for their schoolhouse, using it also for religious services, debates, and other meetings. Sometimes friendly Potawatomi Indians dropped in to watch the strange doings.",,East State and Monroe,Battle Creek,MI,0,Intersection of East State and Monroe Streets,Calhoun,02S07W06SWSW,42.321111,-85.179721,,,08/23/2017,c1d2dfea-2dc5-4062-902d-4b3ff45f999a,0,488,0,,,,,416123
-83.940017,42.005473,MHC461971034,S351,2,1971,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Evans House,Musgrove Evans House,Evans House,,"Musgrove Evans built this dwelling in 1826. It is the oldest frame house in Tecumseh and is believed to be the oldest still standing in Lenawee County. Evans was a pioneer settler in this area. He platted the village of Tecumseh, served as its first postmaster and probate judge, and helped to organize Michigan’s first temperance society. Used as an inn and home, the Evans House was moved to this location in 1886 from the northeast corner of Ottawa Street and Chicago Boulevard. However, its appearance has changed little over the years.",,409-411 East Logan,Tecumseh,MI,0,NE Corner of Maumee Streeet,Lenawee,05S04E34NENW,42.005473,-83.940017,,,09/05/2017,97deec42-5ae2-472f-a5f0-4b4e14ef02da,0,489,0,,,,,416124
-83.802938,45.415714,MHC711959017,S214,2,1959,1960,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),World's Largest Limestone Quarry,,World's Largest Limestone Quarry,,"Limestone is a mineral raw material essential in making steel, chemicals, and cement. Henry H. Hindshaw, a geologist, established in 1908-09 the commercial value of this area’s limestone for industry. The high purity of this deposit and the availability of water transportation led to development here of a port and quarry. Both are named Calcite, after the principal ingredient of the stone. The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company, founded in 1910, began operations in 1912. Purchased by Carl D. Bradley and the United States Steel Corporation in 1920, the company came under the sole ownership of U. S. Steel upon Bradley’s death in 1928. In 1951 the company became a division of the corporation. Self-unloader vessels of the division’s Bradley Transportation Line carry limestone from this, the world’s largest limestone quarry, to industrial ports around the Great Lakes.",,1035 Calcite Rd,Rogers City,MI,0,"Michigan Limestone Operations, Calcite Plant Main Gate, East M-23",Presque Isle,35N05E23NWNW,45.415714,-83.802938,,"Mining Industry,4",09/12/2017,9c52e361-0046-46b7-9684-4b4e7e5e2509,0,490,1,MHC711959017_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416125
-82.882017,42.598846,MHC501972024,L181,2,1972,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Crocker House,,Crocker House,,"The first mayor of Mount Clemens, Joshua Dickinson, built this Italianate house in 1869. His daughter Katherine (1849-1882), the great-granddaughter of city founder Christian Clemens, and his son-in-law, George M. Crocker (1848-1918), moved into it after their marriage in 1870. Crocker, a former prosecuting attorney and justice of the peace, became mayor upon Dickinson’s death. The Crocker family owned the house until 1921. Originally located on the corner of Walnut and Market Streets, the house was moved to New Street in 1908 to make room for a new post office. Slated for removal or demolition in 1975, it was rescued by the Macomb County Historical Society, which moved it to Union Street in 1976 for use as a local history museum.",,15 Union St.,Mount Clemens,MI,0,,Macomb, ,42.598846,-82.882017,,,09/05/2017,1fd9689f-6234-4962-8b1e-4b70092b654b,0,491,0,,,,,416126
-83.042812,42.3348260000001,MHC821974025,L346,2,1974,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Second Baptist Church,,Second Baptist Church,,"Founded in 1836 by thirteen former slaves, this is the oldest black congregation in Michigan. From its beginnings the church has occupied a prominent place in Detroit’s black community. In 1839 it established the city’s first school for black children, and its first pastor, the Reverend William C. Monroe, was a noted antislavery activist. In 1843 he presided over the first State Convention of Colored Citizens, which met at the Second Baptist Church. Delegates demanded the right to vote and an end to slavery. On January 6, 1863, Detroit’s blacks celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation here. Located at this site since 1857, the church has expanded its facilities through the years.",,441 Monroe St.,Detroit,MI,0,Near Brush St.,Wayne, ,42.334826,-83.042812,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",08/22/2017,540b3b75-d216-48c2-93ad-4b876153719f,0,492,0,,,,,416127
-85.2970319999999,42.3338580000001,MHC131989048,S603A,2,1989,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Veterans Hospital No. 100,Battle Creek V.A. Medical Center,Veterans Hospital No. 100,,"World War I created the need for increased medical care for returning soldiers. Veterans Hospital No. 100, a five hundred-bed neuropsychiatric facility that opened in 1924 on the grounds of Fort Custer, originally consisted of twenty-two Neo-Georgian structures in a crescent shaped arrangement. Like other Veterans Bureau facilities of the time, the hospital was built from standardized floor plans at a cost of nearly $3 million. When erected on the grounds of Fort Custer, trenches, sand dunes, and barren soil dominated the site. Between 1927 and 1930, ninety-four hundred trees were planted on the 675-acre site, including English walnut trees, transplanted from the Battle Creek Sanitarium, that were originally grown at Mt. Vernon, Virginia.",,5500 Armstrong Road,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,01S08W31SWSW,42.333858,-85.297032,,,08/23/2017,5cbe9dde-da86-4fe2-b4c2-4bfef230aa4a,0,493,0,,,,,416128
-86.15966,42.776382,MHC702002019,L2118,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Central Park Chapel,,Central Park Chapel,,"Located on rail and interurban lines linking the west Michigan shore with Chicago and Grand Rapids, Holland has long been a tourist destination. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, vacationers erected summer cottages at Central Park on the shores of Black Lake, present-day Lake Macatawa. Many of them, like the permanent residents, were of Dutch descent and had strong religious beliefs. John R. Stryker hosted services on his porch until 1903 when the Central Park Chapel was built to serve interdenominational religious needs. Dr. John A. Otte, a medical missionary, led the construction of the chapel on land donated by Gerrit Zaalmink. Early services were held in Dutch as well as English. Because of the number of clergy who vacationed here, Central Park was known as “Saint’s Rest.”",,552 Grove Avenue,Holland,MI,49423,Between South Shore Drive and Lake Macatawa,Ottawa,05N16W35SENE,42.776382,-86.15966,,4,12/20/2021,c6fb5fbc-dd2e-44fa-8d73-4c0265144408,0,494,0,,,,,416129
-85.029995,45.645923,MHC241990035,S612,2,1990,2003,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Legs Inn / The Legs Inn,,The Legs Inn,The Legs Inn,"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 Polish immigrant, Smolak came to the United States in 1912 and settled in Cross Village in 1921. During the 1930s Smolak enlisted the labor of Odawa and other area residents to construct the inn from locally gathered timber and stones. A self-trained artist, Smolak used tree roots, limbs and driftwood to carve fantastical creatures into the furniture and decorative objects used in the inn. He called the carvings ""nature´s oddities."" Until his death in 1968 at age 81, Smolak continued his creative work at the inn, which had become a social center for the community.","Legs Inn jest jednym z najbardziej orginalnych i niezwyklych zabytkow w stanie Michigan. Nazwa pochodzi od bialych, zelaznych nog piecow wmurowanych na froncie dachu. Budynek jest obrazem tworczosci Stanislawa Smolaka i artystycznego rzemiosla Indian szczepu Odawa (Ottawa). Smolak, polski emigrant przybyl do U.S.A. w 1912 roku, w Cross Village osiedlil sie w 1921. W latach 1930-tych, przy budowie Legs Inn pomagali Smolakowi Indianie Odawa i inni mieszkancy okolicy, ktorzy wykorzystywali znalezione w pobliżu drewno i kamienie. Smolak, artysta samouk wyrzezbil z kamieni, galezi drzew i drewna wyrzuconego przez jezioro niezwykle przedmioty i meble, ktore nazwal “osobliwosciami natury.” Legs Inn stalo sie centrum towarzyskim dla lokalnej spolecznosci. Smolak kontynuowal swoja prace do roku 1968, gdy zmarl w wieku 81 lat.",6425 Lakeshore Drive,Cross Village Twp,MI,0,,Emmet,38N06W34SENW,45.645923,-85.029995,,,07/24/2017,fbb67f38-fdc6-44fc-b653-4c050f7a2015,0,495,2,"MHC241990035_1.jpg;MHC241990035_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","09/17/2015;09/17/2015",416130
-83.4000599999999,41.9138090000001,MHC582013012,L2254,2,2013,2014,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Trinity Episcopal Church / Trinity Episcopal Church,,Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Episcopal Church,"The Reverend John O’Brien became Monroe’s first Episcopal rector in late 1831. Early the next year he and his small congregation began building Trinity Church on what is now Loranger Square. Funds came from Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, as well as the congregation. The first service in the wood- frame church was held on February 3, 1833. Before daylight on March 18, 1868, a disastrous fire that engulfed part of Monroe’s business district destroyed the church. The congregation turned to Gordon W. Lloyd to design this church, which includes one of the few items saved from the fire, the baptismal font. The cornerstone was laid on June 24, 1868, and services began in the fall of 1869.","Trinity Episcopal Church features locally quarried Monroe Limestone and Sandusky Bluestone. The press noted “bright sunshine streaming through the richly stained windows in a flood of mellow light” at its February 1, 1871, dedication. The windows honor early parishioners; most were designed by George L. Burns. The three-paneled Smith window in the front of the church celebrated Major Henry Smith, who died in 1847 in the Mexican War, and his brother, General Joseph Smith, who served in that war and the Civil War. The Smith windows, damaged by a storm, were replaced by Tiffany Studios with “Supper at Emmaus” in 1910. The church added a parish hall and rectory in 1898 and the new parish hall in 1956.",304 S. Monroe Street,Monroe,MI,48161,"Between W. Third and W. Fourth Streets. Located on front lawn, facing S. Monroe St.",Monroe,,41.913809,-83.40006,,,07/24/2019,ec199790-fa9a-4ed2-9024-4c0bfab0161e,0,496,6,"MHC582013012_1.jpg;MHC582013012_2.jpg;MHC582013012_3.jpg;MHC582013012_5.jpg;MHC582013012_6.jpg;MHC582013012_7.jpg","Brian Egen;Brian Egen;unknown;unknown;unknown;unknown","Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo","05/17/2014;05/17/2014;;;;",416131
-83.454315,45.060589,MHC041996005,L1973,2,1996,1999,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Monarch Mill,Monarch Milling Company,Monarch Mill,,"In 1916 the Monarch Milling Company, a grist and flour mill, began operations in this building, which was constructed in 1914. By 1920 it was known as the Alpena Flour Mills, producing “Leader” and “Velvo” brand flour. The mill closed in 1956, but during its forty years of operation, it played an integral part in the daily life of the community. Much of the mill’s original equipment remains in place.",,633 Campbell Street,Alpena,MI,0,,Alpena,31N08E28NENE,45.060589,-83.454315,,1,01/13/2017,7e40993f-a4a0-4752-b159-4c73d5ee1dbc,0,498,0,,,,,416132
-83.912934,43.646565,MHC091988028,L1526A,2,1988,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ogaukawning Church,Kawkawlin Indian Mission Church,Ogaukawning Church,,"Established in 1847, the Ogaukawning Indian Mission, the first church in present-day Bay County, served Chippewa Indians at the nearby Kawkawlin settlement. First ministered by Methodist missionaries, it soon came under Indian trusteeship and still remains so. This site has been the social and religious center of the community since the 1840s. Several Indian pastors officiated at the Kawkawlin Mission, the last in 1947.",,3220 M-247 (N. Euclid Road),Bay City,MI,0,"200 ft North of Miller Rd, at intersection of Hidden Rd.; Bangor Twp.",Bay,14N05E05SWNW,43.646565,-83.912934,,"Native People,1",10/18/2021,fac89fc0-7eed-4d61-9b79-4ca6ac9c861e,0,499,0,,,,,416133
-86.045535,42.798988,MHC702001004,L2095,2,2001,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),New Groningen Cemetery / Groningen,,New Groningen Cemetery,Groningen,"New Groningen Cemetery is the only remnant of the dream of Jan Rabbers to establish Groningen, a commercial and industrial colony for Dutch immigrants who were not farmers. The log house and store owned by Rabbers and his wife, Cornelia, once stood on this site. In 1858, when the residents of Groningen relocated to the village of New Groningen about one mile northeast of here, the Rabberses sold the property to the churchyard association. Additional land purchases brought the cemetery to its present size. Most graves have simple headstones. Those of more prominent settlers can be identified by the large obelisks denoting family plots. Many of the oldest graves are unmarked, the wooden markers having deteriorated and disappeared.","Established in 1847 as the commercial and industrial center of the Dutch colonies settled by immigrants in Ottawa County, Groningen began as a thriving village. Groningen’s founder, Jan Rabbers, was among the followers of Albertus Van Raalte who established the Holland settlement earlier that year. For his own community, Rabbers chose a site on the Black River, which he thought would become a major trade artery because of its location at the endpoint of a navigable waterway. He built a small log house and store on this site, a bridge over the river, and a lumber mill nearby. The promising village died when the bridge washed out in 1856 and a new one downstream diverted traffic to that area. Groningen’s citizens relocated their settlement to that site, which they called New Groningen.",106th Ave,Zeeland,MI,0,Between Perry Street and Paw Paw Drive,Ottawa,05N15W23SWSE,42.798988,-86.045535,,5,08/01/2021,e6c3bd22-fd15-4996-af46-4cb3020c82a5,0,500,0,,,,,416134
-83.355466,42.339838,MHC821996002,L1996,2,1996,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Perrinsville School,Nankin District No. 2 School,Perrinsville School,,"Perrinsville began with a sawmill established by Abraham and Isaac Perrin around 1832. During the next century three one-room schools served area children. The first, a wooden school, was erected in 1833 on the Marcus Swift farm. A second, larger one was built on the William Osband farm in 1843. This building, constructed in 1856 on land purchased from Isaac and Hannah Swift Perrin by Nankin District No. 2, was the first brick school in the township. Classes were held here until 1937 when Henry Ford constructed the nearby Nankin Mills schoolhouse as a replacement. Perrinsville School served as a church from 1948 to 1968. Having suffered many changes over the years, including removal of the teacher´s platform, the cupola and the wainscoting, the school has been restored to its 1890s appearance by the city of Westland, which acquired it in 1990.",,31755 Cowan Road,Westland,MI,0,at Warren Road,Wayne,02S09E03SESE,42.339838,-83.355466,,,09/22/2017,7980a77d-1ff6-418d-8cc5-4cd0dfa8129e,0,501,0,,,,,416135
-85.666499,41.8408620000001,MHC751984008,L1190A,2,1984,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Constantine United Methodist Church,Constantine Methodist Episcopal Church,Constantine United Methodist Church,,"Methodism began in Meek’s Mill (Constantine) in 1829 when the Reverend Erastus Felton came from the Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference as a circuit rider to the St. Joseph Mission. This congregation, the earliest in Constantine, was organized in 1831 under the ministry of the Reverend Leonard Gurley. In 1848 the congregation erected a small brick church, which served until the present Gothic-style structure was built. Dedicated on December 1, 1878, the church was remodeled in 1955.",,285 White Pigeon St,Constantine,MI,0,,Saint Joseph,07S12W23SESE,41.840862,-85.666499,,,09/13/2017,64a5b133-73d7-48ea-9bdb-4ce336ce832c,0,502,0,,,,,416136
-83.039102,42.3332050000001,MHC821961016,S224,4,1961,2010,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Frederick Douglass-John Brown Meeting,William Webb House,Frederick Douglass-John Brown Meeting,,"In the home of William Webb, two hundred feet north of this spot, two famous Americans met several Detroit Negro residents on March 12, 1859, to discuss methods of abolishing American Negro slavery. John Brown (1800-1859), fiery antislavery leader, ardently advocated insurrectionary procedures, and eight months later became a martyr to the cause. Frederick Douglass (c. 1817-1895), ex-slave and internationally recognized antislavery orator and writer, sought a solution through political means and orderly democratic processes. Although they differed on tactics to be used, they were united in the immortal cause of American Negro freedom. Among the prominent members of Detroit’s Negro community reported to have been present were: William Lambert, George De Baptiste, Dr. Joseph Ferguson, Reverend William S. Monroe, Willis Wilson, John Jackson, and William Webb.",,633 East Congress Street,Detroit,MI,0,at St. Antoine Street,Wayne, ,42.333205,-83.039102,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",02/03/2020,11870f51-54d9-4af1-8c48-4d174d1da49f,0,503,0,,,,,416137
-84.783576,44.624335,MHC201978022,S508,2,1978,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Officer's Club,Camp Grayling Officer's Open Mess,Officer's Club,,"The Camp Grayling Officer’s Club and the land on which it is constructed were given to the state of Michigan by Rasmus Hanson, a successful Grayling businessman who made his fortune in the white pine forests. In 1913 he also donated 13,760 acres of land to the state, for the training of the militia, which became known as the Hanson Grant. The Officer’s Club, built in 1917, has since served as the focal point for the social and formal functions of the Michigan National Guard Officer Corps. Reminiscent of the architecture that is typical of southern military structures, the colonnaded veranda and symmetrically spaced dormers set into the low hipped roof are common to militia camps and army posts erected at the turn of the century.",,Bldg 311 Howe Road,Grayling,MI,0,,Crawford,26N04W27NWNW,44.624335,-84.783576,,,08/14/2019,93865439-dc4e-4ef7-9888-4d3e008c20f4,0,504,3,"MHC201978022_3.jpg;MHC201978022_5.jpg;MHC201978022_6.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","07/14/2017;07/14/2017;",416138
-83.744594,42.281167,MHC811976047,S488,2,1976,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Antislavery Society,,Anti-slavery Society,,"The founding meeting of the Michigan Antislavery Society was held in the First Presbyterian Church, located on this site, on November 10, 1836. Delegates from six counties elected officers and adopted fourteen resolutions denouncing slavery. This convention led to the establishment in Jackson in 1839 of the American Freeman, the state’s first antislavery newspaper, and its successor, Ann Arbor’s Signal of Liberty, in 1841.",,340 East Huron Street,Ann Arbor,MI,0,,Washtenaw,02S06E29SENE,42.281167,-83.744594,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History,1",08/23/2021,507943af-303e-486d-8c3c-4d4b157f3246,0,505,1,MHC811976047_2.jpg,Not Provided,Marker Photo - Front,04/19/2018,416139
-84.79912,42.9308800000001,MHC191986045,L1325C,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Westphalia Settlement / St. Mary's Parish,St. Mary's Church,Westphalia Settlement,St. Mary's Parish,"In October 1836 the Reverend Anton Kopp and five other men from Westphalia, Germany, arrived in New York. They traveled to Detroit by way of the Erie Canal. Advised to settle in the Grand River Valley, the Reverend Kopp and Eberhard Platte went to the Ionia land office and on November 10, 1836, purchased 560 acres of Clinton County farmland. The original land owners were Anton Cordes, Joseph Platte, John Hanses, William Tillman, and John Salter. Leaving Detroit, these men walked along the Dexter Trail to Lyons. There they hired William Hunt, a trapper and fur trader, to guide them to their land holdings. They named their settlement Westphalia in honor of their homeland. It was the first German-Catholic settlement in central Michigan.","In 1836 Bishop Rese of the Detroit Diocese appointed a German emigrant priest, Anton Kopp, to head the Westphalia Mission. Mass was being celebrated in the homes of the new community’s founding settlers by 1837. These early worshippers, members of the first parish for German-speaking Roman Catholics in central Michigan, completed their first permanent structure, a modest log church, in 1838. It was followed by a larger frame structure in 1847. Known as St. Peter’s Church, that structure was replaced in 1869 with a church constructed of brick from Westphalia’s brickyard and black walnut from its forests. The new church, dedicated as St. Mary’s Church, served the parish until it was destroyed by fire in 1959. The present church, erected on the site of the original log church, was dedicated on May 28, 1962.",201 North Westphalia Street,Westphalia,MI,0,,Clinton,06N04W05SESE,42.93088,-84.79912,,,08/13/2019,a52f8aeb-9b20-4d2b-aafe-4da1952471af,0,506,3,"MHC191986045_1.jpg;MHC191986045_2.jpg;MHC191986045_4.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","06/24/2017;06/24/2017;06/24/2017",416140
-83.0486979999999,42.3299720000001,MHC821956039,S71,2,1956,1964,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Fort Lernoult,,Fort Lernoult,,"This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. The fort was built by the British in 1778-79 to protect Detroit against the possibility of attack by George Rogers Clark and the American army. Overlooking the stockaded village and named for its commander, Richard B. Lernoult, the fort controlled river traffic and land routes. The fort was not attacked during the American Revolution. However, it was then the foremost British military post in the West, a base for Indian raids against American frontier settlements, and a guardian of the rich fur trade. Although the peace treaty of 1783 gave Michigan to the United States, the British did not evacuate the fort until 1796. In 1812 Fort Lernoult was surrendered to the British, but was regained by the Americans in 1813 and renamed Fort Shelby. The last troops were removed in 1826. The fort was leveled in the next two or three years.",,Fort Street,Detroit,MI,0,Fort and Shelby Streets,Wayne, ,42.329972,-83.048698,,War of 1812,09/20/2017,2cfceac3-6827-4174-aee4-4dbd39dfa072,0,507,1,MHC821956039_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416141
-86.108415,42.788573,MHC701997004,L2027,2,1997,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Holland Post Office,Holland Museum,Holland Post Office,,"In 1848, in response to pressure from the settlers of Holland, the U.S. Congress created the community’s first post office, with Henry D. Post as postmaster. Originally named Black River, the Holland post office relocated to rented quarters several times before this building was constructed. The Neoclassical, Indiana limestone building, completed in 1915, was notable for its oak paneling, marble trim, fashionable windows, and electric lighting. After postal operations relocated in 1986, the city of Holland acquired the building. The Netherlands Museum collections, begun by founder Willard Wichers in 1937, opened on this site in 1992 as the Holland Museum.",,31 West 10th Street,Holland,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N15W29NESW,42.788573,-86.108415,,4,08/01/2021,22e80719-f711-4b56-8824-4dee4fa5c5d2,0,508,0,,,,,416142
-85.657209,42.840828,MHC411988047,L1575B,2,1988,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),John Isaac Cutler House,Pine Rest Christian Hospital/Homestead,John Isaac Cutler House,,In 1853 John and Christina Cutler and their ten children came to this area from New York and founded the town of Cutlerville. In 1891 Cutler’s son John Isaac built a three-story brick house. The interior was embellished with hardwood and heated by a gas furnace. In 1910 the Cutlers sold the home and farm to what became the Pine Rest Christian Hospital Association. The former residence was its first treatment center. In 1979 it was renovated and renamed The Homestead.,,283 68th Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,49508,"between Madison and Division Streets, Gaines Township",Kent,05N11W06SESW,42.840828,-85.657209,,,04/17/2018,625d4b94-c008-46df-a145-4e0752ffac37,0,509,0,,,,,416143
-85.8908949999999,42.2173290000001,MHC802002007,L2114,2,2002,2002,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Paw Paw Public Library,,Paw Paw Public Library,,"This building opened as the Paw Paw Public Library on June 26, 1920. Jackson architect Claire Allen designed the library, as well as the nearby county courthouse. Pennsylvania industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000 toward construction and required Paw Paw citizens to contribute $4,500 and to commit to long-term maintenance. In 1991 the library relocated. This building reopened as the Carnegie Community Center in 1995.",,129 South Kalamazoo Street,Paw Paw,MI,0,,Van Buren,03S14W12SESW,42.217329,-85.890895,,,08/11/2020,077b9741-90bd-4e98-821a-4e233668171a,0,510,1,MHC802002007_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,07/16/2016,416144
-86.254892,41.827657,MHC111966008,L0062,2,1966,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Trinity Church,Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Church,,"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. In that year there were fourteen houses in Niles. The first edifice, of frame construction, was built on this site in 1836 under the direction of the Reverend James Selkrig, the first rector. The present church was completed in 1858. On May 7, 1876, the Reverend Robert McMurdy presented 308 persons for confirmation. This is said to have been one of the largest such classes in American church history.",,9 South 4th Street,Niles,MI,0,,Berrien,07S17W26SESW,41.827657,-86.254892,,1,06/13/2022,e8b10d5a-9306-4ad0-800f-4e8f9c381394,0,511,0,,,,,416145
-83.066253,42.361651,MHC821976008,L485,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Omega Psi Phi,Omega Psi Phi Fraternity House,Omega Psi Phi,,"This Victorian structure, built in the early 1890s, houses the Detroit chapter of the first national Greek letter fraternity established at a Negro university. Omega Psi Phi was founded in 1911 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The Greek letters symbolize the motto “Friendship is essential to the soul.” DeWitt T. Burton, Francis Dent, and O. T. Davis formed Nu Omega, the local chapter; in 1923. Fifteen years later Nu Sigma, the undergraduate chapter, began at Wayne State University. Purchased in 1942 by Nu Omega, this house fulfilled the fraternity’s initial purpose by creating an association of college men with similar ideals of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift. Many members of this chapter achieved local or national prominence.",,235 East Ferry,Detroit,MI,0,between John R and Brush Streets,Wayne, ,42.361651,-83.066253,,African-American History,09/20/2017,57e46ec1-540a-43c1-b402-4ea25d277d13,0,512,0,,,,,416146
-86.324504,44.24501,MHC511979025,L674A,2,1979,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,Church of the Holy Trinity,Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,,"St. Paul’s Mission was organized in 1869. It was formally incorporated as Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in 1888, the same year this structure was completed and dedicated. The Reverend Richard R. Upjohn of Chicago was responsible for the Norman design of rough-hewn limestone and sandstone. This is one of the oldest Manistee churches still holding regular worship services.",,410 Second Street,Manistee,MI,0,Also has an ID Plaque ordered in 1994,Manistee,21N17W11SENE,44.24501,-86.324504,,,07/22/2020,953eb938-9724-4490-9f47-4ee5d05e2b6c,0,515,0,,,,,416147
-83.052193,42.3394020000001,MHC821987006,L1421A,2,1987,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John's Episcopal Church,,St. John's Episcopal Church,,"St. John’s Episcopal Parish, established in December 1958, served what was then a rural area of Detroit. Albert Jordan designed the original church (now St. John’s Chapel), which was built in 1859. Henry Porter Baldwin, a former United States senator and future governor, donated the church lot and paid for the building. Two years later Jordan and his partner James Anderson, by then Detroit’s ranking church architects, designed the present Victorian Gothic church. Known as the “Patriarch of Piety Hill,” the limestone structure was constructed with a partial donation from Baldwin. The chancel was enlarged in 1892 and in 1936 the church and chapel (40 million pounds) were moved sixty feet eastward when Woodward Avenue was widened.",,2326 Woodward Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,between the Fisher Freeway Service Drive and Montcalm Street,Wayne,,42.339402,-83.052193,,4,09/20/2017,c1b49bc7-c223-4f3a-a6c1-4efa05218934,0,516,0,,,,,416148
-85.5871459999999,42.9294090000001,MHC411962001,S228B,4,1962,1965,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Calvin College and Seminary,,Calvin College and Seminary,,"These schools are institutions of the Christian Reformed Church, a denomination founded in 1857 in western Michigan by Dutch immigrants whose religious roots lay in the Calvinist Reformation. The seminary began in an upper room of a school building on Williams Street, Grand Rapids, in 1876. From 1892 to 1917 it was located on Madison Avenue. Thereafter it was moved to the Franklin Street campus, where Calvin College, emerging from its preparatory-school attachment to the seminary, became in 1921 a four-year, degree-granting institution. The present campus, Knollcrest Farm, was acquired in 1956. Development of it began in 1959. These related schools, which emphasize liberal arts and theological education, are dedicated to preparing youth for the service of God.",,3205 Burton Street,Grand Rapids,MI,0,6/2021 Original marker was salavaged. Working on a revised replacement marker. The College changed its name to Calvin University in 2019-2020.,Kent,06N11W02SWSW,42.929409,-85.587146,,4,06/16/2021,cc39c968-5b23-40a1-b3fa-4f39396c84e5,0,517,2,"MHC411962001_1.jpg;MHC411962001_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/15/2020;11/15/2020",416149
-83.461721,42.629895,MHC631977028,L518,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Patrick Church,St. Patrick's Catholic Church,St. Patrick Church,,"This white clapboard edifice was built by Irish immigrants in 1840. It is believed to be the oldest existing frame Catholic church building in the Lower Peninsula. This area was one of the earliest in Michigan to be settled by Irish immigrants who arrived during the 1830s. The parish was organized in 1839 with about thirty members. Their numbers increased when the potato famine of 1845 in Ireland forced thousands of others to the United States. Having outgrown this tiny structure by the 1880s, the congregation travelled to Pontiac, Milford, and other areas until approximately 1950, when a permanent parish was established here in Union Lake. Maintaining its original floors, walls, and windows, this edifice is still used for ceremonial purposes. Today, the surrounding neighborhood is known as the “Dublin” area.",,Union Lake Road,Union Lake,MI,0,"at Hutchins Road, Oxbow vicinity",Oakland,03N08E25SWSW,42.629895,-83.461721,,,09/12/2017,0eafdf7b-650c-45b3-803f-4f4686d8f6c1,0,518,0,,,,,416150
-83.0270379999999,42.480368,MHC501993008,L1903,2,1993,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saint Clement Catholic Parish,,Saint Clement Catholic Parish,,"Priests from Detroit served the Catholics of Kunrod’s Corner, present-day Center Line, from 1852 to 1857. In 1854 Saint Clement Catholic Parish was founded, and a church was erected on land sold to the Diocese of Detroit by Hermann and Magthalina Cramer and Anthony Joseph Clemens. Belgian, French, German, and Irish Catholics worshipped in the wooden church built on this site. The Reverend Henry H. Meuffels became the first resident pastor in 1857. In 1880-81 a spacious brick church was constructed to serve a growing parish. In 1892 the Sisters of Saint Dominic from Wisconsin reorganized the Saint Clement Elementary School and opened the high school in 1923. The present church was built in 1960-61. Saint Clement is Center Line’s oldest religious institution.",,25320 Van Dyke,Center Line,MI,0,,Macomb,01N12E22SWSW,42.480368,-83.027038,,,07/23/2020,126c30cd-33f2-447e-a78c-4f72b146e97b,0,519,2,"MHC501993008_1.jpg;MHC501993008_2.jpg","Michael V. Grobbel;Michael V. Grobbel","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/30/2020;06/30/2020",416151
-83.227254,42.2972090000001,MHC821957042,S126,2,1957,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Ford Airport / Ford Tri-motor -- William B. Stout: 1880-1956,,The Ford Airport,Ford Tri-motor -- William B. Stout: 1880-1956,"At this airport, built by Henry Ford in 1924, world and national history was made, ushering in a new era of flight embracing the all-metal airliner, radio control devices, airmail, scheduled flights, and the airline services that the generation of the 1930s came to expect. For the first time in the world: A hotel, the Dearborn Inn, was designed and built for the air traveler. A guided flight of a commercial airliner was made by radio. For the first time in the U.S.A.: An all-metal, multi-engine, commercial airliner was built. A regularly scheduled passenger airline in continuous domestic service was inaugurated. Under the Kelly Act the first contract airmail for domestic routes was flown.","Born in Illinois, Stout came to Michigan as an automotive designer in 1914. During World War I he turned to aviation. In 1922 he produced America´s first all-metal plane, a Navy torpedo plane. The same year he organized the Stout Metal Airplane Company. In the next two years he built America´s first successful commercial metal planes. The company occupied the new airplane factory at the Ford Airport in 1924 and became a division of the Ford Motor Company in 1925. While he was the division´s consulting engineer the Ford Tri-motor was developed. In 1926 he founded the Stout Air Services, this country´s first regularly scheduled passenger airline. Later, in his Dearborn workshop, Stout designed the ""Sky Car,"" a combination airplane and automobile; the ""Rail Plane,"" a gas-driven railroad car; a collapsible ""House Trailer;"" and the ""Scarab Car,"" a spacious, rear-motor auto. An airline terminal for passenger use was constructed. The airport´s closing in 1933 ended Ford´s experimental work in aviation.",20301 Oakwood Blvd,Dearborn,MI,0,at the Dearborn Inn,Wayne,,42.297209,-83.227254,,"Auto Industry,5",01/15/2020,b322f3a7-8f6b-4ef0-a6bf-4fb8089abef1,0,520,2,"MHC821957042_2.jpg;MHC821957042_1.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Archives of Michigan","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","05/07/1958;05/23/1961",416152
-85.406599,44.900206,MHC051969003,S292,2,1969,1973,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Elk Rapids Iron Company,,Elk Rapids Iron Company,,"The brick ruin near this marker was the hearth of the Elk Rapids furnace, during the 1870s one of the nation’s greatest producers of charcoal iron. Forty-seven feet high and twelve feet in diameter, it was begun in 1872 and produced the first blast of iron on June 24, 1873. The local logging firm of Dexter and Noble constructed the furnace, locating it in Elk Rapids to utilize the vast stands of hardwood timber which surrounded the town. The hardwood was converted to charcoal to fire the furnace, and iron ore was imported from the Upper Peninsula by freighter. Once the town’s major employer, the furnace closed during World War I when the nearby forests were depleted, and cheaper smelting processes were developed.",,Ames St. East of US-31,Elk Rapids,MI,0,In the yard of the Elks River Motel,Antrim,29N09W21SENW,44.900206,-85.406599,,Mining Industry,08/18/2017,55dd0a0c-80fd-4d79-bb76-50754196c44c,0,521,0,,,,,416153
-83.30003499,44.75465739,MHC012010001,L2223C,2,2010,2011,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Town of Alcona,,Town of Alcona,,"William Hill established a fishing station in this area, known as the Cove, circa 1853. Early residents were fisherman who netted the once abundant schools of herring, whitefish and perch. John, Haynes and Co. began lumbering the area soon after the Civil War. Platted in 1880, but never incorporated, Alcona became a bustling lumber town with a number of sawmills, three hotels, a narrow gauge railroad and a freight dock. The dock was a popular stop for Great Lakes steamships carrying lumber, salted fish and passengers along the shores of Lake Huron. In 1880 residents witnessed the fiery destruction of the steamship Marine City. Townspeople generously offered refuge to the survivors. As the century ended, with the forests cleared and the fish gone, this once bustling town faded into oblivion.",,5518 Alcona Rd,Haynes Township,MI,0,Along side of County paved Shoreline Road.,Alcona,27N09E12SWNW,44.75465739,-83.30003499,,"Timber Industry,4",06/17/2017,f41a27bb-4032-4f4b-8c5e-507633ad7a6e,0,522,2,"MHC012010001_2.jpg;MHC012010001_1.jpg",Michigan History Center,"Other Photo;Marker Dedication Photo",";",416154
-85.327007,42.9804100000001,MHC411959004,S197,4,1959,1971,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Fallasburg Covered Bridge,,Fallasburg Covered Bridge,,"John W. and Silas S. Fallas settled here in 1837, founding a village, which soon boasted a chair factory, sawmill, and gristmill. About 1840 the first of several wooden bridges was placed across the Flat River, but all succumbed in a short time to high water and massive spring ice jams. Bridge builder Jared N. [Brezee]of Ada was given a contract in 1871 to build the present structure. Constructed at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars, the bridge has latticework trusses made of white pine timbers. As in all covered bridges, the roof and siding serve to protect bridge timbers from rot. Repairs in 1905 and 1945 have kept the bridge safe for traffic for one hundred years.",,Covered Bridge Road,Lowell,MI,0,"North of town, East of Fallasburg Park Rd, over the Flat River, Vergennes Twp",Kent,07N09W24SWNW,42.98041,-85.327007,,4,03/30/2022,9d69b03a-1e1c-4211-8a90-50a4e2f0758e,0,523,2,"MHC411959004_2.jpg;MHC411959004_3.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/14/2020;06/09/2002",416155
-83.037497,42.6366080000001,MHC501998007,L2048,2,1998,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Utica Cemetery,,Utica Cemetery,,"John and Mary Stead deeded 4.45 acres of land to the Utica Cemetery Association in 1863. Included in that parcel was a section referred to as the “Old Burying Ground” and a family plot called “Stead’s Reserve.” The first burial occurred in 1817 upon the death of Thomas Squier, who was among Shelby Township’s first white settlers. Businessmen, doctors, farmers, and teachers who influenced the history of the area are buried here, including Lyman T. Jenney, the county’s first doctor, and antislavery activists Peter and Sarah Lerich. Also interred here are Joseph Stead, who platted the village of Harlow in 1829, and Gurden C. Leech, who in 1833 suggested that the town be renamed Utica.",,46325 Shelby Road,Utica,MI,0,,Macomb,03N12E33SENE,42.636608,-83.037497,,,09/05/2017,87be5835-c278-4b39-b34f-50b6035b4d93,0,524,0,,,,,416156
-84.16531,43.314718,MHC731980007,L869A,2,1980,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Coal Mine No. 8,"No. 8 Coal Mine Museum; Robert Gage Coal Company-Mine No. 8",Coal Mine No. 8,,"Coal was discovered in the St. Charles area in 1896. On this site in 1917 the Robert Gage Coal Company sunk a shaft two hundred feet beneath the surface. The main entry off the shaft was about three miles long. At times, the mine employed as many as four hundred men, who worked in pairs. In 1919 a miner earned sixty to seventy cents per ton. After undercutting and blasting coal from seams twenty-two to sixty-four inches thick, miners shoveled it into cars that were pulled by mules and electric motors to the cage, where it was lifted up the shaft to the tipple. It was then sorted, weighed and loaded into railroad cars. The highest grade of bituminous coal in Michigan was mined here until 1931, when the shift to other fuels and competition from higher grade coal in other states made it necessary to close.",,12633 Beaver Rd.,St. Charles,MI,0,"Hartley Outdoor Education Center, North of Townline and East of Orr Roads",Saginaw,11N03E31NWSW,43.314718,-84.16531,,Mining Industry,09/12/2017,7470789b-ca8f-46f6-98f3-50c77c910ef3,0,525,0,,,,,416157
-83.183597,42.428386,MHC822014013,L2268,2,2014,2016,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Hartford Memorial Baptist Church,,Hartford Memorial Baptist Church,Hartford Memorial Baptist Church,"The Hartford Memorial congregation was the first African American church on Detroit’s west side. It began, under Rev. Edgar Edwards (1875-1942), as the international, interracial, interdenominational Institutional Baptist Church in 1917. Under its second pastor, the Rev. Charles A. Hill (1893-1970), it was incorporated in 1921 as Hartford Avenue. In 1924, it built a new church at 6300 Hartford, where it remained until 1977. The church, through its ministries, led civil and equal rights efforts to organize Ford Motor Company United Automobile Workers, prevent the exclusion of blacks from the World War II era Sojourner Truth Housing Project, and support the 1986 Dearborn economic boycott.","In 1977, Hartford Avenue Baptist Church moved into this building and took the name Hartford Memorial. When Covenant Baptist Church held the first worship services in the building on New Years Eve 1942, only the basement and entrances were complete due to World War II shortages. The sanctuary and two stories were added in 1950 and the north wing in 1962. Hartford remodeled the sanctuary in 1988 and added the large Petty-Madden pipe organ. The chapel was restored after a 1993 fire. Expanding its faith-based ministries, Hartford dedicated the Charles G. Adams Fellowship Hall in 1977, the Agape House in 1982, the Biblical Institute in 1989, and the Education Center in 2010.",18700 James Couzens Highway,Detroit,MI,48235,Between Seven Mile Road & Schaefer,Wayne,01S11E07NENE,42.428386,-83.183597,www.hmbcdetroit.org,African-American History,10/02/2019,0bf5489a-5d30-4e1d-b33e-5124506c8864,0,526,4,"MHC822014013_1.jpg;MHC822014013_3.jpg;MHC822014013_2.jpg;MHC822014013_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","05/22/2016;05/22/2016;05/22/2016;",416158
-85.0557689999999,42.3339930000001,MHC131978033,L591,2,1978,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bryant Farm,Mary Bryant Mayo Birthplace,Bryant Farm,,"This farm has remained in the Bryant family since 1844 and retains much of its original Civil War era appearance. The ruins of stone fences erected without mortar still stand as a rare reminder of early settlement. Mary Bryant Mayo (1845-1903), Michigan’s pioneer leader in co-education, was born here. During the latter part of the nineteenth century she was very active in the Grange movement and traveled throughout the Midwest exhorting farm women to improve their lives through education.","The Grange’s purpose was to show farmers that their happiness depended upon education as well as prosperity, and Mary Mayo “had the power of reaching those who dwell in the farm house.” Perry Mayo, her husband, who had gained prominence by being elected state senator in 1887-1888, encouraged her efforts. In 1900 Mary was instrumental in establishing the first women’s dormitory, the Women’s Building, on the Michigan State University campus. Thirty-one years later that university built a new women’s dormitory and named it in honor of Mary Mayo.",12557 L Drive North,Convis Township,MI,0,,Calhoun,01S06W31SESW,42.333993,-85.055769,,,08/23/2017,4b17143d-5794-406c-99cd-5147fde9f7ed,0,527,0,,,,,416159
-84.037542,42.1503000000001,MHC811983012,L1086A,2,1983,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Blacksmith Shop,"William Neebling Blacksmith Shop; John F. Schneider Blacksmith Shop",Blacksmith Shop,,"In 1877 local masons built this shop in eight days. Its first owner, William F. Neebling, built wagons and followed the blacksmith trade until 1909, when he sold the business to Theodore Morschheuser. John F. Schneider apprenticed to Morschheuser in 1911 and bought the shop in 1922. Schneider worked as a blacksmith until his death in 1952. The building, one of Michigan’s last intact mainstreet blacksmith shops, was purchased by the Manchester Area Historical Society in 1982.",,324 East Main St,Manchester,MI,0,,Washtenaw,04S03E02NWSE,42.1503,-84.037542,,,09/20/2017,ddc39acb-333f-428a-a963-514939e1211f,0,528,0,,,,,416160
-84.8473999999999,43.6407,MHC372016001,L2279,2,2016,2016,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Peter E. Richmond / Peter and Anna Richmond House,,Peter E. Richmond,Peter and Anna Richmond House,"Physician Peter E. Richmond was born in 1846 in New York. He graduated from the McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal in 1873 and moved here in 1874. He visited his patients on horseback, gave free medical care to the poor, and was considered the “pioneer physician” of Isabella County. He was the Supreme Medical Director of the Gold Reserve Life Association, a local insurance organization. In 1877 he married Anna Grey. In 1904, he platted the northeast section of the city with John Kinney.","Physician Peter E. Richmond purchased this land in 1874 from Langdon and Pamelia Bentley. In 1893 John T. Hidey built this balloon-framed, Queen Anne style home for Richmond, his wife, Anna, and their daughter, Imogene. Hidey also built the Indian Industrial Boarding School and other local homes. Richmond lived in this house until his death in 1910. Anna sold the house in 1915 for $4,700 to R. T. Kane, who later became Mount Pleasant’s mayor.",109 W. Locust Street,Mount Pleasant,MI,48858,Between S. Main and S. Washington Streets,Isabella,,43.6407,-84.8474,,,03/25/2020,d570b349-1a4c-4037-bbc9-531f5b2f0b6a,0,531,3,"MHC372016001_1.jpg;MHC372016001_2.jpg;MHC372016001_3.jpg","Al Wildey;Al Wildey;Al Wildey","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","10/20/2014;10/20/2014;10/20/2014",416161
-85.67044258,42.98925139,MHC412009009,S719,2,2009,2010,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Monroe Avenue Water Filtration Plant/The Beginning of Water Fluoridation,GR Water Filtration Plant/Clear Water Place,Monroe Avenue Water Filtration Plant,The Beginning of Water Fluoridation,"During the late nineteenth century, Grand Rapids residents relied on private companies to provide purified drinking water. As the city grew, so did the need for clean water In1900 a city-owned facility was proposed, but plans were thwarted by a bribery and conspiracy scandal involving city officials. Ten years later, however, citizens approved a bond to build this facility, which was designed by Rudolph Hering and George Fuller of New York. The plant was expanded in 1924, and a pipeline to Lake Michigan was added in 1938. A final expansion occurred in 1957, but the plant ceased operation in 1961. At its peak, this facility could treat sixty million gallons of water per day.","On January 25, 1945, Grand Rapids became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its public water supply. The city, along with the U.S. Public Health Service, the Michigan Department of Health, and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, began a ten-year study to determine the effectiveness of fluoride in the prevention of tooth decay. The city was chosen as a test site because of its large population of school-age children; its closeness to Lake Michigan, which is mostly free of natural fluoride; and its proximity to Muskegon, which served as the control city. By 1955 the study had shown a sixty-five percent reduction in tooth decay and led to the adoption of fluoridation as an accepted public health measure.",1430 Monroe Ave.,Grand Rapids,MI,49505,,Kent,07N12W13NESE,42.98925139,-85.67044258,,,08/08/2017,22eaa949-6e7c-4431-9fb0-53428da06ac5,0,532,1,MHC412009009_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,,416162
-84.542914,42.734231,MHC332004007,L2141,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Union Depot,Clara's Lansing Station,Union Depot,,"The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building with Chateauesque conical towers and cut stone arches. The depot closed in 1972. Restaurateur Peter Jebeck bought the building in 1978 and transformed it into an eatery, retaining the quarter-sawn oak interior and installing locally crafted stained glass windows.",,637 East Michigan Ave,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W15SWNW,42.734231,-84.542914,,1,12/22/2020,31877b13-ba07-475b-ab2b-538e58143676,1995,533,1,MHC332004007_2.jpg,Michigan Historical Commission,Site Photo w/Marker,11/19/2020,416163
-83.02329,42.344495,MHC821968002,S288,2,1968,1968,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Michigan Colored Regiment,,First Michigan Colored Regiment,,"The First Michigan Colored Regiment was organized at Camp Ward, which originally stood on this location. Formed from August through October 1863, a year of draft riots and protests against the war, this Negro regiment consisted entirely of volunteers. During training a regimental band was formed and toured southern Michigan to recruit additional volunteers. Mustered here as the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops, February 17, 1864, the nine hundred-man unit left Detroit March 28, 1864, for service in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. More than fourteen hundred men served in the regiment during nineteen months in the field; 10 percent of this number died in service. The regiment was disbanded in October 1865 in Detroit.",,Macomb Street,Detroit,MI,0,"Duffield Public School grounds, Macomb Street east of Chene Street",Wayne, ,42.344495,-83.02329,,"African-American History,Civil War,4",03/30/2021,6d0049b7-6060-473e-93f1-541790da232d,0,534,2,"MHC821968002_1.jpg;MHC821968002_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","03/29/2021;03/29/2021",416164
-86.196455,43.244782,MHC611988005,L1501C,2,1988,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Muskegon College,Ferris Business College,Muskegon Business College,,"Woodbridge N. Ferris founded the Ferris Business College in October 1888. Ferris had also founded what is now known as Ferris State University in Big Rapids three years earlier. The college was initially established as a proprietary school of business. Since its founding, it has been owned by various individuals and undergone several name changes. Since 1926 the college’s prominent owners and managers have been the Jewell family. In 1965 the name became Muskegon Business College and the institution began granting associate degrees. In 1969 the school was chartered by the state of Michigan as a nonprofit institution. After merging with Baker College of Flint and Owosso, Muskegon Business College began granting the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1987.",,1903 Marquette Avenue,Muskegon,MI,0,between Quarterline Road and Donald Street. Near the Baker College of Muskegon Bookstore,Muskegon,10N16W22SENW,43.244782,-86.196455,,4,07/16/2021,58a06645-4254-4121-8d37-54211bf27ff1,0,535,0,,,,,416165
-84.616549,45.858007,MHC491956055,S79,2,1956,1959,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Fort Holmes,,Fort Holmes,,"Here in 1812, on the island’s highest point, a blockhouse and stockade were built by the British and named Fort George. It was the bulwark of British defenses in 1814 when the American attack was repulsed. After the war the Americans renamed the post in honor of Major Holmes, who was killed during the American assault in 1814. The fort was not maintained by the Americans, however. The present blockhouse is not the original building.",,Fort Holmes Rd,Mackinac Island,MI,0,North of the business district,Mackinac, ,45.858007,-84.616549,,War of 1812,09/05/2017,d8f9416f-752a-4c09-bf23-54c171e8d621,0,536,1,MHC491956055_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,07/05/2013,416166
-83.7819269999999,42.529632,MHC471982004,L1010A,2,1982,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Town Hall,,Old Town Hall,,"Settled in 1832 by Maynard Maltby, this community was originally called Ore Creek for the stream that flows through it. In 1838 its name was changed to Brighton. It was incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1928. In 1878 the village council voted to build this hall. Local contractor James Collett completed it in 1879. The hall originally housed village council offices, a voting room, a jail, and a firehouse. Its one-room weekend library grew into the public library that it housed for all but nine years from 1927 to 1981.",,202 West Main Street,Brighton,MI,0,,Livingston,02N06E30SESW,42.529632,-83.781927,,1,09/05/2017,b9c554d5-7e52-4ce6-9809-54ca867f9277,0,537,2,"MHC471982004_2.jpg;MHC471982004_3.jpg","unknown;","Site Photo w/Marker;Historical Photo",";",416167
-83.695262,43.0174710000001,MHC251974016,L343,2,1974,1978,Civil War and After (1860-1875),William C. Durant / Durant-Dort Carriage Company,Durant-Dort-Nash Historic District,William C. Durant,Durant-Dort Carriage Company,"William Crapo Durant (1861-1947), one of Flint’s most important historical figures, was a pioneer in the development of the American auto industry. Durant’s vehicle ventures began in 1886, when, with a borrowed fifteen hundred dollars, he bought the rights to build a two-wheeled road cart. Nine years later the Flint Road Cart Company, begun by Durant and his partner, Dallas Dort, became the Durant-Dort Carriage Company. Durant took over Flint’s tiny Buick Motor Company in 1904. He turned it into the largest American producer of automobiles by 1908, and, on Buick’s success, founded General Motors in September of that year. In 1911 he and Louis Chevrolet founded the Chevrolet Motor Company, which combined with General Motors seven years later. Parting with General Motors in the 1920s, Durant founded Durant Motors Company and its subsidiaries but went bankrupt during the depression. He died in New York City.","
William C. Durant and his business partner, J. Dallas Dort, completed this building in 1896. It was originally the headquarters of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, one of the largest volume producers of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States at the turn of the century. Many of the decisions that led to the birth of General Motors, now the world’s largest automobile manufacturer, took place here. After the carriage firm ceased operations in 1917, this building was headquarters of the now defunct Dort Motor Car Company until 1925. The Durant-Dort Carriage Office Building is the last structure in Flint linked to “Billy” Durant’s pioneer efforts in automobile manufacturing. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.",316 West Water,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee,,43.017471,-83.695262,,Auto Industry,08/30/2017,53b173b7-0d3c-49c0-b13b-54fb90e9b792,1975,539,0,,,,,416168
-82.615326,42.6322630000001,MHC741980004,L805,2,1980,2014,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Colony Tower,Colony Water Tower,Colony Tower,,"Built in 1925 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, this steel-framed water tower was the main water supplier for ""The Colony on the Ste. Claire""--a secluded residential community established in Clay Township during the early 1920s. The Colony Tower marked the entrance to the Will St. John estate, the home of the real estate developer who founded The Colony subdivision. The 136-foot tower once housed a sixty thousand gallon water tank. Constructed with curtain walls and steel plates to resemble a lighthouse, it demonstrates the early twentieth-century penchant for disguising the utilitarian functions of highly visible structures. A light shone from atop the tower, aiding boat and aircraft navigation, from 1925 until 1937, when the light was extinguished due to its high operating costs.",,6503 Dyke Road (M-29),Clay Township,MI,0,,Saint Clair,02N15E01NWNE,42.632263,-82.615326,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",10/07/2021,9d699021-cd9d-4717-9e70-553d1a51b020,0,540,0,,,,,416169
-85.8845039999999,41.859557,MHC141986044,L1352,2,1986,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Chain Lake Baptist Church and Cemetery,,Chain Lake Baptist Church and Cemetery,,"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 African Americans also settled permanently in Calvin Township. In 1838 Cass County’s first African American church was organized here. In 1853 the Michigan Antislavery Baptist Association, later renamed the Chain Lake Baptist Association, was formed. In 1856 Turner and Irena Byrd donated an acre of land for a cemetery. The monuments record the names of the township’s early settlers including: George and Green Allen, and the Anderson, Ash, Artis, Calloway, Evans, Hawks, Sanders, Stewart, and Wilson families.",,Chain Lake Rd,Calvin Township,MI,49031,Between Calvin Center and Union Roads,Cass,07S14W13NWSE,41.859557,-85.884504,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",08/21/2017,5bcbe008-6cd7-470e-a12b-553f04e5b232,0,541,2,"MHC141986044_1.jpg;MHC141986044_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416170
-83.7974609999999,42.6309190000001,MHC471978020,L598,2,1978,1982,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,,St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,,"Irish immigrants founded a Catholic mission in Livingston County in 1843. The following year, two acres of land were purchased here and a log structure was erected for worship services. As the congregation grew it required a larger facility, and a frame structure was built onto the log church in later years. In 1868 the log portion was removed and the west end of the present corbeled brick building was erected. The cornerstone was consecrated at that time. In 1873 the frame segment was detached, moved across the road and used for services during construction of the present Gothic Revival structure. The church became a parish in 1974. Originally known as St. James, the St. John the Baptist congregation is the oldest Catholic congregation in Livingston County.",,1991 Hacker Road,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,03N05E25NENE,42.630919,-83.797461,,1,09/29/2021,3c0250ca-bd9c-46d9-8add-55a39be8f632,0,542,1,MHC471978020_1.jpg,unknown,Historical Photo,,416171
-83.0528640699999,42.38980416,MHC822006041,L2188C,2,2006,2007,Civil War and After (1860-1875),"Dodge Brothers, The / Dodge Main",,"Dodge Brothers, The",Dodge Main,"John (1864-1920) and Horace (1868-1920) Dodge grew up in Niles, Michigan. During the late nineteenth century they worked as machinists at the Murphy Boiler Works in Detroit and at the Dominion Typograph Company in Windsor, Ontario. The brothers built the Evans and Dodge bicycle in Windsor, then founded their own shop in Detroit in 1900. There they built transmissions and engines for Ransom Olds in 1901-1902. The Dodges were Henry Ford’s leading parts supplier from 1903 to 1914. That year they built the first Dodge Brothers car. Dodge production ranked fourth among the 108 American car companies of the late 1910s. The brothers caught influenza at the New York Auto Show in 1920. Both died from the pandemic disease that year: John on January 14, and Horace on December 10.","After operating two factories in Detroit’s Greektown between 1900 and 1910, John and Horace Dodge bought a thirty-acre parcel on the east side of Joseph Campau Avenue, one-half mile south of here. In 1910 they opened a factory on the site to make parts for the Ford Motor Company. The Dodges began to make their own cars in 1914, and by 1920 employed some 17,000 people. By 1925 the sprawling plant was called “Dodge Main.” When Walter Chrysler acquired Dodge in 1928, Dodge Main had 30,000 workers who made 230,000 cars annually. During the 1950s Dodge Main became exclusively an assembly plant with a smaller work force that turned out 600,000 cars a year. Fewer than 5,000 people worked at Dodge Main when the Chrysler Corporation closed it in 1980.",Joseph Campau St.,Hamtramck,MI,48212,Veteran´s Memorial Park-North of Plant Site,Wayne,,42.38980416,-83.05286407,,Auto Industry,04/06/2020,8ba9d1cd-c4ce-41a8-ac06-55acd9efabc2,0,543,0,,,,,416172
-85.665862,42.9639510000001,MHC411980023,L850A,2,1980,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First (Park) Congregational Church / First (Park) Congregational Church,,First (Park) Congregational Church,First (Park) Congregational Church,"On September 18, 1836, twenty-two persons, under the direction of the Reverend Silas Woodbury of Kalamazoo, founded one of the first Protestant congregations in Grand Rapids. Initially a Presbyterian parish, the church was reorganized under the Congregational polity in 1839, with the Reverend James Ballard as pastor. For the next two years, services were held in various structures around town. During 1842-69, the church occupied a wooden, former Roman Catholic chapel on the corner of Division and Monroe. The present church was completed in 1869. First (Park) Congregational Church was instrumental in founding a Reformed Protestant Dutch, a Presbyterian, and ten Congregational churches in the area.","This handsome yellow brick Gothic-style structure is the second-oldest existing church building in Grand Rapids. Erected between 1867 and 1869, it was designed by A. Barrows of Adrian, Michigan, and Chicago. Among the church’s notable features are its Tiffany stained glass windows and its stately corner tower. The unusual second-floor worship area is adorned with delicate art work and an ornately carved wood reredos designed by Alois Lang. The church complex now consists of the original 1867-1869 church, a 1916 fellowship hall, and a 1950 addition comprising a narthex, chapel, offices, and church school rooms. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.",10 East Park Place NE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,Two markers exist for this site - L850B is a wall mounted marker and has different text than L850A - which is a two post marker with different text on each side,Kent,07N11W30SWNW,42.963951,-85.665862,,5,03/22/2021,b7841a4c-2e33-4587-850d-55d286d18c4a,1982,544,0,,,,,416173
-83.7831169299999,42.8146895800001,MHC252006010,L2177,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Linden Historic District,,Linden Historic District,,"Linden's origins can be traced to the 1830s, when settlers began erecting mills along the Shiawassee River. Other industries soon followed, as the city became a regional center for buggy and barrel manufacturing, cement production, and foundry work. In 1850 a post office was established, followed by a railroad stop in 1857 - two events that spurred Linden's growth. The majority of the city's downtown buildings date from between 1850 and 1925 and reflect a variety of architectural styles: Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Collegiate Gothic, and Art Moderne. Linden's downtown, known as the Bridge Street - Broad Street Historic District, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.",,110 West Broad Street,Linden,MI,0,,Genesee,05N06E20SWSW,42.81468958,-83.78311693,,,08/16/2017,cc00d780-38a6-4c2a-b097-55dccb196f95,1982,545,0,,,,,416174
-83.2905499999999,42.6332600000001,MHC631961002,L15,2,1961,1961,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Methodist Episcopal Church,,First Methodist Episcopal Church,,"As early as 1820 itinerant Methodist preachers came to Pontiac, and in 1828 a society was organized by the Reverend William T. Snow in the home of Ira Donelson. The small group later met in a school and the courthouse until it was able in 1842 to build its first church at the corner of Pike and Perry. The present building was begun in 1861 and dedicated in 1864. The First Methodist Church, as it became following the 1939 Uniting Conference, is the “Mother” of Methodist churches in Pontiac.",,14 Judson Street,Pontiac,MI,0,,Oakland,03N10E32NENE,42.63326,-83.29055,,,09/12/2017,c300641e-776a-495f-a78c-55f6e3582544,0,546,0,,,,,416175
-84.567394,42.686745,MHC331975033,S455,2,1975,2022,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Little Family Homesite/Malcolm X,Malcolm X Homesite,Little Family Homesite,Malcolm X,"On this site, in 1930, Earl and Louise Little built the house that was home to Malcolm X and his siblings: Wilfred, Hilda, Philbert, Reginald, Yvonne, Wesley, and Robert. Malcolm was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925. The Littles were leaders of the Lansing chapter of Marcus Garvey´s Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocates for Black economic self-sufficiency. In Lansing they lost their first home when a court ruled that the could own land but no live in a white area. Arsonists destroyed the house. In 1931 the Reverend Earl died under suspicious circumstances. Louise tried to hold the family together and foster Black pride in her children, but in 1937 welfare services began breaking up the family. Malcolm lived with families in Mason until the age of sixteen, when he left school. He moved east and in 1947 was imprisoned for petty crimes.
","While in prison Malcolm Little started reading history and philosophy. Guided by his brothers, he began following the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (NOI). After his 1952 parole, he used the names Malcolm X and Malik-el-Shabazz. He achieved global prominence as an NOI preacher and spokesperson. In 1964 he left the NOI and founded the Muslim Mosque Inc. and the nonsectarian Organization of Afro-American Unity. Converting to Sunni faith, he made a pilgrimage to Mecca. Malcolm X´s commitment to articulating racial discontent, building Black pride and self-sufficiency, and organizing for human rights began with his family and grew to encompass the oppressed throughout the world. He often visited Lansing and his Michigan family members. He and Betty Sanders were married at the Lansing courthouse in 1958. He was assassinated in 1965.
",4705 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.,Lansing,MI,0,near the intersection of Vincent Court,Ingham,04N02W32NESE,42.686745,-84.567394,,"African-American History,5",09/08/2022,b27c4cdd-ff57-4947-92fd-55fe015127e0,0,547,2,"MHC331975033_2.jpg;MHC331975033_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","05/20/2022;05/20/2022",416176
-83.970179,42.073013,MHC461976051,L474,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Site of the Clinton Inn / Clinton,,Site of the Clinton Inn,Clinton,"The Sauk and Potawatomi Indians first traversed this main thoroughfare as a portion of the Sauk Trail. It became a military road after Congress appropriated funds in the 1820s for survey and construction of a route from Detroit to Chicago. Built about 1830 on this site, the Clinton Inn served travelers on the Chicago Road who journeyed by stagecoach, covered wagon, and horseback. Originally called the Eagle Hotel, the inn became the Union Hotel during the Civil War and lodged soldiers coming to and from the front. Walter Hubbell Smith purchased the inn in 1864. His daughter and heir, Mary Ella Smith, sold the building in 1927 to Henry Ford, who moved it to Greenfield Village. There the inn was restored and reopened in 1929.","Early settlers who came here from New York via the Erie Canal named this community in honor of DeWitt Clinton, the governor of their native state. First settled in 1829, Clinton became an important center of trade because of its location on the Chicago Road at the River Raisin. Only a decade after its settlement, the village had ten general stores, several blacksmith shops, and a hardware store. Five religious groups organized and built churches during this era. In 1832 Clinton’s first school was established; four years later a flouring mill began operation. A railway with wooden rails constructed about 1837 ran for a few years and by 1857 it had steel tracks. In order to utilize local wool production, village businessmen organized the Clinton Woolen Mills in 1866, which employed many area people until closing in 1957.",119 East Michigan Ave,Clinton,MI,0,Clinton Village Offices,Lenawee,05S04E05SENE,42.073013,-83.970179,,"Native People,Civil War",07/28/2017,78a5b751-a9f6-4e6d-9b07-55feda77ae62,0,548,0,,,,,416177
-85.673511,42.9765360000001,MHC411976035,S479,2,1976,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sixth Street Bridge,,Sixth Street Bridge,,"The Massillon Bridge Company of Ohio built this thirty-one thousand-dollar, four-span bridge for Grand Rapids in 1886. The rust-resistant wrought iron used in its four Pratt trusses accounts for its durability. In 1921 the western truss was shortened when the west bank canal was filled in. In 1975 the bridge was slated for demolition, but concerned citizens convinced authorities to save it. This structure, the longest, oldest remaining metal bridge in Michigan, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.",,Grand River between 6th and Newberry,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N12W24NWSE,42.976536,-85.673511,,,09/01/2017,5ce16701-0266-42cc-b9a9-569326ebc16d,1976,551,0,,,,,416178
-83.675618,43.0240620000001,MHC252016001,S513,2,1979,2016,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Applewood Estate,Charles Stewart Mott Estate,Applewood Estate,Applewood Estate,"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 Mott’s company joined General Motors, where he was vice president from 1917 to 1937 and on the Board of Directors from 1913 to 1973. Mott served three terms as mayor of Flint: 1912, 1913 and 1918. He purchased sixty-four acres of farmland here in 1915 and contracted his brother-in-law Herbert Davis to design his residence, Applewood. Built in 1916-17, at a cost of more than $70,000, the estate was named for the farm’s apple grove. The 15,444-square-foot house was designed in a modified Jacobean style. Mott’s wife, Ethel Harding Mott, helped furnish the thirty-five room home, which included a bowling alley.","General Motors executive Charles Stewart Mott maintained Applewood as a working farm until 1949. William Pitkin, Jr. designed the grounds, which included an apple grove, vegetable gardens, and livestock and recreation areas. Mott, whose grandfather owned a cider and vinegar company, added twenty-five apple varieties to the orchard. Mott’s wife, Ethel, died in 1924. In 1926 Mott established the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Its goals included education advancement and community development. In 1934 Mott married Ruth Rawlings. In 1952 he donated thirty-eight acres of the estate to Flint for the future site of Mott Community College. He died in 1973. Applewood was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. In 1989 Ruth established the Ruth Mott Foundation, which took ownership of the estate after her death in 1999.",1400 East Kearsley Street,Flint,MI,48502,"Between Walnut St. and Robert T. Longway. There are 2 duplicate markers: (1) located outside the main entrance (with brick pillars) on Kearsley St, at the intersection of Walnut St.; (2) located outside the east entrance across from a large parking lot.",Genesee,07N07E07NESE,43.024062,-83.675618,,Auto Industry,10/03/2019,cf983da9-380a-484b-93fd-569aec2012e1,1979,552,2,"MHC252016001_1.jpg;MHC252016001_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo","10/30/2014;10/30/2014",416179
-82.8798659999999,42.59711,MHC501979075,L643B,2,1979,1979,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Mount Clemens Mineral Bath Industry,,Mount Clemens Mineral Bath Industry,,"For seven decades, Mount Clemens was internationally renowned as a mineral bath resort city. In 1865 the first well was sunk to obtain brine for salt production. Because of the high cost of separating the salt from the various other minerals and elements in the water, this process proved unprofitable. In the fall of 1870, however, a local mill operator, Dorr Kellogg, decided to bathe in the warm, sulfurous water. Impressed with its therapeutic qualities, city businessmen were inspired to invest in a bathhouse. Known as the Original Bath House, it was completed in 1873. At the turn of the century, nine bathhouses and over thirty hotels operated in Mount Clemens. Owing to the Great Depression and increasing use of internal medicine, this “spa era” ended by 1940.",,Cass Avenue,Mount Clemens,MI,0,between Gratiot Avenue and Walnut Street Originally MacArthur Park on North River Road,Macomb, ,42.59711,-82.879866,,,09/05/2017,7a5a9b1e-98f9-4bbe-8a9d-56d9e3b81729,0,553,0,,,,,416180
-83.8629299999999,41.8326640000001,MHC461976024,L459,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Blissfield Hotel,,Blissfield Hotel,,"Located on the site of a log tavern constructed around 1839, this three-story brick hotel with semi-circular windows was built in 1875, fifty-one years after Blissfield was settled. William Drew built this structure and named it Drew’s Hotel. The community held dances on the third floor known as Drew’s Music Hall. Called the Pennsylvania House at the turn of the century, this hotel was a popular gathering place for sports enthusiasts who fished on the nearby River Raisin. Later it became Coon’s Tavern and is now called the Blissfield Hotel in which is located the Steam Inn. The village grew up around this intersection, first as an agricultural processing and trade center, then as a rail station on the Lake Shore and Michigan Railroad, and now as a major cattle shipping and feeding area.",,102 West Adrian Street,Blissfield,MI,0,,Lenawee,07S05E32NWNW,41.832664,-83.86293,,,09/01/2017,29331f2b-d2b0-4099-9498-56dd65cf691e,0,554,0,,,,,416181
-83.055485,42.348329,MHC821976037,L443,2,1976,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Urban League,Albert Kahn House,Detroit Urban League,,"The Detroit Urban League began in 1916 with Forrester B. Washington as executive director, and Henry G. Stevens as president. The organization’s initial purpose was the improvement of the social, moral, and material status of the large number of blacks who migrated to the city during and directly after World War I. Its objectives expanded considerably under the leadership of John C. Dancy, executive director from 1918-60. The league has responded flexibly to ever-changing contemporary problems. Seeking employment and housing opportunities for blacks, this institution has also offered a variety of social services including health care and recreational facilities. Responding to a maturing city, and its circumstances, the Detroit Urban League continues to serve Detroit’s black community.",,208 Mack Ave.,Detroit,MI,0,at John R Street,Wayne, ,42.348329,-83.055485,,African-American History,01/27/2020,227f8f9a-f22b-4dd6-adb9-57846bbc6d09,0,555,0,,,,,416182
-82.877667,42.597332,MHC501974044,S418,2,1974,1974,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Alexander Macomb,,Alexander Macomb,,"In 1818 Territorial Governor Lewis Cass proclaimed the third Michigan county to be called Macomb. At that time the young general was commander of the Fifth Military Department in Detroit. Born in that city in 1782, son of prominent local entrepreneurs, Macomb had entered the U.S. Army in 1799. He had gained national renown and honor during the War of 1812 for his victory at Plattsburg in September 1814 over a far superior force of British invaders. Later as chief army engineer he promoted the building of military roads in the Great Lakes area. From May 1828 to his death in June 1841, Macomb served as commander in chief of the army. He is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His birthday, April 3, is honored as Macomb County Heritage Day.",,Gratiot at Macomb St.,Mount Clemens,MI,0,"West edge of Courthouse Plaza, intersection of Gratiot Avenue and Macomb Street",Macomb,,42.597332,-82.877667,,,09/05/2017,9b554b3a-0ecd-4f65-a8ca-57be11c3c760,0,556,0,,,,,416183
-86.328919,43.218738,MHC611997015,S657,2,1997,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bluffton Actors' Colony / Buster Keaton,,Bluffton Actors' Colony,Buster Keaton,"In 1908 Joe Keaton, actor Paul Lucier, and agent Lew Earl founded the Actors’ Colony. By 1911 over two hundred theater personalities flocked to Bluffton each summer. They included Keaton, his wife, Myra, and son Joseph Frank, nicknamed “Buster,” who were billed as “The Three Keatons.” Pascoe’s Place, a local tavern, became the unoffical club headquarters. By 1918 film began replacing vaudeville and the Actors’ Colony declined.","“That he is an excruciatingly funny little chap will be granted by anyone who sees him,” raved a 1903 New York Times review of Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton, child star of the popular vaudeville act “The Three Keatons.” Known for his ability to keep a straight face in any situation, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) left the family act in 1917 to work in silent film. He is recognized, with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, as one of the creative geniuses of silent comedy.",South of Lakeshore Dr.,Muskegon,MI,0,near the intersection of Waterworks Road,Muskegon,10N17W33NWNE,43.218738,-86.328919,,2,07/06/2021,4ced7289-12eb-469d-8335-57f63e850757,0,558,0,,,,,416184
-86.207207,42.6606870000001,MHC032016004,L2284,2,2016,2016,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saugatuck Pump House / Saugatuck Pump House,The Pump House,Saugatuck Pump House,Saugatuck Pump House,"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 gas-powered pumps brought water from seven wells up to a 100,000-gallon reservoir, located at the top of Lone Pine Dune, just north of Mt. Baldhead. Gravity fed the water through pipes under the Kalamazoo River to Saugatuck’s buildings and fire hydrants.","In 1912 the Pump House was doubled in size to make room for the village’s first electric power station. By the 1930s, the pumps and power station could no longer keep up with demand, and the village built new facilities elsewhere. The building was vacant until 1972 when it was converted into a summer cottage that Dr. William Shorey and his family rented. In 1992 the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society began using it as a museum. The Pump House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.",735 Park Street,Saugatuck,MI,49453,,Allegan,03N16W09SENW,42.660687,-86.207207,,2,09/05/2019,14ff1967-53de-45ab-a908-57fe85ecad54,2015,559,2,"MHC032016004_1.jpg;MHC032016004_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Historical Photo;Historical Photo","07/01/1904;07/01/1913",416185
-83.063169,42.5275350000001,MHC501990042,L1774,2,1990,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Warren Union Cemetery,,Warren Union Cemetery,,"In 1845 pioneer farmer Peter Gillette sold a parcel of land to eighteen families for use as a burial ground. The Warren Union Cemetery Association was organized in 1852 to maintain the cemetery, which consists of two and one-quarter acres. Some of the headstone inscriptions are in German, and 325 of the graves date from the nineteenth century. Many of Warren’s former public officials and many prominent citizens are buried here. Warren Union Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in the city.",,Chicago Rd east of Ryan,Warren,MI,0,east of Ryan Road,Macomb,01N12E05NWSW,42.527535,-83.063169,,,09/05/2017,b4c057d6-e130-4843-a9d4-582e9746b3f3,0,560,0,,,,,416186
-83.2129490299999,42.04326539,MHC822012021,S725,2,2011,2012,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Hull's Trace / Hull's Trace,"Corduroy Road; Hull's Road; Hull's Trace North Huron River Corduroy Segment",Hull's Trace,Hull's Trace,"In April 1812, as the United States prepared for a possible war with Great Britain, Michigan Territorial Governor William Hull, became the commander of the Army of the Northwest. His first task was to lead his army from Dayton, Ohio, to Detroit, building Hull´s Trace, a two hundred mile long road, as it marched. The army left Dayton on June 1. As it cut the trace through the wilderness from Urbana north, it laid logs crosswise across swampy areas to create a rough but stable corduroy roadbed that could support supply wagons. In late June, a detachment from Frenchtown commanded by Hubert Lacroix also worked on the road, attempting to follow a route laid out under an 1808 territorial Legislative Council act. On June 18, 1812, war was declared; Hull´s army arrived in Detroit on July 5.","Hull’s Trace, which linked Detroit and Ohio, was to be the Michigan Territory’s inland lifeline during the War of 1812. However, the Detroit River and Lake Erie gave the British easy access to the Michigan portion of the road. American efforts to use the road to bring supplies and men from Frenchtown, present-day Monroe, were foiled twice before Hull surrendered Detroit on August 16, 1812. After the war the Hull’s Trace route was used for ever-improving roads, beginning in 1817 with a new military road. In 2000 low water levels in the Huron River revealed a quarter mile of the old corduroy road, lying three to six feet beneath Jefferson Avenue. Axe marks were visible on some of the logs. This rare example of a surviving corduroy road is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",36000 West Jefferson Avenue,Brownstown Twp,MI,48183,"In River View unit of Wayne County Parks, across Jefferson Avenue from site.",Wayne,05S10E23NWSE,42.04326539,-83.21294903,,War of 1812,09/16/2016,4f24e689-49f4-4d6e-8f5a-585c7fadf3d8,2010,561,0,,,,,416187
-86.421976,43.3862120000001,MHC611988042,L1600,2,1988,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mouth Cemetery,,Mouth Cemetery,,"The earliest identified grave in this cemetery, the oldest burial ground in White River Township, dates from 1851. According to an 1850 deed, however, there were graves here prior to that time. Seventy-six nineteenth-century burials are marked, although remnants of wooden crosses found on the site may have indicated other graves. Many of the area’s pioneers are interred here including Captain William Robinson, the first keeper of the White River Light, who died in 1919, and Quismoqua Anderson, an Ottawa woman who died at age 110 years in 1897.",,6666 Sunset Lane,Montague,MI,0,"1/4 mile North of Old Channel on Indian Bay, then West on Sunset Lane.",Muskegon,11N18W02NWNE,43.386212,-86.421976,,,07/13/2022,46f2494a-c3b6-43d2-9ba0-587d77b9c007,0,562,0,,,,,416188
-84.3512034399999,41.85533811,MHC461984039,L1142A,2,1984,2008,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway / Bridge,Bean Creek Stone Arch Bridge,Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway,Bridge,"The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway organized on May 27, 1869. The railroad’s main line linked Buffalo, New York, with Chicago. The railroad played a vital role in transporting not only passengers, but also the materials that fed the nation’s burgeoning industries. Between 1873 and 1898, the L.S. & M.S. handled over 6 million tons of coal and 15 million tons of ore. The railway merged with the New York Central in 1914.","This bridge, built in 1871-72 of sandstone from Berea, Ohio, crosses Bean Creek on the main line of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The span of the arch measures 60 feet. By 1892, of 223 bridges over 1413 miles of track along the line, only 22 were built of stone. Stone arch bridges are rare in Michigan. This bridge and one near Adrian are the state’s oldest examples. The bridge was removed from rail service in 1962.",East Main at Bean Creek,Hudson,MI,49247,,Lenawee,07S01E18SWSW,41.85533811,-84.35120344,,,08/08/2017,05571c41-c479-4fc4-b3bf-589d6bae516c,1999,563,1,MHC461984039_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416189
-84.959388,42.2720380000001,MHC131976038,S491,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Charles T. Gorham,,Charles T. Gorham,,"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 slave case. A vice-president of the first Republican Convention at Jackson in 1854, Gorham later was a state senator. During the 1870s he served the United States as minister to the Netherlands and then as assistant secretary of the interior.",,124 West Michigan Ave,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.272038,-84.959388,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",06/10/2020,5a56f654-8fae-4b7a-b90d-58d546200f28,0,565,0,,,,,416190
-83.028406,42.339861,MHC821990034,L1781C,2,1990,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. John's Presbyterian Church,,St. John's Presbyterian Church,,"On April 27, 1919, thirty-nine people met in the First Presbyterian Church on Woodward Avenue and organized St. John’s Presbyterian Church. Reverend John W. Lee, a field missionary, led the formation of the church to serve Detroit’s growing black population. St. John’s was the first African-American Presbyterian congregation in Michigan. The first place of worship was located at Madison and Dubois Streets. In 1936 churchwoman Anne Lewis led the establishment of the St. John’s child care center. In 1940 the congregation moved to a church at Clinton and Joseph Campau Streets. In the 1960s government-sponsored “urban renewal” projects forced the congregation to move to a new location. The first service in the present church was held on Christmas Day 1966.",,1961 E. Lafayette Blvd.,Detroit,MI,0,between S. Aubin and Chene Streets,Wayne,,42.339861,-83.028406,,African-American History,09/20/2017,1d6cc06c-9775-4c12-b73e-594109de9adb,0,566,0,,,,,416191
-85.163311,46.0569130000001,MHC491985020,L1255C,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Epoufette,,Epoufette,,"Epoufette has been a fishing village since 1859, when Amable Goudreau, born in Quebec around 1824, established a commercial fishery. More than a century after his death in 1882, some of his descendants continued fishing operations. Father Edward Jacker, then serving the St. Ignace and Mackinac Island missions, visited Epoufette in August 1875. He reported a thriving fishery, with nets as far as forty miles distant, which kept two coopers busy from dawn to dusk making barrels for shipment of salted fish to distant markets.",,Roadside Park US-2,Hendrick Township,MI,0,US-2 scenic turnout overlooking Epoufette Bay,Mackinac,42N07W10NWNE,46.056913,-85.163311,,,09/05/2017,ff004789-16f4-4c4a-8298-596112fbb340,0,567,0,,,,,416192
-83.9919,45.9649200000001,MHC172013011,L2252,2,2013,2013,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detour Reef Light Station,,Detour Reef Light Station,Detour Reef Light Station,"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 result of the locks planned at Sault Ste. Marie, the U.S. Lighthouse Service built an onshore light station on Point DeTour in 1848. As vessels grew in size, DeTour Reef, which extends a mile from Point DeTour in twenty feet of water, became a greater shipping hazard. In 1929, the Lighthouse Service decided to replace the onshore light with a station atop the reef. DeTour Reef Light Station is one of only six reef light stations in Michigan.","Located four miles southeast of here, the DeTour Reef Light Station was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1931. The 1861 tower, Fresnel lens and lantern assembly were moved from the Point DeTour Light Station. The new station housed resident keepers, equipment and supplies in three stories. The tower rises more than eighty feet above the water and sits atop a forty-one-foot-high wood crib and concrete pier resting on DeTour Reef. The Coast Guard automated the station in 1974 and excessed it in 1997. The DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society, established in 1998, restored the station in 2004, opened it to visitors in 2005, and took ownership in 2010.","4 miles West of DeTour Village, along M-134",DeTour Village,MI,0,"At turn-out, on edge of high water beach location.",Chippewa,41N03E12SENE,45.96492,-83.9919,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",03/11/2019,6e122f9c-8688-403c-9086-5964a82b774c,0,568,4,"MHC172013011_2.jpg;MHC172013011_3.jpg;MHC172013011_1.jpg;MHC172013011_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Hallie Wilson","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","09/27/2013;09/27/2013;10/02/2013;07/28/2012",416193
-84.61702,45.858216,MHC491959012,L2,2,1959,1959,Revolution and War (1760-1815),British Cannon,,British Cannon,,"Early on the morning of July 17, 1812, British troops set up a cannon on this height overlooking Fort Mackinac. This move, coupled with the size of the British forces, resulted in the American garrison’s surrender.",,Rear of Ford Mackinac,Mackinac Island,MI,0,High ground North of the fort,Mackinac,,45.858216,-84.61702,,War of 1812,09/05/2017,a2086f64-b4c1-4600-b09b-599bfc0dd4d4,0,569,0,,,,,416194
-83.9764729999999,42.071785,MHC461979036,L655B,2,1979,1979,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Clinton Woolen Mill,,Clinton Woolen Mill,,"The Clinton Woolen Mill was a vital part of the economy of this area for over ninety years. Clinton’s original mill was completed in 1867 at a cost of ninety-five thousand dollars. Fire destroyed that structure in 1886. In less than a year, the mill was back in operation in the present building, the second to be erected here. The mill had the necessary equipment and skilled workers for making wool and for complex dye processing. One of the last woolen mills in the area, this company discontinued operations in 1957.",,303 West Michigan,Clinton,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S04E05NWSE,42.071785,-83.976473,,,07/29/2019,2dbf585d-b992-49d2-980f-59cc43b3a2d6,0,570,0,,,,,416195
-84.630748,41.920122,MHC301996015,L1985,2,1996,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saint Peter's Episcopal Church,,Saint Peter's Episcopal Church,,"In 1839 Episcopalians held the first church service in Hillsdale. Saint Peter’s Church was organized in 1844. The original Gothic Revival church dates from 1859 and forms the sanctuary of the present church. Saint Peter’s housed the first pipe organ and church bell in Hillsdale. In 1881 the steeple, vestibules and transept were added. Following fires in 1935 and 1965 that destroyed most of the interior, the building was restored.",,3 North Broad Street,Hillsdale,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W26SWNW,41.920122,-84.630748,,,08/30/2017,b9904c60-ec7d-451c-af63-5a031006d824,0,571,0,,,,,416196
-86.011409,44.37341,MHC511977021,L524,2,1977,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Kaleva / Kaleva,,Kaleva,Kaleva,"Finnish immigrants founded this little village in 1900. The name Kaleva is derived from the Finnish epic poem Kalevala. The poem was the source of street names in the original plat. The Evangelical Lutheran Church, known today as Bethany Lutheran, was organized on January 12, 1902. On that same day the Temperance Society “Kalevatar” was organized. The Temperance Hall was built that year and served as a place of worship until 1913 when the church was built, and as a community center until 1933. About the same time the Youth Society was organized, and a hall for meetings was built in 1904. The Finns took pride in their cultural heritage, founded a lending library, and instilled in their children a love for music, books, and God and country. In 1901 the Finnish Publishing Company moved here from Brooklyn, New York, and the original building still stands.","Among the pioneers arriving in Kaleva in 1900 were the families of John Haksluoto, Jacob Lemponen, Kalle Hendrickson, Matti Kemppainen, Antti Myllyla, and John Palomaki. These settlers were mostly farmers and manual laborers. They possessed a distinctive quality of perseverance known as sisu. Life was a struggle. After arriving here, many were forced to clear land for homes and crops. Most homes had a sauna, and to a Finn, there is nothing comparable for reviving an overworked body and spirit. These pioneers along with people of other ethnic origins contributed considerably to the development of Maple Grove Township, Manistee County, and to the culture and agriculture of Michigan. Today Kaleva is a thriving community with profitable businesses and farms, good schools, and modern facilities.",Wuoksi Ave at Aura,Kaleva,MI,0,at intersection of Aura Street,Manistee,23N14W21NESW,44.37341,-86.011409,,,09/05/2017,41a36d94-c966-493a-9269-5a87f01da39e,0,572,0,,,,,416197
-84.75301,42.2420020000001,MHC131971031,L97,2,1971,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Gardner House Museum,A.P. Gardner House,Gardner House Museum,,"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 house was purchased by the Albion Historical Society. Restored, it houses a local museum. Five of the rooms are furnished as a nineteenth-century home, and the remainder feature permanent and rotating exhibits. This house is among the last of its type in this area.",,509 South Superior,Albion,MI,0,,Calhoun,03S04W02SWNW,42.242002,-84.75301,,,08/23/2017,71432c2d-287c-40d4-9ac0-5a9db318ed29,0,573,0,,,,,416198
-85.024615,42.629536,MHC231985027,L1218B,2,1985,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Vermontville United Methodist Church,Vermontville Methodist Episcopal Church,Vermontville United Methodist Church,,"A Methodist class was organized in this area in 1845. Early worship services, held in private homes and local schools, were conducted by preachers traveling the Eaton circuit. In 1859 the Michigan Methodist Conference made Vermontville a separate charge and installed the Reverend Josiah Fowler as its pastor. In 1862 this church was constructed at a site two miles northeast of this location. It was moved here in 1877. After the completion of repairs and renovation, including the addition of a belfry and tower, the church was rededicated on this site on January 8, 1878. The handsome Late Victorian-style church, with its pointed-arch stained glass windows, is the home of one of the town’s oldest religious organizations.",,108 North Main St.,Vermontville,MI,0,near the intersection of East Main Street and West Main Street.,Eaton,03N06W21NWSE,42.629536,-85.024615,,,02/11/2020,5c380b9c-9f31-42b4-ae5b-5aa1eacf77ee,0,574,4,"MHC231985027_1.jpg;MHC231985027_2.jpg;MHC231985027_3.jpg;MHC231985027_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","12/13/2019;12/13/2019;12/13/2019;12/13/2019",416199
-86.285854,43.2177080000001,MHC612004006,L2135,2,2004,2004,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Lakeside,,Lakeside,,"The village of Lakeside grew up around the A. V. Mann and Company sawmill, which operated from 1868 to 1889. In 1888 Lakeside was annexed to Muskegon. That year fire ravaged the business district. Despite the fire Lakeside continued to boom as a wood product manufacturing center. The Chase Brothers piano factory opened in 1889, a year when Lakeside boasted five sawmills. In 1900 the Central Paper Company factory opened. The paper industry sustained the Lakeside economy into the twenty-first century.",,corner of Lakeshore Drive and Addison Street,Muskegon,MI,49441,,Muskegon,10N17W35NENE,43.217708,-86.285854,,,07/12/2019,fbaf9eac-c1e8-47a3-95d8-5ab4c86f6f7c,0,575,2,"MHC612004006_3.jpg;MHC612004006_4.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","07/04/2019;07/08/2019",416200
-84.788554,45.4416650000001,MHC242004004,L2139,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),W. W. Fairbairn,,W. W. Fairbairn,,"Walter W. Fairbairn came to Alanson in 1888 as a government surveyor. He worked as a blacksmith in Detroit and lived in North Dakota before settling permanently in Alanson in 1892. Three years later, he established a hardware and plumbing business in this building, which also housed the post office. Fairbairn and, later, his descendants, served customers throughout the area. The structure has pressed metal siding, which was popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.",,7537 Burr Ave,Alanson,MI,49706,Across US 31 from Depot,Emmet,35N04W10NWSW,45.441665,-84.788554,,,08/08/2017,2e40348b-e54f-416f-8b43-5ad8e8dab91b,0,576,0,,,,,416201
-83.040343,42.341726,MHC821975031,S475,2,1975,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stroh Brewery,,Stroh Brewery,,"Leaving the chaos of the 1848 German Revolution, Bernhard Stroh emigrated from Kirn, Germany, to South America. He soon decided to try his fortune in another German settlement, and in 1850 he arrived in Detroit. Trained as a brewer, Stroh opened a brewery on Catherine Street that same year. He developed a market for a new light lager beer among the larger German immigrant population. Pushing a cart through the city, he sold his beer from door to door. At his death in 1882 the Lion Brewery had become a thriving business to pass on to his sons, Julius and Bernhard Jr. They expanded the company and in 1902 changed the name to the Stroh Brewery Company. Today members of the Stroh family still manage what is one of Michigan's major family businesses.
",,1155 Brewery Park Blvd.,Detroit,MI,48207,,Wayne, ,42.341726,-83.040343,,,02/18/2020,01004806-9822-476f-9021-5ae863c841e1,0,577,0,,,,,416202
-86.156662,42.785486,MHC701985011,L1236C,4,1985,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Waukazoo Woods,,Waukazoo Woods,,"In 1833 an Ottawa Indian village of about three hundred was located on Black Lake, now Lake Macatawa. The village was led by Chief Waukazoo, recognized by his followers as a prophet and by local settlers as an orator. The Ottawa adopted many of the customs of their white neighbors, such as dress and the use of oxen, carts, plows, and axes. They built log buildings for storage, but preferred to live in their traditional wigwams. Many of these Indians were converted to Christianity. In 1839 the Protestants in the village established the “Old Wing Mission” southeast of here. The Catholics chose a site on the other side of Black Lake to build their church and consecrated a cemetery there in 1841. On June 1, 1849, the Waukazoo band moved to the Grand Traverse Bay area, founding the village of Waukazooville, which was annexed by Northport in 1852.",,Waukazoo Drive,Holland,MI,49423,Southeast corner of Post Avenue and Waukazoo Drive. (PENDING Move that was approved by the Commission 2/11/2021),Ottawa,05N16W25SWSW,42.785486,-86.156662,,"Native People,4",04/03/2022,a94317de-0cda-45d2-84a6-5ae8b57cc4ff,0,578,0,,,,,416203
-85.8482079999999,42.525989,MHC031982014,S549A,2,1982,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"Second Street Bridge, The",,The Second Street Bridge,,"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 bridge was completed at a cost of $7,532.25. Eighteen feet wide and spanning 225 feet of the Kalamazoo River, it is one of the largest extant bridges designed by the firm. Following a battle by city officials and local citizens to save the bridge from demolition, it was restored at a cost of $552,000 in 1983. The bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.",,Second Street at the Kalamazoo River,Allegan,MI,0,,Allegan,02N13W28NWSE,42.525989,-85.848208,,6,01/17/2017,45b32c51-80f3-4922-abf9-5b0a62a42461,1980,581,0,,,,,416204
-83.439515,42.215268,MHC821982005,L998A,2,1982,1983,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),French Landing Dam and Powerhouse,,French Landing Dam and Powerhouse,,"In 1910 the Eastern Michigan Edison Company, now the Detroit Edison Company, purchased most of the Van Buren Township land along the Huron River for a hydroelectric plant. The French Landing powerhouse and dam were completed in 1924-25. The dam, the largest and last in a series of five constructed on the Huron River, created Belleville Lake, with its miles of beautiful residential and recreational lakefront lots. The dam generated up to 12.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity until it was decommissioned in 1962. It was eventually donated to the township. In 1981 Van Buren Township began a $5 million project to restore the dam and powerhouse.",,12100 Haggerty Rd.,Belleville,MI,0,,Wayne,03S08E24SENW,42.215268,-83.439515,,,06/03/2019,8f482902-0961-4425-8bf3-5b2b87bd1dcc,0,582,0,,,,,416205
-85.6344999999999,41.9456520000001,MHC751982001,L1044A,2,1982,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Three Rivers Public Library,Carnegie Center for the Arts,Old Three Rivers Public Library,,"Built in 1904, this structure served as a public library for seventy-five years. Financed by an Andrew Carnegie grant, it was designed by A. W. Rush and Company and built by H. V. Snyder and Son. Warren J. Sillits donated the site. The exterior pink granite and the interior wood came from the local area. A mosaic skylight and four Grecian columns adorn the entrance room. The building is part of the Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic District.",,107 North Main,Three Rivers,MI,0,,Saint Joseph,06S11W18NWSE,41.945652,-85.6345,,,09/13/2017,1da28d11-6bc0-4fa4-8487-5b2cfefae58a,1982,583,0,,,,,416206
-84.796094,42.8401000000001,MHC191974033,L347,2,1974,2018,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Joshua Simmons II,,Joshua Simmons II,,"Joshua Simmons II, Revolutionary War veteran, is buried in this cemetery. He was born on a Massachusetts farm in the early 1760s. In 1778 he volunteered to fight the British and served with various units in Massachusetts for about two years. In 1790 he married Ruth Andrews. Later the family migrated to western New York. His wife died in 1806 leaving Joshua to raise their eight children. In the 1830s his younger son David settled in this area. Joshua joined him and at his death in 1840 was buried here on his son’s land.",,Grange Road,Eagle,MI,0,"North Eagle Cemetery, South of Howe Road",Clinton,05N04W09NWNW,42.8401,-84.796094,,,06/09/2020,795a128d-33c4-4fdc-849b-5b46891eb6be,0,584,2,"MHC191974033_1.jpg;MHC191974033_2.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","06/24/2017;06/24/2017",416207
-84.247755,42.1062140000001,MHC381963015,L29,2,1963,1963,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Brooklyn's Founder,,Brooklyn's Founder,,"This village was founded by the Reverend Calvin Swain who filed the first land claim on June 16, 1832. Elder Swain, who had been a chaplain in the War of 1812, was a Baptist minister and the postmater in Adamsville, New York, before coming to Michigan at the age of 54. By 1833 he had established a settlement and a sawmill here. The town was called Swainsville until August 5, 1836, when the name Brooklyn was adopted by vote of the town meeting. Mr. Swain was the postmaster until 1841. He founded Baptist churches at Brooklyn, Woodstock and Napoleon. He died in 1856 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Napoleon.",,Village Square on M-50,Brooklyn,MI,0,,Jackson,04S02E19NWSW,42.106214,-84.247755,,,01/19/2017,f60085fe-1be7-4640-b7d2-5b4e90d1c1f6,0,585,0,,,,,416208
-84.6250239999999,45.850624,MHC491975045,S468,2,1975,1975,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Mackinac Conference,,Mackinac Conference,,"On September 6, 1943, Michigan’s Republican United States senator, Arthur H. Vandenberg, chaired the meeting of the Post War Advisory Council. Republican National Committee chairman Harrison Spangler created the council to draw up a foreign policy plank for the 1944 party platform. Fearing a split between isolationists and internationalists, Spangler wanted a unified policy statement on treaty ratification and the proposed world peace organization. The resulting plank cleared the way for later Republican congressional support of the United Nations and ultimately the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Among those attending the public sessions were Governors Warren of California, Dewey of New York, Kelly of Michigan, Green of Illinois, and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio.",,Grand Hotel,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.850624,-84.625024,,,09/05/2017,fef2fd93-73a2-43ae-a58b-5b6fe4af0eb4,0,587,1,MHC491975045_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/28/2015,416209
-85.643116,42.444894,MHC032015005,L2273,2,2015,2015,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Paper Company Mill,Plainwell Paper Mill,Michigan Paper Company Mill,,"On January 26, 1886, twenty-five businessmen founded the Michigan Paper Company. Daniel Albertson, a mill designer from Kalamazoo, built the mill complex using slow-burn construction methods. Supports were made of concrete, steel or timber. If ignited, the heavy timber floors would also burn slowly. Production began in August 1887. During the next twenty years, the number of buildings here doubled. By 1912, the company had added two more 130-foot machines. Production grew from eight tons to fifty tons daily. Ownership changed through the years until 2000, when the mill closed. In 2006, the City of Plainwell acquired the 36-acre site. In 2011, the Michigan Paper Company Mill Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,200 Allegan Street,Plainwell,MI,49080,"Between Kalamazoo River, M-89 (Allegan St) & West of commercial downtown. Wall-mounted on building near main entrance to Building 18.",Allegan,01N11W30SENE,42.444894,-85.643116,,6,09/05/2019,8e9b1804-b86c-4a6b-8c48-5ba362315003,2011,588,3,"MHC032015005_1.jpg;MHC032015005_2.jpg;MHC032015005_3.jpg","unknown;unknown","Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo",";07/01/1954;11/05/2012",416210
-83.052564,42.3346930000001,MHC821956028,S62,2,1956,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birthplace of Ford Automobile,Michigan Theatre Building,Birthplace of Ford Automobile,,"This marker commemorates the birthplace of the Ford Motor car. Here, in 1892, Henry Ford began experimenting with the motorized vehicle in his workshop, a small one-story brick structure, once located on this site. His invention was quite simple compared to today’s automobiles. It consisted of a two-cylinder machine, mounted in a light frame geared to bicycle wheels. That unpretentious auto was the start of the Ford Motor Company, which played a major part in the automobile industry that changed the face of Michigan and the world.",,220 Bagley Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,between Grand River Avenue and Clifford Street,Wayne, ,42.334693,-83.052564,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,aee91d5a-67cf-4c0b-a0be-5bb090198329,0,589,0,,,,,416211
-83.08417,42.4029400000001,MHC821966004,S282,4,1966,1968,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Chrysler Corporation,,Chrysler Corporation,,"On June 6, 1925, the Chrysler Corporation was founded here after a reorganization of the Maxwell and Chalmers automotive companies by Walter P. Chrysler. The first cars to bear the Chrysler name were manufactured in the Maxwell plant, which was built here in 1909 and which is now the center of the corporation’s worldwide administrative and engineering headquarters. Chrysler had its origin in some 130 auto companies founded as early as 1894 and today is one of the few survivors in an industry that has included approximately 1,500 companies. By 1930 Chrysler had become the world’s third largest producer of automobiles; during World War II its production of war materials helped make Detroit the world’s “Arsenal of Democracy.”",,12000 Oakland Avenue,Detroit,MI,48203,,Wayne, ,42.40294,-83.08417,,Auto Industry,02/03/2020,17fc3e31-cf67-4252-9766-5bec49d970a3,0,590,0,,,,,416212
-82.424166,42.972222,MHC741981049,L970,2,1981,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Harrington Hotel/Truman Honeymoon,Harrington Retirement Inn,Harrington Hotel,Truman Honeymoon,"The Harrington Hotel opened amid much fanfare in 1896. A unique blend of Romanesque, Classical, and Queen Anne architecture, the hotel thrived for many years. As business declined due to the popularity of automobile travel, expressways, and roadside motels, the hotel deteriorated. It eventually closed in 1986; a group of investors bought the structure that same year, converting it to housing for senior citizens. The Harrington Hotel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","In May 1919 Harry S. Truman, the future thirty-thrid president of the United States, returned from duty in World War I. In June he married Bess Wallace. The couple spent part of their honeymoon in Port Huron. The Truman´s daughter wrote in her biography of Bess, ""For the rest of his life, whenever Harry Truman wanted to regain the radiance of those first days with Bess, he simply wrote ´Port Huron.´ For him it was a code word for happiness.""",1026 Military,Port Huron,MI,0,Between Pine and Wall Streets,Saint Clair,06N17E10NESE,42.972222,-82.424166,,,01/07/2020,c6778f81-ec12-4f2d-be7d-5c1842ea3b26,1981,591,0,,,,,416213
-84.3423549999999,42.0040690000001,MHC461969001,S297,2,1969,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Woodstock Manual Labor Institute,,Woodstock Manual Labor Institute,,"Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school “in the woods” in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated. Designed to serve “colored people and others,” the institute taught a full range of subjects and was one of the nation’s first integrated schools. The students worked in the fields and orchards to help support the school. Soon eight buildings were on the grounds. More than fifty students were in attendance, using a library of two thousand volumes. A fire in 1855 destroyed the main building, and the school was discontinued during the Civil War. The educational pioneering was continued by Foster’s grandson, Dr. Laurence Jones, founder of the well-known Piney Wood School in Mississippi in 1909.",,18123 Greenleaf Road,Addison,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S01E29SWSW,42.004069,-84.342355,,African-American History,09/05/2017,3a030229-1488-40e9-836c-5c29c7563b49,0,592,0,,,,,416214
-85.48214077,43.69813866,MHC541977043,L547A,2,1977,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Nisbett Block,Nisbett Building,Nisbett Block,,"Daniel F. Comstock (1831-1903), a lumberman and president of Mecosta County Savings Bank, began erecting his building in 1885 to house stores, a hotel, and the bank. When the bank failed in 1896, Comstock lost all of his assets, including the unfinished structure. In 1900 retired newspaper publisher William Nisbett (1846-1923) bought the block. He completed the massive, decorative exterior - with its rough-cut granite, elaborate parapets, and heavy Romanesque columns - in 1906.",,101 South Michigan Avenue,Big Rapids,MI,49307,,Mecosta,15N10W14NWNW,43.69813866,-85.48214077,,,08/08/2017,175f3f2d-e565-4b3e-bd2c-5c9b205646e8,1986,593,0,,,,,416215
-84.7253499999999,45.7798367400001,MHC162007003,S707,2,2007,2008,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mackinaw City Railroad Dock,"Railroad Dock, Transfer Dock, Wawatam Dock",Mackinaw City Railroad Dock,,"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 when the Michigan Central Railroad reached Mackinaw in 1881. The creation of a railroad car ferry system and the construction of this dock and one like it in St. Ignace enabled ferries to shuttle rail cars across the Straits of Mackinac year-round. The A-frame adjusted the height of the tracks to match the track on the decks of the ships. Upper Peninsula copper and iron ore were the main cargo. The ice-breaking ferry CHIEF WAWATAM was unique for loading cars through the bow. It ceased operations in 1984 and the tracks were removed in 1991.",,131 S. Huron Street,Mackinaw City,MI,49701,"One marker exists for S707 and S708. This text is on the reverse side of marker S708, USCG Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83; marker is located between Central Ave & Shepler Dr",Cheboygan,39N03W18NENW,45.77983674,-84.72535,,,10/24/2019,0722b816-8ff5-4792-a452-5d0fce51e89e,0,594,4,"MHC162007003_1.jpg;MHC162007003_2.jpg;MHC162007003_3.jpg;MHC162007003_4.jpg",";;;","Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;;",416216
-83.947709,42.824103,MHC781989032,L1619C,2,1989,1989,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ellen May Tower / Spanish-American War Nurse,,Ellen May Tower,Spanish-American War Nurse,"
The daughter of Civil War Captain Samuel and Sarah Tower, Ellen May Tower was born May 8, 1868, in Byron. She attended Chaffee School, the Byron Village School, and a nurse’s training program at Detroit’s Grace Hospital. She worked for several years at the Michigan School for the Blind. On April 21, 1898, Tower volunteered for service as an army nurse “in the event of war between the United States and Spain.” War was declared by Spain three days later. She took her oath on September 1, 1898, and was sent to Camp Wikoff, located at Montauk Point, New York. Known as one of the “Camp Wikoff Angels,” she cared for soldiers who had been returned to the United States to recover from injuries or disease. In late September 1898 she volunteered for duty in Puerto Rico where she died less than three months later.","During the Spanish-American War, approximately ninety percent of American casualties resulted from disease. On December 9, 1898, Ellen May Tower, an army nurse from Byron, died of typhoid fever in a hospital tent after only ten weeks abroad. Her remains arrived in Detroit on January 15, 1899, and her funeral took place in Byron two days later. The Owosso Evening Argus hailed the event as the first military funeral in Michigan for a woman. Thousands of service men, villagers, and visitors attended. Dr. Sterling, who had awarded Tower’s nursing diploma five years before to the day, delivered her eulogy. The Tower family had moved to Onaway in the 1880s. Nearby, the village of Tower was named for the nurse when it was founded in 1899.",325 West Maple,Byron,MI,0,,Shiawassee,05N04E14SESE,42.824103,-83.947709,,,10/17/2019,3e1cbfe9-8353-40d3-bd94-5d231ad506ca,0,595,0,,,,,416217
-83.048151,42.528372,MHC501980038,L833B,2,1980,2021,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Village of Warren,,Village of Warren,,"Pioneers, mostly farmers, from New England settled the Warren area in 1832. Virgin forests supplied logs for the sawmills, which were located on Twelve and Fourteen Mile Roads. A strap railroad, one of the first of its kind in Michigan, connected the settlement to Detroit and Utica. By 1875 the community had two churches, a school, and several business establishments. It was called Beebe’s Corner after John L. Beebe, who operated the toll gate for the plank road that led to Detroit. In 1893 the predominately German community voted to incorporate as a village, electing Dr. J. D. Flynn as president. Though work and cultural activities draw residents into the Detroit metropolitan community, Warren retains its individual identity in its historic churches, homes, and business establishments.",,Mound Road,Warren,MI,0,Intersection of Mound and Chicago Roads. Beebe´s Corner Park,Macomb,01N12E04SWNW,42.528372,-83.048151,,4,04/11/2022,dfd67fd4-419a-4501-a40a-5d6ec160acdc,0,597,2,"MHC501980038_2.jpg;MHC501980038_1.jpg","Oscar Zamora;Oscar Zamora","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","04/08/2022;04/08/2022",416218
-83.3444719999999,41.9304660000001,MHC581957025,S118,2,1957,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Lake Erie,,Lake Erie,,"Named for the Erie Indians, this was the last of the Great Lakes discovered by white men. The French were exploring the upper lakes as early as 1615, but they avoided the region to the south, which was the realm of hostile Iroquois Indians. Then in 1669 Adrien Jolliet entered Lake Erie from the Detroit River and followed the north shore eastward. The final link was added to the mighty inland waterway so vital in Michigan history.",,Sterling State Park Entrance,Monroe,MI,0,"7/8/2019 per Suzanne Fischer, marker is in storage at Deere Bldg. The commission is working on revised/replacement text for this marker",Monroe, ,41.930466,-83.344472,,,07/12/2019,b403e5c9-581f-45ac-9a7a-5d6f4ecf0974,0,598,0,,,,,416219
-84.6767619999999,45.0272350000001,MHC691960002,S219,2,1960,1961,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Otsego County,,Otsego County,,"First named Okkuddo when it was set off in 1840, this county was renamed Otsego in 1843 after a New York county and lake by that name. It is said to mean “clear water.” Settlement did not begin until the late 1860s when lumbering was started. Otsego Lake, the first village, was founded in 1872 and became county seat in 1875 when the county was organized. Gaylord was settled in 1874 and named county seat in 1877. Farming and the tourist industry are now the chief businesses.",,225 West Main Street,Gaylord,MI,0,M-32 at Otsego Avenue,Otsego,30N03W04SWNE,45.027235,-84.676762,,,07/30/2019,578729fa-1e1a-4e33-b85f-5d742459a459,0,599,0,,,,,416220
-83.782035,42.5300710000001,MHC471982024,L1011A,2,1982,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Paul's,St. Paul's Episcopal Church,St. Paul's,,"When the Reverend William A. Clark, D.D., purchased his land in Brighton Township, he set aside an acre as a church site and established a cemetery near it. In 1837 he organized an Episcopal group and conducted its first services in his orchard. The group worshipped in rented quarters for over forty years before it erected this church. Ernest W. Arnold designed the English-style structure, which was built by local contractor James Collett. The church was completed in 1881. Reverend Clark’s son John officiated at the first service.",,200 West Street,Brighton,MI,0,,Livingston,02N06E30SESW,42.530071,-83.782035,,,08/21/2019,b7a560b2-4a55-40d5-a631-5d7a1589f295,0,600,2,"MHC471982024_2.jpg;MHC471982024_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/29/2017;06/29/2017",416221
-85.47126,44.1227400000001,MHC671979023,S519B,2,1979,1979,Civil War and After (1860-1875),"""Unto a New Land""",Swedish Immigration,"""Unto a New Land""",,"Swedish immigrants, anxious to escape famine and an unsympathetic government, flowed into the Midwest frontier of America from the 1870s to 1890s searching for land and work. Railroads and lumbering industries offered attractive opportunities to these immigrants. The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad sent the Reverend J. P. Tustin to Sweden to recruit laborers for construction of its line. As an inducement, the railroad donated eighty acres to the Swedish colony of New Blekinge (Tustin). Swedes swarmed to this vicinity, building the railroad, logging the forest, and laboring in the sawmills. As the forest became depleted, many moved on but others became permanent settlers whose descendants still reside here. Children of these settlers have in this century gone across the country to make their contributions to America.",,Southbound Rest Area US-131,Tustin,MI,0,Scenic overlook near mile marker 170,Osceola,20N10W14NWSE,44.12274,-85.47126,,4,06/14/2021,afffe051-8fa0-4d88-be57-5d9dc04e5ee5,0,601,1,MHC671979023_1.jpg,Michigan Historical Commissioner,Marker Photo - Front,06/12/2021,416222
-84.481183,42.750301,MHC331986023,L1338C,2,1986,1987,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan Automobile Dealers Association,,Michigan Automobile Dealers Association,,"In 1920 the Michigan Automotive Trade Association was founded in Detroit. On May 19, 1921, the group was incorporated with the following officers: G. S. Garber, president; H. H. Shuart, secretary; and Clark Graves, treasurer. The association’s purpose is to promote and protect the interests of franchised automobile dealers. In 1937 the association moved from Detroit to Lansing and changed its name to the Michigan Automobile Dealers Association. The 100th anniversary of the first gasoline-powered automobile patent was celebrated in 1986. To commemorate this milestone, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed 1986 the “Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile.” In Michigan’s sesquicentennial year, 1987, the association had 850 members.",,1500 Kendale Blvd.,East Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N01W07SWNW,42.750301,-84.481183,,Auto Industry,08/30/2017,ffe8c28e-c711-4171-859d-5d9f41aa0ed8,0,602,0,,,,,416223
-86.0096400899999,42.8104474,MHC701989054,L1698A,2,1989,2013,Statehood Era (1815-1860),P. Henry De Pree / P. Henry De Pree House,,P. Henry De Pree,P. Henry De Pree House,"The Dutch immigrant family of P. Henry De Pree (1865-1943) came to the Zeeland area in 1849. With his brother William, P. Henry ran a hardware store and other businesses in Zeeland and Holland. After being elected Zeeland village president in 1904, De Pree helped secure the city´s 1907 charter and became its first mayor. For many years he was Sunday school supervisor in the Second Reformed Church, which his family helped found.","Built in 1899, the Queen Anne style P. Henry De Pree House was among the first homes designed by Grand Rapids architect Thomas Benjamin (1861-1950). Benjamin, with his son Adrian, would later design more than two hundred area homes, businesses and churches. Stained and leaded glass windows are prevalent. White oak was used to finish the interior, which included hand- painted details. The home remained in the De Pree family until 1977.",360 E. Central Avenue,Zeeland,MI,49464,SW corner of Maple and Central,Ottawa,05N14W19NENW,42.8104474,-86.00964009,,2,03/30/2020,5e967ebb-c25f-421f-9c16-5dbd94605495,0,603,3,"MHC701989054_1.jpg;MHC701989054_2.jpg;MHC701989054_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","09/28/2013;11/10/2010;11/10/2010",416224
-84.1780359999999,42.840646,MHC781992020,L1873C,2,1992,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Mary's Church,,Saint Mary's Church,,"In 1870 Father Joseph Kraemer became pastor of a Catholic mission at Corunna that included all of Shiawassee County. In 1874 he assisted Antrim Township Irish Catholics in purchasing the Alling Schoolhouse, which he dedicated as a church. Father Kraemer traveled first from St. Johns and later from Owosso for mass. In 1892 a church was built in Morrice. When the mission became a parish in 1926, it also had many German and Czechoslovakian members. The church burned in 1953 and was razed in 1962. The present church was dedicated in 1955.",,505 Main St.,Morrice,MI,0,,Shiawassee,05N02E12NWSW,42.840646,-84.178036,,,09/13/2017,f084cec1-f14e-4d8e-b53b-5dee047f12ab,0,604,0,,,,,416225
-83.721243,42.5460380000001,MHC471986036,L1300,2,1986,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Brighton District No. 8 School,Lyons School,Brighton District No. 8 School,,In 1842 pioneer settler Richard Lyons donated land for the first school in Brighton Township’s District No. 8. Area Methodists worshipped in the log school until 1874. In 1885 the log building was replaced with this one-room clapboard structure. Classes were held here until area schools consolidated in 1956. The building then served as the Brighton Township Hall. In 1984 it was restored for use as a museum.,,11455 Buno Road,Brighton,MI,0,,Livingston,02N06E27NWNE,42.546038,-83.721243,,,09/05/2017,649c8b97-37b1-4d47-aeb5-5e0327eaf8a6,0,605,0,,,,,416226
-83.5593929999999,41.968871,MHC581979046,L753A,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Peter Seitz Tavern and Stagecoach Inn,Seitz Inn/Peter Seitz House,Peter Seitz Tavern and Stagecoach Inn,,"In 1856 German immigrant Peter Seitz built this house as a residence and stagecoach inn on North Custer plank toll road. Early stagecoaches were pulled by teams of up to four horses. The plank roads were constructed of wooden boards to aid travel during the “muddy season.” The tavern was a popular meeting place for area residents as well as stagecoach travelers. It offered lodging, food, spirits and entertainment. Dances and other social and community gatherings were held in the second-floor ballroom. Here residents began plans that led to the founding of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in 1860. Used as an inn until around the turn of the century, the structure was converted into a single-family home in 1899.",,8941 North Custer,Raisinville Township,MI,0,,Monroe, ,41.968871,-83.559393,,,09/06/2017,488a21a3-5288-4fa3-9e72-5e7fe6d89f0a,0,606,0,,,,,416227
-84.7293999999999,45.787453,MHC161972021,S377,2,1972,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse,,Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse,,"This light is opposite the turning point for ships making the difficult passage through the Straits of Mackinac, one of the business crossroads of the Great Lakes. McGulpin’s Point Light, two miles to the west, had been established in 1856, but it was not visible from all directions. In 1889 Congress appropriated funds for the construction of a steam-powered fog signal here, which went into operation on November 5, 1890. Construction of the light tower and attached keeper’s dwelling began, and the light was first displayed on October 25, 1892. Heavy iron and brass castings were used throughout the structure, and the light was visible to ships sixteen miles away. In operation until 1958, the lighthouse is now a maritime museum.",,"Michilimackinac State Park, East of bridge",Mackinaw City,MI,0,,Cheboygan,39N03W07NWSW,45.787453,-84.7294,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",08/08/2017,48ba0598-dca0-4073-899e-5ed6d0446144,0,607,2,"MHC161972021_2.jpg;MHC161972021_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/24/2014;09/24/2014",416228
-84.449286,42.816401,MHC191991013,S631,2,1991,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Bath School Disaster / Bath School Disaster,,Bath School Disaster,Bath School Disaster,"On May 18, 1927, a dynamite blast rocked the Bath Consolidated School, shattering one wing of the building and resulting in the deaths of thirty-nine children and teachers; dozens more were injured. An inquest concluded that dynamite had been planted in the basement of the school by Andrew Kehoe, an embittered school board member. Resentful of higher taxes imposed for the school’s construction, and the impending foreclosure on his farm, he took revenge on Bath’s citizens by targeting their children. Soon after the explosion, as parents and rescue workers searched through the rubble for children, Kehoe took his life and the lives of four bystanders, including the superintendent, one student and two townspeople, by detonating dynamite in his pickup truck as he sat parked in front of the school.","The destruction of the Bath Consolidated School shared the front page of national newspapers with Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight. “Maniac Blows Up School . . . Had Protested High Taxes” screamed the headlines of the May 19, 1927, New York Times. Michigan governor Fred Green created the Bath Relief Fund, and people from across the country expressed their sympathies and offered financial support. Michigan U.S. Senator James Couzens gave generously to the fund and donated money to rebuild the school. On August 18, 1928, Bath looked to the future and dedicated the James Couzens Agricultural School to its “living youth.” A statue entitled, Girl with a Cat, sculpted by University of Michigan artist Carleton W. Angell and purchased with pennies donated by the children of Michigan, was also dedicated that day.",Main Street-James Couzens Memorial Park,Bath,MI,0,Main Street between High School and Clark Road,Clinton,05N01W17SWSE,42.816401,-84.449286,,,08/23/2017,1a870d29-5ed3-4890-ad6d-5f7fe667e548,0,609,0,,,,,416229
-83.05506,42.350781,MHC821987002,L1426C,2,1987,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Recreation Park / Recreation Park,,Recreation Park,Recreation Park,"In 1879 Recreation Park was established on the land surrounding this site. The park extended from Brady Street to Willis Avenue. It included the baseball field that was the home park of the Detroit Wolverines of the National League from 1881 to 1888. Here on May 2, 1881, the first major league baseball game in Detroit was played before 1,286 spectators. After that first game against Buffalo, more than four hundred major league games were played here over eight seasons. This marker stands in what was the left field. Home plate and a wooden grandstand were near Brady Street to the south. Fans strolled in a nearby grove of trees owned by Harper Hospital. Two Wolverines, Dan Brouthers and Sam Thompson, have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.","At Mayor William G. Thompson’s suggestion, the Detroit Wolverines were organized as a major league team to play at Recreation Park. In its first years the team finished from the middle to the bottom of the National League. It began to improve after it was purchased by pharmaceutical manufacturer Frederick K. Stearns in 1885. In 1887 it won the National League Pennant and the national championship, defeating St. Louis of the American Association in a fifteen-game series. Poor attendance caused the Wolverines to break up after the 1888 season. The franchise moved to Cleveland, where it finally disbanded in 1899. From 1889 to 1894 other baseball teams played at Recreation Park. In 1894 the park was closed, the grandstand torn down, and the land was subdivided.",3990 John R. Street,Detroit,MI,0,"Brush Street Mall, Detroit Medical Center Main Campus",Wayne, ,42.350781,-83.05506,,,09/20/2017,9574e77d-aea1-4aa3-9718-5f99def18530,0,610,0,,,,,416230
-84.980106,46.752211,MHC171979040,L724B,2,1979,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Post Office,"Whitefish Point Post Office; Biehl's General Store",Post Office,,"This post office opened just six years after Whitefish Point was settled in 1871 as a landing for the then-abundant lumber supplies and as a commercial fishery. Permanent residents received their mail from Sault Ste. Marie. During the summer months, mail was delivered by boat three times a week. In severe winter weather, dog teams hauled the mail twice a month. In service for nearly a century, this post office provides a link with days before lumbermen cut down tall stands of pine trees. The office here ceased operations in 1973.",,Whitefish Point and Wildcat Roads,Paradise,MI,0,,Chippewa,50N05W07NENW,46.752211,-84.980106,,,08/23/2017,406c72c5-1a68-492c-be22-607dde4d0282,0,611,0,,,,,416231
-85.163128,42.30953,MHC132002014,S678,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Postum Cereal Company / Postum Cereal Company Factory,,Postum Cereal Company,Postum Cereal Company Factory,"Charles William “C. W.” Post (1854-1914) began his breakfast empire in 1892 when he opened La Vita Inn sanitarium on this site. Post’s first commercial success occurred in 1894 when he created the hot beverage Postum. In 1896 he organized the Postum Cereal Company. His continued experiments with grains resulted in Grape-Nuts, his first cold cereal, in 1897. In 1908-09 sales from Grape Nuts, Postum, and Post Toasties surpassed $5 million. Upon Post’s death, his daughter Marjorie ran the company, continuing to advertise extensively and expanding the product line. In 1929 Postum became the General Foods Corporation. The Philip Morris Companies purchased General Foods in 1985, and the plant became part of Kraft Foods in 1989.","Breakfast cereal production began on this site in 1894 when C. W. Post perfected his Postum drink. Remarkable as a factory with structures dating from as early as 1895, the complex reflects the evolution of cereal making. Post began commercial production in one barn. Eventually everything from research to grain processing to packaging occurred here. Known during the early 1900s as the “white city” because of the widespread use of white paint, the complex grew to include grain silos, a power plant, offices, processing plants, a paper factory, and warehouses. Post had his office in the Elizabethan building at the center, which also housed the advertising department. It became the employee clubhouse in 1925.",275 Cliff Street,Battle Creek,MI,0,Kraft Foods Main Gate,Calhoun,02S07W07NESE,42.30953,-85.163128,,,08/23/2017,c1c36d2a-4f5e-430f-a3b1-608696708bf5,0,612,0,,,,,416232
-84.954078,45.376086,MHC241999016,L2067,2,1999,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hotel Perry,Perry Hotel/Stafford's Perry Hotel,Hotel Perry,,"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 location near Little Traverse Bay and the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Depot. At the Perry, a Petoskey social hub, guests and local citizens attended “hops” and enjoyed the hotel orchestra. One of the city’s earliest brick buildings, the hotel was advertised in 1900 as “fire proof” and boasted steam heat, electric service, a barber shop, a buffet restaurant, and a newsstand. The Hotel Perry is included in the Petoskey Downtown National Register Historic District.",,100 Lewis,Petoskey,MI,0,Petoskey Downtown National Historic District Corner of Bay and Lewis Streets,Emmet,34N05W05NWNW,45.376086,-84.954078,,,08/30/2017,c4e5070e-4189-4e58-8fbc-60f4ff320e95,0,613,0,,,,,416233
-84.554719,42.726527,MHC331990058,S620C,2,1990,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Sheriffs' Association,,Michigan Sheriffs' Association,,"In December 1877 twenty-four county sheriffs met in Lansing and formed the Michigan State Sheriffs Association--committed to devising “ways and means for assisting each other in the detention, arrest and conviction of criminals.” In 1893 the group joined other law enforcement officials and formed the Michigan Association of Police, Sheriffs and Prosecuting Attorneys. In 1931 the sheriffs incorporated independently as the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association.",,515 North Capital,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16SESW,42.726527,-84.554719,,,08/07/2019,c347f1c6-09ca-4c25-a12b-6123965c94c4,0,614,1,MHC331990058_2.jpg,,Marker Photo - Front,07/17/2017,416234
-83.623841,42.7910420000001,MHC631980021,L832,2,1980,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Crapo Park,,Crapo Park,,"Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869)—wealthy lumberman, Republican, state senator (1863-1864) and governor of Michigan (1865-1868)—owned prosperous lumberyards in Holly, Fenton, and Flint. Lumber and railroads were essential elements in the development of this area. In 1863-64 Crapo was instrumental in developing the Flint to Holly railroad, which linked this part of the state to the rest of the country. The eighteen-mile line was among the first to use steel rails in the United States and was funded entirely by private subscriptions. This park, named for Governor Crapo, is on the site of his Holly lumberyard. The property, owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, has been leased by the village of Holly since 1918.",,Martha and Washington Streets,Holly,MI,0,,Oakland,05N07E34NWSW,42.791042,-83.623841,,,09/12/2017,9cc3c4f3-9772-4b8f-b64b-6130d980a209,0,615,1,MHC631980021_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,,416235
-84.192112,42.554975,MHC331977026,L531,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),White Oak,,White Oak,,"The settlements of White Oak, Ingham, Wheatfield, and Leroy were organized as Ingham Township by the legislature on March 11, 1837. On April 2, 1837, the first township meeting was held at the home of Caleb Carr. White Oak separated from Ingham Township and organized on March 21, 1839. Daniel Dutcher hosted the first meeting of the new township at his home. Until the erection of this hall in 1877, townspeople held meetings in their homes. This building is dedicated to those pioneers who established White Oak Township.",,1002 South Stockbridge Road,White Oak,MI,0,,Ingham,02N02E22NENW,42.554975,-84.192112,,3,08/30/2017,5f4a1c50-5549-48d6-bf6c-61370ba2abdb,0,616,2,"MHC331977026_1.jpg;MHC331977026_2.jpg","John Lambrou;J.T. Lambrou","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","02/18/2022;02/18/2022",416236
-83.016693,42.340598,MHC822015008,S738,2,2015,2016,Modern Era (> 1970),WGPR-TV,"WGPR TV Channel 62; WGPR 107.5",WGPR-TV,,"In 1973, the Federal Communications Commission granted the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, led by Dr. William V. Banks (1903-1985), a permit to operate UHF television Channel 62 in Detroit. WGPR-TV debuted a few seconds before noon on September 29, 1975, becoming the first African-American owned and operated television station in the continental United States. The station provided job training and employment opportunities for African-Americans in television production, broadcast journalism and sales. Programming, most of which was locally produced, was crafted for an urban black audience. Popular shows included The Scene, Big City News and Gospel Time. In 1979, WGPR-TV began providing programs, such as The Arab Voice in Detroit, for the city’s minority ethnic communities.",,3146 E. Jefferson,Detroit,MI,48207,Between McDougall and Walker Sts. - Wall mounted marker,Wayne,,42.340598,-83.016693,,African-American History,08/08/2019,37ef92a2-943c-46eb-b7c1-6139e1f02815,0,617,3,"MHC822015008_2.jpg;MHC822015008_1.jpg;MHC822015008_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","01/29/2016;01/29/2016;",416237
-83.243837,42.3064670000001,MHC821956025,HB4,2,1956,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Commandant's Quarters,Dearborn Arsenal (Dearborn Historical Museum),Commandant's Quarters,,"This building was one of eleven built in 1833 for the United States Detroit Arsenal at Dearbornville. A walled compound, a 360-foot square, was erected to store military supplies on the frontier. Constructed of red brick in the Federal style, this arsenal was located on strategic Chicago Road, now Michigan Avenue. The quarters were a center for social and cultural events in Dearborn until they were closed in 1875. The Commandant’s Quarters later became a fire station, police station, church, courthouse, school facility, library, and meeting hall. The Dearborn Historical Commission acquired the building in 1949 and opened it as the city’s Historical Museum on October 14, 1950.",,21950 Michigan Avenue,Dearborn,MI,0,at Monroe Street,Wayne, ,42.306467,-83.243837,,,09/20/2017,95abfc12-93ca-4601-839a-6188b1c7ae21,0,618,0,,,,,416238
-82.8976709999999,42.387006,MHC821982022,S548A,2,1982,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"Russell A. Alger House ""The Moorings""",Grosse Pointe War Memorial Association Building,"Russell A. Alger House ""The Moorings""",,"Russell A. Alger Jr. (1873-1930), son of Michigan’s governor Russell Alger, built this Italian Renaissance-style mansion in 1910. Alger was one of the founders of the Packard Motor Car Company. Charles A. Platt of New York designed this elaborate structure, and Ellen Shipman of New York landscaped the grounds. The home, situated on Lake St. Clair, was referred to as “The Moorings.” Alger lived here until his death in 1930. From 1936 to 1948 the house was used by the Detroit Institute of Arts as a branch museum. In 1949 it was deeded to the Grosse Pointe War Memorial Association in memory of those who served and died in our nation’s wars and for facilitating the educational, cultural and civic needs of the community.",,32 Lake Shore Drive,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.387006,-82.897671,,,09/09/2019,7d5dcd1e-5122-49b9-993b-61b1a5eb36e2,0,620,0,,,,,416239
-85.634221,41.9431480000001,MHC751957041,S150,2,1957,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Three Rivers,,Three Rivers,,"Here the Rocky and Portage Rivers join the winding St. Joseph River. Many centuries before the coming of the white man, the junction of these water routes made this a favorite camping site for Indians. La Salle came through the region in 1680 on his way east, and in his wake came other Frenchmen who traded with the Indians. Three Rivers, founded in the 1830s, was as far as large boats could come up the St. Joseph. Flatboats and rafts were used to carry goods to and from Lake Michigan.",,West Michigan Avenue,Three Rivers,MI,0,Scidmore Park on M-60,Saint Joseph,06S11W18SWSE,41.943148,-85.634221,,,09/13/2017,b239d4f5-bd89-4576-ab0a-61d10df7f883,0,621,0,,,,,416240
-84.547584,42.1027730000001,MHC381996012,L1979,2,1996,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hanover High School / Hanover-Horton Schools,,Hanover High School,Hanover-Horton Schools,"
Located on one of Hanover’s most prominent sites, this former school was erected in 1911. Built in the Georgian Revival style, this town landmark exemplifies a school design popular during the early twentieth century. Citizens named the school’s site “College Hill” and called the teachers “professor” to show respect. In 1934 depression era Emergency Relief Act funds paid for construction of the gymnasium addition. Grades one through twelve met here until 1946, and middle school classes were held in the building until it closed in 1962. The school was threatened with demolition until 1977 when the Hanover-Horton Area Historical Society acquired it for use as a museum.","
Early Hanover school children met in a log building constructed at the corner of State and Spink Streets in 1839. A series of buildings served the growing town, including this building, erected in 1911. In 1873 the nearby Horton district built a three-room school in which classes were held until that building burned in 1940. Hanover, Horton and nine one-room school districts consolidated as the Hanover-Horton Rural Agricultural School District in 1945. Two elementary schools served the district: one in Horton, built in 1949, and one in Hanover, erected in 1954. A new high school opened in 1958. Additions to Hanover Elementary School in 1998 created a single elementary school for the district.",105 Fairview St.,Hanover,MI,0,,Jackson,04S02W21SESW,42.102773,-84.547584,,,09/01/2017,66b8ddbd-250a-4804-9bb0-61ec1c769edd,0,622,0,,,,,416241
-84.980149,42.276102,MHC131979009,L690A,2,1979,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Butler-Boyce House / W. D. Boyce,,Butler-Boyce House,W. D. Boyce,"This handsome Italian Villa, with paired arched windows, is adorned with combined cupola and railing. Edward Butler (1814-1881), merchant, banker and first treasurer of Calhoun County, built the residence in 1858-61 on land once owned by author James Fenimore Cooper. William D. Boyce (1860-1929), founder of the Boy Scouts of America, purchased the house and sixty acres as a summer home in 1894. For many years it was the home of Myron B. and Anne Ells. Mrs. Ells founded the Marshall Historical Society in 1961.","William D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher, founded the Boy Scouts of America. Boyce first became acquainted with the scouting movement while in London in 1909. He lost his way in the midst of heavy fog and was rescued by a Boy Scout who took him to the address he had been seeking. Offering the young boy a tip, he was told that Boy Scouts did not accept money for doing a good deed. Impressed by this organization, Boyce returned home with pamphlets, badges, and a uniform. He incorporated Boy Scouts of America, now Scouting/USA, on February 8, 1910.",1110 Verona Road,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W23SWSW,42.276102,-84.980149,,,08/23/2017,e4039c82-094f-43ba-b08a-6252ab7aa70f,0,624,0,,,,,416242
-84.433189,42.686923,MHC331989053,L1640C,2,1989,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan Dental Association,,Michigan Dental Association,,"The Michigan Dental Association was organized on January 8, 1856, by fourteen dentists who met in Detroit at the office of Hiram Benedict and Lorain Christopher Whiting. According to the American Dental Association, it was the first state dental society in the country. At this meeting the dentists established bylaws and membership qualifications. “One must be twenty-one, a practicing member of the profession, possess `a good English education,’ and have unexceptionable moral character.” In the 1860s and 1870s the association advocated a dental school in the state. At this time few dentists received formal training. In 1875, after almost twenty years of effort, the state legislature appropriated money to establish a dental school at the University of Michigan.",,3657 Okemos Road,Okemos,MI,48864,,Ingham,04N01W33NESW,42.686923,-84.433189,,6,05/10/2021,bd7c39d9-0c00-44ea-8982-6256f331571c,0,625,1,MHC331989053_1.jpg,Michigan Historical Commission,Site Photo w/Marker,11/19/2020,416243
-83.345739,42.3364580000001,MHC821965001,L41,2,1965,1965,Statehood Era (1815-1860),A Nankin Pioneer,,A Nankin Pioneer,,"On May 10, 1825, Marcus Swift, from Palmyra, New York, bought the northwest quarter of Section 11 in Nankin Township from the United States government. He was the first to own land now part of Garden City. The Swift family’s log cabin overlooked the River Rouge, a few rods from this site. The area was a dense hardwood forest. On May 28, 1827, Swift was elected as the first supervisor of Bucklin, which consisted of the present Redford, Dearborn, Livonia, and Nankin Townships and had a population of less than five hundred, not including a few Indians. Swift was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Lewis Cass in 1828. He was also a Methodist circuit rider and a vociferous opponent of slavery.",,Warren Rd and Sunset Dr,Garden City,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E11NENW,42.336458,-83.345739,,4,01/15/2021,55fbf4c9-a20f-4184-88be-62600dd61448,0,626,0,,,,,416244
-83.97117,42.071289,MHC461977041,L506,2,1977,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Clinton United Methodist Church,,Clinton United Methodist Church,,"Here stands Michigan’s oldest Methodist church building in continual use. In 1835 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clinton purchased this land. They began construction in 1837 and by 1843 raised sufficient funds for the completion of this church with its thick brick walls and German stained glass windows. In 1897 the tower was added; twenty years later the north wing was built. This pioneer church remains an inspiration to Methodists throughout the state.",,Tecumseh and Church streets,Clinton,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S04E05NESE,42.071289,-83.97117,,,09/01/2017,77cb9258-e01a-46c8-aa7e-62889e30016b,0,627,0,,,,,416245
-85.761208,45.0228250000001,MHC451973007,S407,2,1973,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Leland Historic District (Fishtown),Fishtown,Leland Historic District,,"This commercial fishing district has provided a livelihood for residents of the town for over a century. Fishermen reached the fishing grounds of Lake Michigan by way of the Leland River (Carp River) using small sailboats until the introduction of primitive gas-powered oak boats around 1900. Small fishing shanties and related buildings such as ice and smokehouses were constructed during the peak years of the industry, which spanned the first three decades of the twentieth century. Now gray and weather-beaten, some still serve their original purpose. Other buildings in the district date back to Leland’s lumbering and iron smelting era in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Leland continues to be a commercial fishing area as well as the headquarters for transportation to the Manitou Islands.",,"Roughly bounded by the harbor, the park, Main St & Ave A",Leland,MI,0,,Leelanau,30N12W09NWNE,45.022825,-85.761208,,Maritime Heritage,08/08/2017,b926d22b-188c-425e-8e5c-62f1239a6787,0,628,0,,,,,416246
-83.076817,42.320977,MHC821975001,S464,2,1975,2018,Native People and the French (< 1760),Ste. Anne Church / Gabriel Richard,St. Anne Roman Catholic Church,Ste. Anne Church,Gabriel Richard,"On July 26, 1701, two days after his arrival, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the founder of Detroit, built a chapel dedicated to Saint Anne, patron saint of New France. Father François Vaillant, a Jesuit, and Father Nicholas Constantine Delhalle, a Franciscan, were instrumental in the founding of the parish. The church records, which date from 1704, are now the second oldest continuous Roman Catholic parish records in the nation. From 1833 to 1844, Ste. Anne’s was the cathedral church for the diocese of Michigan and the northwest. The cornerstone for the present Gothic Revival building, the parish’s eighth home, was laid in 1886. The handsome structure, designed by parishioner Leon Coquard, displays the oldest stained glass in the city. In the Gabriel Richard Chapel, enclosed in a marble tomb, lie the remains of Father Gabriel Richard.","Father Gabriel Jacques Richard, S.S. (1767-1832)—pastor, educator and public servant—arrived in Detroit in 1798. In 1802 he became the pastor of Ste. Anne Church. He brought a printing press to the area and in 1809 printed Michigan’s first newspaper, the Michigan Essay or Impartial Observer. In 1817 Richard and the Reverend John Monteith, a Presbyterian, became the first professors of the University of Michigania, the territory’s pioneer educational establishment. Richard also established schools for girls and for Indian children. From 1823 to 1825 Richard was Michigan Territory’s delegate to the United States Congress. As a delegate, he was instrumental in gaining support for the Territorial Road, which linked Detroit and Chicago, opening Michigan to settlement. He died of cholera on September 13, 1832.",1000 Ste. Anne Street,Detroit,MI,0,SE corner of Howard and Ste. Anne (Nineteenth) Streets,Wayne, ,42.320977,-83.076817,,,06/24/2019,e05159d9-23c7-4db5-8717-630f7704a161,0,629,2,"MHC821975001_1.jpg;MHC821975001_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/24/2019;06/24/2019",416247
-85.150952,42.316511,MHC131981015,S541B,2,1981,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),W.K. Kellogg / Kellogg Company,Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flakes Company,W.K. Kellogg,Kellogg Company,"At the age of fourteen, Will Keith Kellogg (1860-1951) began working as a salesman for his father’s broom business. Later, he worked with his brother, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. In 1894 John, assisted by Will, developed a successful cereal flake. It was first served to the patients at the sanitarium and later sold by the Sanitas Food Company. In 1906 W. K. Kellogg launched his own food company to sell Toasted Corn Flakes cereal. The company grew to be the largest manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals in the world. Kellogg’s early personal philanthropies included assistance to rural teachers, to British children orphaned by war, to the blind, and to a number of hospitals and medical programs. In 1930 the W. K. Kellogg Foundation was established to promote the health and well-being of children. Today it is among the world’s largest philanthropic organizations.","Will Keith Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906. He manufactured his first boxes of cereal in a three-story building on Bartlett Street at the rate of thirty-three cases per day. In 1907 the original factory building was destroyed by fire, and part of the present structure was erected on this site. Kellogg Company sold more than one million cases of cereal in 1909, and by 1911 the company’s advertising budget had reached $1 million. In 1917 production capacity reached 9 million boxes per day. In 1980 United States production of Kellogg’s ready-to-eat cereals required more than 110,000 bushels of corn, 225,000 pounds of bran, 9,000 bushels of wheat and 12,000 pounds of wheat germ each day. By its seventy-fifth anniversary in 1981, Kellogg Company had forty-seven plants operating in twenty-one countries.",235 Porter Street,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S07W08NENW,42.316511,-85.150952,,,08/23/2017,f09ffdb3-8c51-4431-80df-631e4a3d00ed,0,630,0,,,,,416248
-85.6119,44.764897,MHC281956005,S42,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Grand Traverse Bay,,Grand Traverse Bay,,"French traders named this bay when they made “the long crossing”—la grande traverse—across its mouth. Chippewa and Ottawa tribes fought in this region. Peter [Dougherty’s] Indian Mission, established in 1839 at Old Mission, paved the way for white settlers. Founded in 1847, Traverse City was for years an important center of lumbering. Subsequently it has become famous as the nation’s cherry capital.",,Clinch Park,Traverse City,MI,0,,Grand Traverse,27N11W02NWSW,44.764897,-85.6119,,1,10/12/2021,9addf35a-4974-4db9-b275-6375b0f318fc,0,631,0,,,,,416249
-84.552519,42.747506,MHC331986003,L1353A,2,1986,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),North Presbyterian Church / North Presbyterian Church,Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church,North Presbyterian Church,North Presbyterian Church,"On October 19, 1863, fourteen members of Lansing’s First Presbyterian Church signed the Articles of Association creating the Franklin Street Church Society. The society acquired a lot for a church from James Turner, a merchant and leading Methodist, with the proviso that the Presbyterians would supply Lower Town (now North Lansing) with gospel preaching. The first Franklin Street Presbyterian Church was dedicated on this site on October 3, 1865.","Built in 1915-1916 on the site of the congregation’s first church, the Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church was constructed to accommodate North Lansing’s growing population. Edwyn Bowd, Lansing’s leading architect of public buildings in the early twentieth century, designed the church and manse. The extensive Arts and Crafts detailing is unusual among Michigan churches of this period. The congregation changed its name when Franklin Avenue became Grand River Avenue in 1934.",108 W. Cesar E. Chavez Avenue,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W09NESW,42.747506,-84.552519,,2,04/12/2021,62944623-796a-49f1-a7b5-63bb8f676776,0,632,1,MHC331986003_1.jpg,Dale Schrader,Marker Photo - Front,04/07/2021,416250
-84.769692,43.92958,MHC181956013,S28,2,1956,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Logging Railroads,,Logging Railroads,,"Michigan’s lumbermen found many areas were too far from rivers for logs to be taken to the mills in the spring drive. After 1870 the logging railroad came into increasing use as the means of opening these regions. The Lake George and Muskegon Railroads, here, in Clare County, began hauling logs seven miles to the Muskegon River in 1877. New steam sawmills soon went up near these narrow-gauge lines because of the steady supply of timber that the logging trains furnished. Shown above is the Shays train, a type specially designed for use on the logging railroads.",,"Highway Park, Old US-27",Clare,MI,0,"7-1/2 miles North of Clare, Hatton Twp",Clare,18N04W27NENE,43.92958,-84.769692,,Timber Industry,11/07/2019,8440a2c8-86e5-4915-b6e2-6414d385c92b,0,633,1,MHC181956013_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416251
-83.9318259999999,41.859285,MHC461985023,L1284B,2,1985,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Palmyra Presbyterian Church,,Palmyra Presbyterian Church,,"Sixteen persons from Presbyterian congregations in Tecumseh, Blissfield, and Adrian founded this church in 1836. The following year the Reverend John Walker became their minister. They held services in a schoolhouse on the west side of the River Raisin. In 1842-43 the congregation erected its first church. In 1861 the present structure was completed. Much of the labor and materials were donated. Originally designed in the form of a New England meetinghouse, the building has been remodeled several times.",,6730 Palmyra Road,Palmyra,MI,0,Corner of Rouget Road,Lenawee,07S04E22NWNE,41.859285,-83.931826,,,09/05/2017,beb175ef-e8e0-402a-aad6-641d4ba0ad47,0,634,0,,,,,416252
-84.922428,42.442081,MHC231994022,L1913,2,1994,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Congregational Church / First Congregational Church,Olivet Congregational Church,First Congregational Church,First Congregational Church,"The First Congregational Church grew out of the evangelical movement that swept the country during the early nineteenth century. The congregation and its antislavery and temperance societies were organized in 1845. Temperance activities continued into the 1930s. Dedicated in 1894, this is the third building used for worship. In 1968 the church became Olivet Congregational Church, United Church of Christ.","When this church was dedicated on June 20, 1894, the Olivet Optic called it a monument to the “self-denial, self sacrifice and loyalty to the cause of religion” shown by the citizens of Olivet. Milwaukee architect Henry F. Starbuck designed the Ionia sandstone, Richardsonian Romanesque church. The three thousand-pound bell was cast in Baltimore and George Androvette of Chicago provided the stained glass windows.",NW Corner of College and East Streets,Olivet,MI,0,,Eaton,01N05W29NWSE,42.442081,-84.922428,,,08/30/2017,b382a242-bd58-46ac-813b-641ffdc5866a,0,635,0,,,,,416253
-82.981648,42.428122,MHC821990013,L1764,2,1990,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Assumption Roman Catholic Church / Assumption Grotto Church Complex,Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Complex,Assumption Roman Catholic Church,Assumption Grotto Church Complex,"The origins of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church can be traced to 1830, when German immigrants first arrived in Detroit. Warned away from cholera-stricken Detroit, they built a log church here in 1832, in what was then the outskirts of the city. Redemptorist missionaries served the Kirche im Wald (Church in the Woods) until it was designated a parish by Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere in 1847. It is the second-oldest parish in Detroit. Father Amandus Vandendriessche, the first full-time pastor, was assigned here in 1852 and immediately began building a permanent structure. Built of brick made on the premises, the church was completed in time for Christmas services that same year.","To meet the needs of a growing congregation, this church was begun in 1928. Designed by the Detroit architectural firm Aloys Frank Herman, Incorporated, the limestone-faced, Neo-Gothic, basilica-plan church was dedicated on September 22, 1929. A unique feature of the church grounds is the grotto, a shrine located in the parish cemetery. Father Amandus Vandendriessche, who had served Assumption Church since 1852, visited France in 1876 and was so inspired by the shrine at Our Lady of Lourdes that he decided to create a replica at his own parish. The grotto has attracted visitors since its dedication in June 1881. The entire church complex, which consists of the church, parish house, rectory, cemetery, and grotto, was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.",13770 Gratiot Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,near Greiner Avenue and Six Mile,Wayne,01S12E12SWNW,42.428122,-82.981648,,,09/20/2017,51bbc328-9b0f-4bff-97f7-6442fb68c059,1991,636,0,,,,,416254
-85.581373,42.291478,MHC391976048,L488,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),A.U.V. Auditorium,German Workingmen's Benevolent Association Building,A.U.V. Auditorium,,"Completed in 1898, this huge building, with its elegant ballroom, replaced the old hall of the German Workingmen’s Benevolent Association or Arbeiter Unterstützungs Verein (A.U.V). Organized in Kalamazoo in 1866, this association offered aid, insurance and recreation to its members. By 1904 it was one of over eighty A.U.V. affiliates in Michigan. Although greatly altered, with the original spires removed, the building continues to be a reminder of the state’s German heritage.",,111 Portage St.,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"In 1983, the Commission granted permission to move the wall-mounted marker to the Peninsula building at 111 Portage Street. The original A.U.V. Auditorium bldg, located at 137 Portage St., was destroyed by a tornado on May 13, 1980. The site was delisted",Kalamazoo,02S11W15SESW,42.291478,-85.581373,,6,07/16/2021,3d29a804-c42e-4d16-98d6-644f0492ee50,0,637,0,,,,,416255
-85.623681,44.7603250000001,MHC281979006,L737B,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Novotny's Saloon,Dill's Olde Towne Saloon,Novotny's Saloon,,"In 1886 Antoine Novotny, one of the Bohemian founders of this community, built a bar on this site. Novotny’s Saloon was the social center of the city’s south side and headquarters of the Traverse City Hustlers semi-pro baseball team. In 1939 the business was purchased by William H. Dill, and the name changed to Dill’s. In the ensuing years, the adjacent meat market and vegetable stand were added to the preexisting establishment. The second floor was the home of both the Salvation Army and a dance hall. On April 22, 1978, a fire destroyed the original wood frame building. This near replica of that structure, which was completed ten weeks later, continues to be one of Traverse City’s social centers.",,423 South Union Street,Traverse City,MI,0,,Grand Traverse,27N11W03SWSE,44.760325,-85.623681,,,08/30/2017,80eb2a5e-8c70-4935-a125-645a3604ed57,0,638,0,,,,,416256
-85.836439,42.8857750000001,MHC701972015,L209,2,1972,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Jenison Museum / Jenison Museum,Tiffany House (Hanchett House),Jenison Museum,Jenison Museum,"Jenison is named for a pioneer family of English descent. Lemuel Jenison, son of a Revolutionary War soldier, came to the Grand River Valley from New York in 1835 with his family. Among the seven children born to Lemuel and his wife Sara were four daughters and three sons, Hiram and twins Luman and Lucius. Lemuel died in 1837. The care and support of the family fell on the eldest son, then twenty-four, and the twins who were fourteen. Sara died in 1841. The Jenison brothers, initially lumbermen, later branched out in other ventures. They donated land for roads, schools, and churches. Hiram, who served as the first Georgetown Township supervisor, died in 1889. Lucius and Luman, who were business partners, both died in 1899, and much of their estate was left to Margaret Husband who built this house.","Margaret Husband was bookkeeper for, and legatee of, the Jenison twins. She built this landmark house at the turn of the century as a memorial to the twins. This two-story mansion, with massive fieldstone foundation, has ten rooms, curved plate glass windows in the turret, and leaded and beveled glass doors. Margaret Husband left the house to her daughter Bessie Husband Hanchett who died in 1960. Subsequently, the house was purchased by the C. W. Tiffany family, who began the restoration process later taken up by the Jenison Historical Association. In 1971 the Georgetown Township Board voted to try to save the house, which had been purchased by the Department of State Highways and Transportation for demolition. Through the efforts of these historians, the State Highway Commission voted in 1975 to leave the Jenison Museum on this site.",28 Port Sheldon Drive,Jenison,MI,0,"NE corner of Main Street, Georgetown Township",Ottawa,06N13W22SESW,42.885775,-85.836439,,,09/12/2017,26df91cd-4cbc-4a8f-a376-649ca3b45579,0,639,0,,,,,416257
-83.305856,42.5237050000001,MHC631978004,L584,2,1978,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Franklin Village School,,Franklin Village School,,"Michigan’s Territorial Council passed a law in 1827 requiring every township with fifty or more inhabitants to establish a school. Thus, the following year, the first school in Southfield Township was erected in Franklin Village. Sophie Gotie taught twenty-nine students in a log schoolhouse located near the still extant house of early settler Daniel Broughton. Franklin Village built a new school in 1845 at the foot of School Hill on property deeded by Winthrop Worthing. On this site in 1869 a third school was constructed on land given by wealthy postmaster A. A. Rust. After that building burned in 1922, the village erected the present school on this same location. The Franklin School District No. 3, Southfield Township, joined the Birmingham Public Schools in 1945.",,32220 Franklin Road,Franklin,MI,0,Corner of Romany Road,Oakland,01N10E06SENE,42.523705,-83.305856,,,09/12/2017,d1a38681-cdde-4f47-94ff-64b01be43d57,0,640,0,,,,,416258
-84.48233,45.639533,MHC161975007,L417,2,1975,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Old Cheboygan County Courthouse,,Old Cheboygan County Courthouse,,"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 Chapman. This courthouse, built by J. F. Watson in 1869 at a cost of three thousand dollars, held its last circuit court session in 1899. Since then it has served as a fire station, a church, and a community center.",,229 Court Street,Cheboygan,MI,0,,Cheboygan,38N01W31NWSE,45.639533,-84.48233,,1,01/21/2021,6b330225-42f2-406d-a6fb-64d771022804,0,642,2,"MHC161975007_2.jpg;MHC161975007_1.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","10/09/2020;10/09/2020",416259
-84.618093,45.8525220000001,MHC491958003,S189,2,1958,1958,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Historic Fort Mackinac,,Historic Fort Mackinac,,"Mackinac Island has been called the most historic spot in the Middle West. Fort Mackinac was first built by the British in 1780-81. It was not until 1796, thirteen years after the end of the Revolutionary War, that the British relinquished this fort to the Americans. At the outbreak of the War of 1812 the British seized the island and built Fort George. This fort, which you see to the north beyond the Rifle Range, was renamed Fort Holmes by the Americans who reoccupied the island in 1815. Troops garrisoned Fort Mackinac until 1895.",,Fort Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,Entrance to Fort Mackinac,Mackinac, ,45.852522,-84.618093,,War of 1812,09/05/2017,14de8fd5-7e20-4301-b274-64da7e57aa4c,0,643,2,"MHC491958003_1.jpg;MHC491958003_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","07/05/2013;10/09/2016",416260
-83.077004,42.369149,MHC821975027,S474,2,1975,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Fisher Building,,Fisher Building,,"The golden tower of the Fisher Building has brightened the skyline of metropolitan Detroit since 1928. Called Detroit’s largest art object, the edifice is a city landmark. The Fisher brothers, developers of the closed automobile, erected the building for their offices. Architect Albert Kahn received the Architectural League’s Silver Medal designating this as the most beautiful commercial structure of the year. Outside metallic trim is solid bronze. Gold leaf dominates the hand-painted arcade ceiling, and marble from all over the world graces both the exterior and interior of the building. Shops, restaurants, art galleries, business offices, and the renowned Fisher Theatre are housed within its walls. Underground walkways connect the Fisher Building to the General Motors World Headquarters and the New Center Building.",,3011 West Grand Blvd,Detroit,MI,0,"lobby, NW corner of Second Avenue between the Lodge Freeway and Woodward Avenue",Wayne,,42.369149,-83.077004,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,83078857-fb98-4dfe-8be4-64e3ada072ae,0,644,0,,,,,416261
-83.4186579999999,42.0247850000001,MHC581989023,L1685A,2,1989,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Patrick Church,St. Patrick's Catholic Church,St. Patrick Church,,"Irish and German immigrants first came to this area, known as Stony Creek, in the 1840s. The settlement was also called Athlone, after a city significant in Ireland’s military history. Redemptorist missionaries served Catholics here from 1847 until 1855. On March 17, 1847, they celebrated the dedicatory mass of their first church, which was built of logs donated by parishioners. On June 26, 1860, the cornerstone was laid for the present church; six months later the church was completed. Built in the Round-Arch mode, it once had a lofty spire surrounded by finials. On December 27 Bishop Lefevere appointed Father Desiderius Callaert the first resident pastor of Stony Creek, and St. Patrick’s gained the full status of a parish.",,2996 West Labo Rd,Carleton,MI,0,,Monroe,05S09E30NWSW,42.024785,-83.418658,,,09/06/2017,d4919386-19ff-4932-b501-654d4ec3f0c9,0,646,1,MHC581989023_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416262
-84.758437,42.045164,MHC301980016,L814A,2,1980,1984,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Congregational Church of Litchfield,,Congregational Church of Litchfield,,"Twenty charter members, led by the Reverend Elisha Buck, established this church on July 14, 1839. Founded as a Presbyterian mission, it was reorganized under the congregational polity by the Reverend J. J. Bliss in 1844. At first, worship services were held in a local school, which was also used by the Baptists and Methodists of Litchfield. This red brick, Gothic-style structure was the second building erected by the congregation. Completed in 1870, it is the oldest extant church in Litchfield. Its stained glass windows were installed in 1910. In 1888 the Christian Endeavor Society, an ecumenical youth organization, held its first Michigan meeting here.",,203 North Chicago Street.,Litchfield,MI,0,,Hillsdale,05S04W10SWSE,42.045164,-84.758437,,,08/30/2017,83fa88e0-0955-4671-89cb-65513eb4cf6d,0,647,0,,,,,416263
-85.635981,44.755144,MHC281985007,S573C,2,1985,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital,Northern Michigan Asylum,Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital,,"The Northern Michigan Asylum (now the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital) was organized in 1881. It opened on November 30, 1885, with forty-three residents. Dr. J. D. Munson was the facility's superintendent for its first thirty-nine years. The original buildings served five hundred residents. By 1959 the facility had 1.4 million square feet of floor space and housed 2,956 residents. The institution's farms and its processing and manufacturing facilities covered over a thousand acres and made it nearly self-sufficient. Between 1885 and 1985 it served over fifty thousand residents. After 1960, with advances in treatment and community services, the need for inpatient facilities declined. In 1985, 150 beds served the area's acute and intensive psychiatric needs.",,Division and Eleventh,Traverse City,MI,0,,Grand Traverse,27N11W09SENE,44.755144,-85.635981,,,08/31/2017,6e1014fd-2156-4aef-bc4c-65721c5a55af,0,648,0,,,,,416264
-85.658069,42.2596800000001,MHC391973012,L245A,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Harris Family,Harris Family Burial Site,Harris Family,,"Among the earliest pioneers of Oshtemo Township was a black family, that of Enoch and Deborah Harris. Born in the East in the late 1700s, they settled in the Ohio wilderness about 1810. Moving westward with the advancing frontier, they claimed land near here in 1831. Early accounts agree that Harris planted the first apple orchard in the area, and their daughter was said to be the township’s first bride. Farming over two hundred acres, Harris won the respect of his fellow settlers. He died in 1870 and was buried here, one-quarter mile east of his farm.",,Eleventh Street and Parkview Road,Oshtemo Township,MI,0,"Genesee Prairie Cemetery, SE corner of Eleventh Street and Parkview Road (M Avenue) Just west of Kalamazoo City limit",Kalamazoo,02S12W36NWNE,42.25968,-85.658069,,,09/01/2017,49bd21be-7b7c-4a81-94ae-659b1538c211,0,649,0,,,,,416265
-83.375893,42.471598,MHC631981031,L955A,2,1981,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lemuel Botsford House,Botsford-Wallaert House,Lemuel Botsford House,,"Lemuel and Lucy Botsford were Quakers. From Salisbury, Connecticut, they moved to Lyons, New York, and in 1836 to Farmington’s Quaker settlement. In 1837 the Botsfords built this Greek Revival house on what became known as Botsford Hill. The house was on a 240-acre working farm. Their son Milton built an identical residence on the other side of the valley. Milton, the oldest of their ten children, was owner and proprietor of the Botsford Inn, Michigan’s oldest continuously operating inn.",,24414 Farmington Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E22SWSW,42.471598,-83.375893,,,09/12/2017,ed5efa9a-cf53-4a1c-b5aa-659fd69c702a,0,650,0,,,,,416266
-83.088612,42.335358,MHC821975024,L398,2,1975,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Martin Kundig,,Martin Kundig,,"This site bears the name of Father Martin Kundig, Wayne County’s first superintendent of the poor. Born in 1805 in Switzerland, Kundig was educated in Rome, and served in the Swiss Papal Guard, before coming to work in the Diocese of Detroit in 1833. A year later, a cholera epidemic broke out in the city, and the Catholic Female Association, organized by Kundig, assumed the burden of nursing, burying the dead, and caring for the orphans. Kundig’s medical skill, administrative ability, and compassion was recognized, and in 1834 the county board of supervisors appointed him superintendent of the poor. Kundig organized the German Catholic School, helped build St. Mary’s Church, and was appointed a regent of the state university. In 1846 he moved to Wisconsin, where he died in 1879.",,3300 Jeffries Freeway,Detroit,MI,0,"SW corner of Martin Luther King Blvd, between I-96 and Ash St",Wayne, ,42.335358,-83.088612,,,08/11/2017,cc5ceeb3-cf5d-42a0-a89c-65af9b4af42d,0,651,0,,,,,416267
-85.6285089199999,42.9124268300001,MHC412013003,S729C,2,2013,2014,Post WWII (1945-1970),Thrifty Acres,"Meijer; Meijer Thrifty Acres",Thrifty Acres,Thrifty Acres,"In 1962, grocers Hendrik and Fred Meijer pioneered the combination of two popular retail models, discount department stores and supermarkets, in a single store. At this site, on June 5, they opened an 80,000 square-foot addition to the 20,000 square-foot Meijer Super Market they had built in 1958. Called Thrifty Acres, the new store was grounded in the expertise in food retailing the Meijer family had gained since Hendrik Meijer (1883-1964) opened a small grocery store next to his barber shop in Greenville in 1934. The family company, led by Hendrik and his son Fred (1919-2011), was operating seventeen supermarkets in western Michigan when it decided to create its first “self-service discount department store with the hometown touch.”","The opening of the Thrifty Acres on this site in 1962 marked the beginning of a new retail concept and sealed the legacy of Hendrik and Fred Meijer. The untried business model brought risk. The single line of check-outs for food and general merchandise worked. Leasing the nonfood departments to outside operators did not. There was inconsistency in stocking, pricing and assortment. Taking over the leased departments required unplanned investment in merchandise, and the new store was not an immediate success. Adding two other super stores in Muskegon and Holland increased the financial burden. But the five-inch reinforced concrete floors the Meijers used to make the big stores suitable for reuse as auto dealerships were never needed.",1540 28th Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,Corner of 28th and Kalamazoo Streets,Kent,06N11W17NENE,42.91242683,-85.62850892,,,03/24/2016,42669b26-0fc9-46b6-82df-65c111860c3e,0,652,0,,,,,416268
-86.35919,41.9623940000001,MHC111963002,S250,2,1963,1965,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Andrews University,,Andrews University,,"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 Emmanuel Missionary College. The first classes here were held in tents. The old Berrien County Courthouse served as an administration building. Permanent buildings were erected by student labor. In 1960 the Adventists’ Theological Seminary, founded in 1934, and the Graduate School (1957), were moved here from Washington, D.C., to join Emmanuel Missionary College under one charter as Andrews University. The name honors a pioneer Adventist author, administrator, and missionary, John Nevins Andrews.",,Labardy Road,Berrien Springs,MI,0,Andrews University Campus,Berrien,06S18W11NESE,41.962394,-86.35919,,4,09/22/2017,ac10ccd0-356f-45a6-8f87-660d059b3c84,0,653,1,MHC111963002_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416269
-83.081158,42.3588510000001,MHC821974011,L362,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Elijah McCoy Homesite,Research Park,Elijah McCoy Homesite,,"Elijah McCoy, the noted black inventor, lived on this site for much of his adult life. Born in 1844 to fugitive slaves residing in Canada, McCoy was trained in Scotland as a mechanical engineer, and came to Michigan after the Civil War. Discrimination forced him to become a fireman on the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1872 McCoy patented his first automatic lubricating cup, which oiled the locomotive while the train was in motion, thus, eliminating frequent stops for oiling. He soon moved to Detroit where he improved his designs, and later set up a company to manufacture lubricators. These were installed in locomotives and steamships both here and abroad. McCoy died in 1929, honored for his important engineering innovations.",,Elijah McCoy Drive,Detroit,MI,0,at Lincoln Avenue,Wayne, ,42.358851,-83.081158,,African-American History,08/14/2019,3d370233-25af-48b9-a4b2-666d0b331c23,0,654,0,,,,,416270
-85.657484,42.9593410000001,MHC411979002,L691A,2,1979,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Castle / The Castle,,The Castle,The Castle,"Designed by local architect William G. Robinson, this castle-like edifice was constructed in 1884-86 for Colonel E. Crofton Fox and his brother Charles. Built of granite block imported from Scotland, this house is a fine example of Chateauesque-style architecture. A Heritage Hill landmark, this house features leaded and stained glass windows, and a metal stair dormer superbly crafted to resemble stone. Its interior is adorned with parquet flooring in the entry hall and a carved oak staircase. It was refurbished as a restaurant in 1978.","The Fox brothers, Ethelbert Crofton (1852-1904) and Charles (1853-1915), local lumber barons, built this structure as their home. These brothers were partners in a Grand Rapids lumbering firm, Osterhout, Fox and Company, and accumulated vast wealth. Appointed to the State Military Board by Governor Cyrus Luce in 1887, E. Crofton, a colonel, was twice elected president of that organization. He was also associated with banking and was treasurer of the City Board of Trade. Charles was a founder of the Michigan Trust Company, established in 1889.",455 Cherry Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W30SWSE,42.959341,-85.657484,,,09/01/2017,5fa414b8-3321-422b-826e-66a355efc0d7,0,655,0,,,,,416271
-86.6583609999999,46.410739,MHC021973008,L259,2,1973,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Lobb House,,Lobb House,,"One of the most graceful houses in Munising, this structure, built in 1905-06, was the home of Elizabeth Lobb. Madame Lobb, as she was affectionately known, gained her wealth from a mine that was discovered on property that she and her husband, Edward, owned in Marquette County. Thirteen years after the death of her husband, Madame Lobb erected this handsome residence. She and her son Nathaniel operated a large brickyard in nearby Hallston until 1910. The Alger County Historical Society purchased this structure for a museum in 1974.",,203 West Onota St.,Munising,MI,0,,Alger,46N19W02NWSW,46.410739,-86.658361,,3,01/17/2017,d96dac4d-b1a7-4930-b289-6714d0fdd791,0,656,0,,,,,416272
-83.0747348,43.0236197,MHC441980046,L780A,2,1980,2021,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Grand Trunk Railroad Depot / Imlay City,Imlay City Depot Museum,Grand Trunk Railroad Depot,Imlay City,"The Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railroad, later the Grand Trunk Western, arrived here in 1870. The first depot burned in 1917, and makeshift quarters served for a decade. This depot was built in 1927, according to Grand Trunk’s specifications. In 1930 an addition was built on the west end of the depot. The Grand Trunk abandoned the depot in 1971 and sold it to the city for use as the Imlay City Historical Museum.","Connecticut capitalist William H. Imlay began buying Michigan pinelands in 1836. In 1850 newly organized Imlay Township was named for him. The Port Huron & Lake Michigan Railroad cut through Imlay’s forests and arrived in July 1870. The railroad’s chief engineer, Charles Palmer, purchased 240 acres of land, which he platted as Imlay City less than a week later. Within eighteen months the town had 500 residents, a schoolhouse, two hotels, nearly 20 stores, and an additional 100 buildings.",77 Main Street,Imlay City,MI,48444,"Main Street, South of Third. Where Main Streeet deadends",Lapeer,07N12E17SWSE,43.0236197,-83.0747348,,2,12/16/2021,30680a29-2a8d-4e29-9cbe-673193c98b8d,0,657,3,"MHC441980046_1.jpg;MHC441980046_3.jpg;MHC441980046_4.jpg","Marilyn Swihart;Marilyn Swihart;unknown","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","12/08/2021;12/13/2021;",416273
-85.597649,42.296206,MHC391977038,L565A,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stuart Neighborhood,,Stuart Neighborhood Marker One - Woodward Elementary School,,"Homes of this neighborhood reflect the individuality and at times the economic status of their original owners. These homes, designed in the architectural styles of the mid and late nineteenth century, range from the fashionable Queen Anne, most popular during that era, to the Renaissance-style architecture which also flourished at this time. Many of the residences feature Italian, Gothic, and Greek influences. This district is one of the city’s earliest suburbs.",,606 Stuart Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"Woodward Elementary School - This is 1 of 3 Stuart Neighborhood markers. Each marker is listed as site no. L565 then marked with an A, B, or C. The text is different on all 3 of the markers.",Kalamazoo,02S11W16SWNE,42.296206,-85.597649,,1,12/22/2020,77a2b181-e74f-4812-bb4d-6749a7d44fa3,0,658,2,"MHC391977038_4.jpg;MHC391977038_3.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","11/21/2020;11/21/2020",416274
-85.188981,42.315699,MHC131976028,L469,2,1976,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Kimball House Museum,,Kimball House Museum,,"Three generations of doctors made this structure their home. The attractive Victorian house was built by Dr. Arthur H. Kimball in 1886. Kimball, a city health official, came to this area in 1883. His son, Arthur S. Kimball, became Battle Creek’s first pediatrician, founded the local chapter of the American Red Cross and established clinics for the poor. Arthur S. Kimball Jr. gained national recognition for his work in the treatment of tuberculosis. In 1966 heirs of the Kimball family donated the property to the Junior League for use as a museum.",,196 Capital Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W12NWNE,42.315699,-85.188981,,,08/23/2017,89d3eae4-23fc-4569-83dd-67976aa00b67,0,659,0,,,,,416275
-83.04788,42.3280990000001,MHC821956040,S27,2,1956,1967,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fort Pontchartrain,Hotel Pontchartrain,Fort Pontchartrain,,"The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade center south from Michilimackinac. Cadillac’s plan was approved by Count Jérôme de Pontchartrain, minister of marine, for whom the fort was named. The term le détroit (the strait) was applied to the fort and surrounding area; after 1751 the post was known as Fort Detroit. In 1760, as a result of the French and Indian War, the British gained control of Detroit and other posts in the Great Lakes region. British troops enlarged Fort Detroit, but during the American Revolution they moved to nearby Fort Lernoult, built 1778-79. The Americans occupied Fort Lernoult in 1796 and in 1813 renamed it Fort Shelby.",,2 Washington Boulevard,Detroit,MI,0,"Lobby of Hotel Pontchartrain, on Larned Street",Wayne, ,42.328099,-83.04788,,6,04/21/2020,22b05ff0-3418-43b4-a722-679a8266e9d5,0,660,1,MHC821956040_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,07/20/1967,416276
-84.509735,42.049962,MHC301986022,L1310,2,1986,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan and Ohio Railroad Depot,,Michigan and Ohio Railroad Depot,,"A grand celebration and a baseball game greeted the Michigan and Ohio Railroad when its track reached Moscow on September 4, 1883. This Stick Style station, completed the following month, was “quite an ornament to the place,” according to the Hillsdale Standard. The two-room depot serviced mail, freight, and passengers for the two freight and two passenger trains passing through Moscow each day on the Michigan and Ohio’s Allegan-Toledo line. In 1887 the Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad purchased the Michigan and Ohio and its depots. Successive railroad companies maintained the depot until around 1930 when the New York Central Railroad closed the line. In 1933 the building became the Moscow Township Hall.",,7324 E. Chicago Road,Moscow,MI,0,,Hillsdale,05S02W11NESW,42.049962,-84.509735,,,08/30/2017,2d6dd49d-ea35-40b5-83c7-679d4ce39f15,0,661,0,,,,,416277
-84.110759,46.2494590000001,MHC171975021,L389,2,1975,1975,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Johnston Homesite,,Johnston Homesite,,"In 1864 John McDougal Johnston, his wife, Justine, and their six children homesteaded this island. His father was a famous Sault Ste. Marie fur trader and his mother was the daughter of an Ojibway chief. He served as an interpreter for his brother-in-law, Henry R. Schoolcraft, the Indian agent. After twelve years on Rains Island, John and Justine moved to a farm near the Sault. Two children, Anna Marie, known as Miss Molly, and Howard, remained to farm the homestead. In 1892 birch bark cabins were built on this site to house visitors. Miss Molly called the spot Ononegwud, an Indian name for Happy Place. The land was given to the Neebish Pioneer Association in memory of the Bagnall family in 1974 to preserve as the Johnston Conservation Area.",,Sailor´s Encampment,Neebish Island,MI,0,"Most southeasterly part of Soo Township; East of the Upper Peninsula",Chippewa,45N03E31NWSW,46.249459,-84.110759,,Native People,08/11/2017,0daba782-7956-4d9f-b65c-67a4ccdb00a0,0,662,0,,,,,416278
-84.732902,45.786684,MHC241956008,S11,2,1956,2009,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fort Michilimackinac / Michilimackinac State Park,,Fort Michilimackinac,Michilimackinac State Park,"This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763, during Pontiac’s uprising, Chippewa Indians seized the fort, killing most of the small force, and held it a year. When the British moved to Mackinac Island in 1781 this old fort soon reverted to the wilderness.","The British military abandoned and burned Fort Michilimackinac in 1781. Set aside as part of a village park in 1857, the fort site was placed under the direction of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission in 1909. In 1933 the fort´s stockade was rebuilt after the park custodian unearthed the foundations of the palisade. Always popular, especially among campers, the park saw visitation boom after the Mackinac Bridge opened in 1957. In 1959 professional archaeologists began investigating the site. Their findings prompted the dismantling of the stockade and reconstruction of the fort based on archaeological evidence. The excavation of Fort Michilimackinac is one of the longest ongoing archaeological projects in North America.","102 W. Straits Avenue, Michilimackinac State Park",Mackinaw City,MI,49701,,Emmet,39N04W12NESE,45.786684,-84.732902,,"Native People,5",03/01/2019,e8cb705d-7a87-4bb4-a99d-67bd20808b11,1966,663,1,MHC241956008_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Dedication Photo,,416279
-84.0091439999999,42.385475,MHC811972028,L193,2,1972,1972,Civil War and After (1860-1875),North Lake Methodist Church,,North Lake Methodist Church,,"The Reverend Charles Glenn organized the first Methodist class here in 1836, and for the next ten years the group met in the home of his brother, John. In 1846 the brothers presented the congregation with a building which served as both church and school until the present structure was erected in 1866. The former Grange Hall was added to the church in 1925 to serve as an educational and social center. With community help a new building for this purpose was begun in 1971.",,14111 North Territorial Road,Dexter Township,MI,0,,Washtenaw,01S04E18SESW,42.385475,-84.009144,,,09/20/2017,22390f0a-faba-4f42-bb73-67c16624c226,0,664,2,"MHC811972028_1.jpg;MHC811972028_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";",416280
-85.254678,43.182282,MHC591975010,L413,2,1975,2021,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Greenville,,Greenville,,"In 1844 John and Deborah Green and their children moved to Montcalm County from their native New York. He purchased land, which now comprises more than half the town, and erected a dam and sawmill on this site. As the town grew it became the commercial center of the county, serving the expanding white pine lumber industry along the Flat River. Green financed many of the early businesses, and so when the city was chartered in 1871, Green’s Village was officially named Greenville in honor of its founder.",,213 N. Franklin St.,Greenville,MI,0,located in a small park across the road from the Flat River Historical Museum.,Montcalm,09N08W09NESE,43.182282,-85.254678,,1,08/10/2021,a3d61b60-3b82-4c60-8a96-67dd9ac9730c,0,665,3,"MHC591975010_1.jpg;MHC591975010_2.jpg;MHC591975010_3.jpg","Judity Gager;Judith Gage;Judith Gage","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","08/09/2021;08/09/2021;08/09/2021",416281
-82.962688,42.464519,MHC501990012,L1706,2,1990,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 School,Halfway School,Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 School,,"This school served children in Erin and Warren Townships from 1872 to 1921. Beginning in 1838, German farmer Christian Gerlach held classes in his home. During the 1840s a log building served as a classroom. In 1850 a red frame school was built. In 1872 the red school was replaced with this structure. Popularly known as Halfway School, it was located in the village of Halfway, midway between Mount Clemens and Detroit. When the school closed in 1921, it was moved to the southeast corner of Nine Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue and used as a warehouse. The East Detroit Historical Society acquired the school in 1984, returning it to within one hundred feet of its original site and restoring its nineteenth century appearance.",,15500 Nine Mile Road,Eastpointe,MI,0,,Macomb,01N13E31NWNW,42.464519,-82.962688,,,09/05/2017,36a45b0f-b9f6-4018-8227-67f131a38efc,0,666,0,,,,,416282
-85.5862049999999,42.2915300000001,MHC391976036,L338,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church / First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,First Baptist Church,"Constructed in 1853, this is the oldest church building in Kalamazoo. Titus Bronson, the city’s founder, donated this site on Church Square. The Baptist faith reached the Kalamazoo River Valley in 1826 when missionary Leonard Slater preached to the Indians. In 1836 fourteen settlers led by Jeremiah Hall, a Baptist minister from Vermont, met in the home of Ezekiel Ransom to organize the First Baptist Church.","The history of the First Baptist Church and Kalamazoo College are closely interwoven. The same year that the church was organized, the Reverend Jeremiah Hall persuaded the Michigan and Huron Institute, now Kalamazoo College, to settle in this city. The second pastor, Dr. James H. B. Stone, was an early president of the college and many of his successors in that office have been active in this congregation. Over the years the First Baptist Church has served as the parent church of several parishes in outlying areas.",315 West Michigan,Kalamazoo,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SWSW,42.29153,-85.586205,,,09/01/2017,bc3f453a-40f9-4b11-b265-67fdb9e87561,0,667,0,,,,,416283
-86.223337,39.9227990000001,MHC991964012,S254B,2,1964,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birth of Kiwanis,"Birth Origins of Kiwanis; Kiwanis International",Birth of Kiwanis,,"Kiwanis International, one of the great service organizations of the world, had its origin on January 21, 1915. On this date the state of Michigan issued a charter to a group of business and professional men who organized the first Kiwanis Club on this site in the Griswold Hotel. The club’s name, Kiwanis, was an Indian term. The concept and principle which Kiwanis represents is symbolized by the slogan “We build.” From its beginning, and within two years, Kiwanis became international in its scope.",,3636 Woodview Trace,Indianapolis,IN,0,Kiwanis International Museum - this is a duplicate marker of the original marker that was erected in Detroit in 1965 (listed as S254A),, ,39.922799,-86.223337,,,01/23/2020,757d33c5-1738-475d-aa69-685e5e77155a,0,668,0,,,,,416284
-83.378543,42.4657020000001,MHC631965011,S266,2,1965,1965,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Quaker Meeting,Farmington Municipal Building,First Quaker Meeting,,"In the 1820s members of the Society of Friends played a key role in the settlement of several Michigan communities. Farmington was founded in 1824 by Arthur Power, a Quaker from Farmington, New York. In 1831 what was apparently Michigan’s first formal Quaker Meeting was organized at Farmington. Power in 1832 gave the land for the meetinghouse and the old Quaker Cemetery located one-half mile west of here on Gill Road. Earlier, in 1828, these Friends opened a school. This industrious group provided the nucleus around which the present city and township developed. The Quakers were also active in the antislavery movement. Farmington had a station on the Underground Railroad.",,Grand River Ave,Farmington,MI,0,One block west of Farmington Road,Oakland,01N09E28SENE,42.465702,-83.378543,,,09/12/2017,719b61d0-93ee-4b5a-8db6-686f5c8e38f7,0,669,0,,,,,416285
-85.0533619999999,44.7276800000001,MHC401974037,L288,2,1974,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Excelsior Town Hall,,Excelsior Town Hall,,"Twenty-five years after the township´s organization in 1875, Excelsior´s citizens decided to build a town hall. In 1901 they purchased this site from Edwin Wagenschutz for one hundred dollars and, with plans costing only seven dollars, erected this structure for $1,085. The simple frame building continues to serve as the town hall. From 1907 to 1926 the hall also housed Excelsior High School, the first rural high school in Michigan established under the law of 1901.",,Corner of County Rd 571/Highway 72 & Wagenschutz Rd,Excelsior Twp,MI,0,,Kalkaska,27N06W20NENE,44.72768,-85.053362,,,12/01/2016,71972162-46e5-49d9-95ff-68739b9bfa13,0,670,0,,,,,416286
-84.0046829999999,41.936898,MHC461992002,L1844,2,1992,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Adrian Monthly Meetinghouse / Raisin Valley Friends Church,,Adrian Monthly Meetinghouse,Raisin Valley Friends Church,"
Quakers from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania settled in southeastern Michigan in the early nineteenth century. In June 1831 Adrian Quakers held their first meeting in the home of Darius Comstock. In 1834 David Baker donated six acres of land for a meetinghouse and cemetery. The building that was soon constructed typified nineteenth-century Friends meetinghouses in the United States. The building had separate entrances for men and women on the east side leading into a sanctuary with a central movable partition. The original forty-by-fifty-six-foot structure, built at a cost of eight hundred dollars, has been incorporated into the present meetinghouse and is one of the oldest houses of worship in Michigan.","
The first pastor of the Adrian Friends Meetinghouse (1835-1841) was Daniel Smith, whose Quaker abolitionist daughter Laura Smith Haviland is interred in the church cemetery. The congregation was part of the New York Yearly Meeting until 1869 and then became part of the Ohio Yearly Meeting. Friends worshipped in this building for the first time on June 11, 1835. Until 1874 ministers and elders sat in the gallery facing the congregation during the service. The front row was called the “facing bench.” In 1894 the Ladies Missionary Society began. “Friends” took their name from John 15:14 where Jesus says, “Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” This Raisin Valley congregation is Michigan’s oldest surviving Friends organization.",3552 N. Adrian Hwy.,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E24SENE,41.936898,-84.004683,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",08/21/2017,ead4387f-8376-4019-9463-688813630b4f,0,671,0,,,,,416287
-83.6863529999999,43.0113900000001,MHC251958022,S180,2,1958,1961,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Vehicle City,,"""The Vehicle City""",,"Flint, platted in 1836, became known as the “Vehicle City.” The production of road carts reached 150,000 annually. Due to the foresight of its vehicle manufacturers, Flint has become second only to the Detroit area in production of motor vehicles. A. B. C. Hardy made fifty Flint Roadsters in 1903. In 1904 the Buick Motor Car Company produced thirty-seven cars at its new Flint plant. In 1905 W. C. Durant, of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, became head of Buick. He incorporated the General Motors Company in 1908 with Buick as its first automobile. In a few years Chevrolet, Fisher Body, AC Spark Plug, and other auto parts makers also were established in Flint.",,1101 South Saginaw,Flint,MI,0,Flint City Hall,Genesee,,43.01139,-83.686353,,Auto Industry,04/03/2020,97317e12-9e93-4ca6-867c-688bd94304df,0,672,1,MHC251958022_1.jpg,Karl F Collyer,Marker Photo - Front,02/20/2020,416288
-86.132984,42.752936,MHC031976012,L483,2,1976,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Graafschap Christian Reformed Church / Graafschap Christian Reformed Church,,Graafschap Christian Reformed Church,Graafschap Christian Reformed Church,"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. Van Raalte. In June of that year a separate group of seventy people from Graafschap Betheim, near the Dutch border, founded this village, which they named Graafschap. Joined by thirty-four other immigrants from Drenthe, the Netherlands, the villagers shared common religious views and spoke similar dialects. Before erecting a log church in 1849 near this site, these early settlers attended services conducted by Van Raalte in nearby Holland. Graafschap followed Van Raalte’s example by affiliating with the Reformed Church in America in 1850. Seven years later the congregation severed that tie and reasserted its independence.","Those who established this church were among thousands of Europeans who sought to escape religious and political persecution and economic depression by emigrating to America in the 1840s. Later Graafschap was one of the founding members of the Christian Reformed Church which bound itself closely to Dutch customs and ways of thinking, as evidenced by the fact that this church’s parishioners continued to speak Dutch for two generations. This structure is made of hand-hewn timber and one of the roof beams spans its entire length. Although modified by the addition of educational facilities in 1922 and the expansion of the entry in 1937 and 1949, the main church structure remains intact. The Graafschap Christian Reformed Church is a noteworthy symbol of continuity in what is still a predominantly Dutch-German-American community.",621 Church St.,Fillmore Twp,MI,0,,Allegan,04N15W07NWNW,42.752936,-86.132984,,5,12/02/2021,1c681962-d4c6-4933-9c54-688d9726907b,0,673,1,MHC031976012_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,,416289
-85.527689,42.256908,MHC131985006,L1225C,2,1985,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Union Pump Company,,Union Pump Company,,"In 1884, A.E. Preston, John Heyser, Edward Keet, and James Gridley opened a small machine shop in the basement of a wagon shop. There they manufactured woodworking and ironworking machinery. The company was incorporated on May 22, 1885, when D. W. Lovell joined the founders. In 1893 the company relocated here. By 1894 the firm, originally known as the Union Manufacturing Company, was capitalized as seventy-five thousand dollars and wholly engaged in the manufacturing of steam pumps. The present name, Union Pump Company, was adopted in 1959.",,3433 Midlink Drive,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"6-2022 Moved to Kalamazoo County (moved from Battle Creek, Calhoun County) 4/7/2016 Artifact Status granted",Kalamazoo,02S10W31NWNW,42.256908,-85.527689,,3,06/27/2022,60c06731-8ea6-45b0-b248-68b63119b1f6,0,674,1,MHC131985006_1.jpg,Janet Grevers,Other Photo,01/03/2017,416290
-83.088341,42.364318,MHC821987017,L1447C,4,1987,1987,Post WWII (1945-1970),Motown / Motown,,Motown,Motown,"The “Motown Sound” was created on this site from 1959 to 1972. The company was started with an eight-hundred dollar loan from the savings club of the Bertha and Berry Gordy Sr. family. Originally called Tamla Records, the company’s first national release was “Money (That’s What I Want),” in August 1959. The founder, choosing a name that reflected the Motor City, coined the word “Motown” for the company that was incorporated as the Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. That same year it produced its first gold record, “Shop Around.” In 1968 the company, which had grown from a family-oriented business to an international enterprise, moved its business operations to 2457 Woodward. Motown provided an opportunity for Detroit’s inner-city youth to reach their full potential and become superstars.","By the end of its first decade, Motown was the largest independent manufacturer of single 45 rpm records in the world. Among Motown’s record labels were Tamla, Motown, Gordy, Soul, VIP, Rare Earth, Black Forum, Workshop Jazz, Divinity, and others. In 1972 Motown moved its headquarters to Los Angeles, California. The company expanded its television productions and entered the motion picture industry. Lady Sings the Blues, Motown’s first feature length film, received five Academy Award nominations. By 1975 Motown Industries was the largest black-owned corporation in the world. In 1980 the Motown Historical Museum was established at Hitsville U.S.A. to commemorate the Motown Sound and to memorialize Motown’s distinctive heritage and its global impact.",2648 West Grand Blvd.,Detroit,MI,0,East of Rosa Parks Blvd and west of the Lodge Freeway,Wayne,01S11E36NWSE,42.364318,-83.088341,,"African-American History,5",03/29/2022,2d941147-f2d8-4835-a720-68c8dc74001a,0,675,0,,,,,416291
-87.22046971,46.35244851,MHC522009011,S721C,2,2009,2010,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),William Bakewell,,William Bakewell,,"William Bakewell was born in Joliet, Illinois, in 1888. As a teenager he worked in Upper Peninsula logging camps before making his way to South America. In 1914 he became the only American crewmember of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, which departed Buenos Aires on an expedition to cross Antarctica. The ship became trapped in ice on the Weddell Sea, drifted for nearly a year, and sank when crushed by the pack ice. After the crew reached Elephant Island, Shackleton and a small party set out in a lifeboat to get help. Four months later, in August 1916, they returned to rescue Bakewell and the rest. Bakewell settled on a farm in Dukes, Michigan, in 1945. He died there is 1969 and is buried in this cemetery. Bakewell Island, on the Antarctic coast is named for him.",,9812 US-41,Skandia,MI,0,,Marquette,46N23W29NWSW,46.35244851,-87.22046971,,,08/17/2017,98723187-fec9-448b-837b-68d2d9e8934b,0,676,0,,,,,416292
-85.321414,42.982574,MHC411985016,L1265C,2,1985,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fallasburg Pioneer Village / Fallasburg Pioneer Village,,Fallasburg Pioneer Village,Fallasburg Pioneer Village,"Fallasburg was settled in 1837 by two brothers from Tompkins County, New York. In 1839 John Wesley Fallas purchased the northwest quarter of section 24 and laid plans for a village. His brother Silas S. also purchased land at that time. Other family members soon followed, making the long journey in covered wagons. John W. built a sawmill on the east bank of the Flat River in 1839. In it he established a chair factory that was a forerunner of the Kent County furniture industry. He soon added a gristmill.","Fallasburg was a prosperous lumber town, boasting over one hundred inhabitants by 1850. At one time, it offered a hotel and an inn that served as a regular stop on the stagecoach route between Grand Rapids and Ionia. The town also had two general stores, two shoe and harness shops, a post office, a distillery, and several blacksmith shops. This structure, the Fallasburg School, was built in 1867. The focal point of the town, it was the site of town meetings, box socials, funerals, and church services.",Covered Bridge Road,Vergennes Township,MI,0,Between Montcalm Avenue NE and McPherson St. NE,Kent,07N09W24SWNE,42.982574,-85.321414,,2,11/17/2020,19d19ddb-b3cd-47da-8b08-6908575ad40a,0,677,2,"MHC411985016_3.jpg;MHC411985016_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/14/2020;11/14/2020",416293
-85.183185,42.318658,MHC131957034,S131,2,1957,1958,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cereal Bowl of America,Birthplace of Corn Flakes,Cereal Bowl of America,,"This is Battle Creek, where the leading producers of ready-to-eat cereals are located. Early attempts to process grains into appetizing new foods for Sanitarium guests revolutionized the eating habits of people everywhere.” Made in Battle Creek” was the magic phrase used by over forty cereal manufacturers here in the early 1900s. Millions the world over enjoy the benefits and conveniences of packaged breakfast foods today. Cereals from “Foodtown, U. S. A.” have made Battle Creek one of the best known cities of its size in the world.",,11 Capital Avenue SW,Battle Creek,MI,0,Mill Race Park - Intersection Jackson Street West and Capital Avenue SW. 2/13/2020 - Commission approved the request to have the marker located at Mill Race Park. See comments and attached document.,Calhoun,02S08W12NENE,42.318658,-85.183185,,,03/02/2020,3435a355-b4b9-4e42-a48a-695247432a06,0,678,1,MHC131957034_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416294
-85.205159,42.619719,MHC081973011,L215,2,1973,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Indian Landing-Charlton Park,,Indian Landing-Charlton Park,,"In the early nineteenth century the Thornapple band of Ottawa Indians established a village a short distance from Thornapple Lake. It was served in the 1840s by a Methodist mission and school conducted by the Reverend Mannaseh Hickey. Trails leading to Canada and the Grand River intersected near the northeast end of the lake. In 1848 four Indian families purchased land here, remaining until their removal to northern Michigan about 1855. In 1936 Irving D. Charlton donated the land to Barry County for a park in memory of his parents and founded a museum with a large collection of pioneer artifacts. He served as director until his death in 1963.",,2545 S. Charlton Park Road,Hastings,MI,49058,"Nearest cross street is M-79. Marker is located on left side of the main entrance drive when entering Historic Charlton Park, before reaching the Park area",Barry,03N08W25SENW,42.619719,-85.205159,www.charltonpark.org,Native People,07/09/2020,d929d33c-d212-4c01-b5a5-6985e909c1d2,0,679,4,"MHC081973011_2.jpg;MHC081973011_4.jpg;MHC081973011_3.jpg;MHC081973011_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","04/18/2016;07/03/2020;07/03/2020;07/03/2020",416295
-84.547959,42.731563,MHC331987052,S590C,2,1987,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ransom Eli Olds / Curved Dash Oldsmobile,Birthplace of Oldsmobile Division,Ransom Eli Olds,Curved Dash Oldsmobile,"Born in Geneva, Ohio, Ransom E. Olds came to Lansing in 1880. He worked in his father’s machine and repair shop, where he experimented with small steam engines. In 1887 Olds drove, for a distance of one block, Lansing’s first automobile, an experimental steam vehicle. He continued to work with steam, gasoline and electric power. Eventually, he produced a gasoline-powered vehicle that seated four persons and could do eighteen miles per hour on level ground. On August 21, 1897, Olds, Edward W. Sparrow, Eugene F. Cooley, Arthur C. Stebbins, Samuel L. Smith, Frank G. Clark, Fred M. Seibly, and Alfred Beamer formed the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the forerunner of the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. As general manager, Olds was authorized to “build one carriage in as nearly perfect a manner as possible.” Four vehicles were produced that first year.","On a site southwest of here, production of the Curved Dash Oldsmobile Runabout began on December 16, 1901. The model was first produced in Detroit in 1900, but much of the assembly was shifted to Lansing after a fire destroyed the Detroit plant. The Curved Dash, built from 1900 to 1904, was the first car to carry the name Oldsmobile. With a sixty-six-inch wheelbase, it weighed about 650 pounds; it was powered by a one-cylinder, seven-horsepower engine and cost $650. It was the first car built using a progressive assembly system. The company produced 425 vehicles in 1901, 2,500 in 1902, 4,000 in 1903 and 5,508 in 1904. For a time the Runabout was the best-selling model in the United States. In 1905 it inspired Gus Edwards to write the song “In My Merry Oldsmobile.”",240 Museum Drive,Lansing,MI,0,near the parking lot north of the museum,Ingham,04N02W16NWSE,42.731563,-84.547959,,"Auto Industry,5",12/22/2020,44a37f00-df01-4a2a-acd4-69ece5951ced,0,682,2,"MHC331987052_2.jpg;MHC331987052_3.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","11/19/2020;11/19/2020",416296
-86.1733,41.911684,MHC142000014,S668,2,2000,2000,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Methodist Episcopal Church / The Old Rugged Cross,First Methodist Church of Pokagon,Methodist Episcopal Church,The Old Rugged Cross,"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 this building, which had been built in 1862 as a hops barn, and renovated it as a church. They constructed a belfry and installed pews and stained glass windows in pointed frames. In this church, in 1913, “The Old Rugged Cross” was sung in its entirety for the first time. The following year the Methodists purchased the nearby Baptist Church, selling this building to John Phillips, who used it as a storage barn. In 1998 the Pokagon United Methodist Church reacquired the church for restoration.","In January 1913 the Reverend Leroy O. Bostwick, assisted by the Reverend George Bennard of Albion, held a series of religious revivals at the Pokagon Methodist Episcopal Church. Before the event, the Dowagiac Daily News predicted a large attendance, announcing “Mr. Bennard is a sweet singer and a splendid gospel preacher.” Bennard had begun composing the hymn “The Old Rugged Cross” while in Albion the previous year. He completed the hymn here in preparation for the revival services. During the revival it was sung publicly for the first time by the Pokagon Methodist Episcopal Church choir. Impressed by Bennard’s hymn, the Reverend and Mrs. Bostwick financed its first printing. “The Old Rugged Cross” quickly became one of the most popular hymns in the United States.",31394 East Street,Niles,MI,0,"The address for this site comes up unusual in Google: it can be 31394 East Street, Niles or 61041 Vermont Street, Dowagiac.",Cass,06S16W33NWNE,41.911684,-86.1733,,,02/04/2020,a329c9ed-78aa-4877-aed1-69f1dce489d1,0,683,0,,,,,416297
-86.079468,42.8818440000001,MHC701984010,L1177B,2,1984,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),South Olive Christian Reformed Church / South Olive Christian Reformed Church,Holland Christian Reformed Church of New Holland,South Olive Christian Reformed Church,South Olive Christian Reformed Church,The South Olive Christian Reformed Church is a daughter congregation of the Noordeloos church. The Noordeloos church and three other local West Michigan congregations seceded from the Reformed Church in America in 1857 to form the Christian Reformed Church. In 1885 members of the Noordeloos church received permission to organize this church in the southern part of Olive Township. It was originally called the Holland Christian Reformed Church at New Holland.,"Completed in 1887, this church is the nucleus of this Dutch-Calvinist farming community. A. J. Baker of Hamilton, Michigan, was the contractor for the original forty-by-fifty-foot frame building. The structure was enlarged in 1897. The chapel, built in 1898, was moved and attached to the rear of the church in 1935. The full basement was completed in 1948. The simple design is accented with Gothic windows. The front tower, with its open belfry, houses a 1,033-pound bell cast in 1897.",6200 120th Ave,Olive Township,MI,0,11/14/2019 - original structure demolished - site delisted 2/11/2021 - commission approved moving the marker to artifact status.,Ottawa,06N15W27NWNW,42.881844,-86.079468,,2,03/15/2021,a524ad16-449c-4034-953b-6a19e289728c,0,684,0,,,,,416298
-85.632645,41.943869,MHC751975018,L400,2,1975,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sue Silliman House / Sue Silliman House,Arthur Silliman House,Sue Silliman House,Sue Silliman House,"This brick structure was built in the 1870s by Arthur Silliman, an early pioneer in the area, who came to Three Rivers in 1847. The lower level of the building served as Silliman’s blacksmith shop and the upper stories housed his family. Near this site a Potawatomi Indian trail crossed the St. Joseph. The confluence of the St. Joseph, Portage, and Rocky Rivers at this site gave Three Rivers its name.","Arthur Silliman deeded this property named “Riversby” to his daughter Sue in 1914. Sue Silliman was Three Rivers’s librarian and historian for forty-two years. During that time she also served on national, state, and local boards of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Before she died in 1945, she left to the people of this area her papers, the books she wrote including St. Joseph in Homespun, her home, and the memory of a life dedicated to public service.",116 South Main Street,Three Rivers,MI,0,McLeod and Norfolk Street,Saint Joseph,06S11W18NWSE,41.943869,-85.632645,,,01/06/2020,959bcb89-fde9-4f55-837f-6a27b87fc259,0,685,0,,,,,416299
-83.08586,42.3836190000001,MHC821986008,L1323A,2,1986,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Henry Ford House,,Henry Ford House,,"Henry and Clara Ford lived here from 1908 to 1915. The Fords were the first of a community of automobile magnates to reside in the Boston-Edison neighborhood. The Italian Renaissance Revival house, designed by Malcomson, Higginbotham and Clement of Detroit, was completed in 1908. The elaborate gardens were designed by T. Glenn Phillips. The Fords built a machine shop above the garage for their son Edsel, who showed a keen interest in automobile design. The seven years in this house were the most creative of Mr. Ford’s career. His Model T, mass production methods, and wage-price theories, which revolutionized American life and industry and reverberated around the world, all commenced while he resided here. In 1915 the Fords moved to Fair Lane, their estate in Dearborn.",,140 Edison Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.383619,-83.08586,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,b923f727-fcfe-403a-a6fb-6a5182bdd5b7,0,686,0,,,,,416300
-85.592548,43.063924,MHC411978029,L582,2,1978,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),William Hyser / Austerlitz Post Office,,William Hyser,Austerlitz Post Office,"William Hyser (1826-1909), pioneer surgeon and Civil War captain, came to Plainfield Township in 1850, when it was a lumber center. In 1852 he built this Greek Revival house as a home and an office for his medical and civic duties. He was at various times township clerk, school inspector and supervisor, and justice of the peace. The house has also served as a stagecoach station and a post office. In 1976 it was moved to its present site. The only remaining structure from the original Plainfield village, it is now restored as a museum.","Plainfield was first settled in 1838. Its post office, known as the Austerlitz office because there was a Plainfield post office elsewhere, was established in 1843. It was later housed in this structure for a short time. At first mail came by horse; in 1848 it began to come by stagecoach; and in 1876, by rail via nearby Belmont. In the days before envelopes, letters were folded and closed by sealing wax and other means. The Austerlitz office operated until 1913 when it was consolidated into the one at Belmont.",6440 West River Rd,Plainfield,MI,0,West of Northland Drive and the Rogue River. In front of the Hyser River Museum.,Kent,08N11W22NESE,43.063924,-85.592548,,2,11/18/2020,c3b9a2ca-e6e8-443f-9521-6a8adb7cd5c0,0,687,2,"MHC411978029_4.jpg;MHC411978029_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","11/15/2020;11/15/2020",416301
-85.5896969999999,42.286103,MHC391956044,S101A,2,1956,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kalamazoo College,,Kalamazoo College,,"The first classroom building for the Michigan and Huron Institute, now Kalamazoo College, was erected on this site between June and September of 1836. The charter bill for the school had been introduced in the Michigan Territorial Legislative Council on January 18, 1833, and signed into law by Governor George B. Porter on April 22, 1833. Village pledges supplied funds for the two-story frame classroom structure, which was the start of Michigan’s first church-related college.",,Westnedge and Walnut,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Corner of Walnut and Westnedge Streets,Kalamazoo,02S11W22NWNW,42.286103,-85.589697,,,04/19/2018,c27e0b66-8b52-47be-81b5-6a9e420bbdf4,0,688,0,,,,,416302
-85.078639,45.2845790000001,MHC151975037,S463,2,1975,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Horton Bay,,Horton Bay,,"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 stand. After the timber was gone, three fine restaurants opened: Dilworth’s, The Waffle Shop, and The Red Fox Inn. Young Ernest Hemingway frequently came here to fish and camp on “The Point.” This area is the setting for several of his famous “Nick Adams” short stories. Hemingway was married here in 1921.",,"Bay Twp Hall, corner of Lake Street and Boyne City Road",Boyne City,MI,0,Horton Bay Historical District,Charlevoix,33N06W06SENE,45.284579,-85.078639,,Timber Industry,07/13/2017,40766c53-27df-41d1-97af-6ada46dc2f8b,0,689,1,MHC151975037_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416303
-83.17860603,42.25002708,MHC822005015,L2156,2,2005,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lincoln Park Post Office,Lincoln Park Historical Museum,Lincoln Park Post Office,,"The 1938 Lincoln Park Post Office was the first non-branch post office in this Detroit suburb. Erected by the United States Treasury Department, the building marked Lincoln Park’s coming of age as a city with a large enough population to warrant its own independent facility. Architect Louis A. Simon designed the classicist building, which is typical of Depression era architecture. The building’s interior was lavishly decorated with special materials including several types of marble, birch paneling, and maple flooring. Although spare in detail, three carved stone panels above the main entrance symbolize the modes of transportation by which mail was delivered at the time: by surface, by air, and by water.",,1335 Southfield Road,Lincoln Park,MI,48146,,Wayne,,42.25002708,-83.17860603,,,08/08/2017,c10c6b14-3f49-4fac-8cba-6ae40984eedf,0,690,0,,,,,416304
-84.486236,44.800778,MHC202000009,L2088,2,2000,2001,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"Douglas House, The / Thomas Douglas",Douglas Hotel,"Douglas House, The",Thomas Douglas,"Canadian-born entrepreneur Thomas E. Douglas constructed a sawmill and general store in the logging community of Lovells around 1898. He erected a new store in 1903 after fire destroyed the first one, and in 1916 he built a hotel addition named the Douglas House. Electricity generated in his mill illuminated the twenty guest rooms and lavish common spaces. From the beginning, the hotel headquartered the North Branch Outing Club, a popular sportsmen’s club, which drew members like Henry and Edsel Ford, John and Horace Dodge, and Charles Nash. Douglas’s daughter, Margaret, ran the hotel until 1971. She continued to live in the Douglas House until 1991. In 1996 the property reopened as a bed and breakfast, continuing to provide lodging to hunting and fishing enthusiasts.","Born and raised in Canada, Thomas E. Douglas came to Saginaw as an adult to work as a bookkeeper in his uncle’s lumber mill. Upon moving to Grayling with his wife, Martha, in 1893, Douglas managed the R. Hanson Lumber Company. Taking advantage of the lumber boom in the Au Sable valley, the enterprising Douglas turned his attention to the logging town of Lovells. Here, around 1898, he built a sawmill, a general store, and a blacksmith shop. In 1916, as the lumbering era waned, Douglas opened the Douglas House hotel and established the North Branch Outing Club. Recognizing the opportunity to capitalize on the area’s natural resources and the growth of tourism spurred by the increasing popularity of the automobile, Douglas helped change Lovells into a retreat for sportsmen.",6122 E. County Road 612,Lovells Twp.,MI,0,Near corner of Bald Hill Rd East,Crawford,28N02W24SESE,44.800778,-84.486236,,"Timber Industry,5",04/14/2021,240b7824-9d05-4284-a452-6b07b658be8e,0,691,2,"MHC202000009_1.jpg;MHC202000009_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";",416305
-82.6782499999999,42.9414,MHC741986019,L1983,2,1986,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Wales Township Hall,,Wales Township Hall,,"The state legislature set off Wales Township from Clyde Township on March 27, 1841. It was considered one of the finest agricultural districts in St. Clair County. In 1889 citizens voted to build a town hall. On November 8, 1890, the township board held its first meeting in this Stick Style building. The interior retains the original bench seating around the perimeter of the hall, which is still used for township meetings.",,1372 Wales Center Road,Goodells,MI,0,,Saint Clair,06N15E22NWNW,42.9414,-82.67825,,,09/13/2017,ad8efac4-2f95-4bb4-9cc2-6b0dcb58d25d,0,692,0,,,,,416306
-83.062404,42.348301,MHC821985002,L1224A,2,1985,1986,,Cass Community United Methodist Church,,Cass Community United Methodist Church,,"This monumental structure typifies Richardsonian Romanesque ecclesiastic architecture. The original 1883 portion was designed by Mason and Rice for the Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1880. The 1891 east addition is the work of Malcomson and Higginbotham. Of special significance are the colorful Tiffany stained glass windows and the Johnson-Tracker church organ, thought to be the largest nineteenth-century pipe organ in Michigan. The congregation has a reputation for fostering community outreach programs since its founding.",,3901 Cass Avenue,Detroit,MI,48201,Confirmed stolen. Unable to replace at this time due to lack of funds.,Wayne, ,42.348301,-83.062404,,,06/13/2019,efc13ce1-6907-449f-9f78-6b1f967b7cfc,0,693,0,,,,,416307
-86.320504,44.2438750000001,MHC511971021,L119,2,1971,1972,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Our Saviour's Lutheran Church,Danish Lutheran Church/Our Savior's Evangelical Lultheran Church,Our Saviour's Lutheran Church,,"Organized as a Scandinavian congregation in 1868, Our Saviour’s became a Danish church in 1875 and served the American Evangelical Lutheran Synod until 1962. First used for worship in 1869, the building escaped damage in the Fire of 1871 and was completed with the addition of the tower in 1888. Danish architectural features are present, particularly the weather vane-topped spire, and the Danish language was used in services until [the] mid-twentieth century. Our Saviour’s is now a museum of Danish life in America.",,300 Walnut,Manistee,MI,0,at Third Street,Manistee,21N17W12SWNW,44.243875,-86.320504,,,09/05/2017,70ca0af1-e03f-400f-af0a-6b21db92b46a,0,694,1,MHC511971021_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416308
-87.393489,46.5400260000001,MHC521986005,S585C,2,1986,2000,Native People and the French (< 1760),Jacques Marquette,,Jacques Marquette,,"During the seventeenth century, dedicated Jesuit missionaries forged into the North American wilderness to live and work among the native peoples of the Great Lakes region. In September 1666, at age twenty-nine, Father Jacques Marquette arrived in Quebec. He then helped establish a mission in Sault Ste. Marie, worked at the Mission of Ste. Esprit in the Chequamegon Bay area, and founded a mission in St. Ignace. In 1673 Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the Mississippi River as far south as the Arkansas River. Two years later Marquette fulfilled his promise to return to the Illinois people. Illness cut short his ministry and on May 18, 1675, he died while returning to St. Ignace. In 1677 Odawa Indians returned his remains to St. Ignace for burial beneath the floor of his mission.",,501 South Front St.,Marquette,MI,0,The orginal marker titled Father Marquette Park was erected in 1987 and later destroyed and replaced with a revised marker titled Jacques Marquette. The Jacques Marquette marker was erected in 2000 in Father Marquette Park.,Marquette,48N25W23NWSE,46.540026,-87.393489,,,06/12/2019,c66b08b8-0ef7-40e8-a789-6b91d7681baf,0,695,2,"MHC521986005_1.jpg;MHC521986005_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/12/2019;06/12/2019",416309
-84.011364,41.9051860000001,MHC461989016,L1697,2,1989,1992,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sacred Heart Hall,,Sacred Heart Hall,,"Sacred Heart Hall, designed by Detroit architect Peter Dederichs, was built in 1922 to house Saint Joseph’s College. In 1919 Mother Camilla Madden and the Adrian Dominican Sisters founded Saint Joseph’s College as a liberal arts and teacher training school for women. It was an outgrowth of Saint Joseph’s Academy for girls, which was established in 1896 as an elementary and secondary school. Sacred Heart Hall was built by Adrian contractor Charles Dibble. The building represents a blend of Neo-Classical and Romanesque Revival architecture. In 1939 Saint Joseph’s College was renamed Siena Heights College to distinguish it from the academy. In the 1960s Siena Heights became coeducational. Sacred Heart Hall, originally used as a classroom building, now houses the administrative offices of the college.",,1247 E. Siena Heights Dr.,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E36NWSE,41.905186,-84.011364,,,09/01/2017,fd23d67e-fbf4-439d-8809-6ba991811fbf,0,696,0,,,,,416310
-88.569287,47.1204990000001,MHC311974034,S431A,2,1974,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Houghton County / Houghton County Courthouse,,Houghton County,Houghton County Courthouse,"
Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw and Houghton, the village of Houghton became the new seat of Houghton County government. Finnish settlers were predominant in the county. There were also Scandinavians, as well as Cornish, Germans and French Canadians. Jobs were plentiful, since Houghton County was the center of the copper boom. In 1874 Michigan produced 88 percent of the nation’s copper, of which Houghton County mines supplied 79 percent. Two years later, Michigan copper production peaked at 90 percent of the nation’s output. The Michigan Mining School opened in Houghton in 1886. In 1964 it was renamed Michigan Technological University.","The opulent High Victorian design of the Houghton County Courthouse testifies to the prosperity that the copper boom brought to the area in the late nineteenth century. The building’s irregular form and polychromatic exterior make it one of Michigan’s most distinctive nineteenth-century courthouses. The red sandstone trim and copper roof were products of the Upper Peninsula. The architect, J. B. Sweatt, was from Marquette. Originally from Chicago, Sweatt typified the many architects who worked in Houghton and participated in the building rush that occurred during the copper boom. Dedicated on July 28, 1887, the courthouse replaced a frame structure constructed in 1862.",401 East Houghton Street,Houghton,MI,0,,Houghton,55N34W36SWNW,47.120499,-88.569287,,Mining Industry,05/26/2020,2ef2e3a8-c3ae-4ae4-8ed9-6bc3429a0740,0,697,2,"MHC311974034_1.jpg;MHC311974034_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo",";",416311
-83.7380479999999,42.274867,MHC811989010,S601A,2,1989,1990,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Martha Cook Building / Martha Cook Building,,Martha Cook Building,Martha Cook Building,"The Martha Cook Building first housed women students of the University of Michigan in 1915. New York lawyer William W. Cook, a Michigan alumnus, donated the building. The Collegiate Gothic residence was named for Cook’s mother, Martha W. Cook. New York architects York and Sawyer designed this building as well as the university Law Quadrangle, one of Cook’s later donations. Paul Suttman’s garden statue, known as “Eve,” was a fiftieth anniversary gift of the building’s alumnae.","A statue of Portia, the heroine of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, stands above the entrance of the Martha Cook Building. Gothic groin vaults frame the ground floor hallway, which houses a full-sized marble replica of the Venus de Milo. The Red Room, which connects to the Gold Room by a paneled alcove, displays a seventeenth century Flemish tapestry. William W. Cook’s Steinway piano, commissioned in 1913, as well as a bust of Cook are exhibited in the Gold Room.",906 South University,Ann Arbor,MI,0,SE corner of Tappan Street,Washtenaw,02S06E28SWSW,42.274867,-83.738048,,,07/24/2019,e1e44d84-3d47-42f2-918a-6bf77beeae43,0,698,3,"MHC811989010_2.jpg;MHC811989010_3.jpg;MHC811989010_4.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","04/19/2018;04/19/2018;04/19/2018",416312
-84.554448,42.205813,MHC381963008,S246,2,1963,1963,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Spring Arbor College,,Spring Arbor College,,"Three Michigan institutions of higher education have had their roots here. The predecessor of Albion College, Spring Arbor Seminary, was chartered in 1835. Michigan Central College, founded in 1844, was located here until its removal in 1855 when it became Hillsdale College. Spring Arbor College was opened by Free Methodists in 1873 as an academy with elementary and secondary grades. In 1928 the elementary program was discontinued when a junior college was officially introduced. The high school was terminated in 1961 when a senior college was proposed. In September 1963 the first junior class was accepted into the regionally accredited four-year liberal arts college. Throughout its history, the Spring Arbor faculty and students have been dedicated to “the serious study of the liberal arts, commitment to Jesus Christ as a perspective for learning, and participation in the campus community and the contemporary world.”",,Main Street (M-60),Spring Arbor,MI,0,Spring Arbor College Campus - wall mounted,Jackson,03S02W16SESW,42.205813,-84.554448,,,08/21/2019,55eee17f-6ffe-42ec-840e-6c36902f2fe9,0,699,2,"MHC381963008_2.jpg;MHC381963008_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","12/27/2015;12/27/2015",416313
-83.401218,41.912173,MHC581999013,L2052,2,1999,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,,St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,,"The Reverend Camillus P. Maes organized St. John in 1872 to serve the area’s Irish population, which had struggled to form an English speaking parish over a forty year period. In January 1892 fire destroyed the interior of the first church, erected on this site in 1874. The exterior walls survived the fire and were used to rebuild the church, which was rededicated in October 1892. Detroit architects Donaldson and Meier led the reconstruction effort. The resulting church replicated the original one, but without a steeple. After nearly a century, St. John returned to its original appearance when the steeple was reconstructed in 1991 as part of a year long, $1 million restoration project.",,511 South Monroe Street,Monroe,MI,0,,Monroe, ,41.912173,-83.401218,,,08/12/2020,bfa53904-4be9-46d2-8239-6c3fc5cf8d93,0,700,0,,,,,416314
-86.366866,41.8272400000001,MHC112015010,L2277,2,2015,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Buchanan North & West Neighborhoods / Buchanan North & West Neighborhoods,,Buchanan North & West Neighborhoods,Buchanan North & West Neighborhoods,"This historic district dates to 1842, when mill owner John Hamilton platted Buchanan. Many early residents worked in milling. Late 19th and 20th century industries, including Zinc Collar Pad, furniture factories, Electro-Voice and Clark Equipment, spurred growth. Civic work included planning the 1923 Buchanan High School. Katherine Kingery led the 1920s effort to convert an abandoned cemetery into a playground. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.","Residents of this historic district have had diverse occupations and civic interests, and included city leaders, merchants, teachers, executives, and industrial and skilled workers. The 20th century automotive designer Virgil Exner grew up here. From the 1840s to 1961, over three distinct eras, residents built their homes in more than twenty different architectural styles, particularly Italianate; Gable Front and Wing; Prairie; Arts and Crafts; various Revivals; Bungalow and Ranch.",313 W. Front Street,Buchanan,MI,49107,"Roughly bounded by Main, 4th, Chippewa, W. Front, S. Detroit, Chicago, Clark, Roe & Charles Streets",Berrien,07S18W35NWNE,41.82724,-86.366866,,,11/15/2016,72f7970e-544c-4145-ad3f-6c4a8e6c981d,2011,701,0,,,,,416315
-86.117515,42.7892560000001,MHC701983031,L1134A,2,1983,2022,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The Cappon House / Isaac Cappon,,The Cappon House,Isaac Cappon,"Completed in 1874, this Italianate home was built by John R. Kleyn for Isaac Cappon. Erected in the aftermath of the devastating Holland fire of 1871, the Cappon House is one of the finest extant homes in the city. It remained in the Cappon family until the death of Isaac’s daughter Lavina in 1978. Its furnishings were willed to the Netherlands Museum, which with the help of the city, acquired the property in 1981. Volunteer groups have restored and preserved the elegant home.","Isaac Cappon (1830-1902) emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1847. After a brief stay in Rochester, New York, he came to Michigan’s Holland Colony in 1848. Here he worked as a laborer in a local tannery. In 1857 he helped found the Cappon and Bertsch Leather Company, one of Holland’s leading nineteenth-century industries. When Holland incorporated in 1867, Cappon became its first mayor. He held that office for four subsequent, but not successive, terms. Cappon was prominent in both church and civic affairs.",228 W. 9th Street,Holland,MI,0,"Marker refinished 2022; originally erected in 1984",Ottawa,05N15W30NESE,42.789256,-86.117515,,2,05/31/2022,808081da-a2ef-40d4-b1d4-6c8d4fa72aaa,0,702,4,"MHC701983031_2.jpg;MHC701983031_1.jpg;MHC701983031_3.jpg;MHC701983031_4.jpg","Alisa Crawford;Alisa Crawford;Alisa Crawford;Alisa Crawford","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","05/01/2022;05/01/2022;05/27/2022;05/27/2022",416316
-84.6605719999999,41.9825280000001,MHC301977030,S500,2,1977,1978,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Grosvenor House / Grosvenor House,,Grosvenor House ,Grosvenor House,"Completed in 1874, this structure of High Victorian Italianate design is one of the most magnificent residences in Michigan. The interior, an excellent example of a living museum of the 1870s, contains thirty-two rooms with twelve-foot ceilings. Other striking features are eight Italian marble fireplaces each of a different color, walnut window valances with carved Egyptian heads, and a sweeping balustrade staircase. Despite the fact that electricity was installed in 1915, this house still retains several gas-operated globe lights.","Elijah E. Myers designed this residence for Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor (1820-1910). An eminent Jonesville citizen and banker, Grosvenor was also a prominent Republican statesman. He served two terms as state senator and treasurer, one term as lieutenant governor, and seven years as a University of Michigan regent. He was also vice-president and presiding officer of the State Building Commission responsible for the erection of the Michigan State Capitol in 1874-79, which Myers also designed.",211 Maumee Street,Jonesville,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W04NWNE,41.982528,-84.660572,,,08/30/2017,7b6efb3c-bd40-49fe-948b-6cae9e1d990a,0,703,0,,,,,416317
-85.057861,42.983076,MHC341973026,L230,2,1973,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),John C. Blanchard / John and Harriet Blanchard House,,John C. Blanchard,John and Harriet Blanchard House,"
John Celsus Blanchard (1822-1905) epitomizes the American “self-made man.” He left his home in Cayuga County, New York, at age fourteen, bound for the western frontier. Blanchard worked as a laborer in Detroit, Livingston and Shiawassee Counties before walking sixty miles to the U.S. Land Office at Ionia. Using $50 of the $53 he had saved, he purchased forty acres of land in 1837. Two years later he began “reading the law” as a student in the law offices of Roof and Bell in Lyons. His appointment as Ionia County prosecuting attorney in 1850 began a distinguished public career. That year Blanchard and his wife, Harriet, moved to Ionia where they devoted themselves to civic affairs and became generous benefactors to churches and schools, including Albion College.","The brick walls of this substantial Italianate house are veneered with variegated sandstone selected by John Blanchard from the Ionia Sandstone Quarry, which he co-owned. The house stands where the Blanchards’ first Ionia home was located. In 1880 they moved that house to the back of the lot and began constructing this elegant residence, completed in 1881. The house looks much as it did when the Blanchards lived here and retains many original interior features, such as brass chandeliers, faux marble fireplaces and walnut shutters. In 1974 the Ionia County Historical Society purchased the house. The Blanchard House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",253 East Main St.,Ionia,MI,0,,Ionia,07N06W19SENE,42.983076,-85.057861,,,06/27/2019,3cceffb4-a997-441a-a28a-6cd7ffcf039b,1974,704,4,"MHC341973026_2.jpg;MHC341973026_3.jpg;MHC341973026_1.jpg;MHC341973026_4.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/24/2017;06/24/2017;06/24/2017;06/24/2017",416318
-84.9683229999999,42.269914,MHC131974002,L282,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Railroad Union Birthplace,Jared C. Thompson House,Railroad Union Birthplace,,"In April 1863 a meeting held here at the home of Jared C. Thompson led directly to the organization of the Brotherhood of the Footboard. Under the leadership of Marshall’s William D. Robinson, founder and first Grand Chief Engineer, fifty-four locals were established in the next sixteen months. Renamed the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in 1864, the union grew to over eighty thousand members by the mid-twentieth century.",,633 West Hanover St,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W26SENE,42.269914,-84.968323,,,08/23/2017,9ce23c1d-6ffd-4c83-a4f2-6ced64719ebe,0,705,0,,,,,416319
-85.185799,45.328043,MHC151962015,L26,2,1962,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Greensky Hill Mission,,Greensky Hill Mission,,"Here in the 1840s the Chippewa Indian missionary, Peter Greensky, established a Protestant mission in an area where legend says Indian chiefs once held their councils. New trees have been planted in an arrangement similar to that of the trees that made up the original council circle. Mission services first were held in a rude building of boughs and bark. In the 1850s the Indians built the present church. It is a fine example of the old log-style construction with hand-hewn timbers and notched corners. Windows, doors, and much of the lumber were brought by canoe from Traverse City to Pine Lake (now Lake Charlevoix) and then carried two miles to this site. Methodist services for the Indian congregation have been held here regularly to the present.",,Junction of Old US-31 & County Road 630,Charlevoix,MI,0,"5 miles NE of Charlevoix, Hayes Twp",Charlevoix,34N07W20NWSE,45.328043,-85.185799,,Native People,07/13/2017,fa6d9ff0-a04e-4668-b316-6d15ba078905,0,706,0,,,,,416320
-83.050551,42.330381,MHC821958010,S535,4,1958,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Detroit Free Press Building,,Detroit Free Press Building,,"This limestone structure was built for the Detroit Free Press in 1925. Designed by Albert Kahn, it has an arched entrance flanked by carved figures symbolizing commerce and communication. Michigan´s oldest daily, the Free Press was founded in 1831, six years before Michigan became a state, as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer. By 1998, when the Free Press left this building, its staff had earned eight Pulitzer Prizes.",,321 West Lafayette Blvd.,Detroit,MI,48226,Per Kim Johnson: Removed/Kept. Marker removed when building was sold. Free Press has marker in storage.,Wayne, ,42.330381,-83.050551,,3,05/04/2022,43aa64f6-db21-4fa7-a7d3-6d44e6759b75,0,707,0,,,,,416321
-85.1825219999999,42.3192450000001,MHC131992009,S637,2,1992,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),"Erastus Hussey: Stationmaster / ""Working for Humanity""",,Erastus Hussey: Stationmaster,"""Working for Humanity""","Erastus Hussey came to Michigan from New York State in 1824 and purchased land in Wayne County. Hussey returned to New York for a time, but in 1839 he and his wife, Sarah, purchased a building located about 125 feet east of this site to house their dry goods store and residence. As Quakers, the Husseys had strong antislavery sentiments, and in 1840, Erastus became stationmaster of the Underground Railroad’s Battle Creek station, located in his home. He was assisted by fugitives like Samuel Strauther who settled in Battle Creek after escaping slavery. As a Free-Soiler, Hussey served in both houses of the state legislature in the 1850s. On July 6, 1854, he attended the “Under the Oaks” convention in Jackson, where the Republican party was founded.","A May 1885 edition of the Battle Creek Sunday Morning Call featured an interview with “the Abolition patriarch,” Erastus Hussey. The eighty-five-year-old former editor of the antislavery Michigan Liberty Press recalled Battle Creek’s role with the Underground Railroad, beginning in 1840. The Central Michigan route began in Cass County and had stations every twelve to fifteen miles in communities like Climax, Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, Grass Lake, Ann Arbor, Plymouth, and on to Detroit. Hussey stated, “I have fed and given protection to over 1,000 fugitives, and assisted them on to Canada.” After 1855 the Michigan underground was less traveled—the runaways took shorter routes through Ohio. When asked if any stationmasters received pay, Hussey replied, “No. . . . We were working for humanity.”",One Michigan Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,Kellogg Foundation Headquarters grounds,Calhoun,02S08W12NENE,42.319245,-85.182522,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",08/21/2017,85c9eece-af07-4f3f-b494-6db565bbec29,0,709,0,,,,,416322
-84.455702,43.0467810000001,MHC191970022,L83,2,1970,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Rochester Colony,,Rochester Colony,,"In 1836 a Rochester, New York, association purchased land here and by winter several families were settled in newly built log homes. Methodist circuit riders in 1837 organized a class which became the center of the three-county Mapleton circuit. In 1841 the settlement was renamed Duplain and the colonists began working for better schools and roads. The Duplain Methodist Church was built in the mid-1850s as a center for community worship.",,Maple Road North of Colony Road,Duplain,MI,0,,Clinton,08N01W29SWSE,43.046781,-84.455702,,,08/23/2017,70024768-6398-4c75-96cc-6dbc7fc305af,0,710,0,,,,,416323
-83.782635,42.8147260000001,MHC251985034,L1263C,2,1985,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Linden Presbyterian Church,,Linden Presbyterian Church,,"The First Presbyterian Society of Linden was founded under the direction of the Reverend Thomas Wright on May 8, 1860. It had eight charter members and was the first religious society to be established in the village of Linden. The Linden Presbyterians held their services in homes, halls, and stores for three years until they completed this building. They held their dedication on October 21, 1863. The original church bell sits one hundred feet to the east.",,119 West Broad St.,Linden,MI,0,,Genesee,05N06E20SWSW,42.814726,-83.782635,,,08/30/2017,2492ed5c-8bc7-43e3-81bc-6dd674d52c47,0,711,0,,,,,416324
-84.554085,42.733415,MHC331956038,HB1,2,1956,2015,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan's Three Capitols / Michigan State Capitol,State Capitol,Michigan's Three Capitols,Michigan State Capitol,"This building is the third to serve as the seat of Michigan state government. When Michigan entered the Union in 1837, the territorial courthouse and capitol in Detroit became the first state capitol. Ten years later, the legislature moved the seat of state government to densely wooded, sparsely populated Lansing Township in Ingham County. The hastily built, two-story wood-frame building with a tin cupola served as Michigan’s second capitol until late in 1878. Of Michigan’s three capitols, only the third one survives; the first two were destroyed by fire.","Hailed by Michigan citizens as a proud symbol of their young and growing state, this building was dedicated on January 1, 1879. National publications praised its scandal-free construction, which took six years, and its thrifty $1.43 million budget. After 110 years of aging and intense use, it was restored (1989-1992) to its former elegance. It is recognized for its unparalleled decorative painting, for establishing the domed capitol as an American icon, and for launching the national career of its architect, Elijah E. Myers of Detroit. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.",100 Capitol Ave.,Lansing,MI,48933,,Ingham,04N02W16NESW,42.733415,-84.554085,,5,02/04/2020,50adaae4-ce3f-4124-8900-6df390f1c1b0,1992,712,6,"MHC331956038_6.jpg;MHC331956038_8.jpg;MHC331956038_4.jpg;MHC331956038_9.jpg;MHC331956038_12.jpg;MHC331956038_11.jpg","Unknown;unknown;Internet Photo;;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/28/2017;06/28/2017;06/01/2016;11/06/2016;10/15/2020;10/15/2020",416325
-83.399003,42.3574410000001,MHC821964005,L36,2,1964,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Newburgh Cemetery,,Newburgh Cemetery,,"An organization, later known as the Newburgh Cemetery Society, was formed on November 23, 1832, to establish and maintain this cemetery, the first in the present city of Livonia. One grave, that of Salmon Kingsley, a veteran of the American Revolution who died in 1827, already existed here. In the century that followed, three other Revolutionary War veterans, more than fifty Civil War veterans and other early residents were buried here in these grounds, a treasured reminder of the pioneer era.",,36000 Ann Arbor Trail,Livonia,MI,0,East of Newburgh Road,Wayne,01S09E32NWSE,42.357441,-83.399003,,Civil War,09/20/2017,dbce02e4-d637-44f7-b672-6e1ad1ffef85,0,713,1,MHC821964005_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416326
-83.400392,42.512791,MHC631981032,L957,2,1981,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),John Garfield House,"Ezra H. Cox House, John J. Willyard House",John Garfield House,,"John Garfield built this house on his 160-acre farm around 1835. The symmetry, pilaster-framed entrance, and cornice returns reflect the simplicity of the Greek Revival style. In 1846 John and Elizabeth Cox purchased the house. When John died in 1859 the property passed to his married daughter Catherine Lamb and his thirteen-year-old son Ezra. As John’s widow, Elizabeth retained dower rights on the estate. Ezra died in 1883 and the Lambs retained the property until 1903.",,35810 13 Mile Rd,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E05SESE,42.512791,-83.400392,,,09/12/2017,ca20fa52-3322-4089-80c0-6e2e56a0afd9,0,714,0,,,,,416327
-83.047719,42.3262790000001,MHC821978012,S504,2,1978,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),James A. Bailey,James A. Bailey Home,James A. Bailey,,"Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising and management, he bought the Cooper and Bailey Shows, which toured, under canvas, the world over. Further success came with Bailey’s 1880 purchase of “Little America,” the first elephant born in this country. The native Detroiter joined forces with celebrated showman Phineas T. Barnum in 1881. Overshadowed by his more flamboyant partner, Bailey guided the circus to many triumphs. Unlike Barnum who asserted, “The public likes to be humbugged,” Bailey said, “Give the people the best . . . and they’ll reward you.” Barnum died in 1891, and Bailey ran the mammoth three-ring show until his death in 1906. The circus was then sold to Ringling Brothers, which lives on as Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey.",,One Washington Blvd,Detroit,MI,0,In Cobo Hall,Wayne, ,42.326279,-83.047719,,,09/20/2017,f4ff9186-a150-4358-a0ab-6e31ccb7de6c,0,715,1,MHC821978012_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416328
-83.557553,42.24134,MHC811978003,S509,2,1978,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Willow Run (1941-1953) / Willow Run (1953-present),,Willow Run (1941-1953),Willow Run (1953-present),"
After entering World War II in 1941, America desperately needed military equipment and supplies. The Ford Motor Company had begun building this factory in April 1941. Outstanding industrial architect Albert Kahn designed Willow Run, one of the largest manufacturing plants under one roof in the world. Completed in early 1942, this bulwark of the ""Arsenal of Democracy"" produced 8685 B-24 Liberator Bombers and had a peak employment of 42,000 men and women. After the war, the newly formed Kaiser-Frazer Corporation -- in an unsuccessful effort to create a large scale automotive empire -- occupied this plant. Here the company manufactured the first of 739,039 passenger cars, as well as military aircraft. In 1953 Kaiser-Frazer transferred its diminishing operations from Willow Run to Toledo, Ohio, and Argentina.","""Willow Run"" initially referred to the small stream running through this area. The name then identified the bomber factory, airport, and community which sprung up around the wartime industry. Now this Willow Run plant is the General Motors Hydra-matic Division, makers of automatic transmissions. First based in Detroit, this Division moved to Livonia where fire destroyed its facilities on August 12, 1953. That September General Motors transferred the Hydra-matic operations to Willow Run. Twelve weeks after the fire, transmissions again rolled of the totally retooled and rearranged assembly line -- an amazing feat of industrial efficiency. This factory has known both war and peace. Continuing to make transmissions, the plant also manufactured military hardware during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Willow Run reflects the versatility of the auto industry.",,Ypsilanti Township,MI,0,See comments and Docs for relocation information,Washtenaw,03S07E12SENW,42.24134,-83.557553,,Auto Industry,05/07/2019,b3c3dad7-db43-4497-9ab5-6e459a12e40a,0,717,1,MHC811978003_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/16/2015,416329
-87.857751,47.4656850000001,MHC421956020,S33,4,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fort Wilkins,,Fort Wilkins,,"As soon as miners began to enter the Copper Country, appeals were made to the army for protection from resentful Indians. Thus, in 1844, Fort Wilkins was built. Two companies of infantry stood guard at this early copper mining and shipping center. In 1846, during the Mexican War, the force was withdrawn. It was replaced only from 1867 to 1869.",,Old State Rd west of Sand Lake Rd.,Copper Harbor,MI,0,Fort Wilkins State Park,Keweenaw,59N28W33NESE,47.465685,-87.857751,,Mining Industry,05/19/2022,2214967d-b159-4aac-9f59-6e4df937b35e,0,718,2,"MHC421956020_1.jpg;MHC421956020_2.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Charlie Chapman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";08/26/2017",416330
-86.341423,43.4094460000001,MHC611993001,S643,2,1993,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ruth Thompson,,Ruth Thompson,,"Ruth Thompson became Michigan’s first woman in Congress when voters elected her to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1950. A Whitehall native, Thompson (1887-1970) spent her entire working life as a public servant. While serving three terms as a Muskegon County probate judge (1925-1937), she gained national recognition as an advocate for children’s rights. Thompson was elected the county’s first female state representative in 1938. During and after World War II she worked as a civilian employee of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C., and in Europe. Upon taking Congressional office on January 3, 1951, she received the first House Judiciary Committee appointment granted to a woman. Reelected for two subsequent terms, Thompson lost her primary bid for a fourth term in 1956 and retired to her home in Whitehall.",,405 E. Colby,Whitehall,MI,0,City Hall,Muskegon,12N17W28SWNE,43.409446,-86.341423,,,10/13/2020,97255355-e4e3-4d9b-bf0a-6e7e77632cca,0,719,1,MHC611993001_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,10/05/2020,416331
-84.6635409999999,42.741452,MHC231987053,L1458C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Delta Township / Delta Charter Township,,Delta Township,Delta Charter Township,"Musgrove Evans platted this area in 1827. The first settlers, Erastus and Sally Ingersoll and their twelve children, did not arrive until 1835. The township was organized in 1842. At the first township meeting, citizens chose the name Delta and elected Ingersolls to nine of the nineteen township offices. They also appropriated ""$100 for bridges and roads"" and decreed that bulls and boar hogs must be fenced in. By 1887 the area was mainly supported by farming and grist and sawmills. The clapboard township hall, erected in the mid-1870s, served the township until 1955. A combination fire chief´s residence and township hall was built to replace it on the site of the old Soper one-room schoolhouse, one mile north of the earlier structure.","Between 1940 and 1987 Delta Township’s population zoomed from 2,618 to nearly 28,000, and its state tax evaluation increased from $1.48 million to $475 million. Charter status, attained in 1962, helped fuel an explosion that gave Delta the moniker “fastest growing township in Michigan.” Local government services are now directed from this building, which was completed in 1970. As farms became residential subdivisions and apartment complexes, the township created an extensive recreation facility. The Sands Moon House, a log cabin built around 1855, was moved to Woldumar Nature Center in 1980, when a large industrial plant was built on its original site. There it became a walk-in demonstration museum commemorating Delta’s early pioneers.",7716 West Saginaw Highway,Delta Township,MI,48917,,Eaton,04N03W09SESE,42.741452,-84.663541,,,04/16/2019,5e03bcbc-a1b4-446c-b842-6e8f6232821d,0,720,3,"MHC231987053_1.jpg;MHC231987053_2.jpg;MHC231987053_3.jpg","Jeffrey Schmidt;Jeffrey Schmidt;Jeffrey Schmidt","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/17/2017;06/17/2017;06/17/2017",416332
-86.340875,41.948226,MHC111968006,HB50,2,1968,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Berrien Springs Courthouse,Berrien County Courthouse,Berrien Springs Courthouse,,"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 almost one foot square and forty feet long. In 1894 the county seat was transferred to St. Joseph, and the courthouse soon passed into private hands. For a number of years it was used as an armory for the Berrien Springs Light Guard and as a center for community gatherings. In 1922 the building was purchased by the Seventh day Adventist Church, and in 1967 Berrien County repurchased the courthouse to ensure its preservation.",,NW corner of Union and Cass Streets,Berrien Springs,MI,0,,Berrien,06S18W13NESE,41.948226,-86.340875,,4,01/27/2017,e488d74d-9088-424d-99b7-6e9694b7fd89,0,721,0,,,,,416333
-83.04038,42.3314510000001,MHC821975011,L387,2,1975,2010,Statehood Era (1815-1860),George De Baptiste Homesite,,George De Baptiste Homesite,,"George De Baptiste, a long-time Mason, and one of Detroit’s most active and impassioned black community leaders, lived on this site during the 1850s and 1860s. Born in Virginia about 1815, he moved to Madison, Indiana, in 1838 and became involved in the Underground Railroad. Forced to leave because of his antislavery activities, De Baptiste became the personal valet of General William Henry Harrison, whom he accompanied to the White House as a steward. In 1846 De Baptiste came to Detroit and conducted several successful businesses. At the same time he served as a delegate to the Cleveland National Convention of Colored Citizens, and as an agent for the Freedman’s Aid Commission. During the Civil War he was an organizer of Michigan’s Colored Regiment. De Baptiste died in 1875.",,SW corner of East Larned and Beaubien Sts.,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.331451,-83.04038,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail,Civil War",02/03/2020,75fdc320-e73e-41d7-bbb3-6f09d69baddd,0,722,0,,,,,416334
-85.4542289999999,44.1024090000001,MHC672004003,L2136,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church,Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church,Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church,,"In 1870 the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Evangelical Church of Sweden collaborated in promoting Swedish immigration to Michigan. Through the efforts of the Reverend Josiah Tustin of Grand Rapids, about one thousand Swedes immigrated to west Michigan by 1872. Many settled in New Bleking, present-day Tustin. In 1872 they organized St. Johannes’ Episcopal Church. On April 4, 1874, the Lutherans originally belonging to the Church of Sweden formed the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church. This building dates from 1882. The pressed metal interior, installed in 1921, remains remarkably intact.",,18499 Twenty Mile Road,Tustin,MI,49688,Burdell Township,Osceola,20N10W25NWNE,44.102409,-85.454229,,,08/08/2017,34d94f61-8cc7-49e1-98bc-6f2457d45dfb,0,723,0,,,,,416335
-86.062065,42.782043,MHC701990014,S608,2,1990,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Van Raalte Farm,Reimold Property,The Van Raalte Farm,,"In 1847 Holland’s founder, the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, purchased this property from the federal government for $2.32 an acre. When his son Benjamin returned from the Civil War in 1865, Van Raalte gave him the 160-acre tract. By 1873, when Benjamin married Julia Gilmore, he had built this Classical Revival-inspired house and two barns. Benjamin was a prosperous farmer and agricultural implements dealer. When he died in 1917, his daughter Julia Christina and her husband, Orlando S. Reimold, inherited the property. The Reimold family came to the farm each summer. Julia Christina considered it her home and often came for extended visits. In 1983 Benjamin’s great grandchildren sold the farm to the city of Holland, which has preserved it as a park. The Van Raalte Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,1076 East 16th Street,Holland,MI,0,inside the entrance drive off from E. 16th Street - in the lawn near the house,Ottawa,05N15W34NENE,42.782043,-86.062065,,4,08/02/2021,2ad50c15-fe7c-4f20-9048-6f3220817bc8,1989,724,0,,,,,416336
-83.971047,42.0711170000001,MHC461988044,L1503,2,1988,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Jira Payne House / The Smith-Kimball Family,John Smith House/Smith-Kimball Community Center,Jira Payne House,The Smith-Kimball Family,"This Greek Revival house was built around 1840 by Jira Payne, owner of the Atlas sawmill. The twin fluted Ionic columns, flanked by square Doric piers, were hand hewn from trees on this property. Emil Lorch, professor of architecture at the University of Michigan from 1906 to 1936, called the portico “one of the most monumental in Michigan.” Owned by the George Pomeroy family from 1848 to 1858, the house, known as Pomeroy Hall, was a center of social life in Clinton.","In 1862 John Smith, a Clinton merchant and community leader, purchased this house where he lived until his death in 1886. Smith’s son Edwin and daughter-in-law Euphania resided here with their daughter Blanche and her husband, Leander W. Kimball. In 1891-92 they remodeled extensively by adding second stories to the wings, and stained glass windows. After Leander Kimball died in 1955, Blanche donated the property to the residents of Clinton for use as a community center.",211 Tecumseh St.,Clinton,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S04E05NESE,42.071117,-83.971047,,,09/01/2017,56283f7e-7808-4bd5-8dc6-6f4c77b1bf08,0,725,0,,,,,416337
-84.633617,41.9293190000001,MHC301985003,L1275A,2,1985,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),College Baptist Church,First Free Will Baptist Church,College Baptist Church,,"This church was incorporated as the First Free Will Baptist Church on November 24, 1855. The congregation met at the Hillsdale College Chapel until the present church was constructed in 1867-68. This Romanesque building was designed by a Chicago architect using sketches of European cathedrals prepared by Wayland Dunn. Wayland was the son of Professor Ransom Dunn, the pastor at the time of construction. The only alteration of the exterior has been the loss of the southeast spire, which was toppled by the wind in 1871.",,204 North Manning,Hillsdale,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W22SESE,41.929319,-84.633617,,,08/30/2017,246e5170-198f-413d-80f6-6f64dd025292,0,726,0,,,,,416338
-84.179389,44.884169,MHC601994015,S647,2,1994,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Camp Lunden / Camp Lunden,,Camp Lunden,Camp Lunden,"Opened in June 1933, just three months after President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) would “put people to work,” Camp Lunden was one of 103 Michigan camps organized by mid-1935. The men were originally housed in tents; however, they soon built barracks, a mess hall, and other structures. The corps planted trees, built roads, fire lines, and trout ponds, and cleared the air field for the Atlanta airport. Many of the men socialized in Lewiston, boxed, and gave musical performances. Camp Lunden closed in 1936.","In June 1933 two hundred unmarried, able-bodied men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-three, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, set up camp on Hunt Creek. Soon after, they relocated to this site, which they named Camp Lunden. In 1936 forty men training to be draftsmen and civil engineers arrived. In their spare time they landscaped an earthen scale model of the state of Michigan in front of their barracks. The dug out lakes—Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and St. Clair—were fed by an artesian well and stocked with fish.",County Rd. 612,Lewiston,MI,0,Six miles East of Lewiston,Montmorency,29N02E22SWSE,44.884169,-84.179389,,Heritage Conservation Trail,09/06/2017,f73bcb8e-946b-4faf-a9e2-6f672750771e,0,727,0,,,,,416339
-83.776513,42.523202,MHC472013004,L2248,2,2013,2013,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Patrick Church / St. Patrick Calvary Cemetery,,St. Patrick Church,St. Patrick Calvary Cemetery,"St. Patrick was the first church to serve Brighton area Catholics, many of whom were immigrants from Ireland. A simple log structure at the corner of McCabe and Silver Lake Roads built in 1838 was used by the congregation until 1864, when the cornerstone was laid for a stone Gothic Revival church at the present location. Tragedy struck on May 8, 1918, in the form of a tornado that tore off the steeple and damaged the roof. This church, along with a rectory and convent, was built in 1961. In 1991, the church was enlarged and rededicated. St. Patrick has run a school since 1942, originally run from an unused Brighton Public School building. The parish broke ground for a new school in 1951, and in 2006 it opened another campus on Orndorf Road.","The early parishioners of St. Patrick were interred in a cemetery adjacent to its first church building on the corner of McCabe and Silver Lake Roads in Green Oak Township. Referred to as the Old Irish Cemetery, this now inactive cemetery holds some of Livingston County’s oldest grave markers. The congregation outgrew both its original church and its cemetery. The land for Calvary Cemetery was deeded to the Bishop of Detroit in 1886. The cemetery was platted in the spring of 1897, and Detroit Diocese Bishop John Samuel Foley dedicated it that same year. The northwestern part of the ten-acre plot contains many of the cemetery’s oldest graves, including Civil War veterans.",711 Rickett Road,Brighton,MI,48116,,Livingston,02N06E31SWNE,42.523202,-83.776513,,,03/26/2020,1695d449-493b-4b64-8f86-6f733e64b37f,0,728,6,"MHC472013004_3.jpg;MHC472013004_4.jpg;MHC472013004_5.jpg;MHC472013004_6.jpg;MHC472013004_7.jpg;MHC472013004_8.jpg",";;","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/29/2017;06/29/2017;06/29/2017;;07/01/2012;",416340
-83.939882,43.4220770000001,MHC731974041,L289,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Mary's Hospital,,St. Mary's Hospital,,"The need for medical facilities in fast-growing Saginaw Valley led Father Francis Van der Bom and Dr. Benjamin B. Ross to organize support for a hospital. It opened with the arrival of four Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on August 22, 1874. The original frame house proved inadequate; in 1875 a new building was begun on this site and the hospital incorporated as St. Mary’s. Its first patients were principally injured lumbermen. The staff devised a health insurance plan of five dollars a year to raise funds. Over the years the hospital expanded and modernized to care for more patients, as well as to provide an increasing variety of medical and educational facilities. As it moves into its second century St. Mary’s Hospital anticipates a future of continued care and service.",,830 South Jefferson,Saginaw,MI,0,,Saginaw,12N04E24SESE,43.422077,-83.939882,,,09/12/2017,9c922799-b62f-4275-9c21-6f85f8306c4f,0,729,0,,,,,416341
-84.019282,42.3191410000001,MHC811986016,L1356A,2,1986,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Chelsea Depot / Chelsea,Michigan Central Railroad Chelsea Depot,Chelsea Depot,Chelsea,"In 1880 Chelsea was chosen by the Michigan Central Railroad for an experiment in upgrading the appearance of rural stations. Mason and Rice of Detroit were commissioned as the new station’s architects. Their design was Victorian, characterized by numerous gables and gingerbread embellishments. This depot served patrons of the Michigan Central until 1975 when the company was taken over by Amtrak. In 1981 Amtrak discontinued service to Chelsea and closed the station. Fearing damage from prolonged neglect, in 1985 area citizens formed the Chelsea Depot Association to restore the building. The group purchased the depot that year, and restoration began in 1986.","In the 1830s the Congdon brothers, Elisha and James, settled the land where Chelsea is located. In 1848 they offered the Michigan Central Railroad a free site on which to build a station. The first and succeeding structures were freight stations. The first shipment sent on May 2, 1850, was a barrel of eggs weighing 130 pounds. For a time more wool was shipped from Chelsea than from any other place in the state. Grain, apple, stock, and meat shipments were also large. In 1880 the Michigan Central established Chelsea as a passenger service point. The depot was built with two waiting rooms—the east for women and children, the west for men.",150 Jackson Street,Chelsea,MI,0,The Michigan Central Railroad was not taken over by Amtrak.,Washtenaw,02S03E12SENE,42.319141,-84.019282,,,09/20/2017,9ee02c53-bf2c-451c-a9e6-6fdf718c8c8d,0,730,0,,,,,416342
-85.771722,44.6315270000001,MHC281961015,S225,2,1961,1962,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Interlochen,,Interlochen,,"Ottawa Indians once lived in the pine forest between Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta. In the late 1800s white men came and cut the pines, leaving only a small forest between the lakes. This virgin pine was purchased in 1917 by the state and became part of one of the first state parks. When the lumber era ended, the Wylie Cooperage mill occupied the Indian village site, making barrels until the hardwood ran out. Willis Pennington’s summer hotel, opened in 1909, was popular with fishermen until automobiles and better roads drew them elsewhere. Then, in 1918, Camp Interlochen, one of Michigan’s first girls’ recreation camps, was opened, followed in 1922 by Camp Pennloch for boys. In 1928, by arrangement with Willis Pennington, Joseph E. Maddy and Thaddeus P. Giddings established the National High School Orchestra Camp. It grew rapidly in scope, size, and reputation, becoming the National Music Camp in 1931, and affiliating with the University of Michigan in 1942. Interlochen Arts Academy was chartered in 1960 to provide year-round training in the creative arts.",,Interlochen Music Camp,Interlochen,MI,0,"On campus, In front of Stone Center, East of M-31 & M-137 intersection, Green Lake Twp",Grand Traverse,26N12W21SESW,44.631527,-85.771722,,"Timber Industry,4",12/13/2021,9bb78dc3-4870-4b0a-862a-704a0a05a612,0,731,1,MHC281961015_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416343
-84.953949,42.267258,MHC131972013,L198,2,1972,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ketchum Park,,Ketchum Park,,"In 1831 Sidney and George Ketchum located here on Rice Creek. This first settlement in Marshall consisted of a water-powered sawmill and log cabins. Until the twentieth century this was an important industrial area, containing at various times a malt house, plow foundry, and flour mill. The latter was in operation until 1960. Ketchum Park is now a memorial to the first settlers of Marshall.",,South Marshall Street at Montgomery,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWSE,42.267258,-84.953949,,,08/23/2017,279aeaac-ebe0-45dc-a2ed-704d1dfe4155,0,732,0,,,,,416344
-82.9889459999999,43.212412,MHC761993004,L1897C,2,1993,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Brown City Banner,,The Brown City Banner,,"Published under the motto “Our Community is our Hive. The Rights of the People, our Queen,” The Brown City Bee debuted on January 23, 1891. Owner James A. Menzies named the newspaper for the “business-like fellow” who ensures “that matters are kept `humming’ about him.” He renamed the paper The Brown City Banner in December 1891. School superintendent and businessman Loftis Howse managed The Banner from 1892 to 1912. The paper has informed Sanilac, Lapeer, and St. Clair County readers for more than a century.",,Main St.,Brown City,MI,0,Brown City Mini Mall,Sanilac,09N13E07SWSE,43.212412,-82.988946,,,09/13/2017,600219ac-b38c-4e0e-95c1-70553fa1be42,0,733,0,,,,,416345
-85.618137,44.761667,MHC281975028,L421,2,1975,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Congregation Beth El,,Congregation Beth El,,"This simple white frame structure featuring gable roof ends with spindle work is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in Michigan. It was constructed in 1885 on land donated by Perry Hannah, Traverse City lumber magnate who contributed to many religious and civic institutions. Julius Steinberg, Julius Levinson, and Solomon Yalomstein were the first trustees of Beth El. Unchanged in appearance, the building has served the Jewish community in the Grand Traverse area for almost a century.",,312 South Park St.,Traverse City,MI,0,,Grand Traverse,27N11W03SESE,44.761667,-85.618137,,,03/11/2020,801cd8ab-b590-4191-b5e2-705a53aa374a,0,734,0,,,,,416346
-85.410442,42.972835,MHC411978015,L574,2,1978,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Vergennes United Methodist Church / Vergennes United Methodist Church,,Vergennes United Methodist Church,Vergennes United Methodist Church,"In 1843 a group of twelve emigrants from New England and western New York State founded the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Vergennes. Originally part of the circuit running from Grand Rapids to Boston, Michigan, the group first met at the log house of Anthony Yerkes. Later it used the Yerkes and Bailey log schools. Surnames of many of the pioneer parishioners—Fairchild, Kerr, McPherson, Odell, Bieri, Anderson—still graced the church’s rolls in 1986.","In the early 1860s the Vergennes Methodist congregation decided to build a permanent place of worship and appointed Charles Collar, A. R. Hoag, and T. Crakes to the building committee. In 1864 Smith Bailey, a prominent local farmer, donated the land for the church. Completed in 1864 the white clapboard structure, with its simple design, reflects the eastern origins of its founders. By 1986 the church had been in continuous service for over a century.",Bailey at Parnell,Lowell,MI,0,SE corner of church near road and alongside the driveway for church.,Kent,07N09W20SWSW,42.972835,-85.410442,,5,11/18/2020,14d05029-d162-4910-8fbd-70764d8425a0,0,735,2,"MHC411978015_4.jpg;MHC411978015_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/14/2020;11/14/2020",416347
-85.757401,41.800475,MHC751986040,S576A,2,1986,2022,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Mottville Bridge / Mottville Bridge,US-12 St. Joseph River Bridge,Mottville Bridge,Mottville Bridge,"The Great Sauk Trail, which connected Detroit, Chicago, and Green Bay, Wisconsin, crossed the St. Joseph River at a shallow spot in this vicinity. Responding to the westward migration of pioneers, the federal government surveyed the trail and converted it into the Chicago Road (presently U.S. 12) in 1825. The first Chicago Road bridge to cross the river near Mottville was a substantial timber structure constructed in 1833-34 by contractor Hart L. Stewart. A pile-supported bridge replaced it in 1845. In 1867 Mahlon Thompson and Joseph Miller built a covered Burr arch truss. The ruins of its stone-block abutments are visible upstream from here. This three-span camelback bridge was built in 1922. In 1990 U.S. 12 was rerouted over a new bridge. The camelback bridge is now used for foot traffic.","Constructed in 1922, this three-span, 270-foot-long bridge is the longest Michigan example of a reinforced concrete camelback bridge. These bridges are found primarily in Michigan and Ontario, Canada, and the Mottville Bridge is an excellent example of this design. It was built by contractors Smith and Nichols of Hastings under the direction of State Bridge Engineer C. A. Melick. The Michigan State Highway Department pioneered the use of standardized designs for concrete bridges. By the early 1920s the department had established standardized plans for camelback spans of 50, 60, 70, 75, and 90 feet. This bridge contains three identical 90-foot spans. It was preserved as an engineering landmark by the Michigan Department of Transportation when the present US-12 bridge was erected.",Old US-12,Mottville,MI,0,Near the foot bridge by the St. Joseph River,Saint Joseph,08S12W06NWSW,41.800475,-85.757401,,5,06/23/2022,a2216c47-a9e9-4696-86f6-707f2f8c0364,0,736,1,MHC751986040_1.jpg,Michigan Department of Transportation - Brian Reiter,Site Photo w/Marker,07/18/2022,416348
-85.891327,42.2132530000001,MHC801981044,L939A,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Warner Wine Haus,Paw Paw Water Works Pumping Station,Warner Wine Haus,,"Completed in 1898, this structure was built as a waterworks station for the village of Paw Paw. Water from artesian wells powered the plant, first by steam and after 1908 by hydroelectricity. In the 1920s the wells were capped, and the structure soon fell into disrepair. Warner Vineyards purchased the structure in 1967. Using lumber from old wine casks and period materials, the firm remodeled the station as a tourist and education center, which opened in 1967.",,706 South Kalamazoo,Paw Paw,MI,0,Warner Wine Haus,Van Buren,03S14W13NENW,42.213253,-85.891327,,,09/13/2017,88feb9b4-2412-4b9d-bac3-70a34304168c,0,737,0,,,,,416349
-84.338206,46.4990550000001,MHC171956017,HB6,2,1956,1977,,Elmwood,Schoolcraft House/Indian Agency,Elmwood,,"Appointed Indian agent in 1822, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) requested that the government provide a suitable structure to house the agency. Obed Wait, designer of Michigan’s territorial capitol in Detroit, directed the construction of this building. Nearly one hundred feet in length when completed in 1827, the Federal-style building originally had a two-story central unit flanked by two single-story wings. While at Elmwood, Schoolcraft, explorer and ethnologist, collected materials for his pioneering works on Indian culture which scholars still use. These inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha.” Charles T. Harvey lived here during the mid-1850s when he supervised the building of the canal and locks at Sault Ste. Marie. Elmwood’s substantial alterations during the past 150 years reflect its varied uses and inhabitants.",,417 Water Street,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,"Originally located at 705 East Portage Avenue; house and marker moved",Chippewa,47N01E05SWNW,46.499055,-84.338206,,,09/03/2019,532c90ad-a90b-4e69-ba42-70a389331acd,0,738,0,,,,,416350
-83.2812049999999,42.095018,MHC821990004,L1798,2,1990,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cornelius G. Munger General Store / Cornelius G. Munger General Store,,Cornelius G. Munger General Store,Cornelius G. Munger General Store,"In 1817 one of the oldest towns in this area was settled and named for local pioneer Michael Vreelandt of New York. In 1838 Vreelandt was renamed Flat Rock. Around 1875 merchant Cornelius G. Munger built a general store on the east side of Detroit Street, just west of here at present-day Telegraph and Huron Roads. In 1885 he moved this building to the northwest corner of Telegraph and East Huron Roads next to the Munger Hotel, operated by his father, William. According to local tradition the Munger establishments were a stagecoach stop, and the store had the first public telephone between Detroit and Toledo. Serving as postmaster from 1885 to 1889, Cornelius Munger distributed mail from his store. The original service window remains.","This building housed the Cornelius Munger General Store from 1875 until 1937 when the family closed the store with merchandise on the shelves. Lee’s Barber Shop occupied the site from 1949 to 1969. When that shop closed, the vacant building deteriorated and was slated for demolition. In 1976 the George Diamond family donated the store to the Flat Rock Historical Society with the condition that it be moved and used as a museum. The Munger general store is one of the city’s oldest commercial buildings and is a rare example of late nineteenth century detached false-front wood-framed commercial architecture. The historical society moved the structure to this site, donated by the Flat Rock School Board, and dedicated it as a museum in 1985.",Gibralter and Evergreen,Flat Rock,MI,0,located behind city hall and on property donated by the school board to Flat Rock Historical Society and is used as a museum. It is in a little park area,Wayne,04S10E32SWSW,42.095018,-83.281205,,,02/03/2020,554c1b42-5dd6-4442-8075-70bf4f9a4628,0,739,0,,,,,416351
-83.326814,44.41893,MHC351988040,L1576C,2,1988,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Dock Reserve,,Dock Reserve,,"“Oscoda and AuSable are Wiped Off The Map!” headlined the July 12, 1911, Detroit Free Press. The day before, forest fires, fanned by thirty-mile-per-hour winds, had destroyed these “twin cities” and killed four people. Refugees fled to this beach without money or possessions; some spent the night on the beach near the Dock Reserve, or in Lake Huron waiting to be rescued. The lumber barge, Niko, and the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad carried the victims to Tawas, East Tawas and Port Huron, where they received food, clothing and shelter.",,Dwight and Park Streets,Oscoda Township,MI,0,Beach at the end of Michigan River Road,Iosco,23N09E03SWNE,44.41893,-83.326814,,Heritage Conservation Trail,08/30/2017,30f2d69f-736a-4777-8292-70c37d823529,0,740,0,,,,,416352
-86.036297,42.811256,MHC702009015,L2217C,2,2009,2010,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Veneklasen Brick Company / Veneklasen Brick,,Veneklasen Brick Company,Veneklasen Brick,"In 1848 Jan Veneklasen and his family emigrated from the Netherlands to Zeeland, in Michigan´s Dutch Kolonie. A brickmaker by trade, Veneklasen founded a brickyard within a year of his arrival - one of several he would eventually operate in Michigan, including the one formerly at this site. The mainstay of the Veneklasen Brick Company was its architectural bricks. Used primarily in houses, the color of these bricks - red, white, orange and brown - reflected the local clay of the yard where they were made. Veneklasen´s brickworks operated under several names over the years. It was a family business, with founder Jan Veneklasen´s descendants involved with the company, until it ceased operations in the mid-1920s.","Michigan´s historic Dutch Kolonie is home to a unique style of brickwork known informally as ""Veneklasen,"" named after the Veneklasen Brick Company. Veneklasen buildings are remarkable for their decorative facades, which typically feature cream-colored brick patterns set against contrasting red brick backgrounds. In building forms typical of nineteenth century American midwestern architecture, the distinctive polychromatic brickwork carried on masonry traditions from the Netherlands. Veneklasen brick was used in the construction of the houses of Dutch immigrants as well as churches, schools, civic buildings, and institutional buildings including Van Vleck and Voorhees halls at Hope College in Holland.",10300 Chicago Drive,Zeeland,MI,49464,At the dead end of the road in Paw Paw Footbridge Park - in the grassy area close to the gazebo. Crossroads 104th Ave and Franklin St.,Ottawa,05N15W24NWNW,42.811256,-86.036297,,5,11/23/2021,68761e09-067b-4765-947d-71149a8c73a6,0,741,0,,,,,416353
-83.431006,45.061985,MHC042002022,L2103,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Alpena City Hall,,Alpena City Hall,,"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 blossoming cement industry, many people objected. Bay City architects Clark and Munger designed City Hall in the Georgian Revival style. Since its completion in 1908, City Hall has been the center of civic activity in Alpena. A cupola crowned the structure until the 1950s. City Hall represents the work of several Alpena craftsmen. Local contractor Richard Collins supervised construction, and the Northern Planing Mill and A. B. Crow did the carpentry and marble work respectively.",,208 First Avenue,Alpena,MI,0,,Alpena,31N08E22SESE,45.061985,-83.431006,,4,01/13/2017,7c51d1a6-83b1-4b6e-8d89-711d31c12d4f,0,742,2,"MHC042002022_2.jpg;MHC042002022_1.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416354
-83.9333789999999,42.0043590000001,MHC461965002,S269,2,1965,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),La Plaisance Bay Pike,,La Plaisance Bay Pike,,"In 1832 the federal government appropriated funds for survey and construction of a road which was to begin at La Plaisance Bay, near Monroe. The road was to pass through Tecumseh, and join with the Chicago Road at Cambridge Junction. The road was completed in 1835. A few years later several boggy sections of the road were covered by oak planks. During early statehood years, thousands of settlers bound for western Michigan used this route.",,Community Center M-50,Tecumseh,MI,0,,Lenawee,05S04E34NWNE,42.004359,-83.933379,,,09/05/2017,25b26abb-55a8-48c1-ac1c-7170ac18bbed,0,744,0,,,,,416355
-83.1794639999999,43.3194360000001,MHC441989001,L1646,2,1989,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Patrick's Church,St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church,St. Patrick's Church,,"St. Patrick Church began in 1879 with visits from Father Clement Krebs, pastor at St. Agatha Church in Gagetown. It later became a mission of St. Elizabeth in Reese, Sacred Heart in Brown City, and most recently, SS. Peter and Paul in North Branch. In 1884 the Diocese of Detroit acquired property here and built this simple Gothic-inspired church. The stained glass windows admit light into the sanctuary and honor the parish’s Irish founders. Father Krebs presided over the first wedding in the partially completed church in August 1886. St. Patrick’s originally served the communities of Marlette, North Branch, Mayville, Kingston, Silverwood, and Wilmot. Among the pastors who served the parish was Father Charles Coughlin, who ministered here in 1924-25 and later gained notoriety as “the Radio Priest” in Royal Oak.",,9951 Main St.,Clifford,MI,0,,Lapeer,10N11E04SENE,43.319436,-83.179464,,,09/01/2017,2339afcc-18de-4c33-815a-71ab4b540424,0,745,0,,,,,416356
-84.753369,42.2348900000001,MHC131996001,L1986,2,1996,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Riverside Cemetery / Riverside Cemetery,,Riverside Cemetery,Riverside Cemetery,"The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1837, the year Michigan became a state. The previous year, land developer Jesse Crowell had purchased a one and one-half-acre parcel; he later cleared it for burials. In 1842 Crowell sold the land to the Albion Cemetery Corporation for two dollars. The cemetery was enlarged in 1853, 1885, and 1914, resulting in a total of forty-six acres. Reflecting Albion’s ethnically diverse population, the cemetery has areas known as “the Russian Section,” “German Hill,” and a section for African American World War I veterans. A private Catholic cemetery contains the remains of people from Italy, Lithuania, and Poland.","Originally known as Albion Cemetery and Albion Burying Ground, this cemetery was named Riverside in 1886 by the city council. In addition to a unique array of tombstones, the cemetery includes impressive mausolea, an office, a receiving vault and a fishpond. Riverside Cemetery contains the remains of Albion pioneers and veterans as well as distinguished and notorious citizens. Those interred here include Washington Gardner (1845-1928), who served in the U.S. Congress and as Michigan’s secretary of state; and Michigan State Senator Warren G. Hooper (1905-1945), who was shot gangland style before he could appear before a grand jury and testify regarding corruption.",1301 S Superior,Albion,MI,0,near M-99,Calhoun,03S04W02SWSW,42.23489,-84.753369,,,08/23/2017,b6b5d7b1-4a5b-42e0-8acc-71c91a2f393a,0,746,0,,,,,416357
-83.8226789999999,42.362357,MHC811980031,L855A,2,1980,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Webster United Church of Christ,Webster Presbyterian Church,Webster United Church of Christ,,"In 1834 construction began on Webster Church, the oldest church building in continuous use in Washtenaw County. Built on land donated by Hannah Williams Kingsley, it was completed in 1835 after Moses Kingsley secured donations from Daniel Webster and others in the East. The church had been founded in 1833 under the leadership of the Reverend Charles G. Clark, a New York missionary to the Michigan frontier. Clark was pastor until 1858. Originally Presbyterian, the church polity changed to Congregational in 1860 and to United Church of Christ in 1961. Changes to the building have included the remodeling of the doors and windows, the loss of the spire due to lightning in 1914, and in 1954 the addition of the church school. The adjacent cemetery was founded in 1837.",,5484 Webster Church Rd,Webster Township,MI,0,SE of Farrell Road,Washtenaw,01S05E26NWSW,42.362357,-83.822679,,,09/20/2017,57f4ec51-d782-4e25-a68e-71e292a7f20f,0,747,0,,,,,416358
-86.250487,41.8441260000001,MHC111996016,S655C,2,1996,1996,Civil War and After (1860-1875),John and Horace Dodge / The Dodge Brothers,,John and Horace Dodge,The Dodge Brothers,"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 shop. John and Horace’s father, Daniel, operated the business during their youth. The Dodges lived in a small house that stood on this site. John once recalled they “were the most destitute kids in town, often going without shoes in cold weather.” The boys spent their free time in the machine shop, developing an interest in mechanics at a young age. In Niles they built their first vehicle--a high wheel bicycle. Upon John’s high school graduation in 1882, the family left Niles. However, in 1919, the brothers formed a building and loan association here that built homes for Michigan Central Railroad workers.","John and Horace Dodge moved to Detroit with their family in 1886. Already experienced machinists, they worked for several shops in Detroit and Windsor, Canada, until 1901 when they began producing automobile parts. Their first major order came from Ransom Olds of the Olds Motor Company, who ordered three thousand transmissions. In 1903 the Dodge Brothers contracted with Henry Ford for 650 chassis and acquired fifty shares of Ford stock, worth ten thousand dollars. They sold it back to Ford in 1919 for $25 million. In 1913 they established the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company. Based on the Dodges´ reputations, twenty-two thousand people applied for dealerships before the first car rolled off the assembly line of the Hamtramck plant on November 14, 1914. Both brothers died of influenza in 1920; their widows sold the company for $146 million.",1724 North Fifth Street,Niles,MI,0,Corner of Burns St.,Berrien,07S17W23SWSE,41.844126,-86.250487,,Auto Industry,02/15/2018,99b2fa3f-44fe-46bd-8b58-71e4aa1e160a,0,748,0,,,,,416359
-84.8851329999999,45.6797690000001,MHC241980017,L778A,2,1980,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bliss Pioneer Memorial Church,Evangelical United Brethren Church,Bliss Pioneer Memorial Church,,"The congregation of the East Bliss United Brethren Church was organized in 1880. During the pastorate of the Reverend Edward McFarland, this Carpenter Gothic-style church was erected. It was dedicated on May 4, 1903. The congregation flourished until 1923, then declined. Financial difficulties forced it to disband in 1949. Former members purchased the church from the United Brethren Conference in 1965 and renamed it Bliss Pioneer Memorial Church. Memorial Day and fall homecoming services are held in it annually.",,Sturgeon Bay Trail west of County Rd 81,Bliss,MI,0,1/4 Mile West of Pleasant View Road,Emmet,38N05W23NENW,45.679769,-84.885133,,,08/30/2017,e17fd69e-d93f-4369-bee6-720d40b57b82,0,749,0,,,,,416360
-83.7161369999999,43.038708,MHC251981001,L926A,2,1981,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Community Presbyterian Church,,Community Presbyterian Church,,"The Community Presbyterian Church grew out of the Civic Park community, which General Motors established in 1919 through its Modern Housing Corporation to provide housing for its Flint workers. Several Presbyterian families in the area first met in December 1919 for a Christmas party, and by 1921 the group had grown so large that a formal Presbyterian church was organized. The Reverend Orville H. Wood became the first installed pastor in 1922 and served until his death in 1949. The congregation’s first building was an old construction barracks located at the corner of Hamilton and Chevrolet. The basement of the present Gothic-inspired edifice was completed in 1924, and the sanctuary, in 1927. The stately blond-brick structure features stone trim and leaded glass windows.",,2505 Chevrolet Avenue,Flint,MI,48504,Community Presbyterian Church,Genesee,07N06E02NESE,43.038708,-83.716137,,,08/30/2017,0d634ef8-04f1-42f8-9cfb-7218214bea75,0,750,0,,,,,416361
-84.618211,45.850602,MHC491968001,L73,2,1968,1968,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Trinity Church,Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Church,,"Episcopal services on Mackinac Island date from 1837, when a bishop preached in the Mission Church. For many years the congregation met in the post chapel at Fort Mackinac and in the courthouse. In 1873 a parish was organized, and in 1882 this church building was constructed. Its furnishings include an altar of hand-carved walnut, and two chancel chairs made by soldiers at the fort.",,Fort Street at Market,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.850602,-84.618211,,,09/05/2017,e1ab12f4-3b20-457b-a95c-7235a4aad1e7,0,751,1,MHC491968001_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/28/2015,416362
-82.494357,42.7160730000001,MHC742007009,L2197,2,2007,2008,Statehood Era (1815-1860),David and Laura Lester House,,David and Laura Lester House,,"This house was likely built in stages around 1855 and 1885 and reflects the prominence of David and Laura Rice Lester. David Lester (1823 - 1890), a shipbuilder, a ship owner, and a salt producer, played a key role in Marine City's economic and civic development. As a young man he scouted timberland for shipping magnate Eber Brock Ward. Then in 1855, Lester built the FORREST, the first vessel built in his own Marine City shipyard. Nearly two decades later thousands of people attended the launch of the 233-foot steamer V.H. KETCHUM, the largest ship on the Great Lakes at the time. Lester and his brother Philander built 62 ships and helped make Marine City and important shipbuilding center.",,"406 S. Main St.,",Marine City,MI,0,,Saint Clair,03N16E01SESE,42.716073,-82.494357,,Maritime Heritage,07/13/2017,95ccf533-2c8f-4614-ab39-725bb05e09ff,0,752,0,,,,,416363
-83.485531,44.2799430000001,MHC351956035,S32,2,1956,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Lumbering on the Huron Shore,,Lumbering on the Huron Shore,,"Lumbermen swarmed into this area during the latter half of the 1800s, attracted by some of the finest pine forests in North America. From Tawas City, where the first sawmill was built in 1854, north to Alpena, about twelve billion board feet of timber were cut between 1866 and 1896. Each spring the Au Sable, the Thunder Bay, and the other rivers of the region were filled with logs being driven to the sawmills. To the lake ports lumber boats came in the summer to carry the lumber away to help build the nation.",,Harbor Refuge Boat Ramp,Tawas City,MI,0,"Off US-23, behind East Tawas State Police Post, Baldwin Twp",Iosco,22N08E20SESE,44.279943,-83.485531,,Timber Industry,02/04/2020,6c327a3e-086a-4cfa-b18e-72834a668e15,0,753,0,,,,,416364
-84.55359,42.739249,MHC331987007,L1430A,2,1987,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),John T. Herrmann House,,John T. Herrmann House,,"This English Tudor house was built in 1893 for John T. Herrmann, a Lansing tailor. Herrmann immigrated to Lansing from Bernsberg, Germany, in 1872 with his wife, Katharine, and two children, Henry and Christian. In 1878 John Herrmann opened the Herrmann Merchant Tailor Shop. After Herrmann’s death in 1898, his sons took over the business. Designed by Lansing architect J. Arthur Bailey, this house remained in the Herrmann family until Lansing Community College purchased it in 1966 and renamed it the Herrmann Conference Center.",,520 North Capital,Lansing,MI,0,Campus of Lansing Community College,Ingham,04N02W16NENW,42.739249,-84.55359,,1,04/13/2021,379ac0ee-644a-47be-9b90-7299bd918a52,0,754,5,"MHC331987007_1.jpg;MHC331987007_2.jpg;MHC331987007_3.jpg;MHC331987007_4.jpg;MHC331987007_7.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017;11/18/2020;11/18/2020",416365
-83.04268,42.330649,MHC821994018,S646,4,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Salvation Army,,The Salvation Army,,"Founded by William Booth in London, England, the Salvation Army came to Michigan in 1883. When organizing the Detroit corps in 1887 Captain Fink wrote to her British superiors: “This is the Metropolis of Michigan . . . a beautiful city, but oh, the sin and iniquity that abounds here.” The army initially concentrated its efforts near here, in Cadillac Square, a haven for persons of ill repute. Salvationists found their sidewalk ministry hindered by city officials, who in 1901 enacted an ordinance requiring permits for outdoor speaking, parades, and peddling near Cadillac Square, which was near city hall. Undaunted, the army ministered to the needy, holding both indoor and outdoor meetings. It became one of the most active and effective missions in the city. In 1902 Detroit became the headquarters of the Indiana and Michigan division.",,Randolph Blvd.,Detroit,MI,48226,See Comments.,Wayne, ,42.330649,-83.04268,,,02/03/2020,2036edfa-8214-40d5-9e2f-729b72dcea19,0,755,0,,,,,416366
-82.903914,42.6002790000001,MHC501996027,L1963,2,1996,1996,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Clinton Grove Cemetery,,Clinton Grove Cemetery,,"Established in 1855, the Clinton Grove Cemetery exhibits an exquisite array of funerary art in a wooded landscape. This combination of nature and monuments reflects the rural cemetery movement of the nineteenth century, which popularized park-like, pastoral planned landscapes in both rural and urban settings. The grounds include a caretaker’s house, built around 1885, and a Tudor office and chapel building, designed by Mount Clemens architect Theophilus Van Damme, which dates from 1914. Many business and political leaders are interred here as well as veterans of American military conflicts from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War. Six thousand burials date from the nineteenth century. Clinton Grove Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,21189 Cass Avenue,Clinton Township,MI,48036,,Macomb, ,42.600279,-82.903914,,,09/05/2017,2dcb74df-121a-4195-b531-72da942ccded,1996,756,0,,,,,416367
-86.851172,46.4064090000001,MHC021972023,L176,2,1972,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Paulson House,,Paulson House,,"Swedish pioneer Charles Paulson purchased one hundred acres of land here in 1884 and constructed this cabin for his family home. Built of hand hewn cedar logs securely dovetailed at the corners, the house was occupied by Paulson and his wife until their deaths in 1925. At the turn of the century the three Paulson daughters were able to attend the district school which met in the upper story. Today the restored Paulson House serves as a museum of pioneer life.",,South of Au Train on USFS Road 2278,Au Train Township,MI,0,"in Hiawatha National Forest (Sec. 6, T46N, R20W)",Alger,46N20W06SESE,46.406409,-86.851172,,1,01/13/2017,d6ecf80b-56e6-4e48-8cd7-732a42336519,0,758,0,,,,,416368
-85.8108539999999,43.3342250000001,MHC621980048,L819A,2,1980,2011,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grant Water Tower,"Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lakeshore Railroad Company Depot and Water Tower",Grant Water Tower,,"Among the last of the wooden water towers in Michigan, the Grant Water Tower was built beside the depot in 1891 by the Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lakeshore Railroad. It cost $1,910 and could hold 42,648 gallons of water. Although train service ceased in 1966, the Water Tower was used well into the 1980s as a water reserve for the fire department. In 2008, after being moved 128 feet east of its original location, the cypress and pine tower was restored.",,135 S. Maple Street,Grant,MI,49327,Between W. Main Street and W. Commerce Street.,Newaygo,11N13W24NENW,43.334225,-85.810854,,,10/03/2019,78133e78-2865-4f7f-8614-736c949ea90b,0,759,3,"MHC621980048_1.jpg;MHC621980048_2.jpg;MHC621980048_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo","04/04/2012;;",416369
-84.117913,42.981143,MHC781974005,L366,2,1974,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Shiawassee County Courthouse,,Shiawassee County Courthouse,,"Territorial Governor Lewis Cass established Shiawassee County in 1822, but as there were few white settlers in the area, its government was not organized until 1837. Two years later, the county commissioners designated this site in the village of Corunna as the public square. County offices occupied temporary facilities here until 1851, when a brick courthouse was built. It was replaced in 1903-04 by the present structure, designed by Claire Allen and costing seventy-five thousand dollars. The cornerstone was laid on May 4, 1904, before the largest gathering in the county’s history. The courthouse, with its elegant clock tower and columned facade, still houses most of the major county offices.",,218 North Shiawassee,Corunna,MI,0,,Shiawassee,07N03E28NWNE,42.981143,-84.117913,,,05/27/2020,d082e6b3-8c20-4e74-8ca9-736c9fca0e0a,0,760,1,MHC781974005_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,416370
-84.744629,42.245103,MHC131985024,S566A,2,1985,2015,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Observatory,,The Observatory,,"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 ten thousand dollars to build and equip the facility. The observatory still harbors its original telescope, transit circle, sidereal clock and chronograph. The building has housed classrooms, a bookstore, faculty offices and the West Michigan Methodist Conference archives. In 1984 it was refurbished as the college Ethics Center.",,606 E Cass St,Albion,MI,49224,"Albion College Campus, Cass Street (Ethics Center)",Calhoun,03S04W02NWNE,42.245103,-84.744629,,,01/14/2020,70e503f2-f4d1-42a1-a8ec-73dc2e18b47d,0,761,0,,,,,416371
-83.4186359999999,42.5240390000001,MHC631981029,L962A,2,1981,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Theron Murray House,William Dornan House,Theron Murray House,,"In 1831 Oakland County pioneers Theron and Rebecca Murray purchased eighty acres of land from the U.S. government including this site. This Greek Revival house and the barn, constructed around 1835, were built of hand-hewn poplar beams with wooden pegs. From 1942 to 1958, Charles W. Malpass owned the house, as well as a parcel directly across Halsted Road. That forty-acre pasture served as a landing strip for private planes. Malpass allegedly named the house “Upson Downs.”",,30943 Halstead Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E05NWNW,42.524039,-83.418636,,,09/12/2017,64d2bd06-0403-4996-93f0-74201ef7cd95,0,762,0,,,,,416372
-82.975487,42.9379510000001,MHC741985037,L1223,2,1985,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Almont Society of the New Church,Almont New Church (Swedenborgian) (Almont New Church Assembly Church),Almont Society of the New Church,,"Scottish immigrants from Glasgow settled in Berlin Township in 1841. Ten years later twenty-four of them founded the Almont Society of the New Church. They followed the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish mathematician, philosopher, and scientist whose Christian theological writings form the basis of the New Church. In 1875 members donated labor, materials, and money to build this chapel, designed by church member William Morton.",,Cameron Road,Allenton,MI,0,NE corner of Cameron and Tubstrings Roads,Saint Clair,06N13E18SWSE,42.937951,-82.975487,,,09/13/2017,59d47f96-715c-43b4-9a74-7438cd17b739,0,763,0,,,,,416373
-85.5568239999999,42.2393240000001,MHC391956009,S46,2,1956,1961,Native People and the French (< 1760),Indian Fields,,Indian Fields,,"This locality, known as Indian Fields, was the site of a large Potawatomi village. The tract included about four square miles. The early white settlers found here fine examples of the famed garden beds. A short distance southwest of this terminal a tribal burial ground was located. Here, during the War of 1812, the families of warriors fighting with the British against the Americans were concentrated, and American soldiers are said to have been held as prisoners.",,Kalamazoo Municipal Airport Terminal,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Mounted on terminal wall,Kalamazoo,03S11W02SWNE,42.239324,-85.556824,,Native People,08/18/2017,fd9b53fb-3f46-454f-8c52-747ef1113294,0,765,0,,,,,416374
-83.061875,42.3529390000001,MHC821971039,S358,2,1971,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),David Whitney Jr. Residence,The Whitney,David Whitney Jr. Residence,,"This mansion was once described as “an American palace enjoying the distinction of being the most pretentious modern home in the state and one of the most elaborate houses in the west.” David Whitney Jr. (1830-1900), its owner, was one of the wealthiest lumber barons in the Midwest. Begun in 1890, the house took four years to construct. Its exterior is made of pink jasper, mined in South Dakota. The luxurious interior is reminiscent of residences of Napoleonic Paris. Its features include silk-covered walls and ceilings, tapestries, extensive woodwork, leaded crystal, and Tiffany windows.",,4421 Woodward,Detroit,MI,0,at Canfield Street,Wayne, ,42.352939,-83.061875,,,09/20/2017,37e40a70-6f93-4ca3-bd2f-748550321f24,0,766,0,,,,,416375
-83.0367332599999,42.3692656200001,MHC821988049,L1592,2,1988,2008,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. Hyacinth Catholic Church,,St. Hyacinth Catholic Church,,"The first Polish immigrants came to Detroit during the 1840s. In 1872, 70 Polish families lived in the city. By 1907 when St. Hyacinth Church was founded, Detroit Poles numbered over 60,000 and the majority lived in this vicinity, known as Poletown. The first mass was held in a frame house on Theodore Street. A combined school and church was built at the corner of Frederick and McDougall Streets in 1908. There, Felician nuns taught school in both English and Polish. On May 25, 1924, parishioners dedicated this Romanesque and Byzantine style church, designed by Detroit architects Donaldson and Meier. St. Hyacinth’s pastor, Bishop Stefan Woznicki, founded the Liga Katolicka, a national agency to support the Catholic Church in Poland, in 1945.",,3151 Farnsworth Ave,Detroit,MI,48226,,Wayne,,42.36926562,-83.03673326,,,08/08/2017,93e7e847-c7dc-4f5c-8de3-749662c3c1c9,0,767,0,,,,,416376
-85.483378,43.6754150000001,MHC541983015,L1119C,2,1983,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mineral Well / Mineral Well,Clark's Mineral Water,Mineral Well,Mineral Well,"In 1890 Alf Clark, who hoped to find oil at this site, found instead mineral water. Baths or drinks of Clark’s Red Cross Electric Mineral Water were said to cure many maladies. By 1893 the Big Rapids Mineral Water Company was marketing the water on the East Coast and using it in its bathhouse on West Maple. In 1896, having changed its product name to Natural Medicinal Water, the firm built a bandstand next to the bathhouse. Twenty warm, soothing mineral baths cost five dollars. The water was bottled in a plant on North State Street.","The 1905 prospectus of the Yo-Landa Mineral Springs Company envisioned using Clark’s mineral water in soft drinks, automobile antifreeze, and curative drinks. But scientific medicine, exemplified by the Ferris State College School of Pharmacy, which opened in 1893, was beginning to challenge elixirs. In 1912 the last local effort to market Clark’s water failed. Its plant became Pioneer Publications’ home in 1971, and in 1979 the well site became part of Ferris State, whose offerings include degrees in pharmacy, optometry, and allied health.",14342 Northland Dr,Big Rapids,MI,0,Old US-131/State Street,Mecosta,15N10W22NESE,43.675415,-85.483378,,,09/06/2017,c942e04f-132d-4978-8eb8-74d498728188,0,768,0,,,,,416377
-83.737599,42.5067010000001,MHC471957038,S134,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Spanish-American War Regiments,,Spanish-American War Regiments,,"This was once the summer camp of Michigan’s National Guard. Here in 1898 the five regiments which were recruited in the state during the war with Spain were organized. Ten men volunteered for every one who could be accepted. Two of the units, the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan Infantry, saw action in Cuba during June and July 1898, in the fighting around Santiago. The Thirty-first Regiment served in the occupation of Cuba. The Thirty-second and Thirty-fifth remained in the United States. Of the nearly 6,700 men who served in these regiments 250 were fatalities. Most of these deaths resulted from disease, not from battle action.",,"Grand River Avenue, Island Lake State Park Entrance",Brighton,MI,0,2 1/2 miles east of Brighton,Livingston,01N06E04NWSE,42.506701,-83.737599,,,09/05/2017,76162a0a-4923-490f-a3b0-751533c29dc0,0,769,1,MHC471957038_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416378
-85.063901,42.983481,MHC341981001,L913A,2,1981,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. John's Episcopal Church and Parish House,,St. John's Episcopal Church and Parish House,,"The St. John’s Episcopal parish was established on February 4, 1841. Under the leadership of the Reverend Melancthon Hoyt, the parish constructed its first church, now the parish house, that same year. Built on land donated by Ionia’s founder, Samuel Dexter, the building was the first church in Ionia County and is thought to be the second oldest Episcopal building in Michigan. It was consecrated on April 24, 1842, by the Reverend Samuel McCoskry, the first bishop of Michigan. In 1882-83 the present brick church was erected at a cost of $7,334.89. This Gothic-style structure, with English cathedral glass windows, was consecrated on July 2, 1890, by the Right Reverend George de Normandie Gillespie, the first bishop of western Michigan.",,107 West Washington,Ionia,MI,48846,St. John's Episcopal Church and Parish House,Ionia,07N06W19SWNE,42.983481,-85.063901,,,08/21/2019,c52a0192-41e7-4ec5-ad26-757e716cc5a6,0,771,2,"MHC341981001_1.jpg;MHC341981001_2.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/24/2017;06/24/2017",416379
-84.347331,46.4975850000001,MHC171993007,L1892,2,1993,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Central Methodist Church,,Central Methodist Church,,"This Richardsonian Romanesque church was erected in 1892-93 according to plans by Bay City architect Dillon P. Clark. It is one of several buildings in the city constructed of red “canal rubble” sandstone discarded during a power canal excavation. The church sustained three fires; the most recent occurred on December 22, 1941, during a wartime blackout. Although the interior suffered extensive damage, the original exterior structure remains substantially unchanged.",,111 East Spruce St.,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,,Chippewa,47N01E06NESE,46.497585,-84.347331,,,08/23/2017,c961fe9f-e60d-407c-aae1-7586737ad7d8,0,772,0,,,,,416380
-84.635099,45.400109,MHC161992011,L1763,2,1992,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Peter L. Brisbine House,Needle Bluff Cottage,Peter L. Brisbine House,,"This elegant Queen Anne summer house was built around 1897 by attorney Peter L. Brisbine as part of the exclusive Argonaut Club resort. The house was one of the most substantial on “Pittsburgh Landing,” the area owned by wealthy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, industrialists who constituted the Argonaut Club. Brisbine’s ownership ceased in 1907, and the house subsequently belonged to many owners. The graceful spire that once topped the turret is gone, but the delicate scrollwork survives.",,7332 Argonaut Trail,Indian River,MI,0,,Cheboygan,35N03W26SWNE,45.400109,-84.635099,,,08/23/2017,4527c87d-7be7-4014-9830-75ca66d58578,0,773,0,,,,,416381
-85.17926037,42.3210511400001,MHC132012002,L2240,2,2012,2013,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Philip Roman Catholic Church,,St. Philip Roman Catholic Church,,"The Quaker meetinghouse on this site was purchased at auction by local Catholics in 1863. St. Philip Roman Catholic Church has been on this corner since then. Its first school opened in 1880. The current Romanesque building, dedicated in 1930 after the previous church was destroyed by fire in 1928, was designed by local architect Adelbert B. Chanel. It is St. Philip’s fifth church to stand at this location",,126 Capital Avenue NE,Battle Creek,MI,49007,Northern corner of Van Buren,Calhoun,02S07W06SWSW,42.32105114,-85.17926037,,,04/15/2019,1ba58de7-4afd-4222-bdfc-75d21352b878,0,774,1,MHC132012002_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,05/05/2013,416382
-83.128156,42.4342490000001,MHC821990007,S609,2,1990,1995,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Bishop's Residence / Bishop's Residence,Bishop's Residence of the Catholic Diocese of Detroit (Bishop Gallagher Residence),Bishop's Residence,Bishop's Residence,"This Tudor Revival residence was constructed in the mid-1920s. The Boston architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh designed the house for the Catholic bishop of Detroit during the tenure of Michael J. Gallagher. Its ecclesiastical origins are visible in the decorative features. The exterior medallions, stained glass windows, the rooftop copper statue of St. Michael the Archangel battling Satan, and the carved Franciscan monks kneeling in prayer at the base of the main staircase demonstrate the house’s original purpose. The interior woodwork and plastering are believed to have been crafted by European artisans. The decorative tile was manufactured by Pewabic Pottery of Detroit. The Bishop’s Residence is part of the Palmer Woods National Register Historic District.","
In 1924-26 this house was built as the official residence of Michael J. Gallagher (1866-1937), the Catholic bishop of Detroit. In 1937 Detroit became an archdiocese and Edward Cardinal Mooney resided here as archbishop until he died unexpectedly in Rome in 1958. The following year John Francis Dearden, the bishop of Pittsburgh, was appointed to the See of Detroit. He retired in 1980 and lived here until his death in 1988. No longer needed as an episcopal residence, the house was sold by the archdiocese in 1989. In order to convert the house for use as a private residence, the archdiocese removed all religious objects from the house—the papal throne, relics, the altar, and the stations of the cross—and declared the ground “profane” (no longer hallowed).",1880 Wellesley Drive,Detroit,MI,0,Site Delisted 8/25/2022 - original marker salvaged.,Wayne,01S11E03SWSE,42.434249,-83.128156,,5,06/13/2022,75c4d8fb-f8f4-446c-90c1-765965184104,0,775,0,,,,,416383
-83.038888,42.335492,MHC821980011,L774B,2,1980,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Church of Annunciation,Church of Evangelismos,Church of Annunciation,,"The Annunciation (Evangelismos) Greek Orthodox Church was founded in 1910. It became the center of Detroit’s Hellenic community, which dates back to the early 1890s. The first liturgy was held in a rented hall on Miami Boulevard (now Broadway). By 1913 Annunciation occupied a new edifice at 660 Macomb Avenue. In April 1968, six years after it was designated a cathedral of the Detroit diocese, Annunciation moved to its present site.",,707 East Lafayette,Detroit,MI,0,near Second Street,Wayne, ,42.335492,-83.038888,,,09/20/2017,35a2ab50-2845-4726-bcd6-767094d04ee5,0,776,0,,,,,416384
-83.381289,42.4669170000001,MHC631972018,S371,2,1972,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Governor Fred M. Warner,,Governor Fred M. Warner,,"This large white Civil War-era house in the center of Farmington’s historic district has been the residence of the Warner family for many decades. Here lived Fred M. Warner, governor of Michigan from 1905 to 1911. Born in England in 1865, Warner spent most of his life in this city and served as its state senator from 1895 to 1898. An agriculturist and businessman, he established in 1889 the first of his thirteen cheese factories. From 1901 to 1904, Warner was secretary of state. Then he was elected to the first of three terms as state chief executive. This Republican governor championed many Progressive Era programs including regulation of railroads and insurance, conservation, food inspection, child labor laws, direct primary elections, and woman’s suffrage. Warner died in 1923, leaving a legacy of reform-minded years.",,33805 Grand River Ave,Farmington,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E28NWNE,42.466917,-83.381289,,Governors,08/21/2017,0a22f5c4-c72e-4b3b-b5b7-767b81149658,0,777,0,,,,,416385
-83.7804849999999,42.1670590000001,MHC811995005,L1940,2,1995,1998,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saline Presbyterian Church / Saline Presbyterian Church,First Presbyterian Church of Saline,Saline Presbyterian Church,Saline Presbyterian Church,"In 1831 Presbyterian families from Newark, New York, traveled by boat through the Erie Canal to Detroit. Settling in the Saline area, they held their first religious service on July 18, 1831. Thereafter, services were held in schoolhouses, homes, and other church buildings until 1842 when they erected a frame structure on this site. In 1898 that building was replaced with the present church.","Built in 1898 with heavy cut stone foundations and rounded arches, the Saline Presbyterian Church reflects the influence of Romanesque Revival architecture. Detroit architects Frederick H. Spier and William C. Rohns designed the church, which was built by local contractor Conrad Schaffer and Son. The total cost for the building and furnishings was $5,981. The congregation restored the sanctuary interior in 1998.",143 East Michigan Ave.,Saline,MI,0,,Washtenaw,04S05E01NENE,42.167059,-83.780485,,,09/20/2017,18c09360-0595-46cc-9c52-76924d0cc58e,0,778,0,,,,,416386
-86.210681,44.367736,MHC512012023,L2230,2,2012,2012,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Onekama Springs / Glen Park,"Elen Park; Glen Springs; Onekama Mineral Spring; ""Onekaming"" Mineral Springs & Summer Resort; Glen House Grove; Springs",Onekama Springs,Glen Park,"In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling up here and there” around Portage Lake, and Onekama soon became a mineral springs resort. Boats from Lake Michigan and trains from Manistee brought guests to the ""Saratoga of the West."" The Glen House, destroyed by fire in 1892, was the main hotel.","John Wallace ""Captain Jack"" Crawford (1847-1917), cavalry scout, friend of Buffalo Bill Cody, and cowboy poet, made Onekama his summer home for several years around 1908. He set up “camp” at the springs where he and visitors performed for guests. In 1914 the springs returned to the Farr family. The area around the springs was platted with the name “Glen Park” in 1916. In 1961 Newton Farr, A. W. Farr´s nephew, deeded the land to Onekama Township ensuring future public access to the springs.",West of Fourth Ave,Onekama,MI,49675,"Glen Park lower entrance, grassy area, visible from Fourth Ave. which connects with Main St (M-22), one lot below Glen Park",Manistee,23N16W26SWNE,44.367736,-86.210681,,,03/26/2020,b79d70cb-718b-46a8-8442-770ca559600f,0,780,5,"MHC512012023_1.jpg;MHC512012023_2.jpg;MHC512012023_3.jpg;MHC512012023_4.jpg;MHC512012023_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan Historical Commissioner;;;","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo",";;;;",416387
-83.5366,42.53135,MHC631983007,L1067A,2,1983,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wixom-Wire House,Tiffin House,Wixom-Wire House,,"This house was built in the early 1850s by Lucy Wixom, widow of Ahijah Wixom, one of the town’s founders. Its first residents were the Reverend and Mrs. Samuel Wire. He was the pastor of the Free Will Baptist Association of Commerce. The house originally consisted of a parlor, a bedroom, a loft and a basement. The Wires used their home for church and funeral services. Caskets rested in an alcove in the parlor, whose wide door on the north was added so that the caskets could easily be moved to the cemetery across the street. In 1897 the Tiffin family purchased the house. They added the kitchen and porch in the 1920s. Sons William and Charlie continued to live in the house until 1975, when they died at the ages of 95 and 105. In 1975 the Wixom Historical Society acquired the home for restoration and the creation of [a] museum.",,687 North Wixom Road,Wixom,MI,0,,Oakland,02N08E31NESE,42.53135,-83.5366,,,09/12/2017,f730945d-bf01-4c75-93b3-772b64481ab4,0,782,2,"MHC631983007_1.jpg;MHC631983007_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";",416388
-83.6909455,43.01594822,MHC251980045,L848B,2,1980,2006,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First National Bank of Flint,"First National Bank and Trust Company Building; First Federal Building",First National Bank of Flint,,"From its founding in 1864 through its closing in 1933 during the Great Depression, the First National Bank played a significant role in its home city´s development. The bank made loans and extended lines of credit to several fledgling motor companies, including Chevrolet, Dort, Monroe, and Mason. Charles Nash, president of both Buick and General Motors, served on the board of directors, as did Arthur G. Bishop, the first vice president of General Motors. The seven-story bank building was constructed in 1924 and expanded five years later. Its neoclassical design features a façade of white, glazed terra cotta. The First National Bank of Flint is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,460 South Saginaw St.,Flint,MI,48502,Between Kearsley and First Streets,Genesee,,43.01594822,-83.6909455,,Auto Industry,01/25/2017,5d207c26-1219-4e98-a96c-772e3723476d,0,783,0,,,,,416389
-84.715176,42.797584,MHC191965016,S268,2,1965,1965,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan's Capital,,Michigan's Capital,,"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 centrally located site in 1847. The city of Lansing did not exist at that time, and the first capitol, completed by 1848, was built in a wilderness. Today Lansing is the center for state government and also for major industries. Michigan State University is in East Lansing.",,Eastbound I-96 Rest Area,Watertown Township,MI,0,"West of Lansing in Clinton County, Watertown Township",Clinton,05N03W30NENW,42.797584,-84.715176,,,08/28/2019,c0a4dff9-a9bc-44db-bea8-7740f41e7332,0,784,1,MHC191965016_1.jpg,,Marker Photo - Front,,416390
-85.77978014,43.8874856300001,MHC432008006,L2206C,2,2008,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Idlewild Lot Owners Association,Robert H. Riffe Youth Center,Idlewild Lot Owners Association,,"In 1920 Idlewild’s founders, Wilbur Lemon, Alvin Wright, and brothers Erastus and Adelbert Branch, joined William Jennings to form the Idlewild Lot Owners Association (ILOA). The ILOA was responsible for public improvements and maintenance of the resort, in addition to promoting fellowship and community pride. Sunday forums featured speakers like fellow resorter and author Charles Chesnutt. In 1934 the Women’s Club of Idlewild merged with the ILOA, where women often assumed leadership roles. The ILOA hosted fashion and variety shows as fundraisers for improvement projects. In 1954 the ILOA purchased this site and began developing youth programs. This building, the Robert Riffe Youth Center, opened around 1962.",,Lake Drive and E. Glade Avenue,Idlewild,MI,49642,Yates Twp,Lake,17N12W05SWSW,43.88748563,-85.77978014,,African-American History,10/29/2019,66917444-6f2b-4229-bf1d-774729e5737a,0,785,2,"MHC432008006_1.jpg;MHC432008006_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Dedication Photo","07/01/2012;",416391
-83.142168,42.124511,MHC821971041,L122,2,1971,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. James Episcopal Chapel,,St. James Episcopal Church,,"Lisette Denison, a freed slave, willed her life savings to build Saint James Episcopal Chapel. With supplemental funds from her employer, William S. Biddle, and his brother James, this Gothic chapel was constructed in the summer of 1867. The architect was English-trained Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit, who summered on Grosse Ile. The first rector was the Reverend Moses H. Hunter. James Biddle built a rough altar cross, a minister’s kneeling bench, and a reading stand for the first services, which were held in 1868.",,25150 East River Road,Grosse Ile,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.124511,-83.142168,,1,09/20/2017,e2cc7409-6302-4354-877e-777815fb5f90,0,786,0,,,,,416392
-85.661935,43.0171160000001,MHC411985031,L1254C,2,1985,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Veterans´ Facility / Veterans´ Cemetery,Michigan Soldiers' Home,Veterans´ Facility,Veterans´ Cemetery,"The Michigan Veterans’ Facility (formerly the Michigan Soldiers’ Home) was authorized by Act 152 of the Public Acts of 1885, which provided for the establishment of a home for disabled Michigan veterans. This act resulted from the efforts of Civil War veterans who were members of the Grand Army of the Republic. The home was dedicated in December 1886 with speeches by Governor Russell A. Alger, governor-elect Cyrus G. Luce, former governor Austin Blair, and various legislators. The need for nursing care was soon realized, and in 1891 an eighty-bed hospital and an eighty-bed annex were added to the 320-bed main building. A thirty-bed unit for women dependents was built in 1893. In 1894 the fountain and the Civil War soldiers statue in the cemetery were completed. They are the only remaining structures of that period. A new hospital was built in 1909. SIDE 2: These buildings served Civil War veterans until 1938, when the last resident veteran of that conflict died. Veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War I were then being admitted, making construction of the Mann and Rankin buildings necessary. By 1965 World War II and Korean War veterans were using the facility in such numbers that a new concept of services was needed. This was realized in 1975, as increasing numbers of Vietnam veterans required assistance, with the completion of a new building to replace many of the oldest structures. At the time of its centennial celebration, in 1986, the Michigan Veterans’ Facility, with the support of an employee network, veterans’ organizations, the Board of Managers, and volunteers, continued to serve the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of many of Michigan’s disabled and needy veterans. In April 1886 the board of managers of the Michigan Veterans’ Facility set aside five acres for a cemetery. The Grand Rapids posts of the Grand Army of the Republic dedicated the cemetery on Memorial Day, May 31, 1886. The original cemetery was designed in the form of a Maltese cross with 262 grave sites in each of its four sections. In 1894 a granite statue of a Civil War soldier was placed in the center of the cross. By the time of its centennial in 1986, the cemetery had recorded over 4,000 burials of veterans and their dependents.","In April 1886 the board of managers of the Michigan Veterans’ Facility set aside five acres for a cemetery. The Grand Rapids posts of the Grand Army of the Republic dedicated the cemetery on Memorial Day, May 31, 1886. The original cemetery was designed in the form of a Maltese cross with 262 grave sites in each of its four sections. In 1894 a granite statue of a Civil War soldier was placed in the center of the cross. By the time of its centennial in 1986, the cemetery had recorded over 4,000 burials of veterans and their dependents.",3000 Monroe Avenue NW,Grand Rapids,MI,0,"Just North of Three-Mile Rd; 2 markers with same site number & same location",Kent,07N11W06SESW,43.017116,-85.661935,,Civil War,07/15/2020,3c994bdf-7f27-449f-a248-77782ef731a7,0,787,0,,,,,416393
-83.068426,42.426043,MHC821989044,L1694C,2,1989,1990,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Conant Gardens,,Conant Gardens,,"Conant Gardens reflects black settlement in Detroit’s northeast side during the first of two large migrations of blacks to Detroit after World War I. The neighborhood was originally designed as a community for white collar employees of the Ford Motor Company. However, it was never developed. Around 1928 blacks began to build houses here and founded the Conant Gardens Homeowners’ Association, which still exists. After 1934, Federal Housing Administration loans enabled blacks to buy property in Conant Gardens. The residents built houses in a variety of styles including Tudor Revival and the Craftsmen style. Conant Gardens was named for Shubael Conant, the original owner of the property. In 1837 Conant (1783-1867) became the founding president of the Detroit Anti-Slavery Society.",,18000 Conant Street,Detroit,MI,0,between Ryan Road and Joseph Campau Street,Wayne,01S12E07SWNE,42.426043,-83.068426,,African-American History,09/20/2017,2f446b2c-79f5-423b-b23f-77e11d477ac8,0,788,0,,,,,416394
-82.875433,42.457607,MHC501977023,S498,2,1977,2021,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Edsel and Eleanor Ford House,,Edsel and Eleanor Ford House,,"Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company for many years, and his wife, Eleanor Clay, completed this eighty-seven-acre estate in 1927. Architect Albert Kahn derived the design from precedents in Cotswold, England, and many of the building materials, including the staircase, paneling, and fireplaces, were brought from old English homes. Noted landscape architect Jens Jensen developed the grounds. The Fords were collectors of art and antiques and benefactors of local and national institutions. Edsel was instrumental in the creation of the Ford Foundation in 1936. He died here on May 26, 1943. His wife, who lived here until her death on October 19, 1976, endowed the property and directed it be maintained for public use.",,1100 Lakeshore Drive,Grosse Pte Shores,MI,0,,Macomb, ,42.457607,-82.875433,,"Auto Industry,5",07/08/2021,f74a3f0f-ac12-4f82-8a08-77eb99d5f031,0,789,0,,,,,416395
-84.552152,42.751382,MHC331973010,L238,2,1973,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Turner-Dodge House / Turner-Dodge House,,Turner-Dodge House,Turner-Dodge House,"Gracefully situated high on the bank of the Grand River, this Classical Revival-style mansion, built in 1858, was the home of prominent Lansing merchant James Turner (1820-1869). In 1899 Turner’s son-in-law Frank L. Dodge (1853-1929) bought and enlarged it. The three-story building, designed by Lansing architect Darius Moon, features stately wooden Ionic columns and a decorative cornice. Its interior, with its large classical doorways and several fireplaces, is adorned with beveled and leaded French windows. After remaining in the family for a century, the property was purchased by the Great Lakes Bible College in 1958. In 1974 the city of Lansing acquired it for a park. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.","James Turner, a Lansing pioneer, originally owned this property. A native of New York, Turner came to Lansing in 1847 from nearby Mason, where he was a merchant. He immediately opened a general store in the Seymour House, the first hotel in north Lansing. He was appointed deputy state treasurer in 1860 and elected to the state senate in 1866. Interested in education, he helped found the Misses Rogers’ Seminary, later called the Michigan Female College (1855-1869). He was also active in the construction of plank roads and railroads in the Lansing area. Frank L. Dodge married Turner’s daughter Abby in 1888 and purchased this house from Turner’s widow in 1899. Dodge, a Democrat, was elected to the state legislature in 1883 and 1885. He was city alderman for twelve years and was active on several civic boards.",106 E. North Street,Lansing,MI,0,At James St,Ingham,04N02W09SWNE,42.751382,-84.552152,,,08/22/2019,6c420da6-5c7b-4909-93e6-78060b063887,1972,790,3,"MHC331973010_2.jpg;MHC331973010_3.jpg;MHC331973010_4.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","07/29/2017;07/29/2017;07/29/2017",416396
-84.647571,42.6467410000001,MHC231975013,L390,2,1975,1975,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"In 1846 Congregational services were conducted by the Reverend Joseph Smith in the home of one of Windsor Township's earliest residents, Nathan Pray. In 1875, nineteen years after the town of Dimondale was platted around the mill of lsaac Dimond, the Congregationalists and Presbyterians jointly built this structure. The community's first church, it was formally purchased by the Presbyterians in 1877.",,162 Bridge Street,Dimondale,MI,0,SW corner of Quincy Street,Eaton,03N03W15NWSE,42.646741,-84.647571,,,07/23/2020,ec42d109-ca96-4df9-a057-78065832fb3a,0,791,2,"MHC231975013_1.jpg;MHC231975013_2.jpg",Michigan History Center,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","04/18/2019;07/07/2020",416397
-82.98160046,42.3618517900001,MHC822009019,S716,2,2009,2008,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton,,Pewabic Pottery,Mary Chase Perry Stratton,"In 1903 Mary Chase Perry (Stratton) and Horace Caulkins founded Pewabic Pottery in a stable near downtown Detroit. Four years later, the present building was constructed – a pottery works designed in the style of an English inn. Pewabic Pottery was part of the early twentieth-century Arts and Crafts design movement, which shunned machine-made products and championed the return of craftsmanship. Pewabic’s handmade ceramic wares became famous nationwide for their quality and brilliant, iridescent glazes. The company’s architectural tiles were used in numerous public and private buildings, including Detroit’s Guardian Building and the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Pewabic Pottery is a National Historic Landmark.","Mary Chase Perry was born in 1867 in Hancock, Michigan. By age ten she had moved to Detroit. She studied china painting and sculpture at the Cincinnati Art Academy from 1888 to 1890. In 1903 Perry co-founded a pottery in Detroit and named it “Pewabic” after the Upper Peninsula copper mine near Hancock. She later married architect William B. Stratton, who designed the Pewabic Pottery building. During her prolific career, Perry developed new, iridescent pottery glazes, taught and wrote widely about ceramics, and was awarded honorary degrees from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. She died in 1961 at age ninety-four. Pewabic Pottery celebrated its centennial in 2003.",10125 East Jefferson,Detroit,MI,0,Between Cadillac and Hurlbut Streets,Wayne,,42.36185179,-82.98160046,,,08/18/2017,1134c0ed-8974-4d41-ad1a-781e3abec063,1971,792,0,,,,,416398
-83.740158,45.221124,MHC712000001,L2089,2,2000,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Elowsky Mill,,Elowsky Mill,,"According to local historians, Prussian immigrant Michael Elowsky fled the political turmoil brewing in Eastern Europe in 1862. He settled in Detroit, was joined by his family, and migrated to Presque Isle County around 1870. Prior to 1885 he moved a part of this structure from Trout River and eventually developed a complex of flour, shingle, siding, planing, and lath milling operations. Residents of Metz, Posen, and Krakow Townships brought grain and timber to this mill, which closed in October 1963.",,Long Lake Highway,Posen,MI,0,Near the intersection of Leer Road and Long Lake Highway close to the bridge,Presque Isle,33N06E30SESE,45.221124,-83.740158,,1,12/01/2021,cdb20a46-a66b-44f1-ac0a-7859b2f9cb1d,0,793,0,,,,,416399
-84.55299675,42.7413628100001,MHC332005005,L2147,2,2005,2005,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Durant Park / Durant Park Arch,,Durant Park,Durant Park Arch,"William C. Durant was one of Michigan´s most important industrialists and the founder of the General Motors Corporation. In 1919 Durant purchased this three-acre city block, once the estate of F. Mortimer Cowles, an Eaton Rapids carpenter who worked on the state capitol. Durant hired Kalamazoo landscape contractor Charles Maxon to create an urban Park. (Maxson also landscaped the Durant Motors Company´s 500,000-square-foot facility on Verlinden Avenue in the city of Lansing.) In 1921 Durant donated the property to the city of Lansing as a park for north side residents. The park included flowerbeds and trees, serpentine concrete pathways, and a circular fountain basin in the center of the park. A parade marked the dedication on June 23, 1921.","The city of Lansing erected the Durant Park Arch in 1924 in gratitude to automobile magnate William C. Durant, who donated this park to the city in 1921. That same year, he built a $3 million factory in Lansing, known as the ""Ver Linden"" Branch of Durant Motors, which produced the Durant and the Star models. When it opened, the plant had 3,000 employees and was credited with increasing the city´s population by 15,000 people. The Lansing-based Christman Company built the arch. The monument is built of brick masonry and Indiana limestone. The name ""Durant Park"" was lit from the inside with electric bulbs so that it would be visible at night. This architectural monument is the only one of its kind in Lansing. It was restored in 2004.",Durant Park,Lansing,MI,48933,"Saginaw St. (M-43) & N. Washington Ave. Bordered by Washington (West), Capitol Ave (East), Madison Ave (North) & Saginaw St (South)",Ingham,04N02W09SESW,42.74136281,-84.55299675,,"Auto Industry,5",11/23/2020,a97a8aab-078c-48d7-bd3f-78d03bebc246,0,794,2,"MHC332005005_1.jpg;MHC332005005_2.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","11/18/2020;11/18/2020",416400
-88.4145349999999,46.802556,MHC071979059,L638A,2,1979,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Zeba Indian United Methodist Church / Zeba Indian United Methodist Church,,Zeba Indian United Methodist Church,Zeba Indian United Methodist Church,"Early Methodist missionaries came to Kewawenon from Sault Sainte Marie by canoe, often a two-week trip. Among them was John Sunday, a Chippewa, who arrived in 1832 to educate and Christianize his fellow Indians. John Clark came two years later and erected a school and mission house. By 1845 this mission consisted of a farm and a church with fifty-eight Indian and four white members. A second church, erected in 1850, was dedicated by John H. Pitezel, who served here from 1844 to 1847.","Indians from far and near came here to attend the annual camp meetings which began in 1880. The present frame church, known now as the Zeba Indian Mission Church, was erected in 1888. Completely covered with hand made wooden shingles, this structure has changed little since its construction. The Methodist minister of L’Anse serves the congregation. The Zeba Indian United Methodist Church, the successor of the 1832 Kewawenon mission, is an area landmark.",Peter Marksman Road,L'Anse,MI,0,3-1/2 miles Northeast of L´Anse,Baraga,51N32W19SENW,46.802556,-88.414535,,Native People,01/22/2017,abf11261-d884-4ada-bdeb-792657676320,0,795,0,,,,,416401
-84.5521909999999,42.716931,MHC331996029,S652,2,1996,1996,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),REO Motor Car Company / REO Clubhouse,,REO Motor Car Company,REO Clubhouse,"
In 1904 Ransom Eli Olds founded the REO Motor Car Company and built a factory on this site. In 1897 Olds had organized the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the forerunner of Oldsmobile. REO soon became a leading automobile producer. The REO Motor Truck Company was formed in 1910, and production of the popular Speed Wagon soon began. REO offered the first practical automatic transmission in 1933; however, the depression-era economy brought an end to car production in 1936. The company focused instead on commercial and military vehicles under the name REO Motors. Diamond T Trucks merged with REO in 1967, resulting in Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. The maker of “The World’s Toughest Truck” closed in 1975. Despite its designation as a National Historic Landmark, the plant was razed in 1979 to make way for new industry.","Built in 1917, the REO Clubhouse was the cultural and recreational hub of Lansing, hosting free movies, wedding receptions, basketball games, dress balls, and patriotic gatherings during the First and Second World Wars. It was also the home of Lansing’s first radio station, WREO, which went on the air in 1921. Known as the “Temple of Leisure,” the building comprised a two thousand-person capacity dining room, an auditorium, a library, four bowling alleys, a fireproof movie booth, and smoking, lounging and billiard rooms. Use of the clubhouse by employees was one of the policies implemented by REO to cultivate the loyalty of its workers. Years after the Diamond REO plant closed in 1975, former employees recalled the sense of family fostered by the company. The clubhouse was razed in 1979.",2100 S. Washington Avenue,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W21NWSE,42.716931,-84.552191,,"Auto Industry,5",04/01/2020,76d0c449-31ab-4a4a-a036-792a7ee4e861,1986,796,3,"MHC331996029_1.jpg;MHC331996029_2.jpg;MHC331996029_3.jpg",Michigan History Center,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","07/17/2017;07/17/2017;03/13/2020",416402
-83.0472309999999,42.920374,MHC441991001,L1825,2,1991,1996,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Henry Stephens Memorial Library,,Henry Stephens Memorial Library,,"Henry Stephens (1823-1886), a native of Dublin, Ireland, was a merchant, lumberman, and financier. One of Almont’s earliest settlers, Stephens established the first mercantile business here. In 1845 he built a sawmill north of Lapeer. When the pine forests in this area were depleted, he moved to Richfield Township in Roscommon County, building a mill and founding the village of St. Helen. Stephens also had a summer home in Romeo. In 1916 his youngest son, Albert Stephens, offered to fund the construction of a library in honor of his father. The following year local contractor Al Thayer erected this Georgian Revival building. An addition was erected in 1987. The library is part of the West St. Clair Street National Register Historic District.",,213 W. St. Clair St,Almont,MI,0,,Lapeer,06N12E28NENE,42.920374,-83.047231,,,07/27/2017,5227ffab-fd1a-42d4-b778-793a712f7eb8,0,797,0,,,,,416403
-85.5970569999999,42.361841,MHC391975005,L432,2,1975,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),DeLano Homestead,William S. DeLano House,DeLano Homestead,,"William Smith DeLano (1819-1901) was a southwestern Michigan pioneer settler. He built this modest Greek Revival-style house in 1858. A native of western New York State, DeLano came to the area with an uncle in 1837. He first worked clearing farms for neighbors. In 1843, at the age of twenty-three, he purchased 40 acres and began the family farmstead. By 1854 DeLano owned over 100; by 1880 he had 235 acres. Over the years, DeLano’s sons continued to purchase neighboring lands. The family eventually acquired over 600. Members of the family lived on the farm until 1963. For several years afterwards, the house was neglected. In 1968 the Kalamazoo Nature Center acquired the structure and most of the original DeLano farm. The farmhouse was restored and opened to the public in 1975.",,555 West E Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"Between Douglas and North Westnedge Avenues; Cooper Twp.",Kalamazoo,01S11W28NWNE,42.361841,-85.597057,,4,07/27/2017,fa043f1b-827e-4fbe-a428-7966b5716e06,0,798,0,,,,,416404
-84.553567,42.1973070000001,MHC382001013,L2099,2,2001,2001,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Ed Cross Farm,,Ed Cross Farm,,"Ed Cross and his wife, Edith, built this house, barn and granary in 1919. As a young man, Cross (1863-1938) spent several years working as a logger in Mackinac County, eventually returning to Spring Arbor. During the last fifty years of his life he operated a sawmill, a cider mill and a threshing rig. He also served as the township treasurer, as a highway commissioner, and on the Jackson County Board of Supervisors. In 1932 Ed Cross, like many farmers during the Great Depression, lost the farm to foreclosure.",,321 Teft Road,Spring Arbor,MI,0,1/4 south of M-60,Jackson,03S02W21SENW,42.197307,-84.553567,,,09/01/2017,6d29186d-7c04-498c-a7e5-797fa1f6112c,0,799,0,,,,,416405
-85.663039,41.797743,MHC751988022,L1521,2,1988,2000,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Chief Wahbememe Burial Site / Chief Wahbememe Burial Site,Chief White Pigeon Monument,Chief Wahbememe Burial Site,Chief Wahbememe Burial Site,"Potawatomi Chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon) was a signer of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which placed Michigan Great Lakes forts in U.S. hands. The chief was known as a friend to the white settlers in Michigan. According to legend, while attending a gathering of chiefs in Detroit, Wahbememe heard of a plot to attack the settlement that later became known as White Pigeon. The story states that he immediately set out on foot, running nearly 150 miles across the state without stopping for food or rest to alert the village. After warning of the impending danger, he collapsed from exhaustion and soon died. His remains are buried on this site, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","In 1909 members of the Alba Columba Club, a White Pigeon women’s group, raised funds and community support to create this monument to Potawatomi Chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon). The owner of the burial site, John Weaver, with the help of his sons and neighbors, loaded the granite boulder onto a wagon at the Edison W. Rockwell farm in Porter Township, Cass County. Four horses pulled it ten miles to this site. On August 10, 1909, a day-long celebration marked the occasion of the dedication of Wahbememe’s memorial. Four thousand people, including Lieutenant Governor Patrick H. Kelley, watched as Chief Wahbememe’s great great grandson, Willie White Pigeon, aged six, unveiled the finished monument.",NW corner of US-12 and US-131,White Pigeon,MI,0,,Saint Joseph,08S12W02SESE,41.797743,-85.663039,,Native People,08/18/2017,319580a3-dc88-4e6b-b205-79b0ada009a1,0,800,0,,,,,416406
-84.884021,41.9447720000001,MHC121988012,L1508A,2,1988,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Quincy Public Library / Quincy Public Library,,Quincy Public Library,Quincy Public Library,"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. Bennett’s only stipulation was that his name not appear on the building. He agreed to provide in his will both land and funds for a library. Upon the sudden death of Bennett’s son, construction of the library began ahead of schedule in March 1910.","Dedicated on November 1, 1910, this building represents the generosity of two Quincy citizens, Charles W. Bennett and Quincy State Bank president Melvin S. Segur. Segur gave the funds necessary to begin construction immediately after the sudden death of Bennett’s son Charles A. Bennett. The elder Bennett wished the library to be built as a memorial to his son. The township was given title to both the land and the building and has provided for the maintenance of both since that time.",11 North Main,Quincy,MI,0,Just north of US-12,Branch,06S05W15SWSW,41.944772,-84.884021,,,08/10/2020,94a10216-5fc3-4106-9f7d-79cff12ecfdf,0,801,2,"MHC121988012_1.jpg;MHC121988012_2.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","07/16/2016;07/16/2016",416407
-84.17526,42.999108,MHC781980028,L773A,2,1980,2022,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Comstock Cabin,Elias Comstock Cabin,Comstock Cabin,,"Elias Comstock was the first pioneer to erect a permanent residence in Owosso. He moved here in 1836. Comstock was a merchant, school teacher, justice of the peace, township supervisor, judge, and county clerk. This one-room structure was built for him in the mid-1830s. Though the cabin has been moved three times (the last in 1969), the original logs are still intact. It is now located just north of the Comstock homesite. Funds raised by the Owosso Bicentennial Committee help maintain the cabin and surrounding grounds.",,Curwood Castle Drive,Owosso,MI,0,Wall mounted on the side of the cabin - the log cabin is near the Curwood Castle,Shiawassee,07N02E13SWSE,42.999108,-84.17526,,3,10/06/2022,a1114588-5b41-44e3-9f44-79cffaa636ca,0,802,2,"MHC781980028_2.jpg;MHC781980028_3.jpg","Shaffer Fox;Shaffer Fox","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","10/01/2022;05/01/2020",416408
-82.492228,42.720143,MHC741976011,L461,2,1976,1978,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Marine City,Marine City City Hall,Marine City,,"Built in 1884 at a cost of $12,300, this edifice has served continuously as the seat of local government. Marine City was incorporated as the village of Marine in 1865. It became Marine City in 1867. The first village president was David Lester, a prominent shipbuilder. Shipbuilding was the principal industry for about a half century, employing several hundred men. During the era of wooden ships, this city was one of the largest shipbuilding centers in the Great Lakes area, with an output of nearly 250 vessels by 1900. The discovery of salt on Catholic Point in 1882 proved to be another prosperous business with major salt companies springing up as a result of this important find.",,300 Broadway,Marine City,MI,0,,Saint Clair,03N16E01NESE,42.720143,-82.492228,,6,10/05/2021,7a3e6a76-35d6-415e-b838-79d9f4a5e101,0,803,0,,,,,416409
-86.203583,42.654933,MHC032006002,L2172,2,2006,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Reed's Livery,,Reed's Livery,,"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 with 25 stalls. Here travelers boarded stages bound for Holland, Grand Rapids, or Allegan, and customers rented horses and wagons. The cement block building was hailed as modern and fireproof, and it served as the village fire station during the 1950s. An Eskimo Pie factory was among the manufacturers once located here.",,248 Culver Street,Saugatuck,MI,0,NW corner of Culver and Griffith,Allegan,03N16W09NESW,42.654933,-86.203583,,1,03/08/2021,f4a33284-df6c-4796-b90b-79e2e4e2d0a0,0,804,1,MHC032006002_1.jpg,,Historical Photo,,416410
-84.964871,42.2716560000001,MHC131976043,L434,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),National House,Facey House,National House,,"Erected by Andrew Mann in 1835, this structure is reported to be the first brick building in Calhoun County. National House was also known as Mann’s Hotel. It served travelers passing through Marshall and hosted political and community gatherings. Over the years it has been called, among other names, the Acker House and Facey House. Its varied history includes use as a wagon and windmill factory. This two-story, low gabled building has been restored to its original appearance and use as an inn.",,102 South Parkview,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W26SENE,42.271656,-84.964871,,,08/06/2020,5c2e5538-aeca-4dca-aad4-79f9fabc02ff,0,805,2,"MHC131976043_1.jpg;MHC131976043_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo","07/12/2020;07/12/2020",416411
-85.000367,41.940728,MHC121961012,L19,2,1961,1961,Civil War and After (1860-1875),"The City of Coldwater, 1861-1961",,"The City of Coldwater, 1861-1961",,"Potawatomi Indians ceded Coldwater Prairie to the United States in 1827. The Indians called it Chucksewyabish, meaning ""cold spring water."" Coldwater is located at the junction of [the] Old Sauk and Fort Wayne Indian Trails. The settlement's first house was built near this site in 1830 by Hugh Campbell. The first school was organized in 1832. Coldwater became a village in 1837, the county seat of Branch County in 1842, and a city on February 28, 1861. The State Home and Training School, dating back to 1871, is here. Coldwater has many fine old houses, legacies of the pioneers who built this city.",,Intersection US-12 & US-27,Coldwater,MI,0,City park,Branch,06S06W22NWNW,41.940728,-85.000367,,Native People,08/18/2017,536118b6-e709-4480-b754-7a0e7885090f,0,806,0,,,,,416412
-84.5380749999999,42.689087,MHC331991002,S628C,2,1991,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Retail Hardware Association / Michigan Retail Hardware Association,,Michigan Retail Hardware Association,Michigan Retail Hardware Association,"With the philosophy, “in union there is strength,” twenty Michigan hardware retailers convened in Detroit on July 9, 1895, and organized the Michigan Retail Hardware Association. Frank S. Carlton of Calumet was elected the first president. The group worked toward the enactment of state and national legislation on behalf of the retail, wholesale and manufacturing trades. The first success was the passage in 1897 of a state mechanics lien law.","Hardware retailers in attendance at the association’s organizational meeting in 1895 were: R. B. Bloodgood, C. F. Bock, L. B. Brockett, F. S. Carlton, Thomas Harvey, George W. Hubbard, T. Frank Ireland, H. C. Minnie, J. H. Moyes, John Popp, J. B. Sperry, N. B. Wattles, Henry C. Weber, S. L. Boyce and Son, Casper Gnau and Company, Edwards and Chamberlin, Foster, Stevens Company, John W. Jochim Company, McDonnell Hardware, and Scott Brothers and Delisle.",4414 South Pennsylvania,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W34NESW,42.689087,-84.538075,,,08/30/2017,71ff045f-6a42-4be2-9783-7a25cab0d17d,0,807,0,,,,,416413
-87.601161,46.51381,MHC521956003,S2,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Jackson Mine,Iron Street,Jackson Mine,,"On this spot on September 19, 1844, William A. Burt, a deputy government surveyor, was the first to discover the great Lake Superior iron ore deposits. Peculiar fluctuations in his magnetic compass led Burt to ask his men to seek the cause, and they soon returned with pieces of iron ore from outcroppings in the area. Next year prospectors from Jackson, Michigan, led by Phil M. Everett, arrived at the Carp River. Marji-Gesick, a Chippewa chief, guided members of the party in June to this location where he showed them iron ore in the roots of a fallen pine tree. As a result of this discovery, the Jackson Mining Company, of which Everett was a founder, began taking out ore here in 1847. Thus was born the Lake Superior area’s great iron mining industry.",,820 Maas St,Negaunee,MI,0,"Miners Park, at US-41 and Maple Street",Marquette,48N26W31SWNE,46.51381,-87.601161,,Mining Industry,09/06/2017,41a2e4d0-88ca-42c5-9925-7a601eea637b,0,808,1,MHC521956003_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416414
-82.954486,42.470698,MHC502002008,L2123,2,2002,2003,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church,,Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church,,"German immigrants began organizing Methodist churches in Michigan in 1846. In 1849 a small group founded the Immanuel Methodist Church in Roseville to serve Detroit’s northeast side. In 1933, when the Roseville church was razed to widen Gratiot Avenue, the congregation relocated here. This Neo-Gothic sandstone church, the congregation’s third, was designed by Merritt and Cole of Detroit and was dedicated on November 5, 1933.",,23715 Gratiot Ave,Eastpointe,MI,0,at Semrau Street,Macomb,01N13E30NWSE,42.470698,-82.954486,,,09/05/2017,89e83f83-6994-4ad5-b1b0-7a66ecd24541,0,810,0,,,,,416415
-83.412403,42.61828,MHC631966007,L61,2,1966,1966,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Four Towns Methodist Church,,Four Towns Methodist Church,,"Four Towns received its name because it is near the point where the townships of West Bloomfield, Commerce, Waterford, and White Lake meet. In 1866 a frame schoolhouse was built here, on land donated by Nathan R. Colvin. From that year until 1930 the building served both as a school and church. Since then the building has been used primarily for church activities.",,6451 Cooley Lake Road,Waterford,MI,48327,Union Lake vicinity,Oakland,03N09E32SWSE,42.61828,-83.412403,,,09/12/2017,75fdb85f-498c-43ce-a8ba-7a8790c65e44,0,811,0,,,,,416416
-82.4942799999999,42.71603,MHC741979039,L683B,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Newport Academy,Marine City Public Library,Newport Academy,,"Emily Ward established the Newport Academy about 1845 to provide educational opportunities for area children. Miss Ward was a niece of Samuel Ward, the founder of Newport (now Marine City), and the sister of Eber Brock Ward, a shipping magnate and wealthy steel industrialist. She conducted the academy for about twenty years. This structure, erected in 1847, was one of the first school buildings in the community. The city bought it in 1868 and moved it from a nearby corner to its present location in 1870. It has served as both a private and public school, a village hall and jail, a hose house, and a church. The Marine City Public Library has occupied this structure since 1939.",,405 South Main Street,Marine City,MI,0,at the corner of St. Clair Street,Saint Clair,03N16E01SESE,42.71603,-82.49428,,,09/13/2017,b77ee657-fbdc-4cf8-975e-7aba349bf4e4,0,812,0,,,,,416417
-83.692259,42.9436370000001,MHC251983009,L1132A,2,1983,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mason's Tavern,,Mason's Tavern,,"Daniel Mason, a native of New Hartford, New York, built this structure as a stagecoach inn and tavern around 1850. It soon became a popular stagecoach stop along the route of the Flint and Fentonville Plank Road Company, which was established in 1849. From 1853 to 1871, Mundy Township’s first post office was also housed here. The tavern and post office continued to operate until shortly after the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway came to the area. In 1879 Mason sold the property and moved to Flint, where he died in 1880. The tavern later became a private residence.",,7500 Fenton Road,Grand Blanc,MI,48439,Structure was moved and the marker text was no longer valid. Marker was salvaged in 10/2019 and Mason´s Tavern was delisted from the State Register of Historic Sites on 11/14/2019,Genesee,06N06E12NENE,42.943637,-83.692259,,,11/19/2019,b99e4fa2-9f7b-40b3-8fb4-7ae9df510cb3,0,813,0,,,,,416418
-86.3477739999999,43.396329,MHC611983008,L1064A,2,1983,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Lebanon Lutheran Church,Lebanon Evangelical Lutheran Church,Lebanon Lutheran Church,,"During the mid-nineteenth century, immigrant Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes settled in this area. In 1868 they organized a Scandinavian Lutheran Church with the Reverend T. H. Ward as pastor. On June 2, 1872, the Swedish members of the congregation withdrew to become part of the Augustana Synod and formed the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Lebanon Church of Whitehall. A theological student, V. A. Youngberg, was called as the new church’s first pastor. The Swedes met in the Scandinavian Church until 1877, when they built this Gothic-inspired church using lumber cut from the surrounding woods and milled in the Covell-Stapes mill. Services were held in Swedish until the early 1930s. In the 1980s the neighborhood around the church was still known locally as Swedentown.",,1101 South Mears Ave,Whitehall,MI,0,corner of Market Street,Muskegon,12N17W33SENW,43.396329,-86.347774,,,09/12/2017,ed9b32b9-df0c-4367-8279-7b7c5a8be45a,0,814,0,,,,,416419
-85.2374149999999,42.2620810000001,MHC131972004,L211,2,1972,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Beckley Cemetery,,Beckley Cemetery,,"In 1833 Joseph W. Stewart, a native of New York, settled in the Oak Openings area of western Calhoun County. Recognizing a need for a cemetery in the neighborhood he set aside a portion of his land for this purpose, offering the plots without charge. When a new law in 1859 required each township to make provisions for burials, Stewart turned his property over to Battle Creek Township. In later years this area became known as Beckley Corners after Ira Beckley, another early settler.",,Helmer and Beckley Roads,Battle Creek,MI,0,Helmer and Beckley Roads,Calhoun,02S08W27SWSW,42.262081,-85.237415,,,01/14/2020,c2bd7ca1-7496-4908-a4a3-7b813088ced8,0,815,0,,,,,416420
-86.488323,42.100292,MHC111981023,L945A,2,1981,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old St. Joseph Neighborhood,,Old St. Joseph Neighborhood,,"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 ranging from Spanish Colonial Revival to American foursquare. Of particular interest are the elegant Queen Anne-style homes. The Old St. Joseph Neighborhood is recognized as a state historic district.",,822 Main Street,St. Joseph,MI,0,"At right-of-way adjacent to 822 Main, southwest corner of Price & Main Sts. There are 3 identical markers located in the Old St. Joseph Historic District.",Berrien,04S19W26NENW,42.100292,-86.488323,,,07/08/2016,ebfafb6a-2d6a-4913-a46f-7b8910eac141,0,816,0,,,,,416421
-85.656797,42.960827,MHC411974001,S419A,2,1974,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Voigt House,Carl G. A. Voigt House,Voigt House,,"This elegant and perfectly preserved Victorian mansion was built for Carl G. A. Voigt in 1895. Voigt came to Grand Rapids in 1870 and ran a mill and dry goods store with W. G. Herpolsheimer. In 1902, when the partnership ended, Voigt took over the milling works. The house, designed by eminent local architect, William G. Robinson, was inspired by the chateaux at Chenonceaux, France. The interior is opulently furnished with original possessions of the Voigt family. In 1972, a year after the death of the last occupant, Ralph Voigt, the house became a public museum.",,115 College Avenue SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W30NWSE,42.960827,-85.656797,,,09/01/2017,0329fc9a-52d9-44d3-b4cf-7bebd63c6fa7,0,817,0,,,,,416422
-82.48492,42.8275990000001,MHC741994013,L1921,2,1994,1995,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. Clair Inn / St. Clair Inn,,St. Clair Inn,St. Clair Inn,"During the early twentieth century, known as the “Golden Age of Steamboating,” pleasure craft were numerous on the St. Clair River. In 1925 the local Rotary Club decided that a luxurious establishment was needed to accommodate the large number of tourists and serve as a civic and social center. Club members organized the St. Clair Community Hotel Corporation. Many of the area’s leading businessmen were on the board. The board hired Hockenbury System, Inc., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for advice on financing the venture. The financial plan was modeled after successful community hotel campaigns in over one hundred cities nationwide. The public offering of stock began in July 1925, and the campaign for funds exceeded its $180,000 objective within ten days. The sixty-room hotel was completed the following year.","Hailed at its opening in September 1926 as “the most beautiful hostelry which ever graced a city,” the St. Clair Inn is an important historical landmark on the St. Clair River. Constructed in the waning years of popularity of luxury excursion vessels on the Great Lakes, the hotel has been a popular destination for both river and automobile travelers. Port Huron architect Walter Wyeth modeled the hotel after English country inns. Although several additions have been constructed, the original Neo-Tudor building retains its English flavor. The interior features a lobby with a brick floor, a heavily beamed ceiling with exposed rough-hewn timbers, and a great lounge with Tudor fireplaces. The St. Clair Inn was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.",500 North Riverside Drive,St. Clair,MI,0,,Saint Clair, ,42.827599,-82.48492,,,09/13/2017,5ea69599-d36f-4166-86d5-7c98c296d28d,1995,818,0,,,,,416423
-85.634583,41.945533,MHC751986035,L1315C,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Historic District,Downtown Three Rivers Historic District,Historic District,,"The Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic District has one of the best-preserved Victorian streetscapes in southwestern Michigan. Three Rivers, settled in the 1830s, grew with the development of local waterpower and a railroad in the 1850s. St. Joseph Street (North Main) and Penn Street (Portage) formed its business center. The district’s oldest structures, built on North Main in the early 1850s, are the Kelsey Building (39-43) and the Crossett-Spencer-Millard Building (40-42). The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.",,66 North Main,Three Rivers,MI,0,"within the district bounded by North Main Street, Michigan, and Portage Avenues",Saint Joseph,06S11W18NWSE,41.945533,-85.634583,,1,09/23/2022,2e779ee7-e056-4423-9e79-7ca64166bb2b,1982,819,0,,,,,416424
-84.7253499999999,45.7798367400001,MHC162007002,S708,2,2007,2008,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),USCG Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83,,USCG Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83,,"Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker was commissioned during World War II to aid year-round navigation so freighters could carry raw materials for war production. For sixty-two years MACKINAW left its home port of Cheboygan to open or extend the navigation season, clear the shipping lanes, or free vessels that were stuck in the ice. MACKINAW was unsurpassed in size and capability among icebreakers. When the coast guard decommissioned the vessel in 2006, it was given to the Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum.",,131 S. Huron Street,Mackinaw City,MI,49701,"One marker exists for S708 and S707. On the reverse side of this marker is the text for the Mackinaw City Railroad Dock, S707; the marker is located between Central Ave & Shepler Dr",Cheboygan,39N03W18NENW,45.77983674,-84.72535,,,08/11/2017,804afe14-7ac5-4400-8952-7ca85c7bdec1,0,820,3,"MHC162007002_1.jpg;MHC162007002_2.jpg;MHC162007002_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";06/21/2006;",416425
-83.38575,42.3511510000001,MHC821975020,L426,2,1975,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Chief Tonquish Burial Site,,Chief Tonquish Burial Site,,"Chief Tonquish and his son are buried nearby. Chief Tonquish led a band of Potawatomi Indians in this area in the early nineteenth century. In 1819 a series of clashes between these Indians and pioneers in the vicinity culminated in the death of a white man. Angry settlers pursued the Indians along the River Rouge to the point where it branches into what is now known as Tonquish Creek. Here Chief Tonquish was killed in a futile attempt to save his son’s life. Their deaths marked the end of significant Indian skirmishes in southeastern Michigan. This event reflected many of the tensions and conflicts between Indians and settlers over such matters as food and territory, which occurred during the westward movement in America.",,34850 Fountain Blvd,Westland,MI,0,"Holliday Park Towne Homes, South of Ann Arbor Trail",Wayne,02S09E04NENW,42.351151,-83.38575,,,06/03/2019,3f6fe3a5-3f41-4074-a0a6-7cee2e1145b2,0,821,0,,,,,416426
-83.483132,42.4323580000001,MHC821990055,L1778,2,1990,1995,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Edison Company Building,,Detroit Edison Company Building,,"The Detroit Edison Company’s Northville regional office was located here from 1929 to 1971. The company had a reputation for offices that were “a credit to the community.” Upon completion of this building, which housed the overhead lines department and customer service center, was considered “among the most modern and best equipped” Edison offices in the state. Employees who worked here replaced fuses, sold and repaired appliances, and demonstrated cooking and lighting methods in homes.",,115 East Dunlap Street,Northville,MI,0,200 North Center Street,Wayne,01S08E03SWNE,42.432358,-83.483132,,,09/20/2017,f348d179-703e-44de-9310-7d04c592e805,0,822,0,,,,,416427
-84.622161,45.848542,MHC491979066,L644A,2,1979,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Little Stone Church,Union Congregational Church,Little Stone Church,,"The Union Congregational Church, affectionately called Little Stone Church, was established in 1900 by eleven charter members. Local residents and summer visitors donated funds for its construction. The cornerstone was laid on August 2, 1904. This structure was built of Mackinac Island stones in an eclectic Gothic style. Its handsome stained glass windows, installed in 1914, tell the story of the Protestant movement on the island. Open only during the summer, this church has been a landmark to visitors and a popular wedding site.",,1590 Cadott Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac,,45.848542,-84.622161,,1,05/24/2022,0de0bcf0-aa4b-46e3-a1f5-7d2ec84e2f51,0,823,2,"MHC491979066_2.jpg;MHC491979066_1.jpg","Union Congregational Church;Union Congregational Church","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","05/23/2022;05/23/2022",416428
-84.957821,42.2763670000001,MHC131992004,L1859,2,1992,1992,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Jeremiah Cronin Jr. House / John Bellairs,,Jeremiah Cronin Jr. House,John Bellairs,"
This picturesque residence was erected in 1872 for Marshall merchant Jeremiah Cronin Jr. and his wife, Susan. Local contractor Frederick N. Church constructed this house, as well as Cronin’s 1869 Michigan Avenue commercial block. On September 5, 1872, the Calhoun County Patriot and Democratic Expounder predicted that the house would be the “most stylish” in the city. The Italian villa reflects the Cronin family’s standing in the community. When Jeremiah died in 1889, Susan took over the business as the S. E. Cronin Store. Their son Jay became manager in 1907. By then, the Cronins were operating clothing, grocery, shoe stores, and a bakery. Jay Cronin’s daughters operated the business until 1974.","This house was built in 1872 for Jeremiah and Susan Cronin. One hundred years later it provided the setting for The House with a Clock in Its Walls, a teenage mystery novel written by Marshall native John Bellairs. Bellairs (1938-1991) was born in Marshall and graduated from Marshall High School. After earning degrees from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, he taught writing at several colleges and authored eighteen books, mostly for children. From 1973 to 1976 he wrote three books with Marshall settings. When explaining why he wrote for children, Bellairs noted: “In my imagination I repeatedly walk up and down the streets of the beautiful old Michigan town where I grew up. It is full of Victorian mansions and history, and it would work on the creative mind of any kid.”",407 North Madison,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W24SESW,42.276367,-84.957821,,,08/23/2017,7cfae1c0-55bb-4617-8cdb-7d4f7fb24b3d,0,824,1,MHC131992004_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416429
-85.51481,42.6199550000001,MHC081972006,L192,2,1972,1972,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Bowen's Mills,,Bowen's Mills,,"Settlement began here in the mid-1830s, and in 1850 a post office known as Gun Lake was established. The village, never over one hundred population, contained a sawmill, general store, blacksmith shop, and several other businesses. E. H. Bowen constructed the present gristmill in 1864, and in 1870 the name of the town was changed to honor its leading citizen. Bowen and his son William operated the mill, famous for its buckwheat flour, until 1912. Production continued until [the] mid-twentieth century.",,Briggs Road,Yankee Springs Township,MI,0,2 miles North of Chief Noonday Road,Barry,03N10W29SWNE,42.619955,-85.51481,,1,10/07/2021,4d49c09a-b958-4236-8159-7d65892da1e9,0,825,2,"MHC081972006_1.jpg;MHC081972006_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";",416430
-85.7081219999999,44.2455670000001,MHC831988035,L1601C,2,1988,1988,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Caberfae Ski Resort,,Caberfae Ski Resort,,"Snow trains brought hundreds of ski enthusiasts to the Cadillac area to celebrate the opening of Caberfae on January 16, 1938. Caberfae, whose name comes from the Gaelic word meaning “stag’s head,” was a joint project of the U.S. Forest Service, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Cadillac Chamber of Commerce, and local volunteers. They cooperated to build a winter sports facility that would provide more than the existing snow shoe trails to the public. The CCC cleared ski and toboggan runs, and built a shelter and access roads. Skiers made five dollar contributions and volunteers used the money to construct the first rope tow in 1940. By the 1950s Caberfae had become one of the Midwest’s largest ski resorts. Caberfae’s success encouraged further growth of Michigan’s winter sports industry.",,Caberfae Road,Cadillac,MI,0,Caberfae Ski Resort,Wexford,21N12W01SWNE,44.245567,-85.708122,,,09/22/2017,8c8e5790-eac8-4240-b870-7d6ea23a35fd,0,826,0,,,,,416431
-83.6809509999999,42.27374,MHC811997003,L2028,2,1997,1999,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Earhart Manor / Earhart Manor,Otto G. Schmid Center,Earhart Manor,Earhart Manor,"Michigan pioneer Elnathan Botsford settled this site in 1825. Harry Boyd Earhart of Detroit, president of the White Star Refining Corporation, purchased the farm in 1917 and named it “The Meadows.” The Olmsted Brothers, nationally known landscape architects from Brookline, Massachusetts, planned and directed the development of the grounds, as well as the siting of the house. Many landscape elements of the original plan survive. Smith, Hinchman and Grylls of Detroit designed the house in the French Manor style. A significant feature of the manor, completed in 1936, is the Pewabic tile created for the Earharts by Mary Chase Perry Stratton. Harry and Carrie Earhart were noted philanthropists and patrons of the fine and performing arts.","The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod purchased 234 acres of the Harry and Carrie Earhart estate in 1961 to construct the campus of Concordia College. The four year, liberal arts college opened in 1963. The manor initially served as a student activity center and housed faculty offices. In 1997 a rehabilitation project was undertaken to restore the architectural features of the house and adapt it for use as the Otto G. Schmid Center. Although converted to offices, much of the original fabric of the house remains intact, including decorative plaster, hardware, crystal chandeliers, and the Pewabic tile elements: two “medieval” family crests, a metallic glazed tile fountain, and the master bathroom.",4090 Geddes Rd.,Ann Arbor,MI,0,Concordia College,Washtenaw,02S06E25SWSW,42.27374,-83.680951,,,09/13/2017,b4ae7c59-afb8-4d75-a709-7d852a7d4d69,0,827,0,,,,,416432
-84.4069289999999,42.0501840000001,MHC301991008,S624,2,1991,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),W. H. L. McCourtie / W. H. L. McCourtie Estate,McCourtie Park,W. H. L. McCourtie,W. H. L. McCourtie Estate,"
Somerset Center native W. H. L. McCourtie (1872-1933) was introduced to the cement industry by W. F. Cowham of Jackson in 1897. McCourtie soon went to Dallas, Texas, where he made a fortune speculating in oil and established the Trinity Portland Cement Company. During the 1920s McCourtie returned to Somerset Center. In 1924 he acquired his family’s home and turned it into a community showplace. McCourtie sought to create a model town, giving free white paint to any homeowner who needed it. He also hosted the community’s annual homecoming celebrations. Thousands of people came to “Aiden Lair” to witness stunt flyers and enjoy baseball, local musicians, dancing and unlimited refreshments. At the height of the Great Depression, McCourtie offered his estate as a place “Where Friends Meet Friends and Part More Friendly.”","The W. H. L. McCourtie Estate, may contain the country’s largest collection of el trabejo rustico, the Mexican folk tradition of sculpting concrete to look like wood. Around 1930, most likely inspired by work he had seen in Texas, cement tycoon W. H. L. McCourtie hired itinerant Mexican artisans George Cardoso and Ralph Corona to construct seventeen bridges on his property. The artisans formed the bridges with steel rods and then hand sculpted wet concrete to resemble planed lumber, rough logs, thatch, and rope. Different species of trees can be identified. Two concrete trees that stand on the property continue to serve as chimneys for the underground rathskeller and garage. The McCourtie estate is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",10426 S. Jackson Rd,Somerset Center,MI,49282,Somerset Twp,Hillsdale,05S01W10NWSE,42.050184,-84.406929,,,08/18/2017,fd66553e-c380-4457-9f66-7daa451c7f8e,0,828,0,,,,,416433
-83.8949929999999,43.1762620000001,MHC251992025,L1879C,2,1992,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Episcopal Church,,Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1891 the Reverend Daniel Webster Hammond and seven members chartered the Methodist Episcopal Church of Montrose. The next year a church was erected on this site; however, a growing congregation demanded a larger building. The present church was constructed in 1924. Since the 1890s the Methodist church has served as a community center, hosting Independence Day festivities, high school orchestra and choral recitals, commencement exercises, and charity events.",,158 E. State,Montrose,MI,0,,Genesee,09N05E17SESE,43.176262,-83.894993,,,08/30/2017,01d4cc99-dfe3-4440-8b6a-7df4bed6c746,0,829,0,,,,,416434
-83.065736,42.3731700000001,MHC821988039,L1579C,4,1988,1988,,St. Philip's Lutheran Church / St. Philip's Lutheran Church,,St. Philip's Lutheran Church,St. Philip's Lutheran Church,"St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, founded in 1934, was the first black Lutheran church in Michigan. The Reverend H. J. Storm came to Detroit from his Windsor parish to lead the St. Philip’s congregation each week until 1936, when the Reverend Raymond R. Pollatz became the church’s first resident pastor. The parish soon moved from its one-room apartment to a school and later to a remodeled synagogue on King Street. The parish dedicated the building at this location on May 20, 1951.","As the only black Lutheran church in Michigan in the 1930s, St. Philip’s expanded quickly. Berea Lutheran, St. Titus, and St. Matthias churches all grew from the original congregation. St. Philip’s chose quality education for blacks as one of its missions. In 1944 it opened St. Philip’s Day School in the basement of the church on King Street. The school was the first Lutheran school in Michigan open to black students, and many of Michigan’s black leaders attended it.",2884 East Grand Blvd.,Detroit,MI,48202,Per Kim Johnson: Stolen. Listed as missing in 2000 report. Confirmed stolen.,Wayne, ,42.37317,-83.065736,,African-American History,02/03/2020,7d322558-6f3b-4442-ac6a-7e0442bc0596,0,830,0,,,,,416435
-86.3646409999999,41.8564240000001,MHC111972005,S382,2,1972,1987,Native People and the French (< 1760),Moccasin Bluff/Moccasin Bluff,,Moccasin Bluff,Moccasin Bluff,People have lived on the terrace between Moccasin Bluff and the St. Joseph River for eight thousand years. The first inhabitants stayed in small temporary camps as early as 6300 B.C. The residents of A.D. 500 traded with groups in Indiana and Illinois. Those living here 600 to 900 years ago farmed and had more permanent villages. In 1977 Moccasin Bluff was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its archaeological importance.,"As white settlers began to farm and log the St. Joseph River Valley in the late 1820s, the federal government adopted a policy of moving local Potawatomi Indians west. This bluff is said to be named for Cogomoccasin, leader of one of the permanent Potawatomi villages. Riverboats were the valley’s main source of transportation until, in 1881, the St. Joseph Valley Railroad was constructed along the route that became the Red Bud Trail.",Red Bud Trail,Buchanan,MI,0,"Near Red Bud Trail, north of Buchanan",Berrien,07S18W14SWSE,41.856424,-86.364641,,Native People,09/22/2017,3b4addd5-953d-4775-be74-7e713a1e51fa,1977,832,0,,,,,416436
-83.248544,42.5832360000001,MHC631977010,L570,2,1977,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bagley Inn,,Bagley Inn,,"This frame structure, completed in 1833, is the second home of Bagley’s Tavern. Amasa Bagley first established the tavern in the 1820s in a log cabin. He came to this area in 1819 with his family and four other settlers. He was appointed associate judge of the Oakland County Court in 1820. Shortly afterwards Bagley and William Morris, the area’s first sheriff, set up a brickworks and a saw- and gristmill. However, they were best known for Bagley’s Tavern, which hosted social and political functions.",,101 West Long Lake Road,Bloomfield Hills,MI,0,just west of Woodward Avenue,Oakland,02N10E15SENE,42.583236,-83.248544,,,09/12/2017,543367ea-8adc-4134-8b80-7ee3f739755d,0,833,0,,,,,416437
-84.740823,42.246925,MHC131959007,S215,2,1959,2021,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"Birthplace of ""Old Rugged Cross""",,"Birthplace of ""The Old Rugged Cross""",,"""The Old Rugged Cross,"" one of the world´s best-loved hymns, was composed here in 1912 by the Reverend 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 words and music of over 300 other hymns. None achieved the fame of ""The Old Rugged Cross,"" the moving summation of his faith. ""I´ll cherish the Old Rugged Cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the Old Rugged Cross, And exchange it some day for a crown.""",,1101 East Michigan,Albion,MI,49224,,Calhoun,02S04W35SESE,42.246925,-84.740823,,1,11/18/2021,706ffd34-078a-4cf9-9638-7ef998bf632d,0,834,1,MHC131959007_1.jpg,John Hibbs,Site Photo w/Marker,11/16/2021,416438
-83.408744,43.156059,MHC441979028,L750A,2,1979,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Columbiaville Depot,Detroit Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot,Columbiaville Depot,,"In the nineteenth century railroads provided the prime transportation link between small villages and the rest of the country. The first Columbiaville depot was built near this site in 1872. In 1893 William Peter (1824-1899) replaced that structure with this small Romanesque-inspired depot with its rounded-arch, beveled-glass windows. Peter, Columbiaville’s dominant merchant and a millionaire lumber baron, built the new depot in an effort to spur the development of the village and assure the continued growth of his many businesses. By prior agreement, he gave the building to the Detroit-Bay City Railroad Company in exchange for having a line run through the community. The property was deeded to the company for one dollar in 1893. It served as a train station until 1964. The depot now houses the Columbiaville Rotary Club and a public library.",,4643 First Street,Columbiaville,MI,0,,Lapeer,09N09E33NENE,43.156059,-83.408744,,,09/01/2017,ec8fa60a-a041-4cee-a214-7f4f208059e2,0,835,0,,,,,416439
-83.411276,43.1560670000001,MHC441979030,L751A,2,1979,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The William Peter Mansion,Peter-DeWitt House,The William Peter Mansion,,"This structure, completed in 1896, was the home of William Peter (1824-1899). Peter, a prominent Columbiaville businessman, was a “rags-to-riches” character. Around 1847 he came to the area from Germany via New York State, a penniless immigrant. Immediately he began working in a local sawmill. He invested his earnings in large tracts of land and platted the village of Columbiaville in 1871. From 1879 to 1899 Peter developed the community. He built a gristmill, a woolen mill, houses for his workmen, a school, a church, and several commercial buildings. Most of Columbiaville was owned and dominated by him. His wife, Roxanna, planned this Italianate residence, which still displays its original hardwood floors and decorative woodwork in oak, mahogany, walnut, cherry, and maple.",,4707 Water Street,Columbiaville,MI,0,,Lapeer,09N09E33NENE,43.156067,-83.411276,,,09/01/2017,ba693f37-d285-425c-8143-7f554e0a3b0b,0,836,0,,,,,416440
-84.3705,43.00663,MHC191990028,L1718A,2,1990,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),George D. Sowers House,,George D. Sowers House,,"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, George Fox. Sowers later became a partner in the Ovid Flour Mills. In 1882 Frank Scofield and his wife, Adelaide, purchased the house. Scofield co-owned the Ovid Carriage Works, one of the village’s largest employers during the late nineteenth century. His business declined with the rising popularity of the automobile. Henry and Sophia Hudson purchased the house in 1907, one year after Henry founded Hudson and Son Farm Implements, another prosperous Ovid business.",,131 East William St.,Ovid,MI,0,,Clinton,07N01W12NESE,43.00663,-84.3705,,,08/23/2017,427204d7-b871-404c-b935-7f6535de1318,0,837,0,,,,,416441
-85.480224,43.6970210000001,MHC541987018,L1418A,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First United Methodist Church / First United Methodist Church,,First United Methodist Church,First United Methodist Church,"The First United Methodist Church was designed by W. E. N. Hunter, a Detroit architect who specialized in church designs. The domed Beaux Arts-style building reflects a trend in using Early Christian architectural forms of the fourth and fifth centuries in early twentieth century churches. This church was completed in 1907 and retains its original semicircular auditorium plan interior and stained glass windows. The north window depicts the insignia of the Epworth League, a Methodist youth organization.","In 1865 the Reverend W. J. Aldrich organized the first congregation in Big Rapids; it became the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1867. That year a frame church was built on this site. For many years the building served as a community center and was shared by members of the Presbyterian church. The present structure was dedicated on May 26, 1907. In February 1911 a fire damaged much of the building. The church reopened in time for Easter services on April 16.",304 Elm,Big Rapids,MI,0,,Mecosta,15N10W14NWNW,43.697021,-85.480224,,,09/06/2017,820a7723-984f-449e-b99a-7fbd8bc28046,0,838,0,,,,,416442
-83.043465,42.3402430000001,MHC821974053,S424,4,1974,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Detroit Memorial Hospital,,Detroit Memorial Hospital,,"In 1845 the Daughters of Charity founded St. Vincent’s Hospital, the first in Michigan. They moved to the present site in 1850, renaming the hospital St. Mary’s. Here, charitable non-sectarian care included attention to orphans, epidemic victims, and the insane until separate facilities were provided. During the Civil and Spanish-American Wars St. Mary’s served as a military hospital. Gradually it expanded to provide 325 beds and a wide range of medical and teaching services. Extensive remodeling ensured patient comfort and modernized care. Its voluntary closing in 1949 promoted a non-profit corporation of St. Mary’s physicians to purchase and rename the hospital Detroit Memorial. Thus, a long tradition of medical care continues on this site.",,1441 Chrysler Svc Dr.,Detroit,MI,48201,Building demolished. See Comments.,Wayne,,42.340243,-83.043465,,Civil War,06/22/2020,a627d603-53ba-4d57-84d7-7fbde4acd9c8,0,839,0,,,,,416443
-83.0959259999999,42.308468,MHC821972025,S363,4,1972,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birthplace of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche,,Birthplace of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche,,"Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for the final sixteen years of his life, Ralph Bunche, grandson of a slave, was born in this neighborhood of Detroit on August 7, 1904, and lived here for the first decade of his life. Following the death of his parents in 1915, he spent the rest of his childhood in the West. After a brilliant career in political science at Harvard, Bunche collaborated in the late 1930s with Gunnar Myrdal in his monumental study of racism in America. Entering government service during World War II, he joined the State Department and was active in drafting the charter of the United Nations. Bunche’s success as a UN mediator after the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 won for him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. He died in New York on December 9, 1971.",,5668 Anthon St.,Detroit,MI,48209,Per Kim Johnson: Building demolished. Listed as missing in 2000 report. Marker was located at back of parking lot where home originally stood.,Wayne, ,42.308468,-83.095926,,African-American History,02/03/2020,ac5dd053-17ad-4554-8af8-7fd837b767e4,0,840,0,,,,,416444
-83.05822849,42.39375814,MHC822006042,L2189,2,2006,2007,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Saint Florian Church / Saint Florian Historic District,,Saint Florian Church,Saint Florian Historic District,"Saint Florian Parish was founded in 1907 to serve the Detroit area’s rapidly expanding Polish Catholic community. By the 1920s Saint Florian was the second largest Catholic parish in Detroit, and it required a larger church. The Reverend John Bonkowski hired Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram to design this building, inspired by Gothic churches of the Middle Ages. The church’s medieval style contrasted with the modern industrial community. Nowakowski and Sons of Hamtramck built the church, and the J. M. Kase Company made the stained glass in its New York studio. The working-class parishioners sacrificed to build the church. In 1929 American Architect magazine named it the best church in America.","The Saint Florian Historic District is roughly bounded by Holbrook, Joseph Campau, Yemans, and Dequindre Streets. Incorporated as a village in 1901, Hamtramck experienced rapid growth when Eastern European immigrants came to work at Nearby Dodge, Ford, and Packard automotive plants. The village’s population boomed from 3,559 in 1910 to 48,615 in 1920. In the shadow of the magnificent Saint Florian Church, modest houses occupy thirty-foot-wide lots. Platted in 1909 as Whitney’s subdivision, the densely developed neighborhood was built in anticipation of an influx of workers to the Dodge Main factory that opened less than one mile from here in 1910. The district reflects the tightly knit Polish community that first lived here.",Florian Street Between Brombach and Latham,Hamtramck,MI,48212,,Wayne,,42.39375814,-83.05822849,,,08/08/2017,cad153e1-813a-4742-b0b1-7fdb1b4ac7c3,0,841,0,,,,,416445
-86.323795,44.2458120000001,MHC511971023,L124,2,1971,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ramsdell Theatre,,Ramsdell Theatre,,"Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell—pioneer lawyer, state legislator, and civic leader—built this theater between 1902 and 1903. Many traveling companies played here and praised the features that made it unique among the playhouses of the era. Theatrical artist Walter Burridge painted the main curtain utilizing the theme “A Grove Near Athens.” The dome and lobby murals were the work of Thomas Ramsdell’s son Frederick. Public spirited citizens saved the landmark from demolition in the early 1920s. It was acquired by the city of Manistee in 1943. The Manistee Civic Players have helped to preserve its architecture and interior decor. The Ramsdell Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.",,101 Maple,Manistee,MI,0,,Manistee,21N17W12NWNW,44.245812,-86.323795,,,09/05/2017,f3580f3b-97e8-44df-afbd-7fea1b0426d4,1972,842,0,,,,,416446
-84.1180659999999,42.981024,MHC781982003,L1012A,2,1982,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First National Bank,Shiawasssee County Annex,First National Bank,,"This structure was built as a bank in 1903. It replaced an earlier three-story brick building that was destroyed by fire in December 1902. The present building was designed by architect Claire Allen of Jackson and built by Burnett and Baldwin of Corunna. It served as the site of Corunna’s only bank from 1865 to 1969. In 1970 the building was purchased by Shiawassee County for use as administrative offices. It was restored in 1981, and in 1982 the name was changed in memory of Commissioner Devoist J. Surbeck.",,201 North Shiawassee,Corunna,MI,0,"Wall-mounted marker; NW corner of McArthur",Shiawassee,07N03E28NWNE,42.981024,-84.118066,,,10/17/2019,ee4e182d-3b8d-456f-bd9e-8004373b99b0,0,843,0,,,,,416447
-83.175846,42.5042720000001,MHC631983020,L1060A,2,1983,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Roseland Park Mausoleum,,Roseland Park Mausoleum,,"The Roseland Park Mausoleum was the largest public mausoleum in the United States when it was dedicated in 1914. Designed by Detroit architect Louis Kamper (1861-1953), the classically inspired, two-story building contains thirteen hundred crypts. Before designing this structure, Kamper traveled to Europe to study noted mausoleums there. The interior of this building is faced with Vermont marble and classically detailed with double-tier Doric columns in the entrance lobby and in the main hall. Skylights enhance its lighting.",,Twelve Mile Road,Royal Oak,MI,0,NW corner of Twelve Mile Road and Woodward Avenue,Oakland,01N11E08SESW,42.504272,-83.175846,,,09/12/2017,b744c9d0-2227-490a-95fb-8055d589d2c6,0,844,0,,,,,416448
-84.114092,42.976771,MHC781969008,S295,2,1969,1969,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Governor Parsons,,Governor Parsons,,"Andrew Parsons was born in Hoosick, New York, in 1817. In 1836 he settled in Shiawassee County and at the age of nineteen was elected the first county clerk. After holding a number of county and state offices, Parsons in 1852 became a regent of the University of Michigan. The same year he was elected lieutenant governor, and he became acting governor in March 1853 upon the resignation of Governor Robert McClelland. The formation of the Republican Party in 1854 badly split the Democratic forces and perhaps accounted for Parsons’s failure to receive the gubernatorial nomination. Instead, Parsons was elected to the state legislature from Shiawassee County. He fell ill during the legislative session of 1855 and returned to Corunna where he died on June 6, 1855.",,318 McNeil St.,Corunna,MI,0,very close to S. Comstock Street.,Shiawassee,07N03E28NWSE,42.976771,-84.114092,,Governors,10/17/2019,b2ee2c98-450b-4478-a02e-80a02e8654ca,0,845,0,,,,,416449
-84.63628202,45.85478877,MHC492013005,L2253,2,2013,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hubbard’s Annex to the National Park/Hubbard´s Annex to the National Park,,Hubbard’s Annex to the National Park,Hubbard´s Annex to the National Park,"Gurdon Hubbard (1802-1886) came to Mackinac Island from New England in 1818 to work in the fur trade. His expanding businesses centered on Chicago, where in 1834 he was elected as a town trustee. In 1855 Hubbard purchased this property, building a cottage in 1870. In 1882, Hubbard divided his land into parcels for a summer cottage community. At the time, much of the island was the nation’s second National Park.","Inspired by the City Beautiful Movement and the 1880s trend to create summer homes for wealthy urbanites eager to escape industrial cities, the Annex was among the first planned summer communities in Michigan. The cottages were built in a variety of styles along winding avenues that surrounded open private parks. Many of the early cottages in the Carpenter Gothic style were constructed by Charles W. Caskey.",Park Ave at Grand Ave,Mackinac Island,MI,49757,,Mackinac,,45.85478877,-84.63628202,,,03/30/2018,b18c7950-2f88-43b7-9a2d-80a5eb6b8cb2,0,846,4,"MHC492013005_1.jpg;MHC492013005_2.jpg;MHC492013005_3.jpg;MHC492013005_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Dedication Photo","09/07/2014;09/07/2014;08/01/2014;",416450
-84.363241,46.4923430000001,MHC171975002,L382,2,1975,1976,Modern Era (> 1970),Lake Superior State College,,Lake Superior State College,,"In 1946 the state of Michigan assumed control of New Fort Brady, and presented it to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, now Michigan Technological University. The Houghton-based school, forced to expand by the enrollment of returning veterans, adapted the old Army buildings to college classrooms, residence halls, and offices. Not until 1964, with the completion of Crawford Hall, did the campus have a building constructed for educational purposes. The school’s curriculum, which at first duplicated the main campus’s engineering program, was broadened. On January 1, 1970, the school became a separate and autonomous four-year institution called Lake Superior State College.",,West Easterday Rd,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,near the intersection of Meridian Road,Chippewa,47N01E06SWSW,46.492343,-84.363241,,,08/23/2017,79f7e67f-46d4-4099-ba2b-80b9bf372337,0,847,0,,,,,416451
-85.967931,42.0119320000001,MHC141974007,L367,2,1974,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Newton House,George Newton House,Newton House,,"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 timbered Fred Russ Experimental Forest, which Michigan State University used as a forestry school after receiving it as a gift in 1942. The Cass County Historical Commission has restored this elegant structure.",,20689 Marcellus Highway,Volinia Township,MI,0,,Cass,05S14W29NENW,42.011932,-85.967931,,,07/14/2017,fdb33a11-9134-4541-a5b9-80c79bf31a9e,0,848,0,,,,,416452
-83.2378229999999,42.7845740000001,MHC631972020,L212,2,1972,2010,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Lake Orion Methodist Church,,Lake Orion Methodist Church,,"Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a union church. The cornerstone of the present building was laid in 1872, and the church was dedicated on June 14, 1873. Members donated time and materials to reduce the cost to seven thousand dollars. To escape a noisy railroad the church was moved to its present location in 1901.",,140 East Flint Street,Lake Orion,MI,0,SW corner of Slater Street,Oakland,04N10E02SESE,42.784574,-83.237823,,,01/15/2020,1c5d3759-9ad0-454d-bbb7-80c980479622,0,849,2,"MHC631972020_1.jpg;MHC631972020_2.jpg","Sponsor;Sponsor","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","04/19/2012;04/19/2012",416453
-83.0588749999999,42.3493500000001,MHC821967004,S287,2,1967,2019,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The Detroit Medical College,Detroit College of Medicine,The Detroit Medical College,,"Here in 1868 five young physicians, whose work with wounded during the Civil War had left them eager to improve the quality of medical education, founded the Detroit Medical College, the city’s first such school. Like nearby Harper Hospital, it occupied the barracks-type buildings of a former military hospital. These were razed in 1884, but the school continued as the Detroit College of Medicine and became well-known for the variety and quality of its clinical instruction. In 1933 it was one of six city colleges to be consolidated into the institution now known as Wayne State University.
",,3800 Woodward,Detroit,MI,0,at Martin Place,Wayne, ,42.34935,-83.058875,,4,10/13/2022,b7e4c727-20d0-428a-9c12-80cccb7f33c1,0,850,0,,,,,416454
-84.791335,42.5334530000001,MHC231987048,L1371A,2,1987,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Center Eaton United Methodist Church,,Center Eaton United Methodist Church,,"On November 30, 1878, the local Methodist class purchased land for a church from Benjamin and Catherine Spotts for twenty-five dollars. Church men cut and hewed the logs for the building. The Reverend B. E. Paddock dedicated the church on November 10, 1881. Luren D. Dickinson, governor of Michigan from 1939 to 1940, taught Sunday school here both before and during his tenure as governor. From 1918 to 1955 the church sponsored Lulu Tubbs, a missionary in Southern Rhodesia, which became Zimbabwe.",,2145 Narrow Lake Rd.,Eaton Township,MI,0,,Eaton,02N04W28SENW,42.533453,-84.791335,,,08/30/2017,32538916-0cfc-4b6d-861c-8157cfc9d058,0,851,0,,,,,416455
-83.1907725299999,42.11630668,MHC822006037,S704C,2,2006,2007,Native People and the French (< 1760),The Detroit River / Detriot River Recovery,,The Detroit River,Detriot River Recovery,"People have long been drawn to the Detroit River for settlement and commerce. Archaeological evidence suggests Native Americans lived along the river as early as A.D. 750. French exploration and the growth of Detroit during the 18th century led to exploitation of the river’s resources, including lake whitefish, sturgeon, and other species; its use for transporting commercial goods; and, during the 19th century, the production of power for industry. By the early 1900s raw sewage pollution resulted in typhoid fever and cholera outbreaks. A massive duck kill caused by oil during the winter of 1948 led to protests by conservation and sportsmen’s groups and ultimately tougher state water pollution laws.","Despite state anti-pollution laws passed in 1948, by the 1960s phosphorus fouled the Detroit River and nearby Lake Erie. Faced with declining fish populations and unhealthy waters, Michigan set strict limits on phosphates in laundry detergent. The 1970 discovery of industrial mercury in the river encouraged passage of the U.S. Clean Water Act and the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, both signed in 1972. Pollution control and prevention measures resulted in increased reproduction among sturgeon and whitefish in the Detroit River and the return of peregrine falcons and bald eagles along its banks. The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, created in 2001, was a milestone in the river’s recovery.",5437 W. Jefferson Ave.,Trenton,MI,48183,,Wayne,04S10E25NESE,42.11630668,-83.19077253,,Heritage Conservation Trail,08/17/2017,514561f4-9837-49db-a603-81c0518aea80,0,852,0,,,,,416456
-84.6087669999999,45.849727,MHC491956050,HB3,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mission Church,,Mission Church,,"This is one of Michigan’s oldest Protestant churches. It was built in 1829-30 by the Presbyterian flock of Reverend William M. Ferry, founder in 1823 of a nearby Indian mission. Robert Stuart and Henry Schoolcraft were lay leaders. About 1838 private owners bought the building. It is judged Michigan’s best example of the New England Colonial church style.",,Huron Street at Truscott,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.849727,-84.608767,,,09/05/2017,95e6c246-c293-4b6c-90bb-81c3e96d9e6e,0,853,1,MHC491956050_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/28/2015,416457
-84.672317,45.7452900000001,MHC161984021,L1154,2,1984,1984,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Old Mill Creek,"Robert Campbell Mill; Old Mill Creek State Historic Park",Old Mill Creek,,"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 were one of the earliest industrial enterprises in northern Michigan. The complex later included a gristmill, an orchard, a blacksmith shop, a warehouse and several homes. Michael Dousman purchased the site in 1819 and continued to operate the mill until 1839. By 1867 the buildings were gone and the site had fallen into disrepair. In 1975 the Mackinac Island State Park Commission acquired the site. It opened its recreated working sawmill to the public in 1984.",,State Park,Mackinaw Township,MI,0,four miles SE of Mackinaw City on US-23,Cheboygan, ,45.74529,-84.672317,,,01/14/2020,8bad140e-787d-44c2-8990-8210a7fdf7af,0,854,0,,,,,416458
-83.2950999999999,42.3759150000001,MHC821991003,L1826,2,1991,1991,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Redford Township School District No. 9,Beech School,Redford Township School District No. 9,,"In 1874 Redford Township School District No. 9 bought an acre of land from Eugenius and Abigail Hodge and erected this school. Named Beech School, it served the Beech Park settlement that sprang up here adjacent to the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad. The school was built to accommodate sixty children—although only fifty residents lived in the settlement at the time—and was the largest in the township. Classes were held in Beech School until 1952. The building has housed meetings of the Masonic lodge and the Boy Scouts of America, served as school offices and storage facilities, and as the headquarters for the Association of Retarded Citizens. In 1988 the South Redford School District sold the property to a private developer.",,12259 Beech Daly Rd.,Redford Township,MI,0,at Southwestern and Capitol,Wayne,01S10E30NESE,42.375915,-83.2951,,,01/23/2020,65df4b4d-c4bf-4a3c-bd18-821102a3bcd1,0,855,0,,,,,416459
-86.2800119999999,43.9569890000001,MHC531989018,L1677C,2,1989,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Scottville,,Scotville,,"White settlers came to this area around 1860. In 1876 a station on the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad opened. In 1879 James Sweetland built a sawmill adjacent to the railroad, which precipitated the establishment of a post office for the community of Sweetland. He sold the mill a year later to the firm of Crowley and Scott. Sweetland was informally known as Mason Center because of its location at the county’s geographical center. In 1882 Hiram Scott and Charles Blain platted the village. According to legend, the men determined the name of the village with the toss of a coin. Scott won the toss and named the village Scottville. Charles Blain named the streets, the first of which were Blain, Crowley, State, and Main. Scottville was incorporated as a village in 1889 and as a city in 1907. Today Scottville remains the agricultural center of Mason County.",,100 South Main Street,Scottville,MI,0,"Downtown pedestrian mall, South of the intersection of US-10 and US-31",Mason,18N17W13SENE,43.956989,-86.280012,,,01/15/2020,56bd7486-df20-4896-8f73-824225cec3c8,0,857,1,MHC531989018_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416460
-84.6050319999999,43.2915130000001,MHC291957049,S176,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Gratiot County,,Gratiot County,,"This county was named for General Charles Gratiot, builder of Fort Gratiot at Port Huron in 1814. A few Chippewas and other Indians lived in the area in 1831 when the county was laid out. A Lutheran Indian mission was set up in 1846 near what is now St. Louis. Settling of the county began in the same year. In 1856 the county government was organized, Ithaca being selected as county seat. Agriculture and industry combine to give Gratiot County a stable economy.",,Center St. Courthouse Square,Ithaca,MI,0,near the front sidewalk in the center of the block - closest to Center Street,Gratiot,10N03W01NENE,43.291513,-84.605032,,,08/30/2017,24a9af2d-95da-4151-89b5-8255ddec47a3,0,859,2,"MHC291957049_2.jpg;MHC291957049_3.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Michigan History Center","Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";10/01/2020",416461
-83.6881329999999,43.0121730000001,MHC252005001,L2150C,2,2005,2005,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Resisting Slavery / Robert J. Cromwell,,Resisting Slavery,Robert J. Cromwell,"During the mid-nineteenth century a small number of African Americans settled in Genesee County where they found cheap land and employment as barbers, laborers, farmers, carpenters, and domestics. At this time differing opinions in Genesee County reflected growing tension nationally. The Genesee Weekly Democrat ran articles unsympathetic to Blacks, but also printed editorials opposing slavery. The Genesee Whig promoted abolition. In 1841 residents formed the Genesee County Anti-Slavery Society and held meetings at the courthouse, which became a venue for national figures who lectured about the evils of slavery. Author, publisher and activist who escaped slavery, Henry W. Bibb, and Liberty party presidential candidate James G. Birney spoke here, among other notable lecturers.","Robert J. Cromwell escaped enslavement in Missouri in 1840. He settled in Flint around 1846 and opened a barbershop. That year Cromwell wrote a letter to his former enslaver, a man named Dunn, in an effort to purchase his daughter´s freedom. Dunn noted the Flint postmark and began searching for Cromwell. This advertisement, which appeared in the Flint Republican, confirmed for Dunn that Cromwell was indeed in Flint. Cromwell fled to Detroit. Dunn pursued him, but was foiled by African American and Irish American Cromwell sympathizers there. By 1851, an African American barber named Robert Cromwell had opened a shop in Chatham, Ontario.",900 S. Saginaw Street,Flint,MI,48502,"Between Fifth & Court Sts., on walking path, in NW section of Courthouse Square.",Genesee,,43.012173,-83.688133,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",09/08/2020,4ee10544-394a-4d3d-965c-82889db182e5,0,860,2,"MHC252005001_1.jpg;MHC252005001_2.jpg","Karl F Collyer;Karl F Collyer","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","02/20/2020;02/20/2020",416462
-83.494248,45.359518,MHC711988020,L1563A,2,1988,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Presque Isle Light Station,,Presque Isle Light Station,,"This lighthouse, built in 1870 by Orlando M. Poe, is one of three Great Lakes towers built from the same plans. It replaced the smaller 1840 harbor light. The conical brick tower rises 113 feet from a limestone foundation. The Third Order Fresnel lens was made by Henri LePaute of Paris. Patrick Garrity, the keeper of the harbor light, lit the lamp for the first time at the opening of the 1871 navigation season. Garrity served here until 1885 when he became keeper of the Harbor Range Lights. His wife, Mary, sons Thomas, Patrick, and John, and daughter Anna all served as light keepers in this area. In 1890 a steam-operated fog signal manufactured by Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio, was installed. The light was automated in 1970 by the U.S. Coast Guard.",,4500 East Grand Lake Rd,Presque Isle,MI,0,,Presque Isle,34N08E08SENW,45.359518,-83.494248,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,4",03/19/2021,7219fab1-719b-47d2-af53-82aa77ac3a2b,0,861,2,"MHC711988020_1.jpg;MHC711988020_2.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","10/10/2020;10/10/2020",416463
-83.194731,43.2292810000001,MHC441979027,L752A,2,1979,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Pioneer Bank,,Pioneer Bank,,"Pioneer Bank was founded in 1885 as a state bank, and reorganized in 1889. President Frederick Howard, Vice President Albert Sholes, and Cashier Charles W. Ballard were bank officers. In 1903 this lot was purchased from Sholes, and soon after the board selected Bay City architects Clark and Munger to design new offices. A bank was partially constructed, but it burned before completion. The present classical-inspired structure replaced the original and opened in 1906. In 1982 the bank was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,4046 Huron St. (M-90),North Branch,MI,0,,Lapeer,09N11E04NWSW,43.229281,-83.194731,,,09/01/2017,d7d4f404-07a1-4246-b0e4-82b9d6b55c1a,1982,862,0,,,,,416464
-85.858281,43.7128220000001,MHC622008009,L2200C,2,2008,2010,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Woodland Park,Newaygo No. 5 School,Woodland Park,,"During the 1920s, investors Wilber Lemon, A.E. Wright, Marion and Ella Auther, and others purchased land at Brookings, a former logging community. Here they platted Woodland Park as a summer resort for African Americans. These investors were also involved in developing the nearby resort Idlewild. Woodland Park, known for its quiet, residential atmosphere, had a clubhouse for property owners and lodging establishments, including the Royal Breeze Hotel. The Authers built the hotel around the original Brookings Lumber Company mill. Federal Civil Rights legislation passed during the 1960s gave African Americans equal access to public accommodations. This access allowed people to vacation where they pleased and lessened the need for resorts like Woodland Park.",,2316 11 Mile Road,Bitely,MI,0,,Newaygo,15N13W03SWSW,43.712822,-85.858281,,"African-American History,4",03/29/2022,2788cffb-8b3a-4343-afcf-82c28b65a235,0,863,3,"MHC622008009_1.jpg;MHC622008009_2.jpg;MHC622008009_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","11/15/2016;;",416465
-85.9850281399999,46.67333741,MHC022006001,S698,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Pickle Barrel House / The Teenie Weenies,,Pickle Barrel House,The Teenie Weenies,"The Pioneer Cooperage Company of Chicago designed this small vacation cottage, which stood on the shores of nearby Sable Lake from 1926 until about 1937. It was built for William Donahey, creator of the Chicago Tribune cartoon story The Teenie Weenies. The house was constructed as a typical barrel would have been, only on a much larger scale. The main barrel contained a living area on the first floor and a bedroom on the second. A pantry connected this barrel to a smaller single-story one, which housed a kitchen. Donahey spent ten summers at the cottage with his wife, Mary, herself a noted author of children's books. The structure was then moved to its current site and used as a tourist information center. The Pickle Barrel House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","William Donahey´s widely syndicated comic, The Teenie Weenies, debuted in the Chicago Tribune in 1914 and continued until the creator´s death in 1970. The cartoon story featured minature people who lived in a world of life-sized objects that to them were enormous. The popluarity of these playful characters led to a contract for Donahey with the Chicago firm of Reid, Murdoch and Company, which hired the artist to create packaging and advertising for its line of food products. The Pickle Barrel House was a large-scale version of the miniature oak casks in which the company´s Monarch-brand pickles were sold, and likely was intended as an advertisement for their pickle products. Teenie Weenie books were translated into several languages, and over one million copies were sold worldwide.",14252 Lake Avenue,Grand Marais,MI,49839,Corner of Lake and Randolph Sts.,Alger,49N13W06SWNW,46.67333741,-85.98502814,,5,01/13/2017,cbdea0bb-9f3b-4b73-a1c2-82dce2973880,2004,864,0,,,,,416466
-85.179227,42.315505,MHC132002018,L2115,2,2002,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),C. W. Post / C.W. Post Monument,,C. W. Post,C.W. Post Monument,"A native of Springfield, Illinois, Charles William Post came to this city in 1891 as a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. In 1892 he opened his own sanitarium and dedicated himself to developing and manufacturing healthy food products such as Postum, Grape-Nuts, and Post Toasties. Post considered advertising to be “the sunshine that makes a business plant grow,” and he touted his products as “food never touched by human hands.” By the time he died in 1914, C. W. Post had amassed a multi-million dollar fortune.","Cereal magnate Charles William Post was amoung Battle Creek´s most beloved citizens. He built a neighborhood for his workers, an office buildng, and a hotel known as the Post Tavern. In 1907 he founded Post City, Texas. When Post died in 1914 in California, his widow, Leila, brough his body back to Battle Creek for burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Johannes Gelert of New York sculpted this monument in 1917. An identical one was made for Post, Texas, in 1957.",48 East Main,Battle Creek,MI,0,Monument Park,Calhoun,02S07W07SWNW,42.315505,-85.179227,,,08/21/2019,8da387da-a4d8-4642-a0c2-82edf6f88c06,0,865,0,,,,,416467
-88.6402819999999,46.092407,MHC361974021,L376,2,1974,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Iron Inn,Iron Inn Hotel,Iron Inn,,"Erected in 1906, this hotel is said to be the first brick commercial building in the city. The Iron Inn is known for a Prohibition-era incident which occurred in February 1920. Here local attorney Martin McDonough challenged the right of federal Prohibition officer A. V. Dalrymple to arrest, without a warrant, people involved in a wine-making operation. This confrontation was part of the eight-day “Rum Rebellion” against federal policies of seizure relating to Prohibition. It resulted in the reaffirmation of due process in Iron County.",,202 West Adams,Iron River,MI,0,,Iron,43N35W26NESE,46.092407,-88.640282,,,02/14/2018,d98a47ea-bfbe-415f-a3f2-8389e7aea959,0,866,0,,,,,416468
-83.442825,42.854385,MHC631983019,L1066B,2,1983,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ortonville Methodist Episcopal Church,,Ortonville Methodist Episcopal Church,,"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 church on Washburn Road, which it used until the present church was erected just north of this site in 1879. That church was moved here in 1887 and enlarged and remodeled in 1961. The oldest church building in Ortonville, it has a gable roof and a center bell tower.",,93 Church Street,Ortonville,MI,0,,Oakland,05N09E07SWSE,42.854385,-83.442825,,,09/12/2017,c102dd2a-101e-4665-a790-83a1fa7d1a1e,0,867,0,,,,,416469
-83.3320679999999,42.362482,MHC821973006,L261,2,1973,1974,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Wilson Barn,,Wilson Barn,,"This barn was constructed in 1919 on the burnt-out foundation of an earlier structure, built about 1888. It is a fine example of an increasingly rare bank barn style. Here, on the farm owned and operated by his family since 1847, Ira Wilson built a million-dollar enterprise which grew from dairy farming, to delivery, to full creamery operations. By his death in 1944 the business had become “one of the district’s leading creameries.” Wilson also held several local elective offices.",,Middlebelt Road,Livonia,MI,0,NE corner of Middlebelt and West Chicago Roads,Wayne,01S09E36SWNW,42.362482,-83.332068,,,09/20/2017,7036bad8-9e0c-45a1-abdc-83e108082b5b,0,868,0,,,,,416470
-84.934358,45.3838930000001,MHC241957020,S151A,2,1957,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bay View Association / Bay View,,Bay View Association,Bay View,"Beginning in 1875 as a Methodist camp, the Bay View Association encouraged scientific and intellectual development within a religious community. In 1885 John M. Hall of Flint began the summer educational assembly program. The Methodist camp meeting resort of Chautauqua, New York, inspired Bay View to organize schools of art, cooking, elocution, and music. In addition, cottagers participated in religious study, reading circles, dramatic, and recreational activities. In 1890 Evelyn Hall was built for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. William Jennings Bryan, Bruce Catton, Lillian Hellman, Helen Keller, and Booker T. Washington were among the speakers who came here. Bay View continues to attract cottagers from throughout the United States.","
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. Planned during the late 1870s, the curving streets follow natural terraces. The park-like setting reflects nineteenth century romantic landscape design. Railroads and steamboats spurred Bay View’s growth by providing convenient transportation for people from southern Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Methodist camps at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and Ocean Grove, New Jersey, influenced Bay View’s plan. Samuel O. Knapp, one of Bay View’s founders, built the first cottage in what was then wilderness. By 1900, 420 cottages had been built. Bay View is a National Historic Landmark.",Center of Bay View Campus,Bay View,MI,0,Near Evelyn Hall,Emmet,35N05W33NWSW,45.383893,-84.934358,,,08/30/2017,15805284-f244-4bbb-9ba2-8428bb5cc670,1972,869,2,"MHC241957020_1.jpg;MHC241957020_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/07/2015;06/07/2015",416471
-83.614722,42.2434480000001,MHC811996014,L1961,2,1996,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Methodist Episcopal Church,First United Methodist Church,First Methodist Episcopal Church,,"When the First Methodist Episcopal Church opened in June 1892, the Ypsilantian called it “an ornament to the city.” The church typifies Akron Plan churches, popular among late nineteenth century Protestants. The Akron architectural firm of Weary and Kramer designed the seating in arcs to give each person a full view of the minister. Washtenaw County Methodism dates from 1825 when itinerant minister Reverend Elias Pattee organized a class in the nearby settlement of Woodruff’s Grove. Pattee served the Huron circuit, which extended from Detroit west to present-day Jackson. This church building is the third to serve the congregation.",,209 Washtenaw Avenue,Ypsilanti,MI,0,,Washtenaw,03S07E09NENW,42.243448,-83.614722,,,09/20/2017,c0cc0e0a-6e14-4149-be90-842b92461ed8,0,870,0,,,,,416472
-85.502257,43.7841080000001,MHC541978010,S506,2,1978,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Paris Fish Hatchery,,Paris Fish Hatchery,,"Opening in 1881, the Paris Fish Hatchery was the state’s second fish-rearing agency. This area was selected because of its abundant sources of water and excellent railroad connections. The Paris Fish Hatchery was a major supplier of salmon and brown trout fingerlings. Fish in milk cans painted a distinctive red were shipped throughout the state in railroad baggage cars, the most famous of which was the “Wolverine,” which was used from 1913 to 1938, when motorized vehicles began to dominate shipment. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) renovated and expanded the facility in the mid-1930s. It continued to operate until 1964, when it was closed by the Department of Natural Resources. The site was acquired by the Mecosta County Park Commission in 1973, refurbished as a park and reopened in July 1976.",,"Paris Park Old US-131, Northland Drive",Green Township,MI,0,Between 22-Mile and 23-Mile Roads,Mecosta,16N10W15NWNW,43.784108,-85.502257,,Heritage Conservation Trail,09/06/2017,53e85afe-420d-4e47-9808-843054df07d9,0,871,0,,,,,416473
-86.6233809999999,41.8738440000001,MHC112015013,L2272C,2,2015,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Carl Sandburg / Chikaming Goat Farm,Harbert Community Park,Carl Sandburg,Chikaming Goat Farm,"In 1926, author and poet Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) and his family rented a summer home on Lake Michigan, near the town of Sawyer. Two years later, Sandburg purchased several lots in Harbert. His wife Lilian (1883-1977), whom he called Paula, designed and supervised construction of a beachfront three-story home that would become their year-round residence for the next seventeen years. Sandburg rode the train from Harbert to Chicago to return to his office at The Chicago Daily News as needed. When he stayed up all night writing, Lilian left breakfast and coffee by his office door. While living near here, Sandburg completed several books, including a volume of poetry called The People: Yes, Steichen the Photographer and the Pulitzer Prize winning multi-volume set Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.","From 1928 to 1945, poet Carl Sandburg and his family lived in a beachfront home near here. When he took breaks from writing, Sandburg walked the sand dunes or studied Lake Michigan from his deck. Often, he entertained friends by singing and playing songs on his guitar. His wife Lilian developed an interest in farming, and in 1935, purchased a small herd of goats. They named their property Chikaming Goat Farm after an early Native American tribe in the area. As Lilian’s goat breeding program increased, the herd earned national recognition for high milk production. Seeking a milder climate, the Sandburg family moved to North Carolina in 1945. In an interview for a local newspaper, Sandburg said, “I’ve traveled from coast to coast … and I find Harbert best of all. Lake Michigan is beautiful and I love this spot.”",,Harbert,MI,49115,Chikaming Township,Berrien,07S20W10SESW,41.873844,-86.623381,,,02/16/2021,a13377a1-c023-436e-9968-845e58a7f452,0,872,2,"MHC112015013_1.jpg;MHC112015013_2.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided","Other Photo;Other Photo","07/31/2013;07/31/2013",416474
-84.48842525,42.7313501200001,MHC332008003,L2205C,2,2008,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),College Field / College Field,Old College Field,College Field,College Field,"In 1900 about 625 students attended the State Agricultural College, known commonly as M.A.C. The school was the precursor to Michigan State University. Making a new commitment to serious intercollegiate athletic competition, the college purchased land here, along the Red Cedar River, for an athletic field. Intramural sports had been part of M.A.C. life since its founding in 1855; however, contests with other institutions did not begin until 1884. On April 18, 1902, the M.A.C. Aggies baseball team met the University of Michigan Wolverines in the first game held at this site. The new venue had baseball and football fields, circular and straight tracks, and later, lights and a grandstand. In 1923 football moved south to a new stadium, but baseball remained at College Field.","College field opened in 1902 as the primary sports venue for “The Aggies” of the State Agricultural College. Some sports relocated, but baseball remained here and was later joined by softball and soccer. In 1925 the school became the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, prompting a change in the team name from Aggies to Spartans. Two men stand out in the history of College Field and Aggie/Spartan sports. Lymon Frimodig (1891-1972) played baseball and football here, earning a record-setting ten letters in three sports. He spent over forty years with the athletic department, serving for a time as assistant director. John Kobs (1898-1968) coached Spartan baseball for nearly forty years and captured the Big Ten title in 1954. In 1969 the baseball field was named in his honor.",Michigan State University Campus,East Lansing,MI,48824,Kalamazoo Street between Birch Road and West Circle Drive,Ingham,04N02W13NESE,42.73135012,-84.48842525,,,08/08/2017,604ee6b0-1546-466b-a540-848b086c522d,0,873,1,MHC332008003_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,,416475
-83.710112,43.01039,MHC251977001,S497-b,2,1977,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Flint Sit-Down,Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37/Fisher Two,The Flint Sit-Down,,"On December 30, 1936, Fisher Body workers struck this plant as the sit-down strikes against General Motors continued. Their primary objective was union recognition. Violence erupted on January 11, 1937, as an attempt was made to halt food deliveries to the strikers. The street became a battlefield as gunfire, flying debris, tear gas, and high pressure water hoses became assault weapons. Sixteen strikers and eleven police officers were wounded. Governor Frank Murphy ordered the National Guard into Flint on January 12. On February 11, 1937, the strike ended when General Motors accepted the United Auto Workers as bargaining agent for all UAW members. A new era in American labor relations was born as the old open shop policy of industry gave way to a more modern labor-industry relationship designed to promote justice, stability, and mutual interests.",,South Chevrolet Avenue,Flint,MI,0,"Fisher Two - marker reported stolen in 2004; building has been destroyed if marker ever found it should be destroyed because of inaccurate text.",Genesee,,43.01039,-83.710112,,"Auto Industry,4",07/10/2019,4066416f-9908-45c9-aecc-848ca71662f7,0,874,0,,,,,416476
-83.940235,42.8226020000001,MHC781996006,L1960,2,1996,1998,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Byron Cemetery / Byron Cemetery,,Byron Cemetery,Byron Cemetery,"Byron Cemetery originated with the 1837 interment of Theodore H. Provost, the son of one of Byron’s founders. According to local historians, Chippewa lived on this site until it became a cemetery. Byron Cemetery contains some sixteen hundred nineteenth century graves. The remains of fifty-six Civil War soldiers and veterans are interred here, including those of James Sleeth, a surgeon during the war who later became a lawyer and newspaper publisher. A large pedestal with crossed rifles honors unknown Civil War dead.","Fieldstones from local farms, urns, obelisks, and monuments with common Christian symbols such as angels and weeping willows mark the graves in Byron Cemetery. In keeping with Judeo-Christian tradition, burials are oriented east to west. A mysterious exception is the grave of Richard Tubman, a thirty-five-year-old Irish horse groom. His grave, marked by a pulpit with a closed book, is oriented north to south. A seated maiden honors Ellen May Tower, a Spanish-American War nurse who died of typhoid fever in Puerto Rico in 1898.",At end of Hamilton & Water Sts.,Byron,MI,48418,"At cemetery main gate, Hamilton St. entrance",Shiawassee,05N04E24NWNW,42.822602,-83.940235,,Civil War,09/16/2019,64da6d45-ce8b-4399-af6a-84e83929a503,0,875,0,,,,,416477
-84.215161,42.292865,MHC381962009,S233B,2,1962,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Jackson Area,,The Jackson Area,,"The pioneers in the 1830s, by the tens of thousands, traveled west over the Territorial Road (roughly parallel to I-94). Many of them stopped in the Jackson area to take up land. Jackson County was named after Andrew Jackson and organized in 1832. The principal settlement, Jackson, founded in 1829, was first called Jacksonopolis and later Jacksonburgh. Located near the head of the Grand River, Jackson has always been an important transportation center. One of America’s most famous political conventions took place in this city on July 6, 1854, when fifteen hundred persons from throughout Michigan assembled “under the oaks” and organized a new party, which they named the Republican party. This area is the home of Michigan’s oldest and largest state prison and many diversified industries.",,Rest Area Westbound I-94,Jackson,MI,0,located in the rest area,Jackson,02S02E17SWSE,42.292865,-84.215161,,,06/21/2017,8acd57c6-313f-4c0e-858f-85073fe0f410,0,876,2,"MHC381962009_1.jpg;MHC381962009_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","04/19/2018;04/19/2018",416478
-88.505344,47.1773450000001,MHC311956034,S30,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Copper Country,,The Copper Country,,"Long before Columbus reached America, Indians extracted native copper in the Lake Superior region and worked it into articles which were used by tribes throughout the continent. French explorers learned of the vast copper deposits but were not able to mine the metal. In 1771 an English group tried without success to mine copper near the Ontonagon Boulder, a huge mass of native copper weighing three tons. In 1841 Douglass Houghton’s survey of copper resources was printed. Prospectors by the hundreds soon flocked here. Boom towns sprang up. The Phoenix was the first real mine to begin operation, but the Cliff was the first to show a profit. Soon miners were tapping the rich deposits all along the Keweenaw Peninsula’s backbone. Until 1887 this was the country’s leading center of copper production. This has been virtually the only area in the world with any substantial native copper production. Copper is found in combination with other elements at the White Pine Mine where a great new mining operation began in the 1950s.",,Roadside Park off US-41,Calumet,MI,0,"North of Airport Road, midway between Hancock and Calumet Sts.; Quincy Township",Houghton,55N33W09NWSW,47.177345,-88.505344,,Mining Industry,08/18/2017,b804cb76-aa22-4979-b448-85174fe8babb,0,877,1,MHC311956034_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416479
-83.240444,42.4776830000001,MHC631999002,L2074,2,1999,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mary Thompson House,,Mary Thompson House,,"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 1909. After teaching in Ohio, New Jersey, and Florida, Thompson returned to Southfield in 1921 and continued to teach. Upon her death, the house was given to the city as a senior center, as stipulated in her will.",,25630 Evergreen Rd,Southfield,MI,0,,Oakland,01N10E23NWSW,42.477683,-83.240444,,,07/27/2017,274b50d7-28e8-468d-ab1f-85737018bc41,0,879,0,,,,,416480
-83.126389,42.9244440000001,MHC441977016,L534,2,1977,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),General Squier Park / General Squier Park,Dryden Community Country Club,General Squier Park,General Squier Park,"Major General George Owen Squier (1865-1934) was a noted soldier and scientist. Graduating from West Point in 1887, he subsequently led the United States Signal Corps. He was also Chief of the Army Air Service during World War I and military attache in London during the postwar period. Working in the capacity of science, he discovered the multiplex telegraph system, which made him world renowned. The general held membership in the National Academy of Sciences, London Physical Society, and the Royal Institute of Great Britain. Although he was denied royalties because of his army affiliations, Squier continued to contribute to the world of invention and discovery. He perfected much of his work at his country estate, which he opened as this free public park for the people of the community.","General Squier held a great love for his community and showed this by establishing a country club in 1918 for the people of the entire area. The club was originally known as the “Golden Rule Club” for the general’s only rule was that visitors should leave the grounds and equipment as they found them. In 1918 Squier purchased the old mill, built in 1871, and converted it into a cottage. In 1919 a building known as Forest Hall was constructed and served as the main meeting, dance, and banquet area of the park. Other structures include a variety of rustic shelters, teahouses, and a lookout tower. The general spent many hours of creative work in the tower as well as offering its use to the public. Lapeer County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Commission now administers this quaint little country club.",4725 South Mill Road,Dryden Twp,MI,0,,Lapeer,06N11E23SENE,42.924444,-83.126389,,,09/01/2017,64f452d7-ff8c-4d2e-be5b-85923e1e007f,0,880,0,,,,,416481
-83.046184,42.5117440000001,MHC501967001,S284,2,1967,1974,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Governor Alex J. Groesbeck,,Governor Alex J. Groesbeck,,"Son of a pioneer Dutch-French family, Groesbeck was born in Warren Township near the corner of Mound and Twelve Mile Roads in 1872. His father’s election as sheriff in 1880 caused the family to move to Mount Clemens. In 1893 Alex graduated from the University of Michigan and began a long and distinguished legal career in Detroit. After serving as state attorney general from 1917 to 1920 he became governor for the first of three successive terms in 1921. His Republican administrations were noted for governmental reorganization, prison reform, and expansion of state highways. Highway M-97 was subsequently named after him. In 1927 he returned to Detroit, retaining active interest in public affairs until his death in 1953.",,Mound Road,Warren,MI,0,"Main entrance of the GM Technical Center off from Mound Road betwwen 12 Mile Road and 13 Mile Road; there are two markers at this location - the other is titled General Motors Technical Center and is State Site S676",Macomb,01N12E09NWSW,42.511744,-83.046184,,Governors,09/10/2019,b7c3c0c5-8ab9-4cea-bfba-8599b4fdc909,0,881,0,,,,,416482
-83.042268,42.920908,MHC441975008,L392A,2,1975,2004,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Currier House,Currier Octagon House,Currier House,,"Frederick and Mary Currier built this house around 1854, inspired by Orson Fowler’s A Home for All, which promoted the octagon form as a healthy place to live. The tall windows, which emit light and air, and the five octagonal rooms reflect Fowler’s philosophy. The Curriers came to Almont from New England in 1847. A machinist by trade, at one time Currier (1812-1900) owned factories and farms, and invested in banking and lumbering. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,231 E. St. Clair Street,Almont,MI,48003,,Lapeer,06N12E22SWSW,42.920908,-83.042268,,,09/09/2019,209072cf-6472-419a-8333-85a2f16372e4,1975,882,0,,,,,416483
-83.3069869999999,42.52581,MHC631960004,L11,2,1960,1960,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Franklin Village,,Franklin Village,,"Founded in 1824-25, Franklin received its present name in 1828. First postmaster was Dr. Ebenezer Raynale, state legislator and physician. The William Huston store, opened in 1830, was the forerunner of a business center that later included the famous Broughton Wagon Shop, the Van Every Mills, now “Ye Olde Cider Mill,” several taverns, two distilleries, and two churches. The village also was a station on the Underground Railroad. Franklin still has the appearance and atmosphere of an early Michigan village.",,Franklin Road,Franklin,MI,0,"Village Green, Franklin Road, Between Carol and Wellington Streets",Oakland,01N10E06NWNE,42.52581,-83.306987,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",06/10/2020,344a1524-e545-471f-a96d-85cf49cc7497,0,883,0,,,,,416484
-87.04756,45.7457650000001,MHC211957010,S147,2,1957,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Little Bay de Noc,,Little Bay de Noc,,"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 on the shore of this deep harbor, from which the ores of all three of Michigan’s rich iron ranges have been shipped. Escanaba, which was incorporated in 1866, was one of the earliest lumbering centers in the Upper Peninsula. Sawmills were built here as early as 1836. Up the west shore of the bay, Gladstone was founded in 1887 by Senator W. D. Washburn to serve as a rail-lake terminal. Here, as at other points such as Ford River, Masonville, Rapid River, and Garth, the major source of income was timber products.",,Ludington Park,Escanaba,MI,0,Ludington Street,Delta,39N22W29NWSE,45.745765,-87.04756,,"Timber Industry,Mining Industry,4",07/13/2017,73744187-107e-4ed7-90bd-85d98a07f1fb,0,884,5,"MHC211957010_2.jpg;MHC211957010_3.jpg;MHC211957010_1.jpg;MHC211957010_4.jpg;MHC211957010_5.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Archives of Michigan;State Historic Preservation Office;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo",";02/01/1963;;10/06/2020;10/06/2020",416485
-83.147205,42.302578,MHC821991020,S635,2,1991,1992,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Ford Hunger March,,Ford Hunger March,,"On March 7, 1932, in the midst of the depression, unemployed autoworkers, their families, and union organizers braved bitter cold temperatures and gathered at this bridge, intent on marching to the Ford Rouge Plant and presenting a list of demands to Henry Ford. Some three thousand “hunger marchers” paraded down Miller Road. At the city limit Dearborn police blocked their path and hurled tear gas; the marchers responded with rocks and frozen mud. Near Gate No. 3 the demonstrators were bombarded by water from firehoses and a barrage of bullets. In the end, five marchers were killed, nineteen wounded by gunfire and numerous others by stones, bricks and clubs. Newspapers alleged the marchers were communists, but they were in fact people of all political, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.",,10550 Dix Avenue,Dearborn,MI,48120,"Inside UAW Local 600 Union Hall. Moved from its orginal and historic location at the site of the Hunger March (10520 Fort Street, Detroit)",Wayne,,42.302578,-83.147205,,Auto Industry,05/07/2019,77271761-717c-4209-a234-85e8e595a653,0,885,0,,,,,416486
-83.053737,42.348174,MHC821977007,L549,2,1977,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Alpha House,Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity House,Alpha House,,"Built about 1918, this Neoclassical-style structure houses Gamma Lambda Chapter, third graduate chapter of the first black national Greek letter fraternity in the United States: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. Founded in 1906 at Cornell University, the fraternity’s aims are manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. This local chapter, established in 1919, served as a focal point for black social, cultural, educational, and community service activities in an era when there were few other outlets. The chapter continues civic and cultural work and involvement in nonprofit business enterprises that benefit the metropolitan Detroit community. Martin Luther King Jr., W. E. B. Du Bois, and Edward “Duke” Ellington, among others, are national members who have achieved prominence.",,293 Eliot St.,Detroit,MI,0,between Brush and John R Streets (see comments regarding the refinish and salvage of the original marker),Wayne,,42.348174,-83.053737,,"African-American History,4",11/19/2021,6f1eff68-f3a6-4c7e-8d57-85eccd2e4bff,0,886,3,"MHC821977007_1.jpg;MHC821977007_2.jpg;MHC821977007_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","05/16/2015;05/16/2015;11/04/2021",416487
-84.6342079999999,45.873517,MHC491958021,S188,2,1958,1958,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Battlefield of 1814,,Battlefield of 1814,,"Here in this area on August 4, 1814, an American force battled the British in a vain attempt to recapture the island which the British had seized at the outbreak of the War of 1812. Coming ashore at what is known as British Landing, the Americans under Colonel George Croghan soon ran into strong resistance as they advanced inland. An attempt to outflank the British line was repulsed by Indians hidden in thick woods and resulted in the death of Major Andrew Holmes. Croghan withdrew when he found that he could not defeat the British.",,British Landing Road,Mackinac Island,MI,0,Near Wawashkamo Golf Club,Mackinac, ,45.873517,-84.634208,,War of 1812,09/05/2017,34429cea-5b1b-4d8d-a823-85ed6779d30d,0,887,1,MHC491958021_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,06/28/2015,416488
-85.3821799999999,45.2167370000001,MHC151996007,L1988,2,1996,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Norwood Township Hall,,Norwood Township Hall,,"Norwood was settled in 1866 when Orvis Wood, Lucius Pearl, and Orwin Adams built a dock and sawmill on the shore of Lake Michigan. The town thrived as a lumber shipping center with sawmills, a company store, and blacksmith shops. In 1884 the Norwood Township Board approved plans for the construction of the township hall. The building has served as the center of local government activity to the present day.",,19759 Lake Street,Norwood,MI,0,,Charlevoix,33N09W35SWNW,45.216737,-85.38218,,,08/18/2017,602acde9-24ea-4fb4-a38a-860f595908b5,0,888,0,,,,,416489
-83.06044936,42.64825159,MHC502006022,L2183C,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Spring Hill Farm/Utica Nike Base,Spring Hill Farm at River Bends Park,Spring Hill Farm,Utica Nike Base,"Peter and Sarah Lerich established Spring Hill Farm in the 1830s. Their daughter Liberetta wrote in 1923 that her parents, opponents of slavery, had built a hiding place into a hillside as part of the Underground Railroad. They planted a prominent cedar, known as ""the Beacon Tree,"" to mark the location. Liberetta reported that African Americans escaping slavery hid in the shelter while fleeing. In 1939 World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis purchased the 477-acre farm. An avid equestrian, Louis established a riding academy at the site, complete with a restaurant, dance hall, and lodge. Here he escaped from the world of boxing to live the life of a ""country squire."" Louis sold the farm in 1944, after which the property fell into disuse. Little of Spring Hill Farm remains today.","During the 1950s the U.S. Army developed its Nike anti-aircraft program. The conventional Nike Ajax guided missile and its nuclear-capable successor, Hercules, provided America´s cities with a ""last line of defense"" against attack by Soviet long-range bombers carrying atomic warheads. The Detroit region´s Nike defensive perimeter included fifteen missile bases. The Utica site comprised a launch facility (located one-half mile west of here) and an Integrated Fire Control center/administrative area (located one-third mile south). Army and Michigan National Guard units manned the site from 1955 until 1974, when it closed. The enemy bomber had been replaced by intercontinental ballistic missiles, a new threat against which the Nike system would be useless.",River Bends Park,Shelby Township,,0,,Macomb,03N12E29SWNE,42.64825159,-83.06044936,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",07/23/2019,dc0bb0df-6bf7-4cd8-9866-86264f940cb2,0,889,0,,,,,416490
-84.723665,45.7829750000001,MHC161987022,L1414C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mackinaw City / Mackinaw City,,Mackinaw City,Mackinaw City,"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 French returned in 1715 and established Fort Michilimackinac, which they occupied until the English took over in 1761. The English abandoned the fort in 1781, during the American Revolution, and reestablished it at Mackinac Island. In 1857 Edgar Conkling and Asbury Searles platted the present village of Mackinaw City. The village developed commercially with the arrival in 1881 of the Michigan Central Railroad, which terminated here. The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad arrived in 1882. Mackinaw City was officially incorporated as a village in December 1883.","This site was the terminus of the Dixie Highway, the Mackinaw Trail, the East Michigan Pike, and the West Michigan Pike. The East and West Pikes were mapped out in 1913 as gravel and dirt roads. Concrete construction began in the 1920s. Private auto clubs began making trips on the West Michigan Pike, which extended from Chicago to Mackinaw City, in 1913. The first trip, from St. Joseph to Mackinaw City, marked the beginning of an annual event that continued until 1919. Beginning in 1916 the East Pike was used for touring. Groups from Detroit came up this eastern route. Until the Mackinac Bridge was completed in 1957, the State Highway Department managed a ferry system that transported those arriving by these routes across the Straits of Mackinac.",Marina Park,Mackinaw City,MI,0,At Central and Huron Avenues,Cheboygan,39N03W07SESW,45.782975,-84.723665,,,08/23/2017,d2ccac05-7b1e-4d2f-b7f3-862fc56332d5,0,890,0,,,,,416491
-84.624788,45.8506780000001,MHC491957004,HB10,2,1957,1958,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grand Hotel,,Grand Hotel,,"Opened on July 10, 1887, the Grand Hotel was built by the Grand Rapids and Indiana and the Michigan Central Railroads and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company through the efforts of Senator Francis B. Stockbridge. It is built of Michigan white pine. With its magnificent colonial porch, longest in the world, it is a classic example of gracious living in Victorian days. One of the outstanding landmarks on the Great Lakes, it is the world’s largest summer hotel.",,West Bluff,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac,,45.850678,-84.624788,,,09/05/2017,333c085b-f4ca-4a26-a562-863803a7631f,0,891,2,"MHC491957004_2.jpg;MHC491957004_1.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Michigan History Center","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";06/28/2015",416492
-86.01391,42.810867,MHC702009014,L2218C,2,2009,2010,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"Michigan's ""Chick Center""",Zeeland Poultry Industry,"Michigan's ""Chick Center""",,"Zeeland´s origin as a major center for the poultry industry dates from 1906, when farmer Douwe Wyngarden purchased two mail order incubators and started the area´s first commercial chicken hatchery. Thirty years later, with Zeeland hatcheries leading the way, the Zeeland-Holland area produced millions of chicks. In 1947 the Michigan Tradesman hailed Zeeland as the chick capital of the state and reported that 10 million chicks were shipped annually from forty area hatcheries. The magazine stated that the area was ""nationally recognized as the quality chick center of the United States."" The industry´s importance was reflected in many aspects of Zeeland´s civic life. The high school´s sports teams were named the ""Chicks"" (later, ""Chix""), and an annual pageant crowned a ""Zeeland Chick Queen.""",,Corner of Church and Central Avenue,Zeeland,MI,49464,In grassy area in City park,Ottawa,05N14W19NENW,42.810867,-86.01391,,4,11/23/2021,6a124210-f82e-46ee-b73c-8660e379ad5d,0,892,0,,,,,416493
-83.1058639999999,42.34749,MHC822015007,L2274,2,2015,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ,,Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ,,"On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They built a brick church in 1928 and lengthened it by forty-five feet in 1945. The growing congregation soon needed more space, but did not want to leave the original church site or attend services offsite. In 1956, they excavated a full basement beneath the existing building. They built a roof and new walls over the church the next year. Finally, the old and new floors were joined. Services were held here throughout construction. In 1958, the church was renamed in honor of Bishop Bailey.",,5370 McKinley Avenue,Detroit,MI,48208,,Wayne,,42.34749,-83.105864,,,07/11/2019,ec5bf8ac-3f1c-4a82-ab3c-867a4c92865c,0,893,1,MHC822015007_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,08/30/2015,416494
-85.659127,42.9547820000001,MHC411986011,L1342A,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),May House,Meyer May House,May House,,"This house was built in 1908-09 for local clothier Meyer S. May and his wife, Sophie Amberg. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the house in the Prairie style. It was his first major commission in Michigan. May was the son of Abraham May, founder of A. May and Sons clothing store. In 1906 Meyer became president of the store, which was the first in the nation to display clothes on Batts hangers. Meyer May lived here until his death in 1936. The house was used as a private residence until 1985. In 1986 Steelcase Incorporated began the complete restoration of the house, its interior, and grounds.",,450 Madison SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W31NENW,42.954782,-85.659127,,,09/01/2017,c1ad5797-c268-41db-aad0-86808d844603,0,894,0,,,,,416495
-84.602086,45.2719870000001,MHC161989011,L1696A,2,1989,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Central Depot,,Michigan Central Depot,,"In 1881 John M. Sanborn surveyed land owned by 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 made Wolverine a boom town. The original land survey had included a right-of-way for the Michigan Central Railroad (MCRR). Early in the 1880s Wolverine became part of the MCRR’s Mackinaw Division. Four passenger trains ran daily. By 1903 scheduled runs increased to six as tourism to the Straits developed. The MCRR promoted Northern Michigan as “curative of hayfever, asthma, bronchial and lung affections.” Around 1906 this depot opened, providing modern conveniences for travelers.",,100 Railroad St.,Wolverine,MI,0,,Cheboygan,33N02W07NENW,45.271987,-84.602086,,,06/25/2019,700075c7-c440-44a2-ba70-872adfd2d5c5,0,895,2,"MHC161989011_1.jpg;MHC161989011_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416496
-82.937865,42.568967,MHC501957056,S142,2,1957,1972,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Moravian Road,Moravian Mission,Moravian Road,,"In 1782 marauding American militia massacred nearly one hundred Christian Delaware Indians at their village in eastern Ohio. Seeking refuge, the Delaware settled on the Clinton River two and one-half miles north of here on land granted by the Chippewa. In time the settlement numbered over one hundred, ministered to by the Moravian missionaries. This highway, the first interior road in Michigan, was laid out in the winter of 1785-86 to connect the village with the fort at Detroit, twenty-three miles away. At the close of the American Revolution the Chippewa withdrew their land grant, and in April 1786 the mission was closed. Some of the members returned to Ohio and others moved to Canada.",,NE Corner of Moravian Rd and Metro Pkwy,Clinton Township,MI,0,"NE corner of the intersection of Moravian Road and Metropolitan Parkway, west of Mount Clemens",Macomb,02N13E20SWSE,42.568967,-82.937865,,,09/05/2017,abf07b7e-af30-4f01-98dc-8730a6a1be0b,0,896,0,,,,,416497
-85.1983729999999,42.3207630000001,MHC131992005,L1823,2,1992,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Battle Creek No. 4 Fire Station,,Battle Creek No. 4 Fire Station,,"This firehouse, which opened on July 2, 1904, was the last one in the city to use horse-drawn equipment. Hubert C. Scofield, architect of Fire Station No. 3, designed the Richardsonian Romanesque building, built at a cost of $8,099. In 1917 the station was motorized. The horses and combination hose and chemical wagon were sent to service Camp Custer, beginning the era of a totally motorized Battle Creek Fire Department. After nearly eighty years of service, the station was closed on January 1, 1983.",,175 South Kendall Street,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W01SWSW,42.320763,-85.198373,,,08/23/2017,240ebf6c-f5e6-4dbc-b07e-873f09746c4d,0,897,0,,,,,416498
-82.46999591,43.08304507,MHC742010004,L2219C,2,2010,2011,Modern Era (> 1970),Tunnel Explosion / Lake Huron Water Supply Project,1971 Detroit Water Department Tunnel Explosion Site,Tunnel Explosion,Lake Huron Water Supply Project,"On December 11, 1971, a shotgun-like blast claimed the lives of twenty-two men working on a water intake tunnel beneath the bed of Lake Huron. A pocket of methane trapped within a layer of ancient Antrim shale fueled the explosion. An exhaustive inquiry determined that drilling for a vertical ventilation shaft from the lake’s surface had released the trapped gas. A drill bit that fell ignited the gas. The blast created a shock wave with a speed of 4,000 miles an hour and a force of 15,000 pounds per square inch. Witnesses reported seeing debris fly two hundred feet in the air from the tunnel’s entrance. This tragedy resulted in stronger mining safety regulations and enforcement. It was one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Michigan history.","In 1968, to serve the water needs of a growing population, the Detroit Metro Water Department began work on the Lake Huron Water Supply Project. This massive feat involved erecting a submerged intake crib connected to a six-mile intake tunnel beneath Lake Huron. The mechanical mole that dug the sixteen-foot-wide tunnel bored through the bedrock beneath the lake at a rate of 150 feet a day. The project excavated more than one billion pounds of rock. The water treatment plant pumped clean water into an eighty-two-mile system of water mains supplying Detroit and Flint. When finished in 1973, the $123 million system boasted a capacity of 400 million gallons a day.",Fort Gratiot County Park,Fort Gratiot,MI,48059,Metcalf Road off M-25,Saint Clair,07N17E04NENW,43.08304507,-82.46999591,,,10/29/2019,933b18b3-542e-49fd-b57d-8749d2a51c88,0,898,1,MHC742010004_1.jpg,,Site Photo w/Marker,,416499
-86.105157,44.551585,MHC102004001,L2138,2,2004,2004,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Joyfield Cemetery,,Joyfield Cemetery,,"William Davis, the son of a plantation owner and a slave woman, came here with his wife, Mildred Brand, and their children in 1863. They were among the area´s first black landowners. Upon the death of his daughter in 1870, William Davis sold five acres of land to the township for this cemetery. Early burials include Amariah Joy, the township´s first white settler, for whom Joyfield Township was named. The township built the town hall here in 1887.",,5490 Benzie Hwy.,Benzonia,MI,49616,Joyfield Twp.,Benzie,25N15W22NWSE,44.551585,-86.105157,,"African-American History,1",01/11/2021,82df87ef-5ab5-400a-962e-875c76e55e05,0,899,1,MHC102004001_1.jpg,Charles Kraus,Marker Photo - Front,12/02/2020,416500
-83.035368,42.7173945000001,MHC501971050,L104,2,1971,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Loren Andrus House / Loren Andrus House,Loren Andrus Octagon House/Washington Octagon House,Loren Andrus House,Loren Andrus House,"Loren Andrus (1816-1901) came to Macomb County from New York State in 1828. He served as an assistant engineer on the survey of the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal, but gained prominence in agricultural work. In particular he focused on the breeding of fine wool sheep, and he helped organize both the Macomb County and Michigan Agricultural Societies. Loren and his wife, Lucina, hired his brother-in-law David G. Stewart, a Macomb County builder and architect, to construct this house. Stewart built an Octagon, popularized by phrenologist Orson Fowler, who touted the Octagon as a spacious building form that offered healthier air circulation and an abundance of light. Andrus himself made the bricks with local clay. The house has an elaborate central spiral stairway that leads to the cupola.","Loren Andrus built Michigan’s most elaborate remaining example of the Octagon house form in 1860. In 1945 Detroit businessman Albert Schmidt donated money to the Detroit Board of Education for the purchase of the farm, which gave “city boys” practical experience in their agricultural studies at Wayne [State] University. By 1952 the 330-acre self-supporting farm had 90 Holstein cattle and 1,200 hens. Eggs were sold in green and gold cartons (Wayne’s colors) with the slogan “Educated Eggs from the Wayne State University Farm.” Despite the efforts of subsequent owners, the house eventually deteriorated and was ravaged by vandals and wildlife. In 1986 a non-profit organized to save the house. The Friends of the Octagon continued to restore and maintain the property into the twenty-first century.",57500 Van Dyke Avenue,Washington,MI,48094,Washington Township,Macomb,04N12E34NWSW,42.7173945,-83.035368,,,08/08/2017,26e28fad-add0-4e28-a368-878652176349,0,900,0,,,,,416501
-89.705686,46.8193860000001,MHC661957033,S167,2,1957,1958,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Porcupine Mountains,,Porcupine Mountains,,"From Lake Superior the main range of mountains looks like a crouching porcupine, thus their name. Machinery, rock dumps, and old adits are ghostly reminders of forty mining ventures in the years from 1846 to 1928, none of which succeeded. Some logging took place around 1916. As late as 1930 a few trappers eked out a living here. Finally in 1945 the area was made a state park to preserve its virgin splendor.",,M-107 in State Park,Carp Lake Township,MI,0,"Mead Copper Mine Picnic Area, M-107",Ontonagon,51N43W13SENW,46.819386,-89.705686,,,07/10/2019,1a253cdc-4110-40fc-bfef-87bddd5ca66a,0,901,0,,,,,416502
-85.194689,41.8734380000001,MHC122000008,L2090,2,2000,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bronson Public Library,,Bronson Public Library,,"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, 1912. This structure typifies Carnegie libraries. Between 1889 and 1923, Carnegie generated community support for free public libraries across the country with his generous donations.",,207 N. Matteson,Bronson,MI,0,,Branch,07S08W11NESE,41.873438,-85.194689,,,08/10/2020,004f5ca4-7360-4391-8cf9-87e07c0ab55e,0,903,1,MHC122000008_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,07/16/2016,416503
-84.4310769999999,42.578084,MHC331979055,L668A,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),John Rayner House,,John Rayner House,,"This handsome brick structure, said to be the oldest remaining house in Mason, is one of the most elaborate and best preserved Greek Revival houses in Ingham County. Pioneer John Rayner, a native of New York State, began construction of this farmhouse in 1840. The original Rayner farm totaled 320 acres. The ponds in the park opposite this site were dug to supply ice for early Mason. The remaining outbuilding contains a blacksmith shop and an icehouse. The twin sons of Chief Okemos played here with Rayner’s oldest son, William. The Rayner family had a major impact upon early Mason, owning the slaughterhouse, ice ponds and the Rayner Opera House. At the time of his death in 1879, John Rayner was called “one of the most opulent men of the county,” having acquired thousands of acres of land in Ingham and adjacent counties.",,725 East Ash Street,Mason,MI,0,,Ingham,02N01W09SWNE,42.578084,-84.431077,,,07/12/2019,edb04bec-b2f0-4a00-81e1-88166790927d,1985,904,0,,,,,416504
-83.430999,45.06199,MHC041994005,L1915C,2,1994,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),"Daniel Carter Family, The",,The Daniel Carter Family,,"In 1856 Daniel Carter, who came to the Thunder Bay region seeking pine lands, brought his wife, Sarah, and daughter Mary to the town of Fremont, present-day Alpena. They were Alpena’s first permanent settlers. Daniel participated in the organization of Alpena County in 1857 and held many local offices, including postmaster and township treasurer. The Carters’ home served as a boarding house and a meeting place for county officials. Sarah, although unlicensed, was the county’s only physician until 1862. Mary became Alpena’s first teacher in 1858 and had the first recorded marriage in 1859. In 1873, Daniel Carter deeded land in the southwest portion of town for a formal burial ground. The entire Carter family is interred there, in Evergreen Cemetery.",,211 N First Avenue,Alpena,MI,0,"At the corner of Park Place, Alpena Public Library",Alpena,31N08E22SESE,45.06199,-83.430999,,4,04/07/2020,a63ca49d-ec70-45b0-b221-886c9dc77eae,0,905,0,,,,,416505
-82.991341,43.214007,MHC761986042,L1187A,2,1986,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Brown City Community Schools,,Brown City Community Schools,,"In 1884 the first school in this area was established on the Hughson farm site. About halfway through the 1886 school term, that building burned. The term was completed in a blacksmith shop. Before the year was out, however, a frame school had been built on a site called the Indian Sugar Bush. The frame school originally served students in grades one through eight. In 1895 five young women made up its first high school graduating class. The present building replaced the frame school in 1915.",,4290 Second Street,Brown City,MI,0,,Sanilac,09N13E07SESW,43.214007,-82.991341,,,09/13/2017,03f5e917-c697-45d1-bda4-88c1ee21acd4,0,906,0,,,,,416506
-82.435282,43.000833,MHC741993013,L1901,2,1993,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),E. C. Williams House,,E. C. Williams House,,"E. C. Williams built this double house in 1890-91, in what was then the village of Fort Gratiot. Williams published the Fort Gratiot Sun, a newspaper that circulated primarily among railroad passengers and crew. In 1894 the village merged with the city of Port Huron, and Williams renamed the paper the Port Huron Sun. In 1894 he helped charter the local chapter of the International Typographical Union of North America. The building is a rare late-nineteenth-century example of a duplex in Port Huron.",,2511 Tenth Ave.,Port Huron,MI,0,Between Hancock and Church Streets,Saint Clair, ,43.000833,-82.435282,,,09/13/2017,e136767d-96f7-4499-b0a8-88d27bd0819c,0,907,0,,,,,416507
-82.879648,42.60092,MHC501995001,L1939,2,1995,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Saint Mary's School / Saint Mary's School,,Saint Mary's School,Saint Mary's School,"In 1870 Father Camillius Maes of Saint Peter Parish erected Saint Mary’s School on this lot, adjacent to the church. When the grammar school opened in that year, it was the first Catholic school in the city and in Macomb County. Three nuns from the Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent in Monroe were chosen to teach the students, eighty in the first year. The school was a two-room, two-story wooden structure. The boys were taught in one room and the girls in the other. All received instruction in basic elementary education subjects and church doctrine. By 1882 Saint Mary’s annual enrollment numbered about 170 students. The first class--all girls--was graduated in 1895. The boys had their first graduation in 1909. The sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary taught at the school until 1986, when lay teachers took over instruction.","When the original portion of the present Saint Mary’s School opened in 1889, the Mount Clemens Monitor called it “one of the most substantial and best finished buildings in Mount Clemens.” Built in the Second Empire style, it was a square, towered, three-story building with classrooms and offices on the first two floors and an auditorium on the third floor. The third story burned in 1957 when a fire at Saint Peter’s Church caused the steeple to topple onto the school roof. Fortunately only the third floor auditorium was lost. The school’s four distinct stages of construction typify the evolution of schools as they grew to serve an ever-increasing population. In 1903 an addition was erected on the back of the original building. A high school wing was built in 1911, and an addition to it constructed in 1921.",96 New Street,Mount Clemens,MI,0,"9/19/2019 - the structure was demolished in July 2017; the marker was salvaged and delisted from the State Register of Historic Sites",Macomb,,42.60092,-82.879648,,,02/06/2020,bec43372-dfd5-47db-8449-890dda403dfc,0,908,0,,,,,416508
-85.398398,44.2513500000001,MHC831987020,L1434A,2,1987,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Charles T. Mitchell House,,Charles T. Mitchell House,,"This Prairie style building began as a Second Empire house built by George Mitchell in 1874. A lumberman and Cadillac’s first mayor, Mitchell built the house with ornately carved woodwork and a mansard roof. His business partner, Wellington W. Cummer, occupied it from 1878 to 1922, when it was purchased by Mitchell’s grand nephew, Charles T. Mitchell. In 1926 Charles, a local industrialist, renovated the house to conform with current architectural trends. Totally redone in the Prairie style and clad with red brick, it lost its ornamentation and gained a low pitched hipped roof. The extensive renovation was testimony to Charles Mitchell’s wealth; his firms employed from one fourth to one third of Cadillac’s work force.",,118 North Shelby Street,Cadillac,MI,0,,Wexford,21N09W04NENE,44.25135,-85.398398,,,09/22/2017,c684ee96-026a-48e3-8705-896af795bb10,0,909,0,,,,,416509
-86.817847,46.436784,MHC021957052,S121,2,1957,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Lake Superior,,Lake Superior,,"Le lac superieur 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. During the 1650s and 1660s, French fur traders, such as Radisson and Groseilliers, and Jesuits, such as Fathers Allouez and Menard, explored this great inland sea. Within 250 years fur laden canoes had given way to huge boats carrying ore and grain to the world.",,"Scott Falls Roadside Park, M-28",Au Train,MI,0,"11 miles West of Munising, Au Train Twp.",Alger,47N20W28SESW,46.436784,-86.817847,,4,07/02/2019,b879f587-6dc5-4001-957c-896c005ca239,0,910,4,"MHC021957052_1.jpg;MHC021957052_9.jpg;MHC021957052_10.jpg;MHC021957052_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Archives of Michigan","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/23/2015;07/06/2017;07/06/2017;",416510
-84.96729612,45.3752138,MHC241971049,L133,2,1971,2015,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission,,St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission,St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission (in Odawa),"This land was sold by Amawee, an Odawa, to Jean Baptiste Trotochaud and his Ojibwa wife Sophia Anaquet. Later, they donated nearly an acre of land to the Catholic Church. Jean, under the guidance of Father Sifferath, built this Mission in 1859. In 1860, Bishop Frederic Baraga blessed and dedicated it for use by Natives and settlers. Mass was offered at least four times a year. The mission was restored in 1884, after the arrival of Father Pius Niermann, an Assistant Priest with the Franciscan Fathers. It was abandoned by 1896 and restored again in 1931, 1959 and from 2005 to 2008. The church and burial grounds are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Mah-buh Odawa Amawee gah zhin kah zot gee di-ban-dahn madn-duh ke zhin duh jeeg-beek. Mee dush ah-nin gee dah wat. Jean Baptiste Trotochaud meen wah wee-di-gat mahg-nuhn, Ojibwa kwa toon. Mahn-duh pee 1859. Mee-dush chi-mag-da kun-ya Barage gee bi nuh-ma toot, pee 1860 mee-dush gun-duh Odadwahk. Gee mee naht. Wee nuh-kahz what. Meen-wah je nahg-duh-what. Mo-waht. Kah-dush-pi-na gee nuh-kahz zee-nah-wah. Mahn-gud noong mag-da Kuhn a gee mi-yaht mee gee nuh-mas-kat zhin-duh. Mee-dush pee 1884 mag-da-kun ya Nahmah gee nah-chi-gah duhng nahn-duh guhmik. Mee ga wuh “St. Francis Solanus” gah zhin-kah duhng mahn-duh nuh-ma-guh mik. Mee duhsh goon-duh Odawahk oosh-ma gee wa-be nuh kahz what.",430 West Lake Street,Petoskey,MI,49770,"Between Ingal and N. Michigan Hospital, facing Lake Street",Emmet,34N05W06NENW,45.3752138,-84.96729612,,Native People,06/16/2017,cdaeca1b-955f-4c31-ac30-8984847e721a,1972,911,0,,,,,416511
-83.9038429999999,43.2375860000001,MHC731975022,L406,2,1975,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Burt Opera House / Wellington R. Burt,,Burt Opera House,Wellington R. Burt,"
In 1888 this settlement was named in honor of Wellington R. Burt, the lumber tycoon who arranged for the Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad to run through this village. During his 1888 gubernatorial campaign, Burt donated one thousand dollars for the construction of a township building. Henry Youmans, also seeking an office, supplied the bricks. Ironically, neither man carried this township in the election that year. Local resident Sarah A. Miller gave the land with a deed stipulating that any structure built be used for “education, social and wholesome amusements, and meetings,” and public gatherings dedicated to “free thought, free speech and good government.” Townspeople contributed labor and additional funds for the erection of this hall, dedicated in 1891. The Burt Opera House has hosted vaudeville shows, weddings, local fairs, township meetings, and elections.","Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) was a Saginaw businessman, civic leader and philanthropist. Born in New York State, he moved to a farm in Jackson County, Michigan. After two years in college, he traveled far and wide until returning to Michigan at the age of twenty-six and starting work in a lumber camp near St. Louis. In 1858 young Wellington became a lumber operator. In 1864 he built the sawmill community of Melbourne, seven miles north of Saginaw. Melbourne was destroyed by fire in 1876. A Democrat, Burt was elected to the state senate in 1892. He waged unsuccessful races for the governorship in 1888 and Congress in 1890. Involved in the lumber, salt, and mining industries, as well as railroads, foreign bonds, and banking investments, Burt ranked among the wealthiest men in America by the early twentieth century.",12888 Nichols,Burt,MI,48417,"Between Dorwood & Nichols Rds; Taymouth Twp",Saginaw,10N05E29SWSE,43.237586,-83.903843,,5,08/11/2017,04c38016-6ee1-48eb-a2fc-89fb9dc30102,0,913,0,,,,,416512
-84.6542919999999,42.511399,MHC231974026,L286,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Island Park,,Island Park,,"This island, owned and operated by J. D. McAuliffe from 1872, was hailed as “a shady retreat for pleasure seekers . . . with a fine collection of animals and a museum of rare specimens.” In 1897 Eaton Rapids bought it for a city park. From 1908 to 1929 the Eaton County Battalion of the G.A.R. held its annual encampment at what was then named Grand Army Park. Summer concerts, reunions, and picnics brought many here over the years. A group formed in 1973 to save the island from erosion served to refocus attention on this spot.",,Grand River Downtown,Eaton Rapids,MI,0,"Middle of the Grand River, downtown Eaton Rapids",Eaton,02N03W34SESW,42.511399,-84.654292,,,08/30/2017,726daaf4-d468-47a0-af6b-8a00182d20f8,0,914,0,,,,,416513
-83.266947,42.189561,MHC821988009,L1523,2,1988,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sandhill Cemetery,Oak Dale Cemetery,Sandhill Cemetery,,"Some of Taylor’s earliest pioneers are buried in Sandhill Cemetery. Members of the Wells family, the original owners of the land upon which the cemetery is located, are interred here. Nearly all of the graves, including several for veterans of the Civil War, date from the nineteenth century. Barney Letogot, a sergeant with the Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry, fought at Gettysburg. The last burial, that of Fredericka Franke, took place in 1924.",,Telegraph Road,Taylor,MI,0,at Pardee Road. The documentation for Sandhill Cemetery may be found in the Taylor Township Cemetery (Site No. L1487) file or the Oak Grove Burying Ground (Site No. L1524) file. All three applications came in together.,Wayne,03S10E33NWSW,42.189561,-83.266947,,Civil War,01/27/2020,dcf3aca3-01f7-4041-aedb-8a0372747371,0,915,0,,,,,416514
-83.03544,42.33504,MHC821974010,L364,2,1974,1975,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Fannie Richards Homesite,,Fannie Richards Homesite,,"Fannie Richards, Detroit’s first black public school teacher, lived on this site. Born in Virginia about 1840, she moved to Detroit as a young woman. In 1863 she opened a private school for black children, and two years later was appointed to teach in the city’s colored schools. In 1869 she helped sponsor a lawsuit against Detroit’s racially segregated school system, and in a landmark decision, the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the schools integrated. An innovative teacher, Fannie Richards was transferred to the Everett Elementary School in 1871 where she taught the city’s first kindergarten class. She retired from Everett in 1915, completing fifty years of service in Detroit schools. Fannie Richards died in 1922.",,Rivard Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,Rivard Avenue between East Lafayette Boulevard and East Larned Street,Wayne, ,42.33504,-83.03544,,African-American History,09/20/2017,c54d2d52-e7c9-4cbc-9d82-8a03d448c073,0,916,0,,,,,416515
-84.4794929999999,42.732194,MHC331971026,S327,2,1971,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Harry J. Eustace Hall,Horticultural Laboratory Building (Eustace Hall),Harry J. Eustace Hall,,"Famous horticulturist and educator Liberty Hyde Bailey designed this building as the first separate horticulture laboratory in America. Completed in 1888, the structure contained rooms for classes and botanical experiments. It exemplified Bailey’s pioneering work in scientific investigation of plant life. Its present name commemorates Harry J. Eustace, former professor and chairman of the Horticulture Department. The Honors College now occupies the structure.",,West Circle Drive,East Lansing,MI,48864,"On the Michigan State University campus, Across from Morrill Hall and Olin Health Center",Ingham,04N01W18NWSW,42.732194,-84.479493,,,08/30/2017,6fa4deba-6ab1-4d4b-8a60-8a14223682ce,0,917,0,,,,,416516
-84.7738829999999,43.6035230000001,MHC371989008,L1657A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sacred Heart Academy,,Sacred Heart Academy,,"In 1889 Sacred Heart Academy was organized as a school for St. Charles Church, which was established in 1872. That year a new church was built here and the parish was renamed Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Father John J. Crowley moved the old church to an adjacent lot and used it as a school, which was run by Dominican Sisters. Saginaw architect Clarence W. Cowles designed this building, constructed in 1908. The addition was built in 1955; the elementary school in 1964.",,316 East Michigan,Mount Pleasant,MI,0,,Isabella,14N04W15NWSE,43.603523,-84.773883,,,09/01/2017,13348690-20ec-4856-b10f-8a391358eb3d,0,918,0,,,,,416517
-83.247045,42.071489,MHC821986033,L1340C,2,1986,1987,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),State Police Post,First Standardized State Police Post in Michigan,State Police Post,,"A Michigan State Police post has been located in this area since the early days of the department. In 1917 the first detachment in Monroe County was posted to South Rockwood, about one mile south of here. Close to both Detroit and the Canadian border, the original post was on the well-traveled Dixie Highway. The early troopers patrolled on horseback. Area headquarters were moved to this building, the first standardized state police post, in 1930. The building was purchased by the village of Rockwood for municipal offices in 1941, when the post was decommissioned.",,32409 Fort Street,Rockwood,MI,0,,Wayne,05S10E09NESE,42.071489,-83.247045,,,09/22/2017,76ae139d-774b-4c60-b2ee-8a4ae1c08e21,0,919,0,,,,,416518
-82.4899799999999,42.7537990000001,MHC741991009,L1833,2,1991,1993,Civil War and After (1860-1875),East China Fractional District No. 2 School,,East China Fractional District No. 2 School,,"East China Township was set off from China Township in 1859. In 1868 Harriet J. Comstock, an heir of pioneer Andrew J. Westbrook, sold a parcel of land to School District No. 2. A frame school, built on the site prior to 1853, was replaced by this brick school around 1873. It was one of three mid-nineteenth-century schools in the township, and is the only one remaining. Classes were held here until 1954. The township restored the building in 1988-91 for use as a museum.",,696 Meisner Road,Marine City,MI,0,,Saint Clair, ,42.753799,-82.48998,,,09/13/2017,4f4f6a9b-be13-443e-a0ec-8a78ed521520,0,920,0,,,,,416519
-83.11699,42.442682,MHC821957018,S172,4,1957,1958,,Michigan State Fair,,Michigan State Fair,,"America’s first state fair, conducted by the Michigan Agricultural Society with the support of the legislature and local citizens, was held in Detroit on September 25-27, 1849. About eight hundred dollars in premiums were awarded for those “articles, productions and improvements” that were “best calculated to promote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests of the state.” The site of this annual fair was often moved until 1905 when it was given a permanent home here at the fairgrounds.",,1120 W. State Fair,Detroit,MI,48203,Per Kim Johnson: Marker removed and returned to State.,Wayne,01S11E02SENW,42.442682,-83.11699,,,02/03/2020,40a98dff-dd49-400c-b451-8a8655682939,0,921,1,MHC821957018_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416520
-86.24335,43.05017,MHC701986027,L1308C,2,1986,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Highland Park Association / Highland Park Association,Highland Park Summer Resort,Highland Park Association,Highland Park Association,"On May 10, 1886, the city of Grand Haven leased sixty acres of land to the newly founded and incorporated Highland Park Association for the purpose of establishing a resort community. Most of the fifty-one original members of the association were prominent local businessmen; however, in its first century of maintaining the park, the association expanded to include cottage owners from across North America. Their cottages are nestled on Nipissing Age dunes and among hardwood forests characteristic of the eastern shores of Lake Michigan.","By 1923 the Highland Park Association consisted of over one hundred cottages, miles of boardwalk, and a hotel. The boardwalks, many of which remain, provide access to the dunes while protecting them. At the park’s centennial there were ninety-eight cottages, but the once stately hotel was destroyed by fire in 1967. This unique environment is a climax dune habitat with a variety of wildflowers, small animals, and migratory birds. The biological and geological landscape of Highland Park provides a recreational and educational resource for all visitors.",Highland Drive,Grand Haven,MI,0,,Ottawa,08N16W29NWSW,43.05017,-86.24335,,2,09/12/2017,bbcd5841-bb4f-4520-8d61-8a942f32b4ed,0,922,0,,,,,416521
-83.3616069999999,42.581328,MHC631958005,S177,2,1958,1958,Native People and the French (< 1760),Chief Pontiac,,Chief Pontiac,,"A pleasant tradition, unsupported by history, says that Pontiac once lived on Apple Island here in Orchard Lake. This great Indian chief was born around 1720, probably in the Ottawa village on the Detroit River. A friend of the French, Pontiac was angered by the British rule which began in 1760, and plotted its overthrow. In 1763 he led the Indians of the area in an attack on Detroit while other tribes, who were inspired by him, rose against the British in the West and overwhelmed every fort save Fort Pitt and Niagara. Pontiac's siege of Detroit failed. With it, this greatest of Indian uprisings also failed. In 1769 Pontiac was killed by another Indian in Illinois. He probably was buried in St. Louis, Missouri. The city of Pontiac was named in his honor.",,Pontiac Trail and Orchard Lake Road,Orchard Lake,MI,0,Orchard Lake Public Fishing Site,Oakland,02N09E14SWNW,42.581328,-83.361607,,Native People,08/17/2017,f310556b-b6b7-4b4f-9661-8b01e721c968,0,923,0,,,,,416522
-84.3027729999999,46.4854510000001,MHC171978028,L633A,2,1978,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Methodist Indian Mission / Methodist Indian Mission,,Methodist Indian Mission,Methodist Indian Mission,"Several Methodist ministers were active in missionary work in the “Soo” area in the 1830s. John Sunday, an Indian preacher from Canada, began mission work in the Indian settlement at the Sault Ste. Marie Rapids around 1831. The Reverend John Clark followed in his steps two years later. Then a church and log schoolhouse were erected. In 1833 Peter Marksman, son of an Indian medicine man, was converted to Christianity and later became an esteemed minister of the Detroit Annual Conference. By 1834 the school had thirty-five students, and three “Methodist classes” were organized with forty Indians and nineteen whites. The Michigan Conference sent William H. Brockway to the mission as superintendent in 1839. Here he remained for ten years, serving most of that time as chaplain for Old Fort Brady.","John H. Pitezel and John Kahbeege continued the ministerial work at this settlement having come to the “Soo” in 1843. Pitezel arrived at what was a flourishing school and a farm with nearly fifty cultivated acres of land. He served as superintendent of the Methodist Indian District from 1848 to 1852, with missions as far away as Minnesota. A mission house was built in 1849 at Naomikong on Whitefish Bay. Little Rapids had been the focal point of the mission, for here were the farm, mission house, chapel and needed supplies. As more white settlers came to the “Soo” in the 1850s, many of the Indians moved away. By 1861 Methodist mission work in the area was concentrated at Iroquois Point near Sault Ste. Marie. The Methodists sold the mission land here in 1862.",Riverside Dr.,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,"Near Rotary Park and the turnoff to Sugar Island Ferry, Riverside Drive",Chippewa,47N01E09SENE,46.485451,-84.302773,,,08/23/2017,eb04f485-5ff4-463d-89be-8b27ddc697ba,0,924,0,,,,,416523
-83.0436,42.3397810000001,MHC822003004,S680,2,2003,2003,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Paradise Valley / Paradise Valley,,Paradise Valley,Paradise Valley,"As Detroit’s manufacturing base boomed during two world wars (1917-18 and 1941-45), large numbers of African Americans moved here to work in the factories. Detroit’s African American population increased from 5,000 in 1910 to 300,000 by 1950. Throughout this period segregationist policies restricted where blacks could live, own businesses, and spend their free time. During the 1930s a commercial center emerged in the area roughly bounded by Adams, Brush, Alexandrine, and Hastings Street (replaced by I-75). Known as “Paradise Valley,” it had black-owned medical offices and retail shops as well as swank restaurants and hotels. Some nightclubs, called “black and tans,” were frequented by blacks and whites alike. African Americans owned and operated all of the businesses in the valley.","Formerly the intersection of Adams Avenue and St. Antoine Street, this site was once part of Paradise Valley, Detroit’s African American business and entertainment district. From the 1930s into the 1950s Paradise Valley bustled around the clock. Nightspots like 606 Horseshoe Lounge, Club Plantation, and Club 666 featured entertainers such as Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, the Ink Spots, and Sarah Vaughan. Blacks who performed elsewhere in Michigan were excluded from white hotels and stayed in the valley. Beginning in the 1940s, urban renewal projects, the construction of freeways, and new development devastated African American neighborhoods, including Paradise Valley. The valley’s last three structures, located along St. Antoine Street, were demolished in 2000.",St. Antoine,Detroit,MI,0,Near Beacon Street and by the parking ramp entrance.,Wayne,,42.339781,-83.0436,,African-American History,09/11/2019,296545ce-d5b9-4d46-b258-8b57e3e9b629,0,925,0,,,,,416524
-84.55042,42.734191,MHC331987008,L1468C,2,1987,1987,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Kerns Hotel Fire / The Box 23 Club,,The Kerns Hotel Fire,The Box 23 Club,"At 5:30 A.M. on December 11, 1934, the fire alarm outside the Kerns Hotel sounded. The 211-room, four-story brick hotel that stood on this site had 215 registered guests. Before the last embers of the fire were extinguished, thirty-two people were known dead and forty-four, including fourteen firemen, had been injured. Two of the injured people died later. Among the dead were seven Michigan legislators and five unidentified people. Many guests escaped by descending four fire ladders, and eight people jumped into life nets. However, the fire spread through the hotel’s wooden interior so rapidly that many people were trapped in their rooms. Seventy-two members of the ninety-seven-man Lansing fire force fought the fire using eight of the force’s eleven pieces of fire apparatus.","The firemen who fought the Kerns Hotel fire were aided by the Lansing and Michigan State Police, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Volunteers of America, and citizen volunteers, who brought the firemen hot drinks and dry gloves. Some of those volunteers later decided to form a club to support the work of the Lansing Fire Department. The club took its name from Fire Alarm Box 23, at Ottawa and Grand, from which the first alarm for the Kerns Hotel fire was sounded. The Box 23 Club was formally organized on December 11, 1937, the third anniversary of the fire. Its membership, which is limited to twenty-three people, pledges to support the Lansing Fire Department and to provide aid at fires when requested to do so by the fire department officer in charge of the fire.",North Grand Avenue,Lansing,MI,0,"Across from the Radisson Hotel, between Michigan Avenue and Ottawa Street.",Ingham,04N02W16SWNE,42.734191,-84.55042,,5,12/22/2020,1fb0d613-e304-4047-b638-8b60696d96a5,0,926,2,"MHC331987008_5.jpg;MHC331987008_6.jpg",Michigan Historical Commission,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/28/2017;11/19/2020",416525
-85.940594,42.8120250000001,MHC701976018,L482,2,1976,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),1869 Vriesland Reformed Church / 1869 Vriesland Reformed Church Building,Vriesland Reformed Church,1869 Vriesland Reformed Church,1869 Vriesland Reformed Church Building,"The congregation of the 1869 Vriesland Reformed Church was organized in 1846 in the Netherlands. Led by the Reverend Maarten Anne Ypma, forty-nine adults and their children emigrated to the United States in 1847. Attracted by the clay soil, these farmers settled this area and named it Vriesland for their native province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Many descendants of the community’s original families still reside in the area, and Frisian names are prevalent.","This edifice, built in 1869 during the ministry of the Reverend Henry Uiterwyk, is one of the oldest Reformed Church structures in Michigan. The first church on this site was a log cabin which was soon replaced by a clapboard building. The Colonial style of this third place of worship remains largely unchanged. The steeple, roof line, and exterior walls and ornamentation are original. The congregation of the Vriesland Reformed Church worshipped here until 1973.",6641 Byron Rd,Zeeland,MI,0,"NW corner of 64th Ave, 2 miles East of Zeeland (Zeeland Twp)",Ottawa,05N14W15SESE,42.812025,-85.940594,,2,07/26/2017,a5cb65c1-a269-40fd-89a9-8b9fff2d0931,0,927,0,,,,,416526
-84.95428204,42.2627781400001,MHC132014003,L2267C,2,2014,2016,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Gauss Ice House / Ice Harvesting,Marshall's Ice House,Gauss Ice House,Ice Harvesting,"In 1883, J. Fred Gauss (1838-1902) bought an ice house 500 feet east of here. He harvested ice blocks from the Kalamazoo River’s mill pond, using sleds and horses to move them. In 1894, he added a steam-powered elevator to move the blocks into the ice house. Fire destroyed the building in 1903. Locals built a straw-packed frame over the ice to save it. That year, Fred’s son John built a new ice house. The Gauss family owned the business for more than forty years.","Prior to artificial refrigeration, people preserved food using natural ice from frozen ponds and lakes. Workers scored and cut blocks of ice, then stored them in ice houses. Sawdust, hay or straw was packed between blocks and in the walls to keep the ice cold. Upon delivery to homes and businesses, the blocks were stored in ice boxes. Ice harvesting declined as electric refrigerators became common household appliances in the 1930s.",906 S. Marshall Ave,Marshall,MI,49068,In front of Power House.,Calhoun,02S06W25SESW,42.26277814,-84.95428204,,,09/15/2016,11526cab-d196-4242-a203-8bd8fea861b4,0,928,0,,,,,416527
-84.994968,42.7621570000001,MHC231979044,L735A,2,1979,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),G. A. R. Hall / G. A. R. Hall,Sunfield Grand Army of the Republic Post No. 283 Hall,G. A. R. Hall,G. A. R. Hall,"The Samuel W. Grinnell Post No. 283 was granted its charter by the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) on October 6, 1884. The post operated until 1934, at which time it was disbanded. Members built this hall in 1898-99. Dedicated in October 1899, it contains flags, medals, photographs and other mementos of the Civil War and of the Sunfield veterans of that war. Furniture, ritual equipment and records of this G.A.R. post are also kept here. In 1899 members planted the three maple trees at the front of the property, dedicating them to the memory of Generals Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman. The two cannons on either side of the hall were brought to Sunfield by the G.A.R. in 1900.","The G.A.R. was founded in 1866 as a veterans association to assist Union veterans and their widows and orphans. The G.A.R. and several of its allied orders have used this hall since its completion in 1899: Samuel W. Grinnell Post No. 283, G.A.R. (1899 to 1934); Woman’s Relief Corps No. 62 (1899 to 1925); Samuel W. Grinnell Camp No. 17, Sons of Union Veterans, U.S.A., (1918 to 1925); Helen Edwins Tent No. 30, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (beginning in 1926); and Curtenius Guard Camp No. 17, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (beginning in 1983). In 1987 the hall was owned by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This marker was dedicated on Memorial Day (May 30) during the Michigan Sesquicentennial.",115 Main St.,Sunfield,MI,0,,Eaton,04N06W02NWSW,42.762157,-84.994968,,"Civil War,5",08/06/2020,6bee2ef9-4a69-490e-8d77-8c022537639a,0,930,1,MHC231979044_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,07/24/2020,416528
-85.147329,43.7517,MHC541994002,L1919C,2,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Barryton / Frank Barry,,Barryton,Frank Barry,"In 1894 Frank and Marion Barry registered the plat for a new village named Barryton with the state of Michigan. The twelve-block area consisted of Northern, Marion, and Angell Avenues, and Stearns, Renwick, Darrah, and Hudnutt Streets. A post office opened the same year. By 1896 Barryton had a sawmill, a planing mill, a livery, two general stores, two hotels, two restaurants, a pharmacy, and a hardware store. Within five years a daily stage and the Pere Marquette Railroad served the town’s five hundred citizens. Barryton incorporated as a village in 1908.","Frank Barry (1853-1902) settled in Mecosta County around 1884. A druggist who lacked formal medical training, Barry became known as “Doc” because he treated patients at Rodney, located approximately seven miles southwest of here. He was also involved in lumbering at Round Lake. In 1894 he established the village of Barryton on farmland in Fork Township, at the fork of two branches of the Chippewa River. Barry sold groceries, drugs and real estate, residing with his family in the town that bears his name until his death at age forty-nine.",Wayside Park M-66,Barryton,MI,0,,Mecosta,16N07W27SWNW,43.7517,-85.147329,,,09/22/2020,77abde2d-9ddb-4c4f-8054-8c32357c5734,0,931,0,,,,,416529
-86.264089,42.3894000000001,MHC801963018,S243,2,1963,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Liberty Hyde Bailey (1859-1954),Liberty Hyde Bailey Birthplace (Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum),"Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1858-1954",,"The world-famous botanist and horticulturist, Liberty Hyde Bailey, was born in this frame house. Here in wilderness surroundings he learned of wild animals and plants and attended the local village school. He graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1882, served on its faculty, and designed at that school the nation’s first distinctively horticultural laboratory building. Bailey went on to be director of Cornell’s College of Agriculture, retiring in 1913. Throughout his long life he made signal contributions to science.",,903 Bailey Avenue,South Haven,MI,0,,Van Buren,01S17W11SWSW,42.3894,-86.264089,,,08/14/2019,b49a2d72-9256-4d18-9eea-8c52e62d762c,0,932,0,,,,,416530
-83.1685359999999,42.487425,MHC631986041,L1360B,2,1986,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fred A. Baker House,Huntington Woods Public Library,Fred A. Baker House,,"In 1890 Fred A. Baker, an attorney and former state legislator, purchased 320 acres of land in Royal Oak Township. He developed the land into the Black Meadow Dairy Farm, one of the area’s largest dairies. This Colonial Revival house was built in 1896 on his farm across LaSalle Street. It was moved to this site in 1916 when Baker and several associates formed the Baker Land Company and subdivided the farm into the Bronx Subdivision, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.",,10505 LaSalle Boulevard,Huntington Woods,MI,0,,Oakland,01N11E20NWNE,42.487425,-83.168536,,,09/12/2017,d6185225-7b25-4444-b469-8cc528192e6b,0,934,0,,,,,416531
-84.783382,45.857379,MHC491963013,L31,2,1963,1964,,Across the Peninsula,,Across the Peninsula,,"Old Portage Road, which ends near here, has been used to cross the peninsula since this shore was first settled. It closely parallels the Indian trail which was the way of the trapper and traveler in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.",,"Roadside Park on US-2, just west of St. Ignace",St. Ignace,MI,0,Marker was noted as missing,Mackinac,40N04W15NESE,45.857379,-84.783382,,,01/15/2020,890263fa-f332-4c40-b34b-8ccaa6c68531,0,935,1,MHC491963013_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,08/01/1967,416532
-84.615395,45.850897,MHC491965014,HB45,2,1965,2011,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Indian Dormitory / Henry R. Schoolcraft,,Indian Dormitory,Henry R. Schoolcraft,"The Treaty of 1836 transferred 15 million acres of Ojibway (Chippewa) and Odawa (Ottawa) land in Michigan Territory to the federal government. It also required improvements to the Mackinac Island Indian Agency, including “a dormitory for Indians visiting the post.” This building, designed by Indian Agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, was completed in 1838. It was the agency’s administrative headquarters for eight years and occasionally housed Native Americans who came to the island to receive their annual treaty payments. From 1846 to 1867 the building was used for a variety of purposes, including as a U.S. Customs House. In 1867 it became the Mackinac Island Public School, serving in this capacity until 1960. The Mackinac Island State Park Commission purchased it in 1964 and renovated it in 1966.","Given the choice, Indian Agent Henry Schoolcraft (1793-1864) moved from the “wild magnificence of nature” at Sault Ste. Marie “back one step into the area of the noisy world” on Mackinac Island in 1833. From the Agency House next door to this site, he continued his life’s work documenting “the history, manners and customs, languages and general ethnology” of Michigan Indians. He first came to Michigan in 1820 as the geologist with the Lewis Cass expedition. In 1822 he became the Indian agent at the Sault. Named commissioner for treating with the Indians in 1836, he insisted on broad tribal involvement in the negotiations. After Schoolcraft left Mackinac for his native New York in 1841, he continued to write and publish research on Michigan Indians that scholars still use today.",Huron Street,Mackinac Island,MI,49757,,Mackinac, ,45.850897,-84.615395,,"Native People,5",04/13/2018,2a1f3fad-ae0c-431d-9785-8cfad0b985af,0,936,3,"MHC491965014_3.jpg;MHC491965014_2.jpg;MHC491965014_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;David Forstat;David Forstat","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/28/2015;10/09/2016;10/09/2016",416533
-82.876481,42.4544540000001,MHC502001005,L2100,2,2001,2001,Native People and the French (< 1760),Milk River Settlement,,Milk River Settlement,,"The strip of land at the mouth of the Milk River was named Pointe a Guignolet for a grape-like berry that the French fermented into brandy. It later became known as Gaukler Point. The 1702 map of Lac Sainte Claire, attributed to Detroit founder Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, shows an Ottawa village near the Milk River. This is the earliest documented settlement at the point. As early as 1796 some thirty French families lived in the same vicinity. Well into the nineteenth century the Milk River Settlement was called L’Anse Creuse (Deep Bay). At one time part of Erin Township and, later, Lake Township, the community was incorporated as the village of St. Clair Shores in 1925 and became a city in 1951.",,West Side of Jefferson Ave at Milk River Bridge,St. Clair Shores,MI,0,"West side of Jefferson Avenue at the Milk River Bridge, between Westbury and Morningside Roads",Macomb, ,42.454454,-82.876481,,,09/05/2017,ca43e2cd-b582-446a-944f-8d10ae5a4926,0,937,0,,,,,416534
-84.961202,42.2718180000001,MHC131976039,L458,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Schuler's,Win Shuler's Inn,Schuler's,,"A hotel or inn has occupied this site since 1870. Here stood the Exchange, which became the Johnson House in 1892. The Painter family erected the present brick building in 1895 then known as the Royal. Albert W. Schuler Sr. purchased the hotel in 1924 and renamed it the Schuler. Ten years later the edifice became a restaurant, which the Schuler family continues to operate. Located in a city noted for its wealth of historic buildings, Schuler’s features a longstanding tradition of fine food.",,115 South Eagle Street,Marshall,MI,0,wall-mounted marker,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271818,-84.961202,,,08/03/2020,209420a3-c8a3-4253-9bd1-8d18538ff998,0,938,3,"MHC131976039_1.jpg;MHC131976039_2.jpg;MHC131976039_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","07/12/2020;07/12/2020;07/12/2020",416535
-84.6667399999999,43.3893440000001,MHC291985005,S567A,2,1985,1986,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan Masonic Home,,Michigan Masonic Home,,"In November 1885 the Michigan Masonic Home Association was established to raise funds for a home and health care facility for aged Masons. In 1891 Michigan’s first Masonic Home, located on Reed’s Lake near Grand Rapids, was opened. When fire destroyed it in 1910, Alma businessman and philanthropist Ammi W. Wright donated the former Alma Sanitarium as a replacement. The Masons used that structure for twenty years. In 1929 the Masons began construction of a new home on this 116-acre site. The first residents moved into the new facility in 1931. Since 1931 several additions have combined to create this diverse residential and nursing care facility operated by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan.",,1200 Wright Ave,Alma,MI,0,,Gratiot,12N03W34SWNW,43.389344,-84.66674,,,08/30/2017,916f626d-ff81-4fa0-8ff2-8d19845b0047,0,939,0,,,,,416536
-83.6936909999999,43.046255,MHC251994007,L1914,2,1994,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Berston Field House and Playground,,Berston Field House and Playground,,"Berston Field House and Playground has served Flint citizens as an important recreation center since it opened in 1923. Designed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts, city planning firm of John Nolen, it was developed on land deeded to the city of Flint by members of the Neil J. Berston family in 1920. The field house contained an auditorium, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, community meeting rooms, and a branch of the public library. At Berston people participated in sports, exercised, performed, and learned new skills. During the mid-1930s, Berston became the first community center in Flint to admit African Americans living in the surrounding neighborhood. Berston Field House and Playground remains a significant part of the neighborhood.",,3300 N. Saginaw St.,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.046255,-83.693691,,,08/30/2017,20e4cd0f-8c8c-4f8d-851e-8d4320af92bb,0,940,0,,,,,416537
-83.688487,43.013354,MHC251981051,L911A,2,1981,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Masonic Temple / Masonic Temple,Flint Masonic Temple,Masonic Temple,Masonic Temple,"Dating from medieval times, Freemasonry is likely the world´s oldest fraternity. Freemasonry dates from 1848 in Flint. Completed in 1911, this building has housed lodges including Flint 23, Fellowship 490, Genesee 174, Charles A. Durand 533, Morningstar 556, the Shriners, York Rite, Scottish Rite, Order of the Eastern Star, and other Masonic bodies that devote themselves to charitable works that benefit the Flint Community.","Many of Flint´s most prominent citizens have been Masons. The city´s ""new"" Masonic temple was dedicated in 1911 with great fanfare. Since then the building has been the site of many Masonic and civic events. Non-Masonic groups also held regular meetings at the temple. The Flint Old Newsboys held its organizational meeting here in 1924. In 1947 the Battiste family opened the Temple Dining Room, which became a popular restaurant and venue for benefit dinners.",755 S. Saginaw St.,Flint,MI,48502,,Genesee,,43.013354,-83.688487,,,07/11/2019,b08b7309-24e4-4ae0-96cb-8d9d0ab5e85a,0,941,1,MHC251981051_1.jpg,Karl F. Collyer,Marker Photo - Front,,416538
-82.423601,43.0057180000001,MHC741971008,S332,2,1971,1971,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fort Gratiot Light,Fort Gratiot Lighthouse,Fort Gratiot Light,,"This lighthouse, oldest in Michigan, was built in 1829 to replace a tower destroyed by a storm. Lucius Lyon, the builder, was deputy surveyor general of the Northwest Territory and later a United States senator from Michigan. In the 1860s workers extended the tower to its present height of eighty-six feet. The light, automated in 1933, continues to guide shipping on Lake Huron into the narrow and swift-flowing St. Clair River.",,2750 Omar Street,Port Huron,MI,0,Omar and Garfield Streets,Saint Clair, ,43.005718,-82.423601,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",09/13/2017,1273dc95-dd88-434f-9698-8e6f22e7c279,0,943,0,,,,,416539
-84.5602969999999,42.7361030000001,MHC331984038,L1185A,2,1984,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Morgan B. Hungerford House,,Morgan B. Hungerford House,,"This Late Victorian house, designed by Darius B. Moon, was built by Morgan B. Hungerford in 1880. Hungerford (1830-1903) had arrived in the area in 1858. He farmed a large tract of land in what is now west Lansing and served one term as justice of the peace for Lansing Township. In 1958 Lansing realtor Marguerite Moore restored the house as a residence and office. It became an administrative office building of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan in 1984.",,602 West Ionia,Lansing,MI,0,The back of the marker is blank (no text),Ingham,04N02W16SWNW,42.736103,-84.560297,,1,11/24/2020,f04f2345-4d44-4b34-82aa-8e70b4e12842,0,944,4,"MHC331984038_6.jpg;MHC331984038_7.jpg;MHC331984038_8.jpg;MHC331984038_9.jpg",Michigan Historical Commission,"Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/11/2017;07/11/2017;07/11/2017;11/19/2020",416540
-84.4804099999999,42.7361730000001,MHC332001006,L2094,2,2001,2001,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Masonic Temple,,Masonic Temple,,"Local Masons organized in 1915 and promptly hired Lansing architect Samuel D. Butterworth, a fellow Mason, to design a meeting hall. Butterworth rejected the practice of designing Masonic halls as elaborate classical temples, and instead blended simple Neoclassical detailing with elements of the popular Commercial style. Upon its completion in 1916, the Masonic Temple was one of only a few buildings in “downtown” East Lansing. The Masons sold the hall in 1986 and the interior was subsequently demolished. In 1998 the Chappelle Development Company purchased and rehabilitated the building as office and residential space. The Masonic Temple remains one of the city’s important landmarks and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,314 M.A.C. Avenue,East Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N01W18SWNW,42.736173,-84.48041,,,08/30/2017,ca106e91-43d3-426d-b2c2-8ee596066c99,1980,945,0,,,,,416541
-83.47756505,45.30175411,MHC712012017,L2228,2,2012,2012,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Presque Isle Lodge / Presque Isle Lodge,,Presque Isle Lodge,Presque Isle Lodge,"Newell Avery Eddy Jr. (1880-1940) had the Presque Isle Lodge built around 1920, when the construction of what would become US-23 opened the area around Grand Lake to tourism and recreation. The lodge, placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, is an example of rustic architecture popular in Michigan in the first half of the twentieth century. During this time Michigan’s lumber industry became a leading manufacturer of rustic-styled board-and-batten siding and rough-hewn logs. Responding to the rapid urbanization transforming American life in the late nineteenth century, and associated with healthy living, wilderness and leisure activities, the rustic style was regularly employed by the National Park Service.","Newell Avery Eddy Jr., who built the Presque Isle Lodge, was born in Bay City in 1880 to a lumbering family that had relocated from Maine to Michigan’s Saginaw Valley in the early 1850s. In addition to the Eddy Brothers and Company lumber operation, the family’s business interests included Michigan mines and Great Lakes shipping. Eddy believed this lodge, constructed without the aid of electricity, exemplified the “pioneer spirit and artistic taste” of his New England ancestors. The resort’s furnishings were built exclusively for the lodge in a small shop to its rear. They were so popular with guests that shortly after the lodge opened Eddy formed Habitant Shops, Inc. to meet the demand for the knotty pine furniture.",8211 East Grand Lake Rd,Presque Isle Twp,MI,49777,Next to Presque Isle Post Office,Presque Isle,34N08E33SWNW,45.30175411,-83.47756505,,5,03/30/2020,b2d1e679-bb0b-4b82-8588-8f0535213cad,2008,946,4,"MHC712012017_1.jpg;MHC712012017_2.jpg;MHC712012017_3.jpg;MHC712012017_4.jpg",";;;","Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/29/2010;;;",416542
-83.046595,42.346908,MHC821976032,L441,4,1976,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Wheeler Center,,Wheeler Center,,"In 1919 Leon “Toy” Wheeler of Indianapolis, Indiana, became the first black recreation worker employed by the city of Detroit. Seven years later the Detroit Recreation Department acquired a building at Vernor Highway and Hastings Street which Wheeler managed. Knowledge of sports and leadership qualities made him an excellent choice for the job. In high school Wheeler had received four sports awards and then went on to become an outstanding college athlete. Wheeler was in charge of the Brewster Center, which opened in 1929 in this two-story red brick building. Featuring a well-rounded athletic program, the center made significant progress in basketball, swimming, tennis, boxing, and other sports. Today this organization, known as the Wheeler Center, is a pioneer in programs for the elderly.",,637 Brewster St,Detroit,MI,48201,See Comments.,Wayne,,42.346908,-83.046595,,African-American History,09/02/2020,743f37da-a188-4650-a213-8f248def667f,0,947,0,,,,,416543
-84.522926,42.812857,MHC191976049,L449,2,1976,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Gunnisonville/Gunnisonville,Gunnisonville Historic District,Gunnisonville,Gunnisonville,"Purchasing 160 acres of farmland from the government, Elihu Gunnison first settled this site, originally known as Gunnison, in 1835. This settlement, which its inhabitants often called “four corners,” had a general store owned and operated by Boyden Hubbard. After being appointed postmaster, Hubbard opened the Gunnisonville Post Office in 1891 and operated it in his store. In 1901 rural mail service was initiated in this vicinity, and the old post office was discontinued. In [the] spring of 1890 the townspeople established the community band, which performed for religious, educational and social gatherings; the following year, a bandstand was erected. During the later part of that decade, the Gunnisonville Band participated in several state band tournaments.","The Gunnisonville School was initially a center for social, religious and educational activities. It served as a school for nearly a century and a quarter, first being established in 1836 and continuing to operate, though only as a kindergarten in later years, until 1963. The present one-room schoolhouse, the fourth to stand on this site, was constructed in 1907. It was refurbished as a living educational museum by the joint efforts of the Gunnisonville Restoration Committee and the Lansing School District in 1975. The Methodist Episcopal Church, now the United Methodist Church, was organized in 1862. Seven years prior to this, the local cemetery was established. In 1888 the present church edifice was completed and dedicated on November 4.",14000 Wood Road,Dewitt Township,MI,0,Near the intersection of Wood Road and Clark Road. 1 Mile West of US-27,Clinton,05N02W23NWNW,42.812857,-84.522926,,5,11/01/2022,93d87169-622b-433a-8410-8f6bff5f7971,0,948,0,,,,,416544
-84.429625,42.2522430000001,MHC382006016,S703C,2,2006,2007,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Camp Blair,,Camp Blair,,"During the Civil War (1861-1865) one of Michigan’s military headquarters was in Jackson. Camp Blair was planned in 1863 as a draft rendezvous point and as a center for convalescing troops. Named for incumbent governor Austin Blair, a Jackson resident, it was built on this site to house 2,500 soldiers. The 11-acre camp comprised offices, a hospital, barracks, and store-houses. The first troops arrived during the spring of 1864. In the year following the war over 22,000 Michigan troops returned home via Camp Blair. The June 27, 1866 Jackson Weekly Citizen reported demolition at the camp stating: “It will only be remembered among the histories of the Great Rebellion.” The location of Camp Blair was lost until members of the Sons of Union Veterans researched the site in 2006.",,1212 Wildwood Ave,Jackson,MI,49201,Between N. Thomson and Hubbard Ave,Jackson,02S01W33NWSE,42.252243,-84.429625,,Civil War,04/11/2019,43c84f1c-1ff6-4418-83ca-8f6e4a079e61,0,949,1,MHC382006016_1.jpg,Not Provided,Marker Photo - Front,09/01/2017,416545
-83.08125,42.3821060000001,MHC821993009,L1891,2,1993,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Central Woodward Christian Church,,Central Woodward Christian Church,,"The Detroit firm George D. Mason and Company designed this building for the Disciples of Christ in 1927. Although the structure remains relatively unchanged since its completion in 1928, the windows reflect the significant changes that occurred as the building was adapted for use by the predominantly African American Little Rock Baptist Church, which purchased the structure in 1978. In 1990 an extensive campaign began to replace the original colorless windows with stained glass. The south facade contains the African American Pulpit window depicting portraits of black ministers. This is the fourth church occupied by the Little Rock Baptist congregation since it organized in 1936. The church is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,9000 Woodward Ave,Detroit,MI,0,near Taylor Street,Wayne, ,42.382106,-83.08125,,African-American History,09/20/2017,9724b6d8-8623-4796-9785-8fcf7e8a8b8a,1993,950,1,MHC821993009_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416546
-85.183053,42.3219690000001,MHC131970011,S317,2,1970,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Central Depot,,Michigan Central Depot,,"The Michigan Central Railroad Depot opened on July 27, 1888. Rogers and MacFarlane of Detroit designed the depot, one of several Richardsonian Romanesque-style stations the Michigan Central built between Detroit and Chicago in the late nineteenth century. Thomas Edison as well as Presidents William Howard Taft and Gerald Ford visited here. The depot was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1918, Penn Central in 1968, and Amtrak in 1970. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.",,44 N. McCamly Street,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W01SESE,42.321969,-85.183053,,,08/23/2017,ed34da13-bd5c-4190-95a3-90159993848b,1971,951,0,,,,,416547
-83.4674669999999,42.3724530000001,MHC821978014,L637,2,1978,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Plymouth,City Hall,Plymouth,,"The village of Plymouth was settled in 1825, incorporated in 1867, and became a city in 1932. The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, England, came here in July 1967 to celebrate the centennial of Plymouth, Michigan’s incorporation as a village. He and his aides presented this piece of rock from Plymouth, England, to the citizens of Plymouth, Michigan, some of whom are descendants of the Pilgrims. This rock, taken from the Plymouth harbor from where the Mayflower sailed in 1620, stands as a symbol of friendship between the two cities.",,201 South Main Street,Plymouth,MI,0,,Wayne,01S08E26NWSW,42.372453,-83.467467,,,01/23/2020,45198a79-af48-4aa2-8a66-90616b6dce03,0,952,0,,,,,416548
-83.4907269999999,42.208356,MHC821973022,L255,2,1973,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Old Van Buren Township Hall,,Old Van Buren Township Hall,,"Van Buren Township was organized out of Huron Township by an act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan in 1835. Township business was conducted from homes until this building was completed in 1875. The original plans called for a one-story structure; however, shortly after construction began, the local Grange offered to pay for a second story to be used for its meetings. In a special election, township voters accepted the proposal. As the Grange declined in popularity, the second floor became a community meeting hall. For a short time during the 1930s, the basement served as a jail. In 1952 the Grange relinquished its portion to the township. The building served as the township hall until 1959.",,405 Main St,Belleville,MI,0,at Fourth Street,Wayne,03S08E21NWSE,42.208356,-83.490727,,,09/20/2017,49c62ad6-7905-4131-b070-9061fd1b7654,0,953,0,,,,,416549
-84.409373,42.2429300000001,MHC381984011,S559C,2,1984,1984,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Austin Blair / Austin Blair,,Austin Blair,Austin Blair,"For over a half century, Civil War governor Austin Blair (1818-1894) was a resident of this city. Born in Tompkins County, New York, Blair moved to Jackson in 1841. He began his law practice and was admitted to the Michigan bar in October of that year. After a brief residence in Eaton Rapids (1842-1844), he returned to Jackson. Originally a Whig, Blair joined the Free Soil Party in 1848. In 1854 he was a leader of the over three thousand delegates who met in Jackson and founded the Republican party, the immediate goal of which was to stop the further extension of slavery in the territories. Blair served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in 1856 and chaired the Michigan delegation at the national convention in Chicago in 1860. In 1860 and again in 1862 he was elected governor of Michigan on the Republican ticket.","Austin Blair Began his political career in Eaton Rapids, where he was elected Eaton County clerk in 1842. As a member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1846-1849), he served on the Judiciary Committee and was a leading supporter of the 1846 law to abolish capital punishment. He also introduced legislation to enfranchise black citizens. He was elected Jackson County prosecutor in 1852, and served in the state senate from 1855 to 1856. Elected governor in 1860 and in 1862, Blair personally raised about $100,000 to organize and equip the 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which was the first western force to respond to Lincoln’s call for troops. During the close of his active political life, Blair was a United States Congressman (1867-1873) and a University of Michigan regent (1882-1890). He died in Jackson in 1894.",600 Greenwood Avenue,Jackson,MI,0,Greenwood Park,Jackson,03S01W03SWNE,42.24293,-84.409373,,"Governors,Civil War",08/21/2017,6a51f170-782d-4e53-8eb3-906f3fee0716,0,954,1,MHC381984011_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416550
-82.997121,42.362099,MHC821971046,S349,2,1971,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Indian Village,Indian Village Historic District,Indian Village,,"Abraham Cook purchased the area, now known as Indian Village, from two French farmers, Gabriel St. Aubin and Francois Rivard, during the first decades of the nineteenth century. The vicinity, known as the Cook Farms, was a race track from 1836 to 1893. In 1894 Cook’s heirs subdivided the property and named it Indian Village. The first home was built in 1895 and Indian Village developed into a distinctive single family residential community of over three hundred homes representing a diversity of popular styles of the late 1800s to early 1900s. Due to the unique combination of social and architectural history, Indian Village is one of the most significant neighborhoods in present-day Detroit. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.",,Iroquois St & E Vernor Hwy.,Detroit,MI,0,"District bounded by Mack, Burns, Jefferson, & Seminole Aves.",Wayne, ,42.362099,-82.997121,,4,01/25/2021,f3a4762a-39a2-4855-8428-90765a46e3fe,1972,955,2,"MHC821971046_1.jpg;MHC821971046_2.jpg","Lawrence R. Smith;Lawrence R. Smith","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/20/2020;01/25/2021",416551
-84.558205,42.7340610000001,MHC332005006,S688C,2,2005,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),State Highway Department / Horatio Earle,Murray D. Van Wagoner Building/MDOT Central Office Building,State Highway Department,Horatio Earle,"Created in 1905, the State Highway Department, the precursor to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), revolutionized U.S. highway travel. Working with the Wayne County Road Commission, the agency paved the nation’s first mile of concrete rural highway on Woodward Avenue in Detroit in 1909. It responded to growing automobile tourism by opening the first state-operated information center near New Buffalo in 1935. During World War II the state’s first four-lane divided expressway carried workers from the Detroit area to Ford’s Willow Run bomber plan in Ypsilanti. In 1973 MDOT expanded to include all transportation programs: ports, buses, aeronautics, marine, railroads, and non-motorized transportation.","In 1905, the year the State Highway Department was created, Michigan roads were quagmires of sand, mud, and clay that trapped horse-drawn vehicles and early automobiles alike. Bicycle clubs, such as the League of American Wheelmen, led the effort to “reform” roads nationwide. In Michigan, the first state highway commissioner, Horatio “Good Roads” Earle (1855-1935), a bicyclist himself, vowed to conquer “The Mighty Monarch Mud.” A former state senator, Earle served as state highway commissioner until 1909. Known as “the Father of Good Roads”, Earle helped open the state to commerce and tourism. Monuments were erected in Cass City and Mackinaw City in his honor. Although appreciative, Earle stated, “The monument I prize most is not measured by its height, but its length in miles.”",425 West Ottawa Street,Lansing,MI,48909,,Ingham,04N02W16SWNW,42.734061,-84.558205,,,08/08/2017,e2f73c7c-dfb6-426a-b471-90b00c512bd5,0,956,3,"MHC332005006_1.jpg;MHC332005006_2.jpg;MHC332005006_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/28/2017;06/28/2017;06/28/2017",416552
-83.065178,42.339902,MHC821976052,L374,4,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),David Augustus Straker,,David Augustus Straker,,"Here stood the home of an eminent Detroit Negro who distinguished himself as a lawyer, politician, and writer. A native of Barbados, Straker (1842-1908) came to America in 1867 and received a law degree from Howard University four years later. After a varied career in the South, he moved to Detroit and became counsel to William W. Ferguson, well-known black businessman. Straker won the celebrated 1890 case against the white owner of a saloon and restaurant who refused to serve Ferguson and a friend. Active in Republican politics as well as in legal affairs, Straker was elected circuit court commissioner. He wrote several books including a biography of Toussaint L’Ouverture and published and edited a weekly edition of the Detroit Advocate. Known as the “black Irish lawyer” because of his accent, Straker battled throughout his life for civil rights and racial pride.",,428 Temple,Detroit,MI,48201,Per Kim Johnson: Stolen. Listed as missing in 2000 report. Façade of this building has been stripped. Text concerns (see comments),Wayne, ,42.339902,-83.065178,,"African-American History,1",11/17/2022,f410078d-cab0-4225-8706-9112c0c0afdd,0,957,0,,,,,416553
-84.120648,43.185775,MHC731982032,L1035B,2,1982,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),George Nason House / George Nason House,Chesaning Heritage House,George Nason House,George Nason House,"George M. Nason (1859-1929) built this house in 1907-08. The Nason family had emigrated from Northampton, England, to Buffalo, New York, in 1832. George’s father, Robert (1831-1907), came to Chesaning in 1852 and engaged in farming and lumbering. In 1861 he purchased fifteen hundred acres of land about five miles from Chesaning and erected a sawmill. For over a decade, he also engaged in prosperous land speculative activities and by 1881, he was considered to be one of Chesaning’s wealthiest men.","George Nason (1859-1929) built this Georgian Revival-style house as a monument to his family’s success in the lumbering business. Its exterior features stately Ionic columns. A grand circular opening between the first and second floor dominates the interior. Nason family members lived in the house until 1945. The building remained a private residence until 1980, when it was opened to the public as an elegant dining establishment called the Chesaning Heritage House.",605 West Broad St,Chesaning,MI,0,,Saginaw,09N03E16NENW,43.185775,-84.120648,,2,03/24/2022,dced9e53-83a7-4407-b758-916efab30c53,0,960,1,MHC731982032_1.jpg,Village of Chesaning,Site Photo w/Marker,03/24/2022,416554
-84.482332,42.7319610000001,MHC331955001,S1,2,1955,1955,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan State University--Founded 1855,"College Hall, Old College Hall, Beaumount Tower, MSU",Michigan State University-- Founded 1855,,"On this site stood College Hall, first building in the United States erected for the teaching of scientific agriculture. Here began the first college of its kind in America, and the model for Land Grant colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862. This act granted lands for the endowment of colleges to provide for “liberal and practical education . . . in the several pursuits and professions in life.”",,Beaumont Tower,East Lansing,MI,0,"West Circle Drive, across from the Main Library",Ingham,04N01W18NWSW,42.731961,-84.482332,,,04/16/2020,f3f14282-549e-41ab-a24d-917a69f32572,0,961,1,MHC331955001_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416555
-83.048422,42.326649,MHC821956045,S38,4,1956,1958,,Early Detroit: 1701-1760,,Early Detroit: 1701-1760,,"Detroit was founded July 24, 1701, by Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac, who landed in this vicinity on that date. With him were one hundred Frenchmen and a like number of Indians. Cadillac took possession of the land in the name of Louis XIV. Here was built Fort Pontchartrain to prevent English traders from using the water route to the Upper Great Lakes. The site was on a peninsula between the Detroit River and the Savoyard Creek. Huron, Ottawa, and Pottawatomi Indians accepted the invitation of Cadillac to settle near the fort. Detroit he wished to develop as an agricultural settlement. Mesdames Cadillac and de Tonty arrived later in 1701. Other families followed them. After Cadillac’s removal in 1710, Detroit’s growth was retarded for many years. In 1712 the French and their Indian allies fought and destroyed a band of Fox Indians camped north of the fort. The French crown encouraged the development of the colony in the 1740s by offering seed, livestock, and farm equipment to settlers. The fort was enlarged in the 1750s. Detroit then had a French population of about one thousand, and farms lined the river above and below the fort as well as across the river.",,Cobo Hall,Detroit,MI,48226,Per Kim Johnson: Removed. In storage at the stables on Belle Isle. Awaiting approval of new location to reinstall.,Wayne, ,42.326649,-83.048422,,,11/17/2022,8f273b66-8559-4f31-b7b7-91dcd00bb287,0,962,0,,,,,416556
-83.8716019999999,41.8354220000001,MHC461971030,L136,2,1971,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Carpenter House,David Carpenter House,Carpenter House,,"This Greek Revival mansion was built in 1851 for David Carpenter, one of Lenawee County’s most prominent early residents. Born in New York State, he moved to Blissfield in 1838, and became a wealthy farmer and merchant. After his death in 1891, the house served as a private residence until 1960, when it became a restaurant. The building’s only major exterior alteration has been the addition of second story wings and porches.",,424 West Adrian Street,Blissfield,MI,0,,Lenawee,07S05E30SWSE,41.835422,-83.871602,,,09/05/2019,7536db03-7cea-46af-a5df-921a4d751971,0,963,0,,,,,416557
-84.971008,37.675057,MHC991983033,S555C,2,1983,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan at Perryville / Michigan at Perryville,,Michigan at Perryville,Michigan at Perryville,"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 First Michigan Light Artillery), the Second Michigan Cavalry and the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry. During the course of the battle Battery A, equipped with six ten-pounder Parrott guns, prevented the right flank of General Daniel McCook’s corps from being turned and aided in the repulse of General Patrick Cleburne’s Rebel brigade. At one point, Loomis was ordered to spike his guns and leave them. By refusing, he retained a key position. Battery A is reported to have fired the first and the last artillery rounds of the battle.","The units from Michigan that fought in the Battle of Perryville were: the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, mustered at Kalamazoo and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Worden; the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry, mustered at Ionia and commanded by Colonel Ambrose A. Stevens; the Second Michigan Cavalry, mustered at Grand Rapids and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Archibald P. Campbell; Battery A, First Michigan Light Artillery, mustered at Coldwater and commanded by Captain Cyrus O. Loomis; Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery, mustered at Coldwater and commanded by Captain Josiah W. Church; the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, mustered at Marshall and commanded by Colonel William P. Innes.",1825 Battlefield Road,Perryville,KY,0,"located in the Perryville Battlefield State Park in Perryville, Kentucky.",, ,37.675057,-84.971008,,Civil War,01/27/2020,28a6b08f-ed9a-4ff1-a14b-92c5f5263553,0,966,0,,,,,416558
-88.064002,45.8160580000001,MHC221977013,L563,2,1977,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Dickinson County / Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail,,Dickinson County,Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail,"In 1873 John Lane Buell exposed one of the richest deposits of iron ore in the world. His discovery, known as the Menominee Iron Range, led to the development of the area and the subsequent creation of Dickinson County in 1891. The last of Michigan’s eighty-three counties to be organized, it was named for Donald M. Dickinson, a prominent Detroit attorney and postmaster general in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889). Three of Michigan’s largest iron mines were located in Iron Mountain, which had an abundant supply of water power and was served by two major railroads. Iron Mountain became a center of commerce and distribution for the range and was the natural location for the county seat once the county was organized.","This Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse, erected in 1896 97, is constructed of rock faced brick, trimmed with Portage Entry sandstone. James E. Clancy, a locally recognized architect who specialized in planning public buildings on the Menominee Iron Range, designed the courthouse. County offices opened here only five years after Dickinson County was created by act of the Michigan State Legislature. The jail, designed to complement the larger structure, originally had thirty four cells for male prisoners and two wards for juvenile and female prisoners on the first floor, with the sheriff’s quarters on the first and second floors. County offices moved into the building in 1982.",700 South Stephenson,Iron Mountain,MI,0,,Dickinson,40N30W31SWNW,45.816058,-88.064002,,Mining Industry,05/13/2020,4134c3fc-ff42-48a2-8cd9-93131133b184,0,968,1,MHC221977013_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,416559
-83.27483,42.267365,MHC821988019,L1524,2,1988,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Oak Grove Burying Ground,Oak Grove Cemetery,Oak Grove Burying Cemetery,,"Oak Grove is Taylor’s largest municipal cemetery. The first burial took place on this site in 1838. It has grown from the original one-acre parcel donated by Garrett and Lydia Putnam in 1861. Sixty graves date from the nineteenth century. Prominent pioneer families, such as the Mayfields, the Paschkes, and the Pardees, are interred here. Many headstones have German inscriptions, reflecting the ethnic origins of Taylor’s citizens.",,Burr Avenue south of Van Born,Taylor,MI,0,Some documentation for Oak Grove Burying Ground might be found in the Taylor Township Cemetery (Site No. L1487) file.,Wayne,03S10E05NENE,42.267365,-83.27483,,,01/27/2020,1a2dd10c-96db-406d-8814-931add18cef5,0,969,0,,,,,416560
-88.570642,47.1211010000001,MHC311986013,L1319A,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Trinity Episcopal Church,,Trinity Episcopal Church,,"Many of the Cornish miners, storekeepers, and mining captains who immigrated to this area during the Copper Country mining boom (1842-1860) were Anglicans. On July 17, 1860, the Reverend Samuel A. McCoskry, Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, met with nine Houghton and Hancock businessmen to establish a parish. The group held its first public worship services on September 15, 1860. At its first vestry meeting, on July 13, 1861, the name Trinity Church was adopted. The present Jacobsville sandstone church was completed in 1910. Located on the site of an earlier wooden church, the present building has an interior design influenced by the Oxford Movement. The sanctuary’s attractive wood carvings are the handiwork of Aloysius Lang of Oberammergau.",,200 Pewabic Street,Houghton,MI,0,at the corner of Montezuma Street,Houghton,55N34W36SWNW,47.121101,-88.570642,,,08/30/2017,75d1714f-f0e3-496e-846b-9352f86dfd81,0,970,0,,,,,416561
-86.2521,43.237441,MHC611961017,L20,2,1961,1964,Native People and the French (< 1760),Old Indian Cemetery,,Old Indian Cemetery,,"This cemetery was already established when the first white man came to the area. It is believed to have been used by the Ottawa as early as 1750 and is known to have been a burial ground from 1806 to 1854 for both Indians and settlers. The Daily-Badeau trading post existed from 1830 to 1848 on the shore of Muskegon Lake below the cemetery. Louis B. Badeau purchased Lot 2, containing the cemetery and much of downtown Muskegon, in 1839. This was the starting point for all the early surveys in the area. Near here Martin Ryerson set up his first sawmill. He obtained title to the cemetery, and in 1926 his son, Martin A. Ryerson, deeded it to Muskegon with the stipulation that it be maintained in perpetuity.",,Morris Avenue Between First & Second Sts.,Muskegon,MI,0,between First and Second Streets,Muskegon,10N16W19SWSE,43.237441,-86.2521,,Native People,08/18/2017,5ab23d68-1901-4038-aaab-9354be1b72c9,0,971,0,,,,,416562
-85.172221,42.603637,MHC081970013,L86,2,1970,2022,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Barryville,,Barryville,,"This village was settled in the mid-nineteenth century, and in 1857 a post office was opened. By 1860 a town of several blocks was established, and the businesses included a gristmill, hotel, and sash factory. The gristmill, run by Melatiah J. Lathrop, was the principal industry for a number of years. The Grand River Valley Railroad bypassed Barryville in 1869, and soon the population declined. One hundred people lived here in the early 1870s, but by the next decade only fifteen remained. The mill operated until the turn of the century.",,6043 Scott Road,Barryville,MI,0,"Peace United Methodist Church, Castleton Twp.",Barry,03N07W32SWNW,42.603637,-85.172221,,1,08/02/2022,a2335660-9bd9-4a9f-b651-93757d47a353,0,972,2,"MHC081970013_1.jpg;MHC081970013_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Jim DeVries","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/06/2020;07/29/2022",416563
-83.337022,42.434943,MHC822000006,S672,2,2000,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Clarenceville School District / Louis E. Schmidt Auditorium,Clarenceville High School,Clarenceville School District,Louis E. Schmidt Auditorium,"The Clarenceville School District originated as Fractional School District No. 5 in 1837 and served the children of present-day Livonia, Farmington Hills, and Redford. The village of Clarenceville was the last stagecoach stop on the Lansing to Detroit plank road, and was named for Postmaster Thomas Clarency, who owned what became the Botsford Inn. In 1907 the post office closed, but the school district, the inn, and the cemetery remained.","The Louis E. Schmidt Auditorium was home to the Clarenceville Jazz Series from 1969 to 1982. Jazz greats like Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Harry James, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, and Maynard Ferguson performed here and held workshops for middle and high school students. Built in 1968, the auditorium was named for Louis E. Schmidt, who served as school superintendent from 1948 to 1966 and in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1967 to 1968.",20155 Middlebelt Road,Livonia,MI,0,,Wayne,01S09E02SENE,42.434943,-83.337022,,,09/20/2017,1fe894eb-d292-410d-8b6d-9380cbcf6f39,0,973,0,,,,,416564
-84.9987356299999,41.9405561300001,MHC122014002,L2258,2,2014,2014,Civil War and After (1860-1875),H. C. Lewis Art Gallery / Masonic Temple,Coldwater Masonic Temple,H. C. Lewis Art Gallery,Masonic Temple,"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 complemented the Lewises’ adjacent home. Upon Alma’s death in 1895, most of the art was donated to the University of Michigan in accordance with Henry’s will. The building served as a Y.M.C.A from 1896 until 1913, when it became the Masonic Temple.","The Tyre Lodge #18 Free and Accepted Masons of Coldwater organized in 1847. In 1867, Coldwater Masons and their female relatives formed the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter that became the oldest continuous Eastern Star chapter in the world. In 1913, Coldwater Masons and Eastern Stars bought the Y.M.C.A. building that had been the H.C. Lewis Art Gallery. Architect Maurice Carney redesigned the Italianate-style structure into a
Mission-style building.",45 E Chicago St,Coldwater,MI,49036,"Between Hudson and Jefferson; placed in front yard on Chicago St.",Branch,06S06W22NWNW,41.94055613,-84.99873563,,,05/02/2019,9467b733-b9e4-4697-a20f-939cf33e7c0b,0,974,2,"MHC122014002_1.jpg;MHC122014002_2.jpg","unknown;Not Provided","Other Photo;Other Photo","08/14/2013;01/01/2003",416565
-83.944945,43.3510610000001,MHC731978009,L585,2,1978,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hess School,,Hess School,,"Spaulding Township was organized in 1858. Thirteen years later, Peter and Orissa Hess deeded this site to the first school district of the township for the sum of ten dollars. Local farmers erected the first school in 1875. That structure was replaced in 1915. Ten years later, fire destroyed the second building. However, in less than a year’s time, the present red brick schoolhouse, the third to stand on this site, was erected and opened for use. This 1925 structure has served the community schools for over fifty years.",,1520 Houlihan Rd,Spaulding Township,MI,0,"NW corner of Cole Road, Saginaw vicinity",Saginaw,11N04E13SESW,43.351061,-83.944945,,,09/12/2017,bee022e5-3ac9-42e9-9771-93a4e97d4425,0,975,0,,,,,416566
-84.964368,42.272634,MHC131965003,HB42,2,1965,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Honolulu House,Abner Pratt House,Honolulu House,,"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 atmosphere. Teak and ebony were used, and murals on the walls depicted tropical plants and animals. In 1887 the interior was changed but the opulent style of the exterior, unique in the Midwest, has survived.",,107 North Kalamazoo Ave,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W26NENE,42.272634,-84.964368,,,08/06/2020,17c6b110-4fd9-4c82-8749-93b248f2e8c9,0,976,1,MHC131965003_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,,416567
-83.23475,42.7232500000001,MHC631983028,L1059A,2,1983,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Howarth School,,Howarth School,,"John Howarth provided the land on which this Greek Revival schoolhouse was built in 1859. The building served the community as a place of worship for the Howarth United Methodist Church and as an Oakland County school. The Methodists moved to a new building across the road in 1898; however, the building was used as a school until 1955 when the Orion Township school system was consolidated. The church then acquired the building for its vacation Bible school and its annual Christmas bazaar.",,4040 Bald Mountain Road,Orion Township,MI,0,"at Silver Bell Road, west of Squirrel Road, Gingleville vicinity",Oakland,04N10E26SESE,42.72325,-83.23475,,,09/12/2017,3006ded2-f7bb-4f57-a89b-93b7e0f5e47d,0,977,0,,,,,416568
-82.930027,42.5320100000001,MHC501996026,L1957,2,1996,1996,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Baumgartner House,John C. & Samantha Baumgartner House,Baumgartner House,,"A native of Bavaria, John Baumgartner purchased this property in Erin Township in 1856, becoming one of Fraser’s first landowners. Around 1866 he and his wife, Samantha, moved here with the first three of their seven children. In 1875 they erected this house in the Rundbogenstil (round arch mode), a German architectural style popularized in the United States from the 1840s through the 1860s. The rounded windows, square plan, and perfect symmetry reflect the style. The farm included outbuildings and orchards.",,18577 Masonic Rd,Fraser,MI,0,,Macomb,01N13E05SENE,42.53201,-82.930027,,1,07/26/2017,ebd0ecd3-1fbb-4ff5-9db7-93bcee45f213,0,978,0,,,,,416569
-84.95725,46.770987,MHC171974035,L272,2,1974,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Whitefish Point Lighthouse,,Whitefish Point Lighthouse,,"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 ships navigating this treacherous coastline to and from St. Mary’s Canal. Since 1971 the light, fog signal, and radio beacon have been automated and controlled from Sault Ste. Marie.",,End of Whitefish Point Rd.,Whitefish Township,MI,0,,Chippewa,51N05W32NESW,46.770987,-84.95725,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",08/22/2019,91c902d2-d1d2-400d-9aa3-93e80e9d48c3,0,979,2,"MHC171974035_1.jpg;MHC171974035_4.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","07/01/2017;07/01/2017",416570
-86.217839,43.0728990000001,MHC701968004,S289,2,1968,1968,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Grand Haven,,Grand Haven,,"This town began as a fur trading post established by Rix Robinson in the 1830s. Robinson, an agent for the American Fur Company, used this as one of his leading western Michigan posts. The Reverend William M. Ferry came here in 1834 from Mackinac to work with Robinson in developing a town. The Grand Haven Company was formed, and lots were platted and sold. By 1837 the town had more than two hundred inhabitants. A heavy influx of settlers in the 1840s caused the decline of the fur trade. Lumbering soon became the leading activity, and by the 1870s there were several sawmills, a shingle mill, and a sash and door factory in the community of six thousand. Grand Haven became a popular health resort in the late 1800s, famous for its Magnetic Mineral Spring.",,Rix Robinson Park,Grand Haven,MI,0,"M-31, Near the Grand Isle Marina",Ottawa,08N16W21NENW,43.072899,-86.217839,,,09/12/2017,71848d53-5b8c-4204-9c5c-94770cbe45aa,0,982,0,,,,,416571
-82.427499,42.9783320000001,MHC741988034,L1609B,2,1988,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Port Huron High School,St. Clair County Community College,Port Huron High School,,"On September 9, 1908, the third Port Huron High School building opened here, where two previous high schools had stood. Port Huron architect George Harvey designed this Second Renaissance Revival-style school, constructed of brick and limestone. A 1917 state law limited the establishment of junior colleges to communities of over thirty thousand residents. In May 1923 the population requirement was changed to twenty- five thousand and Port Huron qualified. In September 1923 Port Huron Junior College opened in temporary classrooms in the high school annex. The college moved to quarters in the Maccabee Building in 1928, and when a new high school was built in 1957 the junior college returned to the site of its founding. In 1967, by a vote of the people, the college separated from the school district and became St. Clair County Community College.",,323 Erie Street,Port Huron,MI,0,at McMorran,Saint Clair,06N17E10SENE,42.978332,-82.427499,,,09/13/2017,faedba2f-66e0-4e50-a9cf-948f8c66c585,0,983,0,,,,,416572
-85.000416,41.9428500000001,MHC121979032,L657A,2,1979,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"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 a cost of $40,104. The 185-foot steeple, one of the highest in southern Michigan and the chief landmark of the city, was made possible by a gift from S. M. Seedy. The Meneely bell came from West Troy, New York, in 1853. In early times, the church often served as a lecture and concert hall. Sojourner Truth, former slave and early women's rights activist, spoke here in 1877.This church building is now the oldest in the city still in use by its original denomination. In 1986 it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,52 Marshall Street,Coldwater,MI,0,NE corner of Marshall and Church Streets,Branch,06S06W15SWSW,41.94285,-85.000416,,,08/21/2017,9b6a9067-c1ed-4e43-b08b-9494d0bed04b,1986,984,0,,,,,416573
-83.523457,43.281216,MHC791994004,L1907,2,1994,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Millington School District No. 2,,Millington School District No. 2,,"In 1856 Millington’s first school, a log building, was erected. Between 1866 and 1867 the number of school-age children doubled, and a frame school was built on land obtained from David Lane, owner of the town’s first sawmill. In 1884 Millington citizens decided to construct a modern brick building; however, public opinion was split on whether to locate the new school east or west of the Michigan Central Railroad tracks. An election was called to decide the issue. Local lore credits “east sider” Joe Gravell with driving his team of horses through the town calling voters to the polls. East side advocates won and the school was built on this site. Between 1947 and 1970 eighteen rural schools consolidated to form the Millington Community School District.",,Gleason Street,Millington,MI,0,at the corner of Millington Street,Tuscola,10N08E16NENE,43.281216,-83.523457,,,09/13/2017,a9ad9cf6-941f-44b0-b2a6-94993244a456,0,985,0,,,,,416574
-83.932566,42.604945,MHC472006019,L2178,2,2006,2007,Statehood Era (1815-1860),George W. Lee House,,George W. Lee House,,"This c.1846 Greek Revival house, among Howell’s oldest, was home to prominent citizen George W. Lee (1812-1882). Lee moved from New York State to Michigan in 1836. A businessman and public servant, Lee helped establish the Republican party in 1854 and started the county’s first newspaper, the Livingston Republican, in 1855. He was appointed quarter-master for Michigan during the Civil War, and later served as Indian Agent for the state.",,404 S. Walnut St.,Howell,MI,48843,Between Crane and Brooks,Livingston,03N04E36NWSW,42.604945,-83.932566,,,04/23/2019,ed32c68a-7a2b-4237-89b0-94c3895b8805,0,986,2,"MHC472006019_2.jpg;MHC472006019_1.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/14/2017;08/14/2017",416575
-84.408516,42.2470560000001,MHC381997001,L2025,2,1997,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Horace Ismon / Ismon Building,,Horace Ismon,Ismon Building,"This building was erected for Jackson dry goods merchant Horace Ismon in 1853. Ismon had begun his mercantile career in Paw Paw during the 1840s. Although established in Jackson, he continued his Paw Paw ventures, engaging in the woolen trade, building a tannery and grist and sawmills, and financing the Paw Paw Railroad. Ismon was a founding director of the Jackson County Bank in 1872. Having no children of their own, Ismon and his wife, Clara, mentored youth interested in the mercantile trade.","A lavish gala attended by three hundred guests and future governor Austin Blair celebrated the opening of the Ismon Building on February 22, 1853. The building has housed a variety of enterprises, among them Horace Ismon’s dry goods store, a pharmacy, and a home health service. From 1927 to 1972, the Fairy Garden restaurant occupied the upper floors. It is believed to have been the first Jackson establishment with air conditioning (installed in 1933).",171 West Michigan Ave/103 South Jackson Street,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,03S01W03NENE,42.247056,-84.408516,,,09/01/2017,d14ac2f2-0d18-42ed-aa6e-952879358399,0,987,0,,,,,416576
-85.2079429999999,44.975333,MHC051974047,L274,2,1974,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bellaire - The Antrim County Seat,,Bellaire - The Antrim County Seat,,"The first pioneers of Antrim County settled along Grand Traverse Bay near Elk Rapids in the 1850s. Later settlers moved inland, and urged that the county seat be transferred from the bay shore closer to the geographical center of the county. After a close election in 1879, Keno, later named Bellaire, became the new county seat. Thus began a bitter controversy, which was appealed to the state Supreme Court and lasted for twenty-five years. Although the courthouse square was purchased as early as 1879, the county building was not constructed until 1904-05 after another vote. Designed by Jens C. Peterson, and built by Waterman and Price, the courthouse cost thirty thousand dollars.",,Cayuga (M-88) Between Grove and Court,Bellaire,MI,0,"Bounded by Cayuga, West Court, North Broad, and East Grove Streets",Antrim,30N07W30NENW,44.975333,-85.207943,,4,05/12/2020,8313be4d-2cd1-4fdc-a03b-956b7b9a5bb5,0,988,1,MHC051974047_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,416577
-85.4173699999999,44.8972880000001,MHC051973020,L59,2,1973,1969,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Township Hall,Elk Rapids Township Hall,Township Hall,,"Designed by Charles H. Peale and built in 1883 near the site where the earliest white settler, Abram Wadsworth had lived, the Elk Rapids Township Hall has served as a social and political center for over ninety years. Largely due to lumbering and related industries, the village was the most important economic force in the area. Located on Grand Traverse Bay, the prosperous community needed a permanent meeting place. Thus, this hall was erected and has hosted theatrical, patriotic, school, and township activities.",,River St.,Elk Rapids,MI,0,wall-mounted on the front of the building facing River Street (at the corner of Spruce),Antrim,29N09W20NESE,44.897288,-85.41737,,6,06/16/2022,b876706f-0eb4-4c19-9272-959b3f09b098,0,989,0,,,,,416578
-85.478868,43.6967030000001,MHC541975042,L384,2,1975,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Mecosta County Jail,,Old Mecosta County Jail,,"Big Rapids became the county seat in 1859 and incorporated as a city in 1869. This building, antedated by two other jails, served as the county jail and sheriff’s residence from 1893 until 1965. The oldest public structure in the original plat of the village of Big Rapids, it features gable and hip roofs and turrets characteristic of Queen Anne-style architecture. The adjacent grounds have been used for a park and for concerts.",,220 South Stewart Ave,Big Rapids,MI,0,,Mecosta,15N10W14NWNW,43.696703,-85.478868,,,09/06/2017,27a8f2f1-f1de-45af-80f4-95fc461a52ea,0,990,0,,,,,416579
-84.1118,44.424493,MHC652001008,L2092,2,2001,2001,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Cleveland Park Pavilion,,Cleveland Park Pavilion,,"In 1930 automobile pioneer Harry M. Jewett donated twenty acres of land and money to Rose City for a park. By July 1931 local businessmen had created the park with tourist cabins, a baseball diamond and this pavilion. The Ogemaw County Herald hailed the park as “second to none in the state and other parts of the country.” The Cleveland Park Pavilion, with its stone chimney and four stoves, continues to serve as an open air kitchen and dining hall.",,Cleveland Park,Rose City,MI,0,"adjacent to Rose City Hall, M-33",Ogemaw,24N03E31SWSE,44.424493,-84.1118,,,02/04/2020,c3aef642-d874-42a1-9f4a-960280af3d30,0,991,0,,,,,416580
-84.119353,43.185927,MHC731987005,L1432A,2,1987,2022,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Leamington Stewart House,Dr. Leamington B. Stewart House,Leamington Stewart House,,"Leamington and Madeline Stewart built this Queen Anne house in 1895-97. The house was based on Design No. 53 in George F. Barber’s The Cottage Souvenir No. 2, a pattern book published in 1891. Barber advertised the house’s cost at $5,250. Pattern books were popular in the late 1800s as a way to obtain contemporary house plans at bargain prices. An Ontario native, Stewart practiced medicine in Chesaning until his death in 1933.",,505 West Broad St,Chesaning,MI,0,,Saginaw,09N03E16NWNE,43.185927,-84.119353,,1,03/01/2022,8fcd0eae-0a23-4c71-ae0d-964013facce8,0,992,2,"MHC731987005_2.jpg;MHC731987005_1.jpg","Village of Chesaning;Village of Chesaning","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","03/02/2022;03/01/2022",416581
-83.065933,42.3616630000001,MHC821970007,S315,2,1970,2003,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Charles Lang Freer House / Merrill-Palmer Institute,,Charles Lang Freer House,Merrill-Palmer Institute,"Detroit industrialist Charles Lang Freer prospered primarily as a railroad car manufacturer. This house, considered Michigan’s finest example of the Shingle Style, was designed by Wilson Eyre Jr. of Philadelphia and built in 1890. Here Freer (1854-1919) assembled one of the most extensive Asian art collections in the world. He also collected Pewabic Pottery and the work of contemporary American artists such as Whistler, Dewing, and Tryon. A 1905 addition incorporated the “Peacock Room,” decorated by James Whistler, which was removed from a house in England and transplanted here as part of Freer’s art collection. In 1906 he donated his collection and the Peacock Room to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.","
This house was built for industrialist Charles Lang Freer in 1890. Upon Freer’s death in 1919, the executors of the will of Lizzie Merrill-Palmer purchased the house for use as a school devoted to improving the quality of parenting. This school became what is now known as the Merrill-Palmer Institute, one of the first institutes of child development established in the United States. Merrill-Palmer’s model, combining study, research, and work with children, was widely copied in other locations nationally. Its preschool, opened in 1922, led the development of preschool education and childcare across the nation. In 1981 the Merrill-Palmer Institute became part of Wayne State University.",71 East Ferry Ave,Detroit,MI,0,between Woodward Avenue and John R Street,Wayne, ,42.361663,-83.065933,,,09/20/2017,c5ba3228-d669-4e57-89d7-9641ba3964b1,0,993,0,,,,,416582
-83.224225,42.553364,MHC631991018,L1832,2,1991,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Greenwood Cemetery / Greenwood Cemetery,Birmingham Cemetery,Greenwood Cemetery,Greenwood Cemetery,"The oldest section of Greenwood Cemetery comprises land purchased from the federal government by Dr. Ziba Swan of Albany, New York, in 1821. The first interments on the one-half-acre parcel set aside by Swan for a cemetery occurred in 1825 when Polly Utter and her daughter Cynthia were murdered. Twenty-one years later twenty-one local citizens, including Dr. Ebenezer Raynale, a member of Michigan’s first senate, purchased the cemetery property and an additional one and one-half acres from Swan. Martha Baldwin, founder of the Ladies’ Library Association, organized local women into a group that in 1885 incorporated as the Greenwood Cemetery Association. Between 1846 and 1904 the cemetery was enlarged three times, increasing in size to eight acres. In 1946 the city of Birmingham took over the operation of the cemetery.","Created in 1825 on the property of Dr. Ziba Swan, Greenwood Cemetery contains the remains of some of Oakland County’s earliest pioneers and most prominent citizens. The oldest graves, those of Polly and Cynthia Utter, date from 1825. Dr. Swan was interred in 1847. Birmingham’s only Revolutionary War veteran, John Daniels, was buried here in 1832. Additional interments include: Michigan State Senator Ebenezer Raynale (1881); Martha Baldwin, for whom the Birmingham library is named (1913); Birmingham Eccentric publishers George Mitchell (1929) and Almeron Whitehead (1926); U.S. Congressman Roland Trowbridge (1881); George Gough Booth (1949) and Ellen Scripps Booth (1948), who established the Cranbrook Educational Community; and Pewabic Pottery founder Mary Chase Stratton (1961) and her husband William Buck Stratton (1938).",Oak Street,Birmingham,MI,0,between Greenwood and Lakeview Roads,Oakland,02N10E25SWNW,42.553364,-83.224225,,,09/12/2017,f28da064-022e-48ee-9c51-96557ed0ecdb,0,994,0,,,,,416583
-85.251676,43.1784180000001,MHC591992012,L1846,2,1992,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Paul's Episcopal Church,,Saint Paul's Episcopal Church,,"Saint Paul’s Church was organized in 1872, and served by itinerant minister Mosely Morris. In 1874 the parish erected its first church building. Three years later the vestry sold the structure and the parish was dissolved. In 1879 Deacon William H. Sparling revived Saint Paul’s with services in a rented hall. Within a few years the parish acquired this church, built by Congregationalists in 1856, and moved it to the present site. This is Greenville’s oldest church building.",,305 S. Clay St.,Greenville,MI,0,SE corner of Cass Street,Montcalm,09N08W10SWSW,43.178418,-85.251676,,,09/06/2017,c7973972-3fe5-4be8-8013-966baf3b7433,0,995,0,,,,,416584
-83.536519,42.306223,MHC821989026,L1638A,2,1989,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cherry Hill School,Canton Fractional School District No. 1 Schoolhouse,Cherry Hill School,,"In 1876 this Italianate schoolhouse replaced a log school, built in 1836 and known officially as Canton Fractional No. 1 School. In 1944 Henry Ford, who operated a small factory in Cherry Hill, paid for an addition to this building, as well as for the salary for a second teacher. The school became part of Ford’s Greenfield Village School System where students benefitted from art, music, and dance curricula. Cherry Hill School was absorbed by the Plymouth School District in 1955.",,50440 Cherry Hill Rd,Canton,MI,0,,Wayne,02S08E18SESW,42.306223,-83.536519,,1,09/20/2017,bd83f54f-33d2-4eb0-93e1-9696c0b05c0e,0,996,0,,,,,416585
-83.2840859999999,42.4791690000001,MHC631993014,L1893C,2,1993,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Southfield Centre,,Southfield Centre,,"The Territorial Road (present-day 10 ½ 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 Ezekiel Sabin built a gristmill along the river, inspiring entrepreneurs to establish businesses in Southfield Centre. Cornelius Lawrence opened a tavern, which became the Southfield Hotel, and Crawford’s Corners Postmaster John Trowbridge moved his store and the post office here. In 1918 Henry Ford purchased the Sabin mill site. The automobile magnate planned to join the factory and the farm by building hydropowered plants that would employ farmers during the winter. Southfield Centre’s forty residents hoped that the plant would lead to economic growth. Ford never built the plant.",,24350 Civic Center Dr.,Southfield,MI,0,Southfield Senior Adult Center,Oakland,01N10E20NESE,42.479169,-83.284086,,,09/12/2017,c175254b-dec6-4bb5-96f0-96bc547ca186,0,997,0,,,,,416586
-83.05066198,42.38961507,MHC822014009,S731,2,2014,2014,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Hamtramck Stadium / Hamtramck Stadium,,Hamtramck Stadium,Hamtramck Stadium,"When the Negro National League was founded in 1920, one of its eight charter teams was the Detroit Stars, who played at Mack Park on Detroit’s East Side. A 1929 fire damaged Mack Park, so owner John Roesink built Hamtramck Stadium in 1930 on land leased from the Detroit Lumber Company. The new stadium had a twelve-foot-high metal outfield fence, box seating, and bleachers down the right field line. In May 1930, some 9,000 fans attended the grand opening, where former Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb threw out the first pitch. In June 1930, Michigan’s first night baseball game was played here; the Stars played the Kansas City Monarchs under a portable lighting system. In 2012, Hamtramck Stadium was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","After the Civil War, black and white baseball players could play on the same teams. But by 1900, black players were excluded from white professional leagues. More than 4,000 African Americans and Latinos played baseball in U.S. professional Negro leagues while baseball was segregated. The Detroit Stars and Detroit Wolves represented the city in four major Negro leagues. National Baseball Hall of Fame members who called Hamtramck Stadium home included Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, “Cool Papa” Bell and “Smokey Joe” Williams. Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson played on visiting teams here. In the 1930s, in addition to Negro league games, the stadium hosted community and scholastic baseball and football, midget car races and boxing matches.","Joseph Campau St, Veteran´s Park",Hamtramck,MI,48212,Stadium address is 3201 Dan Street,Wayne,,42.38961507,-83.05066198,,"African-American History,5",09/22/2016,d3c1a778-d7fd-4d35-87fd-96be3ab7a263,2012,998,1,MHC822014009_1.jpg,,Historical Photo,,416587
-90.161254,46.4332130000001,MHC271960003,L12,2,1960,1960,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Norrie Park,,Norrie Park,,"This recreational area was named in honor of A. Lanfear Norrie, who in 1882 began to explore for iron ore on the Gogebic Range. His discovery resulted in the opening of the Norrie Mine in Ironwood. Soon other mines, such as the Ashland, Aurora, Pabst, and Newport, were booming in these bustling locations. Ironwood is said to have been named after the mining “captain,” James Wood, who was nicknamed “Iron” Wood. After a destructive fire in 1887, the community was rebuilt.",,Norrie Park Rd,Ironwood,MI,0,"Alfred Wright Bouulevard, south of Ironwood",Gogebic,47N47W34NENE,46.433213,-90.161254,,Mining Industry,08/30/2017,47bd13b0-6a58-4c57-ac90-96cbcedb127d,0,999,1,MHC271960003_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416588
-83.901686,43.6670330000001,MHC091956054,S14,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Saginaw Bay,,Saginaw Bay,,"This bay derives its name from the Sauk Indians who once dwelt by its shores. Adrien Jolliet, on his voyage down Lake Huron’s western shore in 1669, first made it known to the white man. In the late 1800s an immense lumber industry flourished in the region. Schooners by the scores daily passed through the bay bringing to the sawmills more logs and hauling off cut lumber. The bay’s waters for years also made fishing good business.",,Bay City State Park,Bay City,MI,0,"5 miles North of Bay City on M-247, between parking lot and beach area; Bangor Twp.",Bay,15N05E29SWSE,43.667033,-83.901686,,"Native People,Timber Industry,1",07/24/2017,e65d62e7-81dd-4f0f-956c-96e05c57de23,0,1000,1,MHC091956054_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416589
-84.520853,42.744045,MHC331989052,L1676C,2,1989,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan Licensed Beverage Association,,Michigan Licensed Beverage Association,,"After the repeal of prohibition in 1933, some Michigan tavern owners and liquor dealers organized trade associations including the Progressive Liquor Alliance and the Royal Ark No. 2. In 1939 these two organizations agreed to merge. The following year the Michigan Table Top Congress was organized. The group headquartered in Detroit until it moved to Lansing in 1946. In 1947 the Association of Michigan Tavern Owners and Operators joined the Table Top Congress. The organization became a lobbyist on behalf of the hospitality industry. It soon led the campaign to repeal a law that prohibited women from tending bar in cities of 50,000 or more residents unless they were the bar owner's daughter or wife. In 1963 the organization was renamed the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association.",,101 S. Washington Square,Lansing,MI,48933,"Moved from 920 N. Fairview Ave., Lansing in 2014",Ingham,04N02W11SWSW,42.744045,-84.520853,,,07/06/2016,03baaaca-5f5c-4f17-8c3c-972bd0950aef,0,1004,0,,,,,416590
-84.111311,42.49681,MHC471996013,L1980,2,1996,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Plainfield Methodist Church,Plainfield Methodist Protestant Church,Plainfield Methodist Church,,"The Plainfield Methodist Protestant Church formally organized on June 7, 1863. The present church building, dedicated on January 27, 1907, replaced the first church, built in 1868, which burned when it was struck by lightning in 1906. In 1939 the congregation merged with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1969 it joined with the Evangelical United Brethren to form the United Methodist Church.",,17845 West M-36,Plainfield,MI,0,Between Bradley and Dutton Roads,Livingston,01N03E08NENE,42.49681,-84.111311,,,09/05/2017,46bfc548-ae66-469b-8d30-973e21168919,0,1005,1,MHC471996013_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416591
-83.0454769999999,42.351076,MHC821975046,L466,2,1975,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sacred Heart Parish,Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Complex,Sacred Heart Parish,,"Erected in 1875, this building was originally a German Catholic church. As the social and ethnic composition of the neighborhood changed, so did the membership of the church. Many of the founding German parishioners moved away. Finally in 1938 the first black Catholic congregation in the city of Detroit moved to this edifice. That pioneer congregation, which had begun in 1911 as the St. Peter Claver Church on Eliot and Beaubien Streets, still worships here. Affiliated with Sacred Heart Parish are a Sunday school, a choir, several church auxiliary organizations, and numerous social, educational, and cultural functions which serve the people of this community. The church operated a high school until 1957 and an elementary school until 1965. This parish has served Detroit for over one hundred years.",,1000 Eliot Street,Detroit,MI,0,"at Rivard Street, east of I-75 and south of Mack Avenue",Wayne, ,42.351076,-83.045477,,African-American History,09/20/2017,6539a6b9-35ce-4fcc-a4df-975fa18c1cf7,0,1006,0,,,,,416592
-83.200137,42.0441420000001,MHC821990006,L1722C,2,1990,1990,Native People and the French (< 1760),Pointe Mouillee Marsh,,Pointe Mouillee Marsh,,"Pointe Mouillee provides a rich habitat for waterfowl and small game. Late Woodland Indians, attracted by the abundant wildlife resources, settled in this vicinity. The earliest white settlers in the area, French fur traders who sought beaver pelts, named the marsh “Pointe Mouillee,” which means “wet point.” In 1875 eight millionaire sportsmen organized the Big Eight Shooting Club, which was renamed the Pointe Mouillee Shooting Club in 1879. The marsh gradually receded over the years as Lake Erie’s fluctuating waters eroded the protective barrier islands. In 1945 the Michigan Department of Conservation purchased the land with revenue from the federal Pittman-Robertson excise taxes and the state Game and Fish Protection Fund. During the 1980s the department initiated a major wildlife habitat project to restore the Mouillee marshes.",,37205 Mouillee Road,Rockwood,MI,0,,Wayne,05S10E24NESW,42.044142,-83.200137,,Heritage Conservation Trail,09/22/2017,d2cf59b9-3ec7-4420-be30-97b3c12595d4,0,1007,0,,,,,416593
-88.160919,47.4565640000001,MHC421998006,L2046,2,1998,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Eagle Harbor House / Eagle Harbor House,Westlakes' Harbor View,Eagle Harbor House,Eagle Harbor House,"Built by the Eagle Harbor Mining Company in 1845, Eagle Harbor House opened to boarders and travelers in 1846, the beginning of the Keweenaw copper rush. It is the last remaining log building of the first four in Eagle Harbor. In 1852 German immigrant Charles Kunz purchased the inn, adding a blacksmith shop and warehouses. Kunz became Keweenaw County’s first sheriff in 1861. He owned the boardinghouse until his death in 1902. It was inherited by his nephew Thomas E. Parks.","Although its economy was based primarily on copper mining, the Keweenaw Peninsula lured visitors with its natural beauty. Beginning in 1846, Eagle Harbor House provided safe lodging to businessmen, prospectors, and travelers. Thomas E. Parks, Keweenaw County sheriff from 1931 to 1936, owned the property from 1902 until 1944. J. C. Westlake purchased the business in 1946, and his son Fred operated it until 1973. Rehabilitation begun in 1995 restored many interior features.",Front and Center Streets,Eagle Harbor,MI,49950,,Keweenaw,58N30W06NWNE,47.456564,-88.160919,,Mining Industry,09/01/2017,94607b3b-dc27-4fd7-a713-97b5b7da66ff,0,1008,0,,,,,416594
-83.7375299999999,43.177481,MHC251978031,L586,2,1978,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Clio Depot,,Clio Depot,,"In 1862 the Flint and 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 railroad thrived on the shipment of logs, lumber, and wood products. In 1873 Varna changed its name to Clio and this frame depot was built. As the surrounding forests were cleared, rich farmland became available. By 1881 Clio had a population of 550 and boasted a blacksmith shop, a flour mill, a shingle mill, a grain elevator, and numerous general stores. Between 1880 and 1915, as many as eight passenger trains stopped at the station each day and hundreds of carloads of freight were shipped each year. The station was used by the railroads until 1960. In 1977 it was purchased by the Clio Area Historical Association.",,300-308 West Vienna Rd,Clio,MI,0,At CSX tracks,Genesee,09N06E15SESE,43.177481,-83.73753,,,08/30/2017,a00bb643-9db2-4cd8-b906-97c0aeee2e38,0,1009,0,,,,,416595
-85.456046,42.3768710000001,MHC391980032,L835A,2,1980,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The First Presbyterian Church / The First Presbyterian Church,,The First Presbyterian Church,The First Presbyterian Church,"Settlers from Hudson, Ohio, came to the Richland area (then known as Gull Prairie) in 1830. A year later a Presbyterian congregation was organized. Established under the 1801 Plan of Union adopted by the Presbyterians and Congregationalists for churches west of New York, the church originally served both denominations. The early “Presbygationalists” worshipped in log homes of the settlers until they built their first house of worship, a wood frame structure completed in 1837, on this site.","Dedicated on February 27, 1861, during the pastorate of Milton Bradley, this is the First Presbyterian congregation’s second church. William Doolittle and Stephen Patrick built the Greek Revival frame edifice with its round-headed Italianate doors and windows at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The original bell cracked and was replaced by the present one in 1881. Until 1886 a slender ornate steeple stood thirty feet higher than today’s tower. The interior was altered in 1952, but the original pews remain.",8047 Park Street,Richland,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,01S10W15SESE,42.376871,-85.456046,,,09/01/2017,f8dac45d-2eaa-4865-b0e3-97df3e17f189,0,1010,0,,,,,416596
-83.037818,42.334527,MHC821989021,L1627A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Holy Family Church,Holy Family Roman Catholic Church (Church of the Holy Family),Holy Family Church,,"In the early twentieth century immigrants from southern Italy and Sicily settled in Detroit’s northeast side. They first worshipped in a chapel at Saints Peter and Paul Church. In 1907 Father Giovanni Boschi arrived in Detroit and began a campaign to build a church for the Italian community. In 1908 Bishop John S. Foley canonized the church and named it Holy Family. Completed in November 1910, the Italian Renaissance basilica was designed by Edward A. Schilling of Detroit.",,641 Walter P. Chrysler Highway,Detroit,MI,0,Between Lafayette Boulevard and Congress Street,Wayne, ,42.334527,-83.037818,,,09/20/2017,176db922-473d-4af1-aeee-98079095b2e5,0,1011,0,,,,,416597
-85.180312,42.320368,MHC131959011,L6A,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Thomas Episcopal Church,,St. Thomas Episcopal Church,,"In 1839 Battle Creek’s first Episcopal service was conducted. Regular services were held in the schoolhouse after 1841 by the Reverend Montgomery Schuyler, then rector at Marshall. In appreciation he was given a team of horses. In 1842 Bishop Samuel McCoskry confirmed six candidates, and a parish was organized. A brick building on this site was consecrated on June 11, 1848. It was replaced by the present edifice thirty years later.",,72 Capital Avenue NE,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W01SESE,42.320368,-85.180312,,,08/23/2017,8c13ef26-09a5-4a6a-9c03-98e2c53aab10,0,1012,0,,,,,416598
-86.4706849999999,43.9956540000001,MHC531956033,S91,2,1956,1957,Civil War and After (1860-1875),A Bygone Lumbering Town,Ghost Town of Hamlin Informational Site,A Bygone Lumbering Town,,"Two centuries after Father Marquette’s death not far from here in 1675, timber from this area’s forests helped build America. Among the lumbering towns of the region was Hamlin, located on the Big Sable River at this site. Lumber from the sawmill was hauled by mule cars on a tramway to long piers on Lake Michigan. In 1888 the mill dam broke. The released waters wiped out the little village.",,"Ludington State Park, M-116",Ludington,MI,49431,"Hamlin Dam area, Hamlin Twp",Mason,19N18W33SESW,43.995654,-86.470685,,Timber Industry,07/13/2017,bae5f334-b08a-4c50-bdc4-992d67ea1eda,0,1013,0,,,,,416599
-84.5513579999999,42.719451,MHC331977008,L521A,2,1977,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grand Trunk Depot,"Grand Trunk Western Rail Station, Lansing Depot",Grand Trunk Depot,,"Constructed in 1902, this castle-like building with its square tower was the Lansing station for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad until 1971. For decades passengers streamed through its doors. Here servicemen left for and returned from military duty. Children and adults alike associated this depot with the excitement of travel and vacations. The city’s joys and sorrows were reflected in this rail station; greetings and goodbyes were its most vital ingredients. But gradually rail travel ebbed. Renovated as a restaurant in 1972, the building’s exterior remains unchanged. Gerald R. Ford from Michigan, the thirty-eighth President of the United States, dined here during a “whistle stop” campaign tour on May 15, 1976.",,1201 South Washington Avenue,Lansing,MI,0,REO Depot,Ingham,04N02W21SWNE,42.719451,-84.551358,,6,11/05/2020,b7f8f734-6c2d-4a72-8ac7-994a7ff72fee,0,1015,2,"MHC331977008_1.jpg;MHC331977008_2.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/17/2017;07/17/2017",416600
-85.7949151,43.8917066000001,MHC432008005,L2203,2,2008,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Herman & Lela Wilson / Wilson House,,Herman & Lela Wilson,Wilson House,"In 1915 Herman and Lela Wilson came to Yates Township with twenty-five people from Chicago to inspect the real estate that would become the African American resort of Idlewild. The Wilsons promoted and sold property in Idlewild. In 1921 they moved here permanently. Between July 1922 and August 1925 the couple platted three subdivisions, giving the streets names such as paradise Path, Righteous Road, Wisdom Way and Kindness Avenue.","Built in 1927, this fieldstone bungalow reflects the prominence of its first occupants, Herman and Lela Wilson, who were among Idlewild’s early promoters and developers. The Wilsons owned motels, seasonal cottages, and a grocery store located behind their house until they built a market kitty-corner from here in 1948. The Wilsons also owned the Paradise Club, which stood directly across Wilson Drive. The club’s Fiesta Room featured the Idlewild Revue, a nationally known floorshow.",6583 S. Paradise Path,Idlewild,MI,49642,Yates Township,Lake,17N12W06NESW,43.8917066,-85.7949151,,African-American History,08/07/2017,b8406c63-337c-455d-93ed-9956d922cea8,0,1016,0,,,,,416601
-83.066704,42.355718,MHC821957029,S116,2,1957,1958,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Wayne State University,,Wayne State University,,"Here in the Central High building, completed in 1896, was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College, from which grew a college of liberal arts. It united with other colleges, some begun here and some bearing notable histories in other parts of the city, to form a municipal institution, which in 1934 was named Wayne University. The oldest college, that of medicine, began in 1868. Wayne, with its ten colleges and schools, was sustained by the people of Detroit through their board of education until 1956, when it became a state university.",,Cass Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,"SW corner of Cass and Warren Avenues, Wayne State University Historic District, in front of ´Old Main´",Wayne, ,42.355718,-83.066704,,,09/20/2017,30eaa5b3-98af-4e89-9a7f-99cb1b927b65,0,1017,0,,,,,416602
-85.78525185,43.8945448,MHC432008007,S712,2,2008,2009,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Daniel Hale Williams / Williams House,Dr. Dan's,Daniel Hale Williams,Williams House,"Despite prevailing racial discrimination during the early twentieth century, Daniel Hale Williams, an African American, was a leading Chicago surgeon. In 1891 he founded Provident Hospital as a training hospital for black nurses and doctors. Three years later U.S. president Grover Cleveland named him surgeon-in-chief of Freedman’s Hospital in Washington, DC. An auditorium and atrium at Northwestern University’s medical school bear Williams’ name.","Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1858-1931) and his wife, Alice (1866-1924), were among Idlewild’s earliest residents. Williams’ stature as a leading Chicago physician encouraged other black professionals to spend leisure time here. The Williamses built this cottage, Oakmere, with its laboratory around 1920. When “Dr. Dan” died at Oakmere in 1931 all activities in Idlewild were canceled for the day. Williams left much of his estate to the NAACP and to hospitals and medical schools.",15712 Lake Drive,Idlewild,MI,49642,Yates Township,Lake,17N12W06SENE,43.8945448,-85.78525185,,African-American History,08/08/2017,3169ca42-52b2-4fbe-9861-99ec65023e85,0,1018,0,,,,,416603
-86.446561,42.1186050000001,MHC111964004,L37,2,1964,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Morton House,Indian Hotel (Benton Harbor Federation of Women's Clubs Building),The Morton House,,"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 early development. The porch on the house was often called the “Indian Hotel” because Henry Morton allowed the Potawatomi Indians to sleep here on their way to St. Joseph to sell their baskets. J. Stanley Morton, president of the Graham and Morton Transportation Company, modernized the house and added the pillars in 1912. He left his home to the Benton Harbor Federation of Women’s Clubs in appreciation of its civic work.",,501 Territorial Road,Benton Harbor,MI,0,,Berrien,04S18W18SWSE,42.118605,-86.446561,,4,09/22/2017,1dd4a27d-ac20-40fd-8f17-9a0edc3eed82,0,1019,0,,,,,416604
-82.91018128,42.4329952,MHC821983034,L1076A,2,1983,2008,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fractional District No. 9 School,Cook Schoolhouse,Fractional District No. 9 School,,"Known as the Cook School, this structure was built in 1890 near the corner of present-day Mack Avenue and Lochmoor Boulevard. Slated for demolition, it was moved to this site in 2006. The stickwork in the gable distinguishes the building from many other one-room schools. Children from Gratiot and Grosse Pointe Townships attended the school until 1922 when the district combined with four others to form the Rural Agricultural School District No. 1.",,20025 Mack Plaza,Grosse Pointe Woods,MI,48236,,Wayne,,42.4329952,-82.91018128,,,08/08/2017,8240f263-2411-42d3-a9e9-9a2240c2d11c,0,1020,0,,,,,416605
-83.402701,42.359679,MHC821994021,L1922C,2,1994,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Newburg Methodist Church,,Newburg Methodist Church,,"By 1834 there were two religious societies in Newburg, one Methodist and one Congregational. The Methodist society was part of the Plymouth Circuit and served by itinerant ministers. The Reverend Marcus Swift was the first pastor. A strident antislavery advocate, Swift openly criticized the Methodist conference for its silence on the issue. In 1841 he seceded. Methodists constructed their first church in 1846. Two years later the Congregationalists built a church. Each society hosted worship services on alternate Sundays. In 1888 the two organizations merged under the Methodist name and worshipped in the former Congregational Church. The society grew rapidly during World War II, 1941-45. The present parsonage, sanctuary, and educational wing were erected in 1962.",,36500 Ann Arbor Trail,Livonia,MI,0,,Wayne,01S09E32NESW,42.359679,-83.402701,,,09/20/2017,bc5e9547-b801-41bb-8fef-9a2803e4723d,0,1021,0,,,,,416606
-83.721592,43.0070670000001,MHC251988004,S593A,2,1988,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Glenwood Cemetery,,Glenwood Cemetery,,"Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1857. It is one of only a few mid-nineteenth-century Michigan cemeteries to feature a rolling landscape with winding roadways. The original cemetery, the western section of the present grounds, displays a broad range of historic funerary art. The focal point of the eastern portion, developed in 1925, is a granite Neoclassical-style public mausoleum. Among those buried in Glenwood are: Jacob Smith, Flint’s first white settler; Governors Henry H. Crapo and Josiah Begole; Lieutenant Governor William M. Fenton; William A. Patterson and James Whiting, carriage and automobile builders; J. Dallas Dort, co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company and Dort Motor Company; and philanthropist Charles S. Mott and Harlow Curtice of the General Motors Corporation.",,2500 West Court Street,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.007067,-83.721592,,,08/30/2017,88b9054d-465e-4f81-9fec-9a698bbfda1d,0,1022,0,,,,,416607
-85.189944,42.3265680000001,MHC131989029,S597A,2,1989,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Battle Creek Sanitarium / Percy Jones General Hospital,,Battle Creek Sanitarium,Percy Jones General Hospital,"The Battle Creek Sanitarium opened in 1866 as the Western Health Reform Institute. The institute was founded on health principles advocated by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. In 1876 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg became the medical superintendent at the sanitarium. Kellogg’s many innovations included the use of radiation therapy for cancer patients and the invention of flaked cereal. The sanitarium burned in 1902; the following year a six-story Italian Renaissance Revival-style building, designed by Dayton, Ohio, architect Frank M. Andrews, was constructed. Kellogg’s brother W. K. Kellogg worked at the sanitarium for twenty-six years before leaving to establish the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. The Battle Creek Sanitarium is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.","In 1928 the Battle Creek Sanitarium was enlarged with a fourteen-story “towers” addition and dining room annex designed by M. J. Morehouse of Chicago. After the stock market crashed in 1929, business declined; the facility went into receivership in 1933. The sanitarium continued to occupy the site until 1942 when the U. S. Army purchased the buildings and established the Percy Jones General Hospital, named for an army surgeon whose thirty year career included commanding ambulance units during World War I. The hospital specialized in neurosurgery, plastic surgery and the fitting of artificial limbs. Approximately one hundred thousand military patients were treated at the hospital before it closed permanently in 1953. In 1954 the building became the Battle Creek Federal Center.",74 North Washington Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,Battle Creek Federal Center,Calhoun,02S08W01SWNE,42.326568,-85.189944,,,08/23/2017,3d873a75-a0bd-4edf-b908-9a786c96a379,0,1023,0,,,,,416608
-83.295557,42.6280980000001,MHC631996003,L1965,2,1996,1996,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Newman African Methodist Episcopal Church,,Newman African Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1861 the Reverend Augustus Green organized Oakland County’s first African American church. Services were held in homes, in a church basement, and in a schoolhouse. In 1868 they incorporated as Newman African Methodist Episcopal Church, named for George Newman, a founding member. The congregation bought a church building on Auburn Avenue in 1872, worshipping there until 1961, when the city acquired the land for urban renewal. The present church was built in 1963. On July 12, 1920, the Newman Men’s Club established the Oakland County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Reverend J. A. Charleston, Newman’s pastor, served as the first president.",,233 Bagley at Brush,Pontiac,MI,0,,Oakland,03N10E32SWNE,42.628098,-83.295557,,African-American History,09/12/2017,9ad9096e-1e6c-48b4-98a8-9a9c921ca31a,0,1024,0,,,,,416609
-83.199167,42.0944170000001,MHC821956019,S100,2,1956,1958,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Battle of Brownstown,,Battle of Brownstown,,"In this vicinity on August 5, 1812, six weeks after the outbreak of war, an Indian force, led by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh, ambushed about two hundred Americans under Major Thomas Van Horne who were on the way south to the River Raisin. There supplies vitally needed by Hull’s army in Detroit were awaiting an escort through the Indian blockade of the River Road. Tecumseh opened fire as the Americans forded Brownstown Creek. Van Horne, overestimating the Indians’ numbers, ordered his men to fall back. The retreat soon became a panic-stricken flight back to Fort Lernoult. Seventeen Americans were killed, twelve wounded, and two captured and murdered. One Indian was killed.",,14473 Middle Gibralter Rd,Gibralter,MI,0,"Memorial Park, Parsons Elementary School",Wayne, ,42.094417,-83.199167,,War of 1812,09/20/2017,b9f4487a-1234-4aa5-b59d-9b1f97de8a17,0,1025,0,,,,,416610
-84.173984,42.6679790000001,MHC331993003,L1900,2,1993,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),LeRoy Township District No. 6 School,,LeRoy Township District No. 6 School,,"In 1856 Webberville’s first school was built on the Lansing and Howell plank road, present-day Grand River Avenue. In 1872 the William McPherson family recorded the first plat for the village, originally named LeRoy. Four years later a three-room wooden school was built on Main Street on land donated by the McPhersons. The school accommodated a growing population, spurred by increased activity brought about by the plank road and the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad. In 1912 the present school was completed; it served as a high school until 1960. The building is a rare Michigan example of a school in continuous use for over eighty years.",,202 N. Main.,Webberville,MI,0,,Ingham,03N02E11SWNE,42.667979,-84.173984,,,08/30/2017,766ef736-d1cd-4da4-ae7a-9b4089cb2aed,0,1026,0,,,,,416611
-85.4223,46.69944,MHC481979067,L758B,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Life Saving Station / Life Saving Station,,Life Saving Station,Life Saving Station,"Here stood the Two-Hearted River Life Saving Station, built in 1876. This station, like many others on the Great Lakes, was of the second class—erected at a cost of $4,790 and manned by volunteer crews. The facility, a simple two-story building with a small lookout tower, housed a lifeboat and other necessary equipment for recovering endangered sailors. An average crew consisted of six to eight experienced surfmen. In 1915 the Life Saving Service was integrated into the U.S. Coast Guard.","Several shipwrecks occurred near the mouth of the Two-Hearted River, also referred to as the Twin River and the Big Two-Hearted River. Among these were the Cleveland (1864), the W. W. Arnold (1869), and the Sumatra (1875). After construction of the lifesaving station here in 1876, the lifesavers were responsible for brave rescues in the Satellite (1879) and the Phineas S. Marsh (1896) disasters. The station was decommissioned in the 1930s and the structure was razed in 1944.",Two-Hearted River Forest Campground at Lake Superior,Newberry,MI,0,East of County Road 423,Luce,50N09W27NWSW,46.69944,-85.4223,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",01/03/2020,44a1744d-b284-4515-9a0e-9b69a2f5691a,0,1027,0,,,,,416612
-83.37393522,42.4639690600001,MHC632007008,L2195,2,2007,2007,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Methodist Episcopal Church,First United Methodist Church/Farmington Methodist Church,Methodist Episcopal Church,,"Sixteen pioneers organized the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1829. The congregation dedicated its first church building in 1844. When that church burned in 1920, Detroit architect and church members Wells Butterfield and his daughter Emily Butterfield designed this Neo-Gothic structure. Francois Grenier of Detroit created the stained glass windows, including four that depict ""pioneers of Christendom,"" donated by former Michigan governor Fred Warner and his wife, Martha. Completed in 1922, the church and the adjoining community hall, which had a balcony and a stage, served as the center of civic life into the 1940s. The church hosted numerous events - even Saturday night movies. The education building was completed in 1958.",,33112 Grand River Ave,Farmington,,0,,Oakland,01N09E27SWNW,42.46396906,-83.37393522,,,10/28/2019,1ec7f767-8a26-4dfb-8a53-9b9ef0f5e20e,0,1028,3,"MHC632007008_1.jpg;MHC632007008_2.jpg;MHC632007008_3.jpg",";;","Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo","01/05/2005;03/14/1947;07/01/2006",416613
-85.659004,42.946783,MHC411988027,L1593,2,1988,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Andrew's Cemetery,,St. Andrew's Cemetery,,"On August 5, 1852, Father Charles Louis DeCeuninck purchased ten acres of land for the formation of Saint Andrew’s Cemetery. The land was deeded to Bishop Lefevere on December 7, 1852. It was the first permanent Catholic cemetery in Grand Rapids. Louis Campau, the founder of Grand Rapids, and his wife, Sophie DeMarsac Campau, are buried in Saint Andrew’s. Also buried here are Father Andrew Viszoczky, an early priest of Grand Rapids and the pastor of Saint Andrew’s Church, and John Clancy, a lumberman and philanthropist.",,900 Madison Ave SE,Grand Rapids,MI,49507,,Kent,07N11W31NESW,42.946783,-85.659004,,,11/02/2017,562aaa85-2377-4df5-b123-9c08a99020a2,0,1029,0,,,,,416614
-84.482728,45.639457,MHC161999007,L2056,2,1999,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Jail and Sheriff's Residence,Historical Society of Cheboygan County Museum,Jail and Sheriff's Residence,Jail and Sheriff's Residence,"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 (1860-1920) drunken rowdy lumbermen sobered up in the jail. The inmates often did chores in exchange for their bed and meals prepared by the sheriff’s wife. In 1972 the building became a museum devoted to Cheboygan County history.","Of all the lawmen who lived in this building, Sheriff Frederick Ming (1865-1943) was the most notorious. He was a farmer, a veterinarian, and a state legislator who fought for the tuberculosis sanatorium in Gaylord. As sheriff, however, in October 1900, Ming forced the Burt Lake Indian people from their homes at Indian Village and stood by with his deputies while land speculator John McGinn burned the village in a land grab. The burnout left most of the Indian people homeless and impoverished.",404 South Huron Street,Cheboygan,MI,49721,Benton Township,Cheboygan,38N01W31NWSE,45.639457,-84.482728,,"Native People,2",01/21/2021,dbc39654-c3d2-47b1-b085-9c93cf1bd54c,0,1030,2,"MHC161999007_2.jpg;MHC161999007_1.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Other Photo;Other Photo","10/09/2020;10/09/2020",416615
-83.0588069999999,42.3617780000001,MHC821979010,L468A,4,1979,1979,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Dunbar Hospital,Parkside,Dunbar Hospital,,"At the time of World War I, health care for black Detroiters was inferior to that available for whites. Black physicians could not join the staffs of Detroit’s white hospitals. On May 20, 1918, thirty black doctors, members of the Allied Medical Society (now the Detroit Medical Society) incorporated Dunbar Hospital, the city’s first non-profit community hospital for the black population. It also housed the first black nursing school in Detroit. Located in a reform-minded neighborhood, this area was the center of a social and cultural emergence of the black residents of the city during the 1920s. In 1928 Dunbar moved to a larger facility and was later renamed Parkside, operating under that name until 1962. In 1978 the Detroit Medical Society, an affiliate of the National Medical Association, purchased the site for their administrative headquarters and a museum.",,580 Frederick,Detroit,MI,48202,See Comments.,Wayne, ,42.361778,-83.058807,,African-American History,06/29/2020,58d115e7-0511-41ac-ab61-9cb416cc108f,0,1031,0,,,,,416616
-86.277014,42.4097540000001,MHC802009018,L2212C,2,2009,2010,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),West Michigan Summer Resorts / Jewish Resorts,Packard Park,West Michigan Summer Resorts,Jewish Resorts,After the American Civil War (1861-1865) a new wealthy class arose with the time and means to escape the grime of industrialized cities for the summer “Season.” In the 1870s the Little Traverse Bay region became one of Michigan’s first popular resort areas. Early vacationers came by passenger steamer on the Great Lakes. Railroad companies later developed their own resorts. By 1922 improvements on the West Michigan Pike and state parks made the dunes of West Michigan much more accessible. Inexpensive automobile travel enabled the rising middle class to vacation in Michigan. Many were immigrants from Chicago and modest cottage resorts catering to a specific ethnic population soon dotted West Michigan’s shore.,"During the 1880s, Jews fled persecution in Eastern Europe for the United States with a dream of owning their own land. Some received loans from the Chicago Jewish Agriculture Society to buy farms in the South Haven area. Around 1917 these farmers found themselves renting rooms to the growing surge of auto tourists vacationing in the area. At the time, Jews had difficulty finding places to stay because facilities excluded certain ethnic, racial, and religious groups. South Haven’s Jewish farmers converted their farms to resorts to meet the demand. Their success led others to open Jewish resorts, most along North Shore Drive. By the late 1920s more than sixty Jewish resorts were operating in South Haven, resulting in its nickname “The Catskills of the Midwest.”",265 North Shore Drive,South Haven,MI,49090,Between Dyckman Ave and Wells St,Van Buren,01S17W03NESW,42.409754,-86.277014,,,04/19/2018,1e486a81-b95f-4450-802e-9cbe62da434c,0,1032,1,MHC802009018_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,,416617
-83.4136099999999,45.070338,MHC041957048,S145,2,1957,1958,,World's Largest Cement Plant,,World's Largest Cement Plant,,"Portland cement, so-called because it resembles in color stone from the Isle of Portland, in the British Isles, was first produced in the United States in 1871, and in Michigan in 1896. Because of Alpena’s location in the midst of immense limestone deposits, the Huron Portland Cement Company, founded at Detroit in 1907, chose this site for its plant. Cement production began here in 1908. Able management and skilled workmen made this the world’s largest cement plant. From Thunder Bay, ships of the Huron fleet deliver cement to all parts of the Great Lakes region.",,SE corner of Ford Avenue and Wessel Road,Alpena,MI,0,LaFarge Corporation,Alpena,31N08E23SENE,45.070338,-83.41361,,4,01/17/2017,16e8b498-b826-4d99-a2d4-9ccbe0e7091d,0,1033,0,,,,,416618
-85.229879,43.097185,MHC342012008,L2233,2,2012,2012,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Belding City Hall,,Belding City Hall,Belding City Hall,"On April 1, 1912, the citizens of Belding voted to issue a $15,000 bond to build a new city hall. At the time, the city jail was housed in an old barn and the dilapidated building rented by the city as a firehouse was called a “burning shame.” Belding was then a growing city made prosperous by the silk industry. Dedicated on Decoration Day (now known as Memorial Day) 1913, the new City Hall consolidated local services into a modern building. This Classical Revival brick and sandstone building was designed by the Grand Rapids based architectural firm Osgood and Osgood. City Hall has housed numerous social and civic functions, including local Civil War veterans organized in Dan S. Root Post 126 of the Grand Army of the Republic.","Rebuilt after a devastating 1893 fire, Belding’s downtown featured brick paved streets lined by service, retail and entertainment store-fronts. Between 1970 and 1972 most of the downtown and all but one block of Main Street, around sixty buildings, were razed to provide space for parking and a modern shopping plaza. Belding City Hall was one of the few historic downtown buildings to survive this urban renewal effort. The early 1970s also saw City Hall’s interior remodeled, and in 1973 the fire department annex was added to the east side of the building. City Hall, with its fine interior details, including white oak trim and pressed-tin wall and ceiling panels, remains Belding’s most visible testament to the community’s past.",120 S. Pleasant Street,Belding,MI,48809,At the corner of Bridge and Congress Streets,Ionia,08N08W11SWNW,43.097185,-85.229879,,,10/28/2019,2092b233-1615-45a0-bba4-9ce06defd36d,0,1034,1,MHC342012008_1.jpg,,Other Photo,06/01/2011,416619
-83.62677,42.790913,MHC631978008,L602,2,1978,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Battle Alley,Battle Alley Historic Disstrict,Battle Alley,,"This historic district was once the scene of frequent brawls. In 1880 an uproar between local rowdies and workers of a traveling circus rendered so many bruised, beaten and jailed that this street was thus named “Battle Alley.” Carry A. Nation, “Kansas saloon smasher,” came to Holly on August 28, 1908, at the request of the local prohibition committee. Wielding her umbrella, she strode through the alley’s bars bellowing about the “Demon Rum” and its sins. In 1910 Battle Alley became the first brick street in the village.",,Martha Street and Broad Street,Holly,MI,0,Battle Alley in the Historic District,Oakland,05N07E34NWSW,42.790913,-83.62677,,,09/12/2017,39044b48-88f3-4561-9e15-9d135fa62766,0,1035,0,,,,,416620
-84.623394,45.4025480000001,MHC161957044,S127,2,1957,2014,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Inland Waterway,,Inland Waterway,,"The glaciers of the last Ice Age retreated to the north some twenty-five thousand 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, together with Henry Mullett, made a federal survey of the area from 1840 to 1843. By following the Cheboygan River, Mullett Lake, and Indian River to Burt Lake, then up Crooked River to Crooked Lake, Indians and fur traders had only a short portage to Little Traverse Bay. Thus they avoided the trip through the Straits. Completion of a lock on the Cheboygan in 1869 opened this inland waterway to the Cheboygan Slack Water Navigation Company, whose vessels carried passengers and freight until railroads put it out of business. Day-long excursions over these waters became popular with tourists.",,Burt Lake State Park,Indian River,MI,0,"Old US-27, near I-75 and M-68, Tuscarora Twp.",Cheboygan,35N03W25NENW,45.402548,-84.623394,,4,08/02/2021,d7986cb8-2fe9-4dc9-9dcf-9d332d11f9cf,0,1036,2,"MHC161957044_1.jpg;MHC161957044_2.jpg",Archives of Michigan,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";07/31/2021",416621
-83.0628519999999,42.3593780000001,MHC821974029,L332,2,1974,1998,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Scarab Club,,Scarab Club,,"Founded in 1907, the Scarab Club is one of Michigan’s oldest arts organizations. Originally called the Hopkin Club after Detroit marine painter Robert Hopkin, it was renamed in 1913. The scarab, an Egyptian symbol of rebirth, represents the club’s commitment to the perpetual renewal of the arts in Detroit. Lancelot Sukert of Detroit designed the clubhouse, which opened on October 5, 1928. The exterior exhibits a Northern Renaissance Revival influence and features the club logo in Pewabic tile. The interior, which houses studios, galleries and classrooms, reflects the Arts and Crafts style. The lounge ceiling beams bear autographs of prominent artists including John Sloan, Diego Rivera, Marcel Duchamp, and Norman Rockwell.",,217 Farnsworth,Detroit,MI,0,East of DIA,Wayne, ,42.359378,-83.062852,,,09/20/2017,babc6a0a-3a36-42cb-97a3-9d389138067c,0,1037,0,,,,,416622
-85.672759,45.0622450000001,MHC451989007,L1671A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Wenceslaus Church and Cemetery,,St. Wenceslaus Church and Cemetery,,"In the 1860s and 1870s settlers from Bohemia (now part of Czechoslovakia) came to this area and worked at the Leland Lake Superior Iron Foundry and the Gill sawmill. Catholics attended mass at Holy Trinity Church in Leland until the church burned in 1880. In 1890 the first St. Wenceslaus Church was built and the cemetery established. Ornate metal grave markers reflect the Bohemian heritage, as do the names Bourda, Houdek, Hula, Jelinek, Kalchick, Kirt, Kolarik, Korson, Kovarik, Maresh, Novotny, Reicha, and Sedlacek, which appear in the cemetery. The church membership doubled by 1908. In 1914 volunteers hauled bricks and other materials to this site and built the present church. This Late Gothic Revival church was completed during that year.",,County roads 626 and 637,Suttons Bay,MI,49682,Leelanau Township,Leelanau,31N11W30SENE,45.062245,-85.672759,,,09/01/2017,b050c2c7-e93f-446a-af93-9d40efc0f8ed,0,1038,2,"MHC451989007_2.jpg;MHC451989007_3.jpg","Laura Ashlee - Michigan Historical Commissioner;Laura Ashlee - Michigan Historical Commissioner","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","05/08/2019;05/08/2019",416623
-83.6765152,44.4549893000001,MHC352004011,L2143,2,2004,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Five Channels Dam Workers Camp,Five Channels Dam Archaeological District,Five Channels Dam Workers Camp,,"Consumers Power Company (now Consumers Energy) built Five Channels Dam in 1911 and 1912. It was the second of six hydroelectric plants to be built on the lower Au Sable River by the Foote brothers of Jackson (the founders of Consumers Power). During construction the company sought to provide a healthy environment for workers and their families by building a forty-five-acre camp complete with a central water supply and sewage system, icehouse, school, washroom, store, and boardinghouse. Workers received land on which to build a house. Housing ranged from log or clapboard houses to tarpaper shacks and tents. Camp buildings were moved to the next site (Loud Dam) or razed as the plant neared completion in late 1912.","Flowing water has long provided power to mines and mills. With advances in electricity in the 1880s, waterpower was soon used to generate electricity. The first public demonstration of hydroelectric power in the country occurred on July 24, 1880, when sixteen carbon arc street lamps lit up Grand Rapids using a belt driven dynamo (generator) powered by a water turbine at the Wolverine Chair Factory. Michigan's extensive water resources were harnessed to power electric generating equipment, first at existing dams and mills and later at sites built expressly for hydroelectric generation. The electricity from these plants provided power for homes and businesses and helped fuel Michigan's growth as one of the nation's premier industrial states.",6051 State Route 65,Oscoda,MI,0,At the Au Sable River,Iosco,24N06E23SESW,44.4549893,-83.6765152,,,05/30/2019,d86faa16-bf2b-454a-90d0-9d4456e251f3,2002,1039,0,,,,,416624
-84.695186,43.5233240000001,MHC371981045,L914A,2,1981,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Power House,,Power House,,"The Shepherd Village Power House was built in 1908-09. It housed the community’s first electric plant and water pumps. The thirty-five-kilowatt dynamo, driven by a coal gas engine, operated from 1909 to 1912. From 1913 to 1925 outside power was transmitted through the facility. In 1925 Consumers Power Company purchased the village distribution system, and the Power House ceased operations. Part of the building was used as a village council hall until 1957. The Shepherd Area Historical Society began using it in 1982.",,314 West Maple,Shepherd,MI,0,Power House,Isabella,13N03W17NWNE,43.523324,-84.695186,,,09/01/2017,712efde3-8030-4f5e-b144-9d9525037dbc,0,1040,0,,,,,416625
-83.3350629999999,42.3272690000001,MHC821979014,S527A,2,1979,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Henry Ford's Honeymoon House / Henry Ford's Honeymoon House,Henry Ford Square House (Henry and Clara Ford Square House),Henry Ford's Honeymoon House,Henry Ford's Honeymoon House,"Henry Ford and Clara Bryant were married on April 11, 1888. Soon afterwards construction of this house, known as both the Honeymoon House and the Square House, began in Dearborn. Ford built the one-bedroom house himself using timber cut and sawed at his sawmill. The specifications for the kitchen, sitting room, parlor, and bedroom were provided by his bride. Later Ford added his workship, where he often experimented with gasoline engines.","In 1891 the Fords left this house for Detroit where Ford’s career as an automaker began. They kept the house as a summer cottage until 1937. Ford then gave it to a friend, Robert Smith, now known for his soybean research. After the Fords died, the land on which the house stood was acquired by the Ford Land Development Corporation. Smith was told to move the house or tear it down. He moved it here on the anniversary of Ford’s birthday, July 30, 1952. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.",29835 Beechwood Avenue,Garden City,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E11SESE,42.327269,-83.335063,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,cb4df60d-bf97-49ac-af55-9dae7e48bae9,1980,1041,0,,,,,416626
-84.548352,42.73922,MHC331990040,S617C,2,1990,1990,Native People and the French (< 1760),The Grand River / Grand River History,,The Grand River,Grand River History,"
The Grand River and its valley were formed by the melting of the continental glacier that retreated from this area some twelve thousand years ago. Known by Chippewa Indians as “Washtanong” (further country) and by the French as “le Riviere Grand,” the Grand is Michigan’s longest river. From its headwaters in northern Hillsdale and southern Jackson Counties, it flows 270 river miles and drops 460 feet in elevation before entering Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. Together with its tributaries, it drains a 5,570-square-mile watershed, including all or part of eighteen counties. Lansing is located in the upper portion of the river basin where the Grand changes direction from northward to westward. The Red Cedar River, one of seven major tributaries, enters one mile upstream from here.","The Grand River has been an important resource and travel route throughout Michigan’s past. To the Indians, the Grand River provided a route for travel and trade and a valley for hunting and agriculture. Seventeenth-century French explorers were the first Europeans to see the river. In the eighteenth century French, British, and American fur traders canoed the Grand and its tributaries. The journal of Detroit fur trader Hugh Heward, who passed by this site in 1790, is thought to be the first written record of travel near present-day Lansing. In the mid-nineteenth century the Grand became an important means of transportation for logs and lumber. In the twentieth century the waters of the Grand have been used for industrial and agricultural production, as well as recreation.",East bank of Grand River North of Shiawassee,Lansing,MI,0,Riverfront Park,Ingham,04N02W16NWNE,42.73922,-84.548352,,Heritage Conservation Trail,08/22/2019,95c84b23-0065-4d03-b036-9dc13dbcd50f,0,1042,3,"MHC331990040_2.jpg;MHC331990040_3.jpg;MHC331990040_4.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/28/2017;07/28/2017;07/28/2017",416627
-86.183838,42.654224,MHC031994020,L1906C,2,1994,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Allegan Road,,The Allegan Road,,"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 and two men widened the trail eight miles from Richmond toward Allegan. Beginning in the 1840s stagecoaches traveled the road used by settlers, traders and trappers. When river conditions prohibited boat travel, the Allegan Road provided an important link between the county seat and the lake.",,"River Bluff Park, Old Allegan Road, East of Blue Star Highway",Saugatuck,MI,0,,Allegan,03N16W10SESW,42.654224,-86.183838,,1,06/09/2021,cf23c68f-7631-4f7d-910d-9e04dc08b7ee,0,1044,0,,,,,416628
-83.6144619999999,42.244965,MHC811989038,L1615,2,1989,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"Originally built in 1857 with a single, central spire, the First Presbyterian Church was greatly enlarged and rededicated in 1899. Detroit architect Julius Hess redesigned the church, using the original sanctuary walls, and added a columned entrance portal and twin towers. The cupola-topped towers are reminiscent of English Baroque churches, yet the interior and overall design reflect Renaissance architecture. The rose window was made by Tiffany and Company of New York.",,300 N. Washington St.,Ypsilanti,MI,0,,Washtenaw,03S07E09NENW,42.244965,-83.614462,,,09/20/2017,c78427ef-cd8c-453b-9dc5-9e4fed38ebde,0,1045,0,,,,,416629
-86.102362,42.790241,MHC701977019,L551,2,1977,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Holland City Hall and Firehouse No. 2 / Holland City Hall and Firehouse No. 2,,Holland City Hall and Firehouse No. 2,Holland City Hall and Firehouse No. 2,"The city of Holland bought this lot in 1882, and contractor James Huntley began construction of a fire hall the next year. Completed in 1884, the building housed Holland’s city offices and library until 1912, and served as a fire hall until 1978. During World War II the west annex was built. In 1983 the firehouse was rehabilitated for use as office space. Grooves in the engine house floor that provided traction for the horses have been filled, and the doors, once replaced to accommodate trucks, have been restored.","On March 8, 1884, some 150 people attended the Columbia Fire Engine Company’s oyster supper celebration honoring Holland’s new city hall and firehouse. The solid brick building reflects the desire for “fire proof” construction following the 1871 fire that devastated the city. The city clerk and a special committee consulted with the Grand Rapids firm of Robinson and Barnaby, and designed the structure with a tower to accommodate drying fifty-foot unfolded fire hoses. Originally, a cupola topped the tower.",108 E. 8th Street,Holland,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N15W29NESE,42.790241,-86.102362,,2,08/01/2021,37fcafde-d0fd-40f5-9427-9e658d44b889,0,1046,0,,,,,416630
-83.687941,43.0347870000001,MHC251993002,S644,2,1993,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Buick Motor Company / Buick Motor Company,,Buick Motor Company,Buick Motor Company,"David Dunbar Buick incorporated the Buick Motor Company in Detroit on May 19, 1903, and moved operations to Flint that fall. Flint’s first Buick, completed at a plant on West Kearsley Street, was successfully driven roundtrip to Detroit in July 1904. Motor Age magazine described the Buick as “a little machine that has attracted an immense amount of attention . . . owing to its high power and low price.” William C. Durant of Flint’s Durant-Dort Carriage Company assumed management of Buick in November. In 1905 Durant moved assembly operations briefly to Jackson, then began construction of a large Buick complex on this site. Three years later Buick led U.S. automobile production, manufacturing 8,820 vehicles. Durant used Buick’s success to establish the General Motors Company that year.","William C. Durant, General Motors founder, claimed that the Buick plant he built on this site in 1905-06 was the nation’s largest automobile factory. The names of many Buick leaders are synonymous with automobile history. Louis Chevrolet, a Buick race driver, later developed the Chevrolet car with Durant. Charles Nash and Walter Chrysler served as presidents of Buick before starting their own companies. During World War I, Flint’s Buick factories built Liberty aircraft engines and ambulances. World War II Hellcat tank destroyers and other war materials were also made here. Under Harlow Curtice, a post-war GM president, Buick expanded greatly, promoting its cars as high-powered and distinctive. In the 1980s the Buick City Assembly Center was built across the street, on the site of Buick’s original north Flint factory.",902 East Hamilton,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.034787,-83.687941,,Auto Industry,08/30/2017,5953af88-e8be-47ea-988c-9e6ca5a1c80c,0,1047,0,,,,,416631
-84.472212,42.7444160000001,MHC331988036,L1502C,2,1988,1988,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Parish / Monsignor Jerome V. MacEachin,,St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Parish,Monsignor Jerome V. MacEachin,"Founded in 1940 by Bishop Joseph H. Albers, St. Thomas Aquinas was the largest parish in the Diocese of Lansing by 1988. The first Catholic parish established in East Lansing, it also served Okemos, Haslett and Bath. The church took its name from the scholar St. Thomas Aquinas because it originally served as the Michigan State University parish. During the pastorate (1943-1978) of Monsignor Jerome V. MacEachin, the present church site was purchased. The parish school was opened in 1949 and the present church was dedicated in 1968. It features a mosaic of the Miracle at Cana of Galilee and a forty-five-foot-high faceted glass window depicting salvation history as seen through the mind of St. Thomas Aquinas.","Affectionately known as Father Mac, the Reverend Monsignor Jerome V. MacEachin (1904-1987) was associated with Lansing area Catholics for nearly forty-five years. A native of Ubly, he was ordained as the first superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Lansing (1940-1955). He became pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas in 1943. He founded the parish grade school in 1949 and St. John Student Center at Michigan State University in 1957. He was a lecturer in theology at MSU from 1943 to 1966. His loves in life were Catholic schools, MSU, the Knights of Columbus, and the state police. All his life he sought to do some spiritual good for each person he met whether young or old, without regard to creed.",955 Alton Rd,East Lansing,MI,0,South of Saginaw Hwy,Ingham,04N01W07NESW,42.744416,-84.472212,,,07/28/2017,81b24120-df93-4ee7-abfd-9e9b4c0cf02f,0,1048,0,,,,,416632
-85.9744659999999,42.1086040000001,MHC801979012,L716A,2,1979,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Decatur Township Hall,,Decatur Township Hall,,"Constructed at the turn of the century, this building replaced the original 1870 township hall. A Georgian Revival brick and stone structure, it was dedicated on September 19, 1901. Besides township activities, the hall has been the setting for traveling medicine shows, school plays, and a greeting card factory. It is now used for township meetings and local elections. Since 1970 it has also housed the Decatur Community Museum.",,103 East Delaware,Decatur,MI,0,East of Main Street,Van Buren,04S14W20SWNW,42.108604,-85.974466,,,09/13/2017,b89c8aa8-c70c-4c8f-9818-9ea91182576c,0,1049,0,,,,,416633
-85.1840469999999,42.318334,MHC131990039,S616C,2,1990,1990,Post WWII (1945-1970),Del Shannon / Runaway,Former Site of the Hi-Lo Club,Del Shannon,Runaway,"In late 1960 the Hi-Lo Club, located on this site, “rocked” when the Charlie Johnson Band played “Runaway” for the first time. Johnson, whose real name was Charles Westover, was born in Grand Rapids and raised in Coopersville. In 1960 Westover (1934-1990) signed with Detroit’s Big Top Records and adopted the stage name Del Shannon. According to the New York Times, Shannon’s 1963 recording of “From Me To You” was the first American release of a Lennon and McCartney song. His last hit was “Sea of Love” in 1982.","Del Shannon wrote the lyrics for “Runaway” and recorded the song in New York on January 21, 1961. “Runaway” was released on the Big Top label and debuted on March 6, 1961. One month later Shannon sang “Runaway” on the “American Bandstand” television show. The song hit the top of the pop charts on April 24, 1961, and remained there for four weeks. “Runaway” sold over six million copies. In 1986 Shannon re-recorded the song as the theme for the “Crime Story” television series, which aired from 1986 to 1988.",45 Capital Avenue SW,Battle Creek,MI,0,SE corner of Hamblin Street,Calhoun,02S08W12NENE,42.318334,-85.184047,,,08/23/2017,e197ef8e-87c0-4c37-920e-9f2591d573f3,0,1050,0,,,,,416634
-84.1303180999999,44.6624110000001,MHC682004014,S685,2,2004,2005,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Mio Hydroelectric Plant / Hydroelectric Power,Mio Dam,Mio Hydroelectric Plant,Hydroelectric Power,"The Mio Hydroelectric Plant was the fourth of six hydros built on the lower Au Sable River between 1909 and 1924 by Consumers Power Company, later Consumers Energy. Completed in 1916, it was the first hydro to pass excess river flow through concrete passageways or conduits built into the foundation of the powerhouse rather than over the dam through an above ground gated spillway, which was more costly. Known as a conduit spillway, it was invented and patented by William W. Tefft, a civil and hydraulic engineer for Consumers Power. (A gated spillway was also built.) In 1988 an aboveground concrete emergency spillway was built on the west side of the powerhouse to meet then current federal dam safety standards.","Flowing water has long provided power to mines and mills. With advances in electricity in the 1880s, waterpower was soon used to generate electricity. The first public demonstration of hydroelectric power in the country occurred on July 24, 1880, when sixteen carbon arc street lamps lit up Grand Rapids using a belt driven dynamo (generator) powered by a water turbine at the Wolverine Chair Factory. Michigan's extensive water resources were harnessed to power electric generating equipment, first at existing dams and mills and later at sites built expressly for hydroelectric generation. The electricity from these plants provided power for homes and businesses and helped fuel Michigan's growth as one of the nation's premier industrial states.",Pond Drive at the Au Sable River,Mio,MI,0,,Oscoda,26N02E12SENE,44.662411,-84.1303181,,,04/21/2020,20c09213-e009-4b6c-b5d0-9f4f0835e710,0,1051,0,,,,,416635
-83.494332,42.4633240000001,MHC632000005,L2083,2,2000,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead / Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead,,Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead,Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead,"In 1827 Gamaliel Simmons of New York purchased 160 acres of land from the federal government in what was then Farmington Township. In 1830 the first Novi town meeting was held in the Simmons residence, a Greek Revival structure that stood on this site until the current house was built in 1931. The basement of this house contains the cellar of the Simmons house and incorporates salvaged doors and trim in the interior. The farm had several owners until Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst of Greenfield Township bought it in 1918. The north barn was built by the Dennis family, which owned the farm from 1836 to 1898. One of Novi’s last farm complexes, the site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst purchased this farm in 1918. The Fuersts and their six children expanded the existing orchards to encompass most of their 160 acres. They joined the Erwin and Simmons families and others in establishing Novi as a major fruit grower. Their products included apples, peaches, plums and pears, along with butter and eggs. The large east and south barns, built during the 1920s, and the 1931 Craftsman style house testify to the growth of the Fuerst enterprise. In 1973 the Fuersts’ daughters Ruby and Iva sold their property to Novi Schools, stipulating that it be held for public use. The sisters lived in the house until their deaths in 1991. The farmstead was purchased by the city of Novi in 1997.",24000 Taft Road,Novi,MI,0,,Oakland,01N08E27NWNW,42.463324,-83.494332,,,02/15/2018,891db18e-56ef-44f1-9ebc-9fb087e0b93c,1997,1053,0,,,,,416636
-88.003706,46.52642,MHC521990031,L1728A,2,1990,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sam Cohodas Lodge / Sam Cohodas,Michigamme Lake Lodge,Sam Cohodas Lodge,Sam Cohodas,"This lodge, built for Russian immigrant Sam Cohodas, symbolizes the Upper Peninsula’s ethnic diversity. Finnish craftsmen erected this massive lodge in 1934, according to plans by local architect and Swedish immigrant David Anderson. The rustic log lodge is built of materials gathered within a fifteen-mile radius of this site. Cohodas was one of the nation’s leading fruit wholesalers. The Sam Cohodas Lodge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.","In 1903 Sam Cohodas (1895-1988) and his family left present-day Byelorussia, U.S.S.R., joining his father, who had come to Marinette, Wisconsin, in 1900. Like many Jews, the Cohodases fled the eastern European pogroms. Cohodas, his father and brothers worked in an uncle’s produce business. In 1915 Sam and his brother Harry began their own retail and wholesale company in Michigan’s Copper Country. Under Sam’s direction, the business boomed nationally. This lodge, erected in 1934, served as his wilderness camp from 1935 to 1972.",County Rd IM south of US-41,Michigamme Township,MI,0,"County Road IM near US-41, Negaunee vicinity",Marquette,48N30W25NESW,46.52642,-88.003706,,,09/06/2017,081ef974-1d70-4512-b7b4-9ff887146ce5,1991,1054,0,,,,,416637
-86.2427,43.051333,MHC701990015,L1751,2,1990,2000,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Khardomah Lodge / Susan Hill Yerkes,,Khardomah Lodge,Susan Hill Yerkes,"In 1873 lumberman James Brayton built a cottage here, which he and his wife named “Khardomah Lodge.” Susan Hill Yerkes bought the property in 1919, adding thirteen rooms and converting the cottage to a summer hotel, thus beginning Khardomah’s history as a part of Grand Haven’s tourism industry. From 1938 to 1984 the lodge was owned by Jennie Smith and her daughter Helen Unger. Families from as far away as St. Louis and Little Rock returned to Khardomah each summer.","Susan Hill Yerkes owned Khardomah Lodge from 1919 to 1937. Yerkes (1861-1937) was highly educated and cultured for a woman of her time and expert in Greek, Latin, and German. From 1901 to 1926, Yerkes and her sister Mary Helen served as teachers and co-principals of the Akeley Institute, a girls school in Grand Haven. During that time, Susan took students to Paris to study and acquired art objects that she displayed in Khardomah Lodge.",1365 Lake Avenue,Grand Haven,MI,0,,Ottawa,08N16W29NWSW,43.051333,-86.2427,,2,09/12/2017,8d21fe87-12b1-42e2-b4ae-a0a1dc564504,0,1056,0,,,,,416638
-83.86726,41.835788,MHC461965010,S271,2,1965,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"This church was organized in 1829, one of the oldest Presbyterian groups in the state. The sanctuary, completed in 1849, is largely the work of the Reverend John Monteith, who preached here 1845-55. A graduate of Princeton Seminary, he came to Michigan in 1816. In that year he founded the first Protestant society in Detroit. In 1817 he became the first president of the University of Michigan. After his service in Blissfield, he retired from active ministry.",,306 Franklin Street,Blissfield,MI,0,,Lenawee,07S05E30SESE,41.835788,-83.86726,,,09/01/2017,1cea6546-c767-4ba2-83e2-a0a54c503d59,0,1057,1,MHC461965010_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416639
-85.611756,42.284524,MHC391957006,S117,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Western Michigan University,Western State Normal School Historic District,Western Michigan University,,"Established by legislative act in 1903 as Western State Normal School, the first classes were held in 1904. The first permanent building, completed in 1905, overlooked the city from Prospect Hill. By the 1920s Western had become one of America’s leading teachers’ colleges. Starting in 1934 general degree work was offered. An expansion program on the west campus began in 1944. Increasing enrollment and the addition of new departments and courses during the 1940s and 1950s made Western a multi-purpose institution and led to its designation as a university by an act of the legislature in 1957.",,W. Michigan Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"in front of Bernhard Center, Western Michigan University Campus",Kalamazoo,02S11W20SENE,42.284524,-85.611756,,4,12/23/2020,dfa2f344-c3e9-4637-9714-a0b6a4aade12,0,1058,1,MHC391957006_2.jpg,Michigan Historical Commission,Site Photo w/Marker,11/21/2020,416640
-84.760857,42.759736,MHC231978023,L593,2,1978,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fitzgerald Park,Riverside Park,Fitzgerald Park,,"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 1894, established a summer campground and erected the large pavilion which still stands. Thousands of spiritualists came here for summer encampments until the turn of the century. In 1919 the city of Grand Ledge bought the property and named it Riverside Park. The pavilion was used for dances, roller skating, and basketball. During World War II it housed a factory. This park’s name commemorates Grand Ledge native Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald, who died in office in 1939. The pavilion was refurbished as a summer theater by the Grand Ledge Improvement Association in 1955.",,3808 Grand Ledge Highway,Grand Ledge,MI,0,,Eaton,04N04W03NESE,42.759736,-84.760857,,,04/18/2019,c56caaee-f4d5-476d-b5ca-a0f237c2d75a,0,1059,2,"MHC231978023_2.jpg;MHC231978023_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/23/2017;07/23/2017",416641
-90.135372,46.420893,MHC272012006,L2237,2,2012,2012,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Erwin Central School,Erwin Township Hall,Erwin Central School,,"In 1909 the newly formed Erwin Township School District built this one-room schoolhouse. The school served the area’s Finnish-born mining, logging, and farming families. The township bought the school in 1928 and altered it for use as the Town Hall and a community building. Some classes continued to be held here until 1931, when the district consolidated its five one-room schoolhouses into the nearby K. P. Silberg Central School.",,N8908 Van Buskirk Road,Erwin Township,MI,49938,"Erwin Township; south of Ironwood; near Pioneer Road",Gogebic,47N47W36SWSW,46.420893,-90.135372,,,10/02/2019,5b6d0567-9280-4ef8-8145-a11f1981a8a4,0,1060,4,"MHC272012006_2.jpg;MHC272012006_1.jpg;MHC272012006_3.jpg;MHC272012006_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;;","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;;",416642
-83.6959022,43.0102332000001,MHC252004009,L2140,2,2004,2005,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Stockton House / Thomas Stockton,,Stockton House,Thomas Stockton,"The November 9, 1872, edition of the Flint Wolverine Citizen newspaper reported the near completion of this house for retired army colonel Thomas Stockton and his wife, Maria. The newspaper called it ""elegant"" and ""among the most stylish and spacious of the many first-class houses in our city."" The four and one-half-acre treed ""pleasure grounds"" on which the house stood, had a mineral spring that inspired the Stocktons to name their home Spring Grove. While he lived in this house, Stockton worked as a commission merchant dealing in lime, plaster, coal, and stucco. In 1921 the Sisters of St. Joseph acquired the house and established a hospital, enlarging the building several times to accommodate the growing medical needs. The house served as a hospital until 1936.","Thomas Stockton and his wife, Maria, were among Flint's prominent early residents. Maria, the daughter of Jacob Smith ~ considered to be Flint's first white settler ~ led the formation of the city's Ladies Library Association in 1851. An 1827 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Thomas Stockton (1805 - 1890) spent much of his military career as a topographical engineer in the Midwest. In 1834 he laid out the turnpike that connected Detroit and Saginaw. As a colonel he raised the First Michigan Infantry Regiment to fight in the Mexican War and Stockton's Independent Regiment (the Sixteenth Michigan) in the Civil War. Captured at Gaines Mill, Virginia, in June 1862, he was held at Libby Prison for two months. Stockton left the army in 1863 and settled permanently in Flint.",720 Ann Arbor St.,Flint,,0,,Genesee,,43.0102332,-83.6959022,,Civil War,06/05/2019,95f6b384-e16c-4a4a-9839-a142bcabb6be,0,1061,3,"MHC252004009_3.jpg;MHC252004009_2.jpg;MHC252004009_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","05/11/2012;05/11/2012;05/11/2012",416643
-84.6607559999999,41.984296,MHC301971006,L84,2,1971,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Grace Episcopal Church,,Grace Episcopal Church,,"William N. Lyster, Irish-born missionary, preached in Jonesville in 1836, and Darius Barker organized the parish in 1838. A church featuring Classical and Gothic styling was begun in 1844 and consecrated by Bishop Samuel McCoskry in 1848. Panelling and furniture made from black walnut are still in place. William Walton Murphy, a founder and vestryman, was Abraham Lincoln’s consul-general to the German city of Frankfurt.",,360 East Chicago Street,Jonesville,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W04NWNE,41.984296,-84.660756,,,08/30/2017,6deb8729-645e-471a-ab4f-a17728200585,0,1062,0,,,,,416644
-86.203272,42.6439260000001,MHC032016008,S742,2,2016,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Francis Metallic Surfboat,,Francis Metallic Surfboat,,"From about 1854 to at least 1863, this surfboat was used for lifesaving purposes near the Saugatuck Lighthouse. It was one of 48 used on the Great Lakes and one of 137 used nationally. Joseph Francis, owner of the Francis Metallic Lifeboat Company, used his patented press to form the boats’ metal hulls. In 1890 Francis was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for his many inventions used to improve life-saving. In 2015 this boat was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,130 Center Street,Douglas,MI,49406,small wall-mounted marker,Allegan,03N16W16SENW,42.643926,-86.203272,,"Maritime Heritage,3",12/02/2021,32923e89-6feb-4f2e-9b54-a180930e4f9c,2015,1063,1,MHC032016008_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,,416645
-83.04983,42.3323960000001,MHC821974003,S450,2,1974,2020,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Detroit Plaindealer,,Detroit Plaindealer,,"The office of the Plaindealer, Detroit’s first successful black newspaper, was located on this site. Founded in 1883 by five young men, it served as an advocate of black interests in Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Especially concerned with developing racial pride, the paper preferred the designation Afro-American rather than Negro, and encouraged the support of black businessmen and politicans. Its managing editor, Robert Pelham Jr., was perhaps the best-known black political figure in late nineteenth-century Detroit. In 1889 he helped organize the Afro-American League, the first nationally prominent civil rights group. Later he held the position of census clerk with the federal government. The Plaindealer, however, failed to receive sufficient financial support in the community and ceased publication in 1894.",,"SW corner, Shelby and State",Detroit,MI,48226,mounted on the Westin Book Cadillac in 2020,Wayne,,42.332396,-83.04983,,"African-American History,6",11/02/2020,d4c8e378-238d-42d8-bd28-a198fea933d5,0,1064,3,"MHC821974003_1.jpg;MHC821974003_2.jpg;MHC821974003_3.jpg","Courtesy ByFaith Creations;Courtesy ByFaith Creations;Courtesy of ByFaith Creations","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","10/15/2020;10/15/2020;10/15/2020",416646
-83.0166159999999,42.3354630000001,MHC821974015,S435,2,1974,1974,Native People and the French (< 1760),Le Cote Du Nord-Est,River Place Complex,"Le Cote' Du Nord-Est ",,"After founding Detroit in 1701, the Sieur de Cadillac divided the land northeast of Fort Pontchartrain into long, narrow “ribbon” farms each fronting on the river. The first settlers, thus, had easy access to the waterway for irrigation and transportation, and to the fort for defense. The Campaus, one of Detroit’s prominent early families, were established along this côté du nord-est, or northeastern coast, for several generations. In 1874 the site became the headquarters of Parke, Davis and Company, established in 1866 by Dr. Samuel P. Duffield and Hervey C. Parke and joined in 1867 by George Davis. A subsidiary of Warner-Lambert Company since 1970, Parke-Davis is a major international pharmaceutical firm with laboratories and offices throughout the world.",,Joseph Campau,Detroit,MI,0,"at the Detroit River, Rattlesnake Club",Wayne, ,42.335463,-83.016616,,,02/03/2020,78b33492-b883-4cb0-8ebe-a1b06159c003,0,1065,1,MHC821974015_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416647
-83.440578,45.0682770000001,MHC041979069,L746,2,1979,1999,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Alpena County Courthouse,,Alpena County Courthouse,,"“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 the Art Deco structure to be built of local Portland cement. Cement construction during the winter was believed impossible in Alpena; however, cold-weather building projects answered the need for winter employment during the Great Depression. The courthouse, financed by local bonds and the Public Works Administration, demonstrated that winter construction with cement was possible. The courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,720 Chisholm Avenue,Alpena,MI,0,,Alpena,31N08E22NWSE,45.068277,-83.440578,,4,06/09/2021,a388e5c6-fff5-4980-bcf4-a1b8b6f9fb76,1983,1066,2,"MHC041979069_2.jpg;MHC041979069_1.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416648
-84.6400619999999,42.1780150000001,MHC381991021,L1842,2,1991,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Paddock-Hubbard House / Paddock-Hubbard House,,Paddock-Hubbard House,Paddock-Hubbard House,"In 1843 New York natives Alfred and Ruth Paddock migrated to Concord Township. Within two years they erected this Greek Revival house, reminiscent of those in their home state. A prominent merchant, Alfred Paddock (1805-1870) owned and operated one of Concord’s first flour mills. He served as township supervisor from 1844 to 1849 and in the Michigan State Senate from 1853 to 1854. In 1854 the Paddocks hosted Concord’s first meeting of the Universalist Society in this house.","In February 1897 Truman and Cora Hubbard rented this house from the Paddock family, and eventually purchased the property in 1902. Truman Hubbard served on the Concord village council from 1918 to 1933. In 1953 his farm east of Concord was the site of the first producing oil well in Jackson County. In 1986 the Hubbards’ daughter Marion McFarlane (1909-1991) founded the Hubbard Memorial Museum Foundation so that her family’s home would become a museum following her death.",317 Hanover St.,Concord,MI,0,,Jackson,03S03W27NWSE,42.178015,-84.640062,,,08/20/2019,b64791cb-b265-42ff-889e-a2246a004137,0,1068,3,"MHC381991021_1.jpg;MHC381991021_2.jpg;MHC381991021_4.jpg",State Historic Preservation Office,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";05/09/2018;05/09/2018",416649
-84.554715,42.726636,MHC331987004,L1459C,2,1987,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Manufacturers Association / Michigan Manufacturers Association,,Michigan Manufacturers Association,Michigan Manufacturers Association,"Since its 1902 founding, the Michigan Manufacturers Association has dealt with many important business issues. Beginning in 1908 the MMA organized employers to establish a system for compensating injured workers. In 1912 based on a proposal authored by the MMA, Michigan’s first Workers Compensation Act became law. In 1943 the Michigan Manufacturers Association became the first such association in the nation to offer group insurance programs to its members.","In 1902 the Michigan Manufacturers Association (MMA) held its first meeting in the chamber of the Michigan House of Representatives. The MMA is a voluntary, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of Michigan industry and providing information to manufacturers about such ongoing concerns as taxation, workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance. In 1952 the MMA established an office in Lansing so that constant contact with the legislative process could be maintained.",124 East Kalamazoo Street,Lansing,MI,0,East of Washington Ave,Ingham,04N02W16SESW,42.726636,-84.554715,,,08/05/2019,22734bb1-3ac7-48f0-b0d8-a2374602a54b,0,1069,2,"MHC201299001_1.jpg;MHC201299001_2.jpg",,Marker Photo - Front,"06/22/2017;06/22/2017",416650
-88.50955,46.0408580000001,MHC361974023,L342,2,1974,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Indian Village,Ojibwa Indian Village and Burial Ground,Indian Village,,"Here, in October 1851, U.S. surveyor Guy H. Carleton discovered an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian village, cemetery, and campground. Chief Edwards, last ruler at Chicaugon Lake, received a patent for this land in 1884. Selling it in 1891, he and his wife Pentoga, for whom this area is named, moved to the Lac Vieux Desert area. By 1903 only a few burial houses and a brush fence remained from the ancient village. Iron County engineer Herbert Larson Sr. convinced the county to buy the property and restore it as a park honoring the area’s first inhabitants. It was dedicated in 1922.",,County Road 630 (Pentoga Trail),Gaastra,MI,0,"Pentoga Park at South end of Chicagon Lake; Stambaugh Twp",Iron,42N34W13NWNW,46.040858,-88.50955,,Native People,08/18/2017,64effbc2-3e8f-4844-9953-a25a76e6155f,0,1070,0,,,,,416651
-88.297204,47.412407,MHC421990036,S613A,2,1990,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lake Shore Drive Bridge / Eagle River,,Lake Shore Drive Bridge,Eagle River,"This bridge, completed in 1915, was one of two bridges erected simultaneously by the Michigan State Highway Department across the Eagle River. The second was located in nearby Phoenix. Prior to 1915 a Pratt through truss bridge crossed the fifty-three-foot gorge here. It deteriorated and was replaced with this structure. The highway department designed the bridge, which was constructed by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee. The Smith-Byers-Sparks Company of Houghton provided the concrete abutments for this steel riveted Warren deck truss bridge, which is 139 feet long. The main span measures 105 feet long and 17 feet wide. In 1990 this bridge was converted to pedestrian use when the adjacent timber bridge opened.","In 1843 the Lake Superior Copper Company purchased several land leases for mining. Two years later the Cliff Mine, alleged to be “the first great copper mine in the Western Hemisphere,” was opened by the Pittsburgh and Boston Company. The mines attracted large numbers of Germans, Cornishmen, and Irishmen and gave rise to other industries. On August 29, 1846, the Lake Superior News and Miners’ Journal boasted that Eagle River had “the appearance of a thriving village.” In 1850 Prussian immigrant Frank Knivel opened the Knivel Brewery, and in 1862 the Eagle River Fuse Company was established southeast of here on the river. The company manufactured twenty-five thousand feet of fuse per day for use in the mines. In 1861 Keweenaw County was set off from Houghton County, and Eagle River became the county seat.",Lakeshore Drive (M-26) at the Eagle River,Eagle River,MI,0,,Keweenaw,58N31W19NWNW,47.412407,-88.297204,,Mining Industry,09/01/2017,a4039447-83b3-41d8-8d4b-a269d6095dd6,0,1071,0,,,,,416652
-85.473937,42.7111560000001,MHC081992001,L1880,2,1992,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),John Carveth House / John Carveth House,Aaron Clark House,John Carveth House,John Carveth House,"In 1867 Ionia County native John Carveth (1841-1910) settled in Middleville to read law. In 1868, after the completion of his studies, he was admitted to the bar and established a practice in Middleville. Carveth served one term as state senator for Barry and Eaton Counties in 1885-86. Carveth moved to Grand Rapids in 1895 and sold the house to his brother-in-law and former law partner Aaron Clark, a wealthy landowner and founder of the Bank of Caledonia.","State Senator John Carveth built this elaborate Queen Anne house in 1886. The asymmetry, spindlework, broad arches and bull´s eye motifs typify the style, popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Highly decorative Eastlake designs accent the interior trim, windows and fireplace. In 1891 the Middleville Sun boasted Carveth ""now has hot and cold water throughout his house."" This handsome residence was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.",614 W. Main St.,Middleville,MI,0,,Barry,04N10W22SWSE,42.711156,-85.473937,,2,10/19/2020,487c0d61-c4f8-423c-a31f-a269f8706f82,1992,1072,1,MHC081992001_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,09/13/2020,416653
-86.133456,45.9856310000001,MHC771964001,L40,2,1964,1968,,Lime Kilns,,Lime Kilns,,"These towers are the remains of kilns used by the White Marble Lime Company, founded by George Nicholson Jr. in 1889. The kilns, which were fired by wood waste from the lumber industry, burned dolomite to produce quicklime for use as a building material and an ingredient in the manufacture of paper. As larger corporations were formed and the methods of producing lime were made more efficient, the company diversified; it established a sawmill and shingle mill and became a dealer in forest products, as well as crushed stone, cement, and builders’ supplies. Its operations here and in Manistique and Blaney once employed some 250 men. In 1925 the company was reorganized as the Manistique Lime and Stone Company, and continued under that name until the Depression of 1929.",,North of US-2 on Gardapee Rd. (Old US Hwy 2),Manistique Township,MI,0,Near Duck Inn Road,Schoolcraft,42N15W36SWSW,45.985631,-86.133456,,Mining Industry,01/15/2020,fd6dcb63-14d9-40b4-9196-a2963cf04c79,0,1073,0,,,,,416654
-82.8782399999999,42.599497,MHC501985019,L1251A,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Zion Church / Zion Church,Zion Evangelical Church/Zion United Church of Christ,Zion Church,Zion Church,"Organized on July 3, 1854, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was the first German Protestant congregation in Mount Clemens. Its founding trustees were John Rossow and Abraham Devantier from Prussia, John William Miller and Carsten Roecker from Hanover, and John Charles Reimold and John George Murthum from Wuerttemberg. Zion Church operated as a free congregation, welcoming all Christians. It served primarily German-speaking Catholic and Protestant immigrants, including Lutherans, Calvinists and Huguenots. Worshipping at first in the Macomb County Courthouse, the congregation purchased this site, the former Methodist Academy, in 1862. The nave of the present brick sanctuary was built by Minard Barr in 1880. The tower and transepts were added in 1895.","The itinerant ministers who served Zion Church in its formative years were Methodist, Lutheran, and Evangelical. The first resident pastor was the Reverend William Kies (1862-1864). He was followed by the Reverend Hermann Gundert (1864-1903), who contributed four thousand dollars of his own money to help fund the tower and transepts of the present church building. It was not until the 1920s, during the pastorate of the Reverend F. A. Roese (1903-1926), that English became the language of the worship service and of church records. In the early twentieth century, the congregation turned to humanitarian work. Led by the Reverend Jacob Wulfmann (1927-1949), the congregation helped support the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital and the Evangelical Home for Children and Aged in Detroit. In 1961 the church received its present name, Zion United Church of Christ.",68 New Street,Mount Clemens,MI,0,,Macomb, ,42.599497,-82.87824,,,09/05/2017,0c3680d1-57bd-4364-a20b-a320f7965b5c,0,1074,0,,,,,416655
-85.935868,44.663223,MHC101974046,S417,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Pacific Salmon,,Pacific Salmon,,"Since 1870 several unsuccessful attempts have been made to establish Pacific salmon in the Great Lakes. In 1966 at this site the Department of Conservation released coho fingerlings, hatchery-reared from eggs given by the state of Oregon. They migrated to Lake Michigan and fed on its enormous alewife population. Augmented by subsequent annual plantings, the coho became firmly established. By 1970 the sport fishery catch reached 10 million pounds. Other species of Pacific salmon—the chinook and kokanee—were also successfully introduced to the Great Lakes area in the late 1960s. To complete their life cycle the salmon return to their home stream to spawn and then die. Millions of salmon are now planted each year. In 1973 the world’s largest recorded coho, weighing over thirty nine pounds, was taken at a state weir.",,15210 US-31,Beulah,MI,0,Platte River Hatchery,Benzie,26N13W07NWSW,44.663223,-85.935868,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",12/29/2020,3ac0d476-7961-4608-b506-a32f9f6b8964,0,1075,2,"MHC101974046_1.jpg;MHC101974046_2.jpg","Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","12/02/2020;12/02/2020",416656
-83.29401,42.641334,MHC631961001,L17,2,1961,1961,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,,"This church, Michigan’s oldest Baptist church, was begun in 1821 by a small band of pioneers who came to Pontiac through the forest and swamp from Mount Clemens. In 1824 the Reverend Elkanah Comstock became the church’s first pastor. The congregation met in homes, the schoolhouse, and the courthouse until it dedicated its own building in 1841. In 1896 the church moved to its present location. Fifty-five years later on July 1, 1951, this building was dedicated. The church’s large missionary program is well known.",,34 Oakland Avenue,Pontiac,MI,0,at Saginaw Avenue,Oakland,03N10E29SENE,42.641334,-83.29401,,,09/12/2017,e42b3b59-dad7-4861-81d9-a33d3afe2168,0,1076,0,,,,,416657
-83.11896,42.44055,MHC821998014,S661,2,1998,1998,,The Michigan Stove / The Michigan Stove and the State Fair,,The Michigan Stove,The Michigan Stove and the State Fair,"At the close of the nineteenth century Detroit was “The Stove Capital of the World.” As the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago approached, the Michigan Stove Company, founded by Jeremiah Dwyer in 1872, decided to build a “Mammoth Garland” stove for its exhibit in the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building. Michigan Stove vice president George H. Barbour, who also served on the fair’s national board, sponsored the project. Designed by William J. Keep, the wooden structure weighed fifteen tons and measured 25 feet high, 30 feet long, and 20 feet wide. A colossal exhibit, it stood on a platform with real stoves beneath. After the exposition, the stove was reassembled beside the Michigan Stove factory at Adair and East Jefferson in Detroit.","The Michigan Stove Company and the Detroit Stove Works merged to become the Detroit-Michigan Stove Company in 1926 and in 1927 moved Detroit’s giant stove to 6900 East Jefferson Avenue, just west of the Belle Isle Bridge. There it stood until 1965, when it made its first appearance on the Michigan State Fairgrounds. The decaying stove was dismantled and placed in storage in 1974. In 1998 Michigan State Fair management rallied corporations, labor unions, and individuals to put this unique Detroit landmark back together. The carefully restored symbol of nineteenth-century Detroit industry was unveiled on the eve of the grand opening of the 150th Michigan State Fair, August 24, 1998.",1120 W. State Fair,Detroit,MI,48203,Per Kim Johnson: Marker removed and returned to State.,Wayne,01S11E02SWNW,42.44055,-83.11896,,,08/22/2017,fc513320-31fd-44cf-82c0-a395a4584a9c,0,1078,0,,,,,416658
-88.06359,45.820276,MHC221977014,L501,2,1977,1979,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Carnegie Library,Menominee Range Historical Museum,Carnegie Library,,"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 fifteen thousand dollars for this building. Serving the community for over seventy years, the Neoclassical Revival structure, designed by James E. Clancy, was one of the earliest Carnegie libraries in the Great Lake State. In 1971 this edifice became the Menominee Range Museum, featuring the history of its namesake.",,300 Ludington Street,Iron Mountain,MI,0,,Dickinson,40N30W31NWNW,45.820276,-88.06359,,,08/23/2017,abe8dbcc-373e-4f0a-be40-a3f4ae981518,0,1079,0,,,,,416659
-84.934669,45.385905,MHC241957021,S151,2,1957,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Stafford Bay View Inn,,Stafford Bay View Inn,,"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, innkeeper at that time. Renamed the Bay View Inn, this building is now Stafford’s Bay View Inn and is one of the oldest seasonal hotels in continuous operation in the area. Carved out of deeded railroad property next to the village of Petoskey in 1875, the summer colony of Bay View began as a religious retreat. Then it became a cultural and educational center complete with a college and Chautauqua series. This inn is a center of hospitality in the swirl of local summer activities.",,2011 Woodland Ave and US-31,Bay View,MI,0,"Bayview vicinity, NE of Petoskey, East side of US-31",Emmet,35N05W33SWNW,45.385905,-84.934669,,,08/30/2017,1fcaa525-046c-4854-a1ec-a3f62b38a829,0,1080,0,,,,,416660
-83.0461339999999,42.5117440000001,MHC502002004,S676,2,2002,2002,Post WWII (1945-1970),General Motors Technical Center,,General Motors Technical Center,,"An American icon of modern architecture, the General Motors (GM) Technical Center stands as a model corporate research and development park. Thirty-one buildings were constructed between 1949 and 1985. Conceived in 1944 by Board of Directors Chairman Alfred P. Sloan, the center centralized GM’s research, design, and engineering efforts. Vice President for Styling Harley Earl chose Eliel and Eero Saarinen to design the campus. Eero Saarinen’s International Style buildings are complemented by the grounds he planned with landscape architect Thomas Church. Saarinen also worked with GM’s Argonaut Division, which designed many of the structures. The center is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,Mound Road between 12 and 13 Mile Roads,Warren,MI,0,"Main entrance of the GM Technical Center; two markers are located side by side at this site. The other is titled Governor Alex J. Groesbeck and is State Site S284",Macomb,01N12E09NWSW,42.511744,-83.046134,,Auto Industry,09/10/2019,0efbd5e0-8e9e-4e40-bacd-a42cf17dde10,0,1081,0,,,,,416661
-85.656844,42.963245,MHC411987059,L1683C,2,1987,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Central Reformed Church/Central Reformed Church,,Central Reformed Church,Central Reformed Church,"Central Reformed Church was formed on April 23, 1918, by the merger of the first two Reformed churches in the Grand Rapids area: the First Reformed, an English-speaking church organized in 1840; and the Second Reformed, a Dutch speaking church established in 1849. The new congregation chose to worship in the home of the First Reformed Church on the corner of Fountain and Barclay Streets. On October 31, 1919, the Reverend John A. Dykstra became the church’s first pastor.","Central Reformed Church, established in 1918, had nearly six hundred members by 1920. Dynamic growth led to the building’s enlargement in 1922. Fire destroyed the sanctuary in 1953. The congregation worshipped in Central High School and the former Grace Episcopal Church until this structure was completed in 1957. Designed by Eggers and Higgins of New York, the building reflects English and American Georgian church architecture of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.",10 College Avenue NE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W30SWNE,42.963245,-85.656844,,,09/01/2017,ba207dfa-c92c-4373-b570-a454564213b9,0,1082,0,,,,,416662
-84.986094,42.0942360000001,MHC131987043,L1473A,2,1987,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Harvey N. Randall House,,Harvey Randall House,,"This Queen Anne house was built in 1898 for Tekonsha businessman Harvey N. Randall (1859-1917) and his wife, dressmaker Adell Warboys Randall (1863-1943). Randall prospered as a produce, livestock, and hardware merchant. By 1905 he established the Harvey N. Randall Company, which dealt only in hardware. Adell served as the company’s secretary-treasurer. Randall held positions as the village president, school board trustee, and director of the First State Bank of Tekonsha.",,103 East North Street,Tekonsha,MI,0,,Calhoun,04S06W27NESE,42.094236,-84.986094,,,01/14/2020,27b10067-f2dc-4bbe-ba2f-a459b81d47a8,0,1083,2,"MHC131987043_1.jpg;MHC131987043_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","05/09/2018;05/09/2018",416663
-83.6025249999999,42.2462190000001,MHC811983025,L1137B,2,1983,2019,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Prospect Park,,Prospect Park,,"In 1842 this site became Ypsilanti’s second cemetery, and at one time approximately 250 people were buried here. However, when Highland Cemetery opened in 1864, the use of this site began to decline. Inspired by a nationwide parks movement, in 1891 a group of local women began working to convert the by-then-neglected cemetery into the city’s first park. Funds were raised, the remaining bodies were moved, the grounds were graded, trees were planted and walks were installed. Luna Lake, with its rustic fountain, was built. Completed in 1893, Prospect Park soon became noted for its floral carpet beds and its bandstand and dance pavilion. In 1902 a coastal defense cannon was purchased from Fort McCleary, Maine, and erected here. The park became an object of renewed community pride after a major 1982-84 rejuvenation project.",,Prospect Avenue,Ypsilanti,MI,0,at Cross Street,Washtenaw,03S07E03SWSW,42.246219,-83.602525,,,06/09/2020,1e7e4172-5027-4312-a4c1-a4726e793c6b,0,1084,1,MHC811983025_1.jpg,Bill Nickels,Marker Photo - Front,,416664
-84.989483,45.42981,MHC241964007,S259,2,1964,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Holy Childhood of Jesus School,,Holy Childhood of Jesus School,,"This Indian school was founded in 1829 by Father Pierre Déjean, who came here with two teachers, Miss Elizabeth Williams and Joseph L’Etorneau. The Indians built a church and the first school building, a hewn-log structure, forty-six-by-twenty feet. The school was both a boarding and a day school, with twenty-five boarders in its initial enrollment of sixty-three Indian boys and girls, who were taught, in French, the three “R’s” and vocational skills. Father Déjean was followed in 1831 by Father Frederic Baraga, the future “Apostle of the Ottawas and Chippewas.” Under the Franciscan Fathers, who arrived in 1884, and the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who came in 1886, the school continues to serve the state and community, caring for Indian children.",,NW corner of West Main and State Sts.,Harbor Springs,MI,0,Marker returned and salvaged in 2008,Emmet,35N06W13SENW,45.42981,-84.989483,,Native People,01/14/2020,fa071c19-9f6a-43d5-9552-a476edf83398,0,1085,2,"MHC241964007_1.jpg;MHC241964007_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Archives of Michigan","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416665
-84.960121,42.2720350000001,MHC131981021,L898B,2,1981,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),James A. Miner,,James A. Miner,,"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 attorney (1870-1874). His office was in this building from 1869 to 1873. His 1876 partnership with Francis A. Stace created one of the county’s largest law firms. President Benjamin Harrison appointed him a Utah territorial justice in 1890, and he was elected the state’s first chief justice (1896-1903). He died in 1907.",,156 West Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.272035,-84.960121,,,08/23/2017,fef985cd-e58a-4f70-ad89-a47fc734fabe,0,1086,0,,,,,416666
-85.012978,45.21781,MHC151987001,L1443B,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Boyne City United Methodist Church,,Boyne City United Methodist Church,,"In 1874 the Reverend Andrew Wiggins and twelve pioneers organized the Methodist Episcopal Church of Boyne City, near Deer Lake. In 1883 Zachariah Morgan and his wife, Mary, donated land on which to build a church. The first church was built on this site in 1894. In 1905 teams of horses were used to haul the church away to make room for the present structure. The Grand Rapids architectural firm of Osgood and Osgood designed this church, which was completed in 1906 at a cost of thirteen thousand dollars.",,324 South Park Street,Boyne City,MI,0,,Charlevoix,33N06W35NENW,45.21781,-85.012978,,,08/23/2017,a3c056e3-606b-4cb5-aab2-a48e2039b38d,0,1087,0,,,,,416667
-85.1315539999999,42.727154,MHC081981011,L940A,2,1981,1984,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Woodland Town Hall / Woodland Town Hall,Woodland Township Hall,Woodland Town Hall,Woodland Town Hall,"The area now known as Woodland Township was first settled in 1837 by Charles Galloway and Jonathan and Samuel Haight. In 1842 the state legislature set aside the township, which by then had several hundred residents. The area’s level surface and fertile soil attracted farmers who specialized in fruit, wheat, and vegetables. By 1867 Woodland’s population had grown to about one thousand. On April 5 of that year, the township board voted to build a “town house.” The building committee—consisting of George Cramer, George Davenport, Alson P. Holly, John Holbrook, and Ira Stowell—drafted a plan, and construction began. The township board accepted the completed town hall and discharged the building committee three years later.","In 1867 after agreeing to build a hall, the Woodland Township board purchased this property from Lawrence Hilbert. Building committee member George Davenport erected the frame for the Greek Revival structure and later built the front doors. S. S. Ingerson enclosed the building, and Ira Stowell, another member of the building committee, was responsible for the completion of the hall. The handsome structure, with its hand-hewn timbers, cost nearly two thousand dollars. The two-story, thirty-by-forty-eight-foot hall has been used by the township, fraternal organizations, traveling shows, community programs, and a school. By 1984 the town hall was the only virtually unaltered early building in the community. Heated by a free standing wood stove, it was still used for the annual township meeting.",SW corner of East Broadway (M-43) and State Street,Woodland Township,MI,0,,Barry,04N07W15SWSW,42.727154,-85.131554,,5,07/24/2017,18845480-cd6e-45ca-a820-a4a50dfac241,0,1088,2,"MHC081981011_1.jpg;MHC081981011_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/03/2020;07/03/2020",416668
-84.1049119999999,42.9983700000001,MHC781987009,L1470C,2,1987,1988,,Michigan's First Coal Mine / Michigan's First Coal Mine,,Michigan's First Coal Mine,Michigan's First Coal Mine,"Alexander McArthur of Corunna discovered coal on the banks of Coal Creek in 1839. It was part of a large vein that produced coal until after World War II. McArthur hauled his coal in wagons, selling it to blacksmiths for ten cents a bushel. In 1841 this was the only mine in the state where coal was excavated for commercial use. It was reported that from an eight-by-nine-foot area McArthur mined 460 bushels of coal and shale in one year. In the 1860s a group of New York investors purchased McArthur’s mining interests and land and on April 22, 1865, opened the McArthur Mining Company. The firm built a coal house, an office, an engine room, and tramways. But within a year, the company had disbanded because transportation costs made shipping the coal unprofitable.","The Corunna Coal Company opened here in 1873. It operated from the same coal vein that Alexander McArthur had mined in 1839. The Corunna Company dug a seventy-five-foot mine shaft and brought in skilled miners from Youngstown, Ohio. They mined nearly one hundred tons of coal a day. In 1877 Tod Kincaid began managing the coal operations and purchased an interest in the mines. In July 1891 Kincaid bought out his partners and began running the business himself. The construction in 1885 of a spur track to the mine by the Detroit, Milwaukee and Western Railroad had opened more markets for Kincaid’s coal. The Kincaid Mine closed in the early 1900s; however, the coal vein continued to be mined sporadically until after World War II.",M-21 east of State Rd,Caledonia Township,MI,0,,Shiawassee,07N03E22NWNW,42.99837,-84.104912,,,07/10/2019,e8c7d7d6-0d61-49c2-bce7-a4ba2aba14a5,0,1089,0,,,,,416669
-84.554717,42.7373650000001,MHC332011002,L2226,2,2011,2013,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Carnegie Library / Carnegie Library,,Carnegie Library,Carnegie Library,"In 1902 steel magnate Andrew Carnegie offered Lansing $35,000 to build a new public library. Persuaded by the tireless efforts of local women´s groups, voters accepted his gift and agreed to pay $3,500 annually to maintain the building. According to The State Republican, State Librarian Mary C. Spencer sought Carnegie´s donation in the belief that ""the future of any nation depended upon the intellectual development of its citizens."" A crowd of eager residents was present to dedicate the new library on February 22, 1905. The library was valued as a resource for the general public, as well as for students from the old Central High School, located on the same block. When the new community library was built in 1964, this building continued its educational role by becoming part of Lansing Community College.","Andrew Carnegie credited libraries with opening the ""treasures of knowledge and imagination through which youth may ascend."" This belief led him to provide funding for more than 1,600 libraries across the United States. Designed by local architect Edwin A. Bowd, Lansing´s library was typical of Carnegie libraries. Its simple style featured a classical facade that suggested a return to the enlightened days of antiquity. The original interior included spaces with specific functions, such as the reading room and the children´s room, as well as an auditorium on the second floor. The library’s interior design reflected changing cultural attitudes toward the role of libraries in the United States, as libraries put more emphasis on public access, especially use by children and young adults.",210 W. Shiawassee St.,Lansing,MI,48901,Between Capitol Ave and Seymour St.,Ingham,04N02W16NENW,42.737365,-84.554717,,,07/19/2017,8782c48a-74b0-48cd-8fa2-a51ade15550e,0,1092,5,"MHC332011002_6.jpg;MHC332011002_1.jpg;MHC332011002_2.jpg;MHC332011002_4.jpg;MHC332011002_5.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided;Not Provided","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017",416670
-85.598004,42.29508,MHC391965015,L57,2,1965,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Stuart House,Charles E. Stuart House (Tau Kappa Epsilon House),The Stuart House,,"This historic house was built in 1858 for United States Senator Charles E. Stuart. As one of the leading lawyers and Democratic politicians of his day, Stuart naturally desired a house befitting his position. Thus it included tile and marble from Italy, stenciled and wood-paneled walls, Tiffany light fixtures, a great ballroom, and Kalamazoo’s first indoor bathroom! Stables and beautiful gardens were found on the estate. Stuart died in 1887. The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity acquired the house in 1956.",,427 Stuart Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S11W16NWSE,42.29508,-85.598004,,4,12/22/2020,65f58c61-71a2-4a5e-926a-a539a0f7717b,0,1093,3,"MHC391965015_3.jpg;MHC391965015_2.jpg;MHC391965015_4.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","11/21/2020;11/21/2020;11/21/2020",416671
-85.17835378,42.33532645,MHC132012004,L2232,2,2012,2012,Post WWII (1945-1970),Kellogg Community College,Kellogg Community College,Kellogg Community College,,"Kellogg Community College began in 1956 as Battle Creek Community College. It was housed in a Grand Army of the Republic Hall on College Street. Its enrollment quickly expanded beyond the location's capacity, and in 1958 the city voters passed a millage to support the construction of a new campus over several years. A 1959 grant of $1.75 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation allowed five new buildings to be added at once, and the school was renamed Kellogg Community College. The local firm of Lewis J. Sarvis and Associates planned the campus and buildings, which reflect Modern design. Groundbreaking began that year, and in May 1962 the college was dedicated.",,450 North Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,49017,"Between Emmett and Roosevelt Sts.; located at an area with benches at the top of Leila Drive (front of campus facing North Ave.)",Calhoun,01S07W31SWSW,42.33532645,-85.17835378,,,10/02/2019,2d1cfd68-7f4b-4678-8959-a53dbf171061,0,1094,2,"MHC132012004_1.jpg;MHC132012004_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Historical Photo",";",416672
-83.032708,42.3634490000001,MHC821983029,L1061A,4,1983,1985,,St. Elizabeth Church,,St. Elizabeth Church,,"In 1884 families of German descent, under the pastorate of Father Anthony Svensson, united to form a new parish. In 1885 they built a temporary church and school at McDougall and Willis, on land donated by Fannie Van Dyke. Detroit architects Donaldson and Meier designed the present red brick Romanesque Revival-style edifice, which was consecrated on February 14, 1892, by Bishop John Foley. The interior of the church contains wooden altar carvings by German craftsman Anthony Osebald. The parish’s role as the center of spiritual growth for many ethnic groups was greatly enhanced with the advent of Vatican II in 1962, which advocated the change from Latin to the language of the people. In the church service the parish family continued to be multicultural with a strong sense of its black heritage.",,3138 East Canfield,Detroit,MI,48201,Per Kim Johnson: Removed due to theft attempt. Stored in church choir loft.,Wayne, ,42.363449,-83.032708,,,02/03/2020,e2ec8d41-1d5e-4648-beb1-a5407aa42962,0,1095,0,,,,,416673
-85.185243,42.3221080000001,MHC131983018,L1103A,2,1983,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Battle Creek City Hall,,Battle Creek City Hall,,"Ernest W. Arnold designed this Beaux-Arts Classical-style city hall “to harmonize with the post office” located directly across Division Street. It was built in 1914 by Seirn B. Cole Construction at a cost of $305,000. The building’s interior is embellished with marbleized columns and trim and cherry millwork. Two stained glass windows, one of which depicts the original city seal, highlight the stairwells. The city hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.",,103 East Michigan Ave,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S08W01SWSE,42.322108,-85.185243,,,08/23/2017,7b395b1c-2838-42de-81c4-a57ad5bc80cb,1984,1097,0,,,,,416674
-85.324696,42.981254,MHC411986010,L1348B,2,1986,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),John Wesley Fallas House / John W. Fallas,,John Wesley Fallas House,John W. Fallas,"John Wesley Fallas built this house in 1842 in the village which bears his family name. Fallas platted the village on land he purchased from the U.S. government in 1839. That year, after a bridge had been built across the Flat River, he constructed a three-story sawmill with a chair factory on the top floor. In 1840 he built the first gristmill in the area next to his sawmill on the river. He used lumber from his sawmill to build this house, the oldest Greek Revival-style structure in the township.","John Wesley Fallas was born in 1812 at Nelson, New York, where his parents, William and Hannah (Stone) Fallas, had lived since leaving Massachusetts in 1804. After spending his childhood at Dryden, New York, he moved to Michigan in 1837, and the rest of the family followed. In 1841 John went back to New York to marry Phoebe Brown. After the couple’s return to Fallasburg they had two sons, Henry B. and Charles Wesley Fallas. John and his wife lived in this house until their deaths in 1896 and 1891 respectively.",13893 Covered Bridge Road,Vergennes Township,MI,0,,Kent,07N09W24SENW,42.981254,-85.324696,,2,11/16/2020,e0c10dee-0e01-4aec-8744-a5ceb0305417,0,1098,2,"MHC411986010_4.jpg;MHC411986010_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","11/14/2020;11/14/2020",416675
-82.821109,42.649783,MHC501996024,L1962,2,1996,1997,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Kolping Chapel,Kolping Park and Chapel,Kolping Chapel,,"Father Joseph Wuest established the Detroit Chapter of the Catholic Kolping Society in 1926. Wuest inscribed “Honor by means of untiring work” on a plaque for this chapel, which he built in 1932. Constructed of stones and shells sent from Kolping societies, churches and missions worldwide, the Neo-Gothic chapel is reminiscent of European wayside shrines. Father Adolph Kolping founded the society in 1846 to benefit German tradesmen and their families.",,47277 Sugar Bush Road,Chesterfield,MI,48047,9/20/2016 Commission approved moving the marker from its original location 47440 Sugarbush Road to the new location 47277 Sugarbush Road. The Chapel was moved as well.,Macomb,03N14E29NESE,42.649783,-82.821109,,1,12/15/2020,108c1694-dc4b-4aa1-a541-a5cf4229ad2c,0,1099,1,MHC501996024_1.jpg,Chesterfield Historical Society,Site Photo w/Marker,12/01/2019,416676
-86.008651,42.728195,MHC031988037,L1566B,2,1988,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Overisel / Overisel Reformed Church,,Overisel,Overisel Reformed Church,"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 August 18, 1847. The group wintered in Syracuse, New York, before continuing its journey to “Black Lake Country” (present day Lake Macatawa) in Michigan. The Overisel settlers joined Dutch immigrants in the Holland settlement in June 1848. They selected land and pooled the gold they had brought with them to purchase two thousand acres of land from the government and speculators. Prices ranged from $1.25 to $3.00 per acre, and land assignments were determined by lot. The settlers then established the village of Overisel.","The Dutch immigrants who established the Overisel congregation in June 1848 worshipped in homes until a log church was built in 1849. The congregation affiliated with the Reformed Church in America in 1850 and built a larger, frame church in 1851. This Greek Revival church was erected in 1866 and is one of the oldest extant Reformed church buildings in Michigan. The steeple was added in 1868. The value placed on education by the Overisel congregation is demonstrated by the unusually high number of members who have become ministers, missionaries, educators, scientists, and other professionals. Among them was Dr. Gerrit J. Kollen, who was president of Hope College from 1893 to 1911.",4706 142nd Avenue,Holland,MI,0,Overiesel Twp.,Allegan,04N14W18SESW,42.728195,-86.008651,,"Churches and Religious Buildings,5",08/02/2021,5574958d-881c-4482-96d8-a5f1c8d7394d,0,1100,0,,,,,416677
-86.25375,41.8298110000001,MHC111976027,L475,2,1976,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Chapin House / Henry Austin Chapin,Henry A. Chapin House (Niles City Hall/Fort St. Joseph Museum),The Chapin House,Henry Austin Chapin,"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 three hundred dollars, the Chapin grandchildren stipulated that it be used only for civic purposes. Now serving as the Niles City Hall, the house is built of local brick and terra cotta tile. The interior is ornamented with leaded glass windows and transoms, handcarved woodwork, and stenciled ceilings. In 1939 the Works Progress Administration joined the carriage house to another outbuilding, thus creating the Fort St. Joseph Museum structure. The museum holds over ten thousand items, including Fort St. Joseph and Potawatomi Indian artifacts, local memorabilia, and a collection of original drawings by Chief Sitting Bull.","Henry A. Chapin (1813 1898) spent most of his early life in Ohio. He married Ruby N. Nooney in 1836 and settled in Edwardsburg, Michigan. In 1846 Chapin and S. S. Griffin opened the first general store in Niles. With his son Charles, Henry A. later established an insurance and loan agency. Their firm had interests in nearby paper mills and electric companies, and real estate in Alabama, Illinois, and Michigan. The bulk of the family capital came from the discovery of iron ore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Chapin Mine, near Iron Mountain, began operations in 1879. “Mr. H. A.,” as he was known, received up to three hundred thousand dollars yearly in royalties from the mine. Owing to the Great Depression, the Chapin Mine closed in 1934, after fifty five years of continuous production.",508 East Main Street,Niles,MI,0,(US-31) NE corner of Fifth Street,Berrien,07S17W26SWSE,41.829811,-86.25375,,,09/22/2017,c6a89917-2604-4df7-b10b-a63009c966ea,0,1101,0,,,,,416678
-85.85259,42.5278920000001,MHC031973033,L243,2,1973,1979,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Episcopal Church of Good Shepherd,,Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd,,"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 service on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1869. Bishop McCoskry performed the rite of consecration on April 8 of that same year. In 1886 the parishioners purchased the present tracker organ, which is still in use and is one of the few such organs left in this state today.",,101 Walnut St.,Allegan,MI,49010,,Allegan,02N13W28NESW,42.527892,-85.85259,,1,03/08/2021,a3a6a4a3-735e-4103-ac95-a63bd93dd78b,0,1102,0,,,,,416679
-82.57635,42.611619,MHC741977033,L511,2,1977,1977,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Harsen House,,Harsen House,,"This house belonged to the family of Jacob Harsen. A gunsmith and fur trader who arrived here about 1778, Harsen was the first white settler on the island. On this site he built a log home, which was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion. The present structure, erected around 1800 and subsequently enlarged and altered, housed his descendents until the 1940s. The Harsen family once owned all of the island which bears their name.",,2006 Golf Course Road,Harsens Island,MI,0,,Saint Clair, ,42.611619,-82.57635,,1,08/28/2019,49eaea12-07ac-462b-b27a-a6c6f32b686e,0,1103,0,,,,,416680
-83.048486,42.3391960000001,MHC821983001,S554C,1,1983,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Detroit College of Law,,Detroit College of Law,,"Established in 1891, the Detroit College of Law was the first law school in the Detroit area and the second one in Michigan. The college, which opened in 1892 with sixty-nine students, was incorporated in 1893. Included in the first graduating class were men who became circuit court judges, a Supreme Court justice, and an ambassador. Since its inception, the college has been a privately funded, coeducational institution devoted exclusively to professional education in law.",,130 E. Elizabeth St.,Detroit,MI,48226,,Wayne, ,42.339196,-83.048486,,,03/01/2022,b8f8d096-0ba2-4600-a3a2-a6d71c8a20aa,0,1104,0,,,,,416681
-83.986001,42.911957,MHC781986039,S578C,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Durand Railroad History / The Knights Templar Special,,Durand Railroad History,The Knights Templar Special,"Durand’s first settlers began farming here in 1837. Its first railroad, the Detroit and Milwaukee, arrived in 1856, thirty-one years before the village of Durand was officially organized. The settlement became a railroad center for the Grand Trunk and the Ann Arbor Railroads. Trains passing through Durand ran to Toledo, Grand Rapids, Clare, Chicago, Port Huron, and Detroit. Around the turn of the century, as many as 35 passenger trains, 100 freight trains and 3,000 passengers used the depot each day. Its yard facilities once included the only full-circle roundhouse on the Grand Trunk Western. In 1911 fifty percent of Durand’s population was employed by the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company.","In June 1923 the sixty-seventh annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Michigan Knights Templar was held in Flint. Western Michigan Sir Knights traveling to the Masonic convention commissioned a Grand Trunk Western special train. The train left on June 5. At 9:30 a.m. it came upon a split track at Clark’s Crossing in Durand. The engine and tender left the rails and turned over. The second passenger coach rammed the first; however, the rear cars remained upright. Four Knights Templar died in the accident: engineer Frank Persall and fireman Joseph Parker were members of Corunna Commandery No. 21 stationed at Durand; John Erickson and Heber D. Waldron were from Ionia Commandery No. 11. A. J. Fanning of Grand Rapids also died, and thirty-two persons were injured.",205 West Clinton,Durand,MI,0,"Iron Horse Park, near Durant Depot",Shiawassee,06N04E15SWSW,42.911957,-83.986001,,,09/13/2017,17902a69-4329-499b-9d53-a70ea7e8a2ab,0,1105,0,,,,,416682
-85.528182,43.786022,MHC542009012,S720C,2,2009,2009,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Anna Howard Shaw / Anna Howard Shaw,Kenneth and Helen Sanders Farm,Anna Howard Shaw,Anna Howard Shaw,"As a child in 1859, suffragist Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) moved with her family from Massachusetts to Mecosta County. Her father soon returned east with two of his sons, leaving behind his wife and four younger children to endure extreme hardship on their 360-acre claim. Forced to take on traditionally male roles to survive, Anna believed women were equal to men. A teacher at age fifteen, she later became a minister, a physician, and an orator.","In 1880 Anna Howard Shaw became the first woman ordained by the Methodist Protestant Church. She received a medical degree from Boston University in 1885 and tended to poor patients in that city. Shaw was a popular orator and leader in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association. Shaw died in 1919, but she lived to see Congress approve what became the nineteenth amendment, which granted women the right to vote.",22292 22 Mile Road,Paris,MI,49338,Across the road from the Parkhill Cemetery - East of 131 before 220th Avenue on the south side of the road.,Mecosta,16N10W17NWNE,43.786022,-85.528182,,2,11/15/2022,5734fa9f-0a06-4a88-8ba8-a71c0f5d7357,0,1106,2,"MHC542009012_1.jpg;MHC542009012_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo",";",416683
-83.319744,44.586013,MHC011979001,L728A,2,1979,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Greenbush School,,Greenbush School,,"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 grade. During the lumbering era, when Greenbush grew into a settlement of fifteen hundred people, the school served up to sixty students. The building was moved to its present location next to the Township Hall in 1979. A fire hall was built on its original site.",,SW corner of Campbell & State Roads,Harrisville,MI,48738,West of US-23,Alcona,25N09E02SWSW,44.586013,-83.319744,,1,01/17/2017,a080778c-2505-4339-866c-a721e214e090,0,1107,0,,,,,416684
-86.262502,41.7742240000001,MHC111967006,S286,2,1967,1967,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bertrand,,Bertrand,,"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 various Indian treaties. In 1833 this land was platted into the town of Bertrand, which soon included several large hotels and stores and a four story warehouse— remarkable on the Michigan frontier. Bertrand became a stop for stages on the Detroit Chicago Road, and in 1844 the Sisters of the Holy Cross founded their first American convent here. Failure of the railroads to pass through town, and the high price of lots, caused the decline of this expansive village and the financial ruin of its founder.",,Betrand Road at Bond Street,Bertrand Twp,MI,0,,Berrien,08S17W14NWSW,41.774224,-86.262502,,,09/22/2017,e1629533-c5ac-4b72-97a0-a72836c97345,0,1108,0,,,,,416685
-85.9298649999999,42.782204,MHC701981024,L905B,2,1981,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Drenthe Christian Reformed Church,,Drenthe Christian Reformed Church,,"The village of Drenthe was settled by three groups of Dutch immigrants in 1847. Those from Staphorst settled to the west; those from the province of Drenthe, to the east; and the “Flakkenaars” from Zuid, Holland, to the north. The settlers first worshiped in nearby Vriesland, but in 1848 they built a Reformed church east of the village. It was soon outgrown, and in 1875 this church was built. In 1882, following dissent over some practices of the Reformed denomination, the congregation voted to join the recently organized Christian Reformed Church. For many years services were conducted in Dutch, but by 1946 all were in English. Several additions have been made to the structure since 1875, but the main building has the original hand-hewn beams and fieldstone foundation.",,6344 Adams Street,Drenthe,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N14W35NWNE,42.782204,-85.929865,,4,09/12/2017,ff2ca83d-1ce9-42ef-a13f-a7918f2572cd,0,1109,0,,,,,416686
-84.41563,46.00595,MHC492015004,S735C,2,2015,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Aldo Leopold And Les Cheneaux,Historic Summering Grounds of Aldo Leopold,Aldo Leopold And Les Cheneaux,Aldo Leopold and Les Cheneaux,"In 1898, Carl Leopold purchased a summer cottage on Marquette Island, visible from here across Mackinac Bay. His family, includ-ing son Aldo, traveled there each summer from their home in Iowa. Aldo’s summers on the island were the start of a lifetime dedicated to the study of nature. His professional career included nine-teen years with the U.S. Forest Service and fifteen years at the University of Wisconsin teaching wildlife management. In his book A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There, Leopold defined his concept of a land ethic. He believed that people were stewards of the land and that the natural environment should be viewed as a community, not a commodity.","As a young man, conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) explored the Les Cheneaux area with family and friends. His brother Frederic wrote, “Aldo knew most of the island intimately. He produced several handmade maps artistically decorated and illustrated with typical trees, animals and birds in appropriate places. All of the trails were shown including some newer trails which he himself created.” Leopold continued to visit the Les Cheneaux area after his graduation from Yale Forestry School in 1909. As a prolific author, researcher and educator whose works still influence the field, Aldo Leopold is widely considered to be a founder of the conservation movement in America.",M-134,Hessel,MI,0,"1/4 mile East at main intersection of Hessel and M-134, at Mackinac Bay Nature Preserve and Scenic Turnout",Mackinac,42N01W27NESW,46.00595,-84.41563,,Heritage Conservation Trail,03/05/2019,27678523-b807-4d9b-beeb-a7b1ea81c8d6,2015,1110,0,,,,,416687
-84.557046,42.7348900000001,MHC331987069,L1378C,4,1987,1987,Post WWII (1945-1970),Michigan Society of Professional Engineers,,Michigan Society of Professional Engineers,,"On May 10, 1946, forty-five engineers from around the state met to organize the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers, which was incorporated on September 30, 1946. Michigan was the twenty-fourth state to organize such a society. The society promotes licensure of engineers as a safeguard to the public’s life, health, and property. It includes engineers in government, industry, private practice, construction, and education. In 1987 the society had 2,550 members.",,215 North Walnut,Lansing,,0,3/2018 the building at 215 N. Walnut was sold and the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers removed the marker and have it safely stored until they can find a new permanent location. (see attached document),Ingham,04N02W16SENW,42.73489,-84.557046,,,08/10/2021,1695c955-4406-4355-bf8a-a7cc03d88d1e,0,1111,1,MHC331987069_1.jpg,,Site Photo w/Marker,06/27/2017,416688
-85.850343,43.8558820000001,MHC431984026,L1145C,2,1984,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Brown Trout,,Brown Trout,,"On April 11, 1884, the first recorded planting of brown trout (Salmo pariole) in the United States was made into the Pere Marquette River system by the Northville, Michigan, Federal Fish Hatchery. The trout eggs from which the planting of forty-nine hundred fry was made had been obtained from Baron Friedrich Von Behr of Berlin, Germany, by Fred Mather, superintendent of the Cold Spring Harbor Federal Fish Hatchery at Long Island, New York. Some brown trout eggs had been shipped to the United States and distributed to various fisheries in the country for observation in 1883, but the Northville station was the first to stock American waters with the fish. From this beginning, the species (known in Germany as Bachforelle) has become widely established throughout the United States.",,8962 South M-37,Baldwin,MI,0,Shrine of the Pines Park,Lake,17N13W22NWNE,43.855882,-85.850343,,Heritage Conservation Trail,09/01/2017,ca7c1ea1-53a4-4cac-b116-a7cd0b963a6e,0,1112,0,,,,,416689
-84.807844,42.1435450000001,MHC131981017,L934A,2,1981,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"The First Presbyterian Church of Homer was organized with thirty-four members under the direction of the Reverend Elijah Buck in 1838. Shortly afterwards, services were held in the “Session House,” which served the group until 1853, when the existing sanctuary was built. In 1886 the narthex was added and the church was remodeled under the guidance of architect L. D. Grosvenor. The architectural style is Renaissance Classical, showing some influence of Sir Christopher Wren.",,309 South Sophia Street,Homer,MI,0,,Calhoun,04S04W08NWNW,42.143545,-84.807844,,,04/18/2019,32ea83c7-61e2-4cdf-ad76-a829f6e727ff,0,1114,2,"MHC131981017_1.jpg;MHC131981017_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","05/09/2018;05/09/2018",416690
-85.582973,42.288635,MHC391987062,L1399C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kalamazoo Gazette,Michigan Salesman and St. Joseph Chronicle Newspapers,Kalamazoo Gazette,,"Founded in 1833 as the weekly Michigan Statesman and St. Joseph Chronicle, this newspaper, edited by Henry Gilbert, followed the United States Land Office when it moved from White Pigeon to Kalamazoo in 1835. It first appeared as the Kalamazoo Gazette on January 23, 1837. On March 26, 1872, under Andrew J. Shakespeare, it became a daily publication. In 1925 the Gazette moved to its present location. It celebrated its 150th anniversary of publication in 1987, the year of the Michigan sesquicentennial.",,401 South Burdick,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Wall-mounted on the building at the intersection of E. Lovell Street and South Burdick.,Kalamazoo,02S11W22NENW,42.288635,-85.582973,,,09/11/2019,2cf3dd7e-4d6d-4cba-96cd-a847333c70bf,0,1115,0,,,,,416691
-83.411338,44.6838520000001,MHC011998003,L2045,2,1998,2001,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),West Harrisville Depot,Lincoln Depot,West Harrisville Depot,,"In 1883 lumberman and Civil War hero Russell Alger led the consolidation of several lumber railroads as the Detroit, Bay City, and Alpena Railroad, bringing passenger and freight service to this region for the first time. Built in 1886, the depot was taken over by the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad in 1895 and renovated in 1913. Service ceased in 1927 and from 1930 to 1996 the building served as a residence. Citizens saved the depot in 1997.",,116 Fisk Street,Lincoln,MI,0,,Alcona,26N08E01NWNE,44.683852,-83.411338,,3,01/13/2017,4639c7bf-e611-4e03-883e-a89479a8f149,0,1116,0,,,,,416692
-83.4808373,42.5621329,MHC632006026,L2163,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Wolverine Lake,Wolverine Lake Dam,Wolverine Lake,,"Wolverine Lake was created in the 1920s through a private damming and inundation project funded by local dentist and developer Howard Stuart. A critical early step in creating the lake involved the construction of the nearby dam, which began in 1919. Built with the aid of ten teams of horses, the concrete dam is 72 feet long with 600 feet of levee fill. The dam allowed water levels to rise eight feet in the marsh surrounding Spring, Mayze, Pork Barrel, Bicking Taylor, and Bradley Lakes, thus uniting them. Several lawsuits challenging the changes included one heard by the Michigan Supreme Court. Ultimately, however, Stuart succeeded in his real estate venture. Wolverine Lake testifies to the way humans have modified the landscape to meet their needs.",,Glengary Road Between Oakview and Tampa,Wolverine Lake,MI,48390,Commerce Township,Oakland,02N08E22NESE,42.5621329,-83.4808373,,,08/08/2017,3a449c92-d50d-47a1-8cf8-a8cb91dd9911,0,1117,0,,,,,416693
-84.958624,42.2730120000001,MHC131980040,L786A,2,1980,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Trinity Episcopal Church / Montgomery Schuyler,,Trinity Episcopal Church,Montgomery Schuyler,"Trinity parish was organized in 1836. Early services were held in a log schoolhouse. The Reverend Samuel Buel assumed duties as the first pastor in 1838. This native Marshall sandstone building, with its Victorian interior, was completed in 1864 at a cost of $9,982. The architect was Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit, and the builder was Nathan Benedict of Marshall. The Marshall Historic Home Tour originated here as a Kitchen Tour sponsored by the Trinity churchwomen.","Trinity’s second minister, Montgomery Schuyler (1814-1896), was born in New York City. He came to Marshall in 1835, entered a hardware business, began a Sunday school, and helped found Trinity. He was ordained and made pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in 1841. In 1842 he founded St. Thomas’s Church, Battle Creek. He founded St. John’s parish in Buffalo, New York, in 1845 and was rector and dean of Christ Church in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1854 to 1896. He is buried in Marshall’s Oakridge Cemetery.",101 East Mansion Street,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NENW,42.273012,-84.958624,,,08/23/2017,efcb8a69-8058-40be-999c-a90bad01e561,0,1118,0,,,,,416694
-85.7260429999999,42.8111880000001,MHC411987013,L1451A,2,1987,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Byron Township Hall / Byron Township Hall,,Byron Township Hall,Byron Township Hall,"Byron Township Hall was built in 1876. Byron Center had been platted four years earlier from the Samuel S. Towner farm, which was located in the geographic center of the township. The hall housed the township library until 1963 and continued to house government offices until 1986. The International Order of Odd Fellows held a ninety-nine-year lease on the second story of the building beginning in 1877. The Byron Center Historical Society purchased and restored the building in 1986.","
In 1896 William Jennings Bryan, the “silver-tongued orator,” spoke here while stumping the country as the Democratic presidential candidate. Gerald R. Ford often met here with his constituents during his thirteen terms as Michigan’s Fifth District Congressman. The Byron Township Hall served as a forum for political speeches and provided space for community activities such as dances, weddings, meetings, and church services. It became the Byron Township Historical Museum in 1987.",2506 Prescott Streeet,Byron Center,MI,0,"SE corner of Harlow Street, Byron Center",Kent,05N12W21NENE,42.811188,-85.726043,,,09/01/2017,9827e34b-86ef-4bc8-9066-a91bf279e588,0,1119,0,,,,,416695
-83.384871,42.280958,MHC821986026,L1347A,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Wayne Village Hall,"Wayne Village Hall; Wayne Historical Museum",Old Wayne Village Hall,,"Since 1878 the Old Wayne Village Hall has served as the center of civic affairs in Wayne. It is one of the few surviving Second Empire-style buildings in Wayne County. The first meeting of the village took place on April 20, 1869. In the following years, meetings were held in rented quarters. In 1877, when the village’s population had reached fourteen hundred, Wayne officials approved plans for a village hall and jail. James Lewis of Detroit received the building contract in January 1878. On August 19, 1878, the cornerstone was laid. The new village hall, built at a total cost of $1,415, was completed on November 19, 1878, and accepted for use on January 7, 1879. In 1916 quarters for the police and fire departments were added. The building became the home of the Wayne Historical Museum in 1969.",,1 Towne Square Street,Wayne,MI,0,Near the intersection of Main Street,Wayne,02S09E33NWNW,42.280958,-83.384871,,4,10/11/2021,cf07b9ad-38cf-4fc0-8421-a9246ee65c97,0,1120,1,MHC821986026_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416696
-82.646359,42.627395,MHC741988002,L1488B,2,1988,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),North Channel Shooting Club,,North Channel Shooting Club,,"The North Channel Shooting Club was organized in 1869. Detroit sportsmen arrived at the club by ferryboat, interurban railroad and private yachts. After the 1920s automobiles increasingly allowed Detroiters to spend leisure time farther from the city. This trend, as well as the depression and Prohibition, caused club membership to decline. The Chrysler Yacht Club purchased the property in 1967 and restored the decaying 1869 clubhouse. In 1981 the name was changed to the North Channel Yacht Club.",,1001 North Channel,Clay Township,MI,0,on the St. Clair River,Saint Clair, ,42.627395,-82.646359,,,09/13/2017,800c0b5b-d008-44f3-9a60-a925d3659785,0,1121,0,,,,,416697
-83.19132,42.5608560000001,MHC631974045,S426,2,1974,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Kresge Foundation,,The Kresge Foundation,,"Sebastian Spering Kresge established this foundation in 1924 on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the company he had organized in Detroit. The foundation’s sole donor, he remained chairman of the board until retiring in 1966, shortly before his death. Grants of over $175 million in its first fifty years have aided established institutions to build facilities for teaching, research, healing, and the arts. In 1984 the foundation moved to this site.",,3215 West Big Beaver Road,Troy,MI,0,1/4 mile west of Coolidge Road,Oakland,02N11E30NENE,42.560856,-83.19132,,,09/12/2017,cab8aaa9-16c6-4f3a-a812-a99c883d22d0,0,1122,0,,,,,416698
-83.5366,42.53204,MHC631987024,L1464A,2,1987,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wixom Cemetery,South Commerce Burying Ground,Wixom Cemetery,,"The Wixom Cemetery has been in continuous use since 1838, when it was established as the South Commerce Burial Ground. The first burial, however, that of an infant named Israel Barrett, occurred in 1835. Two hundred thirty-three of the graves date from the nineteenth century and contain the remains of most of Wixom’s pioneers, including the Alonzo Sibley and Ahijah Wixom families. Alonzo Sibley donated the land for the cemetery, located across Maple Road from the Reverend Wire’s home where funeral services were held in the parlor. The wrought-iron gate and fence along Wixom Road was erected in 1899. The sexton’s shed was restored in 1981. It was constructed of cuspid block containing colored glass, a process used primarily between 1900 and 1930. The cemetery is presently owned and maintained by the city of Wixom.",,North Wixom Road,Wixom,MI,0,NE corner of North Wixom and West Maple Roads,Oakland,02N08E31SENE,42.53204,-83.5366,,,09/12/2017,12ea1011-6138-4cd6-96fe-a9bb0682a15e,0,1123,2,"MHC631987024_2.jpg;MHC631987024_1.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416699
-83.062691,42.362718,MHC821984035,L1207A,2,1984,1986,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Association of Women's Clubs,William Lennane House,Detroit Association of Women's Clubs,,"The Detroit Association of Colored Women’s Clubs was organized on April 8, 1921, with eight clubs. This association reached its peak membership in 1945 with seventy-three clubs and three thousand members. Affiliated with the Michigan and the National Associations of Colored Women’s Clubs, the Detroit association fosters educational, philanthropic, and social programs. The association was incorporated in 1941. That same year, supported by a mortgage on its president’s home, the association purchased its present clubhouse, a handsome Colonial Revival-style structure. The club members completely paid for the clubhouse in less than five years. The association sponsors girls’ clubs, scholarships, annual clothing drives for needy school children, and charitable programs for seniors and the dispossessed. Its motto is “Lifting As We Climb.”",,5461 Brush Street,Detroit,MI,0,"east of Ferry Street, north of West Warren Avenue",Wayne, ,42.362718,-83.062691,,African-American History,09/20/2017,74054ad6-0b86-4024-b848-a9c590732d00,0,1124,0,,,,,416700
-84.554053,42.7348190000001,MHC331980042,L790A,2,1980,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Central United Methodist Church,,Central United Methodist Church,,"The first recorded Methodist meeting in Lansing was held in 1845 when the Reverend Lewis Coburn preached in the log cabin of Joab Page of North Lansing. In 1850 a Methodist class (congregation) was formed in what is now central Lansing. Its first leader was Reverend Resin Sapp, chaplain of the Michigan legislature. Services were held at Representative Hall in the old state capitol. The same year, the state deeded land at the corner of Washington Avenue and Ottawa Street to the First Methodist Episcopal Church under Public Act No. 231 of 1848. That land was subsequently turned over to the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, which built its first building in 1863. The present Romanesque-style edifice was erected in 1888-89 and is perhaps the only church designed by Elijah E. Myers, architect of the State Capitol.",,215 North Capital,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16SENW,42.734819,-84.554053,,4,11/09/2020,cc3cf5c9-9efc-4dbb-bac6-a9cf6e83dbfd,0,1125,2,"MHC331980042_1.jpg;MHC331980042_3.jpg","Not Provided;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","06/27/2017;10/15/2020",416701
-83.398933,41.915243,MHC581956042,S36,2,1956,1957,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Monroe,,Monroe,,"Monroe, founded about 1784, is one of Michigan’s oldest settlements. It was first called Frenchtown after its original settlers. It was the scene of the River Raisin Massacre during the War of 1812. Renamed Monroe in 1824, it later anchored the Michigan Southern Railroad and became famous for its glass and paper. General George Custer made his home here.",,126 South Monroe St.,Monroe,MI,0,,Monroe, ,41.915243,-83.398933,,"War of 1812,4",08/25/2021,8f475de1-2e0d-4dae-80d1-aa04e6e8ecd1,0,1126,0,,,,,416702
-84.373755,46.463314,MHC171982015,L986B,4,1982,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Larke Road,Three Mile Road,Larke Road,,"Until 1962 Three Mile (Larke) Road was known simply as Larke Road. In 1876 Henry Larke (1824-1900) became the first settler along this road, making his home about one and one-half miles west of this site. He had emigrated from Canada, where he farmed and made wooden pumps. From 1876 until 1897, Larke operated a dairy farm near this site. His son Richard and daughter-in-law Lena maintained the farm until the 1940s. Around the turn of the century, a local glacial deposit and the local rural school were named in honor of the Larke family.",,Three Mile Rd east of I-75,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,"Around 1/4 mile from exit 392 on Business l-75, corner of Three Mile Road and Eighth Street",Chippewa,47N01W13SWSE,46.463314,-84.373755,,1,08/23/2017,36f999cf-52f8-4ce6-862a-aa6f2530c363,0,1127,1,MHC171982015_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416703
-83.467764,42.6569390000001,MHC631992014,L1868,2,1992,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kelley-Fisk Farm,,Kelley-Fisk Farm,,"Asa Loren Kelley (1813-1887) migrated from New York as a child around 1820. He settled in Owosso with his first wife, Armitta, and they had two children. Upon the deaths of his wife and children, Kelley married Louisa Austin and moved to White Lake Township. They purchased 320 acres of land in 1851 and erected this modest Greek Revival house with Gothic details around 1852. They raised ten children here. Following Louisa’s death in 1863, Asa married Frances Rich. The couple had nine additional children. In 1876 Luther and Henry Fisk bought the farm. The Fisk family built many of the outbuildings and owned the farm until 1979. The White Lake Historical Society then leased the complex, which includes the house, a barn, a pump house, a pig house, a hen house, corn cribs, a privy and a garage, from the township.",,9180 Highland Rd.,White Lake Township,MI,0,,Oakland,03N08E23NENE,42.656939,-83.467764,,,09/12/2017,b8ade31d-47a8-4905-a196-aa7d92c18eef,0,1128,0,,,,,416704
-84.618008,45.849518,MHC491959005,L3,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Old Agency House,,Old Agency House,,"Here stood the federal Indian agent’s home. The most famous of the Indian agents is Henry R. Schoolcraft, student of Indian ways whose work inspired the poem “Hiawatha.” In the early 1870s the house burned.",,Huron Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.849518,-84.618008,,Native People,08/18/2017,4ba8b870-f8ea-4d0d-8752-aa7f3f36ca36,0,1129,0,,,,,416705
-87.4013899999999,46.556971,MHC521957023,S115,2,1957,1966,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Northern Michigan University,,Northern Michigan University,,"Established by the legislature in 1899 as a normal school to provide teachers for the Upper Peninsula, Northern opened with thirty-two students, six faculty members, and Dwight B. Waldo as principal. A four-year collegiate program was introduced in 1918, and the first bachelor of arts degree was conferred two years later. In the 1950s Northern became a multi-purpose institution placing emphasis on instruction, service, and research. In 1960 it established its own graduate program leading to the master of arts degree. Serving an ever-increasing student body, Northern in 1963 achieved university status through an act of the legislature.",,University Center NMU Campus,Marquette,MI,0,In front of the University Center,Marquette,48N25W14SWNW,46.556971,-87.40139,,,09/06/2017,55bbb3de-c686-4d19-8fe8-aad98c56ab58,0,1130,1,MHC521957023_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416706
-85.671804,42.967347,MHC411987034,L1438C,2,1987,2021,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Vandenberg Center / Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg,,Vandenberg Center,Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg,"Vandenberg Center encompasses 12.5 acres lying to the northeast of this site. It was part of the land originally registered on September 19, 1831, by Louis Campau, Grand Rapids’s first permanent settler. Campau platted the village of Grand Rapids, running his streets at right angles to what was known as upper Monroe Avenue, now Monroe Mall. Just to the north, on land purchased from Campau, land surveyor Lucius Lyon platted the village of Kent, laying the streets squarely on the compass. There was no direct connection between the two street plans until 1873. Vandenberg Center was once the site of industry, commerce, hotels, and government offices. The federal urban renewal program of the 1960s cleared the area, providing space for the new city-county complex, the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building, and other office structures.","Arthur H. Vandenberg was born in Grand Rapids on March 22, 1884. Poverty forced him to work a variety of jobs as a youth, but by 1906 he was editor of the Grand Rapids Herald. In 1928 Governor Fred Green appointed him to the United States Senate, a position he held until his death in 1951. In the 1930s Vandenberg fathered the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and supported isolationism. However, during World War II he decided that international involvement was unavoidable, and in 1945 he helped draft the United Nations Charter. A lifelong Republican, he was a post-war advocate of bipartisan foreign policy. He led senate support of aid to Greece and Turkey and the Marshall Plan. His “Vandenberg Resolution” paved the way for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Military Assistance Program.",200 Monroe Avenue,Grand Rapids,MI,0,in the open plaza on the corner of Monroe Avenue and Lyon Street,Kent,07N12W25NENE,42.967347,-85.671804,,5,04/30/2019,c5c6b386-6a60-4291-be91-ab18c4c4f61f,0,1131,0,,,,,416707
-86.304547,42.184854,MHC112013009,L2249,2,2013,2013,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Coloma Interurban Station,City of Coloma Storage Building,,,"Built in 1910 by the Benton Harbor-St. Joe Railway and Light Company, this station served passengers and freight until 1928. The station’s transformer provided Coloma’s first source of electricity. The electrified interurban rail line originally ran from Benton Harbor through Millburg to Coloma. In 1913 it was extended east to Watervliet. In the summer a spur carried vacationers, many from Chicago, on to Paw Paw Lake resorts. Each evening, the railway carried fruit from the area to Benton Harbor. From there it was shipped overnight to Chicago for the morning market. Between 1928 and 1993 the building was used as an electrical substation.",,S. Paw Paw Street,Coloma,MI,49038,"On front exterior of building, facing S. Paw Paw Street, cross streets are Leedy St. and E. St. Joseph St., in Lions Park just west of Tannery Creek",Berrien,03S17W29NENE,42.184854,-86.304547,,6,03/26/2019,f9b165b0-894b-4629-aa31-ab2af2dd21ed,0,1132,3,"MHC112013009_1.jpg;MHC112013009_2.jpg;MHC112013009_3.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown","Marker Dedication Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo","08/09/2013;01/01/1990;01/01/2010",416708
-84.725918,45.777722,MHC162000020,S670,2,2000,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan State Ferry System / Michigan State Car Ferries,Michigan State Ferry Dock,Michigan State Ferry System,Michigan State Car Ferries,"
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 and their automobiles across the Straits of Mackinac. During the first year, the ferry Ariel, with a capacity of 15 to 20 vehicles per trip, carried 10,351 vehicles. By 1953 the highway department had invested $15 million in five ferries. The state built docks here and at St. Ignace. As the demand for service grew, passengers could wait more than ten hours, especially during deer hunting season. The ferries ran until 1957 when the Mackinac Bridge opened, and the dock was leased to public and private interests.","The Michigan Highway Department operated car ferries between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace for thirty-four years beginning in 1923. The first vessel, Ariel, was a small wooden boat built in 1881 as a river ferry. Unsuited to the rough waters of the Great Lakes, Ariel was relocated in 1926 to carry passengers between Port Huron and Sarnia, Canada. The State Ferry System operated five vessels during the summer season and contracted with the Mackinac Transportation Company to carry automobiles on Chief Wawatam and Sainte Marie during the winter. The “Era of the State Ferries” officially ended on November 1, 1957, when the first vehicles crossed the Mackinac Bridge.",321 S. Huron,Mackinaw City,MI,0,Next to Conkling Heritage Park,Cheboygan,39N03W18SENW,45.777722,-84.725918,,Maritime Heritage,08/08/2017,d58e24e6-34e0-4cbc-ac44-abc06355202f,0,1134,2,"MHC162000020_1.jpg;MHC162000020_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";",416709
-83.698727,45.262634,MHC711987039,L1469C,2,1987,1988,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Presque Isle Electric Cooperative Monument,,Presque Isle Electric Cooperative Monument,,"The first utility pole set by Presque Isle Electric Cooperative was erected near this site on September 22, 1937. Established in 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was a New Deal program designed to help cooperatives provide low-cost power to rural areas. On December 22, 1937, the Presque Isle Electric Cooperative energized its first seventy miles of line, from Norway Dam in Alpena to Moltke Township in Presque Isle County, bringing electricity to eighty-two families.",,10957 Michigan Avenue,Posen,MI,0,Between 10957 and 10981 Michigan Avenue,Presque Isle,33N06E09SESE,45.262634,-83.698727,,1,12/02/2021,30e1c13a-0562-46aa-b4e0-abf3efdd9499,0,1135,1,MHC711987039_1.jpg,,Other Photo,,416710
-85.583715,42.292695,MHC391999017,S664,2,1999,2000,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan State Grange / Women in the Michigan Grange,,Michigan State Grange,Women in the Michigan Grange,"Organized in 1873, the Michigan State Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry held its first annual meeting in January 1874 at Allen’s Hall, which once stood on this site. The Michigan Grange grew rapidly with over six hundred “subordinate granges” by 1876. Dedicated “to educating and elevating the American farmer,” these local units promoted rural concerns including rural free delivery mail and pure food laws. The State Grange supported Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, and its creation of agricultural extension services. Many Grange leaders played important roles in state politics including Cyrus G. Luce, who was elected Michigan Grange Master in 1880 and Michigan’s governor in 1886.","The National Grange, founded in 1867, was one of the first fraternal organizations to admit women and men as members on an equal basis. From their positions of influence in the Michigan Grange, women like Mary Bryant Mayo worked to reduce the isolation of rural women and improve women’s educational opportunities. Mayo also organized the Fresh Air Project, which took Detroit women and children to farms during the summer. Jennie Buell and Ida Chittenden mobilized the Grange to win woman suffrage in Michigan, a goal they achieved in 1918. Dora Stockman, who served on the State Board of Agriculture and in the Michigan legislature, created Four Leaf Clover Clubs (the present-day 4-H Club) for Grange children.",Water Street and Burdick,Kalamazoo,MI,0,NW corner of Water and Burdick Streets,Kalamazoo,02S11W15NESW,42.292695,-85.583715,,,09/01/2017,f73d491a-1232-492b-89d9-ac4dbb204b30,0,1137,0,,,,,416711
-85.65804,42.356006,MHC391961013,S222C,2,1961,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Kalamazoo Region,,The Kalamazoo Region,,"Kalamazoo is an Indian word said to mean “boiling water.” Originally it was applied to the river that flows northwesterly to Lake Michigan. A trickle of settlers in the late 1820s became a torrent in the 1830s as the region’s fertile prairies, oak openings, bottomlands, and ample sources of waterpower became known. The village of Bronson, founded in 1829 by Titus Bronson, is now the city of Kalamazoo. Here Lincoln made his only known Michigan speech. J. Fenimore Cooper wrote about the area in Oak Openings. Kalamazoo College, founded in 1833, Nazareth College (1897), and Western Michigan University (1903) are here. Once famous for its celery and its stoves, Kalamazoo is now known for many products including paper and drugs. The nation’s first permanent pedestrian mall was opened in the downtown section in 1959.",,Rest Area Southbound US-131,Alamo Township,MI,0,Rest area on southbound US-131 south of D Avenue W (THREE Identical markers exist for The Kalamazoo Region - see comments),Kalamazoo,01S12W25SWNE,42.356006,-85.65804,,,10/23/2020,6f7f7ade-0e7c-4f36-b8c3-ac5f116ca02f,0,1139,0,,,,,416712
-83.8248139999999,43.061069,MHC251973016,L221,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Harrison Homestead,,Harrison Homestead,,"In 1835 Rufus and Sarah Harrison settled on this property, traveling by ox team from Detroit. It was said their farm was the first in Flushing Township to be cleared. Harrison died in 1856, and the farm was acquired by William Schram, his son-in-law. Schram and his wife, Harriet, continued to reside here until the early twentieth century. The nearby well is thought to be the original, although the covering is modern.",,1570 Main St.,Flushing,MI,0,,Genesee,08N05E25SESW,43.061069,-83.824814,,,08/30/2017,e5a7aa9f-8a98-4969-8f79-ac8b24ea6a4e,0,1140,0,,,,,416713
-83.98728668,43.5374446700001,MHC092012001,L2245,2,2012,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. John Evangelical Lutheran / Amelith,St. John Lutheran Amelith,St. John Evangelical Lutheran,Amelith,"German missionary Pastor Ferdinand Sievers organized St. John Church in June 1852 to serve a colony of German migrants, some fleeing the turmoil that followed the European revolutions of 1848. Initially, the church met in a log cabin that once housed recent arrivals to the colony of Amelith. In 1870 a wood-frame Gothic style church was built. The present structure was completed in 1912. Schools run by the church began in 1853 with instruction in German surviving until World War I. Some church services continued in German until 1979. During World War II, German prisoners housed at Freeland Camp were ministered to by St. John Lutheran. An addition to the church was completed in 1997.","Originally a part of Saginaw County, Amelith was named after the birthplace of Pastor Sievers wife, Caroline Koch. She was the daughter of German industrialist Friedrich Koch. To settle German immigrants, Koch purchased two thousand acres of the former Saginaw Bay Chippewa Reserve at $1.25 an acre. In 1851 the first settlers arrived from the Bavarian town of Tosstel. Residents had easier access to Bay City than to Saginaw, and the area was transferred to the Bay County township of Frankenlust at their request. At one time the town included a coal mine, and a cheese factory, along with stores, mills and saloons. By 1900 the mine had closed and immigration had ceased. The Village of Amelith then became a rural, agricultural community.",1664 Amelith Road,Bay City,MI,48706,"One-quarter (1/4) mile east of Mackinaw Road, in front of the church building, facing Amelith Road",Bay,13N04E15NENW,43.53744467,-83.98728668,,5,10/18/2021,70da2029-b112-438d-8726-ac9cd8f671f2,0,1141,3,"MHC092012001_2.jpg;MHC092012001_1.jpg;MHC092012001_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","07/18/2014;05/08/2014;",416714
-84.3603649999999,46.493502,MHC171970017,S305,2,1970,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),New Fort Brady,,New Fort Brady,,"When Sault Ste. Marie expanded and its canal was widened, the riverfront site of Fort Brady was abandoned for a higher, more strategic site selected by General Philip Sheridan. Work began in 1886, and the new fort was opened in 1893. From this hilltop, New Fort Brady guarded the copper and iron ore enroute from the mineral regions of western Lake Superior through St. Mary’s Ship Canal. Although never under attack, its troops were called up in 1894 during civil unrest, but primarily they protected the canal until the Second World War, when fifteen thousand soldiers were stationed here. In 1944 the National Guard assumed these responsibilities and New Fort Brady was closed. Camp Lucas, a small section of the fort, was reactivated briefly during the Korean Conflict.",,LSSU Library Parking lot,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,Lake Superior State University Library parking lot off Ryan Street,Chippewa,47N01E06SWSW,46.493502,-84.360365,,,08/23/2017,ad553e09-293b-4aae-95c0-acb4ae21cce8,0,1142,1,MHC171970017_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416715
-85.650303,43.006982,MHC411980036,L803,2,1980,2022,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Barber Briggs House,,Barber Briggs House,,"Barber and Mary Swan Briggs migrated to the Ann Arbor area from New York State in 1834. They moved to a large parcel of land near Grand Rapids in 1850, clearing it for a farm and constructing this house in 1850-52. Their son Edward served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1873 to 1876, and around 1875 their son Charles developed the property into an eighty acre dairy farm called the Oakgrove Dairy Company. In 1911 Charles Briggs sold eleven acres of land at the corner of Oakwood Avenue and Knapp Street to the city of Grand Rapids for use as a park, which the city named Briggs Park. The Briggs farmland was eventually subdivided as the Pasadena Park neighborhood; however, the farmhouse has remained in the Briggs family for over 150 years.",,2420 Plainfield NE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W07SENE,43.006982,-85.650303,,4,10/01/2022,39384a42-3016-46be-8c88-acd4df6215e9,0,1143,1,MHC411980036_1.jpg,Rhonda Baker,Site Photo w/Marker,09/30/2022,416716
-84.173032,43.0045190000001,MHC781987066,L1419A,2,1987,2022,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Herman C. Frieseke / Frederick Carl Frieseke,Boyhood Home of Frederick Carl Frieseke,Herman C. Frieseke,Frederick Carl Frieseke,"Herman C. Frieseke built this house in 1872. The bricks used were from the tile and brick factory that he and his brother Julius had opened in 1865 beside the tracks of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad. Herman’s son, Frederick Carl, who became a painter of the French Impressionist School, was born on April 7, 1874, and spent his childhood in this house. He died in France in 1939. One of his paintings, “Lady with a Sunshade,” dedicated to the memory of his grandmother, Valetta Gould Graham, hangs in the Owosso Public Library.","Born in Owosso, Frederick Carl Frieseke studied art at the Chicago Art Institute and the Art Students’ League in New York before moving to France in 1898. Early in his career, Frieseke painted murals for Philadelphia and New York department store owner Rodman Wanamaker, who became his patron. In France, Frieseke, an impressionist, painted the landscapes, garden scenes, and figures of his home in Giverny, Normandy. Frieseke exhibited selected paintings at the Paris Salon and won many awards, including a gold medal at the International Exhibition in Munich in 1904.",654 North Water,Owosso,MI,0,Near King Street,Shiawassee,07N02E13NWSE,43.004519,-84.173032,,2,10/06/2022,0112853b-05ea-411e-843c-ace2727828f4,0,1144,3,"MHC781987066_2.jpg;MHC781987066_1.jpg;MHC781987066_3.jpg","Shaffer Fox;Shaffer Fox;Shaffer Fox","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","10/01/2022;10/01/2022;10/01/2022",416717
-83.222844,42.2648370000001,MHC821971047,S366,2,1971,2020,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Aaron Greeley/St. Cosme Line Road,,Aaron Greeley,St. Cosme Line Road,"In 1796, when the United States occupied Michigan, there existed many conflicting land claims along the Detroit and Rouge Rivers. Congress in 1806 created a Board of Land Commissioners to adjust these claims. Aaron Greeley, an experienced surveyor, was appointed in 1808 to map this area. On April 23, 1812, Congress validated these claims surveyed by him.","Southfield Road in this area was known for many years as the St. Cosme Line Road. This marker stands near the end of the northern boundary of a large tract of land, extending to the Detroit River, which was granted to Pierre Lawrence St. Cosme in 1776 by the Potawatomi Indians.",16850 Southfield Rd.,Allen Park,MI,0,Cunningham Park - one side of the marker has a photo on it.,Wayne,03S10E02SENW,42.264837,-83.222844,,5,02/08/2021,f3d976e0-27f0-48d5-be9e-ad142db9a057,0,1145,2,"MHC821971047_1.jpg;MHC821971047_2.jpg","City of Allen Park;City of Allen Park","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/01/2020;09/01/2020",416718
-83.275088,42.4793010000001,MHC631987014,L1477A,2,1987,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Southfield Cemetery,,Southfield Cemetery,,"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 is Harry J. Brooks, a test pilot for the Ford Motor Company, who, in 1928, set a world distance record while flying the “Ford flivver.” On the return flight he crashed into the Atlantic. His remains were never found, but a headstone marks his place in the Brooks family plot.",,23520 Civic Center Dr,Southfield,MI,0,,Oakland,01N10E21NWSW,42.479301,-83.275088,,,09/12/2017,95508f14-53e1-4860-9552-ad5187d51b47,0,1146,0,,,,,416719
-84.930109,45.6117850000001,MHC241971014,L142,2,1971,1971,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Pioneer Picnic Park,Lark's Lake Park/Round Lake Park,Pioneer Picnic Park,,"A pioneer association was formed in 1915 at Round Lake, also known as Lark’s Lake, to preserve the natural beauty of these grounds for posterity and as a memorial to the settlers of northern Emmet County. Annual picnics honoring the pioneers were held until 1932, with programs that featured singing, recollections of early days, speeches, and contests. The association deeded the park to Emmet County in 1950.",,Lark's Lake Park,Bliss,MI,0,"At the end of Lotocha Road, 1 1/2 miles south of Beckon Road (County Road 66), between Lark´s Lake and Canby Roads",Emmet,37N05W09SWSW,45.611785,-84.930109,,,08/30/2017,9da77c56-860b-4d69-b46d-ad650528ab42,0,1147,0,,,,,416720
-87.6195279999999,45.107151,MHC551956043,S84,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Menominee Area,,Menominee Area,,"This was the home of the Menominee Indians. Nicolet, the French explorer, visited them in 1634 on his futile search for Cathay. Conflict over fishing rights brought on the Sturgeon War here between the Menominee and Chippewa tribes. During the 1700s this became a center of the fur trade. Until 1910 when the forests were cut Menominee was the Upper Peninsula's main lumber port. Its timber helped rebuild Chicago after the 1871 fire.
",,"Tourist Info Center, US-41 North of interestate bridge",Menominee,MI,49858,Interstate bridge linking Wisconsin to Michigan,Menominee,31N27W03NESE,45.107151,-87.619528,,Timber Industry,04/19/2018,a60d45ad-89ba-4b57-892f-ad79efcb4080,0,1148,1,MHC551956043_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416721
-83.2191549999999,42.743119,MHC631999015,L2064,2,1999,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Decker Settlement / Jesse Decker,,Decker Settlement,Jesse Decker,"The remnants of a millpond dam and the pioneer graves in nearby Bigler Cemetery are the only evidence of the settlement that once occupied this site. Samuel Munson built a sawmill and a log cabin here in the spring of 1825. Jesse Decker, who gave his name to the settlement, arrived later that year with more settlers and established the first Euro-American community in Orion Township. By 1837 Decker had grown into a bustling commercial center with a sawmill, tavern, post office, general store, blacksmith shop, school, and cemetery. After the post office moved to Lake Orion in 1837 and the railroad later passed the community by, Decker eventually died out. The state park opened in 1946, and park management lived in the last surviving building until it was demolished in 1982.","Jesse Decker came to Michigan from Upstate New York with his wife, Mary, in 1825. They homesteaded in the place that soon became known as the Decker Settlement. In 1830 Jesse Decker raised the first frame barn in the area with the help of local Indians. Five years later a group of settlers gathered in Decker’s home and formed a township, naming it “Orion” at their host’s suggestion. The group elected Decker as the township’s first supervisor. He served in that capacity almost continuously until 1854. Politically active throughout his life, Decker was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1837 and also served as postmaster and justice of the peace. By 1840 he operated one of the first taverns in Orion Township and owned 440 acres of land.",1330 E. Greenshield,Lake Orion,MI,0,Bald Mountain Recreation Area Headquarters,Oakland,04N10E24NESE,42.743119,-83.219155,,,09/12/2017,539a5d55-6013-4cda-b9d3-ad7af1c4c2d7,0,1149,0,,,,,416722
-85.3516769999999,43.016735,MHC411988043,L1580C,2,1988,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Alton Pioneer Village / Alton Pioneer Village,,Alton Pioneer Village,Alton Pioneer Village,"In the early 1830s the settlement known as Alton grew up in this vicinity. A log schoolhouse, the first in the township, was built on this corner in 1839. In 1842 Gideon Hendricks and Newcomb Godfrey organized the Christian Church Society, and in 1868 the society built this structure. The Honorable Walter White, justice of the peace for the village, served as the area’s first postmaster from 1851 to 1866. W. H. Keech and his wife, Jenny (Carver), ran the general store that later served as the post office.","Alton was a thriving village in the years following the Civil War. Porter’s flour mill was built in 1865. By 1870 Edmund Ring had a sawmill a half mile west of Alton Corners. There he made wooden farm wagons and rakes until around 1900. In 1880 the community boasted a cooper, three blacksmith shops, two carriage repair shops, two shoemakers, a general store, a cabinetmaker, and a machinery dealer. Alton began to lose population around 1900 after the Pere Marquette Railroad, which ran to nearby Moseley and Lowell, bypassed the village.",Three Mile and Lincoln Lake roads,Vergennes Township,MI,0,Lincoln Lake Rd on west side of building (old church) very close to intersection of Lincoln Lake and 3 mile Rd.,Kent,07N09W02SWSW,43.016735,-85.351677,,2,11/16/2020,27931124-22b8-4e6c-9494-ad7bd99f2c8d,0,1150,2,"MHC411988043_3.jpg;MHC411988043_4.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","11/14/2020;11/14/2020",416723
-90.173206,46.454327,MHC271975030,L399,2,1975,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ironwood City Hall,,Ironwood City Hall,,"This building served as city hall for Ironwood, which was settled in 1885 as the commercial center of the Gogebic iron mining district. Ironwood incorporated as a city in 1889 and erected the building a year later. Designed by George Mennie, this structure of Lake Superior sandstone and brick initially contained a jail, fire station, library, and city offices. Then fire and police departments occupied the building exclusively. Firemen have hung their hoses to dry from the eighty-five-foot tower.",,McLeod Avenue and Norfolk Street,Ironwood,MI,0,"Structure demolished; site delisted 9/3/2020; Commission granted artifact status for the marker on 2/11/2021",Gogebic,47N47W22NWSW,46.454327,-90.173206,,3,02/16/2021,c7d8d9f4-bd51-414a-aca7-ad9c356a9b7f,0,1151,0,,,,,416724
-86.474997,42.0967890000001,MHC111962007,S234,4,1962,1965,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Burnett's Post,,Burnett's Post,,"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, daughter of Chief Aniquiba and sister of Topenebee, principal chief of the Potawatomi nation. Burnett built a warehouse at the mouth of the St. Joseph on the site of old Fort Miami, another at the site of Chicago, and a third on the Kankakee River. In 1785 the British charged Burnett with “exciting sedition” among the Indians. He was arrested, sent to Montreal and Quebec, but not under guard, and at last released without trial. During the War of 1812 he disappeared, but his son, James, continued to manage the post until 1833.",,"Western shore of St. Joseph River, East of Miller Drive & Langley Ave",St. Joseph,MI,0,,Berrien,04S19W25SWNW,42.096789,-86.474997,,"Native People,4",05/11/2021,2aa19652-f869-48da-ac66-adb419e518fa,0,1152,0,,,,,416725
-85.2518459999999,42.726114,MHC081979057,L693A,4,1979,1982,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Carlton Township Hall,,Carlton Township Hall,,"Receiving its name from Carlton Township in western New York, this area was settled in 1836 by Samuel Wickham and George Fuller. The township was formally organized in 1842. This structure, built in 1867, is recognized by the Michigan Township Association as the fourth oldest township hall in the state. A center of political and social activity, it is much the same as it was when completed and is still heated with a wood-burning stove.",,1908 East M-43 Highway,Freeport,MI,0,"Between Usborne Road and Barber Road, Carlton Center",Barry,04N08W21NENE,42.726114,-85.251846,,1,10/13/2021,96973a70-aa9e-4d68-92ce-adceba88cda4,0,1153,0,,,,,416726
-83.88253,42.337434,MHC811978021,L626,2,1978,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Joseph Catholic Church,St. Joseph's Church,St. Joseph Catholic Church,,"The Catholic church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy, and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years. The present brick edifice, completed in 1874, is an example of simple Gothic style. Stained glass and carved woodwork enhance the interior. St. Joseph Catholic Church was dedicated on January 3, 1875, with almost seven hundred persons attending, and Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess performing the rite of consecration. The bell, weighing almost two tons, was placed in the belfry in 1885. One of St. Joseph’s most notable resident pastors was Father Charles T. Walsh, who served the parish for thirty-five years. Associated with the church, the oldest in the village of this denomination, are a school, rectory, and convent.",,3430 Dover Street,Dexter,MI,0,,Washtenaw,02S05E06SENE,42.337434,-83.88253,,,09/20/2017,e04ce1ee-6947-4b4b-8480-ade69b61ed2b,0,1154,0,,,,,416727
-86.040958,42.807917,MHC702001003,L2096C,2,2001,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),New Groningen / Jan Rabbers,,New Groningen,Jan Rabbers,"The village of New Groningen, which prospered in this area from 1855 to 1865, was the second colony established by a group of Dutch immigrants led by Jan Rabbers. The first settlement, Groningen, was located about one mile southwest of here until 1856 when the road between Holland and Zeeland (present-day Paw Paw Drive) bypassed the community. Unlike the Dutch farming communities of Graafschap, Drenthe, and Overisel, founded in 1847 and 1848, Groningen developed as an industrial town. Around 1847 Jan Rabbers built a log house and a store on land now occupied by the New Groningen Cemetery. He erected a sawmill nearby. Other ventures followed. The Veneklasen brickyard, opened in 1851, is the most enduring industry. Many Veneklasen brick buildings stand today.","Jan Rabbers, the leader of a colony at Groningen and New Groningen, left Drenthe, the Netherlands, in 1846 with immigrants from Utrecht, Friesland, and Overijsel. They planned to join Albertus Van Raalte in Holland, Michigan. After arriving in New York aboard the Isabella Bath, the group went to Albany to await instructions from Van Raalte. According to tradition, in 1847 Rabbers and fourteen others walked from Buffalo to Detroit. Believing the Black River to be a likely trade route, Rabbers established Groningen about one mile southwest of here where the river appeared to be navigable. When the bridge washed out in 1856, the settlers relocated here where they had better access to the new road between Holland and Zeeland. They called the settlement New Groningen.",10537 Paw Paw Drive,Zeeland,MI,49464,,Ottawa,05N15W23SENE,42.807917,-86.040958,,5,03/15/2021,92845603-caff-48b9-b3f9-ae686dd1ee4e,0,1155,2,"MHC702001003_1.jpg;MHC702001003_2.jpg","Zeeland Historical Society Board;Zeeland Historical Society Board","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","03/11/2021;03/11/2021",416728
-82.87956,42.5937050000001,MHC501975032,L412,2,1975,1976,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Grace Episcopal Church,,Grace Episcopal Church,,"The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan sent Edward Magee to Mount Clemens in 1849. The interest generated by this missionary visit culminated a year later when the Grace Episcopal congregation was formed. In December of that year Michigan’s first Episcopal bishop, the Right Reverend Samuel McCoskry, conducted services in the courthouse. Six members were confirmed and Magee was ordained. In 1870 this simple Gothic Revival church was built.",,115 S. Gratiot Ave,Mount Clemens,MI,0,NE corner of Church Street,Macomb,,42.593705,-82.87956,,,09/05/2017,201ba229-4e28-4ff2-9df4-ae9f7d32f504,0,1156,0,,,,,416729
-84.030973,41.8967430000001,MHC461981046,L887A,2,1981,1982,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John's Lutheran Church,,St. John's Lutheran Church,,"The Reverend William Hattestaedt helped organize St. John’s Lutheran Church in 1847. Until their first church was completed in 1849, the original congregation, fourteen German families, met in a church that belonged to the Episcopalians. Services were held every three to four weeks until 1850, when the Reverend Phillip J. Trautman was installed as the first full-time pastor. On July 1, 1861, the congregation laid the cornerstone for the present church. The structure was dedicated on June 29, 1862. It was enlarged in 1896. The handsome stained glass windows depicting Bible stories were installed in 1914. Since its organization, St. John’s Lutheran Church, the mother church of the denomination in Adrian, has held continuous services.",,121 South Locust Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,07S03E02NWSE,41.896743,-84.030973,,,09/01/2017,ab2ffdf0-4ad7-4c3c-957b-aeb555274e60,0,1157,0,,,,,416730
-84.019898,42.319456,MHC811979045,S524A,2,1979,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Welfare Building,,The Welfare Building,,"The Welfare Building was constructed in 1906 as a recreation facility for the workers of the Glazier Stove Company. It featured a swimming pool, a billiard hall, a basketball court, a theater, and a reading room. Chelsea native Frank P. Glazier, who was the Michigan state treasurer from 1904 to 1908, founded the stove company in 1891. Because Chelsea, a predominantly rural community, lacked skilled labor, most of the company’s workers commuted weekly via a special train from Detroit. In 1907 Glazier declared bankruptcy. The building was sold to the Lewis Spring and Axle Company, which manufactured the short-lived Hollier Eight automobile. Since 1960 the building has housed the Chelsea Standard.",,300 North Main,Chelsea,MI,0,,Washtenaw,02S03E12SWNE,42.319456,-84.019898,,"Auto Industry,4",11/28/2022,c9da014f-73ee-4fb8-b99b-aebdfc1fc02c,0,1158,2,"MHC811979045_1.jpg;MHC811979045_2.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/20/2020;06/16/2020",416731
-85.34163,42.9337640000001,MHC411971025,L126,2,1971,1982,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Robert W. Graham Home,"Graham House; Lowell Library",Robert W. Graham Home,,"In 1873 Robert W. Graham designed and built this Italianate structure as a two-family residence. A native of England, Graham settled in Lowell in 1858. Here he worked as a brick mason, a farmer, and a merchant. Graham’s son Ernest, an architect, designed notable buildings in Chicago; Washington, D.C.; New York City; Cleveland and London. The Graham House was deeded to the city in 1954. In 1922 the public library moved into its west wing. The east wing became the headquarters of the local YMCA in 1960.",,323-325 W. Main Street,Lowell,MI,0,Near Hudson St,Kent,06N09W02NESW,42.933764,-85.34163,,1,11/18/2020,f90da8d9-bb43-4715-b85d-aef7a476aa7e,0,1160,2,"MHC411971025_5.jpg;MHC411971025_6.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","11/15/2020;11/15/2020",416732
-84.9657549999999,42.269928,MHC131976040,L473,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Schellenberger Tavern,,Schellenberger Tavern,,"German immigrant Jacob Schellenberger built this structure as both a home and tavern. A stone cutter by trade, Schellenberger obtained sandstone from along the nearby Kalamazoo River for the building, which he completed around 1840. Because of its proximity to the river, Indians reportedly stopped here enroute to Detroit trading posts. Now a private residence, the structure features the low-pitched roof and wide entablature characteristic of Greek Revival architecture.",,507 West Hanover,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W26SENE,42.269928,-84.965755,,,08/23/2017,846da17b-ec28-4821-922e-af28e6408021,0,1161,0,,,,,416733
-85.983896,46.6725860000001,MHC021962008,S240,2,1962,1968,Native People and the French (< 1760),Grand Marais,,Grand Marais,,"Grand Marais, which is among Michigan's oldest place names, received its name from French explorers, missionaries, and traders who passed here in the 1600s. ""Marais"" in this case was a term used by the voyageurs to designate a harbor of refuge. In the 1800s Lewis Cass, Henry Schoolcraft, and Douglass Houghton also found the sheltered harbor a welcome stopping place. Grand Marais's permanent settlement dates from the 1860s with the establishment of fishing and lumbering. At the turn of the century, Grand Marais was a boom town served by a railroad from the south. Its mills turned out many millions of board feet annually. Lumbering declined around 1910, and Grand Marais became almost a ghost town, but the fishing industry continued. Many shipping disasters have occurred at or near this harbor of refuge, which has been served by the Coast Guard since 1899. In 1942 the first radar station in Michigan was built in Grand Marais. Fishing, lumbering, and tourism now give Grand Marais its livelihood.",,"Bay Shore Park, Grand Marais Avenue",Grand Marais,MI,0,,Alger,49N13W06SENW,46.672586,-85.983896,,"Maritime Heritage,4",01/13/2017,dd41eb82-d031-4bed-b199-af4b763e9633,0,1162,0,,,,,416734
-84.041444,42.148628,MHC811991022,L1830,2,1991,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Mary Church,Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church,Saint Mary Church,,"The first Catholic church in the Manchester area was built by German settlers in Freedom Township in 1839 and dedicated to Saint Francis de Borgia. In 1863 Father Edward Van Lauwe was appointed pastor of Saint Dominic in Clinton, and Manchester was one of his missions. In 1870 thirty-five Irish families built the Church of the Assumption on Macomb Street in Manchester. Father Edwin Fisher, pastor of Clinton and its missions, became resident pastor at Manchester in 1909. In 1911 local craftsmen built this Neo-Gothic-inspired church from fieldstones collected by farmers and salvaged from the foundation of the hotel that had stood on the site. It was dedicated in January 1912. Father Fisher designed the church and erected similar fieldstone churches at his missions in Blissfield, Tecumseh, and Brooklyn.",,210 W. Main St.,Manchester,MI,0,,Washtenaw,04S03E02SESW,42.148628,-84.041444,,,09/20/2017,bc85ce7b-965c-45b8-bcd4-af5cfd9395b7,0,1163,0,,,,,416735
-83.6883809999999,43.012214,MHC251992029,S639,2,1992,1992,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sarah Emma Edmonds / Franklin Thompson,,Sarah Emma Edmonds,Franklin Thompson,"Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841-c. 1898) left her New Brunswick, Canada, home in 1858. Escaping what she feared would be a life of “enslavement” as a woman, she took on the identity of a man, Franklin Thompson, and found employment selling books. When Thompson came to Flint is unknown; however, on May 25, 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army. In 1863, Thompson became ill and left the army. His true identity remained a secret until Edmonds applied for a combat duty pension from the U.S. Army twenty years later. Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye died in Texas around 1898.","In 1861 Canadian-born Sarah Emma Edmonds enrolled in Company F, Second Michigan Infantry, disguised as a man named Franklin Thompson. The Second Michigan saw action at the first Battle of Bull Run and, as part of the Army of the Potomac, at Second Bull Run and Fredericksburg. Thompson performed all the duties of a soldier including nurse and mailcarrier. In 1863 he became ill, but was denied a furlough. To preserve his identity, he deserted. On July 3, 1886, Congress granted Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye an honorable discharge from combat duty and a pension.",Court Street,Flint,MI,0,"Genesee County Courthouse Grounds, Next to Courthouse near sidewalk on Court Street - NW corner by Saginaw St.",Genesee, ,43.012214,-83.688381,,Civil War,07/15/2019,b6fd9f3c-8f94-48e6-88f3-af6d52d797f6,0,1164,0,,,,,416736
-84.6004599999999,42.38212,MHC381982028,L999A,2,1982,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Jameson Farm,"James M. Jameson Farm; Daly Farm",Jameson Farm,,"James M. Jameson, a native of New York State, became a pioneer settler of Springport in 1835. A school teacher, justice of the peace and township supervisor, he eventually acquired four hundred acres of land here, which he farmed until he left the area in 1876. The Jameson Farm produced wheat, corn, and oats. By the mid-1850s Jameson had built what is said to be the first brick home in Springport. The elaborate Greek Revival house has remained virtually unaltered through the years. In 1979 it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,10220 North Parma Road,Springport,MI,0,"NW corner of Pope Church Road, Springport",Jackson,01S02W18SWSW,42.38212,-84.60046,,,07/27/2017,e58c4cad-bea8-495f-8dad-afa3a34e8214,1979,1165,0,,,,,416737
-83.5710506999999,44.4719423000001,MHC352004010,L2142,2,2004,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cooke Hydroelectric Plant / Hydroelectric Power,,Cooke Hydroelectric Plant,Hydroelectric Power,"William Augustine Foote, a Jackson entrepreneur, built a series of hydroelectric plants along the Au Sable River with the help of his brother, electrical engineer James Berry Foote. The Footes enlisted the aid of civil engineer William Fargo and construction supervisor Grant Cochran, and in 1910 began constructing the Cooke Hydroelectric Plant. The first of six hydros built on the lower Au Sable River, the plant opened the following year. Its 140,000-volt transmission line (the highest voltage in use at that time) extended 125 miles to Flint. The facility was named for Andrew Cooke, a financier who accompanied the Footes on surveys of the Au Sable River and suggested this location for the plant.","Flowing water has long provided power to mines and mills. With advances in electricity in the 1880s, waterpower was soon used to generate electricity. The first public demonstration of hydroelectric power in the country occurred on July 24, 1880, when sixteen carbon arc street lamps lit up Grand Rapids using a belt driven dynamo (generator) powered by a water turbine at the Wolverine Chair Factory. Michigan´s extensive water resources were harnessed to power electric-generating equipment, first at existing dams and mills and later at sites built expressly for hydroelectric generation. The electricity from these plants provided power for homes and businesses and helped fuel Michigan´s growth as one of the nation´s premier industrial states.",Cooke Road at the Au Sable River,Oscoda,MI,0,"Oscoda Twp, at South Tailwater Access",Iosco,24N07E15NWSE,44.4719423,-83.5710507,,,04/21/2020,7f68dafe-f071-41c0-8efd-afd08e1abef6,0,1166,0,,,,,416738
-86.4447249999999,43.955456,MHC531975041,L404,2,1975,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mason County / Mason County Courthouse,,Mason County,Mason County Courthouse,"The first permanent Euro-American settlement in Mason County began in 1847 when New York native Burr Caswell and his family arrived at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River. The Caswells lived in a driftwood cabin near the Ottawa village of Nindebekatunning. Abundant pine forests attracted lumbermen including Charles Mears, James Ludington, and Eber Brock Ward. In 1855 the state legislature organized Mason County, named for Michigan’s first governor, Stevens T. Mason. The Caswell farmhouse in Pere Marquette Township served as the county seat. In 1860 Charles Mears persuaded the board to remove the county seat to Little Sauble (later Lincoln). But remote Little Sauble could not compete with booming Ludington. In 1873 Ludington became the permanent county seat.","Ludington became the Mason County seat in 1873, when county offices were moved from the now-vanished village of Little Sauble. At that time, Ludington was the county’s most prosperous settlement. Formerly called Pere Marquette, Ludington was platted in 1867 by Milwaukee lumberman James Ludington. The town served as a shipping center for West Michigan lumber. Erected in 1893-94, this is the fourth structure to serve as Mason County’s courthouse since the county was established in 1855. Grand Rapids architect Sidney J. Osgood designed the Richardsonian Romanesque structure, which was built of Jacobsville sandstone from the Upper Peninsula. The courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",300 East Ludington Avenue,Ludington,MI,0,,Mason,18N18W15NWSE,43.955456,-86.444725,,,05/26/2020,2a96222f-ba7b-4326-9462-afdc856c3f9d,1988,1167,1,MHC531975041_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,416739
-84.757759,44.515794,MHC201957008,S143,2,1957,1958,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Beginning of State Reforestation,,Beginning of State Reforestation,,"A concern over the depletion of Michigan’s forests led in 1899 to the creation of a forestry commission. In 1903 the first state forest was set up by the legislature on cutover, burned-over lands in Roscommon and Crawford Counties. The same year also saw the start of organized forest fire protection and the establishment of Higgins Lake Nursery at its present site. Thus began the program of reforestation in Michigan.",,N. Higgins Lake Drive,Beaver Creek Twp,MI,48653,"1/2 Mile East of Old US-27, 1/4 Mile North of the North N. Higgins Lake Drive (Roscommon County line). Higgins Lake Nursery near the Cone Barn",Crawford,25N04W35NWSE,44.515794,-84.757759,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",08/06/2020,2253dc3a-e29b-418b-8c90-b030747f9100,0,1168,2,"MHC201957008_1.jpg;MHC201957008_2.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";08/01/2020",416740
-84.95849,42.2720410000001,MHC131990049,L1794A,2,1990,1991,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Thomas J. O'Brien,First National Bank of Marshall,Thomas J. O'Brien,,"Thomas J. O’Brien (1842-1933), a graduate of Marshall High School and the University of Michigan Law School, practiced law here in the First National Bank of Marshall Building from 1865 to 1876. He was appointed minister to Denmark in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt. During his tenure, he began negotiations for the U.S. purchase of the Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1908 O’Brien became ambassador to Japan, and, in 1911, ambassador to Italy. He resigned from diplomatic service in 1913 and resumed his law practice.",,117 East Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NENW,42.272041,-84.95849,,,08/06/2020,a28359e2-d69e-443d-a667-b03ff7c02d10,0,1169,1,MHC131990049_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,07/12/2020,416741
-83.0494619999999,42.3486970000001,MHC821989025,L1617,2,1989,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Greater Shiloh Baptist Church,,Greater Shiloh Baptist Church,,"Founded in 1881 by the Reverend John Wills, this is Detroit’s second-oldest African-American Baptist congregation. Carlos N. Stokes, an African-American draftsman, designed the church in 1920. Although his plans were modified two years later by the Detroit architectural firm W. W. Ahlschlager, Incorporated, the basic composition and form designed by Stokes were implemented. During the summer of 1926 the Reverend Robert B. James led a march from the Eastern Market to the new church in celebration of the first service in the new sanctuary. In 1935 when the church was slated for demolition to make way for the Brewster project, the Reverend Solomon Ross (1886-1968) fought successfully to save it. During the depression, Shiloh fed the hungry and sponsored adult education classes.",,557 Benton,Detroit,MI,0,"at Beubien Street, West of I-75",Wayne,,42.348697,-83.049462,,African-American History,09/20/2017,857b23bd-3731-4948-be71-b0c5e691574c,0,1170,0,,,,,416742
-83.744233,42.278921,MHC811973002,L236,2,1973,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Kempf House,"Henry Bennett House; Reuben Kemkpf House",Kempf House,,"Cast iron grilles in an ancient Greek floral motif highlight the frieze of this temple-front Greek Revival house. Built in 1853 for Henry D. Bennett, secretary and steward of the University of Michigan, it became the home and studio of local musicians Reuben H. and Pauline Widenmann Kempf in 1890. Trained in Germany, Mr. Kempf (1859-1945) taught piano and organ. Mrs. Kempf (1860-1953), a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory, taught voice. The city of Ann Arbor purchased the house in 1969, and in 1983 it became the Kempf House Center of Local History.",,312 South Division,Ann Arbor,MI,0,South of East Liberty Street,Washtenaw,02S06E29NESE,42.278921,-83.744233,,,07/02/2019,3eb09088-0141-45d4-9068-b0d613e20516,0,1171,2,"MHC811973002_2.jpg;MHC811973002_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","04/19/2018;04/19/2018",416743
-85.35123,42.334381,MHC391999019,L2060,2,1999,2001,Post WWII (1945-1970),Park Theatre,,Park Theatre,,"Built in 1949 by D. Eli and Dorothy Frank, this was one of the last single screen theaters built in Kalamazoo County. The Art Moderne-inspired structure is a Quonset hut attached to a masonry lobby. Eli and Dorothy also operated a theater in Galesburg. Eli came from a family of small-town theater entrepreneurs. In 1911 his mother, Lena, opened the Frank Opera House in Wayland. His brothers were also theater owners. The Park Theatre closed in 1996, but remained in use for special events.",,108 E. Clinton Street,Augusta,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,01S09W34SESW,42.334381,-85.35123,,1,09/01/2017,cb89d8af-75de-46cf-b6e2-b0e36b9af7ac,0,1172,2,"MHC391999019_1.jpg;MHC391999019_2.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","12/08/2016;12/08/2016",416744
-84.391736,46.424428,MHC171956015,S29,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Sault Ste. Marie,,Sault Ste. Marie,,"This city, the oldest in the Midwest, grew up about the mission of Fathers Dablon and Marquette, founded in 1668 on the banks of the rapids through which Lake Superior’s waters commence their long journey seaward. In 1641 Fathers Jogues and Raymbault of Sainte Marie Mission, near Georgian Bay, came here and applied the name Sault de Sainte Marie, or “rapids of Saint Mary,” to the waters. Popular usage shortens it to “the Soo.”",,Rest area on I-75,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,"Rest area on I-75; Five miles south of Sault Ste. Marie",Chippewa,47N01W35NWSE,46.424428,-84.391736,,,08/23/2017,a26f238d-ff8f-4e37-9b14-b10ee25476fc,0,1173,1,MHC171956015_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,08/07/2015,416745
-86.698947,41.8262330000001,MHC112006004,L2179,2,2006,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Gordon Beach Inn,,Gordon Beach Inn,,"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. Robert Miller, an African American and a former Chicago alderman, purchased the property in the 1960s as Gordon Beach was integrating. The inn was restored in 1991 to its 1920s appearance.",,16220 Lakeshore Road,Union Pier,MI,0,"Between Inn building and Lakeshore Rd., New Buffalo Twp",Berrien,07S21W36NENW,41.826233,-86.698947,,African-American History,04/13/2017,770820b7-180a-4d2d-a9fb-b13cbc0f0bab,0,1174,0,,,,,416746
-86.15678,42.781684,MHC701983030,S556A,2,1983,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Marigold Lodge / Marigold Lodge,Egbert H. Gold Estate,Marigold Lodge,Marigold Lodge,"Built in 1913 for Egbert H. and Margaret Gold of Chicago, Marigold Lodge was one of the first large summer houses along Black Lake (now called Lake Macatawa). Mr. Gold named the estate in honor of his wife and daughter. In keeping with its Prairie School styling, the broad, low lodge is finished in stucco and simple weather-boarding. The house remained in the Gold family until 1969. Herman Miller, Incorporated later acquired title and refurbished the building and its grounds. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.","Egbert H. Gold (1858-1928), a Chicago industrialist and inventor, acquired over one hundred patents during his lifetime. President of the Chicago-based Vapor Car Company, he devised a heating system used by railroads. To build Marigold, he retained the architectural firm Tallmadge and Watson of Chicago, and in 1913 this elegant structure was begun. He had plantings from England and the Netherlands imported to landscape the grounds and turn the sandy, bramble-covered peninsula into a place of beauty.",1116 Hazel Ave,Park Township,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N16W36NWNW,42.781684,-86.15678,,2,11/19/2021,779dfc62-efc4-4b23-a25f-b1492543ba8a,1985,1175,1,MHC701983030_1.jpg,Wallace Ewing,Marker Photo - Front,10/16/2021,416747
-86.51429,44.0575890000001,MHC531988032,L1518,2,1988,2000,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Big Sable Point Lighthouse / Big Sable Point Lighthouse,,Big Sable Point Lighthouse,Big Sable Point Lighthouse,"Called Grande Pointe au Sable by French explorers and traders, Big Sable Point was an important landmark for mariners traveling a treacherous stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline between Big Sable Point and present-day Ludington. In 1855 twelve ships wrecked in that area. Commerce linked to the burgeoning lumber industry required that Big Sable Point be suitably lighted. State senator Charles Mears pressed the legislature to ask the federal government for a light station at Big Sable. In 1866 the U.S. Congress appropriated thirty-five thousand dollars for a lighthouse, which was built the following year. As the lumbering era waned, steamers carrying coal, foodstuffs, and tourists continued to rely on the lighthouse for navigation.","The Big Sable Point Lighthouse is one of the few Michigan lights with a tower reaching one hundred feet. Completed in 1867, Big Sable’s tower measures 112 feet high. In 1902 the deteriorating brick tower was encased in steel. The keeper’s dwelling, which once housed a single family, has been enlarged over the years, resulting in the present three-family residence. Indoor plumbing and heating and a diesel electric generator were added in 1949. In 1953 power lines were extended to the Point. In 1968 the tradition of light-keeping begun in 1867 by Alonzo A. Hyde and his wife, Laura, ended when the station was fully automated. Big Sable Point Light Station is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Big Sable Point, Ludington State Park",Hamlin,MI,0,"on Lake Michigan Point, north of Ludington State Park, Ludington vicinity",Mason,19N18W07NESW,44.057589,-86.51429,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",08/08/2017,eab4f533-4e88-4892-8d9e-b159bc04acc3,1983,1176,0,,,,,416748
-83.2815009299999,42.74998635,MHC632008010,S711,2,2008,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),William E. Scripps / William E. and Nina Scripps Estate,"Wildwood Farm; Moulton Manor",William E. Scripps,William E. and Nina Scripps Estate,"As the son of James E. Scripps, founder of the Detroit [Evening] News, William E. Scripps (1882-1952) was heir to a publishing fortune. He preferred engineering, however, and sought to use engineering and science to improve people’s lives. Scripps was fascinated by early twentieth-century technologies. He built a motorized boat engine, formed the Scripps-Booth Motor Car Company with his nephew James Scripps Booth, and started the first commercial radio station in the U.S., Detroit’s WWJ. He taught himself to fly an airplane in 1912 and was among the first to own one. Using aviation to improve news delivery, he published some of the earliest aerial newspaper photos. Scripps was also devoted to conservation and land reclamation. In 1916 he began buying land for Wildwood Farm.","Between 1916 and his death in 1952, William E. Scripps acquired 3,830 acres for Wildwood Farm. Detroit architect Clarence E. Day designed the Norman Revival manor house, completed in 1927, and landscape architect Bryant Fleming planned the gardens and grounds. Scripps envisioned the farm as a model for demonstrating that modern soil conservation methods and the raising of livestock could renew nutrient-depleted farmland. Intent on improving the food supply, he assembled the finest stock for breeding cattle, dairy cows, sheep, and swine, as well as draft horses. Scripps also created a wildlife sanctuary at Wildwood. The house and 60 acres are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",1840 Scripps Road,Lake Orion,MI,48360,Orion Township,Oakland,04N10E21NWNE,42.74998635,-83.28150093,,,08/17/2017,d677e271-4060-4f52-a64a-b16725e5303b,0,1177,0,,,,,416749
-86.272292,41.92972,MHC112003008,L2130,2,2003,2003,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Union Church and Cemetery,South Berrien Center Union Church and Cemetery,Union Church and Cemetery,,"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 Sundays until 1915. Throughout the years elaborate Memorial Day celebrations have been held at the church. The Ladies Aid Society has maintained the church since 1891.",,7704 Pokagon Road,Berrien Center,MI,0,near the corner of Pokogan Road (M-140) and Painter School Road,Berrien,06S17W22SESW,41.92972,-86.272292,,1,04/14/2022,84c72e2d-435d-422a-a5ca-b16a992f6102,0,1178,0,,,,,416750
-86.324754,44.2432000000001,MHC511973014,L253,2,1973,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Congregational Church,,First Congregational Church,,"William Le Baron Jenney, eminent Chicago architect known as the “father of the skyscraper,” designed this beautiful Romanesque church. Completed in 1892, it features vibrant stained glass windows, two of which are of Tiffany design. The soaring rafters form a canopy over the curved hand-carved pews in the luminescent and graceful interior. Lumber, salt, and shipping industrialists of the late nineteenth century attended and supported this distinctive house of worship.",,412 Fourth Street,Manistee,MI,0,,Manistee,21N17W11SENE,44.2432,-86.324754,,,09/05/2017,bf63bca2-fb59-4afc-8aca-b1efde1c9870,0,1179,0,,,,,416751
-83.049886,42.3338880000001,MHC821964011,S254A,4,1964,1965,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birth of Kiwanis,,Birth of Kiwanis,,"Kiwanis International, one of the great service organizations of the world, had its origin on January 21, 1915. On this date the state of Michigan issued a charter to a group of business and professional men who organized the first Kiwanis Club on this site in the Griswold Hotel. The club’s name, Kiwanis, was an Indian term. The concept and principle which Kiwanis represents is symbolized by the slogan “We build.” From this beginning, and within two years, Kiwanis became international in its scope.",,Griswold and Grand River,Detroit,MI,48226,Per Kim Johnson: Unknown. Kiwanis removed the marker for refurbishment. Have never returned/re-erected it. No response to Email inquiries from S. Clark. See file.,Wayne, ,42.333888,-83.049886,,,02/03/2020,ccda3506-d894-4e75-b7c5-b2073aba6525,0,1180,2,"MHC821964011_1.jpg;MHC821964011_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","02/15/2011;02/15/2011",416752
-84.751024,42.242529,MHC131990033,L1723C,2,1990,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mother's Day in Albion / Mother's Day,,Mother's Day in Albion,Mother's Day,"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 was distraught because an antitemperance group had forced his son to spend the night in a saloon. Proud of their mother’s achievement, Charles and Moses Blakeley encouraged others to pay tribute to their mothers. In the 1880s the Albion Methodist church began celebrating Mother’s Day in Blakeley’s honor.","The official observance of Mother’s Day resulted from the efforts of Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. In 1868 her mother had organized a Mother’s Friendship Day in a West Virginia town to unite Confederate and Union families after the Civil War. Anna Reeves Jarvis died on the second Sunday in May 1905. In 1907 her daughter began promoting the second Sunday in May as a holiday to honor mothers. Following an act of Congress in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May Mother’s Day.",Ionia and Erie Streets,Albion,MI,0,Corner of Ionia and Erie Streets,Calhoun,03S04W02SWNW,42.242529,-84.751024,,,08/23/2017,85c37058-e8cd-495c-a60e-b20b3c3f84a3,0,1181,0,,,,,416753
-84.0211389999999,42.6481950000001,MHC471988011,L1599,2,1988,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Howell Township District No. 5 School,,Howell Township District No. 5 School,,"Erected in 1880, this building typifies late nineteenth-century rural schools. The school, commonly known as Fleming School, stands on its original fieldstone foundation on land sold to the school district by Eliphalet and Laura Lewis. Contractors Tabor and Kingley built the school for $925 to replace a log one erected in 1850. Fleming School, the largest of eight rural schools in the township, closed in 1957. In 1993 it was restored for use by the community.",,4790 Grand River,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,03N04E18NWSE,42.648195,-84.021139,,,09/05/2017,39e1c234-3fe6-4c0f-a77d-b26d9842bd12,0,1182,0,,,,,416754
-86.262974,42.2943890000001,MHC801975043,L416,2,1975,1976,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Covert Library,Packard Hall (Michels Building (Covert Township Library),Covert Library,,"This structure was the township’s first commercial building and an integral part of Covert’s development. In 1871 Packard and Sons Lumbering Company hired Will Frary to build a general store. Under George Michel’s proprietorship from 1885 to 1915, the store became a gathering place for shopping, banking, worshipping, and visiting. The community expressed interest in purchasing the building in the late 1930s. However, in 1940 Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Vaughn donated it to the city for use as a library, community center, and Masonic lodge.",,Main Street,Covert Township,MI,0,,Van Buren,02S17W15SENE,42.294389,-86.262974,,,09/13/2017,8deb6cdd-d78c-4dd9-8a3d-b2be76209681,0,1183,0,,,,,416755
-84.65764,42.0615280000001,MHC301979073,L653A,2,1979,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Mosherville Church / Mosherville School,,Mosherville Church,Mosherville School,"The Mosherville Church was built in 1861-62 on land donated by Joseph and Mary Riggs. Originally part of the Litchfield circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, it became the home church of a separate circuit in 1870. The Ladies Aid Society was organized in 1891. In 1893 a bequest from Kate C. Brower allowed the society to enlarge the church, adding the Kate C. Brower Memorial Chapel. The church has held weekly nondenominational services since 1943.","Mosherville’s first school opened in 1847. In 1857-58 the community erected a frame schoolhouse. It was replaced by this building in 1872 at a cost of twenty-eight hundred dollars. The oldest school in Scipio Township, it originally had two rooms serving grades one through ten. Later, as an eight-grade school, its well-kept yard and outbuildings, organization, furnishings, and supplies earned it the status of “standard school.” The school closed in 1967 and later became the home of the Ladies Aid Society.",North Street,Mosherville,MI,0,Scipio Township,Hillsdale,05S03W04SWSE,42.061528,-84.65764,,,08/30/2017,91a1ca97-4890-4a6c-a845-b2d71a3b0f0b,0,1184,0,,,,,416756
-86.4823469999999,42.110891,MHC111956047,S6,2,1956,1956,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fort Miami,,Fort Miami,,"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. He awaited the Griffon, the upper lakes’ first ship. When the ill fated vessel did not come he made his way on foot to Canada through lower Michigan’s uncharted wilderness. He returned in 1681 to prepare for his great push down the Mississippi. A decade later the French built Fort St. Joseph, some twenty miles upriver near Niles.",,Lake Blvd and Ship Street,St. Joseph,MI,0,,Berrien,04S19W23SWNE,42.110891,-86.482347,,,04/18/2019,e13dc6a3-e1af-4273-a96b-b2dafea72a23,0,1185,2,"MHC111956047_1.jpg;MHC111956047_2.jpg",Archives of Michigan,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";07/02/2017",416757
-84.408334,42.247934,MHC381992013,L1852,2,1992,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Jacksonburg Public Square,,Jacksonburg Public Square,,"On March 30, 1830, a commission appointed to choose Jackson County’s seat of government reported: “A territorial road, called the St. Joseph’s road, was last winter laid. . . . Where this road crosses the Grand river . . . a flourishing village is commenced.” Named Jacksonburg, the village was surveyed and platted that year. Residents proclaimed the town the future site of the new state capital. The plat included a public square at the intersection of Jackson Street and the Territorial Road (present-day Michigan Avenue). By the 1880s the square was a bustling business district comprising the county courthouse, the First Congregational Church and three commercial blocks, including the Blackwell Building, now known as the Old Post Office.",,Michigan Ave At Jackson,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,02S01W34SESE,42.247934,-84.408334,,,05/06/2019,f77d86ec-8312-456d-900d-b303dfcfa209,0,1186,2,"MHC381992013_2.jpg;MHC381992013_3.jpg","unknown;unknown","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","09/05/2017;09/05/2017",416758
-84.607558,45.850534,MHC491970003,S313,2,1970,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mission House,,Mission House,,"In 1823 the Reverend William Ferry founded a mission on Mackinac Island on land now known as Mission Point. Two years later he and his wife, Amanda, erected this building as a boarding school for Indian children. In 1827, 112 students attended the school. The majority of the resident pupils were metis, children of Indian and Euro-American parents. The mission closed in 1837. In 1849 Edward A. Franks opened the Mission House Hotel after adding a third story to the structure. The Franks family operated the hotel until 1939 when it was sold and converted to a rooming house. In 1946 Miles and Margaret Phillimore bought the property, which provided a base for the Moral Re-Armament movement. Around 1971 the Cathedral of Tomorrow purchased the site. Six years later the Mission House became part of the Mackinac Island State Park.",,East end of Huron St.,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.850534,-84.607558,,,03/25/2020,8ffed9f3-e9ed-4811-8187-b3106cb494df,0,1187,2,"MHC491970003_1.jpg;MHC491970003_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Other","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";06/28/2015",416759
-83.148267,42.580924,MHC631977015,L507,2,1977,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Barn Church,Troy Presbyterian Church,Barn Church,,"Built by William Lakie as a dairy barn in 1912, this structure is now a church. At one time the electric interurban railway ran past this barn and picked up milk cans gathered from surrounding farms. After the Presbyterian Church purchased the building in 1928, they removed the silo and added a steeple and an appropriate entranceway. Thus the barn was adapted as a church with the hay loft becoming the chancel. The massive yet graceful lines of the former barn, now a Unitarian church, befit the spirit of a traditional house of worship.",,4230 Livernois,Troy,MI,0,between Randall Drive and Evaline Avenue on Livernois Road.,Oakland,02N11E15NWSW,42.580924,-83.148267,,,09/09/2019,80914b01-19d2-4ee0-84fb-b33c25b74d4f,0,1188,0,,,,,416760
-82.427499,42.973332,MHC741980012,L796A,2,1980,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John's United Church of Christ,St. Johannes Evangelische Kirche,St. John's United Church of Christ,,"St. John’s congregation was organized by German immigrants in 1864. The original wood-frame structure was erected here in 1869-70 at a cost of five thousand dollars. In 1904 it was enlarged and extensively remodeled to create this Romanesque-inspired structure with its handsome stained glass windows. The church still has its original 1869-70 steeple. St. John’s is the oldest congregation of German origin in Port Huron, and its church is the oldest house of worship in the city.",,710 Pine Street,Port Huron,MI,0,at Seventh Street,Saint Clair,06N17E10NESE,42.973332,-82.427499,,,09/13/2017,cad3e9c2-e6ee-472c-ad07-b357796d5211,0,1189,0,,,,,416761
-84.600005,42.4782690000001,MHC331990041,S604,2,1990,1992,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),VFW National Home / VFW National Home,,VFW National Home,VFW National Home,"In 1923 the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) initiated a plan to build a national home for the families of deceased and disabled American veterans. The following year a Jackson, Michigan, cattleman made his Ingham County ranch available for the site of the home. A complex of buildings was erected on the property. Since the facility provided homes for families outside of Michigan, it received support from veterans groups across the country, who donated money for the construction of “cottage” residences. The VFW sought to keep families intact, furnish a homelife similar to that enjoyed by other American families, and teach self-sufficiency and independence. This remains the only privately funded home for veterans’ children and grandchildren in the United States that is national in scope.","When the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced that it would build a national home for the widows and orphan children of veterans, support poured in from across the country. Initial funding was created following the 1922 Yankees-Giants World Series. Umpires halted the tied second game due to darkness. A controversy resulted, which inspired the baseball commissioner to donate the series’ first game’s proceeds to the nation’s war veterans, and the VFW received twenty thousand dollars. Between 1925 and 1930 residential “cottages” were constructed with funds from state veterans organizations. Each house was designed as an individual home. These houses created a neighborhood environment for their residents. The National Home honors the contributions and sacrifices of America’s veterans.",3573 Waverly Road South,Eaton Rapids,MI,48827,Onondaga Township,Ingham,01N02W18NWNW,42.478269,-84.600005,,,08/08/2017,9fc6a9d0-9d4d-4bb3-b461-b38c830df3be,0,1191,0,,,,,416762
-82.426144,42.972247,MHC742005014,L2160,2,2005,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Port Huron Public Library,Port Huron Museum,Port Huron Public Library,,"In 1902 the city of Port Huron secured money from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to erect a municipal library. Two years later, this grand, Beaux-Arts-style building was completed at a cost of $45,000. Chicago architects Patton and Miller designed the Indiana limestone-clad building. At its dedication in 1904, New York State librarian Melvil Dewey, creator of the book classification systems that bears his name, delivered the opening address. The Port Huron Public Library served in its original capacity for over sixty years. In 1967 a larger public library was constructed. The following year the former library opened as the Port Huron Museum of Arts and History. A rear addition was constructed in 1988.",,1115 Sixth Street,Port Huron,MI,48060,,Saint Clair,06N17E10NESE,42.972247,-82.426144,,,08/08/2017,2efe8e19-5e03-449e-ab04-b3a3570cb33f,0,1192,0,,,,,416763
-85.490262,44.957039,MHC282016005,S739,2,2016,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Dougherty Mission House / Rushmore House and Inn,,Dougherty Mission House,Rushmore House and Inn,"Peter Dougherty arrived on Mackinac Island in 1838, planning to establish a Presbyterian mission to the Ojibwe and Odawa tribes in northern Michigan. He selected the Grand Traverse Bay area and settled in Elk Rapids. Soon after, he relocated to this area at the request of Chief Ahgosa. Dougherty sketched some of the region’s first maps in 1839-40. After his 1840 marriage to Maria Higgins, he and local Native Americans built this residence in 1842. In addition to delivering sermons and caring for the sick, Dougherty translated biblical lessons and scripture into the Native American language Anishinaabemowin, publishing them in 1844 and 1847. The house became known as the “Old Mission House” when the Dougherty family established a new mission at Omena in 1852.","Solon Rushmore bought the Dougherty Mission House in 1861. Using profits from fruit crops, he remodeled parts of the building. After Solon’s death in 1870, his cousin Duranty Rushmore purchased the property. The region’s new resort industry, spurred by ship and rail transportation, led him to begin welcoming tourists into his home by 1876. Known as the Rushmore House, the inn could accommodate as many as thirty people. After Duranty died in 1894, his son William and daughter-in-law Minnie operated the inn until William’s 1916 death. Virginia Larson bought the property from the Rushmore family in 1961. In 2006 local citizens purchased the house and gifted it to Peninsula Township. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.",18459 Mission Road,Old Mission,MI,49673,Between Old Mission & Swaney Rds.,Grand Traverse,30N10W35NWSW,44.957039,-85.490262,,"Native People,5",07/27/2017,d4ff43de-1569-420b-94b7-b41ff91d732c,2011,1193,0,,,,,416764
-83.0180109999999,42.3759370000001,MHC821985033,L1247A,2,1985,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Anthony Church,St. Anthony Catholic Church,St. Anthony Church,,"During the early 1850s the growing number of Catholic families of German and Alsatian descent on Detroit’s east side necessitated the establishment of a new Catholic parish. The new congregation was originally founded as a mission church of St. Joseph parish. Named St. Anthony mission, it completed its first frame church at a cost of six thousand dollars on July 5, 1857. The church was located at the corner of Gratiot and Centerline Road, now Field Avenue. Father Leopold Pawlowski was appointed as its first pastor. By the turn of the century, the congregation needed a larger church. On July 18, 1901, Bishop John Samuel Foley laid the cornerstone for the present red brick and terra cotta Romanesque church. The handsome structure, designed by Donaldson and Meier, features frescoed ceilings and an impressive white stone Romanesque altar.",,St. Anthony Place,Detroit,MI,0,"corner of St. Anthony Place and Sheridan Avenue, church located at 5247 Sheridan Ave between Frederick Street and Gratiot Ave",Wayne, ,42.375937,-83.018011,,,09/20/2017,7650a808-5fa9-46e0-a740-b42a11c2c58a,0,1194,0,,,,,416765
-86.256001,41.828941,MHC111979018,L734A,2,1979,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wesley United Methodist Church,Methodist Episcopal Church,Wesley United Methodist Church,,"In 1830 circuit riders from Ohio began preaching in Niles, using the barroom of a local hotel. In 1832 nine worshippers formed the Methodist class that grew to be the Wesley United Methodist Church. They dedicated their first house of worship in 1839, and by 1840 they had organized a Sunday School to teach reading and religion. In 1862 the congregation laid the cornerstone for the present sanctuary. The structure was completed in 1863. The Dodge brothers of motor car fame attended Sunday School here during Joseph S. Tuttle’s twenty eight year tenure as Sunday School Superintendent. In 1920, out of gratitude for his teachings, John F. Dodge gave Tuttle a life lease to his home on Main Street.","The cornerstone of this handsome Italianate style church was laid in 1862. The pastor at that time was the Reverend William Sprague, who organized the first Methodist class in Niles in 1832. Sprague was presiding elder of the district for four years, a member of the U.S. Congress, and a state Indian agent. The church’s architect is believed to have been Rufus Rose of Chicago, who designed several other notable structures in Niles. Construction was under the general supervision of Cass Chapman of Niles. Measuring forty six feet by seventy feet, the original edifice had two corner towers. The square pyramid roofed tower remains, but the mansard capped tower was removed in 1951. Over the years the church has had several additions and alterations, but the original wainscoting, woodwork, and windows have been retained.",302 Cedar Street,Niles,MI,0,,Berrien,07S17W26SESW,41.828941,-86.256001,,,09/22/2017,d0fe49cd-9bcd-46db-85dc-b4300cb600f2,0,1195,0,,,,,416766
-84.61697,45.8532100000001,MHC492014012,L2266,2,2014,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Scout Barracks / Parade Ground,,Scout Barracks,Parade Ground,"In 1929, Park Commissioner Roger Andrews invited eight Eagle Scouts, including future President Gerald Ford, to serve as the “Governor’s Honor Guard” and tour guides at Fort Mackinac. Scouts raised and lowered the colors daily and fired the sunset gun. They stayed in the Fort Commissary until moving into these barracks, built in 1934. The building was constructed by the Mackinac Island Civilian Conservation Corps unit, many of whom were World War I veterans. In 1938, the program began to include Boy Scouts at all levels. Additions to the barracks were completed in 1961 and in 1975. They followed the style of the original building. At the urging of Michigan First Lady Helen Milliken, Girl Scouts joined the scout service program in 1975.","In the nineteenth century, this area served as a parade ground for soldiers stationed at Fort Mackinac. Here, soldiers practiced marching, the manual of arms, bayonet skills and other military drills. By 1843, the parade ground was formally developed and fenced. In the 1870s, several buildings were erected on the edge of the parade ground, including horse stables and housing for non-commissioned officers. The parade ground also served as home field for the Fort Mackinac Base Ball Club. Founded in 1885, the club played games against other teams from Northern Michigan. In 1887, the team built a grandstand with seating for 500 spectators. An admission to a baseball game cost twenty-five cents, and grandstand seats cost an extra ten cents.",6998 Huron Road,Mackinac Island,MI,49757,,Mackinac,,45.85321,-84.61697,,5,02/04/2020,5454853b-4180-430b-95b0-b4359edc7099,0,1196,4,"MHC492014012_1.jpg;MHC492014012_2.jpg;MHC492014012_3.jpg;MHC492014012_4.jpg","Michigan Department of Natural Resources;Michigan Department of Natural Resources;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Historical Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","07/12/2015;07/12/2015;;10/09/2016",416767
-85.25963,43.90322,MHC672005011,S689C,2,2005,2005,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Joseph W. Guyton,Guyton Park,Joseph W. Guyton,,"Joseph W. Guyton (1889-1918) lived most of his life near Evart, working as a farmer, plumber, and well driller. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, Guyton was drafted into the army. He could have elected not to go since he was married and had a child, but instead he served with the 126th Infantry Regiment of the 32nd “Red Arrow Division.” On May 24, 1918, shortly after reaching the front line in the Alsace region of what was then Germany, Guyton was the first American killed on German soil when he was hit by machine gun fire. France bestowed the Croix de Guerre medal upon Guyton, as well as his unit, to recognize their bravery in combat. Guyton’s comrades buried his remains in a churchyard. In 1921 the remains were returned to the United States and buried in Evart’s Forest Hill Cemetery.","In 1918 when Private Joseph Guyton died during World War I, his fellow soldiers buried him in a German cemetery. In 1921 his remains, and those of 5,212 other U.S. soldiers, were returned home. At a memorial ceremony in Hoboken, New Jersey, President Warren Harding laid a wreath on Guyton’s casket, which represented all the war dead. Guyton’s remains were given to his parents and daughter, his wife having died in the worldwide flu epidemic only months after him. Newspapers reported that 10,000 people attended Guyton’s funeral in his hometown of Evart. Tributes include: Evart’s Guyton Park, the Joseph W. Guyton American Legion post in Evart, the US-10 “Guyton” Bridge over the Muskegon River in Osceola County, and Guyton Elementary School in Detroit.",Corner Lot of N. Main and 5th Streets,Evart,MI,49631,,Osceola,18N08W34SESW,43.90322,-85.25963,,,08/08/2017,290aa6da-39d7-40ff-bcdf-b494386e5dad,0,1197,0,,,,,416768
-83.9326599999999,42.608416,MHC471997006,L2013,2,1997,2019,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Howell Carnegie Library / Howell Carnegie Library,,Howell Carnegie Library,Howell Carnegie Library,"The Howell library originated as the Ladies Library Association in 1875. That year, the ladies began offering books for lending. The need for spacious, permanent quarters grew, and in 1902, for three hundred dollars and railroad travel expenses, Detroit architect Elijah E. Myers, designer of the Michigan State Capitol, agreed to provide plans for a new library. The township board hired local builder A. G. Kuehnle for the project. Throughout the county, farmers gathered the fieldstones used to build the Neoclassical library. The structure stands on land donated by the four sons of Howell pioneer William McPherson. An addition to the library was completed in 1991.","“If the city of Howell will pledge itself to support a free library and provide a suitable site, Mr. Carnegie will be glad to furnish ten thousand dollars for a free public library building.” In 1902, in response to a request for funds, steel entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie’s secretary sent this message to Howell Township Supervisor W. H. S. Wood. Carnegie funded over twenty-five hundred free public libraries throughout the English-speaking world. The philanthropist’s gift to Howell eventually amounted to fifteen thousand dollars. In return the township pledged annual support of no less than 10 percent of Carnegie’s donation. The library opened on November 19, 1906.",Center Street,Howell,MI,48843,Marker was refinished in 2019. The Commission approved moving the marker to a new location - the southwest corner of the property near the intersection of Grand River Avenue and N. Chestnut Street.,Livingston,03N04E36SWNW,42.608416,-83.93266,,,10/01/2019,018472eb-8628-48ce-a939-b4c0153efacb,0,1198,5,"MHC471997006_1.jpg;MHC471997006_10.jpg;MHC471997006_13.jpg;MHC471997006_14.jpg;MHC471997006_15.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Howell Carnegie District Library;Howell Carnegie District Library","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";08/14/2017;08/14/2017;09/30/2019;09/30/2019",416769
-83.782734,42.5313550000001,MHC472000016,L2078,2,2000,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Brighton Village Cemetery / Brighton Village Cemetery,,Brighton Village Cemetery,Brighton Village Cemetery,"The Brighton Village Cemetery began as a burial ground for the family of William A. Clark, D.D., an Episcopal minister from New York City, who settled with his family in Brighton Township in 1837. Clark acquired many acres of land, which he farmed. He owned and operated several sawmills. In his will, he donated approximately four acres of land to the village for a cemetery and set aside one acre for a church, on which St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was built.","The earliest burial in the Brighton Village Cemetery was that of Truman Worden, who died in 1837. Among the prominent citizens buried here are Michigan Governor Kinsley Bingham. In addition merchants, physicians, attorneys, carpenters, educators, and 30 Civil War veterans are interred in the cemetery. Of the 571 graves, representing 154 families, 99 are for children under the age of ten, a reminder of the hardships faced by early Michiganians.",West St. Paul Street at West Street,Brighton,MI,0,,Livingston,02N06E30SESW,42.531355,-83.782734,,,09/05/2017,657d01a9-633e-4e5c-8382-b4e66eee119b,0,1199,3,"MHC472000016_3.jpg;MHC472000016_4.jpg;MHC472000016_5.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided;Not Provided","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/29/2017;04/10/2019;04/10/2019",416770
-83.468002,42.371653,MHC821981037,L874A,2,1981,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Baker House,Henry W. Baker House,Baker House,,"Henry W. Baker (1833-1920) built this Italianate-style house in 1875. Born in Richmond, New York, Baker had moved to this area while still a boy. As a young man, he worked as a photographer, a merchant, and a lumberman. At the age of forty-nine he helped found the Plymouth Iron Windmill Company, which in 1895 became the Daisy Manufacturing Company. The company, now best known for its BB guns, operated in Plymouth until 1958, when new owners moved it to Arkansas. Baker’s descendants lived here until 1943.",,223 South Main St.,Plymouth,MI,0,,Wayne,01S08E26NWSW,42.371653,-83.468002,,,09/20/2017,40ccd12e-256c-4fe4-8475-b4f348c77ba4,0,1200,0,,,,,416771
-88.335528,46.0966260000001,MHC361958011,S179,2,1958,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Iron County / Iron County,Iron County Courthouse,Iron County,Iron County,"This county was set off in 1885 from Marquette and Menominee Counties. Iron ore deposits, which gave the new county its name, were the first on the Menominee Iron Range to be discovered. Shipping of ores began in 1882 when the railroad came in. Iron River was the first county seat, but in 1889, after a celebrated struggle, the government was shifted to Crystal Falls. Logging, which began in 1875, has been second only to mining in Iron County’s economy.","J. C. Clancy designed this Richardsonian Romanesque-style building, which was completed in 1891. Constructed of regional materials, including reddish stone columns quarried from the nearby Paint River and yellow clay bricks, the courthouse commands a view of the city’s main street and the valley below. The structure, featuring a domed courtroom with original furnishings, continues to serve a county built from “the iron and the pine.”",Superior Street,Crystal Falls,MI,0,,Iron,43N32W29SWNE,46.096626,-88.335528,,Mining Industry,05/27/2020,4f9bd427-1e5f-4095-9f27-b50253a47230,0,1201,1,MHC361958011_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,416772
-84.964055,42.271783,MHC131972026,S375,2,1972,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Marshall,,Marshall,,"Founded in 1831 by Sidney Ketchum and settlers from New York and New England, the town was named in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall. Townsmen Isaac Crary and the Reverend John Pierce planned in 1834 the innovative Michigan public school system. Marshall’s early hopes of becoming state capital were not rewarded, but the coming of the Michigan Central Railroad in 1844 increased prosperity, and the town remained a rail center until the 1870s. In 1863 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was founded here. Many of the citizens held strong abolitionist views, and in 1847 they prevented the return of fugitive slave Adam Crosswhite to Kentucky. The architectural excellence of Marshall’s homes is known through the Midwest.",,"Town Square, West Michigan Ave",Marshall,MI,0,City property south of the Honolulu House,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271783,-84.964055,,4,01/26/2021,de064716-3023-4ba8-b2db-b557607b5c1a,0,1202,1,MHC131972026_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,07/12/2020,416773
-84.963396,42.272157,MHC131973004,S397,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Isaac E. Crary House,,Isaac E. Crary House,,"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 a member of Michigan’s first constitutional convention. He was three times elected to Congress, and twice to the legislature. In 1961 the building became the office of Marshall Savings and Loan Association.",,107 N. Park Street,Marshall,MI,0,Town Square,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.272157,-84.963396,,,08/06/2020,513dfa19-903c-4a8d-9090-b55ae2945523,0,1203,1,MHC131973004_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Other Photo,07/12/2020,416774
-86.747771,41.799565,MHC112009001,S718C,2,2009,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),West Michigan Pike / West Michigan Pike,"Lions Park; Lions Pavilion Park; Lakefront Park; Waterfront Park",West Michigan Pike,West Michigan Pike,"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 along Lake Michigan in order to bring auto tourists from Chicago to Michigan to support the new resort industry that grew up when logging ended in the region. Completed in 1922, the West Michigan Pike extended from the Indiana state line to Mackinaw City. It was designated one of the first state trunk lines (M-11) in 1917, as part of the Dixie Highway in 1923, and incorporated into the nations first federal highway system as US-31 in 1926. Straightened and realigned over the years, it is also known as the Red Arrow and the Blue Star Memorial Highways.","The West Michigan Pike, advertised as ""Lake Shore All the Way Chicago to Mackinaw,"" was completed as a paved highway in 1922. Tourists, particularly those from Chicago who sought cooler temperatures by coming to Michigan, gained greater access to communities dotting the Lake Michigan shore between the Indiana state line and the Straits of Mackinac. In 1926 the pike (M-11) was designated US-31. By then, traffic congestion and poor road conditions were again impeding travel. The West Michigan Pike Association, which had started the road, advocated for US-31 to be widened and rerouted in 1929 as a ""superhighway."" A full-blown tourism industry with lodging, restaurants, and attractions grew up along the West Michigan Pike and flourished into the twenty-first century.",590 North Whittaker Street,New Buffalo,MI,0,near the curve of Marquette Drive and N. Whittaker Street,Berrien,08S21W04SESE,41.799565,-86.747771,,5,06/29/2021,16eaa292-c670-4463-a83d-b5b34a0fb1b9,0,1204,1,MHC112009001_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,,416775
-82.8955569999999,42.395782,MHC821992007,L1876-a,2,1992,1993,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Saint Paul Catholic School and Convent,Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church Complex,Saint Paul Catholic School and Convent,,"In 1886 the Convent of the Sacred Heart began providing free education to the children of Saint Paul Catholic Parish. In 1926 the church committee decided to build an elementary and high school. Ground was broken in January 1927. A new convent constructed behind the school housed the Dominican nuns who served as teachers. The Detroit architectural firm Smith, Hinchman and Grylls designed the original portions of both structures. Additions were built in 1951 and 1963.",,170 Grosse Pointe Boulevard,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,see comments,Wayne,02N11E21NENE,42.395782,-82.895557,,,07/22/2020,25cffb17-9145-41b7-b281-b5ee4e3e46ea,0,1205,0,,,,,416776
-85.415267,44.8991730000001,MHC051979065,L648A,2,1979,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),"Island House, The",Edwin Noble House,The Island House,,"Edwin S. Noble (1838-1922) designed and built this house for his family in 1865. Noble, an expert accountant, was associated with the Dexter-Noble Company, first as secretary-treasurer and later as a full partner. The company was involved in logging and the production of chemicals, flour and high-quality pig iron. It also operated a store and a brick yard. By 1882 the firm, then known as the Elk Rapids Iron Company, had become the largest employer in town. Edwin Noble, a driving force behind the iron company for over two decades, transformed a four-acre sand dune into this scenic island area by covering it with clay and dark loam and planting over sixty species of trees on it. He built a broad bridge over the river to connect the island with the town. In 1949 a part of the Island House became a public library.",,North Side of River St near Library Park,Elk Rapids,MI,0,Entrance to footbridge,Antrim,29N09W20SENE,44.899173,-85.415267,,,01/15/2017,d8f9dd0a-aaa2-4d70-be4c-b62744b4b3f5,0,1207,0,,,,,416777
-83.144292,42.501179,MHC631996017,L1967,2,1996,1996,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Royal Oak Township Cemetery / Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery,St. Mary's Cemetery,Royal Oak Township Cemetery,Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery,"In 1826 Daniel Burrows donated land for use as a cemetery. The first burial was the infant daughter of Laura Swift Chase and David Chase, who later served as township supervisor and a delegate to the “Convention of Assent” for Michigan statehood. In 1857 it was taken over by the Royal Oak Township Board of Health. The cemetery contains the remains of veterans of all U.S. wars from the American Revolution through the Vietnam War as well as pioneers and prominent citizens. A boulder in Section J gives the names of township residents who died in the Civil War and World War I. Integrated since the beginning, this cemetery has been owned and maintained by the city of Royal Oak since 1921.","Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery was established in 1875 and consecrated by Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess that year. The land for the cemetery was purchased from Royal Oak Township. One of the earliest burials was for Edmund Loughnane (Lockman), who had hosted Catholic meetings in his home. Unusual statuary includes a concrete tree trunk and a seated maiden holding flowers. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located atop Saint Mary High School beginning in 1925, was moved here in 1992. This cemetery contains the remains of a number of local businessmen, among them undertaker William Sullivan, and John and Frank Fraquelli, founders of Royal Oak Monumental Works, whose markers are located here and in the Royal Oak Township Cemetery.",Main Street,Royal Oak,MI,0,"Bounded by Twelve Mile and Rochester Roads and Main Street; this marker is a two sided marker and each side was assigned a different site No. - Royal Oak Township Cemetery is L1967 and Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery is L1968",Oakland,01N11E15NWNW,42.501179,-83.144292,,,10/01/2019,fa5bac40-6f24-4c15-aa0f-b69ff3d4b943,0,1208,1,MHC631996017_1.jpg,Royal Oak Department of Public Service,Marker Photo - Front,09/26/2019,416778
-84.032853,42.1913750000001,MHC811980026,L799,2,1980,1993,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Salem Church,Sharon United Methodist Church,Salem Church,,"The Reverend Edward Weiss, a Washtenaw County circuit rider, organized an Evangelical class of fifteen members in 1874. They met in a school located two miles east of here. Two years later trustees Herman Gieske, Lambert Gieske and Bernhardt Kuhl, on behalf of the Evangelical Association of North America, bought land from the Rowe family in the area known as Rowes Corners. Church members hauled brick and lumber to the site. Salem Church was dedicated in November 1876. The vernacular Gothic Revival church is similar to others built in the Midwest by nineteenth-century German congregations. Stained glass windows were installed in the early twentieth century. The denomination merged with the United Brethren Church in 1946 and with the Methodist Church in 1968. That year this church was renamed Sharon United Methodist Church.",,19980 Pleasant Lake Rd.,Manchester,MI,0,NW corner of M-52,Washtenaw,03S03E26NENE,42.191375,-84.032853,,,09/20/2017,57a5c7e7-3eec-4409-a775-b6d481f6ab31,0,1209,0,,,,,416779
-86.269798,41.8591410000001,MHC112002013,L2112,2,2002,2002,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Johnson Cemetery,,Johnson Cemetery,,"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 graves, most marked with slabs or tablets, date from the nineteenth century. Nearly one-third are for children younger than ten years old, reflecting the hardship endured by pioneers.",,Old US-31,Niles,MI,0,between M-140 and Ullery Road,Berrien,07S17W15SWSE,41.859141,-86.269798,,,09/22/2017,ee2981d3-c849-4db0-8dcd-b7064bc87e6c,0,1210,0,,,,,416780
-85.037612,46.609473,MHC171990018,L1733C,2,1990,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Whitefish Township,,Whitefish Township,,"In 1849 the Whitefish Point Lighthouse was put into service. Soon after the township was organized in 1888, lumber towns such as Emerson and Shelldrake emerged at the mouth of the Tahquamenon and Shelldrake Rivers. Paradise was established in 1925. In the 1920s lumbering declined and fires burned the cutover land, creating a rich soil for blueberries. Cranberry and blueberry cultivation, as well as commercial fishing on Whitefish Bay sustained the area’s economy.",,M-123,Paradise,MI,0,1/4 Mile south of Tahquamenon River Whitefish Township,Chippewa,49N06W27SWSE,46.609473,-85.037612,,,08/23/2017,dfac6f5d-0687-4de4-ace4-b7231ca239e0,0,1211,0,,,,,416781
-83.737357,42.2811610000001,MHC811982013,L1039C,2,1982,2018,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery Site,,Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery Site,,"At this site the first Jewish cemetery in Michigan was established in 1848-49. The Jews Society of Ann Arbor acquired burial rights to this land adjacent to what was then the public cemetery. Several years earlier, immigrants from Germany and Austria had organized the first Jewish community in the state. Their first religious services were held in the homes of the five Weil brothers in the vicinity of the family tannery, J. Weil and Brothers. Members of the Jewish community participated in all aspects of the city's life. Jacob Weil served Ann Arbor as alderman from 1859 to 1861. By the 1880's this original Jewish community no longer existed. In 1900 the remains of those buried here were reinterred in Ann Arbor's Forest Hill Cemetery.
",,120 Fletcher Street,Ann Arbor,MI,48109,"Corner of Fletcher & East Huron, near Rackham Graduate School",Washtenaw,02S06E28SWNW,42.281161,-83.737357,,,06/04/2019,b004dc01-3310-4d88-80e1-b73299b4c78b,0,1212,3,"MHC811982013_1.jpg;MHC811982013_2.jpg;MHC811982013_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","11/11/2011;11/11/2011;04/19/2018",416782
-84.41563,42.2435620000001,MHC381956007,S15,2,1956,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Under the Oaks,Birth of the Republican Party,Under the Oaks,,"On July 6, 1854, a state convention of antislavery men was held in Jackson to found a new political party. Uncle Tom’s Cabin had been published two years earlier, causing increased resentment against slavery, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 1854, threatened to make slave states out of previously free territories. Since the convention day was hot and the huge crowd could not be accommodated in the hall, the meeting adjourned to an oak grove on “Morgan’s Forty” on the outskirts of the town. Here a statewide slate of candidates was selected, and the Republican Party was born. Winning an overwhelming victory in the elections of 1854, the Republican Party went on to dominate national politics throughout the nineteenth century.",,Second and Franklin Streets,Jackson,MI,0,NW corner,Jackson,03S01W03SENW,42.243562,-84.41563,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",08/22/2017,f6cd283e-c45f-486a-9fc7-b75b7dd80087,0,1213,1,MHC381956007_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416783
-84.4939639999999,42.728465,MHC331994003,S645,2,1994,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan State Police / Michigan State Police Headquarters,Michigan State Troops,Michigan State Police,Michigan State Police Headquarters,"
When the United States declared war against Germany in 1917, the Michigan National Guard was called to federal service. Governor Albert Sleeper feared German agents and radical labor groups would disrupt war production and initiated the legislation that allowed him to assemble the Michigan State Troops. Known also as the Michigan Cavalry or Michigan Constabulary, the troops headquartered in East Lansing under the command of Colonel Roy C. Vandercook. Reorganized as a peacetime force after the war, the state police went from horseback to motorcycles and patrol cars in the 1920s. After eighteen years, the “temporary” Michigan State Police became permanent under legislation passed in 1935.","In 1917 the Michigan State Troops established its headquarters on a site north of here, owned by Michigan Agricultural College (MAC), present-day Michigan State University. The original compound included a barn, offices, barracks, mess halls, stables, a corral, and parade grounds. Three hundred troops constructed the buildings, provided by the St. Johns Portable Building Company. In 1929 Mapes Hall, named for Corporal Samuel Mapes who was killed by a bootlegger two years earlier, opened as an office building and barracks on the present site. In 1932 the Administration Building was completed, and headquarters operations were centralized. During the 1930s the Works Progress Administration funded construction of additional buildings on the compound.",714 S. Harrison Road,East Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W13SESW,42.728465,-84.493964,,,08/30/2017,0f5e10b7-639e-4b60-ba43-b75f3220ec8e,0,1214,0,,,,,416784
-85.1905199999999,42.324729,MHC131959009,S218,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Seventh-day Adventists,,Seventh-day Adventists,,"Battle Creek is closely identified with Adventist history. The first church built by Seventh-day Adventists was erected here in 1855 and the General Conference organized in 1863. The denomination’s first world headquarters, publishing house, sanitarium, school, and college were in Battle Creek. The “Dime” Tabernacle, seating thirty-two hundred, built on this site in 1878 with contributions from members throughout the nation, burned in 1922 and was replaced in 1924 by this building.",,19 N. Washington,Battle Creek,MI,0,At Van Buren Street,Calhoun,02S08W01NESW,42.324729,-85.19052,,,08/23/2017,4fdf5bf6-b2c2-4322-afc3-b766431ce823,0,1215,0,,,,,416785
-83.287063,42.5313810000001,MHC632001010,S673,2,2001,2017,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Congregation Beth El / Temple Beth El,,Congregation Beth El,Temple Beth El,"In 1850 twelve German immigrant families founded Michigan’s oldest Jewish organization, the Beth El Society, at the Detroit home of Isaac and Sarah Cozens. Beth El was first led by Orthodox Rabbi Samuel Marcus. During the 1850s, as social and political turmoil gripped the nation, Judaism faced change. In 1856 Beth El members moved away from strict Orthodox doctrine by adopting new bylaws and embracing Reform Judaism. The changes permitted men and women to sit together during services and sing together in choirs. Rabbis taught services in English rather than in German. In 1873 Beth El helped charter the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, which brought together Reform synagogues across the nation.","
Built in 1973, Temple Beth El is one of two synagogues designed by internationally acclaimed architect Minoru Yamasaki, who designed New York City’s World Trade Center. Yamasaki designed the soaring temple to represent the meeting tents of the ancient Israelites. The two hundred panels, created by steel cables dissecting the concrete walls, symbolize the number of times per day Jews are to thank God. Organized in Detroit in 1850, the Beth El Society met in homes and storefronts before purchasing its first house of worship in 1861. Beth El member Albert Kahn designed two of the congregation’s former synagogues, built in Detroit in 1903 and 1922. Beth El erected this building in Bloomfield Hills to accommodate its members, many of whom had moved to the suburbs.",7400 Telegraph Road,Bloomfield Hills,MI,0,At 14 Mile Road,Oakland,02N10E32SWSE,42.531381,-83.287063,,,01/15/2020,6eaa9f0c-2a75-4464-bb57-b77633672f35,0,1216,0,,,,,416786
-83.3840059999999,42.2811760000001,MHC821999010,L2053,2,1999,1999,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Congregational Church,First Congregational Church of Wayne,First Congregational Church,,"On August 20, 1848, the Reverend James S. Kidder and nine members chartered the First Congregational Church of Wayne. Later that year a Congregational society was formed. The two organizations worked as one body, but were separate, with the congregation looking to the spiritual needs of its members and the society taking care of secular matters associated with the church. The society owned the church property and took responsibility for its legal and financial interests. The church and society memberships were not always the same. In 1849 the society erected a Greek Revival meetinghouse on this site. Destroyed by fire in 1970, it was replaced by the present building in 1973.",,2 Town Square,Wayne,MI,0,off Wayne Road between East and West Michigan Avenue,Wayne,02S09E28SWSW,42.281176,-83.384006,,,09/22/2017,3bc9d5c1-b92a-4630-986e-b793bf92da89,0,1217,0,,,,,416787
-83.801012,45.285168,MHC711970021,S299,2,1970,1970,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Metz Fire,,The Metz Fire,,"On October 15, 1908, raging fires swept the pine forests of Presque Isle County. When the flames approached the village of Metz, a train jammed with women and children left for Posen, five miles away. At Nowicki’s siding, two miles out of town, huge piles of blazing wood lined the track. As the engine raced past the siding, where the intense heat had warped the rails, the train left the track, leaving an open car full of refugees in the center of the flames. Sixteen were killed and dozens of others badly burned. Throughout this part of the state hundreds were left homeless, as many homes and farms were devastated. Supplies soon poured in so that shelters could be erected before the onset of the northern winter.",,County Road 441,Metz,MI,0,,Presque Isle,33N05E02SWNW,45.285168,-83.801012,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",12/02/2021,f754eca3-10b1-4045-a9cc-b7fac844a7fa,0,1218,1,MHC711970021_1.jpg,unknown,Marker Photo - Front,,416788
-84.70542669,44.6124790100001,MHC202008002,S709,2,2008,2009,Statehood Era (1815-1860),"Return of Kirtland´s Warbler, The",,Return of Kirtland's Warbler,,"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 prime global summer breeding habitat. Kirtland’s Warbler faced extinction due to the loss of habitat and the invasion of parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which lay eggs in warbler nests and whose young survive at the expense of warbler nestlings. The warbler was placed on the federal endangered species list in 1967 and the state endangered species list in 1976. Guided by research to mimic natural fire processes, government agencies and private conservationists began harvesting older jack pine stands and replanting the trees to restore the warblers’ habitat. In addition, cowbird populations were controlled. From an all-time modern low of 167 nesting pairs in 1974 and 1987, the summer population of the warbler rebounded to more than 1,700 pairs in 2007. The recovery of the species testifies to the effectiveness of habitat restoration efforts. During the winter the songbirds leave Michigan for the Bahamas.",,North Bound I-75 Rest Area,Grayling,MI,48909,"1 mile North of 4 Mile Road, 2 miles North of I-75/US 127 Junction",Crawford,26N03W32NWNW,44.61247901,-84.70542669,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",08/20/2019,d6121138-f252-44c7-905b-b83bd60afbd7,0,1219,3,"MHC202008002_2.jpg;MHC202008002_3.jpg;MHC202008002_4.jpg",Michigan History Center,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","06/01/2018;06/01/2018;11/13/2020",416789
-84.937135,45.3834870000001,MHC242009020,L2208,2,2009,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Terrace Inn,,Terrace Inn,,"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 numbers of summer visitors to Bay View, including those on adult education Chautauqua tours. William J. DeVol of Lebanon, Indiana, and his wife, Josephine, built the inn and served as the original proprietors. The new inn featured such modern amenities as hot water heat, hot and cold baths, and electric lights and call bells. The dining room offered a full menu with ""hot things very hot, and cold things very cold."" Although the interior saw some alterations to meet the changing needs of guests, the Terrace Inn retains its historic character.",,1549 Glendale Avenue,Petoskey,MI,49770,"Within Bay View Historic District, Bear Creek Twp.",Emmet,35N05W32NESE,45.383487,-84.937135,,,09/05/2019,e643c5ca-0fdd-4b93-942c-b8495f7ada50,0,1220,0,,,,,416790
-83.09836,42.299424,MHC822015005,S733C,2,1958,2015,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Treaty Of Spring Wells / Treaty of Spring Wells,Historic Fort Wayne,Treaty Of Spring Wells,Treaty of Spring Wells,"After the War of 1812, Territorial Governor Lewis Cass recognized the need to ease tensions between the United States and the Native Peoples who had allied with the British during the war. He asked President James Madison to appoint commissioners to negotiate a peace treaty with eight tribes. President Madison named General William Henry Harrison, General Duncan McArthur and John Graham as commissioners. They met Native American leaders at Spring Wells, a sandy hill with flowing springs near the Detroit River. Leaders from the Odawa, Potawatomi, Seneca, Ojibwa, Wyandot, Delaware, Miami and Shawnee tribes attended. The council fire was lit on August 31, 1815, and negotiations began.","Native American leaders and United States commissioners met at Spring Wells, located near what became in 1843 the site of Fort Wayne. All parties agreed that prior treaties would be honored as written. They did not add any new land grants or payments. On September 8, 1815, commissioners and tribal leaders signed the treaty after it was translated by interpreters. When completed, the parchment document was nearly six feet long. On December 26, 1815, the United States Congress ratified the treaty. There were later treaties involving Michigan tribes, but the Treaty of Spring Wells was the last peace treaty to be signed in Michigan by the United States government.",6325 W. Jefferson,Detroit,MI,48209,At Livernois,Wayne,,42.299424,-83.09836,,Native People,09/04/2019,7524b605-97c7-4639-8581-b84b5406f751,1971,1221,3,"MHC822015005_1.jpg;MHC822015005_2.jpg;MHC822015005_3.jpg","Brian Egen;Brian Egen;Brian Egen","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","09/19/2015;09/19/2015;09/19/2015",416791
-84.559341,43.0008100000001,MHC191980030,L765,2,1980,1998,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Paine-Gillam-Scott House,John W. Paine House,Paine-Gillam-Scott House,,"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 house in 1883. In 1904 he was joined by Dr. Walter M. Scott (1875-1934), who practiced here until his death. The Clinton County Historical Society restored the house in 1978 and the office in 1986.",,106 Maple Street,St. Johns,MI,0,,Clinton,07N02W16NWNW,43.00081,-84.559341,,,08/20/2019,7113d8f2-968d-43ac-be03-b870a36a7d3e,0,1222,2,"MHC191980030_3.jpg;MHC191980030_1.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","11/10/2017;11/10/2017",416792
-86.015232,42.810481,MHC701975017,L397A,2,1975,1976,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Reformed Church,,First Reformed Church,,"Early in 1847 a group of Dutch families met in Goes, on the island of Zuid Beveland, and organized themselves into a congregation. With their pastor, the Reverend Cornelius Vander Meulen, the group sailed in three ships to America in search of freedom. They established their new homes in this forested area of Michigan and named it after their native province of Zeeland. The center of the community was the log church. In 1866 a wood frame structure, with fieldstone foundation, patterned on the church in Axel, the Netherlands, was built on this site. Use of the Dutch language was eliminated gradually and in May 1943 was discontinued. The present church, built around the old, remains as the physical evidence of the Dutch immigrant community founded upon a resolute faith in Almighty God.",,148 E. Central Ave,Zeeland,MI,0,SW corner of Church St.,Ottawa,05N14W19NWNW,42.810481,-86.015232,,4,07/27/2017,e2c348f8-10a2-4c4f-bb59-b8c854456f22,0,1223,0,,,,,416793
-83.8772079999999,43.232044,MHC731976006,L494,2,1976,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Paul's Episcopal Mission,St. Paul's Mission-Taymouth,St. Paul's Episcopal Mission,,"In the 1860s and 1870s Scottish, Irish, and English immigrants, attracted by the lumber boom, settled in Taymouth Township. In 1873 they established St. Paul’s Episcopal Mission and the following year built this Gothic Revival-inspired church. The community’s Episcopalian population soon declined and by 1893 services were being held monthly. The last service was held in 1909. Since 1920 Taymouth Township has owned the building, which retains its original form and trim.",,Seymour Rd,Taymouth Twp,MI,0,"South of East Burt Road; Morseville vicinity",Saginaw,10N05E33NENE,43.232044,-83.877208,,,09/12/2017,92b20535-5deb-4c6f-a0ab-b9128f2d4291,0,1224,0,,,,,416794
-85.469186,43.053879,MHC411987050,L1467,2,1987,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cannon Township Hall,Cannon Township Historical Museum,Cannon Township Hall,,"The state legislature organized Cannon Township as “Churchtown” in 1846. At the first town meeting, held in 1848, it was renamed Cannon, after Cannonsburg, the largest village. The earliest land claims date from 1835. Families began settling permanently in 1839. Zebulon Rood purchased 240 acres of land in 1840 and built Cannon’s first house, a log structure. He also cut the first road, making it possible to transport goods across Bear Creek. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of wheat, wool, corn, apples, and other fruits supported the economy. This building served as the township hall from 1890 until 1987, when it became the Cannon Historical Museum.",,8045 Cannonsburg Rd,Cannon Twp,MI,0,between Ramsdell Avenue and Honey Creek. The marker is placed directly in front of the Cannon Township Historical Museum,Kent,08N10W26SWNW,43.053879,-85.469186,,4,11/18/2020,8bf27f0e-dd38-42e6-a1f6-b9561886ac58,0,1225,2,"MHC411987050_4.jpg;MHC411987050_3.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/15/2020;11/15/2020",416795
-86.459569,43.956711,MHC531976013,L484,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),S. S. Pere Marquette 18,,S. S. Pere Marquette 18,,"At least twenty-nine persons died when this vessel sank in Lake Michigan twenty miles off the Wisconsin coast on September 9, 1910. One of the Ludington carferry fleet, the 350-foot S. S. Pere Marquette 18 was traveling from this port to Wisconsin. About midlake a crewman discovered the ship was taking on vast amounts of water. The captain set a direct course for Wisconsin and sent a distress signal by wireless. He and the crew battled for four hours to save the boat but she sank suddenly. All of the officers and many of the crew and passengers perished, among them the first wireless operator to die in active service on the Great Lakes. The S. S. Pere Marquette 17, aided by other ships who also heeded the wireless message for help, rescued more than thirty survivors but lost two of her own crew. The exact cause of this disaster remains a mystery.",,"Stearns Park, Lakeshore Dr.",Ludington,MI,0,"Between Stearns Outer Drive and Lakeshore Drive, Entrance to walkway leading to Ludington Harbor´s north breakwall",Mason,18N18W16SENE,43.956711,-86.459569,,,09/06/2017,c55a1bec-3ded-445a-a28c-b9c67cb59475,0,1227,1,MHC531976013_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416796
-86.102228,42.787881,MHC701976014,L464,2,1976,2019,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Van Vleck Hall / Van Vleck Hall,,Van Vleck Hall,Van Vleck Hall,"This building was named for the Reverend John Van Vleck, principal of the Holland Academy from 1855 to 1859. After the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte raised the necessary funds for the building, Van Vleck designed and supervised its construction. Completed in 1858, Van Vleck Hall initially contained dormitory, class and reading rooms, as well as a refectory, a chapel, and the residence of the principal. It was a focal point for activity at the Holland Academy, which was chartered as Hope College in 1866.","Van Vleck Hall has played a vital role in the history of Hope College. The building survived the great fire of 1871 and housed students and the library in the late nineteenth century. During both World Wars, it served as a dispensary and infirmary for student military training programs. Erected at the highest point on campus, this symmetrical building stands as a tribute to the educational ideals held by those Dutch-Americans who founded Hope College.",E. 10th Street,Holland,MI,0,"Hope College Campus, near E. 10th Street between College Avenue and Columbia Avenue. Not visible from the road. Marker refinished in 2019",Ottawa,05N15W29NESE,42.787881,-86.102228,,2,08/02/2021,69eaa2b2-2057-450b-9fe0-ba25ec88f125,0,1228,0,,,,,416797
-83.512573,42.649103,MHC632002009,L2106,2,2002,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),White Lake Township Hall,,White Lake Township Hall,,"White Lake Township’s first white settler, Harley Olmsted, came here from New York State in 1830. The township was set off in 1836. Beginning around 1837 daily stagecoaches and wagons hauling lumber traveled along the old White Lake Road, part of the main route between Grand Rapids and Detroit. This town hall was built on land donated in 1875 by Charles and Elizabeth Porter. When township offices moved in 1949, it became a community center.",,7500 Highland Road,White Lake Township,MI,0,,Oakland,03N08E21NWSE,42.649103,-83.512573,,,09/12/2017,475ae673-f85e-481b-96b2-ba6565186cab,0,1229,0,,,,,416798
-83.0651319999999,42.3685580000001,MHC822003006,S681,2,2003,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ford Piquette Plant,,Ford Piquette Plant,,"Completed in 1904, the Piquette Avenue Plant was the first factory built by the Ford Motor Company. The building was designed by the Detroit firm of Field, Hinchman and Smith. Models B, C, F, K, N, R, S, and T were produced here between 1904 and 1910 when Ford became the world’s largest producer of automobiles. In 1908 Henry Ford, C. Harold Wills, Joseph Galamb and others designed the Model T, the first automobile built for the masses. Seeking more efficiency, Ford experimented with aspects of the moving assembly line at Piquette. New technology and demand for the Model T made the plant inadequate. In 1910 production moved to a much larger plant in Highland Park where the moving assembly line was implemented. The Studebaker Corporation purchased the Piquette Avenue Plant in 1911.",,Piquett Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,NW corner of Piquette Avenue and Beaubien Street,Wayne,01S12E31SENE,42.368558,-83.065132,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,6905bf98-87d6-4ec8-bfdf-ba822cbe9522,0,1230,0,,,,,416799
-87.3961119999999,46.5410410000001,MHC521976021,S486,2,1976,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Marquette County Courthouse,,Marquette County Courthouse,,"This Neoclassical Revival structure, designed by Charlton and Gilbert of Marquette, was constructed in 1902-04 at a cost of $210,000. Built of local sandstone, it is the second courthouse to occupy this site. In a case tried here in 1913, President Theodore Roosevelt won a libel suit against Ishpeming newspaper publisher George Newett and was awarded six cents, “the price of a good newspaper.” Another case tried here inspired Anatomy of a Murder, a novel by Ishpeming resident John D. Voelker. In 1959 the courthouse was the setting of the motion picture based on the novel. The picture was directed by Otto Preminger and the musical score for the movie was written by Duke Ellington. The courthouse was renovated in 1982-84 at a cost of $2.4 million.",,400 South Third,Marquette,MI,0,,Marquette,48N25W23NESW,46.541041,-87.396112,,,05/26/2020,1d275f08-38f0-453e-8f97-baba9c668d72,0,1231,1,MHC521976021_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,416800
-86.264219,41.7749600000001,MHC111964006,S260,2,1964,1964,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Joseph's Mission,,St. Joseph's Mission,,"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 4, 1844, the habit of the Sisters of the Holy Cross was given for the first time in America. Those who received the habit were Sister Mary of the Holy Cross, Sister Mary of the Nativity, and Sister Mary of Mount Carmel. The sisterhood opened a school this same year in a dwelling which still stands a thousand feet to the north. This mission in the Detroit diocese was directed by the Reverend Edward Sorin, C. S. C., founder of the University of Notre Dame. In 1911 the church was torn down. Madeline Bertrand, wife of the town’s founder, is among those buried in this historic cemetery.",,Bertrand Rd,Bertrand,MI,0,"North of Bertrand Road at Adam, south of Niles",Berrien,08S17W14NWSW,41.77496,-86.264219,,,09/22/2017,cc681222-3de5-4125-867f-bace4fcc5762,0,1232,0,,,,,416801
-83.0382729999999,42.331716,MHC821971045,S325,2,1971,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),S.S. Peter and Paul Church,,S.S. Peter and Paul Church,,"This is the oldest extant church in Detroit. Designed by Francis Letourno in the basilica form, it was built between 1844 and 1848 and served for twenty-nine years as the cathedral of the Detroit diocese under Bishop Lefevere. In 1877 Bishop Borgess gave the parish to the Jesuit Fathers to build a college here. This is now the University of Detroit. The church exterior retains its original simplicity and dignity.",,629 East Jefferson,Detroit,MI,0,wall mounted marker - located on the brick portion of the church near the double door entrance facing Jefferson Street,Wayne, ,42.331716,-83.038273,,,02/03/2020,45770f2b-5349-47b3-952e-bb143cc412cd,0,1233,0,,,,,416802
-83.046263,42.336061,MHC821975009,S473,2,1975,2001,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Germantown / The Harmonie Club,,Germantown,The Harmonie Club,"Fleeing political unrest in their homeland, Germans began arriving in Detroit during the 1830s. Lured by state of Michigan recruiting pamphlets, German musicians, teachers and professionals joined increasing numbers of immigrants in Detroit. By 1880 20 percent of the city’s population was German-born. Most of these immigrants settled in this area, known as Germantown, between the Jefferson and Gratiot Avenue corridors. Many opened shops and businesses ranging from breweries to tailoring shops to tanneries. Harmonie Park, its name associated with the nearby Harmonie Club, was an important center of Germantown. Greek immigrants moved into a part of Germantown that later became known as Greektown.","
Detroit’s oldest musical association, the Harmonie Society, was founded in 1849 by German immigrants who wished to meet and sing Lieder (German art songs). The society’s first building, Harmonie Hall, was constructed in 1874 at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Beaubien Street. The hall burned in 1893 and the present Harmonie Club was erected in 1895. Designed by German-American architect Richard E. Raseman, the Beaux Arts structure was a Germantown landmark. Although organized and operated by Germans, the club hosted gatherings of people from many ethnic groups. It became one of Detroit’s most prestigious organizations. The Harmonie Club is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",Grand River Ave,Detroit,MI,0,"Harmonie Park, across from 267 Grand River Avenue",Wayne,,42.336061,-83.046263,,,09/20/2017,ef68c46a-6050-4dd7-ab75-bb275619c021,1975,1234,0,,,,,416803
-83.0427329999999,42.330762,MHC821982009,S552,2,1982,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Shrine Circus,Birthplace of American Shrine Circus,Shrine Circus,,"Near this site, on February 26, 1906, some three thousand spectators watched the nation’s first Shrine Circus. Detroit’s Moslem Shrine Temple’s one-ring show was the beginning of a major fund-raising venture for Shrine temples throughout the country. In 1907 Shrine temples in other cities began sponsoring circuses, and in 1925 the Shriners featured their first three-ring show. Originally operating for one week, Shrine Circuses appear across the nation throughout the year. Clyde Beatty and his wild animals were the main attraction in Detroit from 1925 to 1965. The Nelsons, aerialists and acrobats, and the Romigs, clowns, of Michigan were also featured performers during the early years. In the 1980s annual attendance at Shrine Circuses exceeded that of any other circus in America.",,Median of Randolph Street at Larned,Detroit,MI,0,"NW corner of Brush and Larned Streets, parking lot of the Light Guard Armory",Wayne, ,42.330762,-83.042733,,,09/20/2017,34d4b458-141e-4ff9-9ee6-bb6f04e46c5d,0,1235,0,,,,,416804
-84.72227,45.849817,MHC491956058,S82,2,1956,1958,Native People and the French (< 1760),Mackinac Straits,,Mackinac Straits,,"Nicolet passed through the straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600s through the War of 1812 first Frenchman and Englishman, then Briton and American fought to control this strategic waterway. In 1679 the Griffon was the first sailing vessel to ply these waters. The railroad reached the straits in 1882. Until the Mackinac Bridge was opened in 1957, ferries linked the north and south.",,I-75 Rest Area and Visitors Center,St. Ignace,MI,0,Just North of Mackinac Bridge,Mackinac, ,45.849817,-84.72227,,,09/05/2017,ccddbdbd-ee5f-4a23-94d9-bb9ba9d1c1e9,0,1236,1,MHC491956058_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,06/01/1958,416805
-84.651428,42.643787,MHC231973031,L246,2,1973,1973,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Underhill Store,,Underhill Store,,"Isaac M. Dimond purchased 4,000 acres of land here in 1837. In 1850 he built a dam on the Grand River to furnish power for a saw mill and grist mill, platting the village of Dimondale in 1856. This building was constructed that year and is the oldest store in town. Owned at first by Myron Crofts, it was purchased in 1883 by Elias Underhill and taken over by his son, Rufus, in 1900. Vacant since the 1920s, the store was purchased for restoration in 1972.",,106 Jefferson,Dimondale,MI,0,Building was demolished - marker salvaged 2021,Eaton,03N03W15SWSE,42.643787,-84.651428,,1,08/30/2017,9fad1c90-2c36-440d-ab1f-bbb4eed820fa,0,1237,2,"MHC231973031_1.jpg;MHC231973031_2.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Archives of Michigan","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416806
-84.528739,42.7335640000001,MHC331989020,L1632A,2,1989,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Church of the Resurrection / Monsignor John A. Gabriels,,Church of the Resurrection,Monsignor John A. Gabriels,"On June 15, 1922, the Most Reverend Michael J. Gallagher, bishop of Detroit, sent Father John A. Gabriels to Lansing to establish a Catholic parish east of the Pere Marquette railroad tracks that would include East Lansing, Okemos, and Haslett. Father Gabriels named the parish Resurrection, because he believed this was the most important event in Christ’s life and the cornerstone of Christianity. He celebrated the first Mass on Christmas morning 1922 in the basement church, which would become a school. In 1926 two stories were added with classrooms for eight grades. Five Dominican sisters were the first teachers. Parishioners worshipped in the basement church until the present church was built in 1952.","In 1906 John A. Gabriels (1881-1960) was ordained a Catholic priest. In 1922 he came from Detroit to establish a new parish and become chaplain of the Boys Vocational School. He became a highly respected citizen of Lansing. He was chaplain of the Michigan State Police, a member of the Knights of Columbus, Chamber of Commerce, a popular Old Newsboy, and established Father John’s Fund for Needy Children. In 1934 he delivered Lansing’s first radio-broadcasted mass. The programs became weekly in 1937. Father Gabriels was bestowed the title Right Reverend Monsignor in 1944. In 1956 he was honored at a testimonial banquet by many civic leaders including the governor of Michigan. Father John loved and served all people. He was well-known as a leader, story teller, radio preacher, and convert maker.",1529 East Michigan Ave.,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W15NWSE,42.733564,-84.528739,,5,11/23/2020,7d337f8a-ffcb-44d8-9009-bbbeba6e51d9,0,1238,2,"MHC331989020_1.jpg;MHC331989020_2.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","11/19/2020;11/19/2020",416807
-84.4688149999999,45.6445700000001,MHC161981013,L899A,2,1981,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Mary Church,,St. Mary Church,,"Father Andrew D. Piret, a priest serving the Mackinac Island mission, celebrated the first mass of the St. Mary’s congregation in the home of Charles Bellant in 1852. Four years later, the parish built a temporary chapel on Peter McDonald’s farm on the Cheboygan River. In 1862 the parish’s first confirmation was conducted by Bishop Frederic Baraga. Visiting priests and bishops served the parish until 1868, when father Charles DeCeuninck became its first resident priest. In 1870 the parish completed its present church building. In 1895 the French-speaking members of the parish established St. Charles Parish, and the Polish-speaking members founded St. Lawrence Parish.",,120 North D Street,Cheboygan,MI,0,,Cheboygan,38N01W32NWNW,45.64457,-84.468815,,,08/23/2017,f0088650-933f-451f-a194-bbc1f4eca884,0,1239,0,,,,,416808
-84.552318,42.744444,MHC331983014,S626,2,1983,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan Education Association Building,Second side of marker titled Michigan Association of Counties,Michigan Education Association Building,,"
When completed in 1928, this building marked the Michigan Education Association’s seventy-fifth anniversary. The Lansing architectural firm of Warren Holmes-Powers Company designed the Neo-Georgian structure. The symmetry, limestone quoining, projecting entrance, and the broken pediment topping the center second-story window typify the style. The Michigan Education Association (MEA) was organized in 1847 in Ann Arbor. By the 1960s operations expanded and a larger facility was needed. In 1964 the organization moved to new offices. The MEA Building has housed many different enterprises. In 1988 it became the headquarters of the Michigan Association of Counties.",,935 North Washington,Lansing,MI,0,This is a large two post marker with text for this Site No. (S626) on one side and the other side is for Site No. S625C - Michigan Association of Counties,Ingham,04N02W09SWSE,42.744444,-84.552318,,5,07/12/2021,e57acb87-8b3d-4e01-9d03-bbe3c0b360f4,0,1240,2,"MHC331983014_1.jpg;MHC331983014_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","08/20/2020;04/21/2021",416809
-83.486936,45.330002,MHC711992021,L1877C,2,1992,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Burnham's Landing,,Burnham's Landing,,"Frederick Burnham settled in Michigan in the 1840s. In 1850 he married Julia Clark in Ann Arbor. Beginning in the 1850s, the Burnhams acquired large tracts of Presque Isle County’s rich timberlands. Among their holdings was the land purchased in 1868 by the U.S. government, where the Presque Isle Harbor Range Lights were constructed. In the mid-to-late nineteenth century Burnham developed a prosperous mercantile and lumber business here. He constructed two large docks and the roads needed to transport wood to the boat landing, which stood near this site. The harbor, known as Burnham’s Landing, provided shelter to ships during foul weather. When Burnham died in 1880, Julia and their son Frederick II assumed management of the family’s business. The Burnham home, store, and lumber camps were destroyed by the 1908 Metz fire.",,Grand Lake Road @ foot of Pine View St.,Presque Isle,MI,0,Burnham´s Landing Park,Presque Isle,34N08E20SWNE,45.330002,-83.486936,,Timber Industry,03/05/2019,d9be6b28-e708-45d9-b2ef-bbf3698208a7,0,1241,0,,,,,416810
-83.478219,45.342034,MHC711964010,L39,2,1964,1965,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Old Presque Isle Lighthouse,,Old Presque Isle Lighthouse,,"Presque Isle Harbor is one of Lake Huron’s safest harbors of refuge. Its name comes from this peninsula which, translating from the French, is “almost an island.” Indians and Frenchmen portaged across the peninsula to avoid several miles of open lake. When vessels came to the harbor in increasing numbers, Congress in 1838 appropriated five thousand dollars for a lighthouse. Jeremiah Moors of Detroit in 1840 completed this lighthouse, which today is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses on the Great Lakes. Pat Garrity, the last keeper of this lighthouse, was appointed by President Lincoln. Four of Garrity’s children, raised in the keeper’s house, became lighthouse keepers. In 1870 a new lighthouse to the north was completed along with two range lights for the entrance to the harbor.",,5295 East Grand Lake Rd,Presque Isle,MI,0,,Presque Isle,34N08E16SWNW,45.342034,-83.478219,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,4",01/20/2021,c72d326e-b09e-42f7-ac1d-bc00753d88f7,0,1242,2,"MHC711964010_2.jpg;MHC711964010_1.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Other Photo;Other Photo","10/11/2020;10/11/2020",416811
-84.180104,42.4509130000001,MHC331975044,L431,2,1975,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Stockbridge Town Hall,,Stockbridge Town Hall,,"Designed by Elijah E. Myers, the Stockbridge Town Hall was constructed by Mitter and Heuderlong in 1892. This stately Romanesque structure was built to house local township offices and a community center. In addition to local township business, the hall has also been the setting for lectures, musicals and numerous social gatherings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A federal grant and local taxes provided the money for the massive restoration that was completed in 1982.",,123 South Clinton,Stockbridge,MI,0,,Ingham,01N02E27NENE,42.450913,-84.180104,,,08/30/2017,b5657bda-169f-4dbd-bf49-bc5f9c52b57a,1980,1243,3,"MHC331975044_1.jpg;MHC331975044_2.jpg;MHC331975044_3.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","07/16/2016;07/16/2016;08/08/2008",416812
-84.661763,42.7263200000001,MHC231983017,L1120C,2,1983,1984,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Delta Center Methodist Church / Delta Center Methodist Church,Trinity United Methodist Church,Delta Center Methodist Church,Delta Center Methodist Church,"In 1837 Methodists in Delta Township began meeting in a log schoolhouse. Served by circuit riders, they organized as a Methodist class in 1842 with two families. The class grew, and in 1865 the Reverend J. Gulic became its first appointed minister. On June 6, 1867, a Ladies Aid Society was formed to raise funds to build an adequate place of worship. The church, completed in 1873, was significantly enlarged in 1926 and 1954. During a special church conference in the summer of 1962, delegates from Delta Center and nearby Bethel and Millett voted to merge their three churches. The first meeting of the newly formed church was held at the Delta Center Methodist Church on June 24, 1962. The name Trinity Methodist Church was adopted on July 5, 1962.","The original white frame church that stood just northwest of the present church was designed and built by Darius B. Moon, a native of Delta Township, in 1873. Members of the congregation donated labor and much of the building material. The thirty-by-fifty-foot structure, which cost $340, served area Methodists for 110 years. When completed, it was a crisp, clean, simple rectangular building with a central entrance and rectangular windows. It was topped by a square louvered belfry, with bracketed cornice and turned finial capping. The last regular worship service in the frame church was held on March 10, 1968. The congregation used the old church as a fellowship hall until it was razed on May 18, 1983.",7533 W. St. Joseph Hwy,Lansing,MI,48917,see comments on new owners,Eaton,04N03W22NWNW,42.72632,-84.661763,,5,08/06/2020,6f23bc72-0530-4750-8c4f-bc9da198d46e,0,1244,4,"MHC231983017_2.jpg;MHC231983017_3.jpg;MHC231983017_4.jpg;MHC231983017_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","04/16/2019;04/16/2019;07/24/2020;07/24/2020",416813
-85.846411,42.8247480000001,MHC701988017,L1520A,2,1988,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Jamestown Reformed Church,Second Reformed Church,Jamestown Reformed Church,,"Completed in 1928, this church was designed by the Grand Rapids architectural firm of John and George Daverman that planned several Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in western Michigan in the early twentieth century. Jamestown’s settlers originally traveled four miles to Forest Grove in order to attend services at the Reformed church. In 1889 the Classis of Holland approved a petition from the Jamestown parishioners to form their own congregation, which they named the Second Reformed Church of Jamestown. The first church building was dedicated in 1891 and it was used until December 24, 1927, when it burned. Rather than rebuild, the congregation decided to construct the present church, which in 1937 was reincorporated as the Jamestown Reformed Church.",,2554 Riley St,Hudsonville,MI,0,Historic church burned. New structure was built at 2554 Riley Street. The marker was approved for artifact status on 11/14/2019 and is displayed in an exhibit inside the present building. (the original address was 2340 Riley Street),Ottawa,05N13W16NENE,42.824748,-85.846411,,,12/12/2019,5444bc2d-3909-4476-bec6-bce0237e9758,0,1245,0,,,,,416814
-86.098958,44.619136,MHC101984014,S560C,2,1984,1984,Post WWII (1945-1970),Bruce Catton / Bruce Catton,Bruce Catton Boyhood Home,Bruce Catton,Bruce Catton,"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, where his father accepted a teaching position at Benzonia Academy. In 1906 he became the academy’s principal. The Cattons lived in this building, which was the principal’s home and the girls’ dormitory. Catton had served in the navy and worked for newspapers and the federal government when, at the age of fifty one, he published his first Civil War book, Mr. Lincoln’s Army. In 1954 he became editor of American Heritage magazine and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for A Stillness at Appomattox. He died at his Frankfort, Michigan, summer home in 1978.","Bruce Catton’s fascination with the Civil War began in Benzonia, where he grew up with Civil War veterans, who “gave a color and a tone, not merely to our village life, but to the concept of life with which we grew up.” He was impressed by their certainty, their values and their faith in bravery, patriotism, freedom and the progress of the human race. He wrote, “I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do.” In the 1970s, Catton turned his thoughts to his native state, writing Waiting for the Morning Train, an account of the Michigan of his boyhood, and Michigan: A Bicentennial History.",891 Michigan Avenue,Benzonia,MI,0,Benzonia Library front lawn. A single post marker titled Mills Community House is right next to this marker (on the left),Benzie,26N15W26SWSW,44.619136,-86.098958,,"Civil War,5",01/11/2021,88a447ea-6b98-4704-8f13-bcfec9499977,0,1246,2,"MHC101984014_2.jpg;MHC101984014_1.jpg","Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","12/02/2020;12/02/2020",416815
-83.8368,42.2533000000001,MHC812005017,L2261,2,2005,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sutherland-Wilson Farm / Sutherland-Wilson Farm,,Sutherland-Wilson Farm,Sutherland-Wilson Farm,"In the 1850s, Langford (1802-1865) and Lydia (1806-1892) Sutherland replaced their small log cabin with this Greek Revival house. Farm buildings from that era were built from locally harvested hand-hewn timber and hand-cut stones gathered from nearby fields. Here, the Sutherlands raised horses, sheep, dairy and beef cattle, oxen, pigs and crops including buckwheat, clover seed, wheat, corn, hay and oats. Other goods produced by the farm included Irish potatoes, butter, wool and cheese. Descendants of Langford and Lydia lived here and farmed the land for more than 150 years. The Sutherland-Wilson Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.","When Langford and Lydia Sutherland moved here from Ontario County, New York, in 1832, they had a log cabin and farmed 160 acres. Four of their eight children attended the Sutherland School; their son Tobias and his son Ernest both taught there. During the 1990s, most of the acreage was sold for development by the last family members to live here, Harold and Mary Wilson. The remaining 4.6 acres were acquired by Pittsfield Charter Township in 2000 with a deed restriction to be known as the Sutherland-Wilson Farm Museum. In partnership with the Pittsfield Township Historical Society, restoration of the barn, house and outbuildings began in 2002. Barn restoration was completed in 2007.",797 W. Textile Road,Ann Arbor,MI,48108,Between S. State St & Lohr Rd.,Washtenaw,,42.2533,-83.8368,,,04/07/2020,374f9aac-b0ce-4e98-9238-bd1b83f31e94,2006,1247,0,,,,,416816
-84.555664,42.726971,MHC331980034,L766A,2,1980,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Woodberry-Kerns House,,Woodberry-Kerns House,,"Darius Moon, prominent turn-of-the-century Lansing architect, designed this Queen Anne house in 1896 for Chester E. Woodberry, founder of the Lansing Capitol Savings and Loan Association. The structure’s last residential owner was William G. Kerns who owned the Kerns Hotel, which stood on North Grand Avenue. Kerns’s family sold the house to the Michigan State Medical Society in 1951. Extensively remodeled in 1951, the house is one of the few remaining structures designed by Moon. It became the state headquarters of the Michigan Democratic party in 1977.",,606 Townsend St.,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16SESW,42.726971,-84.555664,,1,12/22/2020,5d3357b3-1219-4653-a1e7-bd226a53dbe8,0,1248,3,"MHC331980034_1.jpg;MHC331980034_2.jpg;MHC331980034_3.jpg",Michigan Historical Commission,"Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","06/22/2017;06/22/2017;11/19/2020",416817
-83.04803,42.3293340000001,MHC821981007,S536A,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),State Savings Bank,,State Savings Bank,,"Completed in 1900, this is Michigan’s preeminent example of design by the internationally renowned architects, McKim, Mead and White of New York. The three-story Neoclassical structure features a white marble exterior with bronze window units. Among its superbly crafted interior features are carved Roman arched colonnades with bronze grill work and gold-leaf detail on the two-story-high ceiling of the main room. In 1907 Peoples Savings Bank (established in 1871) merged with the State Savings Bank (established in 1833) and made this structure its home. Having outgrown these quarters by 1914, Peoples State Bank commissioned Detroit architects Donaldson and Meier to design the Congress Street addition. The building became the world headquarters of Silver’s Incorporated in 1980.",,151 West Fort Street,Detroit,MI,0,SW corner of Congress and Shelby Streets,Wayne, ,42.329334,-83.04803,,,09/20/2017,b09df9b0-efc0-44c8-82b9-bd64702bdc52,0,1249,0,,,,,416818
-84.836146,42.564072,MHC231958018,S190,2,1958,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Eaton County / Eaton County Courthouse Square,,Eaton County,Eaton County Courthouse Square,"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 founded communities in Charlotte, Delta Mills, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Olivet, and Vermontville. In 1840 Charlotte became the county seat. Five years later a modest Greek Revival courthouse was erected on the courthouse square, the site of county government from 1845 to 1976. (That building is now located in Bennett Park.) A second courthouse was built here in 1883-85, and a third was erected north of the city in 1976. Eaton is the only county in Michigan with three extant county courthouses. Eaton County native Frank Fitzgerald, and former residents Austin Blair, Luren Dickinson, and John Swainson served as Michigan governors.","The Eaton County Courthouse Square is a rare Michigan example of an intact nineteenth-century government complex. The showpiece of the square, the stately Renaissance Revival courthouse built in 1883-85, was designed by D. W. Gibbs and Company of Toledo, Ohio. The interior features several elaborate marbleized slate fireplaces, stained glass, and native butternut and walnut trim. A cast zinc statue of Justice crowns the building and towers above the city. On July 4, 1894, fire destroyed much of the courthouse. The structure was rebuilt almost exactly to the original plans. The 1873 Second Empire sheriff’s residence, built with an attached jail, is one of only a few of its age remaining in the state. The courthouse square is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",126 North Bostwick Street,Charlotte,MI,0,Original marker (1959) was revised and replaced in 1994,Eaton,02N05W13SENE,42.564072,-84.836146,,5,05/27/2020,958064a0-f6ce-4560-99ba-bd7fc7ac4065,1971,1250,4,"MHC231958018_1.jpg;MHC231958018_3.jpg;MHC231958018_4.jpg;MHC231958018_5.jpg",Charlie Chapman,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","07/16/2017;07/16/2017;07/16/2017;",416819
-83.046657,42.3461130000001,MHC821974036,S451,4,1974,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),William Ferguson Homesite,,William Ferguson Homesite,,"William Ferguson, Michigan’s first black legislator, lived on this site. Born in 1857 to the family of one of the state’s first black doctors, he was educated in Detroit schools. Successful in printing and real estate, he also became a lawyer, and in 1889 when he was expelled from Gies’ European Hotel Restaurant for refusing to eat in the colored section, he filed suit. Defeated in lower court, he and his lawyer, D. Augustus Straker, appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court. In Ferguson v. Gies (1890), the court ruled that separation by race in public places was illegal. The ruling propelled Ferguson to a prominent position in the black community, and he was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1893 and 1895. He died in 1910.",,661 Alfred Street,Detroit,MI,48201,,Wayne,,42.346113,-83.046657,,African-American History,02/03/2020,02af71b3-c497-4ab6-9d43-bd9e3c85d18e,0,1251,0,,,,,416820
-85.2980229999999,43.0143120000001,MHC341965007,L42A,4,1965,1965,,White's Bridge,,White's Bridge,,"This picturesque covered bridge, one of the last of its kind in Michigan, was built in 1867 by Jared N. Brazee and J. N. Walker, builders of several covered bridges in this area. The name of the bridge derives from the White family, a prominent pioneer family. The crossing of the Flat River here was known as White’s Crossing before the first primitive bridge was built. In 1840 a bridge of log-corduroy construction was erected. It was replaced by this covered bridge, costing seventeen hundred dollars. It is of the through-truss type with a gable roof. The hand-hewed trusses are sheeted over with rough pine boards. Wooden pegs and hand-cut square iron nails are used to secure the various parts of the bridge. White’s Bridge has been in constant use since 1867, proof that it was well made.",,Whites Bridge Road over Flat River,Smyrna,MI,0,The Bridge was destroyed and the marker needs to be returned if it is still there. Lansing State Journal article states that a lot of vandelism happened after the fire.,Ionia,07N08W07NWNE,43.014312,-85.298023,,,01/14/2020,68d75d85-51f6-4e36-8f1d-bdb3d924aae7,0,1252,0,,,,,416821
-83.166101,42.150497,MHC821985025,L1280A,2,1985,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Rucker-Stanton House,John Anthony Rucker House,The Rucker-Stanton House,,"This vernacular house was built by John A. Rucker Jr. in 1848. Rucker was the great-grandson of William Macomb, who with his brother Alexander purchased Grosse Ile from four Indian tribes on July 6, 1776. In 1873 Robert Lee Stanton, Rucker’s cousin, bought the house. Between 1897 and 1898 a large rear wing was added. The house was still owned and occupied by descendants of Alexander and William Macomb in 1987, the year of Michigan’s sesquicentennial.",,21719 West River Road,Grosse Ile,MI,0,between Church and Lakeview Roads,Wayne, ,42.150497,-83.166101,,,09/20/2017,8f5f4206-028b-43e9-b1f5-bdc2253d6326,0,1254,0,,,,,416822
-85.587142,42.2903590000001,MHC391988025,L1528A,2,1988,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First United Methodist Church / First United Methodist Church,,First United Methodist Church,First United Methodist Church,"In 1830 the Reverend James T. Robe, a young Methodist circuit rider, delivered the first sermon in the village of Bronson, later Kalamazoo, at the home of the town’s founder, Titus Bronson. After his appointment to the Kalamazoo Mission in 1832, Robe preached throughout a circuit that extended from Niles to Allegan. In 1833 the Reverend Richard C. Meek formed a local Society of Methodists, and this eight-member congregation became Kalamazoo’s first organized church.","The Kalamazoo Methodist Society met first in the home of George Patterson and later in a schoolhouse. The congregation built its first church in 1842 at Academy and Church Streets. A second church, built in 1866, burned in 1926. Ernest Batterson, a church member and architect, designed the present Late Gothic Revival building, dedicated in 1929. An educational wing was added in 1949. The congregation assisted in founding a number of area Methodist churches.",212 South Park,Kalamazoo,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SWSW,42.290359,-85.587142,,,09/01/2017,309581c1-62d3-4678-9b7b-be21e4658af6,0,1255,0,,,,,416823
-82.886408,42.4744210000001,MHC501979037,L705A,2,1979,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Blossom Health Inn,Kramerhof Roadhouse,Blossom Health Inn,,"Mathew Kramer, a hotelier and yachtsman, built this roadhouse in 1911, naming it the Kramerhof. In 1920 the building was sold to William McIntosh, who renamed it the Blossom Heath Inn and added two large wings, which included an ornate ballroom. Blossom Heath was one of the most luxurious roadhouses in Michigan. Nationally known big bands, such as Ben Pollack’s, drew people from Detroit and Canada. Blossom Heath became notorious for illegal drinking and gambling during Prohibition and the depression. After McIntosh’s death in 1930, the roadhouse was run by his heirs. By the late 1930s, the heyday of roadhouses was over, and in 1943 Blossom Heath was sold. The building fell into disuse, but in 1946 the village of St. Clair Shores purchased it. On May 19, 1946, it reopened as a civic center with village offices in the north wing. It became the St. Clair Shores Recreation Center in 1957.",,24800 Jefferson Ave,St. Clair Shores,MI,0,between Nine and Ten Mile Roads,Macomb, ,42.474421,-82.886408,,,09/05/2017,51f383e5-d4bf-43c4-b64c-be2b4994f4ae,0,1256,0,,,,,416824
-85.65069884,43.12513518,MHC412012009,L2241,2,2012,2014,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Pine Island Drive Bridge,Pine Island Drive Concrete Through Arch Bridge,Pine Island Drive Bridge,Pine Island Drive Bridge,"The Pine Island Drive Bridge is a rare Michigan example of a reinforced concrete rainbow arch bridge. A type of through arch design, this bridge, built between 1922 and 1924, replaced a steel truss bridge. The low river banks at the crossing of the Rogue River required the supporting trusses to be raised above the bed of the one-hundred-foot span, giving the bridge its unusual form. Designed by Michigan State Highway Department bridge engineer Charles Melick, PE, and constructed by Zeeland contractor Peter Brill, it was described at the time as “beautiful in line” and built by a “master bridge engineer.”",Same as Front,"Pine Island Drive, between 10 Mile & 11 Mile Road",Algoma Twp,MI,0,Located on small piece of land on the north side of the bridge.,Kent,09N11W32SWNW,43.12513518,-85.65069884,,,10/24/2019,c8ccd0f3-03a2-42c4-b29c-be3fe958c5cd,0,1257,2,"MHC412012009_1.jpg;MHC412012009_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",416825
-86.110898,42.787621,MHC701989049,L1648A,2,1989,1991,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Hope Church: Reformed Church in America / Hope Church: Reformed Church in America,,Hope Church: Reformed Church in America,Hope Church: Reformed Church in America,"In 1854, seven years after Dutch settlers came to this area, the Reformed Church in America established an English-language preaching mission in Holland. Principals from the Holland Academy, which became Hope College in 1866, served as early ministers. In 1862 the mission became Hope Church, Second Protestant Dutch Reformed Church. The congregation’s ten charter members were led by missionary preacher Philip Phelps, who later became the first president of Hope College. The church and college have been closely associated, sharing the same name and similar seals featuring an “anchor of hope.” Through the years the congregation’s progressive spirit has attracted people from diverse backgrounds.","In 1860 the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, gave this congregation four village lots on this site. The original 1864 frame building burned in Holland’s 1871 fire. In 1874 a simple brick Gothic Revival church, designed by Carl Pfeiffer of New York City, was built. When razed in 1981 to build the Parish Life Center, its bracketed belfry and thirty-one-foot spire were saved. Clark and Munger of Bay City designed the present Veneklasen brick, Flemish stepped-gable sanctuary, which was dedicated in 1902. Major interior renovations were completed in 1947 and 1984. In 1962 an education wing was built. The exterior was restored in 1980.",77 West 11tj Street,Holland,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N15W29NESW,42.787621,-86.110898,,5,08/01/2021,e969989c-9df7-4a10-97ba-be6b659da2f3,0,1258,0,,,,,416826
-84.55213,42.7320060000001,MHC331983010,L1114A,2,1983,2001,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Strand / Theater District,The Michigan Theater and Arcade,The Strand,Theater District,"On April 21, 1921, this building opened as the Strand Theater and Arcade. The two thousand-seat theater boasted one of the largest vaudeville stages in the state and a screen for viewing motion pictures. The building was the pride of theater mogul Walter J. Butterfield and one of three hundred theaters created by Chicago architect John Eberson, who designed the interior in a French theme with a blue sky and filmy clouds painted on the ceiling. The arcade’s office suites, bowling alleys, ballroom and fourteen stores, including the Cinderella Tea Shop and the Palace of Sweets Candy Shop, made the arcade one of Lansing’s most distinctive commercial spaces. In 1941 the theater was renovated and renamed the Michigan. It closed in 1980.","As early as the 1870s Washington Avenue was the center of Lansing’s theater district. In 1921 the marquee lights glowed for the first time here at the Strand, which joined the Bijou, the Colonial, the Empress, the Garden, the Orpheum, the Vaudette, the Plaza and the Gladmer in featuring vaudeville and motion pictures. In 1927 the first “talkie,” The Jazz Singer, opened at the Capitol Theater (formerly the Empress) heralding the end of vaudeville. Owners rushed to equip their theaters for sound. During the 1970s multiplexes drew audiences away from downtown theaters. The Strand, renamed the Michigan in 1941, closed in 1980. The theater was demolished and the arcade renovated for office space, but the ornate facade remains as a reminder of the city’s once glittering theater district.",211-219 Washington Square,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16NWSE,42.732006,-84.55213,,5,04/13/2021,0bed3459-7751-4ba4-9230-be75bffc4e25,0,1259,3,"MHC331983010_1.jpg;MHC331983010_4.jpg;MHC331983010_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/17/2017;10/15/2020;10/15/2020",416827
-83.883903,42.3400940000001,MHC811986001,L1303A,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Dexter Depot / Track Pans,Michigan Central Railroad Dexter Depot,Dexter Depot,Track Pans,"The Michigan Central Railroad reached Dexter from Detroit on July 4, 1841, just after Dexter’s first depot was completed. Frederick H. Spier of Detroit designed the present depot, which was completed in record time. Work began on November 6, 1886, and at noon on January 19, 1887, the station opened. The plantings for the grounds came from railroad greenhouses at Niles and Ypsilanti. The depot had two waiting rooms, a ticket office, and a baggage room. Passenger service ended at the Dexter Depot in 1953.","Kinnear, located two miles east of Dexter, was the site of Michigan’s first railroad track water pans, which were built in 1901. The pans were situated between the rails and heated during cold weather. Steam locomotives scooped up the water as they moved over the pans. The Kinnear pans and telegraph station were named after Wilson S. Kinnear, chief engineer of the Detroit River Railroad Tunnel. In 1913 the pans were dismantled and moved to Four Mile Lake between Dexter and Chelsea.",3487 Broad Street,Dexter,MI,0,NW corner of Broad and Third Streets,Washtenaw,01S05E31SESE,42.340094,-83.883903,,,09/20/2017,6631c61d-2a80-440a-a926-be7ae6f960e2,0,1260,0,,,,,416828
-88.628947,46.0800070000001,MHC361974022,L350A,2,1974,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),MacKinnon House,,MacKinnon House,,"Donald C. MacKinnon built this house, said to be one of the oldest frame houses in the area, in the mid-1880s. He came to the vicinity in 1878 with W. H. Selden, founder of Stambaugh, seeking iron ore. Platting the village of Iron River in 1881, Donald and his brother Alexander filed claims for the first mines, the Nanaimo and the Beta, and helped bring in the railroad in 1882. Donald MacKinnon also served as the first village president. His daughter Sara, born in 1894, married Martin McDonough, an attorney involved in the 1920 “Rum Rebellion” incident.",,411 North Ninth St.,Iron River,MI,0,Demolished,Iron,43N35W36NESW,46.080007,-88.628947,,,02/15/2018,cf6855bf-b025-4ccb-8856-bee25db90ac3,0,1261,0,,,,,416829
-83.251562,42.2214460000001,MHC821988021,L1487,2,1988,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Taylor Township Cemetery,"Potter's Field, Golden Ridge Cemetery",Taylor Township Cemetery,,"This cemetery is the oldest of the city’s three municipal burial grounds. More than half of the graves date from the nineteenth century. William Sutcliffe donated the land for a cemetery in 1819. Some of Taylor’s earliest settlers are buried here as well as merchants and manufacturers. The earliest legible marker, that of Abel Aspinwall, dates from 1830. Because poor people were buried without cost, the cemetery was once known as Potter’s Field.",,Golden Ridge Road,Taylor,MI,0,"at McKinley Road. This file may contain documentation used for Sandhill Cemetery/Oak Dale Cemetery(Site No. L1523), or the Oak Grove Burying Ground (Site No. L1524). All three applications were submitted together.",Wayne,03S10E21SENE,42.221446,-83.251562,,,01/27/2020,12d90f91-d930-47f7-b479-bf1e9b560d9f,0,1262,0,,,,,416830
-84.5931649999999,44.4978970000001,MHC721978007,L631,2,1978,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Terney House,,Terney House,,"William J. Terney, lumber baron and Civil War veteran, moved to the Roscommon area in 1887 and erected this house in the late 1880s. Shortly afterwards, he began extensive lumbering operations here and was instrumental in bringing the railroad through the village. Near the turn of the century Terney was appointed county treasurer. He was elected village president in 1904, and in later years, served as an officer for the Michigan State Fair. Terney engaged in a real estate business until his death in 1926. Local banker William B. Orcutt purchased this large Queen Anne residence from Terney in 1910. Its interior features white oak parquet flooring and ornate paneling, linking it to the once-booming lumbering epoch of Roscommon.",,603 Lake St.,Roscommon,MI,0,The marker was salvaged - see comments/docs,Roscommon,24N02W06SESE,44.497897,-84.593165,,,05/07/2019,796b0238-4fcc-4dbd-820c-bf2569325e0b,0,1263,0,,,,,416831
-86.5396284999999,43.6513855100001,MHC642012015,L2243,2,2012,2014,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse / Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse,Little Sable Point Light Station,Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse,Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse,"Here the Petite Pointe Au Sable (little point of sand) juts into Lake Michigan. Increased shipping on the lake started after the Civil War, largely due to the expanding lumber industry. Consequently, this isolated point became the site of several shipwrecks, including the April 1871 beaching of the schooner Pride. To aid navigation around the hazard, the United States Congress approved funding in 1872 for the erection of a lighthouse. The location´s inaccessibility by road delayed completion of the lighthouse until 1874. A house was constructed to board the keeper, his assistant, and their families. The first keeper was James Davenport of Mackinac Island.","This light uses a third-order Fresnel lens positioned 108 feet above the lake. The tower was painted white in 1899 to make it more visible to ships during the day and was restored to its original brick in the 1970s. In 1902, the first overland route to the lighthouse was cut from Mears. The lighthouse was renamed Little Sable Point Light Station in 1910. In 1915, the original lard-burning wick lamp was replaced by a brighter, incandescent oil vapor, kerosene-burning lamp. Visible for nineteen miles, the light flashed every thirty seconds. The lamp was electrified and automated in 1954. After automation, a keeper was no longer needed and the house and ancillary buildings were razed.",287 North Lighthouse Drive,Mears,MI,49436,At the trailhead of concrete walkway from parking lot to lighthouse.,Oceana,15N19W35NESE,43.65138551,-86.5396285,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage",03/30/2020,fb333b93-fefa-4b38-90da-bf2e6866d7ca,0,1264,3,"MHC642012015_1.jpg;MHC642012015_2.jpg;MHC642012015_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";01/07/2009;",416832
-82.9255229999999,42.378816,MHC821981014,L923A,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Voigt-Kreit House / Voigt on Public Education,Herman Kreit House (Old Voigt House),Voigt-Kreit House,Voigt on Public Education,"William Voigt Jr. is thought to have designed this house as a summer home in the early 1900s. In 1889 his parents, who ran a butchering business, purchased the property for $1,850. French settler Joseph Tremble was granted the land by President James Madison in 1811. Paul Trombley later had title to the site. Voigt Jr., a city engineer, owned the Home Brewing Company, and had studied architecture in Germany. As a member of the Detroit Board of Education, 1887-1893, he was instrumental in strengthening the compulsory education law and introducing physical culture into school programs. Voigt’s sister Christine and her husband, Herman Kreit, D.D.S., were deeded the home in 1907. Dr. Kreit became a trustee and president of the village of Grosse Pointe Park. Christine taught German and science at the Liggett School from 1882 to 1900. The home remained in the family until 1969.","As a member of the Detroit Board of Education from 1887 to 1893, William Voigt Jr. supported compulsory education laws and advocated providing free text books for students. Serving as president of the board in 1889 he defended the cost of public education in his annual report: “While the estimates asked by the Board of Education are undoubtedly large sums, and should be expended by the body with the utmost care and scrutiny, still . . . there is no purpose for which money should be so willingly given by the taxpayer as for our public schools, the one, of all our American institutions, which is the very foundation and base of the structure of our form of government . . . American patriotism can well be measured by the love for our public schools.”",16004 East Jefferson,Grosse Pointe Park,MI,0,Voigt-Kreit House / Voight on Public Education,Wayne, ,42.378816,-82.925523,,,08/26/2019,c5bb2964-363a-477d-beb5-bf34b34af1f2,0,1265,0,,,,,416833
-82.9053959999999,42.395132,MHC821992006,L1865,2,1992,1994,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School,,Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School,,"This school, named for Catholic missionary and educator Pere Gabriel Richard (1767-1832), opened on September 30, 1930. Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick, who planned many Georgian and Colonial Revival houses in Grosse Pointe as well as Dearborn’s Henry Ford Museum, designed the school in the French Renaissance style. The school’s interior features Pewabic tile fireplaces and fishponds, decorative plasterwork, and marble hallways.",,176 McKinley Ave.,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.395132,-82.905396,,,09/09/2019,b4642c36-5860-4655-aa0b-bf66f9410b0f,0,1267,0,,,,,416834
-85.34729,37.2310110000001,MHC991988008,L1515C,2,1988,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan at Tebbs Bend / Michigan at Tebbs Bend,,Michigan at Tebbs Bend,Michigan at Tebbs Bend,"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 members of the Twenty-fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Colonel Orlando H. Moore commanding), First Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, Army of the Ohio. On the morning of July 4, 1863, Confederate cavalry troops under the command of General John H. Morgan attacked the 260 well-entrenched Michigan volunteers. After the Michigan troops repelled eight attacks, Morgan retreated from this locale. However, his troops continued to raid through Kentucky and Indiana before the last remnants were captured in Ohio.","The Twenty-fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry was organized at Kalamazoo and mustered into service in September 1862 under the command of Colonel Orlando H. Moore. The companies of the regiment that fought here were: Company D, recruited at Three Rivers; Company E, recruited at Galesburg; Company F, recruited at Niles; Company I, recruited at Holland; and Company K, recruited at Buchanan. When ordered by General John H. Morgan to surrender, Colonel Moore replied, “This being the Fourth of July, I cannot entertain the proposition of surrender.” Total casualties for the Twenty-fifth Infantry were six killed and twenty-four wounded. Eighty-one Confederate troops fell, including twenty-two commissioned officers.",Romine Loop Road,Campbellsville,KY,0,"located at Tebbs Bend Battlefield are, Campbellsville, Kentucky.",, ,37.231011,-85.34729,,Civil War,01/27/2020,13746804-3150-4e93-b712-bf6797b15676,0,1268,1,MHC991988008_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Dedication Photo,07/04/1988,416835
-83.0492108999999,42.3326854000001,MHC821956065,S74,2,1956,2010,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan´s First Capitol / Capitol Union School,Capitol Park,Michigan´s First Capitol,Capitol Union School,"At noon on September 22, 1823, citizens and dignitaries joined a Masonic procession to place the cornerstone for the capitol of the Michigan Territory on this site. The red brick building, designed by Obed Wait, had “a lofty Portico, consisting of six columns of the Ionic order” and a 140-foot tower. The Legislative Council opened its first session in the completed building on May 5, 1828. Here Michigan’s leaders fought for statehood and drafted their first constitution. Though Michigan did not formally achieve statehood until January 26, 1837, it inaugurated Stevens T. Mason as its first state governor on November 3, 1835, and the building became Michigan’s first state capitol.","Michigan made Lansing its capital city in 1847. The next year the Detroit School Board turned the building on this site that had served as Michigan’s first capitol into classrooms. The high school, which the city started with twenty-three male students in 1858, moved to the second floor of what was by then called Capitol Union School in 1863. In 1870, the board added four rooms onto the back of the building. Part of the addition briefly housed the public library. In 1875, the front of the old capitol disappeared behind a three-story addition and a mansard roof. The board already had plans to build Central High School on Cass Avenue when before dawn on January 27, 1893, fire consumed Capitol Union School.","Capitol Park, 1200 Griswold",Detroit,MI,48235,"Between State, Griswold and Shelby Sts.",Wayne,,42.3326854,-83.0492109,,"Governors,5",03/08/2022,7bb3cd49-3d25-43c2-bd99-bfcc79ee5753,1999,1269,2,"MHC821956065_1.jpg;MHC821956065_2.jpg","Brian Egen;Brian Egen","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","10/27/2011;04/11/2019",416836
-84.617139,45.8507960000001,MHC491959013,HB36,4,1959,1959,Native People and the French (< 1760),Early Missionary Bark Chapel,,Early Missionary Bark Chapel,,"According to descriptions by Jesuit missionaries, the bark chapels which they built among the Indians of the Great Lakes looked like this. In such primitive huts, far from civilization, the courageous French “blackrobes” lived and sought to turn the minds of the savages to Christianity. One of this illustrious company, Father Claude Dablon, from the mission of Sault Ste. Marie, and later superior general of the Jesuits in Canada, wintered on Mackinac Island in 1670-71 and carried on missionary work here. It is to the memory of these heroic pioneer priests that this reconstruction of a bark chapel is dedicated.",,Fort Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,"North of Main St, near sidewalk to fort.",Mackinac, ,45.850796,-84.617139,,,11/17/2022,227ea7a3-d655-43b6-ab4c-c00c174ddbcc,0,1271,0,,,,,416837
-84.617584,45.8506130000001,MHC491956048,S19,2,1956,2004,,American Fur Company Store / American Fur Company Store,Dr. Beaumont Museum or Beaumont Memorial,American Fur Company Store,American Fur Company Store,"On June 6, 1822, Alexis St. Martin (1804-1880), a French Canadian voyageur, was accidentally shot in the American Fur Company Store located on this site. Dr. William Beaumont (1786-1853), the Fort Mackinac post surgeon, nursed St. Martin´s wound healed leaving a permanent opening in to his stomach. Through this opening Beaumonth compared the digestibility of foods, recorded the temperature of the stomach under different conditions, and extracted and analyzed gastric juice. Beaumont conducted the first of 250 experiments with St. Martin in 1825 in the Officers´ Stone Quarters at Fort Mackinac. Eight years later he published a groundbreaking book on his discovery of the digestive process.",same text as Front,Corner of Fort & Market Sts.,Mackinac Island,MI,49757,,Mackinac, ,45.850613,-84.617584,,,03/28/2019,bd3cf381-cb8d-4ce5-b046-c02c9dd110ad,0,1272,1,MHC491956048_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,07/06/2013,416838
-86.2434909999999,44.6308250000001,MHC101965012,S272,4,1965,1965,Native People and the French (< 1760),Marquette's Death,,Marquette's Death,,"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. Ignace, which he had left in 1673 to go on an exploring trip to the Mississippi and the Illinois country. The exact location of Marquette’s death has long been a subject of controversy. Evidence presented in the 1960s indicates that this site, near the natural outlet of the Betsie River, at the northeast corner of a hill which was here until 1900, is the Marquette death site and that the Betsie is the Rivière du Père Marquette of early French accounts and maps. Marquette’s bones were reburied at St. Ignace in 1677.",,Main Street,Frankfort,MI,0,"Near Cannon Park, along the Lake Michigan shoreline",Benzie,26N16W28NENE,44.630825,-86.243491,,4,06/22/2020,b3425a7d-4229-4237-8c14-c030a2a54f19,0,1273,2,"MHC101965012_1.jpg;MHC101965012_2.jpg","Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","12/02/2020;12/02/2020",416839
-85.643421,41.798019,MHC751984013,L1205,2,1984,1999,Statehood Era (1815-1860),U. S. Land Office,U.S. Government Land Office Building,U. S. Land Office,,"Signed on August 29, 1821, the Treaty of Chicago resulted in the Potawatomi and other tribes in the southwestern Michigan Territory turning over their lands to the federal government. In 1831, after the land was surveyed, the government opened this office in White Pigeon, one of the largest towns in the western Michigan Territory. Between 1831 and 1834, some 260,000 acres of land were sold from this office at $1.25 per acre. This is the oldest land office remaining in Michigan, and one of only a few left in what was the Northwest Territory. The building was restored by the St. Joseph County Historical Society. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,113 West Chicago,White Pigeon,MI,0,,Saint Joseph,08S12W01SESE,41.798019,-85.643421,,4,10/24/2022,72383757-0d88-4524-985d-c04d795834a1,1984,1274,1,MHC751984013_1.jpg,St. Joseph County Historical Society,Site Photo w/Marker,10/18/2022,416840
-83.84419,43.05704,MHC251991010,L1807A,2,1991,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Amos Woodruff / Amos Woodruff House,,Amos Woodruff,Amos Woodruff House,"The Amos and Eliza Woodruff family migrated from Massachusetts to the Flushing area about 1845. During the next five years Woodruff purchased several parcels of land on River Road. In 1852 he acquired this land, which was part of an eighty-acre tract. A prosperous farmer and landowner, Woodruff was a civic leader who contributed to the development of Flushing. He was one of the founders of the Flushing Cemetery Association in 1847, served as a township highway commissioner, and was a founding elder of the Flushing Presbyterian Church in 1860.","
Massachusetts natives Amos and Eliza Woodruff built this house shortly after purchasing an eighty-acre parcel of land here in 1852. The Woodruffs owned large tracts of property in the township, becoming one of the area’s wealthiest farmers by 1850. The Greek Revival house retains original details including the interior window surrounds and exterior pilasters. The front porch was built in the early twentieth century; several additions were constructed later.",311 E. River Rd.,Flushing,MI,0,,Genesee,08N05E35NENW,43.05704,-83.84419,,,06/20/2017,b3ddd719-0109-44ee-b0fe-c069540c571b,0,1275,0,,,,,416841
-83.9134799999999,42.181339,MHC811989006,L1666A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bethel Church / Bethel Church,,Bethel Church,Bethel Church,"In 1840 the Reverend Friedrich Schmid of Ann Arbor organized the Evangelical German Bethel Congregation in Freedom Township. Schmid, a missionary pastor originally from Basel, Switzerland, frequently traveled to the township and held services in the Kuebler District School, one mile east of here. In 1849 Johannes and Louis Strieter deeded one acre of land to the congregation. Church members built a log church on the lot where they worshipped until 1857 when a frame building replaced it. That church stood just west of here. The church served until 1909 when the present structure was dedicated. Services were conducted only in German until 1926 when English was introduced into the Sunday school. German services officially ended in 1955. Today Bethel Church is a member of the United Church of Christ.","This Gothic Revival-style church, designed and built by Charles A. Sauer and Company of Ann Arbor, was dedicated on December 18, 1909. The Manchester Enterprise boasted that it was “one of the most complete church edifices in the state.” Earlier that year the congregation had agreed to build a new church of native granite. The church was constructed of fieldstone gathered by local farmers and then shaped, given a rock-face finish and laid by the masons in random ashlar form. The square belfry contains a two thousand-pound bell from the previous church, made by the Buckeye Bell Foundry in Cincinnati, Ohio. The stained glass windows were made by the Detroit Stained Glass Company. In 1965 the education wing was constructed.",10425 Bethel Church Road,Freedom Township,MI,0,At Schneider Rd.,Washtenaw,03S04E35NENE,42.181339,-83.91348,,,07/26/2017,f4ce76bf-5eae-433d-b868-c0bc44383820,0,1276,0,,,,,416842
-83.850577,43.062978,MHC251992022,L1872,2,1992,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Methodist Episcopal Church,,First Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1840 Flushing residents began holding religious services in James Seymour´s sawmill. In 1842 the First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. As part of the Flint River Circuit, the Methodists were ministered to by circuit riders. In 1846 James Seymour donated this site where three churches have been built. The first church, completed in 1848, burned in 1883 and was replaced later that year. The second church was razed in 1973 and the present church was erected.",,413 E. Main St.,Flushing,MI,0,,Genesee,08N05E26SWSW,43.062978,-83.850577,,,08/30/2017,f2c0560e-ce84-413d-b1cc-c0c712e0c8bf,0,1277,0,,,,,416843
-83.408921,42.3309300000001,MHC821994011,L1905C,2,1994,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Nankin Township School District No. 3,,Nankin Township School District No. 3,,"In 1829 the Abel Patchin family migrated from New York State to Nankin Township and purchased eighty acres of land. Soon after, the Patchins erected a log school on the southwest corner of present-day Warren and Newburgh Roads. In 1837, the year Michigan entered the Union, it became the Nankin Township District No. 3 School. Abel Patchin held many public offices including justice of the peace, highway commissioner, and director of the school board. Three schools were subsequently built on the site of the present school. Although not located on Patchin land, they were each known as Patchin—or Patchen—School. In 1946 the original portion of the present school was constructed. In 1957 the district was annexed by the Wayne Community School District.",,6420 North Newburgh Rd.,Westland,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E08NWSW,42.33093,-83.408921,,,09/22/2017,5b58322e-b9e4-499d-b92e-c0cd7e0c65a3,0,1278,0,,,,,416844
-83.096393,42.673135,MHC631956031,S96,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal,,Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal,,"This canal, conceived at the peak of the era of canal-building, was part of Michigan’s internal improvements program which was announced in 1837. The Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal would make it possible to cross southern Michigan by boat from Lake St. Clair to Lake Michigan. On July 20, 1838, construction began at Mount Clemens amid much fanfare. Hard times, however, soon made it difficult to sell bonds to finance the canal. When the excavation reached this point in 1843, the money ran out, and all work ceased. With the coming of railroads, support for the canal vanished. The completed part was little used.",,Avon Road,Rochester,MI,0,"Yates Park, North side of Avon Road at Dequindre and Twenty-three Mile Roads",Oakland,03N11E13NESE,42.673135,-83.096393,,4,09/12/2017,6dda12ea-bbfe-4be0-b86f-c0e43b6756c6,0,1280,1,MHC631956031_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416845
-82.92393,42.3792520000001,MHC821976026,S487,2,1976,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wardwell House,Seitz House,Wardwell House,,"William Buck, an English immigrant farmer, built the main part of this house around 1849. It has fourteen-inch thick walls and is the oldest brick house in Grosse Pointe. The rear clapboard addition, built elsewhere, dates from the 1880s. Henry Russel, an attorney and businessman, bought the house in 1901. In 1912 it became the home of his daughter, Helen Wardwell, and her husband, Harold. She lived here for sixty-five years. In 1977 the property was acquired by the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church as a bequest of Helen Wardwell.",,16109 East Jefferson,Grosse Pte Park,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.379252,-82.92393,,,09/20/2017,06f741ac-5cfe-4ef5-962a-c1064d56231c,0,1281,0,,,,,416846
-83.479933,42.433163,MHC821987031,L1427C,2,1987,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mill Race Historical Village / Mill Race Historical Village,,Mill Race Historical Village,Mill Race Historical Village,"In 1827 John Miller built a gristmill on this site. The structure was replaced by the Northville Mills in 1847. In 1919 mill owner Donald P. Yerkes sold the site to Henry Ford who razed the structure and built a valve factory across Griswold Street one year later. The factory was one of Ford’s village industries, a group of rural plants that manufactured small automobile parts. The Ford Motor Company donated the land to the city of Northville in 1972 for use as a historical village.",The Mill Race Historical Village was established in 1972 as a site for relocating buildings faced with demolition. That year the city of Northville donated the New School Church to the Northville Historical Society and it was the first structure moved to this site. The society’s focus has been the preservation and display of architectural styles and furnishings of the nineteenth century. The Gazebo and Hirsch Blacksmith Shop are reproduction buildings.,Griswold Street,Northville,MI,0,,Wayne,01S08E03SWNE,42.433163,-83.479933,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,28bb1895-9e1c-4456-9abe-c1245fbcf4a3,0,1282,0,,,,,416847
-85.61315,45.129711,MHC451984018,L1167C,2,1984,1984,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Great Lakes Sport Fishery / Great Lakes Sport Fishery,,Great Lakes Sport Fishery,Great Lakes Sport Fishery,"Great Lakes sport trolling was pioneered off Northport in the early 1920s. Traverse City native George Raff was the first to discover that lake trout could be caught by trolling in Grand Traverse Bay’s protected waters. Prior to this, trout fishing was mainly a commercial enterprise, in which large quantities of the species were caught by net. Traverse City restaurant owners eagerly bought Raff’s catches. Starting with one small boat, about sixteen feet long, Raff later began the area’s first sports charter service. He charged each angler one dollar an hour and guaranteed success. Methods he and his wife, Nell, developed for catching trout and other game fish species have spread throughout the Great Lakes.","Sport trolling for lake trout almost vanished in the 1940s due to over-fishing by commercial netters and sea lamprey attacks on the trout. Chemicals finally controlled the lampreys, while state laws outlawed gill nets. In the 1960s the Michigan Fishery Commission planted Coho and Chinook salmon for a new sport fishery. Using the methods developed near Northport in the 1920s, plus other techniques--such as using piano wire, wooden and metal reels, and lures made from tin cans and bicycle spokes--trollers again began catching salmon, brown and lake trout, and steelheads throughout most of the Great Lakes. In 1981 sport fishing brought Michigan over $3 billion in tourist revenues and attracted seven hundred thousand licensed anglers in the Great Lakes.",105 Rose St,Northport,MI,0,,Leelanau,32N11W34SWSE,45.129711,-85.61315,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,Maritime Heritage",08/08/2017,e18b1fcf-59da-4336-b58a-c12b5bde2a79,0,1283,0,,,,,416848
-85.677271,42.965761,MHC411957047,S132,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Furniture Industry,,Furniture Industry,,"The first cabinet maker in Grand Rapids was William Haldane, who in 1837 set up a shop in his home at the corner of Pearl and Ottawa Streets. During the ensuing decades Grand Rapids attracted increasing numbers of furniture craftsmen. Under able business management Grand Rapids had developed into the furniture capital of America by the 1880s. Buyers the world over come for the furniture markets, first held in 1878. Grand Rapids today ranks among the leaders of the industry in quality, style, and design.",,272 Pearl Street NW,Grand Rapids,MI,0,Van Andel Museum,Kent,07N12W25SWNE,42.965761,-85.677271,,,09/01/2017,0da4992b-c097-444c-86b9-c12e0169daed,0,1284,1,MHC411957047_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416849
-83.279306,42.480378,MHC631990023,L1709A,2,1990,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Southfield Town Hall,,Southfield Town Hall,,"The Southfield Town Hall was built between 1872 and 1873 to house the government of Southfield Centre, also known as the Burgh. The hall was the site of elections, public meetings, and social events. Township officials continued to conduct business here until 1958 when the city of Southfield was organized. The township shared the building with the city until 1965. The hall is one of few historic buildings in Southfield and is the anchor in “the Burgh,” the city’s historic district.",,26082 Berg Rd,Southfield,MI,0,,Oakland,01N10E21SWNW,42.480378,-83.279306,,,09/12/2017,ea248f1c-7933-4d2f-bf15-c1bfa90da3ac,0,1286,0,,,,,416850
-86.226882,42.585791,MHC031989017,L1628C,2,1989,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pier Cove,,Pier Cove,,"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 tanbark and cordwood to Chicago and Milwaukee. With the exhaustion of the lumber supply in the late 1860s, the fire of 1871, and the coming of the railroad, the sawmill was moved to Fennville and Pier Cove’s prosperity diminished. In the 1880s, however, fruit became a major shipping commodity. This site once overlooked the warehouse and two piers that revived the village’s economy. In 1899 a freeze killed much of the local harvest and shipping at Pier Cove was reduced to passenger traffic. Commercial activity ceased in 1917.",,"70th St (Lake Shore Dr), between 122nd Ave and 124th Ave",Saugatuck,MI,0,Pier Cove Park,Allegan,02N16W05SWNW,42.585791,-86.226882,,"Timber Industry,4",01/13/2017,82177126-bedd-4aea-b390-c1e3a9ca7eb7,0,1287,0,,,,,416851
-88.547186,47.119,MHC311956030,S93,2,1956,1966,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Tech / Michigan Tech,Michigan Mining School/Michigan College of Mining and Technology,Michigan Tech,Michigan Tech,"In 1885 the Michigan Mining School was established here by the state. Classes were held in temporary quarters until 1889 when Hubbell Hall was erected. Situated ideally in the midst of the Upper Peninsula’s booming mining industry, the school soon ranked as one of the world’s best mining colleges. Renamed Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1927, it now offers work in all the major fields of engineering and science.","In 1885 the state established a mining school here in America’s first great metal mining region. As the Michigan College of Mines, it achieved world-wide renown as a center of education and research in mining, metallurgy, and geology. In 1927 and again in 1964 its name was changed and its scope was broadened to meet industry’s expanding needs. Under its present name, Michigan Technological University, it enrolls men and women in undergraduate and graduate programs in its original subjects and in many other branches of engineering, science, business, forestry, and the liberal arts.","Campus, Between Library and Fisher Hall",Houghton,MI,0,"Original marker erected in 1957, replaced with revised marker in 1966",Houghton,55N33W31NESW,47.119,-88.547186,,Mining Industry,08/30/2017,d9c1753b-882b-4bee-8a68-c20123f2cf96,0,1288,0,,,,,416852
-83.1480769999999,42.575728,MHC631992016,L1878,2,1992,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Troy Township,,Troy Township,,"In 1827 the Michigan Territorial Legislative Council created Troy Township. Stephen V. R. Trowbridge and Riley Crooks were elected supervisor and clerk. Township meetings were held in houses and barns until 1848 when a frame hall was built on this site. That structure served until 1927 when a brick building was completed on the northwest corner. The old hall was removed in 1941. Between 1927 and 1940 portions of Troy Township were annexed by Royal Oak, Birmingham, and Clawson. The remaining thirty-three square miles became the city of Troy in 1955.",,Livernois Road,Troy,MI,0,Between Wattles Road and Scottsdale Drive on the east side of Livernois Road (no building are close to the marker).,Oakland,02N11E21NENE,42.575728,-83.148077,,,09/09/2019,70856014-183b-470c-b9b9-c20966a41d76,0,1289,0,,,,,416853
-83.887936,43.117849,MHC251981008,L904B,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Brent Creek United Methodist Church,,Brent Creek United Methodist Church,,"This structure was completed and dedicated as the Brent Creek Methodist Protestant Church in the fall of 1891. There were sixteen members. The church, which was originally located slightly west of this site, was moved here in 1940. The Gothic-inspired, wood frame building has undergone only minor changes since its relocation. Changes include stained glass windows, interior paneling, and asbestos shingle siding. It has served the community continuously since its organization. It became a United Methodist church in 1968.",,10412 West Mount Morris Rd.,Flushing Twp,MI,0,,Genesee,08N05E09NWNW,43.117849,-83.887936,,,08/30/2017,41f1e763-48f0-4bde-a23d-c24487a0f31a,0,1291,0,,,,,416854
-83.052498,42.3991580000001,MHC821988031,L1493,2,1988,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Saint Francis Hospital,Hamtramck Municipal Hospital,Saint Francis Hospital,,"When John and Horace Dodge expanded their Hamtramck automotive factory in 1914, thousands of workers migrated to this area, creating the need for a local hospital. In 1927 the city built this Georgian Revival structure and opened it as Hamtramck Municipal Hospital. Mayor Stephen Majewski invited the Sisters of Saint Francis to run the facility. In 1931 the sisters leased the hospital building from the city for one dollar a year and renamed it Saint Francis Hospital. At Saint Francis Hospital, Hamtramck’s Polish residents could discuss their health concerns with the Polish-speaking medical staff. The hospital closed in 1969 and the building was converted into Hamtramck City Hall.",,3401 Evaline,Hamtramck,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.399158,-83.052498,,4,06/14/2021,41141cef-d42b-4ab7-9a6d-c2630e423b5b,0,1292,1,MHC821988031_1.jpg,City of Hamtramck,Site Photo w/Marker,06/11/2021,416855
-86.209716,42.771463,MHC701976020,L394,2,1976,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Holland Harbor Lighthouse / Holland Harbor,Holland Harbor South Pierhead Lighthouse,Holland Harbor Lighthouse,Holland Harbor,"The first lighthouse built at this location was a small, square wooden structure erected in 1872. In 1880 the lighthouse service installed a new light atop a metal pole in a protective cage. The oil lantern was lowered by pulleys for service. At the turn of the century a steel tower was built for the light, and in 1907 the present structure was erected. Named the Holland Harbor South Pierhead Lighthouse, it has a gabled roof that reflects the Dutch influence in the area. The lighthouse, popularly referred to as “Big Red,” was automated in 1932. When the U.S. Coast Guard recommended that it be abandoned in 1970, citizens circulated petitions to rescue it. The Holland Harbor Lighthouse Historical Commission was then organized to preserve and restore this landmark.","When seeking a location for his Netherlands emigrant followers in 1847, the Reverend A. C. Van Raalte was attracted by the potential of using Black Lake (Lake Macatawa) as a harbor. However, the lake’s outlet to Lake Michigan was blocked by sandbars and silt. Van Raalte appealed to Congress for help. The channel was surveyed in 1849, but was not successfully opened due to inadequate appropriations. Frustrated, the Dutch settlers dug the channel themselves. On July 1, 1859, the small steamboat Huron put into port. Here, in 1886, the government established the harbor’s first life-saving station. By 1899 the channel had been relocated and harbor work completed. This spurred business and resort expansion. In 1900 over 1,095 schooners, steamers and barges used the harbor.",2398 Ottawa Beach Road,Holland,MI,49424,Holland State Park,Ottawa,05N16W33NESW,42.771463,-86.209716,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,5",10/14/2020,c61759c3-5d2f-4886-be62-c26fe6b62976,0,1293,1,MHC701976020_1.jpg,Michigan Historical Commissioner,Site Photo w/Marker,10/01/2020,416856
-83.695026,43.0187730000001,MHC251989005,L1396C,2,1987,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Jacob Smith / Fred A. Aldrich,,Jacob Smith,Fred A. Aldrich,"The first permanent structure erected on this site was probably the trading post built in 1819 by Jacob Smith, the founder of Flint. Fluent in English, French, German, and a half-dozen Indian languages, Smith represented the Chippewa nation at the Great Council held in 1819. At that council, the Indians ceded 6 million acres of land to the federal government. Five sections of that land, including this site, were reserved for Smith’s children. In 1873 Smith’s daughter Louisa Payne and her husband, Chauncy, donated this site to the First Baptist Church of Flint. The group worshipped here in a white clapboard sided church from 1873 to 1889. Around 1892 Stephen Crocker built five houses in this area, including this vernacular Queen Anne-style building.","Fred Aldrich (1861-1957) moved into this house in 1894. A native of Van Buren County, Aldrich had come to Flint at age eight, when his father purchased the Flint Globe newspaper. In 1880 Aldrich established the Otter Lake Enterprise newspaper in northeast Genesee County. In 1889 he began working for his childhood friend, William C. Durant, as a clerk at the Flint Road Cart Company. He became secretary of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company upon its incorporation in 1896. He was the only secretary of that company and its successor, the Dort Motor Car Company, which closed in 1924. As a banker, Aldrich was instrumental in building the Durant and Flint Tavern Hotels. A prominent civic leader, he helped found the Community Chest, the local American Red Cross chapter and the Flint Improvement Fund.",221 West First Avenue,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.018773,-83.695026,,Auto Industry,07/27/2017,c8424fed-82de-4560-8ad6-c2894bbd4c97,0,1294,0,,,,,416857
-84.64270591,42.5095647700001,MHC232006008,S692,2,2006,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Miller Dairy Farm No. 1,Miller Complex,Miller Dairy Farm No. 1,,"In 1896 dairy farmers Dennis and Mary Miller produced ice cream for the first time on this site, using a hand-crank freezer. The 111-acre farm grew into a business with 14 farms, 1,300 acres, 500 Holstein cows, and modern equipment. In 1936 Miller built his own power plant in Smithville, which supplied 40 neighboring farms and houses as well as the factory. During the 1960s 22 Miller stores and 200 independent dealers in Michigan and Indiana carried the brand. Miller’s offered novelty flavors, like dill pickle. Its menu reflected the times. A 1969 Man-on-the-Moon menu featured a Sea of Tranquility Float and an Apollo 11 Sundae. The Eaton Rapids Area Historical Society acquired the property in 1992.",,635 State Street,Eaton Rapids,MI,48827,,Eaton,02N03W34SESE,42.50956477,-84.64270591,,,07/22/2020,c08674c4-d707-4988-abcf-c2b61eaaf784,0,1295,0,,,,,416858
-88.41196,46.9799300000001,MHC311977004,L532,2,1977,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Finnish Lutheran Church / Jacobsville,,Finnish Lutheran Church,Jacobsville,"In 1886 a group of Finnish immigrants banded together to organize the Jacobsville Finnish Lutheran congregation. Early worship services were held in various locations until 1888, when this simple frame structure was built. In 1890 the congregation helped organize the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church-Suomi Synod. In 1891 the church was placed atop its stone foundation, and in 1892 its tower and bell were added. The well-preserved church, one of the oldest remaining structures in the community, retains its original furnishings, kerosene lamps and wood stove. It has neither electricity nor plumbing. In 1952 the congregation and church property became part of the Gloria Dei Lutheran congregation of Hancock. In the 1980s the church continued to be used for summer vesper services.","The first settler in this area was George Craig Sr., who arrived in the mid-nineteenth century. However, the unincorporated community of Jacobsville did not spring into being until 1884, when John H. Jacobs of Marquette opened his sandstone quarries in the vicinity. The quarries provided high quality red stone for buildings throughout North America and abroad from 1884 to 1919. During this time, some eight hundred thousand tons of stone were shipped for such projects as the first Waldorf-Astoria in New York. The community, populated mostly by Finns, reached its peak about 1897, when it had eight hundred inhabitants. The Finnish Lutheran congregation, founded in 1886, was a major factor in preserving the Finnish culture and ethnic solidarity that was still present a century later.",Rabbit Bay Road,Jacobsville,MI,0,"East of Dreamland Road, West of Jacobsville",Houghton,53N32W19NWNE,46.97993,-88.41196,,Mining Industry,08/30/2017,89757c25-915b-41ec-b7d3-c2dd69059259,0,1296,0,,,,,416859
-82.529774,42.6195280000001,MHC741979060,L711,2,1979,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Clay Township Library,Dr. Walter Bostwick House,Clay Township Library,,"This Greek Revival home was built by Charles H. Beers around 1849. In 1914 it became the home and office of Dr. Walter E. Bostwick, who died in 1943. His widow, Cordelia Sheill Bostwick, lived in the house until her death in 1948. In 1949 the building became the new home of the Clay Township Library, which was founded in 1929 by the Clay Township Library Association of Algonac. The building has also housed county health department and township offices.",,1240 St. Clair River Drive,Algonac,MI,0,,Saint Clair,02N16E10SENE,42.619528,-82.529774,,,09/13/2017,dfb48e49-fab1-4bf6-98d6-c2fc1faba0ad,0,1297,0,,,,,416860
-82.856376,43.1000310000001,MHC741988006,L1568C,2,1988,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cole United Methodist Church,Cole Class-West Brockway Methodist Church,Cole United Methodist Church,,"The Cole United Methodist Church, formed in 1878, was named for Jesse and Adah Cole, who held services in their home during the 1860s. Beginning in 1870 church members worshipped in nearby schoolhouses, where the Reverend Lester Clark, a circuit rider, preached every other Sunday. The congregation’s first church was erected in 1899. It served until July 10, 1984, when it was struck by lightning. The present church was dedicated on the same site on November 3, 1985.",,7015 Carson Road,Brockway Township,MI,0,NE corner of Wilkes Road,Saint Clair,08N14E19SESE,43.100031,-82.856376,,,09/13/2017,13ac4c42-4c69-44aa-9746-c35cd08f5ed8,0,1299,0,,,,,416861
-84.371589,43.00719,MHC191971022,L114,2,1971,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Village of Ovid / First Congregational Church of Ovid,,Village of Ovid,First Congregational Church of Ovid,"In 1836 inhabitants of Ovid, Seneca 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 bears; and William Swarthout, who put up his home by the Maple River, which passes through the town. Land given to the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway determined the location of Ovid’s depot. The incorporated village of Ovid dates from 1869, when 227 voters were involved in its first election. Businesses, houses, and factories rapidly grew in number. Lumber, general merchandise, cabinets, musical instruments, and carriages were among the wares carrying the Ovid stamp. Main Street became and continued to be a center of activity for village residents and others in the area. In 1980 Ovid claimed 1,712 residents.","On February 13, 1871, twenty-two persons began Ovid’s First Congregational Church. The next year this structure was erected. George Fox served as master carpenter. Its first minister was the Reverend William Mulder. Originally located at High and Park Streets, the church was pulled here by oxen in 1899 and turned to face Main Street. It was enlarged for a growing congregation, which came to be “one of the most powerful social forces in the county.” In 1943 Ovid’s Congregational and Methodist societies merged, using both their buildings until 1972. In 1979 the church became a private residence. This Ovid landmark, whose octagonal belfry tower holds a melodious 1876 bell, is listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey and the National Register of Historic Places.",222 Main Street,Ovid,MI,0,,Clinton,07N01W12NESE,43.00719,-84.371589,,,08/23/2017,946be387-220f-47bc-a1dc-c37466d6b03e,1972,1300,0,,,,,416862
-83.631343,42.926614,MHC251981006,L935A,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Congregational Church,,Congregational Church,,"In 1833 eleven people established the First Congregational Church of Grand Blanc. The congregation, which held its early services in homes and, later, schoolhouses, built their first house of worship in 1855. They replaced it with this modest red brick structure in 1885. The building served the Congregationalists for eighty-three years; its last worship service was on October 6, 1968. Purchased by the city of Grand Blanc in 1967, it became the home of municipal offices and a museum.",,203 East Grand Blanc Rd.,Grand Blanc,MI,0,Congregational Church,Genesee,06N07E15SWNW,42.926614,-83.631343,,,08/30/2017,9c251e6f-0dd0-4cbf-962e-c391cca6a9a2,0,1301,0,,,,,416863
-83.49173,45.33808,MHC712006031,L2176,2,2006,2006,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Presque Isle Front Range Light,,Presque Isle Front Range Light,,"In 1869 the U.S. Congress appropriated $7,500 to build two range lights marking the channel into Presque Isle Harbor. Orlando M. Poe submitted plans in May 1870, and by August the range lights were in operation as seafarers aligned the lights to direct them into the harbor. Anna Garraty, one of the few women light keepers, maintained this light from 1903 to 1926. In 1967 a light on a pole replaced the front range light, which was moved near the Old Presque Isle Lighthouse. Presque Isle Township acquired the building in 1995 with state funds and private donations. In 2002 it was moved here near its original site. Much of the lower structure has been rebuilt according to the original plans.",,5779 East Grand Lake Rd,Presque Isle Township,MI,0,,Presque Isle,34N08E17SESW,45.33808,-83.49173,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,4",01/21/2021,cac1fe4d-3a68-4f3d-97c8-c39248c20e36,0,1302,1,MHC712006031_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,10/10/2020,416864
-84.655559,42.512688,MHC231974024,L360,2,1974,1975,Civil War and After (1860-1875),"""The Saratoga of the West""",Anderson House,"""The Saratoga of the West""",,"Eaton Rapids became a popular health resort when mineral water was discovered in 1869. Attracted by advertisements boasting of its curative powers, thousands came for treatment. The water was also bottled and shipped across the country. In 1874 Anderson House was erected on this site as the town’s most elegant hotel. The mineral water heyday had passed when it burned in 1911, although a bath continued to operate until 1962.
",,101 South Main,Eaton Rapids,MI,0,,Eaton,02N03W34SWSW,42.512688,-84.655559,,1,10/19/2021,e0c69192-61d0-4458-8094-c3af974cadc7,0,1303,0,,,,,416865
-85.024625,42.627095,MHC231976016,L435,2,1976,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Opera House,,Opera House,,"Vermontville Opera House, completed in 1898, is still the main center of community activities. The two-story red brick structure with cut stone foundation, and an off-center tower over the front entrance, was constructed with funds solicited from the township and village. Stage plays, political events, social gatherings, and religious services have taken place here. L. Vern Slout and his players, one of Michigan’s oldest tent companies, gave first and last performances in this opera hall, now used in part as a public library.",,219 South Main,Vermontville,MI,0,,Eaton,03N06W21SWSE,42.627095,-85.024625,,,08/03/2020,c67188f5-bf77-4153-9170-c3b93a3cf61a,0,1304,1,MHC231976016_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Other Photo,07/11/2020,416866
-86.251607,43.233955,MHC611990050,S606A,2,1990,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hackley Public Library / Hackley Public Library,,Hackley Public Library,Hackley Public Library,"On May 25, 1888, Muskegon lumber baron Charles H. Hackley announced that he would donate a library to the city. Hackley stipulated that the facility be “forever maintained as a library.” Patton and Fisher of Chicago, one of six firms invited to submit plans for the library, designed the Richardsonian Romanesque-style building. The library was constructed of Maine granite and trimmed with Marquette sandstone. The reading room windows depict Shakespeare, Goethe, Longfellow, and Prescott.","Muskegon citizens celebrated the laying of the Hackley Public Library cornerstone on May 25, 1889, the anniversary of Charles Hackley’s donation of the library. It was the first annual celebration held in recognition of Hackley. The previous year the board of education had resolved that classes would be suspended annually on May 25 in Hackley’s honor. On October 15, 1890, the completed library was dedicated. The lot, building, and furnishings amounted to a $175,000 gift.",316 West Webster,Muskegon,MI,0,,Muskegon,10N16W30NWNE,43.233955,-86.251607,,,09/06/2017,69546ae7-b506-4e65-a93a-c3bb41441a2c,0,1305,0,,,,,416867
-83.5381859999999,42.305281,MHC821980015,L829A,2,1980,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cherry Hill United Methodist Church,,Cherry Hill United Methodist Church,,"When this pioneer church was organized in 1834, it was one of ten served by circuit rider Marcus Swift of the Detroit Methodist Conference. In 1848 its members raised six hundred dollars to build their first church, which served the community for thirty-four years. The present red brick Gothic-style church was completed in 1882. Its colorful stained glass windows were donated by various families. The well-preserved church has been the setting for many community dinners and social gatherings as well as a religious focus for the community.",,321 Ridge Rd,Canton,MI,0,one block South of Cherry Hill Road,Wayne,02S08E19NENW,42.305281,-83.538186,,,09/20/2017,02e62eb5-1b15-4204-aa33-c40a09805c4b,0,1306,0,,,,,416868
-83.0386829999999,42.330817,MHC821984027,L1157C,2,1984,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Religious of the Sacred Heart,,Religious of the Sacred Heart,,"Responding to a request from the Antoine Beaubien family, five Religious of the Sacred Heart arrived in Detroit in 1851. The nuns opened a school on the north side of Jefferson Avenue, near this site. From 1851 to 1861 the school occupied three locations on Jefferson Avenue. The religious also taught in French-, Italian-, and English-speaking parishes. In 1861 they erected a school on this site. It operated until 1918. It was relocated on Lawrence Avenue from 1918 to 1958, when it was moved to Bloomfield Hills.",,South of East Jefferson Between Beaubien and St. Antoine,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.330817,-83.038683,,,02/06/2020,f55c80a7-189e-43f5-8e02-c4304829f14a,0,1307,0,,,,,416869
-83.0407739999999,42.3355240000001,MHC821979043,L686b,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Mary´s School,St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (St. Mary's Downtown Complex),St. Mary's Church,,"This structure, designed by Pius Daubner, was completed in 1868. It is one of the oldest Catholic school buildings in the state and the third in the history of St. Mary´s. At the first school, built in 1844, laymen were the original instructors. In 1852 the ""Christian Brothers"" opened two classes with 180 pupils and the School Sisters of Notre Dame (a German order of teaching nuns) took charge of the girls and smaller boys. In 1855 a second school was built and used as a combination school, orphanage, and sisters´ residence. Prior to closing in 1966, St. Mary´s Commercial School for Girls was the only one of its kind in Detroit. The building is now St. Mary´s Community Center.",,646 Monroe Ave,Detroit,MI,0,"between St. Antoine Street and I-375; this is a large Wall Mounted marker -- Three Markers exist at the complex - L686a - a large wall mounted marker titled - St. Mary´s Church, L686b and L686c - a small single post marker titled - St. Mary´s Rectory",Wayne,,42.335524,-83.040774,,,07/22/2020,2218bcc7-ecb5-4214-b907-c49e957bc0e0,0,1309,0,,,,,416870
-84.403741,42.2543880000001,MHC381978030,L587,2,1978,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. John's Church,,St. John's Church,,"Constructed in 1857, St. John’s is the oldest Catholic Church in Jackson and was the only church of this denomination in the city until 1901. Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere laid the cornerstone for this structure in 1856. St. John’s began as a mission in 1836 and officially became a parish twenty years later. At that time Father Charles Moutard, the first resident pastor, led the congregation, then predominately Irish in origin. The potato famine of 1845 in Ireland forced thousands of Irish to the United States. Many of these immigrants settled in mining towns such as Jackson. During the early 1870’s this edifice was enlarged, a school was added, and nuns first came here as teachers and workers. This church now includes people of many ethnic backgrounds. St. John’s continues to serve the city of Jackson.",,717 Cooper Street,Jackson,MI,0,Marker is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive off from E. Ganson Street. Cooper Street is the church address.,Jackson,02S01W35NWSW,42.254388,-84.403741,,,08/21/2019,72ea9812-ad15-44ad-8f28-c49ff0856ec6,0,1310,2,"MHC381978030_2.jpg;MHC381978030_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/05/2017;09/05/2017",416871
-85.896805,41.776952,MHC141980037,L821A,2,1980,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),District Schoolhouse,Mason District No. 5 Schoolhouse/Mason Township Hall,District Schoolhouse,,"This late-Victorian schoolhouse was built in 1874-75. Constructed at a cost of three thousand dollars, 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 classrooms could accommodate 110 pupils. The school was used until the local district was absorbed into the Constantine School District in 1959. In 1964 the building became the township hall and, in 1972, the Mason Union Branch of the Cass County Library.",,17049 US-12,Edwardsburg,MI,0,,Cass,08S14W13SWNW,41.776952,-85.896805,,,08/23/2017,d071fd2d-f1e3-4302-b45e-c4a1ac5f897f,0,1311,0,,,,,416872
-86.2696559999999,41.7630550000001,MHC111986043,L1363C,2,1986,1987,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Pare Aux Vaches - Madeline Bertrand Park,Berrien County Park Visitors Center,Pare Aux Vaches - Madeline Bertrand Park,,"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 Chicago; and the Miami Trail, which linked the Grand and the Wabash Rivers. About 1808, French fur trader Joseph Bertrand established a post in this area. Bertrand married Madeline, said to be the daughter of Potawatomi Chief Topenebee. Under the 1821 Treaty of Chicago, which ceded much of the lower southwest corner of Michigan to the United States, this site was deeded to Madeline Bertrand. Parc aux Vaches is now part of Niles Township.",,3088 Adams Road,Bertrand,MI,0,Niles Township,Berrien,08S17W22SENE,41.763055,-86.269656,,,08/12/2019,fd28c37c-0ba5-47b1-9c95-c4ac857308c0,0,1312,0,,,,,416873
-83.648313,42.9426750000001,MHC251975039,L300,2,1975,1976,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,,"As Americans settled the wilderness areas of Michigan, religious services were often the first community concern. Beginning in 1831, traveling preachers visited this area, holding revival and prayer meetings, and starting new congregations. One of the earliest Protestant churches between Pontiac and the Mackinac area was the First Baptist Church of Grand Blanc founded on June 1, 1833. Two preachers from Pontiac helped organize the society. It was kept alive and active after the preachers moved on by Daniel Williams, Alfred Brainard, and John Tupper, all of whom were deacons from New York State. Meetings were held in barns, homes, and schools until this site was selected in 1843. Completed in 1851, this simple white frame church was dedicated on May 21 by the Reverends T. H. Facer and Joseph Gambell.",,6101 South Saginaw,Grand Blanc,MI,0,,Genesee,06N07E09NWNW,42.942675,-83.648313,,,08/30/2017,9ee8e235-c5f7-41e0-81e7-c4c2e41db489,0,1313,0,,,,,416874
-83.0421239999999,42.3293100000001,MHC821957003,HB11,2,1957,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),U. S. Topographical Engineers/Mariners´ Church,,U. S. Topographical Engineers,Mariners´ Church,"When Michigan became a state in 1837, the Detroit office of the U.S. Topographical Engineers was headquartered on this site. The topographical engineers helped transform Michigan from a wilderness into a prosperous state. They also played a vital role in Great Lakes navigation before the Civil War. First appointed in 1813, the engineers surveyed land, canals, railroads, and harbors, and platted military positions relative to roads, villages, rivers, and ravines. They also constructed lighthouses. During the 1820s and 1830s engineers from the Detroit office built roads to Toledo, Saginaw, and Chicago, thus opening Michigan’s interior to new settlement. As a result, Michigan’s population increased from eight thousand in 1820 to two hundred thousand in 1840.","In 1842, according to the will of Julia Ann Anderson, Mariners’ Church was organized to serve the spiritual needs of Great Lakes seamen. Anderson had come to Detroit in 1818 with her husband, John, a brevet lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Topographical Engineers. Designed by Calvin Otis of Buffalo, New York, the Gothic Revival church was built in 1849 on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Woodbridge Street. In 1955 the church was moved to make room for the Civic Center plaza. Hauled 880 feet along steel rails to this site, the three thousand-ton limestone structure blocked Woodward Avenue traffic for twenty-one days. The church was immortalized in the 1975 ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” as the “cathedral” where “the church bell chimed `til it rang twenty-nine times.” Mariners’ Church is in the National Register of Historic Places.",170 East Jefferson Ave,Detroit,MI,0,SE corner of Bates St.,Wayne, ,42.32931,-83.042124,,Maritime Heritage,08/08/2017,05ee574c-15cd-403f-a673-c4d0d92040c8,1971,1314,0,,,,,416875
-86.202713,42.643828,MHC031985009,L1239,2,1985,1997,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Douglas / Dutcher Lodge No. 193,,Douglas,Dutcher Lodge No. 193,"Douglas began as two communities separated by present-day Center Street. Jonathan Wade platted Dudleyville, named for his brother Dudley Wade, on the south side of “Centre” in 1860. In 1861, William F. Dutcher platted the town of Douglas on the north side of Centre. Dutcher named it for his hometown on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The original plat consisted of the area bounded by Union, Chestnut, Water, and Centre Streets. The two towns were incorporated as the village of Douglas in 1870. Dutcher’s son Thomas, a prosperous lumber mill owner, built a three-story commercial and residential structure downtown around 1867. The building, the town’s first Masonic hall, burned in 1870.","Masons from Douglas, Fennville, and Saugatuck chartered Dutcher Lodge No. 193 on January 10, 1867. From 1867 to 1870 they held meetings in a building owned by Worshipful Master Thomas Dutcher. In 1875 the western portion of this building was constructed on land cleared of a cemetery. Lodge members used the second floor, leaving the first floor available for government and civic meetings. The building was doubled in size with the construction of the eastern half in 1902. That section became known as the village hall. Douglas’s fire truck was parked in the lower level until 1969. Dutcher Lodge is a rare example of a Masonic lodge still in use a century after its construction.",86 Center Street,Douglas,MI,0,,Allegan,03N16W16SENW,42.643828,-86.202713,,5,09/05/2019,52f06d1f-06cb-4a3a-82ee-c4dd8c34732a,0,1315,0,,,,,416876
-86.4598319999999,43.957991,MHC531970005,S318,2,1970,1971,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Armistice Day Storm,,Armistice Day Storm,,"On November 11, 1940, a severe storm swept the Great Lakes area. As it crossed Lake Michigan, ships and seamen fought to reach safety away from its blinding winds and towering seas. Between Big and Little Points Sable the freighters William B. Davock and Anna C. Minch foundered with the loss of all hands. The crew of the Novadoc, driven aground south of Pentwater, battled icy winds and water for two days before being rescued by local fishermen. At Ludington the carferry City of Flint 32 was driven ashore, her holds flooded to prevent further damage. Elsewhere lives were lost and ships damaged in one of Lake Michigan’s greatest storms.",,Lakeshore Drive,Ludington,MI,49431,located in Stearns Park - between W. Haight Street and West Pere Marquette Street,Mason,18N18W16SENE,43.957991,-86.459832,,Maritime Heritage,03/25/2019,c685c989-726f-4820-8292-c505896f1d59,0,1316,0,,,,,416877
-83.0655369999999,42.519756,MHC501976007,L392,2,1976,1976,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery,,Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery,,"Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery was organized in 1925 to serve the rapidly expanding post-war Detroit black population. Concerned with the indignities and poor quality of service received by the black community, several distinguished Detroiters established the cemetery to provide reasonably priced and dignified burials. This was the first black-owned and operated business of its kind in the state. Its incorporators included Charles Diggs, a mortician and acknowledged founder, and Dr. Aaron Toodle, a druggist and first president. By careful management the cemetery corporation survived the Great Depression and expanded into financial services. Famous inventor, Elijah McCoy, is buried here among doctors, lawyers, ministers, teachers, and business, civic and political leaders.",,4280 East Thirteen Mile Road,Warren,MI,48092,between Ryan and Bowen Drive,Macomb,01N12E08NWNW,42.519756,-83.065537,,,09/09/2019,b4fecf55-96d4-4d87-bb4b-c53ba799278c,0,1317,0,,,,,416878
-83.8832819999999,43.524928,MHC091957012,S129,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Beet Sugar,,Beet Sugar,,One of the first attempts in America to produce beet sugar was made in Michigan at White Pigeon late in the 1830s. The venture did not succeed though future governor John Barry went to Europe seeking to learn its production methods. In 1888 Dr. Robert C. Kedzie of Michigan Agricultural College began encouraging farmers in the state to grow sugar beets. At Bay City in 1898 the state's first successful factory opened. Thereafter the Saginaw Valley became the sugar bowl of Michigan.,,River Road (M-13),Portsmouth Charter Township,MI,0,Veterans Memorial Park 2 miles South of Bay City. Near the Saginaw River,Bay,13N05E16SWSE,43.524928,-83.883282,,4,10/18/2021,57142041-2d89-4bcb-9e53-c567489b8e5a,0,1318,0,,,,,416879
-85.95358,43.0638500000001,MHC701972016,L199,2,1972,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Interurban Depot,"Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway Depot (Coopersville Depot)",Interurban Depot,,"This depot and substation served the Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway, an electric interurban railroad that operated from 1902 to 1928. A third rail in the country and an overhead wire in cities supplied the train’s power. Frequent runs made travel possible between cities and outlying communities. The rising popularity of automobiles resulted in the decline of interurbans. The depot is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,363 West Main St,Coopersville,MI,0,,Ottawa,08N14W22NWSE,43.06385,-85.95358,,1,09/12/2017,62fc149c-28e3-48b2-ad2d-c58b383f7066,1973,1319,0,,,,,416880
-84.1170299999999,42.0628820000001,MHC461971032,L123,2,1971,1971,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Davenport House,,Davenport House,,"In 1834 Henry W. Sisson of New York settled here and built a log tavern, located on Evans Lake where the Chicago Road enters the Irish Hills. The tavern was purchased in 1839 by John Davenport, who owned the property until 1864. During this time the present building was constructed. Known as Lancaster House from 1864 to 1884, the building was later to serve as a general store and post office. As late as 1900 stagecoaches stopped here regularly.",,1280 US-12,Tipton,MI,0,"Evans Lake, East of Walter J. Hayes State Park",Lenawee,05S03E06NESW,42.062882,-84.11703,,,07/29/2019,d5496183-ca3f-4bc5-93e0-c59906b2b4ed,0,1320,0,,,,,416881
-85.589868,42.2896530000001,MHC391972019,L206,2,1972,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),South Street Historic District / South Street Historic District,,South Street Historic District,South Street Historic District,"This tree-lined neighborhood, today nestled between the business district and college campuses, recalls a quiet but prosperous Kalamazoo at the turn of the century. The street was platted in 1841. Its beautifully preserved houses, which were built between then and 1915, reflect the spectrum of fashionable domestic architecture of the period with the Italian Revival style most prevalent.","Many prominent middle class families lived in this neighborhood, which runs two blocks along South Street. Here were the homes of professors, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, and others active in the civic, commercial, and professional life of Kalamazoo. Today the district houses community service organizations as well as businesses and families, thereby retaining its traditional cultural and civic orientation.",516 West South Street,Kalamazoo,MI,0,between Oakland Drive and Westnedge Avenue,Kalamazoo,02S11W16SESE,42.289653,-85.589868,,,09/01/2017,391a56c7-766f-4a06-a2ab-c59b1fee9b65,0,1321,0,,,,,416882
-85.024977,42.6293880000001,MHC231969005,HB55,2,1969,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Vermontville Academy,First Congregational Chapel,Vermontville Academy,,"In 1836 a group from Vermont known as the Union Colony settled here. The members were determined that their children should receive a good education. The Vermontville Academical Association was formed, constructed this building, and opened it for classes in the winter of 1844-45. Vermontville was advertised as an ideal location for an academy, since there was little to distract the students from their work. Because most of the colony were Congregationalists, their minister also served as the academy teacher. Religious services were held here until 1864 when the church across the street was completed. Town meetings were held in the academy, and in 1853 Vermontville’s first general store opened on the ground floor.",,106 North Main St.,Vermontville,MI,0,near the intersection of West Main Street and East Main Street,Eaton,03N06W21NESW,42.629388,-85.024977,,,02/11/2020,d62c1115-a4c2-40cd-9d77-c5f62156d98c,0,1323,2,"MHC231969005_1.jpg;MHC231969005_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";",416883
-85.4803699999999,43.6867110000001,MHC541957016,S114,2,1957,1965,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ferris Institute / Ferris State College,,Ferris Institute,Ferris State College,"This college was founded in 1884 by Woodbridge N. Ferris as the Big Rapids Industrial School. His objective was to provide low cost, practical training for all with a real desire to study, regardless of a lack of previous formal education. The school began with rented quarters and fifteen students. The first courses were commerce and college preparatory work. Programs in trade-technical work, pharmacy, and teacher training followed. A pioneer school of its kind, it became a state school in 1949.","This college was founded in 1884 by Woodbridge N. Ferris as the Big Rapids Industrial School, renamed Ferris Institute in 1895. His objective was to provide low cost, practical training for all with a real desire to study, regardless of a lack of previous formal education. The school began with rented quarters and fifteen students. The first courses were commerce and college preparatory work. Programs in trade-technical work, pharmacy and teacher training followed. A pioneer school of its kind, Ferris became a state college in 1949. By action of the legislature in 1963, it was renamed Ferris State College.",State St and Campus Dr.,Big Rapids,MI,0,Ferris State University Campus,Mecosta,15N10W14SWSW,43.686711,-85.48037,,,09/06/2017,025949f0-c584-4cae-a8ea-c6183373b9ec,0,1324,0,,,,,416884
-83.04804,42.3579760000001,MHC821974031,L334,2,1974,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church,,Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church,,"During the late nineteenth century many Polish immigrants fleeing oppression came to Detroit. In 1886 a group of them organized the school that was the beginning of Sweetest Heart of Mary Parish. On December 8, 1888, the Reverend Dominic H. Kolasinski, former pastor and builder of neighboring St. Albertus Church, became their pastor without episcopal approval. Under his leadership, construction of this late Victorian Gothic church began in July 1890. On February 18, 1894, the parish officially became part of the Diocese of Detroit. The church’s windows, made by the Detroit Glass Works, won prizes at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. Its organ is one of the oldest Austin organs in existence. Its 217-foot spires house three large bells named St. Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Barbara.",,4440 Russell Street,Detroit,MI,0,at Canfield Street,Wayne, ,42.357976,-83.04804,,,09/20/2017,70c80d30-378f-454e-a2d6-c68fd999ade9,0,1325,0,,,,,416885
-82.926698,42.362674,MHC821977034,S502,2,1977,1977,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fox Indian Massacre,,Fox Indian Massacre,,"Encouraged by a potential alliance with the English, the Fox Indians besieged Fort Pontchartrain, Detroit, in 1712. Repulsed by the French and their Huron and Ottawa Indian allies, the Fox retreated and entrenched themselves in this area known as Presque Isle. The French pursued and defeated the Fox in the only battle fought in the Grosse Pointes. More than a thousand Fox Indians were killed in a fierce five-day struggle. Soon afterward French settlers began to develop the Grosse Pointes.",,Lakepointe and Windmill Point Drive,Grosse Pte Park,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.362674,-82.926698,,,09/20/2017,857a8e2e-ab1f-4929-9b29-c6af66186d5a,0,1326,0,,,,,416886
-83.02405178,42.33355386,MHC822005011,S687C,2,2005,2007,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Chapman Abraham / Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War,,Chapman Abraham,Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War,"During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the British took Canada from France and with it possession of French forts in the western Great Lakes region, including Detroit. The post remained an important center of trade between the British and Native Americans. British trader Chapman Abraham (c. 1723-1783) arrived in Detroit around 1762. Abraham helped to supply British soldiers during the war as a partner of Fort Michilimackinac commissaries Levi Solomons, Ezekiel Solomon, Gershon Levi, and Benjamin Lyon. In 1763 he was captured and then released by Indians at Detroit. By 1767 Abraham was a merchant engaged in the fur trade who owned property within the fortified town of Detroit. He is considered Detroit’s first Jewish resident.","Jewish settlement in Michigan began with Ezekiel Solomon’s arrival at Fort Michilimackinac in 1761. The following year Chapman Abraham arrived in Detroit. During the mid-nineteenth century Jewish immigration began to rise, particularly in Detroit. Some 150 Jewish families lived in Michigan by the time the Civil War began in 1861. The small population, made up mostly of recent immigrants, contributed an unusually high number of men to the Union army. One hundred eighty-one Michigan Jews served; thirty-eight perished. By risking their lives, Jews put down roots in their adopted country and laid the foundation for the larger wave of Jewish immigration that would follow in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.",1900 Atwater St,Detroit,MI,48207,Formerly known as Tricentennial State Park,Wayne,,42.33355386,-83.02405178,,Civil War,08/17/2017,b0cc3221-cb0c-4675-94e1-c6d6fb4c5f5f,0,1328,0,,,,,416887
-85.190592,42.3397680000001,MHC132000021,L2082,2,2000,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Second Baptist Church,,Second Baptist Church,,"Calling themselves the Second Baptist Society, a small group of Battle Creek African Americans worshipped in their homes prior to 1849. That year, led by the Reverends Parmelee and Harris of the white First Baptist Church, they officially organized as a church and purchased a building from the Methodists. The Reverend J. W. Lackley was the first pastor. In 1930 the congregation incorporated as the Second Missionary Baptist Church.",,485 N. Washington Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,,Calhoun,01S08W36NESW,42.339768,-85.190592,,African-American History,09/11/2019,5b0232f7-7491-4e02-a569-c70866f1ed8f,0,1329,0,,,,,416888
-84.317779,42.7441690000001,MHC331982031,L1015A,2,1982,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Williamston Center United Methodist Church,,Williamston Center United Methodist Church,,"The Williamston Center United Methodist Church is the outgrowth of a Methodist class that met in a local schoolhouse before this structure was completed. On November 5, 1877, members of the congregation pledged money to build this church. Merrit Andress deeded the church site to the congregation, and G. S. Brower was the builder. The handsome Greek Revival church, which cost fifteen hundred dollars, was completed in 1879. Sunday School classrooms were added in the 1920s; and a modern kitchen and restroom facilities, in 1960.",,Zimmer and Haslett Roads,Williamston,MI,0,,Ingham,04N01E15NWNE,42.744169,-84.317779,,,08/30/2017,6cd2702e-eea4-414c-bb48-c7312c96e4ff,0,1330,0,,,,,416889
-82.52869,42.621336,MHC741990001,L1710A,2,1990,1992,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Saint Andrew´s Parish / Saint Andrew´s Church,Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church,Saint Andrew´s Parish,Saint Andrew´s Church,"
Beginning in 1845 the Reverend Andrew Jamieson, an Anglican missionary, served Saint John the Baptist Church on nearby Walpole Island, Ontario. In the early 1860s Jamieson (1814-1885) established a mission in Algonac. He conducted morning services on Walpole Island and afternoon services in Algonac homes. The first class was confirmed in 1863, and four years later a church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, was built. The Gothic Revival board-and-batten building stood on the corner of Green and Michigan Streets.","This Neo-Gothic structure was dedicated on May 7, 1916. Frances Grey Smith, a founding member, donated the funds, and Detroit architect George D. Mason designed the church. In 1892 Mason had planned Detroit’s Trinity Episcopal Church, one of the first churches in the nation to reflect closely, in design and detailing, medieval English churches. Saint Andrew’s contains fourteen stained glass windows. The window over the altar depicts Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.",1507 St. Clair River Dr.,Algonac,MI,0,,Saint Clair,02N16E10NENE,42.621336,-82.52869,,,06/10/2020,c8d9969f-7251-4a07-a8c2-c7894abfce39,0,1331,0,,,,,416890
-85.0002959999999,41.940408,MHC121966005,S275,2,1966,1966,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Library Association,,Michigan Library Association,,"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 at the 1890 meeting of the American Library Association in New Hampshire. A state association, they believed, would be helpful to Michigan librarians unable to attend national library conferences. Working closely with Lucy Ball, Grand Rapids Public Library, they awakened a statewide interest and arranged the first Michigan meeting in Detroit, September 1, 1891. Mr. Utley became the association's first president.",,10 East Chicago (US-12),Coldwater,MI,0,between Division and Hudson Streets,Branch,06S06W22NWNW,41.940408,-85.000296,,,01/27/2020,586e454d-79b5-42c6-ab42-c7dbbcb28aa9,0,1332,0,,,,,416891
-85.443205,42.2712750000001,MHC391961005,S222B,2,1961,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Kalamazoo Region,,The Kalamazoo Region,,"Kalamazoo is an Indian word said to mean “boiling water.” Originally it was applied to the river that flows northwesterly to Lake Michigan. A trickle of settlers in the late 1820s became a torrent in the 1830s as the region’s fertile prairies, oak openings, bottomlands, and ample sources of waterpower became known. The village of Bronson, founded in 1829 by Titus Bronson, is now the city of Kalamazoo. Here Lincoln made his only known Michigan speech. J. Fenimore Cooper wrote about the area in Oak Openings. Kalamazoo College, founded in 1833, Nazareth College (1897), and Western Michigan University (1903) are here. Once famous for its celery and its stoves, Kalamazoo is now known for many products including paper and drugs. The nation’s first permanent pedestrian mall was opened in the downtown section in 1959.",,Eastbound I-94 Rest Area,Comstock Township,MI,0,located in the rest area on westbound 1-94 west of S 35th Street near Galesburg (Comstock Township) - THREE identical markers exist for The Kalamazoo Region (see comments),Kalamazoo,02S10W26NWNE,42.271275,-85.443205,,4,10/23/2020,b1a6e333-a1ff-415b-96fe-c7deab30b296,0,1333,3,"MHC391961005_3.jpg;MHC391961005_4.jpg;MHC391961005_5.jpg","Other;Michigan Historical Commissioner","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","12/31/2019;12/31/2019;09/25/2020",416892
-85.497943,42.913329,MHC411980020,L852A,2,1980,1982,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Cascade Christian Church,,Cascade Christian Church,,"Established in 1864, the Cascade Christian Church is the oldest of its brotherhood in Kent County. Alfred Stow and his parents, Zebulon and Edytha, who settled in the area in the early 1860s led the efforts to organize the church. The Stows had also been instrumental in founding a Christian church in Summit County, Ohio. In 1864 they invited a friend, Elder Alanson Wilcox, to the area to preach. Through his efforts, the church was founded with sixteen charter members. At the time of the church’s centennial, in 1964, the membership numbered over four hundred. The present church structure was completed in 1965. The original church is still used for Sunday services, weddings, funerals, and group gatherings.",,Orange Street,Grand Rapids,MI,49506,Cascade Township-near the intersection of Cascade Road and Twenty-eighth Street.,Kent,06N10W09SWSE,42.913329,-85.497943,,4,11/18/2020,233d7e1f-ee63-42e4-adba-c7fd9cd51086,0,1334,1,MHC411980020_3.jpg,Michigan Historical Commission,Site Photo w/Marker,11/15/2020,416893
-86.163202,42.724871,MHC031989042,L1611,2,1989,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Laketown Township Hall,,Laketown Township Hall,,"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 they had this structure built on land deeded by Klaas and Geesje Oostema. The simple hall served as a community center until 1988 when a new one was dedicated. Much of the original interior remains intact.",,6280 142nd Avenue,Holland,MI,0,Laketown Twp.,Allegan,04N16W23NWNE,42.724871,-86.163202,,1,08/01/2021,ac581b43-e5a4-4857-a298-c80af38bb447,0,1335,1,MHC031989042_1.jpg,,Historical Photo,,416894
-85.566415,43.1652470000001,MHC411996022,L1999,2,1996,1997,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Culvert,,Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Culvert,,"The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (GR&I) reached Algoma Township in 1867. A series of wooden trestles [was] built to cross Wicked Creek, later named Stegman Creek. In 1885, after repeated fires and floods, the GR&I hired James House to cut fieldstones from his farm and build this culvert to stabilize the trestle. Eventually, the GR&I abandoned the trestle and buried it intact within a wall of dirt above the culvert.",,11101 Summit Avenue,Rockford,MI,49341,Algoma Township,Kent,09N11W13NWSW,43.165247,-85.566415,,,09/01/2017,f91fad1f-51c4-4f3e-9a15-c81ae0f9d114,0,1336,0,,,,,416895
-83.170916,42.2879130000001,MHC821962013,L25,2,1962,1963,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery,,Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery,,"In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired Private Claim 49, an old French ribbon farm whose origins dated back into the 1700s. This land was part of that farm. Here are buried Peter’s father, Nicholas, progenitor of the Wilhelm family in the United States; Peter’s wife, Salome; their son Peter Jr.; and their granddaughter Adeline Reves. Others are buried here, but their names are now unknown. Since 1948 this site has been maintained by Melvindale as a historic site, possibly the oldest in the immediate vicinity of Detroit unchanged from its original use.",,Wall Street,Melvindale,MI,0,"Park area on Wall Street, between Greenfield Road and Oakwood Boulevard",Wayne, ,42.287913,-83.170916,,,09/20/2017,3a0fec01-cfb3-4be5-9fb6-c81e2366afcc,0,1337,1,MHC821962013_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,416896
-84.2217889999999,42.0591640000001,MHC461958020,HB16,2,1958,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Walker Tavern/Walker Tavern,,Walker Tavern,Walker Tavern,"This tavern was built around 1832. Stagecoach passengers stopped here for lodging and food as they traveled between Detroit and Chicago on the Chicago Road (later US-12) and on the La Plaisance Bay Pike (later M-50) from Lake Erie to this intersection, Cambridge Junction. A stagecoach trip between Detroit and Chicago took five or more days, depending on road conditions. New settlers, who were among those travelers, helped Michigan become a state in 1837. In 1843 tavernkeepers Sylvester (1795-1868) and Lucy Walker (1796-1892), from Cooperstown, New York, bought the tavern from Calvin Snell, and it became known as “Walker Tavern.” The Walkers charged twenty-five cents for an overnight stay and twenty-five cents for a meal. By 1853 business was so successful that the Walkers built a larger brick tavern across the road.","In 1864 Sylvester Walker sold his taverns to former stagecoach driver Francis Asbury Dewey, who converted Walker Tavern into his home. While living there, Dewey served as the President of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society and recorded local history, including stories about Walker Tavern. Dewey family members lived in the house until 1922 when Francis’s great-nephew Wilford C. Dewey sold it to Episcopalian priest Frederick Hewitt and his wife Edna. The Hewitt family operated Walker Tavern and the nearby brick tavern as roadside tourist attractions. Walker Tavern housed antiques and a museum. In 1966 the family sold the property to the State of Michigan. The state restored the tavern and opened it as part of Cambridge Junction Historic State Park. Walker Tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.",13220 M-50,Brooklyn,MI,49230,"Junction of M-50 & US-12; near Tavern; Cambridge Twp",Lenawee,05S02E05SESW,42.059164,-84.221789,,5,04/12/2021,ce6be345-c4ab-42b4-bcc2-c89a9e6508fd,1971,1338,3,"MHC461958020_1.jpg;MHC461958020_2.jpg;MHC461958020_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","10/09/2016;10/09/2016;10/09/2016",416897
-82.922835,42.517751,MHC501981039,L906B,4,1981,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Erin United Presbyterian Church,,Erin United Presbyterian Church,,"Under the leadership of the Reverend Harry N. Bissell of Mount Clemens, several families organized the First Presbyterian Church of Erin in 1860. The original thirteen members held their first services in a small schoolhouse. They were the first congregation in this community to conduct services in English. In early 1861 Thomas Common donated the present site to the church. The first church on this site, which cost less than five hundred dollars, was completed in October 1861. The congregation built a new church here in 1930 and added a more modern sanctuary onto it in 1967. Dedicatory services for the expanded church were held on September 17, 1967. The church’s name was changed to the First Presbyterian Church of Roseville in 1929 and to the Erin United Presbyterian Church in 1953.",,30000 Gratiot Ave,Roseville,MI,0,2/13/2020 The Michigan Historical Commission approved Artifact Status for this marker. The structure will be demolished. The city of Roseville will contact me once that happens and the site should be delisted from the state register at that time.,Macomb,01N13E09SENW,42.517751,-82.922835,,,03/11/2020,093d7d05-dfa0-440b-8ba9-c89fa9dd991c,0,1339,0,,,,,416898
-84.971197,45.427622,MHC241974019,L355,2,1974,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Harbour Inn,Ramona Park Hotel,Harbour Inn,,"Built around the turn of the century as the Ramona Park Hotel, this building initially included the tower, lobby, dining area, and about thirty guest rooms. The large east wing was added in 1929. The history of the inn reflects the growth of Harbor Springs as a resort area. Called Little Traverse until 1881, Harbor Springs had small but flourishing lumbering and fishing industries in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Its deep harbor, pollen-free air, and scenic woods attracted summer residents. After the lumbering boom ended, seasonal dwellers and tourists continued to frequent the village, which incorporated as a city in 1932. Two nearby ski areas opened in the 1950s bringing winter visitors. Renamed Harbour Inn in 1962, this hotel, which was originally a summer resort, now operates year round.",,1157 Beach Rd,Harbor Springs,MI,0,"West of Menonaque Beach, Building was demolished",Emmet,35N05W18NESW,45.427622,-84.971197,,,01/14/2020,3c982582-db7a-4eff-a795-c8c8d3caa189,0,1340,0,,,,,416899
-83.141827,42.1212080000001,MHC821962011,L23,2,1962,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),"Military Outpost, 1815-1817",Gross Isle Military Outpost,"Military Outpost, 1815-1817",,"This point marked the northeast corner of the stockade of a post that was maintained on Grosse Ile by the United States Army for a short time after the War of 1812. The post was garrisoned by detachments of the Fifth Infantry Regiment, which were quartered in seven log cabins. The troops protected the island’s civilian population and their property from Indian raids.",,East River Rd.,Grosse Ile,MI,0,,Wayne,,42.121208,-83.141827,,,09/20/2017,b9ae8c1c-c705-466a-898b-c8d540454e17,0,1341,0,,,,,416900
-85.400039,44.248903,MHC831979048,S528A,2,1979,2022,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Shay Locomotive / Shay Locomotive,,Shay Locomotive,Shay Locomotive,"In the 1870s logging was a seasonal operation. Horses or oxen could drag logs over snow or ice trails to sawmills or rivers. But once the ground thawed, the logs could not be moved. Ephraim Shay (1839 1916), a logger from Haring, near Cadillac, was one of several people who decided that temporary railroad tracks and the right locomotive would allow lumbermen to haul logs year round. Shay envisioned a small but powerful locomotive that could operate on tracks with steep grades and sharp curves. He used vertical pistons and a flexible drive shaft to transfer power via gears to all the wheels beneath the engine and tender. This produced more power, less wear on the tracks, and the ability to negotiate tight curves.","Shay received patents for his geared locomotive in 1881. He had already granted the exclusive right of manufacture to Ohio’s Lima Locomotive and Machine Company, which produced 2,770 Shay locomotives from 1880 to 1945. Before he developed his successful locomotive, Shay experimented with tramways that used cars pulled by horses. However, on a downgrade the horses were in danger of being run over by runaway cars. Later, with the help of William Crippen, a Cadillac machinist, Shay built a rigid drive locomotive; however, it tore up the wooden tracks then in use. Finally, he produced the geared locomotive with pivot mounted trucks that bears his name. This Shay Locomotive, built in 1898, was the last used by the Cadillac Soo Lumber Company. It was restored in 1985.",130 W. Cass Street,Cadillac,MI,0,in the city park - near a parking lot entrance - Cass Street and S. Lake Street,Wexford,21N09W04NENE,44.248903,-85.400039,,"Timber Industry,5",08/23/2022,5b96e65b-9da3-4a26-aae8-c8fd392951a9,0,1343,2,"MHC831979048_2.jpg;MHC831979048_1.jpg","Robb Munger;Robb Munger","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/01/2022;08/23/2022",416901
-85.93962,44.8543900000001,MHC452003005,L2126,2,2003,2003,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Settlers Park,,Old Settlers Park,,"Residents of the logging community of Burdickville held a picnic on August 3, 1893, to honor two elderly pioneers, Kasson Freeman and John Fisher. High attendance at this first picnic inspired the organizers to hold one annually. In 1905 they formed the Old Settlers Picnic Association and began raising funds to purchase a permanent picnic ground. The present Old Settlers Park reflects two purchases. In 1912, with funds from the association, Leelanau County bought a five-acre parcel adjacent to the Methodist Episcopal Church, which was built in 1896. In 1917 the association funded the county’s purchase of the church, with the Methodists stipulating that the church “shall not be used for dancing.” Each August people came from miles around to attend the Old Settlers Picnic.",,Dunns Farm Road,Maple City,MI,0,East side of Big Glen Lake - Empire Township - may also be listed with a Burdickville address in some places,Leelanau,28N14W01NESE,44.85439,-85.93962,,,01/02/2020,52e167b8-d971-4f96-b0e0-c9344374ffad,0,1344,0,,,,,416902
-84.9241279999999,42.442688,MHC231958002,S186,2,1958,1960,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Olivet College,,Olivet College,,"On February 24, 1844, the Reverend John J. “Father” Shipherd and thirty-nine followers arrived by ox-cart on this wilderness hilltop, driving their herds before them. They felt God had directed them to this oak grove for the purpose of founding a coeducational Christian college open to students of all races. First chartered as Olivet Institute, the school received its charter as a college in 1859. For over a century it has given a broad liberal arts education, with strong support from the Congregational church. Many alumni have gone forth “Pro Christo et Humanitate.",,333 S. Main Street,Olivet,MI,49076,New location confirmed. The Relocation/move was approved by the Commission on 4/18/2018.,Eaton,01N05W29NWSE,42.442688,-84.924128,,,04/25/2019,8ae61cbf-24e2-4396-9a4e-ca351cf04f96,0,1345,1,MHC231958002_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,416903
-85.534341,42.1198200000001,MHC392000019,L2086C,2,2000,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Vicker's Mill,,Vicker's Mill,,"In 1831 John Vickers built a brush dam over the eight-foot waterfall on Portage Creek and erected a log gristmill. The mill is believed to have been the first mill in Kalamazoo County. The dam created a pond that supplied waterpower to the mill, and formed the sizeable Sunset Lake, around which pioneers built homes and set up businesses. Vickers died in 1842. On October 18, 1871, the village was incorporated as Brady, but one day later, a petition passed to rename it Vicksburg.",,215 W. Prairie Street,Vicksburg,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,04S11W13NESE,42.11982,-85.534341,,,09/01/2017,85fc4baa-f4ce-4341-a3d3-ca381bad14be,0,1346,0,,,,,416904
-90.160646,46.455606,MHC271977011,L560,2,1977,1978,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Curry House,Solomon S. Curry House,Curry House,,"Here lived Solomon S. Curry, pioneer in the mining industry of the Ironwood area. Curry, a progressive, broad-minded man, was also instrumental in the building of the city of Ironwood, which through his efforts, grew from a wilderness to one of the major cities in northern Michigan. A Democrat, Curry was elected state representative in 1874 and was a candidate for lieutenant governor in 1896. Restored to its original appearance, the Curry House has Tiffany windows, nineteenth century light fixtures, and ornate woodwork.",,631 East McLeod Ave.,Ironwood,MI,0,SE corner of Day Street,Gogebic,47N47W22NESE,46.455606,-90.160646,,Mining Industry,02/14/2018,c6ed5284-c8e3-4cdf-915c-ca8b5bff1a89,0,1347,0,,,,,416905
-88.566969,47.120836,MHC312006013,L2162,2,2006,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grace Methodist Church,Grace United Methodist Church,Grace Methodist Church,,"Methodism had considerable success in Cornwall, an important mining area in southwest England. Cornish miners migrating to the Keweenaw Peninsula during the copper boom of the mid-nineteenth century brought their devotion to Methodism with them. They founded Grace Methodist, Houghton’s first church, in 1854. The congregation built a simple frame sanctuary at this location in 1859. In 1893 the current building was erected. The Jacobsville sandstone edifice, designed by local architect William T. Pryor in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, reflected Houghton’s growth and prosperity. Grace Methodist survived a devastating fire in 1916 and is considered the “mother church” of Methodism in the region.",,210 Isle Royale Street,Houghton,MI,49931,,Houghton,55N34W36SENW,47.120836,-88.566969,,,10/03/2019,9085ed59-af88-46c4-9ab0-ca90f4a0f86b,0,1348,2,"MHC312006013_1.jpg;MHC312006013_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo","01/05/2004;01/05/2004",416906
-83.647142,42.24857,MHC811983021,S553C,2,1983,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cleary College / Cleary College,,Cleary College,Cleary College,"In 1883 Irish immigrant Patrick Roger Cleary (1858-1948) founded Cleary’s School of Penmanship. Starting with only two students, he soon attracted more by offering other business-related classes. In 1889 the school’s name was changed to Cleary Business College and the facility moved to its third location on the corner of Michigan and Adams. The school was incorporated in 1891. In 1933 the Cleary family turned the physical assets of the college over to a board of trustees, establishing Cleary College as an independent nonprofit institution. The college moved to its present site in 1960. A branch college was opened in Livingston County in 1979. By 1982 the combined campuses served over one thousand students.","Patrick Roger Cleary served as president of Cleary College from its inception in 1883 to his retirement in 1940. A graduate of Valparaiso University, he taught penmanship for several years prior to founding the college. He authored several books on profit and bookkeeping and served as business consultant to local merchants including J. L. Hudson. Succeeding Cleary as president was his son, Owen J., an Ypsilanti attorney who was Michigan’s secretary of state from 1953 to 1954. During Patrick Cleary’s administration, the college became one of the first in Michigan to train teachers in commercial subjects. It began granting associate and bachelor degrees in 1935. By 1979 one thousand bachelor degrees had been conferred by the college.",2170 Washtenaw Ave,Ypsilanti,MI,0,,Washtenaw,03S07E06SWSE,42.24857,-83.647142,,,09/20/2017,31e5af40-3630-4b2d-9072-caafa8d6536d,0,1349,0,,,,,416907
-84.2189222499999,42.05562999,MHC461980047,L836A,2,1980,2008,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Michael and All Angels Church,Cambridge Cemetery,St. Michael and All Angels Church,,"The Reverend William Narcissus Lyster founded St. Michael and All Angels Church in 1843. One of only four Episcopal clergy in Michigan at the time, Lyster established several churches in the area. In 1855 the Right Reverend Samuel A. McCoskry, the first Episcopal bishop of Michigan, laid the cornerstone of this Gothic Revival Church, which was dedicated on October 31, 1858. Cambridge Township’s earliest settlers, including tavern-keepers Sylvester and Lucy Walker, attended this church. St. Michael and All Angels Church, and the adjacent Cambridge Township Cemetery, begun in 1838, are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,11646 Old Monroe Pike,Brooklyn,MI,49230,,Lenawee,05S02E08NWNE,42.05562999,-84.21892225,,,08/08/2017,f85214a6-2f65-4cd1-a3f8-cab9f1fec6e5,2006,1350,0,,,,,416908
-83.381135,42.4985530000001,MHC631983023,L1110A,2,1983,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Lawrence Simmons House,Simmons-Russell House,Lawrence Simmons House,,"Constructed in 1861, this is one of the three houses that Livonia farmer Joshua Simmons had built for his three sons. Lawrence Simmons, for whom this house was built, lived here for twelve years. He, like the elder Simmons, was a farmer. The house was designed by local carpenter and architect Sergius P. Lyon, who was also an undertaker, a stove manufacturer, and founder of the Farmington Universalist Church. The handsome Victorian-style stone structure displays seven different “gingerbread” designs in the trim.",,33742 Twelve Mile Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,West of Farmington Road,Oakland,01N09E09SESE,42.498553,-83.381135,,,09/12/2017,e3cd23bd-ae27-4c8c-b325-cadb45175a69,0,1351,0,,,,,416909
-83.23229,42.3143400000001,MHC821958019,HB17,2,1958,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Fair Lane,Henry Ford Estate/Henry Ford Mansion,Fair Lane,,"Here Henry and Clara Bryant Ford lived from 1915 until their deaths in 1947 and 1950. The eminent American auto magnate and inventor named Fair Lane after the road on which his father, William Ford, was born in County Cork, Ireland. The fifty-six room mansion made of marblehead limestone and concrete was completed in 1915. Inventor Thomas A. Edison, a frequent guest here, laid the cornerstone in 1914 for the powerhouse which supplied power for the entire estate. Ford’s popularization of the automobile propelled America into an era of accelerated urbanization and industrialization. Yet, the home of this man of controversy and varied interests reflects a love of nature and the countryside. Donated by the Ford Motor Company in 1957 to the University of Michigan for a Dearborn campus, Fair Lane’s secluded acres shelter a national bird sanctuary and nature trails.",,4901 Evergreen,Dearborn,MI,0,near Michigan Avenue,Wayne, ,42.31434,-83.23229,,Auto Industry,09/20/2017,53331dbb-6f35-4967-9171-cb294e1b20e4,0,1352,0,,,,,416910
-83.7547391,42.6582885,MHC472006020,L2173,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hartland Burying Ground / Hartland Burying Ground,"Old Burying Grounds; Hartland Village Cemetery",Hartland Burying Ground,Hartland Burying Ground,"The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1840 upon the death of Thomas Hall, a Hartland Township pioneer. Chauncey L. and Robert C. Crouse, who platted the village of Hartland in 1842, transferred approximately two acres of the original cemetery to the Hartland Township Board of Health in 1864. The cemetery includes the graves of several early settlers, including Samuel Mapes and Dr. Josiah T. Clark, who ministered to people suffering from smallpox during the late 1840s. The grave markers also display the names of some of Hartland’s most prominent citizens, including the Crouses and members of the Tremaine family. Both families were successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists.","The Hartland Burying Ground occupies 3.6 acres of land. The cemetery has a wide variety of funerary markers popular during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Elaborate stones include pedestal tombs with urns, such as the Blain marker; a pulpit marker with an open bible, such as the Bradley marker; a marker sculpted to be a tree with ferns at its base; and obelisks, such as the one for the Crouse family. A cross bearing the name Abraham is built of cobblestones carved into hearts. It dates from 1970, and is one of the most unique markers in the cemetery. Three hundred nineteen graves date from the nineteenth century. Six veterans of the War of 1812 and twenty-four Civil War veterans are interred here.",1312 Avon Street,Hartland,MI,48353,"NW corner of Avon & Henry St.; Near the historic gate & arch entrance on Avon St; East entrance",Livingston,03N06E16SWNW,42.6582885,-83.7547391,,,09/15/2017,1fced753-b570-405c-93a0-cb34f4189527,0,1353,1,MHC472006020_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Back,,416911
-85.692835,42.88382,MHC411992008,S641,2,1992,2022,Statehood Era (1815-1860),126th Infantry / 126th Infantry,,126th Infantry,126th Infantry,"The 126th Infantry Regiment has been in active military service since 1855. The regiment began as militia companies in Grand Rapids. They provided the core of the Third Michigan Infantry Regiment, which served in the Civil War. After the war, the companies were reorganized as part of the Second Infantry, Michigan State Troops, the forerunners of the Michigan National Guard. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the 126th was organized and assigned to the Thirty-second “Red Arrow” Division, which was honored by the French with the Croix de Guerre for gallantry shown in the 1918 Oise-Aisne offensive. During World War II the 126th was part of the Thirty-second Division seeing action in New Guinea and the Philippines. During the war the regiment saw 654 days of combat, more than any other American unit.","The 126th Infantry Regiment has demonstrated the value of the National Guard during peacetime. Michigan National Guard units have been mobilized to assist civil authorities during strikes, riots, and natural disasters. In 1873 the 126th, then the Second Regiment, quelled rioting at the Muskegon County Jail in its first peacetime role. The regiment was also mobilized during a 1909 railroad strike in Durand, the 1913 Upper Peninsula copper strike and the 1937 General Motors Sit-Down Strike in Flint. In July 1967 the regiment was mobilized to maintain peace during the Detroit riots. Natural disasters that required the regiment’s assistance included an April 1956 tornado in the Grand Rapids area and a west Michigan blizzard in January 1978.",1200 44th Street SW,Wyoming,MI,0,Grand Valley Armory,Kent,06N12W26NWNE,42.88382,-85.692835,,"Civil War,5",06/06/2022,dec75b06-c794-47cc-8c16-cb543c512594,0,1354,2,"MHC411992008_2.jpg;MHC411992008_1.jpg","David Britten;David Britten","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","06/05/2022;06/05/2022",416912
-90.02665,46.4805200000001,MHC271956006,S83,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Gogebic Iron Range,,Gogebic Iron Range,,"The Gogebic was the last of the three great iron ore fields opened in the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. Beginning in 1848 with Dr. A. Randall, federal and state geologists had mapped the ore formations almost perfectly long before any ore was mined. One geologist, Raphael Rumpelly, on the basis of his studies in 1871, picked out lands for purchase which years later became the sites of the wealthy Newport and Geneva mines. The first mine to go into production was the Colby. In 1884 it shipped 1,022 tons of iron ore in railroad flat cars to Milwaukee. By 1890 more than thirty mines had shipped ore from this range. Many quickly ran out of good ore and had to close. Others took their places as richer ore bodies were found. Virtually all mining here has been underground, as attested by many shafts and “cave-ins.” The soft hematite ores common on this range usually have been sent in ore cars to Ashland and Escanaba, there to be loaded in ore boats and taken to America’s steel mills.",,"Roadside Park, US-2 one mile east of Bessemer",Bessemer Township,MI,0,Memory Lane,Gogebic,47N46W11SWSW,46.48052,-90.02665,,Mining Industry,08/30/2017,a1088395-0d8c-4fd6-9a63-cb856303d591,0,1355,2,"MHC271956006_2.jpg;MHC271956006_1.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Archives of Michigan","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front","05/01/1958;05/01/1958",416913
-87.6782189999999,46.49242,MHC521973013,S398,2,1973,1973,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cliffs Shaft Mine,Iron Cliffs Company/Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company,Cliffs Shaft Mine,,"Opened by the Iron Cliffs Company in 1879, the mine was acquired by the present owner, the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, in 1891. The Cliffs Shaft was the nation’s largest producer of hard, specular hematite, a type of iron ore. Over 26 million tons were mined, and since 1887 ore was shipped every year but one. The mine was also one of the largest of Michigan iron mines, its sixty-five miles of tunnels running under most of Ishpeming and plunging to a depth of 1,358 feet. As late as the 1930s, there were eight iron mines in Ishpeming. The Cliffs Shaft was the last of these, and its closing in 1967 marked the end of an era.",,3300 Jeffries Service Drive,Marquette,MI,0,Park on the corner of Euclid and Lakeshore Streets,Marquette,47N27W04SESE,46.49242,-87.678219,,Mining Industry,08/25/2020,86e98a2b-4849-47d0-9de7-cb94540eaee2,0,1356,0,,,,,416914
-85.2904369999999,42.648649,MHC081969006,S291,2,1969,1969,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Early Hastings,Barry County Courthouse,Early Hastings,,"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 in 1851, and in 1869 the first railroad reached town. Dr. William Upjohn, founder of the pharmaceutical firm that bears his name, established his practice here after the Civil War and perfected a process for the commercial manufacture of the friable pill. Judge Ella C. Eggleston, one of the first women probate judges in the state, began her term of office here in 1919.",,220 West State Street,Hastings,MI,0,SE corner of Broadway Street,Barry,03N08W17SWNW,42.648649,-85.290437,,4,07/29/2020,45120672-f02b-45ac-90fe-cb9b1a706a5b,0,1357,2,"MHC081969006_1.jpg;MHC081969006_2.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";07/07/2020",416915
-83.500792,42.452147,MHC631981025,L891A,2,1981,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Samuel White Homestead / Colonel Samuel White,,Samuel White Homestead,Colonel Samuel White,"This Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel White, shows the influence of the people from Upstate New York who first settled this area. The deed to the property was signed by John Quincy Adams. Built around 1840, the house retains its original architectural features. The classic entrance, friezes, and returns are typical of the style. Heavy native beams support the house, which rests on a fieldstone foundation. The barn, part of the working farm until 1956, was converted to a house in 1980.","The Samuel White family was one of the first to settle in Novi Township. White (1794-1870) and his wife, Amanda (1799-1869), immigrated to this area from Royalton, New York, in 1827. White had recently retired from the army, ending a career that included service in the War of 1812. A prosperous farmer, White was the second supervisor of Novi, a delegate to the 1835 Michigan Constitutional Convention, and active in numerous other civic endeavors. He built this house for his wife and four children around 1840.",46040 Nine Mile Road,Novi,MI,0,Between Beck and Taft Roads,Oakland,01N08E28SWSE,42.452147,-83.500792,,,07/28/2017,cd69661d-3c6b-47fc-b5e1-cbad37a3e50c,0,1358,2,"MHC631981025_2.jpg;MHC631981025_1.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";",416916
-85.181542,42.3240190000001,MHC132012003,L2231C,2,2012,2012,Post WWII (1945-1970),Battle Creek Community College,,Battle Creek Community College,,"In September 1956 Battle Creek Community College opened near this site. Founded by Battle Creek Public Schools, it was originally housed in a Grand Army of the Republic Hall that was demolished in 1972. Begun with 176 full and part-time students and four faculty, it grew rapidly. A 1959 donation from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation allowed the College to move to its present location, renamed Kellogg Community College.",,100 West Van Buren Street,Battle Creek,MI,49017,"Located at Battle Creek Central High School, on grassy area adjacent to Calhoun St. at the intersection of College Street.",Calhoun,02S08W01NESE,42.324019,-85.181542,,,10/02/2019,ea41c445-98be-4b55-b9ec-cbc0afc8e475,0,1359,2,"MHC132012003_1.jpg;MHC132012003_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Historical Photo",";",416917
-83.239671,42.8566680000001,MHC631990010,S614,2,1990,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Harry Frink House,,Harry Frink House,,"Maple Grove is one of about fifty octagon buildings in Michigan. Harry Frink (1809-1889), a farmer and master carpenter from New York State, built this house around 1850. The house’s octagonal plan reflects a national craze following the 1848 publication of A Home for All by New York phrenologist Orson Fowler. The book touted the octagon form as providing more floor space per wall length and as more economical to build than standard houses.",,2246 Oxford Rd.,Oxford,MI,0,,Oakland,05N10E11SESE,42.856668,-83.239671,,,09/12/2017,6664320d-0e9c-4b0d-9788-cbf279a7f30b,0,1360,0,,,,,416918
-84.1641559999999,43.3140110000001,MHC731981010,L877,2,1981,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Schroeder House,,Schroeder House,,"In 1896 John Schroeder built this one and one-half-story log home for his family on a farm about a mile west of Freeland. His son George resided there until 1968. Exhibiting hand-hewn, notched white pine logs, boarded gables, and a wood shingled roof, the cabin was moved to the Hartley Outdoor Education Center in 1978. Equipped with furnishings from the late nineteenth century, the cabin is a pioneer heritage studies site where students can practice pioneer crafts and skills. The eighteen-by-twenty-six foot log barn was built in 1981.",,12633 Beaver Rd.,St. Charles,MI,0,"Hartley Outdoor Education Center, North of Townline and East of Orr Roads",Saginaw,11N03E31NESW,43.314011,-84.164156,,,09/12/2017,e3ce5cae-080f-4528-b236-cc97ba8b7509,0,1361,0,,,,,416919
-83.04626,42.3317220000001,MHC821958001,HB18,2,1958,1971,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Old City Hall,Detroit City Hall,Old City Hall,,"For nearly a century this site on Campus Martius was the seat of Detroit’s city government. City Hall was designed in 1860 by the firm of A. N. Jordan and James Anderson, but the Civil War forced postponement of construction until 1868. Impressive ceremonies marked the dedication of the building on the Fourth of July, 1871. An imposing structure with a mansard roof, City Hall was built of cream-colored Amherst sandstone, and the clock in the two-hundred-foot tower was said to be the largest in the nation. Statues of Cadillac, La Salle, Marquette, and Richard were designed for the building by Julius Melchers to recall the city’s French heritage. After a bitter public debate, City Hall was razed in 1961.",,777 Woodward at Michigan,Detroit,MI,48226,Believed to have been removed and stored by the City of Detroit around 2001. Old City Hall was tore down in 1971,Wayne, ,42.331722,-83.04626,,,09/11/2019,90c29c0e-7456-4120-9602-ccc5e4ed934e,0,1362,0,,,,,416920
-83.683954,43.0202770000001,MHC251977006,L502,2,1977,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Whaley House / Robert J. Whaley,,Whaley House,Robert J. Whaley,"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 1884. Whaley, a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the house extensively. Three bays, the library alcove, and a west-end addition were among the exterior changes. The interior was enhanced by adding ornate woodwork and colorful tiled fireplaces. In 1925 Whaley’s wife endowed the house, making it a home for elderly women. In 1975 it became a public museum.","Robert J. Whaley was born in Castile, New York, in 1840. He moved to Wisconsin with his family in the 1840s, then returned to New York. There he met and married Mary McFarlan of Flint. Whaley and his bride moved to Flint in 1867. Here he joined his father-in-law in lumbering and later banking. He purchased this gracious structure in 1884. Serving as president of Flint’s Citizens Bank for forty-one years, Whaley was also a trustee for the Michigan Charitable Schools, a Mason and Elk, and a 1912 Democratic candidate for state treasurer. He died in 1922.",624 East Kearsley,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee,,43.020277,-83.683954,,,08/30/2017,b4846c2f-d538-41e1-9508-ccdfaa2fa770,0,1363,0,,,,,416921
-86.24738,41.9060500000001,MHC111979001,L732A,2,1979,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Morris Chapel Church,,Morris Chapel Church,,"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. This church, the congregation’s second one, was built in 1867. In 1919 the basement was completed for community and social gatherings. Jessie Shilliday and Mattie Barnd bequeathed money for renovating both the exterior and interior of the church.",,Chapel Road,Niles,MI,0,"NW corner of Pucker Street and Chapel Road, Berrien Township",Berrien,06S17W35NESE,41.90605,-86.24738,,,09/22/2017,d9d00d6b-53f4-48b5-9056-cd10f8fef8e9,0,1364,0,,,,,416922
-82.9975219999999,42.3649080000001,MHC822016007,L2281,2,2016,2016,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Eastern Liggett School / Detroit Waldorf School,,Eastern Liggett School,Detroit Waldorf School,"Albert Kahn designed this school in the Arts and Crafts style in 1913. It opened in 1914 as Eastern Liggett, a college preparatory school for girls. Kahn oversaw the addition of an auditorium, gymnasium and new classrooms in 1923, and the front gate installation in 1928. Many of Liggett’s early students were the daughters of business owners and industry executives from the surrounding Indian Village neighborhood. In 1964, Liggett School moved to Grosse Pointe.","In 1966, the Waldorf School Association of Michigan reopened this building as Michigan’s first Waldorf School, using an educational approach created by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919. It was one of Detroit’s first racially integrated private schools. In 1968, the school became a founding member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as part of the Indian Village Historic District.",2555 Burns Avenue,Detroit,MI,48214,Close to both sidewalks on the corner of Burns and Charlevoix,Wayne,,42.364908,-82.997522,,2,10/30/2019,6bddc958-e540-4c47-8d29-cd63f8b11513,1972,1365,0,,,,,416923
-84.143198,43.3065320000001,MHC731971012,S362,2,1971,1975,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saginaw Valley Coal,,Saginaw Valley Coal,,"Coal was first mined in Michigan in the 1830s in Jackson County, and that area led in production through the 1880s. In the next decade dozens of mines were opened in Bay, Saginaw, and Shiawassee Counties, producing thousands of tons of coal annually. The hamlet of St. Charles, in the center of this new coal field, expanded rapidly, “touched by the magic hand of good luck.” More than one thousand people were here by 1900, and the state coal mine inspector maintained his office here for years. After World War I a series of labor strikes and diminishing returns from the mines led to a decline in the state’s coal production. Swan Creek Mine, the last producing coal mine in Michigan, closed in 1952.",,Parkway Drive,St. Charles,MI,0,"St. Charles Park, corner of M-52 and Parkway Drive",Saginaw,10N03E05NENW,43.306532,-84.143198,,4,09/12/2017,2cfb08f4-d420-4b5b-9ec0-cd7e4a87297d,0,1366,1,MHC731971012_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,09/19/2020,416924
-83.294702,42.1003060000001,MHC822007010,L2198,2,2007,2008,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory,Flat Rock Metal,The Ford Lamp Factory Complex,,"This complex was part of Henry Ford’s “village industries” plan to decentralize production by building plants in rural areas. Designed by Detroit architect Albert Kahn, the early-1920s complex comprised a factory with hydroelectric generators, a dam, and a water filtration plan that supplied water to the village. A 1926 newspaper announcement predicted: “Flat Rock Will Grow Like a Forest Fire.” The availability of hydroelectric power and factory jobs did spur the growth of Flat Rock and sustained it during the Depression. Between 1923 and 1938, 52 million lamp assemblies were made here. The factory produced a variety of lamps and lighting systems for automobiles and World War II vehicles before ceasing operations in 1950.",,26601 W. Huron River Drive,Flat Rock,MI,48134,Between Middlebelt & Telegraph,Wayne,04S10E31NESW,42.100306,-83.294702,,Auto Industry,08/18/2017,dd1be2cd-094c-4fe9-a87d-cd9e8163fa3a,0,1367,0,,,,,416925
-83.619299,42.637903,MHC631981027,L902A,2,1981,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Episcopal Church of Highland Station,Highland United Methodist Church (Highland Township Library),Methodist Episcopal Church of Highland Station,,"Highland’s Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1865. Lester and George St. John built this structure in 1886 on three lots donated by J. B. and Betsey Crouse. In 1946 the former Hickory Ridge School was added to the Victorian church with the south portion completed in 1957. The township purchased the building in 1980 and meticulously renovated and expanded it, repeating the Venetian glass insets in the oriel windows and the ornate scroll-saw trim of the original. It was rededicated as a library in 1982.",,205 West Livingston,Highland,MI,0,,Oakland,03N07E27NWNW,42.637903,-83.619299,,,09/12/2017,bd739e86-7040-4167-8338-cdb08d81ef2c,0,1368,0,,,,,416926
-83.125394,42.446153,MHC632006029,S705C,2,2006,2007,Post WWII (1945-1970),Michigan's First Tri-Level Intersection,"Intersection of Woodward Avenue & 8 Mile; Intersection of M-1 & M-102",Michigan's First Tri-Level Intersection,,"During the 1950s, as Oakland County's population soared, the corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue became the most congested crossroad in Michigan. The solution, envisioned in a plan created by Detroit and its surrounding counties in the 1920s, was the Eight Mile - Woordward tri-level intersection. Built in 1956-57, it used two levels for Woodward Avenue and Eight Mile ""superhighways"" and one for the local access intersection. Woodward Avenue originated in Augustus B. Woodwards 1805 plan, which had major arteries radiating from Detroit's core. Running north to Pontiac, Woodward separates the east and west sides of Detroit. Eight Mile became the symbolic line separating the city and the suburbs.",,Intersection of Woodward Ave & 8 Mile Road,Detroit,MI,0,in SE quadrant,Wayne,01S11E03NENE,42.446153,-83.125394,,,08/17/2017,0dbc22a5-a9bc-4279-bdfd-cdbe25707d10,0,1369,0,,,,,416927
-85.582951,42.287404,MHC391985036,S569C,2,1985,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Epaphroditus Ransom / Epaphroditus Ransom,,Epaphroditus Ransom,Epaphroditus Ransom,"The only resident of Kalamazoo to be elected governor of Michigan during its first 150 years, Epaphroditus Ransom lived and farmed on this site. Born in Massachusetts in 1796, Ransom came to Michigan in 1834. An attorney, he soon became the area’s first circuit court judge, riding horseback through the wilderness to hear cases. In 1836 he was appointed associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and in 1843 he became the court’s chief justice. A declaration he issued in 1840 prevented the removal of the Catholic Potawatomi from their southwestern Michigan lands. In 1848 Ransom was the first governor to be inaugurated in Lansing, which had just become the state capital.","During Epaphroditus Ransom’s gubernatorial term (1848-1850), the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital was established. Following his term as governor, Ransom became the first president of the Michigan Agricultural Society, which was instrumental in the creation of both the Michigan State Fair and Michigan State University. He was also a regent of the University of Michigan (1850-1852), a founder of the village of Augusta, and a state representative (1853-1854). In 1857 President James Buchanan appointed Ransom receiver of the Kansas Osage Land Office in Fort Scott, Kansas. He died in Kansas in 1859. His body was returned to Kalamazoo, where it was interred in Mountain Home Cemetery.",401 S. Burdick St,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"Near the intersection of Cedar Street, close to the parking lot.",Kalamazoo,02S11W22NENW,42.287404,-85.582951,,Governors,09/11/2019,c3da09fb-3dd6-4783-8604-cdbf8b789ed7,0,1370,0,,,,,416928
-83.17975401,42.7465039900001,MHC632006027,L2185,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Paint Creek Cemetery,,Paint Creek Cemetery,,"The first burial here dates from 1832. Almon and Elvira Mack deeded this land to trustees of the Paint Creek Burial Ground in 1850. Created in 1853, it was known also as the Baldwin Burial Ground. The oldest marker is for Lydia Barnes Potter (1757-1836). In 1911 the Daughters of the American Revolution put a plaque at Potter’s grave in honor of her work making uniforms during the Revolutionary War. In 2002 they named a chapter in her honor.",,"Orion Road, North of Lake George Road",Oakland Township,MI,0,,Oakland,04N11E20NESE,42.74650399,-83.17975401,,,08/08/2017,80543cfc-c449-4b2a-bae7-cdc5ea0542cf,0,1371,0,,,,,416929
-86.116193,42.79036,MHC701991011,L1840,2,1991,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),West Michigan Furniture Company Building / West Michigan Furniture Company Building,,West Michigan Furniture Company Building,West Michigan Furniture Company Building,"In 1889 Frank W. Hadden, George P. Hummer, and Frank Metz founded the West Michigan Furniture Company in Holland. The company produced only bedroom and dining room furniture, which was sold by a twenty-five-member sales force throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada and Mexico. In 1906 the firm created the Engel Lumber and Land Company in Louisiana, which supplied raw material to the Michigan plant. Hummer and his descendants ran the Holland business from 1889 to 1975.","The West Michigan Furniture Company was the first large-scale furniture manufacturer in Holland, and the plant was the first local factory with electric lights. This enabled workers to adhere to a ten-hour work day. During the 1890s, a period of national recession, the company employed 20 percent of Holland’s work force, even through the worst economic troubles. In 1899 employment peaked at 635 people. This office building is the only structure remaining of the manufacturing complex.",195 W. 8th St.,Holland,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N15W29SWNW,42.79036,-86.116193,,2,08/02/2021,5fc975e3-7d63-47d1-848f-cdfc49c7065b,0,1373,0,,,,,416930
-83.027302,42.3786020000001,MHC821982019,S546A,4,1982,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Packard Motor Car Company,,Packard Motor Car Company,,"The Packard Motor Car Company, which built Detroit’s first, and for many years most prestigious, luxury cars, produced over 1.5 million vehicles on this site from 1903 to 1954. The factory complex, designed by Albert Kahn, included the city’s first use of reinforced concrete for industrial construction. At its opening, it was considered the most modern automobile manufacturing facility in the world. In it skilled craftsmen practiced over eighty trades.",,1580 East Grand Blvd,Detroit,MI,48211,"Packard Motor Car Company plant was registered as Site No. HB19 on 2/19/1958. In 1982, a marker was issued and given the site No. S546A for the same site. See Comments regarding stolen marker",Wayne,,42.378602,-83.027302,,Auto Industry,02/03/2020,6b9576f7-5ff8-42f2-b498-ce434d29830f,0,1374,0,,,,,416931
-86.441919,43.951619,MHC531999009,L2051,2,1999,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Swedish Lutheran Church,Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ludington,Swedish Lutheran Church,,"During the 1870s and 1880s, Ludington Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians worshiped together as the Scandinavian Lutheran Society. In 1873 the society built a church where all three languages were spoken. The Swedes, who had formed their own congregation on August 3, 1874, assumed sole ownership of the building in 1887. In 1901 they built the present church, designed by local architect Charles Boerner.",,501 East Danaher St.,Ludington,MI,0,,Mason,18N18W15SESE,43.951619,-86.441919,,,09/06/2017,34af560a-0b9f-42d7-a924-ce6fc3a21519,0,1375,0,,,,,416932
-83.936093,43.4303160000001,MHC731998005,L2040,2,1998,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Hoyt Library,,The Hoyt Library,,"The Saginaw Evening News declared the Hoyt Library “a noble institution” and “the pride of all Saginawians” when it opened in October 1890. The library was a gift to the people of Saginaw from New York businessman Jesse Hoyt (1815-1882), who had real estate and lumber interests in the Saginaw Valley. Hoyt’s Will set aside $100,000 for a public library here. After a national competition among leading architects, the Hoyt Trust chose the Boston architectural firm of Van Brunt and Howe. When the Richardsonian Romanesque-style building was completed, it exemplified modern library construction. The present building includes a 1921 addition by Edward Tilton of New York and a 1960 addition by Frederick E. Wigen Architects of Saginaw.",,505 Janes Street,Saginaw,MI,0,,Saginaw,12N05E19SWNW,43.430316,-83.936093,,,09/13/2017,129e0de3-fe7f-4bb0-b19a-cec8a2025932,0,1376,0,,,,,416933
-84.478851,43.407964,MHC291996011,L1966,2,1996,1996,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Saginaw and Gratiot County State Road / Saginaw and St. Louis Railroad,,Saginaw and Gratiot County State Road,Saginaw and St. Louis Railroad,"In 1867 goods for Gratiot and Isabella Counties were shipped from Detroit to St. Johns, then hauled by teams of horses to outlying settlements. In an effort to lessen the exorbitant transportation costs, the citizens of Saginaw and Gratiot Counties elected to build a thirty-two-mile-long plank road connecting Saginaw and St. Louis. In 1869 the state legislature chose Saginaw lumbermen Ammi Wright and William Glasby to construct the road. Wright served as president of the Gratiot Plank Road Company and Glasby as its contractor. By 1870 farmers, merchants, and a stagecoach line traveled daily between Saginaw and St. Louis. The road later became M-46.","As soon as the plank road was completed, Gratiot and Saginaw Counties wanted a railroad. In 1873 the Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad Company laid tracks from Paines Junction to St. Louis, alongside the plank road. This line allowed for the export of agricultural and lumbering products and the import of necessary supplies. In 1879 the line was extended to Alma. By that year, parties in the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad Company, who owned the majority of stock in the Saginaw Valley and St. Louis, had taken over the smaller line. The Saginaw Valley retained a separate title until 1897 when it merged with the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad.",Breckenridge Village Park,Breckenridge,MI,0,Opposite 124 East Saginaw Street,Gratiot,12N01W30NWNE,43.407964,-84.478851,,,08/30/2017,34a8c80e-95a8-4c17-b784-cede72093810,0,1377,0,,,,,416934
-83.260711,42.476854,MHC631987026,L1476A,2,1987,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pioneer Cemetery,,Pioneer Cemetery,,"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 became known as the United Presbyterian Church Cemetery. All but seven graves date from the nineteenth century. One of Southfield’s first settlers, Isaac Heth, is buried here. The last interment was in 1926.",,Lahser Road,Southfield,MI,0,north of West Ten Mile Road,Oakland,01N10E22NWSW,42.476854,-83.260711,,,02/04/2020,65471501-8c7a-4a99-adeb-cee7197d8da2,0,1378,0,,,,,416935
-84.553678,43.0022020000001,MHC191981004,L880A,2,1981,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. John's Church,St. John's Episcopal Church,St. John's Church,,"In 1858 twelve persons organized St. John’s Church. During the Civil War the membership dispersed; the congregation reorganized in 1864. They built their first church in 1867. Shortly after the close of Easter evening services in 1893 the church burned. Detroit architects Rogers and MacFarlane designed the present Neo-Gothic church, which was built the following year. The congregation celebrated the first service in the new church on Easter Sunday 1894.",,400 E. Walker Street,St. Johns,MI,48879,Wall-mounted marker - often hidden behind tall bushes,Clinton,07N02W09SESW,43.002202,-84.553678,,,08/21/2019,32384dc0-6648-480d-8915-cef2783e8bfc,0,1379,2,"MHC191981004_1.jpg;MHC191981004_2.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","11/10/2017;11/10/2017",416936
-84.170831,43.0005420000001,MHC781991015,L1806,2,1991,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Congregational Church and Society,First Congregational Church United Church of Christ,First Congregational Church and Society,,"In 1840 thirteen people founded a Presbyterian congregation on the principles of opposition to slavery and “total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage.” It was the first church established in Owosso. In 1853 the congregation reorganized as the First Congregational Church and Society, but continued to meet in a schoolhouse where it had worshipped for thirteen years. Two years later a small brick and frame church was erected on this site. It was razed in 1891 and replaced with the present building. Constructed in 1892 of fieldstones gathered from local farms, the church has stained glass windows dedicated to Owosso pioneers. The Detroit firm of Malcomson and Higginbotham designed this Neo-Romanesque structure.",,327 N. Washington,Owosso,MI,0,,Shiawassee,07N02E13SESE,43.000542,-84.170831,,4,10/20/2020,073ea660-aa48-4479-90f6-cf39d9eeb125,0,1380,1,MHC781991015_1.jpg,Shaffer Fox,Site Photo w/Marker,08/17/2020,416937
-86.3863499999999,42.0571790000001,MHC111994023,L1923,2,1994,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Hogue House,Robert and Mary Rector Hogue House,The Hogue House,,"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 teaching in Berrien County. Soon after purchasing 170 acres of land in 1874, Hogue married Mary Rector. The Hogues built this house in the late nineteenth century. Modernized around 1940, the house retains many Victorian details. Robert Hogue held several township offices and served as postmaster and justice of the peace.",,3361 Pipestone Rd.,Sodus,MI,0,,Berrien,05S18W10NWNE,42.057179,-86.38635,,,10/16/2018,7cf2d19a-a506-4580-a001-cf872ad7a21c,0,1381,0,,,,,416938
-86.203773,42.6438410000001,MHC031990027,L1801,2,1990,1998,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Douglas Union School / Douglas Union School,,Douglas Union School,Douglas Union School,"In 1866, faced with the growth of what were then the separate villages of Douglas and Dudleyville, Saugatuck Township Districts No. 3 and 4 merged, forming Union District No. 3. The Douglas Union School opened for classes in September 1866. One male and one female teacher taught 129 pupils that year. Early newspapers reported church services, concerts, and social events taking place in the building’s second floor hall. When it closed in 1957, the school had four classrooms. They were converted to apartments during the 1960s. The bell, made by the Buckeye Bell Foundry of Cincinnati, Ohio, was removed and relocated at the new elementary school.","Opened in 1866, the Douglas Union School is one of Michigan’s oldest surviving multi-classroom school buildings. With its bracketed eaves and belfry, the school reflects Italian Villa architecture. Two years after the school opened, the state superintendent of education reported that “Douglas has a new building, and a good one for a small place.” Incorporated in 1870, by 1873 the village had four general stores, a hotel, several flour and lumber mills, and between 700 and 800 inhabitants. The school served the village and the surrounding area until 1957. Douglas Union School is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",130 West Center Street,Douglas,MI,0,,Allegan,03N16W16SENW,42.643841,-86.203773,,5,12/02/2021,41fec213-f376-4191-bf0a-cfaa94c08066,1995,1382,1,MHC031990027_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,,416939
-84.408425,42.245365,MHC381985014,L1221A,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Paul's Episcopal Church,,St. Paul's Episcopal Church,,"On December 8, 1838, the founders of St. Paul’s Parish met and began the task of drafting the Articles of Organization for a “new Protestant society.” The Parish of St. Paul’s Church was officially established with the signing by twenty-two persons of the Articles of Organization on January 12, 1839. Its first house of worship, a small frame church completed at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars by vestry member Lemuel S. House, was consecrated on October 20, 1840. By 1850 the group had outgrown its original home, and plans were begun to build a larger church. Designed by Buffalo architect Calvin N. Otis, the new Romanesque Revival church, was consecrated on January 11, 1853. Remodeled and expanded several times, it is one of the oldest Episcopal church structures in southern Michigan.",,309 South Jackson,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,03S01W03NENE,42.245365,-84.408425,,,09/01/2017,a0eb9697-5ebf-4546-a65e-cfadc82a91e7,0,1383,0,,,,,416940
-83.1512979999999,42.486816,MHC631979047,L679A,2,1979,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Royal Oak Woman's Club,First Baptist Church,Royal Oak Woman's Club,,"Erected in 1839, this building was originally a small frame Baptist church. The village purchased it for a town hall in 1914 and used it for municipal purposes until 1923, when the Royal Oak Woman’s Club acquired it. The club, founded in 1902 as a women’s study group, has relocated the structure twice. In 1923 when the building was remodeled as a Tudor-style structure, a cobblestone fireplace was installed. This is the oldest building in the city of Royal Oak.",,404 South Pleasant Street,Royal Oak,MI,0,,Oakland,01N11E21NWNE,42.486816,-83.151298,,,02/04/2020,92169540-1e5c-43d7-8544-cff91245555b,0,1384,0,,,,,416941
-85.2772629199999,44.8786047400001,MHC051987068,L1429A,2,1987,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Pere Marquette Railroad Depot,"Alden Railroad Depot; Alden Station",Pere Marquette Rail Road Depot,,"In 1891-92 the Chicago and West Michigan Railway, precursor to the Pere Marquette Railroad, extended the line between Traverse City and Petoskey through Spencer Creek. William Alden Smith, the railway´s general counsel, advocated building the line through Spencer Creek, and in 1891 the town was renamed Alden in his honor. Its location aided travel and shipping between Chicago and Petoskey, supporting agriculture, lumbering and eventually tourism. The Pere Marquette built this depot in 1907 to replace one that burned in 1906. Northern Michigan newspapers called it the railroad´s finest depot north of Grand Rapids. In 1981 the last train left Alden. Helena Township acquired the depot in 1986.",,10670 Coy Street,Alden,MI,49612,"Between Depot & Coy Sts.; Helena Twp.",Antrim,29N08W28NESE,44.87860474,-85.27726292,,4,01/17/2017,8f50ff81-b99a-4886-aae1-d010e12c69c8,0,1385,1,MHC051987068_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,,416942
-83.665148,41.952747,MHC581991024,L1837,2,1991,1994,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church,,Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church,,"In 1860 the Reverend A. D. Herzberger of Monroe chartered this church with twenty-two members. The predominantly German congregation worshipped in a schoolhouse until the first church was completed in 1863. The present Gothic church, originally crowned with a 125-foot-high steeple, was dedicated on November 9, 1890. Two dedicatory services were held, one in German and the other in English. The last German service was held in 1945.",,460 Riley St.,Dundee,MI,0,Between Plank and Maple Streets,Monroe,06S06E24NENW,41.952747,-83.665148,,,09/06/2017,d470dad9-c1c7-48a2-8d35-d01a92249db4,0,1386,0,,,,,416943
-82.426,42.9986200000001,MHC741966006,S283,2,1966,1967,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Tom Edison at Grand Trunk,Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot (Port Huron-Fort Gratiot Thomas Edison Depot),Tom Edison at Grand Trunk,,"The Grand Trunk Railroad depot to the right is where twelve-year-old Tom Edison departed daily on the Port Huron-Detroit run. In 1859, the railroad’s first year of operation, Tom persuaded the company to let him sell newspapers and confections on the daily trips. He became so successful that he soon placed two newsboys on other Grand Trunk runs to Detroit. He made enough money to support himself and to buy chemicals and other experimental materials.",,500 Thomas Edison Parkway,Port Huron,MI,0,under Blue Water Bridge,Saint Clair,07N17E35SESW,42.99862,-82.426,,,09/13/2017,15861edd-18af-4a62-ba58-d03eaf7e8976,0,1387,0,,,,,416944
-83.248432,42.4747770000001,MHC631961011,S223,2,1961,1986,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lawrence Institute of Technology,,Lawrence Institute of Technology,,"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 college of engineering, later added programs in architecture, management, arts and science, and various technological fields. The college pioneered in scheduling evening programs for working students and in 1935 developed the four-quarter academic calendar. “Theory and Practice” has been the motto of the college since its founding. Application of classroom theories to real situations involving the community of Michigan industries has been its goal. Lawrence Institute of Technology is a nonprofit independent college.",,21000 West Ten Mile,Southfield,MI,48075,,Oakland,01N10E22SWSE,42.474777,-83.248432,,,09/11/2019,4e61de25-a15a-4c2e-a6de-d042b8c3da4b,0,1388,0,,,,,416945
-83.600853,42.5946730000001,MHC631979007,L650A,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hibbard Tavern,Lancaster House,Hibbard Tavern,,"Aaron Phelps, pioneer settler and first postmaster of Milford, built this Greek Revival residence between 1836 and 1838. It was one of the first frame structures erected in the village. New York immigrant Ira Hibbard purchased the house and transformed it into a tavern in the early 1840s. It served the Milford community for many years as a tavern, stagecoach inn, and mail drop on the Pontiac-Howell stage line. During the 1860s the tavern was converted back into a private residence.",,115 Summitt,Milford,MI,0,Near Union Street,Oakland,02N07E02SWSW,42.594673,-83.600853,,,09/12/2017,751ec7d4-c5e8-4c73-9c9a-d091751d9d93,0,1389,1,MHC631979007_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,416946
-84.805483,45.870528,MHC491961004,L22,2,1961,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Gros Cap and St. Helena Island,,Gros Cap and St. Helena Island,,"French fishermen who came to Gros Cap (on the shore below) early last century also participated in its offshore settlement, St. Helena Island, where ships obtained wood fuel and other supplies. There in 1850, Archie and Wilson Newton set up a fishing and shipping business. The community thrived for more than thirty years.",,Park on US-2,Moran Township,MI,0,Six miles West of St. Ignace,Mackinac,40N04W09SWSE,45.870528,-84.805483,,,09/05/2017,f34886b5-bfa8-459e-aa3a-d0a10225657f,0,1390,1,MHC491961004_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,08/01/1967,416947
-85.420096,42.28853,MHC391980027,L767A,2,1980,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Congregational United Church of Christ,First Congregational Church,Congregational United Church of Christ,,"This congregation has held services continually since 1832. In 1852 it was formally organized as an offshoot of the First Presbyterian Church of nearby Comstock. Later that year the church’s name was changed to the First Congregational Church. It became the Congregational United Church of Christ in 1960. This Greek Revival- Italianate structure, one of the oldest church buildings in Kalamazoo County, has been altered only slightly since it was built in 1861.",,22 Church Street,Galesburg,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S10W24NWNE,42.28853,-85.420096,,,02/04/2020,b6e63d01-1a29-425d-9c61-d0a10658ff1a,0,1391,0,,,,,416948
-86.110488,42.788563,MHC701986014,L1350C,2,1986,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First United Methodist Church,,First United Methodist Church,,"When the Reverend Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte and the first Dutch settlers came to Michigan in February 1847, they were aided by two Methodists who had settled earlier in the Holland area. George Harrington Sr. brought the Dutch settlers from Allegan by ox cart; and Isaac Fairbanks welcomed them to his cabin, where they stayed during the building of their own log homes. Later, in 1861, Fairbanks and Harrington helped found the Holland Methodist Episcopal Church (now First United Methodist Church), which became the first English-speaking church organized in the Holland community. In 1986 the congregation celebrated its 125th anniversary at this site, its fourth church home.",,57 West Tenth Street,Holland,MI,0,,Ottawa,05N15W29NESW,42.788563,-86.110488,,4,08/02/2022,f3b0c44e-8a10-463d-a87c-d0e52d46c126,0,1392,2,"MHC701986014_1.jpg;MHC701986014_2.jpg","Jim Searls;Jim Searls","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","07/26/2022;07/26/2022",416949
-87.6056389999999,45.1078190000001,MHC551995009,L1944,2,1995,1996,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Menominee / Main Street Historic District,,Menominee,Main Street Historic District,"
French-Canadian voyager Louis Chaput (Chappee) came here during the late 1790s. Chaput, an agent for the American Fur Company, was the first white settler in Menominee, which was named for the Menominee Indians who inhabited this area. Within the next one hundred years Menominee developed into a prosperous city, built along the waterfront with money from a booming lumber industry. By 1890 twelve steam-powered lumber mills operated here. The fishing and paper industries and the production of pig iron contributed to a broadening economic base. By 1902 the population had reached thirty thousand. As the pine forests of the Upper Peninsula were depleted, the population declined. During the 1990s it stabilized at nine thousand.","The Main Street Historic District comprises buildings dating from the prosperous era of lumbering and shipping that began around 1890 and continued until the timber supply was depleted in the early twentieth century. Local architects and others from Chicago, Minneapolis, and Green Bay designed buildings constructed of native red sandstone and locally made brick. The general store of Ludington, Wells and Van Schaick Company, at 501 First Street, served employees of the second largest lumber company in the county. The Paalzow Building at 409 First Street was built in 1895 and displays the only example in the district of a cast iron facade. The Main Street Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",Corner of 1st Street (Sheridan Rd) & 10th Avenue,Menominee,MI,49858,Waterworks,Menominee,31N27W02SENW,45.107819,-87.605639,,Timber Industry,07/14/2017,bf7c51c9-86d8-4e8b-bb5d-d143c1a7c7f8,1978,1393,0,,,,,416950
-85.623757,44.764188,MHC282012007,L2238,2,2012,2021,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hannah and Lay Mercantile Building,,Hannah and Lay Mercantile Building,,"In 1851, Perry Hannah, Albert Lay and James Morgan founded Hannah Lay & Co. in Chicago. The next year, they purchased a lumber camp at the mouth of the Boardman River. The company supplied timber to Chicago and goods to the lumber camp. It built this structure in 1883 to house Hannah & Lay Mercantile, also known as the “Big Store.” Designed by Robinson and Barnaby of Grand Rapids, and built of locally produced white Markham bricks, the store boasted Traverse City’s first elevators. It closed in 1928. Montgomery Ward operated in the building from 1928 to 1980. A fire destroyed a quarter of the structure in 1940. Northwestern Bank founder Harry Calcutt became the building’s sole owner in 1954.",,109 E. Front Street,Traverse City,MI,49684,corner of Front and W. Union Streets,Grand Traverse,27N11W03NWSE,44.764188,-85.623757,,6,07/05/2022,c439cd77-f69e-47aa-9c60-d168787b28a1,0,1394,4,"MHC282012007_1.jpg;MHC282012007_2.jpg;MHC282012007_3.jpg;MHC282012007_4.jpg",";;;Virgin Olives, LLC.","Historical Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";;;07/30/2021",416951
-85.19605636,45.3589003800001,MHC152006006,S701C,2,2006,2007,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Big Rock Point/Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant,,Big Rock Point,Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant,"Consumers Power Company (later Consumers Energy) opened the Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant just west of here in 1962. It was the world´s first high- power density boiling water reactor, and the fifth commercial nuclear power plant in the U.S. The plant began as a research and development facility, with the first goal being to prove that nuclear power was economical. In addition to generating electricity, the reactor produced cobalt 60 that was used to treat an estimated 400,000 cancer patients. In 1991 the American Nuclear Society named the plant a Nuclear Historic Landmark. When it closed in 1997, Big Rock was the longest running nuclear plant in the U.S. Consumers Energy later restored the site to a natural area..","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 gathering place each spring. The Odawa summered at Waganaksing (the area between Harbor Springs and Cross Village), but dispersed into smaller groups and traveled during the winter. Each spring they returned to Big Rock, their canoes loaded with sugar, furs, deer skins, prepared venison, bear's oil, and bear meat prepared in oil, deer tallow, and sometimes a lot of honey. From there they returned to Waganaksing by crossing the bay in wiigwaas jiimaan (birch bark canoes). In 1999 elders and youth from the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians recreated the crossing.","Adams Roadside Park, US-31",Charlevoix,MI,0,"Approx 5 miles NE of Charlevoix, Hayes Twp",Charlevoix,34N07W08SWNW,45.35890038,-85.19605636,,Native People,07/26/2017,a89750fa-ea3e-463f-b540-d17d1794992a,0,1395,0,,,,,416952
-82.456684,42.948047,MHC742006033,L2164,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Shiloh Baptist Church,Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church,Shiloh Baptist Church,,"On September 15, 1918, members of Port Huron’s African American community organized Shiloh Baptist Church in South Park, one of the city’s first black neighborhoods. By the early 1920s, the church had acquired the current building from a white Baptist congregation. Though the racial and ethnic composition of South Park has changed over time, the church came to be regarded as the symbolic center of Port Huron’s black population.",,2801 Nern Street,Port Huron,MI,48060,,Saint Clair,06N17E21NWNW,42.948047,-82.456684,,African-American History,08/08/2017,adde1c4b-bd0f-424e-a7e9-d180a5ee4367,0,1396,0,,,,,416953
-86.340066,41.7831170000001,MHC111987046,L1368A,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Portage Prairie United Methodist Church/Portage Prairie United Methodist Church,Portage Prairie Evangelical Church,Portage Prairie United Methodist Church,Portage Prairie United Methodist Church,"In 1887 the Reverend J. A. Frye sparked a religious revival that inspired the construction of this Gothic Revival church. Embellished with oak details, the church cost seventy-two hundred dollars and was debt free upon its dedication. Its one hundred foot steeple was removed in 1919 due to severe electrical storms. Evangelical pioneers had worshipped in a log schoolhouse until 1859, when they built a yellow brick church. That structure was replaced by the present church.","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 Evangelical Church. The denomination merged with the United Evangelical Church in 1922 and with the United Brethren Church in 1946. This church was renamed the Portage Prairie United Methodist Church in 1968.",2450 Orange Road,Niles,MI,0,,Berrien,08S18W13NENE,41.783117,-86.340066,,,09/22/2017,e50e069b-010a-4959-aab1-d1c7daa1e447,0,1397,0,,,,,416954
-85.8952329999999,42.2177110000001,MHC801957007,S163,2,1957,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Territorial Road,,Territorial Road,,"One of the three great east-west routes of pioneer days, the Territorial Road from Detroit to St. Joe tapped the rich lands of the second “tier” of counties. Approved in 1829, the road was not surveyed through Van Buren County until 1835. Although at first it was only a “blaze and a name,” the route soon was teeming with emigrants and travelers. The Dodge Tavern in Paw Paw, a famed stopping point, was so crowded at times that some weary persons, old-timers said, “offered a dollar for a post to lean against.”",,Old US-12,Paw Paw,MI,0,West of State Police Post,Van Buren,03S14W12SWSW,42.217711,-85.895233,,,09/13/2017,91bc7ecf-f09b-48a3-8c54-d1e2895c3e63,0,1398,1,MHC801957007_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,08/17/1958,416955
-88.296375,47.412657,MHC422016002,S740C,2,2016,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Douglass Houghton / Douglass Houghton,,Douglass Houghton,Douglass Houghton,"Douglass Houghton, Michigan’s first State Geologist, was born in Troy, New York, on September 21, 1809. He studied under Amos Eaton at the Van Renssaeler Polytechnic School in Troy. In 1828 he graduated and became a professor of chemistry and natural history. In 1830 Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass asked Eaton to recommend a public lecturer for chemistry and geology. Eaton chose Houghton, who moved to Detroit. In 1831 he became the surgeon and botanist for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s expedition to discover the source of the Mississippi River. During the trip, Houghton studied smallpox among the Chippewa Indians, was a correspondent for the Detroit Journal, and recorded more than two hundred plants. From 1832 to 1836 he practiced medicine in Detroit. In 1838 he became a professor at the University of Michigan.
","Douglass Houghton became the State Geologist of Michigan in 1837. His primary task was leading the Geological Survey of Michigan. During annual surveys, Houghton and his team explored rivers, salt springs, and mineral deposits. In 1841 Houghton reported to the state legislature that copper deposits on the Keweenaw Peninsula could be commercially mined. This led to a copper mining rush in 1843-44 and the development of the region into the center of the copper mining industry in the United States. Houghton became a founding member of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists in 1843 and was mayor of Detroit from 1843 to 1844. On October 13, 1845, Houghton and two men drowned when their boat capsized near here during a storm on Lake Superior; two other men and Houghton’s dog, Meeme, survived.",5059 4th Street,Eagle River,MI,49950,"Near the corner of 4th and M-26, located at Eagle River Museum",Keweenaw,58N31W19NWNW,47.412657,-88.296375,,"Mining Industry,5",06/30/2022,843e9882-c38b-4aa7-85c7-d26363f9bf25,0,1399,2,"MHC422016002_2.jpg;MHC422016002_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","05/17/2022;05/17/2022",416956
-83.62235,42.2463730000001,MHC811956029,S94,2,1956,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Eastern Michigan College,Eastern Michigan University,Eastern Michigan College,,"Founded by legislative action in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School, it was the first state teacher education school west of Albany. Its aim was to provide instruction “in the art of teaching and in all the various branches that pertain to a good common school education.” On this site the first building, old Pierce Hall, opened for classes in 1852. Built by the joint action of local citizens and the state, it stood here until 1948.",,Cross Street,Ypsilanti,MI,0,"NW corner of College Place and Cross Street, between Pierce and Boone Halls",Washtenaw,03S07E05SESE,42.246373,-83.62235,,,09/20/2017,c2262efc-c8db-4e4a-b1d0-d267bb69c405,0,1400,0,,,,,416957
-84.1255649999999,42.9823200000001,MHC781990002,L1734C,2,1990,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hugh McCurdy / Hugh McCurdy Park,,Hugh McCurdy,Hugh McCurdy Park,"
Hugh McCurdy (1829-1908), a native of Scotland, immigrated with his parents to Birmingham, Michigan, in 1837. He first worked as a cooper’s apprentice, and after reading the law was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1854 and practised law in Pontiac. Soon after moving to Corunna in 1855, he was appointed Shiawassee County prosecutor. He was elected probate judge in 1860, state senator in 1864, and mayor of Corunna in 1880 and 1887. McCurdy established the First National Bank of Corunna in 1865. A member of the Free and Accepted Masons since 1850, he became grand master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan in 1873. In this capacity, he laid the cornerstone of the new state capitol on October 2, 1873. In 1892 he became grand master of the Knights Templar of the United States. In 1899 McCurdy and his wife, Emma, gave land to Corunna for a park.","
“Corunna Has A Merry Christmas!” headlined the Corunna Journal on December 21, 1899. One week before Christmas, Judge Hugh McCurdy and his wife, Emma, donated thirty-four acres of their estate to the citizens of Corunna as a Christmas gift. The McCurdys continued to live in their house, nestled amid the parkland. Detroit landscape gardeners Rackham and Dilger designed the park with winding paths, rustic shelters and a casino. The casino burned in 1930, but was rebuilt later that year. A bridge gave park visitors access to Diana Island, located in a channel of the Shiawassee River that once flowed through the northern portion of the park. Over the years the park was the home of many animals including deer, raccoon, and caged bears. The Shiawassee County Fair was held here from 1934 to 1987.",Corunna Ave at Emma Drive,Corunna,MI,0,,Shiawassee,07N03E28NWNW,42.98232,-84.125565,,,10/17/2019,8285a214-9fdb-4365-8aca-d277ea4a4c57,0,1401,0,,,,,416958
-85.001043,41.9396300000001,MHC121989035,L1642C,2,1989,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Branch County / Branch County Courthouse Site,,Branch County,Branch County Courthouse Site,"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, located three miles southwest of Coldwater, was the original county seat, but in 1842 county commissioners decreed that the seat be moved to Coldwater. In 1848 a courthouse was erected on this site. The Chicago Road (now US-12) and the coming of the Michigan Southern Railroad in 1850 attracted settlers. During the 1850s and 1860s, Coldwater was a horse training and breeding center. Local breeders provided three thousand horses to the Union army during the Civil War. In the 1870s and 1880s, the manufacture of cigars contributed to Coldwater’s prosperity. In 1882 some 13.4 million cigars were manufactured in Coldwater.","Coldwater’s first county courthouse was erected on this site in 1848. Forty years later local architect M. H. Parker designed the second courthouse, a High Victorian building. The stately corner tower—visible for miles—housed a thirty-five hundred-pound bell manufactured by the C. H. Meneely Company of Troy, New York, and a clock manufactured by the Howard Company of Boston. In 1972 the building was destroyed by arson, but the bell and clock were salvaged. Organized in 1974 and reactivated in 1987, the Branch County Clock Committee collected monies from generous citizens and businesses to restore the clock and bell and construct a new tower. The Branch County Clock Tower was dedicated on July 30, 1988. The original finial tops the cupola.",31 Division St.,Coldwater,MI,0,,Branch,06S06W21NENE,41.93963,-85.001043,,Civil War,,129ba72f-e737-44ba-be54-d2c0e00a996d,0,1403,0,,,,,416959
-83.974342,42.239182,MHC811979052,L756,2,1979,1994,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Zion Lutheran Church,Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Old Zion Lutheran Church),Zion Lutheran Church,,"Pioneer German families founded Zion Lutheran Church in 1865 as the western portion of Saint Thomas Lutheran parish. The congregation adopted its first constitution and dedicated this substantial Neo-Gothic building in 1867. The church was enlarged and remodeled in 1909, providing for a new altar, pulpit, sacristy, and art glass windows. On June 6, 1917, a tornado severely damaged the facade, roof, and steeple; however, repairs and the installation of a tracker organ were made in time for the fiftieth anniversary rededication in September. The interior was redecorated in 1932 and 1947. The congregation worshipped exclusively in German until 1930, and held services in this building until 1974 when the new church was dedicated.",,3050 S. Fletcher Rd.,Chelsea,MI,0,NW corner of South Fletcher and Waters Roads,Washtenaw,03S04E04SWSW,42.239182,-83.974342,,,07/11/2019,7ddbd414-2b1f-4ce9-b8bf-d2ce846f2e44,0,1404,0,,,,,416960
-83.982748,42.9096020000001,MHC781970004,S316,2,1970,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Durand Union Station / Durand Union Station,Grand Trunk Railroad Durand Depot (Durand Depot),Durand Union Station,Durand Union Station,"Designed by Detroit architects Spier and Rohns, the 239-foot-long Grand Trunk Western Union Depot originally featured a spacious waiting room, a popular dining room, a lunch counter, areas for baggage and express mail, and telegraph and railroad offices. It was built of Missouri granite brick and Bedford cut stone and originally roofed in slate. Later roofs were of red tile and in more recent years of asphalt. Once the largest station in outstate Michigan, the depot is also one of the largest in a small town anywhere in the United States. On March 27, 1960, Grand Trunk Western train No. 56 left the depot for Detroit. It was the last regularly-scheduled passenger train in the United States to be pulled by a steam locomotive.","The Detroit and Milwaukee Railway brought Durand its first rail service in 1856. In 1877 the Chicago and North Eastern Railroad reached the town, and in 1885 the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan (later the Ann Arbor Railroad) added its tracks. The Grand Trunk Railway System and the Ann Arbor Railroad built this depot in 1903, at a cost of sixty thousand dollars to serve the thousands of passengers who came to this railroad center. In 1905 the depot was nearly destroyed by fire; however, within six months this near-replica had been completed. The last Grand Trunk Western Railroad passenger train stopped here in 1971. Passenger service resumed in 1974 with Amtrak. The city of Durand acquired the depot in 1979.",200 Railroad Street,Durand,MI,0,,Shiawassee,06N04E22NENW,42.909602,-83.982748,,,09/13/2017,a9e60f1d-6c93-4352-ab16-d2ebc45d9026,0,1405,0,,,,,416961
-84.6701889999999,43.379147,MHC291961009,S181,2,1961,2019,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Alma College / Old Main Fire,,Alma College,Old Main Fire,"On October 26, 1886, the Presbyterian Synod of Michigan accepted gifts of thirty acres of land from Ammi W. Wright of Alma and $50,000 from Alexander Folsom of Bay City to establish Alma College. The Synod resolved: ""We will, with God´s help, establish and endow a college within our bounds."" The college received its state charter on April 15, 1887. It opened on September 14, 1887 with a religious service and welcome from the President, Reverend George F. Hunting. There were thirty-five students: nineteen men and sixteen women.","On the morning of March 10, 1969, Old Main, one of Alma College´s first academic and administrative buildings, caught fire and burned down in about an hour. Students and faculty evacuated the building but reentered to carry out equipment and records until firemen stopped them. The fire destroyed classrooms, faculty offices, manuscripts, research documents and other records. In 1974 the college built an Academic Center just north of here, near the site of Old Main, and named it for Robert Swanson, Alma Colllege´s president from 1956 to 1980.",700 West Superior,Alma,MI,48801,2018-2019 Marker repaired due to damage from car. This was after the new revised marker (which added a 2nd side) was done in 2016.,Gratiot,12N03W33SESE,43.379147,-84.670189,www.alma.edu,,06/05/2019,118f0ba0-7dff-48e5-96b1-d2f324c290da,0,1406,0,,,,,416962
-86.050258,42.1135570000001,MHC802002003,L2111,2,2002,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Hamilton Grange Hall / Hamilton Fair,Hamilton Township Hall,Hamilton Grange Hall,Hamilton Fair,"Local farmers organized Hamilton Grange No. 355 in 1874 and built this hall the following year. Lacking a town center, area residents congregated at the hall, which hosted elections and rallies as well as school programs, church services, funerals, lectures, and parties. By 1897 No. 355 was among the largest granges in the state and hosted annual fairs on land adjacent to the hall. When the grange disbanded in 1977, this building became the Hamilton Township Hall.","vThe Hamilton Grange hosted the “Great Free Fair” annually from 1878 until around 1913 when the county fair began. Crowds of people came to hear speakers, watch horse races, attend picnics, and view exhibits at the fairgrounds just north of here. Farm families competed by displaying produce, livestock, bread, canned goods, floral arrangements, and needlework. In October 1905 over five thousand spectators from the Hamilton area came to hear Governor Fred Warner address the crowd.",84040 County Rd 215,Decatur,MI,0,Between County Road 352 and M-51,Van Buren,04S15W21NENE,42.113557,-86.050258,,,09/13/2017,3d61978a-c604-478e-ac56-d30258d9ca45,0,1407,0,,,,,416963
-84.12976,44.6494500000001,MHC681971004,L135,2,1971,2001,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Oscoda County / Oscoda County Courthouse,,Oscoda County,Oscoda County Courthouse,"Under the Saginaw Treaty of 1819, the Chippewa tribes ceded 6 million acres to the United States, including the land comprising present-day Oscoda County, which was set off from Alcona County in 1881 when its population reached the level where it could support a separate government. The name “Oscoda” comes from two Chippewa words, ossin meaning pebble and mushcoda meaning large prairie. The village of “Mioe” replaced Union Corners as the county seat in 1882 when John Randall, a town founder, offered a village lot as a site for the courthouse. By 1883 Mio’s fifty residents supported a general store, a milliner, two attorneys, and the Northern Mail newspaper. In addition to the lumbering operations centered in Mio, the county was prime for raising sheep and dairy cattle.","When county government moved from a town called Union Corners to Mio in 1882, temporary offices were set up in a rented building owned by John Randall, one of Mio’s founders. For permanent quarters the county supervisors purchased land from Randall in 1885. The county hired Bay City architects Pratt and Koeppe to design a courthouse. In contrast to the elaborate stone and brick courthouses being built at the time, the firm designed this modest wood frame structure, completed in 1889, for Oscoda County. Two wings were added in 1908 to house vaults for the county clerk and treasurer. In 1889-90 a courthouse almost identical to this one was built for Arenac County. That courthouse became a Masonic hall in 1892.",311 S. Morenci Ave,Mio,MI,0,"M-33, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets",Oscoda,26N03E18NWNW,44.64945,-84.12976,,,01/27/2020,971d2a05-cec4-4639-8fdd-d314e2de8af0,0,1408,1,MHC681971004_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,416964
-84.116249,44.4243060000001,MHC652002017,L2107,2,2002,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Rose City / The Big Fire,,Rose City,The Big Fire,"Named for the Rose family, which came to Ogemaw County around 1871, Rose City originated as Churchill and was located one-half mile west of here. During the 1870s, Churchill consisted of a post office, a general store, a boardinghouse and settlers´ homes. William Rose had come from New York State, drawn to the pines and hardwoods available for lumbering, and built a sawmill along Houghton Creek. Rose´s son Allan, a Churchill merchant and the first postmaster, formed a lumber company with M.S. French of West Branch. In 1892 he persuaded the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad to build a branch line to serve the area´s lumbering operations. The entire Churchill settlement relocated here that year and was platted as Rose City. The community was officially incorporated as a city in 1905.","
In the early morning hours of April 3, 1910, the booming lumber town of Rose City went up in flames as fire raged through the commercial district. Starting in D.W. Benjamin´s grocery store on the south side of West Main Street, the fire quickly spread. Despite the efforts of a bucket brigade, the fire jumped across the street and swept down the north side. As most of the buildings were of frame construction, it took less than an hour for the entire business district to burn. The town lost over thirty buildings. Property losses, attributed to the fire and looting, totaled an estimated $175,000. Two concrete buildings on Main Street, those that housed Bell´s Store and Naylor´s Store, were the only businesses to survive the fire.",City Park,Rose City,MI,0,"Near walkway at Park Entrance, about 500 feet from M-33",Ogemaw,24N03E31SWSE,44.424306,-84.116249,,Timber Industry,07/08/2016,43bf316f-56eb-415f-91e2-d346aaadb07d,0,1409,0,,,,,416965
-84.14375,42.93737,MHC781978006,L595,2,1978,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Maple RIver,Maple River Historic Rural District,Maple RIver,,"In 1837 four couples came to this area, known as Maple River, from Oakland County to claim their newly purchased acreage. They were soon followed by a dozen families. These pioneer farmers chose this vicinity because the very fertile land was well-adapted for grazing and crop production. The community church and octagonal schoolhouse were designed and built under the guidance of the Reverend George M. Reynolds, son of one of the pioneer settlers. Soon after several farm houses of Greek Revival design were constructed and the cemetery was established. Mr. Reynolds served for many years as minister of the church and was also the first teacher when the school opened in 1850. Several of the early structures remain, and descendants of the original settlers still reside in this area.",,540 East Bennington Road,Shiawassee Township,MI,0,540-1151 East Bennington Road and 5210 Colby Road,Shiawassee,06N03E08NWNW,42.93737,-84.14375,,,09/13/2017,85d3c67f-2d9b-4943-918a-d38373ebc33b,0,1411,0,,,,,416966
-83.142342,42.162926,MHC821965005,L51,2,1965,1965,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Eighteenth-century Gristmill Site,,Eighteenth-century Gristmill Site,,"From 1787 until about 1840 a horse-driven gristmill occupied the triangle of land north of Horsemill Road bounded by the river and Thorofare [sic]. Ten acres were cleared and enclosed as meadows for the mill horses. Equipped with “a pair of Stones 3 feet 3 inches in diameter,” the mill was erected by William Macomb at a cost of 628 British pounds. He also maintained a “Cyder Press” near the shore and a shipping wharf.",,East River Rd.,Grosse Ile,MI,0,Near Horse Mill and Park Lane,Wayne, ,42.162926,-83.142342,,,09/20/2017,7f799624-78b4-40f3-bb42-d3844dadc6e5,0,1412,0,,,,,416967
-83.908252,42.4011180000001,MHC811997012,L2030,4,1997,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bell Road Bridge / Dover,,Bell Road Bridge,Dover,"This Pratt through-truss bridge, erected in 1891, was built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The bridge was assembled on site by a local crew using iron connecting pins that are visible at the deck level. These pins, unique to nineteenth century iron work, made bridges easy to assemble and capable of flexing to accommodate varying weights. The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Judge Samuel Dexter and Isaac Pomeroy built a sawmill here in 1832. After 1846, Daniel B. Sloan and Company replaced the sawmill with a gristmill called Dover Mills, which spurred the village’s growth. In 1849 the Base Lake Post Office opened here. Sometime after 1861, Thomas Birkett bought the mill and built a church in the hamlet of Dover. In 1882 the post office was renamed for him. Today only the mill’s cut stone foundation and the mill stream remain visible northwest of this bridge.",Bell Road,Dexter Township,MI,0,At the Huron River,Washtenaw,01S04E12SESE,42.401118,-83.908252,,2,03/11/2020,cc55d011-5863-4ccc-81bd-d39ca757de38,1997,1413,0,,,,,416968
-85.8511579999999,42.5283850000001,MHC031961007,S226,2,1961,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Allegan County,,Allegan County,,"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 the site’s sources of waterpower. For many years steamboats plied the Kalamazoo between here and Saugatuck. Extensive lumbering by the pioneers cleared the way for farm production in which the county has been a leader.",,113 Chestnut Street,Allegan,MI,0,Allegan County Courthouse grounds,Allegan,02N13W28NESW,42.528385,-85.851158,,4,01/13/2017,6069a75a-f701-401f-8910-d3baa6c8c36f,0,1414,0,,,,,416969
-83.039396,42.343007,MHC821981036,L925A,2,1981,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Trinity Lutheran Church,Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex,Trinity Lutheran Church,,"Trinity Lutheran Church, one of the oldest of this denomination in Detroit, was founded in 1850. The Reverend Gottlieb Schaller conducted the early worship services, which were held in the former Mariners Church on Larned Street. In 1866 the congregation built a brick church on this site. After over sixty years of service, it was razed in 1929. The present Neo-Gothic-style church, designed by W. E. N. Hunter, was a gift of Charles Gauss. It was dedicated in 1931. Trinity Lutheran helped to establish many daughter congregations in Detroit. The church also established the Lutheran Institute for the Deaf, the Lutheran cemetery, and together with other congregations, the Detroit Lutheran High School, Valparaiso University of Indiana, and the Lutheran radio hour.",,1345 Gratiot Ave,Detroit,MI,48207,at Russell Street,Wayne, ,42.343007,-83.039396,,,09/20/2017,01819d0a-13f7-4d9f-a820-d3de83b1a268,0,1415,0,,,,,416970
-83.94262,43.5632200000001,MHC091997017,L2018,2,1997,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Frankenlust / St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church,,Frankenlust,St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church,"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 4 they arrived at what is now St. Paul Cemetery. The Franconians built log houses along the south side of the Squaconning Creek and cleared the land for farming. They built a log church in 1849 and replaced it with a frame one in 1857. Originally part of Kochville Township, Saginaw County, the settlement petitioned the state legislature to become Frankenlust Township, Bay County, in 1881. They named their colony by combining the name of their homeland, Franconia, with the German word lust, meaning joy. Thus, Frankenlust means “Joy of the Franconians.”","Bay City architects Pratt and Koeppe designed this Neo-Gothic church, the third house of worship for St. Paul congregation. Completed at a cost of $21,857 and dedicated on December 17, 1905, the church features a cruciform plan. The altar, pulpit, and baptismal font came from the previous church and date from the 1860s. Lightning struck the steeple in 1984, and fire destroyed the roof, belfry, organ, and entrance. Repairs were completed and a replica of the original steeple was erected in 1986. The remains of Frankenlust’s earliest settlers are interred in the adjacent cemetery and date from as early as 1848.",6100 West South Saginaw Road,Bay City,MI,0,At Ziegler Road,Bay,13N04E01NWNE,43.56322,-83.94262,,5,01/26/2017,03eff95f-13b6-4e73-8931-d3f8be98de00,0,1416,0,,,,,416971
-84.743256,42.2442760000001,MHC131959006,S216,2,1959,1959,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birthplace of Famed Song,,Birthplace of Famed Song,,"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 requests of copies came in from other chapters. Within a few years the melody and lyrics of ""The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"" had become familiar to people around the world.",,100 S Hannah St,Albion,MI,49224,"Albion College Campus, South Hall",Calhoun,03S04W02NWNE,42.244276,-84.743256,,,09/09/2016,eb538548-362b-44e4-b766-d4a9308ab752,0,1417,0,,,,,416972
-83.355449,42.2930490000001,MHC822013007,S730,2,2013,2014,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Norwayne Subdivision / Norwayne Subdivision,Norwayne Community,Norwayne Subdivision,Norwayne Subdivision,"In 1942, the National Housing Agency designed and built the Norwayne Subdivision to provide rental housing for nearby WWII defense factory workers. It cost $12 million dollars and was then the largest public housing project in the Detroit area. Norwayne was home to employees of the Willow Run Bomber Plant, Bendix Aviation Corporation, Stinson Aircraft Corporation, and the Wayne County Asylum. It included two elementary schools, a shopping plaza, a fire station and a church. The schools offered daycare facilities for children whose mothers worked at the defense factories. Twenty-three bus routes provided large scale public transportation in the face of wartime gas rationing.","The Norwayne Subdivision’s curving streets followed Federal Housing Administration standards and were named for Michigan counties and towns. Each single and multi-family home was set back the same distance from the street. Due to war-time restrictions on labor and building materials, houses had no basements, minimal interior spaces and limited exterior decoration. In 1948, Nankin Township assumed control of the subdivision from the federal government, and houses were sold to private homeowners. A 1956 tax assessment paid for the concrete streets with curbs and gutters. Norwayne Historic District, which covers 325 acres, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.",32150 Dorsey St,Westland,MI,48186,"Placed at Jefferson School, vicinity of Dorsey and Venoy, center of Norwayne Subdivision.",Wayne,02S09E27NWNE,42.293049,-83.355449,,,09/22/2016,1eb49939-b76e-450b-8d2e-d4b2e71cc73a,2013,1418,1,MHC822013007_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,10/23/2014,416973
-86.43286,43.7779,MHC641985021,S571C,2,1985,1986,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Veterans Day Storm / Graveyard of Ships,,Veterans Day Storm,Graveyard of Ships,"The most disastrous day in the history of Lake Michigan shipping was Armistice (now Veterans) Day, November 11, 1940. With seventy-five-mile-per-hour winds and twenty-foot waves, a raging storm destroyed three ships and claimed the lives of fifty-nine seamen. Two freighters sank with all hands lost, and a third, the Novadoc, ran aground with the loss of two crew members. Bodies washed ashore throughout the day. As night fell, a heavy snow storm arrived. Rescue efforts by the Coast Guard and local citizens continued for three days after the storm. Three Pentwater fishermen were later recognized by the local community and the Canadian government for their bravery in rescuing seventeen sailors from the Novadoc.","The twenty-mile span of Lake Michigan between Little Point Sable, at Silver Lake, and Big Point Sable, north of Ludington, has earned a reputation as the “Graveyard of Ships.” Beginning with the loss of the Neptune in 1848 through the Armistice (now Veterans) Day Storm of 1940, nearly seventy vessels have gone down in these treacherous waters. Gales and November snow storms have made navigation of this part of the lake a sailor’s nightmare. Significant among the losses near Pentwater Harbor were the schooner Wright in 1854, the Minnie Corlett and the Souvenior in 1875, the Lamont in 1879, and the tug Two Brothers in 1912. The freighters William B. Davock, Anna C. Minc, and Novadoc were all lost on November 11, 1940.",421 South Hancock St. (Business US-31),Pentwater,MI,0,Village of Pentwater Memorial Marina,Oceana,16N18W14SESW,43.7779,-86.43286,,Maritime Heritage,08/08/2017,b947fa06-0c7b-4f25-b261-d4c3b144e8f8,0,1419,2,"MHC641985021_1.jpg;MHC641985021_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/26/2020;09/26/2020",416974
-85.842299,42.1735130000001,MHC801997019,L2017,2,1997,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Houppert Winery,"Lawton Vineyard Company; Houppert Wine Company",Houppert Winery,,"Grape growing began in Lawton in 1868 when A. B. Jones planted 100 vines. By 1900 many eastern Van Buren County farmers converted their land to vineyards. In 1903 the Lawton Vineyard Company built a winery on this site, which William C. Houppert purchased in 1933. The region’s grape production peaked in 1939. During the harvest the Houppert Winery took in 200 to 400 tons of grapes daily. On June 7, 1940, Houppert’s prosperity ended when fire destroyed the complex. Houppert rebuilt the winery, but he never recovered financially. In 1943 he sold the property to the predecessor of the Warner Vineyards of Paw Paw, which operated the winery through the 1970s. In 1990 the Lawton Lions Club purchased the winery and rehabilitated it as a community center and museum.",,646 North Nursery,Lawton,MI,0,,Van Buren,03S13W29SESE,42.173513,-85.842299,,,09/13/2017,88ac2408-ad41-4212-aad1-d54f3cd15016,0,1420,0,,,,,416975
-83.938507,43.42591,MHC731998013,L2039,2,1998,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Congregational Church,"First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, First Congregational Church, East Saginaw",First Congregational Church,,"Members of the First Congregational Church of Saginaw formally gathered in 1857. They laid the cornerstone of this Romanesque Revival church in 1867, and the church was completed the following year according to plans by Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit. The sanctuary features stained glass windows by Tiffany and Company (installed in 1913), and A. J. Timler (installed in 1969). Between 1927 and 1957 the church expanded with the addition of the chapel, the fellowship hall, the classroom wing, and the Mary E. Dow House, designed by Midland architect Alden Dow. First Congregational Church joined the United Church of Christ in 1967.",,403 South Jefferson,Saginaw,MI,0,,Saginaw,12N04E24NESE,43.42591,-83.938507,,,09/12/2017,083f8cc2-1e62-4490-b0f6-d555bed54cb1,0,1421,0,,,,,416976
-84.619479,45.848843,MHC491956049,HB2,2,1956,2021,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Biddle House/Agatha and Edward Biddle,,Biddle House,Agatha and Edward Biddle,"The Biddle House is one of the oldest structures on Mackinac Island, dating to the 1780s. It is an example of piece sur piece en coulisse construction, a frame structure with log infill fitted into slots. This French Canadian building style was popular in the Great Lakes region in the eighteenth century. The original log structure was later covered with lath and plaster inside and clapboard siding outside. Edward (1782-1859) and Agatha (1797-1873) Biddle acquired the house around 1830. Inside, they raised three children and hosted friends and relatives. After the Biddle family departed in the late nineteenth century, the house fell into disrepair. In 1945 the Mackinac Island State Park Commis-sion acquired the house, and in 1957, extensively restored it to serve as a museum. The commission installed the Mackinac Island Native American Museum in the house in 2020.
","This house, acquired by Agatha and Edward Biddle about 1830, represents Mackinac’s blend of Euro-American and Indigenous cultures. Agatha, an Anishnaabe woman from southern Michigan, married Edward, a trader from Pennsylvania, in 1819. They combined Agatha’s tribal connections with Edward’s business experience to become accomplished merchants in Mackinac´s fishing and fur trading industries. Edward was also a county sheriff. By the 1860s, Agatha was a chief of the Mackinac Band of Odawa and Ojibway. Most of the members of this unique community were women of Anishnaabek and European heritage. The band had numerous female chiefs. Agatha was known for her generosity to friends and strangers, caring for many in this house.
",7406 Market Street,Mackinac Island,MI,49757,original marker revised and replaced in 2021,Mackinac, ,45.848843,-84.619479,,5,07/05/2022,3e688638-b32f-4349-b7ea-d55a5ef962f6,0,1422,2,"MHC491956049_2.jpg;MHC491956049_1.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";07/06/2013",416977
-84.304972,44.8866550000001,MHC601988015,L1500,2,1988,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Congregational United Church of Christ,,Congregational United Church of Christ,,"Lewiston developed in 1891-92 around the Michelson and Hanson Lumber Company. Dr. U. H. Traver and George Tuxworth held the first religious meetings in the lumber camp. The Reverend A. M. Hills was sent by the Congregational Conference of Michigan to hold revival meetings, and on November 28, 1892, thirty people chartered the First Congregational Church. Two years later they built a church, which was incorporated over the years into the present one. The lumber mills ceased operating and the population declined around 1910. The congregation’s membership dwindled, but the church survived. As a result of a merger in 1957, the church was renamed the Congregational United Church of Christ.",,Kneeland and Woodfield,Lewiston,MI,0,,Montmorency,29N01E22SESW,44.886655,-84.304972,,,09/06/2017,046effa5-235f-424e-99bc-d59ab04982bc,0,1424,2,"MHC601988015_1.jpg;MHC601988015_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";",416978
-83.1456489999999,42.5180700000001,MHC631976041,L465,2,1976,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Orson Starr Home,Starr House,Orson Starr Home,,"Orson Starr (1803-1873) and his wife, Rhoda Gibbs Starr (1806-1853), built this home in 1845. Five generations of the Starr family lived here until 1964. The house was purchased by the city of Royal Oak in 1976. Orson Starr came to this area in 1831 and began manufacturing cowbells in a factory located just north of this site. He continued this trade for forty years. The cowbells, products of Royal Oak’s first industry, were stamped with Starr’s trademark and are now prized by collectors.",,3123 North Main Street,Royal Oak,MI,0,between Bloomfield and Lawrence Avenues,Oakland,01N11E09NENE,42.51807,-83.145649,,,09/12/2017,5e8af686-527f-4697-9a79-d61aecdca339,0,1425,0,,,,,416979
-85.4556479999999,42.376897,MHC391984025,L1189A,2,1984,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Community Library,Ladies Library Building,Community Library,,"The Ladies Library Association raised the funds to build this Classical Revival-style building, which was completed in 1910. After serving as a private library for thirty-eight years, it was sold first to the Richland Rural Agricultural School (1948) and then to the First Presbyterian Church (1959). In 1981 the Richland Community Library Board purchased it. Through a community fund-raising campaign, the building was renovated and became the public library for Richland Township in 1983.",,8951 Park Street,Richland,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,01S10W15SESE,42.376897,-85.455648,,,09/01/2017,ca44b9c4-2175-4f90-8d20-d61b3b9499dc,0,1426,0,,,,,416980
-84.9585679999999,42.2720410000001,MHC131985010,L1240A,2,1985,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),American Museum of Magic,,American Museum of Magic,,"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 of wonder and delight. Michigan’s link to magic is no illusion for nearby Colon, a center of magic manufacturing, which was once home to famed magician Harry Blackstone Sr. (1885-1965), whose memorabilia is displayed here.",,107 East Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NENW,42.272041,-84.958568,,,08/23/2017,9c8b073c-f007-44f0-a0ce-d6850b63e3cc,0,1427,0,,,,,416981
-84.521265,42.150247,MHC381979051,L740A,2,1979,1974,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Wellman General Store,,Wellman General Store,,"This triple-brick Victorian-style structure, built in 1886 by Newton Sears and Milford Tanner, exemplifies small town midwestern general stores of the 1880s. In 1891 Ernest Wellman and his mother bought out Tanner’s interest. The following year, Ernest married Hattie Tripp. The couple ran the general store for thirty-seven years. Under later ownership, the store was associated with the Red and White grocery chain.",,205 Main Street,Horton,MI,0,,Jackson,04S02W03NESE,42.150247,-84.521265,,,09/01/2017,920ea4aa-8e24-45ae-9982-d7093854ad31,0,1428,0,,,,,416982
-83.925146,42.22547,MHC811992015,L1857A,2,1992,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Thomas Church/ Saint Thomas Cemetery,Saint Thomas Evengelical Lutheran Church Cemetery/Saint Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church,Thomas Church,Saint Thomas Cemetery,"
In 1833 the Basel Mission Institute of Switzerland sent Friedrich Schmid as its first missionary to the United States. Schmid is credited with founding some twenty churches in Michigan, including the Thomas Church. At first Thomas and Anna Roth hosted services in their home. In 1844 they sold land to the Thomas Church for a sanctuary. According to tradition the church was named for Thomas Roth. The present edifice comprises an 1874 church and 1965 additions. Services in German were held exclusively until 1935, then once per month until the late 1950s.","In 1844 Thomas and Anna Roth, and John and Christina Maser each sold a three-quarter acre of land to the Thomas Church. Members plotted a cemetery and erected a church on the parcel. The earliest burial occurred in 1844. More than one hundred graves date from the nineteenth century and are marked with decorative vertical headstones. German funerary art—weeping willows, clasped hands and parted curtains coupled with German script and plant motifs—prevails here.",10001 W. Ellsworth,Freedom Township,MI,0,,Washtenaw,03S04E11SESW,42.22547,-83.925146,,,09/20/2017,8fade48d-1134-4da3-8829-d70ca84aa0d3,0,1429,0,,,,,416983
-83.050312,42.3358160000001,MHC822016010,S743,2,2016,2016,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),David Whitney Building,,David Whitney Building,,"Opened in 1915, this building was named for David Whitney, Jr. (1830-1900), a Detroit lumber, real estate and shipping magnate. During construction, the Detroit Free Press called it the “finest in the country.” Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed the structure with retail on the first four floors, including clothing stores and jewelers. A central four-story atrium allowed light into the interior of the upper-floor offices, most of which were medical. When the Whitney family sold the building in 1966, more than three hundred doctors and dentists had offices here. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Grand Circus Park Historic District in 1983. It reopened in 2014, rehabilitated for use as a hotel and apartments.",,1 Park Avenue,Detroit,MI,48226,Woodward at Park Ave on Grand Circus Park. The marker is wall-mounted on the gray marble near the corner of the building.,Wayne,,42.335816,-83.050312,,,10/08/2019,852ad414-b03c-46f0-93e1-d735f0152102,1983,1430,3,"MHC822016010_1.jpg;MHC822016010_2.jpg;MHC822016010_3.jpg",";;","Other Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo","07/01/2015;;",416984
-83.282012,42.643803,MHC631992018,L1860,2,1992,1992,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Elizabeth Denison Forth,,Elizabeth Denison Forth,,"In 1825 Elizabeth Denison, “a woman of colour,” purchased 48.5 acres of land from Pontiac’s founder, Stephen Mack, agent of the Pontiac Company. She became Pontiac’s first black property owner, but never lived on the property. In 1827 she and her husband, Scipio Forth, leased the land to her brother Scipio Denison. In 1836 and 1837 Mrs. Forth sold the land for $930. Elizabeth Denison was born in the 1780s as a slave in present-day Macomb County. In 1807 she fled to Canada, returning to Detroit around 1812 as a free woman. At her death in 1866, she donated money used toward the construction of Saint James Episcopal Chapel on Grosse Ile. She is buried in Detroit’s Elmwood Cemetery. Part of Oak Hill Cemetery now occupies Elizabeth Denison Forth’s property.",,216 University Drive,Pontiac,MI,0,"located inside of Oak Hill Cemetery; off from University Drive between Omar Street and North Paddock Street",Oakland,03N10E28SENW,42.643803,-83.282012,,"African-American History,4",03/08/2022,85c9e84a-a3ba-4f78-95b5-d74af9dab937,0,1431,0,,,,,416985
-83.7492779999999,42.7368980000001,MHC471979019,L704A,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Tyrone Township Hall,,Tyrone Township Hall,,"Tyrone Township was settled in 1834, and Joseph M. Becker was elected as the first township supervisor in 1838. Township meetings were held in the homes of the townsfolk until 1887, when this hall was erected on Hartland Road at a cost of $640. Locally referred to as the town house, it served as a gathering place for township business, elections, and 4H activities until a new hall was constructed in 1967. In 1975, as a bicentennial project, the town house was relocated, restored and rededicated on this site.",,10408 Center Road,Tyrone Township,MI,0,3/4 mile East of US-23,Livingston,04N06E21NENE,42.736898,-83.749278,,3,05/09/2022,2641ea19-5f07-47f3-85a8-d76967938587,0,1432,0,,,,,416986
-85.454707,44.2392960000001,MHC831989047,L1639,2,1989,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Clam Lake Canal,Cadillac-Lake Mitchell Canal,Clam Lake Canal,,"In 1873 the Clam Lake Canal was constructed between Big and Little Clam Lakes, present day Lakes Mitchell and Cadillac. Lumbering was the major industry in the Clam Lake area, and sawmill owners needed an efficient means of transporting timber to the mills and railroad sites in Cadillac. Two years earlier George A. Mitchell, a prominent Cadillac banker and railroad entrepreneur, and Adam Gallinger, a local carpenter, formed the Clam Lake Canal Improvement and Construction Company. The company dug the canal at the narrowest point between the lakes through land owned by Mitchell. The channel is one third mile long and was originally twenty feet wide. It has been widened at least six times, most recently in 1965, and is presently forty eight feet wide. Today the channel serves the area’s recreational boaters.",,6093 M-115,Cadillac,MI,0,NE of address,Wexford,21N09W06SWSW,44.239296,-85.454707,,4,10/04/2021,2ae74b00-3587-4715-83f3-d77fb4355fa3,0,1433,0,,,,,416987
-83.487113,42.299857,MHC821979011,L719A,2,1979,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Canton Center School,Canton Center School District No. 4,Canton Center School,,"This one-room schoolhouse was constructed in 1884 by Hargreaze Sittlington. The school’s arches and raised brickwork may have been modeled after the 1882 Cherry Hill United Methodist Church. Both buildings are typical of rural schoolhouses and churches of the period. The Canton Center School ceased operating as a grammar school in 1954. In 1977 the Plymouth-Canton School District donated the structure to the Canton Historical Society, which restored the building. It opened as a museum in 1982.",,1150 South Canton Center Rd,Canton,MI,0,,Wayne,02S08E21NESE,42.299857,-83.487113,,,09/20/2017,f6b8f61a-0ae8-4a36-bb78-d7cb618bb5b3,0,1434,0,,,,,416988
-83.045721,42.3296520000001,MHC821970019,S303,2,1970,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Stearns Telephone,,Stearns Telephone,,"On September 22, 1877, a Bell telephone was installed on this site in the drugstore operated by Frederick Stearns. An iron wire strung along rooftops connected the store with the Stearns laboratory a half-mile away at the foot of Fifth Street. This service, only eighteen months after Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention, was the first to be offered by the organization which eventually developed into the Michigan Bell Telephone Company. A placard in the store window invited the public to drop in every hour on the hour to speak over the amazing new device. Other private lines followed, but it was a year before the first telephone exchange was constructed with fifteen or twenty subscribers on each party line.",,511 Woodward,Detroit,MI,0,the marker is mounted in a cement base (on a slight incline) in a raised flower/tree bed on Woodward Avenue between Larned and Congress Streets.,Wayne, ,42.329652,-83.045721,,,11/05/2019,021676e1-339d-448f-a871-d7e0d5c22c20,0,1435,0,,,,,416989
-83.74166,42.2871170000001,MHC811974013,L339,2,1974,1975,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Central Railroad Depot,Gandy Dancer Restaurant,Michigan Central Railroad Depot,,"Built in 1886, and conceived by Frederick Spier, the design of this granite block building was influenced by the great American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. The massive arch and two-foot-thick walls are balanced by the simple, precise detailing. Carefully preserved, this depot is a symbol of the elegance and vitality of nineteenth century rail transportation.",,401 Depot Street,Ann Arbor,MI,0,"Currently the depot is the Gandy Dancer restaurant; Near the Broadway Bridge, between Division and State Streets",Washtenaw,02S06E20SESE,42.287117,-83.74166,,,07/24/2019,45b1dcb8-cf95-4ff6-8174-d82a059e4866,0,1436,2,"MHC811974013_2.jpg;MHC811974013_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","04/19/2018;04/19/2018",416990
-84.9683909999999,42.281745,MHC131973005,L218,2,1973,1973,Civil War and After (1860-1875),William W. Cook,,William W. Cook,,"For thirty-three years this was the home of William Wallace Cook, prolific write of dime novels. Heros such as Frank Merriwell, Nick Carter, and Buffalo Bill were his speciality. Employed by Street and Smith serial publishers, Cook’s problems in turning out quantities of material on a tight schedule were described in the autobiographical account, The Fiction Factory. He later systematized his writing technique in Plotto, A New Method of Creative Fiction. Born in Marshall in 1867, Cook returned in 1900 and resided here until his death in 1933.",,603 North Kalamazoo,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W23NESE,42.281745,-84.968391,,,08/23/2017,fc551bd5-024c-481e-83cc-d87b72e35e66,0,1437,0,,,,,416991
-82.5683069999999,42.6087580000001,MHC742003011,L2128,2,2003,2003,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stewart Farm / Memoir of Aura Stewart,,Stewart Farm,Memoir of Aura Stewart,"
This is likely the oldest farm complex on Harsens Island. Harvey Stewart, a brewery and distillery owner from New York State, came to the Michigan Territory in 1810. He served as a guide and messenger to General William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. Stewart, a widower, married Mary Graveraet in 1814. She was the granddaughter of Jacob Harsen, who settled on the island around 1778. Graveraet had inherited 640 acres originally owned by Harsen, but abandoned it during the war. After the war she returned with Stewart and his two sons, Aura and John, and took up farming. In 1849 Aura Stewart purchased 53 acres of the farm and began building this house soon after. In 1876 he wrote his memoirs -- a stirring account of nineteenth-century life on Harsens Island.","Aura Stewart was born in New York State in 1804 and moved to Harsens Island at age 12. In 1876 he wrote his memoirs, which were published in the Marine City Gazette and the 1883 History of St. Clair County. Stewart wrote: For many years, I saw but little of Michigan, except that portion bordering on the shore of Lake and River St. Clair. I came from an inland and thickly settled district, and had seen no flowing water save brooks and rivulets; I had seen no forests but in the distance, and though but a boy of twelve years of age I could not but feel impressed with the wild beauty of my new home. The dense and almost impenetrable forests, the magnificent River St. Clair, the countless number of every variety of waterfowl flying over my head or resting and sporting on the bosom of the beautiful waters, the howling of wolves at night, the constantly passing and repassing canoes of the strange-looking Indians, their stealthy tread through the woods and their unintelligible shouts as they passed each other, and last but not least, the merry songs of the French voyageurs toiling at the oar, propelling their boats swiftly over the blue waters—-these were new scenes to me, and called forth my wonder and delight.",2007 Stewart Rd,Harsens Island,MI,0,between Columbine (M-154) and Golf Course Roads,Saint Clair, ,42.608758,-82.568307,,,09/13/2017,c74da5d2-c223-4328-b88e-d889064a272b,0,1438,1,MHC742003011_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,,416992
-84.543957,43.081889,MHC191987041,L1370A,2,1987,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Greenbush United Methodist Church,,Greenbush United Methodist Church,,"The Reverend William Benson organized a Methodist class for this area in 1849. The class, which had seven members, held its first worship service in a log school south of Eureka. Later it met in the Sherwood School and the Keystone Grange Hall. Following a revival service conducted by the Reverend James Connolly in 1895, the class decided to build a permanent church. The present frame church was completed at a cost of nearly four thousand dollars and dedicated on August 28, 1898.",,Scott and Marshall Roads,St. Johns,MI,48879,,Clinton,08N02W16SENE,43.081889,-84.543957,,,08/23/2017,ad6ea512-32a8-4a22-9c9b-d8921047473d,0,1439,0,,,,,416993
-85.147932,44.103527,MHC671999004,L2054,2,1999,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Founding of Marion / Marion Millpond and Dam,,Founding of Marion,Marion Millpond and Dam,"Irish millwright Christopher Clark and his Canadian wife, Marion Hixon Clark, settled here in 1875 after purchasing 240 acres of virgin forest from the Ryerson, Hills and Company lumbering firm. They opened a general store and in 1878 began operating the sawmill that gave the settlement its original name, “Clark’s Mill.” The Ann Arbor Railroad, built through Marion in 1887 to carry lumber products from the mills to outside markets, also brought more people to the area. As the land was cleared of trees, it was purchased by farmers. Other businesses came to serve the steadily growing population, and in 1889 the one time lumber camp became the village of Marion, named for Mrs. Clark.","This mill pond formed in 1878 when Christopher Clark built a dam across the Middle Branch River to power a saw, planing and lathe mill. Clark was drawn to the area by old growth stands of pine and hardwood. His business transformed the wilderness settlement into a prosperous community. For more than thirty years Clark’s mill produced siding, shingles, flooring, moldings, and barrels. Fire destroyed the mill in 1909 as the lumbering era was drawing to a close. In 1911 Marion Clark donated the land surrounding the dam to the village for use as a park. The property has long served as a recreation center and wildlife habitat. The dam was replaced in 1930.",M-66,Marion,MI,0,"1 block N. of Main Street, adjacent to the water",Osceola,20N07W21SESE,44.103527,-85.147932,,"Timber Industry,5",08/12/2019,1c9d6a9c-5834-4a92-bc0c-d8972acb8d39,0,1440,2,"MHC671999004_1.jpg;MHC671999004_2.jpg","Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/08/2019;08/08/2019",416994
-83.67564,42.9857190000001,MHC251977003,S497-A,2,1977,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The General Motors Sit-Down Strike,Main Office of Fisher Body Plant One,The General Motors Sit-Down Strike,,"Starting December 30, 1936, this building was occupied for forty-four days by striking members of the United Auto Workers. The strikers, acting in concert with other plants that were closed or to be closed by sit-downs, asked for recognition of the union as sole bargaining representative for all hourly rated employees of General Motors Corporation. Court injunctions and threats of eviction by both the sheriff of Genesee County and the Flint Police Department did not sway the strikers from their goal. An agreement was reached in Detroit on February 11, 1937, that changed relationships between the company and its employees. This settlement led to complete unionization of the auto industry in ensuing years and added stability for workers and company.",,4300 S. Saginaw St.,Flint,MI,48507,located between Whitman and N. Coleridge Streets - building owned by Insight,Genesee,07N07E30NENE,42.985719,-83.67564,,"Auto Industry,4",01/25/2021,f15be4a5-3b57-4439-93e1-d89d6a5c75cc,0,1441,1,MHC251977003_1.jpg,Insight,Marker Photo - Front,01/25/2021,416995
-84.83534,42.545283,MHC231990008,L1719,2,1990,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),1845 Eaton County Courthouse,,1845 Eaton County Courthouse,,"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 public square. The Greek Revival structure was built at a cost of one thousand dollars by S. E. Millett and Lewis Scout. In 1872 the Episcopal church bought the courthouse. After many uses, the building was rehabilitated by Historic Charlotte, Incorporated, to resemble its original form.",,1305 S. Cochran,Charlotte,MI,0,,Eaton,02N04W19NWSW,42.545283,-84.83534,,,05/13/2020,68227122-68e4-46a0-9750-d8ada6b5bc95,0,1442,4,"MHC231990008_3.jpg;MHC231990008_4.jpg;MHC231990008_5.jpg;MHC231990008_6.jpg","Other;Not Provided;Not Provided;Charlie Chapman","Historical Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","07/16/2017;07/16/2017;04/10/2019;",416996
-86.1478749999999,41.7673740000001,MHC141979035,L652A,2,1979,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Smith's Chapel,,Smith's Chapel,,"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 Delaware, bought land here in 1829 and settled on it in 1831. The chapel is one of the oldest Methodist churches in southwestern Michigan. In 1967 regular church services were discontinued. Milton Township purchased the structure in 1972. It now serves as a wedding and funeral chapel.",,Redfield Rd between Brush and Fir,Niles,MI,49120,"6 miles S. of Niles, between Brush & Fir Sts.; Milton Twp",Cass,08S16W22NENE,41.767374,-86.147875,,,07/28/2017,993ec0ac-1801-41d7-971a-d8d4b02dd78c,0,1443,0,,,,,416997
-88.565667,47.122598,MHC312005004,S690C,2,2005,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birth Of Professional Hockey / The Amphidrome,Dee Stadium,Birth Of Professional Hockey,The Amphidrome,"In 1903-04 the Portage Lake Hockey Club became the first hockey team to pay all of its players. In March 1904 the club won the U.S. Championship and beat the Montreal Wanderers in the Houghton Amphidrome for what was billed as the World’s Championship. Later that year local entrepreneur James Dee and Houghton dentist John “Doc” Gibson, a former hockey player originally from Ontario, organized the first professional hockey league. The International Hockey League (IHL) began play in December 1904 and comprised teams from Houghton; Calumet; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; and Pittsburgh. The league folded after three seasons, but it marked the start of professional hockey.","The Amphidrome stood on this site from 1902 until 1927, when it burned. The first hockey game was played in the arena on December 29, 1902, when Portage Lake beat the University of Toronto, 13-2. The Amphidrome was home to the Portage Lakes, a team in the International Hockey League, ice hockey’s first professional league. The building also hosted the agricultural society’s annual Copper Country Fair and numerous other community events. The Houghton Warehouse Company, headed by James R. Dee, built and owned the arena. Dee, who had helped organize the International Hockey League in 1904, led the effort to rebuild the Amphidrome. This building opened in 1927 on the site of the original one and hosted professional ice hockey games until 1907. It was renamed Dee Stadium in 1943.",700 E. Lakeshore Drive,Houghton,MI,49931,,Houghton,55N34W36SENW,47.122598,-88.565667,,,08/08/2017,448c72ee-07d1-44f8-8252-d8fc737ceb50,0,1444,0,,,,,416998
-83.050646,42.337207,MHC821977032,L535,2,1977,1979,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Central United Methodist Church,Central Methodist Episcopal Church,Central United Methodist Church,,"Lewis Cass, governor of the Territory of Michigan, approved a constitution for the First Methodist Episcopal Society May 17, 1822. This church, a direct successor, was designed by Gordon W. Lloyd. It was completed in 1867 by the combined efforts of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and the Congress Street Society. When Woodward Avenue was widened in 1936, a thirty-foot section was removed from the nave, and the front and tower were subsequently relocated. The sanctuary was then rededicated. The stained glass windows were installed in 1955. Maintaining the tradition of an open door and free pulpit, Central United Methodist Church has been called “the conscience of a city.”",,23 East Adams,Detroit,MI,0,at Woodward Avenue,Wayne, ,42.337207,-83.050646,,,09/20/2017,2391d2e7-e5a2-4c40-a45b-d91cced535cb,0,1445,0,,,,,416999
-85.5331669999999,42.1176150000001,MHC391987030,L1481A,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fanny M. Bair Library,,Fanny M. Bair Library,,"Fanny M. Bair, a member of one of Vicksburg’s pioneer families, built this library and presented it to the Ladies Library Association on November 21, 1902. Charles A. Fairchild of Kalamazoo designed the building with “modern conveniences” like electric lighting and running water. The Ladies Library Association administered the library until ownership was transferred to the village of Vicksburg in 1948.",,120 West Maple Street,Vicksburg,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,04S11W13SESE,42.117615,-85.533167,,,09/01/2017,a226c49c-298e-4456-a32e-d93bca09b3c8,0,1446,0,,,,,417000
-84.042681,42.148103,MHC811987003,L1404A,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The German Church,Emanuel German Evangelical Church (Emanuel United Church of Christ),The German Church,,"Many of Manchester’s early settlers came from Wittenberg, Germany. Since there was no Evangelical church in Manchester, the immigrants worshipped at Bethel Church in Freedom Township. In 1862 the Reverend J. G. Hildner established an Evangelical congregation in Manchester. Services were conducted in German and held in houses until the congregation purchased an unused school in the 1870s. The Reverend S. Edelstein became the first resident pastor. In early 1882 the congregation purchased an entire city block and the present Gothic Revival church, designed by Detroit architect Carl Schmid, was built and named the Immanuel United Evangelical Church. In 1936 the congregation joined the Evangelical and Reformed Church and it became part of the United Church of Christ in the early 1960s.",,324 West Main,Manchester,MI,0,,Washtenaw,04S03E02SESW,42.148103,-84.042681,,,09/20/2017,edaca52a-888e-462c-b6da-d964cf369c35,0,1447,0,,,,,417001
-82.8812819999999,42.597271,MHC501995013,L1925,2,1995,1995,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Methodist Episcopal Church,,Methodist Episcopal Church,,"When this Collegiate Gothic Church, designed by Cleveland architect Herman W. Maurer, was dedicated during the week of January 3, 1926, the Mount Clemens Daily Leader called it a “Monument to the Unity of Action.” Over a century earlier, in 1820, the Reverend John Kent had held the area’s first Methodist Episcopal services. He formally organized the congregation in 1836. The first church was erected in 1841 on land donated by Christian Clemens, who helped plat Mount Clemens in 1818. In 1849, under the inspiring leadership of the Reverend Seth Reed, the Methodists acquired a larger structure, formerly used by Congregationalists and Presbyterians. A third church, remembered as “The Green Church,” was built in 1882 and served until the present one was erected.",,57 N Avenue,Mount Clemens,MI,0,,Macomb, ,42.597271,-82.881282,,,09/05/2017,ad9ef869-3fb6-48e3-acbe-d977cb0272d3,0,1448,0,,,,,417002
-85.526741,41.9236480000001,MHC751984005,L1150A,2,1984,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Joseph County Courthouse,,St. Joseph County Courthouse,,"Michigan Territorial Governor George B. Porter proclaimed Centreville the St. Joseph County seat on November 22, 1831. On November 7, 1831, Robert Clark Jr., Electra W. Dean, Charles Noble, and Daniel B. Miller donated the public square and fifty-six additional lots to the county. The first courthouse, a Greek Revival structure with four large columns on its east portico, was built in the center of the square in 1842 by John Bryan. That building was removed in 1899, to make way for the present red brick and sandstone courthouse, whose construction began on September 8 of that year. Grand Rapids architect Sydney J. Osgood designed the Romanesque Revival structure, and Coldwater contractors Crookshank and Somers built it at a cost of thirty-three thousand dollars.","The present St. Joseph County Courthouse was dedicated on August 1, 1900. Its Romanesque Revival design creates a commodious, well-lighted, solid building that echoes the justice and stability it represents. Marble floors, wide spacious stairs, ornately carved woodwork, frosted glass doors, and three wall murals still grace the little-altered interior. The clock, whose faces are five and one-half feet in diameter, was purchased by the village of Centreville for $850 and placed in the seventy-five-foot tower prior to the completion of the courthouse. When the building became too small to accommodate all of the government offices, a new courts building was constructed on the south side of the public square. The courthouse, however, remains the seat of government.",125 West Main,Centreville,MI,0,,Saint Joseph,06S10W30NWNW,41.923648,-85.526741,,,05/27/2020,6e28a99a-8607-427a-8848-d97ad5f2a76b,0,1449,1,MHC751984005_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,417003
-83.034646,42.3484020000001,MHC821979053,L720B,2,1979,1981,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Joe Muer's Oyster House,,Joe Muer's Oyster House,,"Built around 1880, this structure originally housed a shoe and grocery store. In 1894 it was purchased by William Malburg, an undertaker and the father-in-law of Joe Muer. In 1906 Muer founded the Swift Cigar Company. He manufactured cigars on this site until the Great Depression. Muer started this popular restaurant on October 28, 1929, the day before the famous Wall Street crash. Despite a seemingly unfavorable beginning, the restaurant has continued to prosper for more than a half century and is still owned by the Muer family.",,2000 Gratiot Avenue,Detroit,MI,48207,,Wayne, ,42.348402,-83.034646,,,02/04/2018,43e8ecf9-19a2-4ff1-b957-d982f339449b,0,1450,0,,,,,417004
-86.16439819,43.36170933,MHC612012012,L2236,2,2012,2013,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Episcopal Church of Twin Lake,"Wesley Chapel; Twin Lake United Methodist Church",Methodist Episcopal Church of Twin Lake,,"In 1883 the Methodist Episcopal Church of Twin Lake Village purchased the land on which this church was built from parishioner Archibald Buell for $35.00. In the next two years members donated their time, talents, and resources to construct this church, which was completed in September 1885 at a cost of $748.38. The church's Ladies Aid Society led a campaign to secure a bell for the church. The bell, forged by the Buckeye Bell Foundry in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a cost of $63.85 was hung in 1891. In 1994, due to the church's growth, services were moved to the annex, built in 1965. Remodeled and renamed the Wesley Chapel, this historic church began holding special services in 2007.",,5940 Main Street,Twin Lake,MI,49457,"Between M-120 (Holton Road) & Fifth St., corner of Main and Fifth Sts.",Muskegon,11N16W12SWNE,43.36170933,-86.16439819,,,03/26/2020,5165cade-c9d9-445d-af1a-da015b0e30f4,0,1451,4,"MHC612012012_1.jpg;MHC612012012_2.jpg;MHC612012012_3.jpg;MHC612012012_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;;;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;03/30/2010;03/30/2010",417005
-84.035793,41.8986370000001,MHC461976045,S478,2,1976,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Adrian Union Hall,Croswell Opera House,Adrian Union Hall,,"In 1863 Charles M. Croswell (Michigan governor 1877-1881) formed an association to construct a new theater. An 1866 bird’s-eye view of Adrian shows the completed exterior. Originally designated the Adrian Union Hall, by 1887 it was called Croswell Opera House. The theater hosted such performers as Maude Adams, Edwin Booth, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Charles Frohman, Victor Herbert and the Gilmore Band, Joe Jefferson, Thomas W. Kean, James Whitcomb Riley, Otis Skinner, and John Philip Sousa. In 1921 the interior of the building was renovated to show motion pictures. In 1967 the building was rescued by the Adrian Foundation from threatened demolition. Its care was then entrusted to the new Croswell Opera House and Fine Arts Association.",,129 East Maumee Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E35SESW,41.898637,-84.035793,,,09/01/2017,bbeefd54-0c99-4576-b6cb-da14bf36f994,0,1452,0,,,,,417006
-84.4108235799999,42.24704094,MHC382006017,L2166,2,2006,2006,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Methodist Episcopal Church,First United Methodist Church,First Methodist Episcopal Church,,"The origins of the First United Methodist Church can be traced to 1831, when preacher Elijah Pilcher arrived in “Jacksonburgh” to serve the town’s growing Methodist community. Services were held around town until a small church was erected in 1850. The congregation built a larger church at the present site in 1868. In 1922 Detroit architect W. E. N. Hunter designed the current Neo-Gothic structure around the 1868 church, which is still visible in the sanctuary. A larger pipe organ and the Virginia and Katherine Hayes memorial window were installed at that time, donated by businessman C. B. Hayes. Prominent members also included W. A. Foote, co-founder of Consumers Power Company. The church was enlarged yet again in 1954.",,275 West Michigan Ave.,Jackson,MI,49201,,Jackson,03S01W03NWNE,42.24704094,-84.41082358,,,08/08/2017,be9f940c-0b46-40cd-b4b3-da2e5c497435,0,1453,0,,,,,417007
-85.0249209999999,42.628923,MHC231969010,HB54,2,1969,1970,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Congregational Church,,First Congregational Church,,"Reverend Sylvester Cochrane, a Congregational minister from Vermont, first conceived of a settlement in Michigan after a visit here in 1835. Returning home he formed a group called the Union Colony, which settled in Vermontville the next year. The colonists were religiously oriented, and one of their stated purposes in settling here was to “remove the moral darkness” which they thought pervaded the West. Church services were first held in a log cabin and later in the academy across the street. The present church was dedicated in 1864. The building strongly resembles certain New England meetinghouses of the late eighteenth century, especially in its roof framing of roughly hewn timbers and in much of the interior woodwork.",,110 South Main St.,Vermontville,MI,0,Near West Main Street.,Eaton,03N06W21SESW,42.628923,-85.024921,,,02/11/2020,ab6a1583-301c-4ad4-b37b-da3f0615efaf,0,1454,3,"MHC231969010_1.jpg;MHC231969010_2.jpg;MHC231969010_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","12/13/2019;12/13/2019;12/13/2019",417008
-85.3734899999999,42.3254430000001,MHC391983003,L1107A,2,1983,1985,Post WWII (1945-1970),Barn Theatre,,Barn Theatre,,"The Barn Theatre, originally constructed in 1943 by Robert M. Cook as a dairy barn, is the home of Michigan’s oldest resident summer stock theatre. Such theaters use a group of actors who perform consecutive productions of different shows. Founded in 1946 as the Village Players, the company first used the Community Hall in Richland. It began renting this barn in 1949 and purchased it in 1954. The company was incorporated as The Barn Theatre, Incorporated, on July 12, 1949. It became an Equity (union of professional stage actors) theater in 1951. The company has performed over three hundred plays and musicals and played to over one million patrons.",,13319 Augusta Drive (M-96),Augusta,MI,0,M-96,Kalamazoo,02S09W04NWSW,42.325443,-85.37349,,,09/01/2017,40066be3-135d-4194-9f95-da60747ce1b6,0,1455,0,,,,,417009
-83.182851,42.1360900000001,MHC821956057,S199,2,1956,2012,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Battle of Monguagon / Michigan Wyandot and Monguagon,,Battle of Monguagon ,Michigan Wyandot and Monguagon,"On August 9, 1812, Lieut. Col. James Miller and a force of about 600 American regulars and militia moved down Hull´s Trace in an attempt to bring desperately needed supplies from Frenchtown (Monroe) to Detroit. A similar effort had failed at Brownstown on August 5. Near the Wyandot village of Monguagon, American scouts ran into a British and Indian force of about 400 men led by Capt. Adam Muir and Tecumseh. In the heavy fighting that followed, the Americans drove the British back through present-day Trenton and across the Detroit River, while Native forces withdrew into nearby woods. Despite this tactical victory, Miller returned empty-handed to Detroit, which American General William Hull surrendered to the British a week later.","The Michigan Wyandot who fought at Monguagon were neutral at the beginning of the War of 1812. In the years leading up to the war, their villages at Monguagon and Brownstown had not joined the loose coalition led by the Shawnee brothers Tenskwatawa (The Prophet) and Tecumseh in its fight against American expansion onto Indian lands. However, in early August 1812, Tecumseh and Roundhead, his leading Wyandot supporter, convinced the Michigan Wyandot and their head chief, Walk-in-the-Water, to join them and the British. The Anglo-Native alliance was repulsed, but the Wyandot villages continued to block Hull’s Trace, the American’s supply route from Ohio to Fort Detroit.",4250 Elizabeth Drive,Trenton,MI,48183,Elizabeth Park,Wayne,04S11E19SWNW,42.13609,-83.182851,,"War of 1812,Native People",05/30/2019,2a913394-4dc4-4b78-8ca5-daa4148ebcd7,0,1456,2,"MHC821956057_1.jpg;MHC821956057_2.jpg","Brian Egen;Brian Egen","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Back","05/01/2012;05/01/2012",417010
-86.2445499999999,43.219549,MHC612002015,L2120,2,2002,2003,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Marsh Field,,Marsh Field,,"Marsh Field began its tenure as the principal home of Muskegon baseball when it was completed in 1916. Charles W. Marsh--a Muskegon civic leader, industrialist, and sports enthusiast--spearheaded construction of the park, which he donated to the city in 1919. The first minor league franchise to play here, the Reds, was a member of the Central League. Muskegon teams were later part of the Michigan State and the Michigan-Ontario Leagues. The Muskegon Lassies of the All-American Girls Professional League played here from 1946 to 1950. The last professional team played here in 1951. The location of the diamond has not changed since the park opened, and it has been the site of high school games and local amateur baseball programs ever since. The original grandstand was razed in 1957.",,Peck St. and Laketon Ave.,Muskegon,MI,0,Corner of Peck Street and Laketon Avenue,Muskegon,10N16W31NENE,43.219549,-86.24455,,,09/06/2017,553d8fb3-acbc-4676-852c-dac509049b27,0,1457,0,,,,,417011
-86.2813149999999,43.220001,MHC611991025,L1822C,2,1991,2021,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pinchtown / Pinchtown,,Pinchtown,Pinchtown,"Pinchtown was officially known as “Ruddiman’s Addition to the city of Muskegon” when it was platted by William Ruddiman in 1873. Township Clerk James Robinson gave the settlement its common name because it was pinched between the village of Lakeside and the city of Muskegon. On March 12, 1895, the Michigan legislature passed a bill, signed by Governor John T. Rich, that annexed Pinchtown to the city. Pinchtown was bounded by Lakeshore Drive, Laketon Avenue, Ruddiman Creek, and a gully. A shopping district occupied this site from the 1890s to 1950s.","Some of Muskegon’s earliest lumber mills were located in Pinchtown. In 1842 Joseph Stronach built a sawmill west of here on Muskegon Lake at Ruddiman’s Creek. In 1844 George and John Ruddiman purchased the mill. In 1848 the mill was swept away in a flood, and the Ruddimans rebuilt it the following year. Newcomb McGraft and Anthony Schuyler Montgomery purchased the mill in 1875. In 1890 the mill burned. Standard Oil Company (present-day Amoco) tanks and docks occupied the site from 1924 to 1991.",Laketon Ave at Lake Shore Dr,Muskegon,MI,0,SE corner,Muskegon,10N17W36NWNW,43.220001,-86.281315,,"Timber Industry,2",11/08/2021,c24a71e2-ddc3-4fc7-9b41-dad605056c51,0,1458,2,"MHC611991025_1.jpg;MHC611991025_2.jpg",";","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/05/2021;11/08/2021",417012
-84.483778,42.737032,MHC331993005,L1894,2,1993,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Collegeville / East Lansing,East Lansing City Hall,Collegeville,East Lansing,"
In 1849 when D. Robert Burcham settled in this vicinity, Chippewa and Ottawa Indians lived along the Red Cedar River. Burcham journeyed here on the Indian trail that became the Grand River Road, also known as the Lansing-Howell Road. In 1855 the state legislature founded the Michigan Agricultural College (present-day Michigan State University) on one square mile of woodland. By 1857 seven campus buildings and seven farmhouses, located within a two-mile radius of College Hall (where Beaumont Tower now stands), constituted the community. In 1887 Professors W. J. Beal and Rolla C. Carpenter platted the first subdivision, naming it Collegeville. The area is now bounded by Michigan Avenue, Harrison Avenue, Oak and Beal streets. In 1884 the community’s first post office, Agricultural College, Michigan, was established on campus.","A half-century after the Grand River plank road was built in 1850, street cars and interurban railroads linked the state capital to the Michigan Agricultural College. The end of the streetcar line formed a wye (turn-around triangle) at the intersection of Ann, Albert and M.A.C. Streets. In 1907 a committee, led by Agricultural College postmaster Charles Collingwood, proposed a charter for “College Park” to the state legislature. On May 8, 1907, following extensive debate, legislators chartered “East Lansing.” The city’s first paved road, Michigan Avenue, was completed by 1916, and the police and fire departments were established in 1921 and 1924. East Lansing experienced its greatest growth between 1950 and 1960 when its land area tripled and its population increased by 50 percent.",410 Abbott Rd.,East Lansing,MI,48823,,Ingham,04N01W18NWNW,42.737032,-84.483778,,5,07/07/2022,66683738-d351-49cd-b12c-db05ceacd758,0,1459,1,MHC331993005_1.jpg,City of East Lansing,Site Photo w/Marker,05/02/2022,417013
-85.075959,43.7263400000001,MHC372003012,L2129,2,2003,2003,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sherman City / Sherman City Union Church,,Sherman City,Sherman City Union Church,"Sherman City began with a log store built by E. K. Wood, Giles Gilbert, and Amos Johnson in 1869 and a sawmill built in 1870 by John T. Cahoon. Johnson, Cahoon, and others platted Sherman City between 1870 and 1873. Both the township and the city were named for Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman. An 1878 tornado destroyed much of the town, but an 1879 map shows thirty buildings, including stores, hotels, and a school. An 1899 map shows thirty-five structures, including one church. Lumber and shingle manufacturing sustained the economy. When the local forests gave out around 1900, the town went into a decline. One by one the buildings were torn down, the lumber often being reused for new homes or sheds. The last store closed during World War II (1941-1945).","The Union Church is the most visible surviving remnant of Sherman City. William L. Shupe built the church in 1885 as a meeting hall for Grand Army of the Republic Post 77. Moved to the present site in 1898, the building was renovated over the next few years to serve as a union church for all denominations. By October 1904 the building was in use as a church. Sherman City’s Union Sunday School met here, and from time to time ministers of nearby congregations also held services in the church. Abandoned by about 1960, the church was restored in 1977 through the work of volunteers. Rededicated on May 28, 1978, the church is now maintained by the Sherman City Union Church Restoration Association.",SE Corner of West Vernon and Wyman Roads,Sherman City,MI,0,,Isabella,15N06W06NWNE,43.72634,-85.075959,,,09/01/2017,1a8392c2-cbe3-4f1e-bdb4-db20712ee23a,0,1460,0,,,,,417014
-83.976297,42.0750850000001,MHC462005008,L2148,2,2005,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Riverside Mortuary Chapel / Wirt Rowland,The Chapel at Riverside Cemetery,Riverside Mortuary Chapel,Wirt Rowland,"This chapel, completed in 1913, embodies the dream of Cemetery Superintendent George Kies, the design of Clinton-born architect Wirt Rowland, and the artistry of the mason, a “Mr. Uhr” of Manchester. It also reflects livestock dealer Solomon Tate’s sense of color and design. Tate chose the stones, donated by local farmers. The Clinton Culture Club, later the Federated Women’s Club, led the chapel building effort.","Early in his long career in Detroit, Clinton native Wirt C. Rowland designed this chapel, which reflects medieval inspiration. Wirt Rowland (1878-1946) worked for George D. Mason, Albert Kahn, and other leading Detroit architects. He is best known for designing three Detroit skyscrapers – the Buhl Building, the Penobscot Building, and the Guardian Building – during the 1920s, while employed by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. These buildings defined the Detroit skyline for almost fifty years.",208 Coman St.,Clinton,MI,49236,,Lenawee,05S04E05SWNE,42.075085,-83.976297,,,07/23/2019,41987eee-5bbe-446d-b854-db477d08bedf,0,1461,0,,,,,417015
-82.829886,42.6278840000001,MHC501957045,S168,2,1957,1958,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Selfridge Field,Selfridge Air Force Base,Selfridge Field,,"Selfridge, Michigan’s first real airport, began operations as a training base in July 1917. It has progressed to a leading role in America’s air arm. It is often called “The Home of Generals” because Selfridge has been a springboard to success in the careers of 145 air force generals. It is named for Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge, the nation’s first military pilot. In 1908 he was killed while flying with Orville Wright, becoming America’s first military casualty of powered flight.",,M-59 east of I-94 near entrance to Air Museum,Harrison Township,MI,0,near Mount Clemens,Macomb, ,42.627884,-82.829886,,,09/05/2017,61f47257-a379-4396-b7f3-db7e2927c50e,0,1462,0,,,,,417016
-83.48428,42.532333,MHC631981018,L890A,2,1981,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stonecrest,,Stonecrest,,"This land served as the local schoolhouse site from 1836 to 1895. The original schoolhouse situated here was built of hewn logs and oak shakes. Stonecrest was constructed as a one-room schoolhouse in 1860. The teacher at Stonecrest in 1868-69 was Joseph B. Moore, who later sat on the Supreme Court of Michigan and was the son of the builder of the school, Jacob J. Moore. Stonecrest is built of native stones, which were broken, faced and laid up in quicklime mortar. The building is situated on the highest point within the original village of Walled Lake as platted by Jesse Tuttle in 1836. It became the home of the Commerce Township Area Historical Society in 1980.",,207 Liberty Street,Walled Lake,MI,0,at Market Street,Oakland,02N08E34NWSE,42.532333,-83.48428,,,09/12/2017,9edd6126-7836-4314-bd73-db8eab3015b7,0,1463,1,MHC631981018_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,417017
-83.968012,42.122528,MHC811988041,L1486B,2,1988,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bridgewater Town Hall,,Bridgewater Town Hall,,"Bridgewater Township was set off from Hixon Township in 1832. The remainder became Manchester Township in 1837. By 1850 there were two settlements, River Raisin and Bridgewater. Each had a railroad station and a post office. The River Raisin community no longer exists. In 1856 the first town hall opened on this site and was also used for “moral and scientific lectures and for funerals.” The present hall was built in 1882 and has been in continuous use as the site of township meetings, elections, and social functions.",,10990 Clinton Road,Bridgewater Township,MI,0,"small wall-mounted marker; NW corner of Braun Road",Washtenaw,04S04E16SWSW,42.122528,-83.968012,,,11/05/2019,9ca66495-ac4f-4352-a4f7-dbb832a8cecb,0,1464,0,,,,,417018
-83.606326,42.2412780000001,MHC811957028,S128,2,1957,2011,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan's Interurbans,,Michigan's Interurbans,,"Michigan’s first interurban, the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, began operating in 1890. Pulled by a steam engine, the cars went west on Packard Road to the Ann Arbor city limits. Because of the low fares (ten cents one way) and frequent service (cars leaving every ninety minutes), the line was soon carrying over six hundred passengers daily. Electric power was adopted in 1896. In a few years a network of interurbans was built in southern Michigan. The “Ypsi-Ann” became part of a Detroit to Jackson road that carried fifty-three hundred passengers a day in 1902. It became possible to go from Detroit to Kalamazoo or from Bay City to Cincinnati on connecting lines. But the automobile, bus, and truck put the interurbans out of business in Michigan in the 1920s. The last interurban from Ypsilanti ran in 1929.",,Gilbert Park,Ypsilanti,MI,0,"Off Water St., South of Michigan Ave., on Huron River (Marker refinishsed in 2011)",Washtenaw,03S07E09SENE,42.241278,-83.606326,,,01/15/2020,ad985f31-34ca-4e99-9e54-dbee93e00e2f,0,1465,1,MHC811957028_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,417019
-84.7077819999999,42.2663670000001,MHC381983002,L1105,2,1983,1993,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Parma and Sheridan District No. 7 School,"D. E. Wright School; Parma Township Hall",Parma and Sheridan District No. 7 School,,"In 1839 New York natives Deodatus and Sarena Wright settled in Parma Township along the Territorial Road (present-day Comdon Road). In 1870 the Wrights sold a parcel of their farmland, which included this site, to School District No. 7 of Parma and Sheridan Townships. Soon thereafter, this schoolhouse was built, replacing an earlier wooden structure located across the road. Classes were held in “Wright School” until 1967. The township purchased the property in 1980.",,2388 Eaton Rapids Road,Parma,MI,0,,Jackson,02S03W30NWSE,42.266367,-84.707782,,,07/12/2019,de3b60d9-a8dc-42b6-a9cf-dc1ac07a6e20,0,1466,0,,,,,417020
-83.9877309999999,43.0582580000001,MHC781992023,L1858,2,1992,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Judd's Corners,,Judd's Corners,,"Known more recently as Juddville, Judd’s Corners was first settled in 1853 when Connecticut native John Judd purchased four hundred acres of land encompassing this area from the Hazelton brothers, who owned much of the township. A log school was erected in 1854, where Judd’s eldest daughter, Jane, taught. Over the next two decades a thriving community developed. In 1879 Judd’s Corners received a post office. By 1881 the village had a sawmill, blacksmith shop, general store, a creamery, and two churches. Population, which peaked in the mid-1880s at about 175 people, began declining by the 1900s. The school that survives today, built in 1903, was originally faced with brick. The school and the Adventist and Methodist Episcopal churches are reminders of a once-thriving community.",,9000 Juddville Rd.,Corunna,MI,0,"SE corner of Durand Rd; Hazelton Twp",Shiawassee,08N04E33NENE,43.058258,-83.987731,,,07/27/2017,777f1f7f-d9f8-41eb-9705-dc397b58c16a,0,1467,0,,,,,417021
-84.647362,42.765025,MHC231983024,L1080C,2,1983,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Delta Mills Schools,,Delta Mills Schools,,"On this site in 1839, residents of Delta Township built their first school. A one-room wood frame structure, it could seat sixty-five. In 1940 the building was remodeled and a second classroom was added. Although the township district was annexed to the Grand Ledge School District in 1956, grades one through eight continued to be taught in the old building until 1958. That year, the old schoolhouse was replaced with a modern structure, which served students until 1982.",,6816 Delta River Dr.,Delta Mills,MI,48917,NE corner of Ingersol Road,Eaton,04N03W03SWNE,42.765025,-84.647362,,,04/23/2019,3acc163a-eb26-44cf-898c-dc441c0457c6,0,1468,2,"MHC231983024_1.jpg;MHC231983024_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/24/2017;06/24/2017",417022
-83.712191,42.989516,MHC251977002,S497-C,2,1977,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Flint Sit-Down,Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37/Chevrolet-Four Plant,The Flint Sit-Down,,"On February 1, 1937, the wave of sit-down strikes against General Motors broadened as Chevrolet Plant No. 4 was seized. The United Auto Workers’ strategy was a diversionary strike at the nearby Plant No. 9 to draw company personnel to that point while the true target, Plant No. 4, was secured. As a battle between unionists and company guards took place inside Plant No. 9, other strikers captured the key Plant No. 4. Pickets outside were aided by the Women’s Emergency Brigade, which fended off police until strikers inside secured the vital plant. Since all Chevrolet engines were produced in Plant No. 4, elimination of this supply would close Chevrolet operations nationwide. On February 11, 1937, the strike ended as General Motors recognized the UAW as bargaining agent for its members. This represents one of the most significant events in labor history.",,1901 Executive Plaza Drive - Sitdowners Memorial Park,Flint,MI,48507,"In 2005, the marker was moved to Sitdowners Memorial Park off from Executive Plaza Drive, Penbrook Lane and W. Atherton Road - behind UAW Regional Office. Original location was the 300 block of Chevrolet Avenue.",Genesee,07N06E24SWSW,42.989516,-83.712191,,Auto Industry,07/31/2019,31ee2063-41a4-4581-9e30-dc602dbb97e2,0,1469,1,MHC251977002_1.jpg,"UAW Region 1-D, Ann Hunt",Marker Photo - Front,07/31/2019,417023
-85.677764,42.963037,MHC412003009,S682,2,2003,2004,Native People and the French (< 1760),Baw-wa-ting / Baw-wa-ting,"The Rapids; Converse Mounds and Village",Baw-wa-ting,Baw-wa-ting,"Long before contact with Euro-Americans, Native Americans lived near Baw-wa-ting, “the rapids.” Some 2000 years ago Hopewellian Indians built numerous burial mounds in the area. This mound group became known as the Converse Mounds. As early as the 18th century Ottawa Indians lived near the rapids at a village called Noaquageshik. Ojibwa and Potawatomi also lived in this vicinity. The development of Grand Rapids during the late 19th century destroyed the burial mounds; however, archaeological excavations in 1999 revealed occupations dating back more than 3000 years, as well as evidence of an 18th and 19th century Native American presence. In 2000 the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians worked with Grand Valley State University to establish this park on the site of their ancestors’ village.","Chi–shosh-guh Chi-muk-mon mean-wah A-nish-na-bek gee-daa-wuk Baw-wa-ting.
Gah-guh mom-pee Ojibway meen-wah Potawatomi gee daa-wuk.
A-nish-na-bek gee-shi-tun kih geeb-yuk nin-waa-kan.
Nin-wuk gee beeg-beh-dune kih geeb-yuk nin-waa-dan.
Wa-nike wa-ban-daa A-nish-na-bek gee nuk-kee chi-shosh-guh.
Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians meen-waw Grand Valley State University gee Shi-tun Ah-nab-awen.
Mom-pee gee daw-wuk gah-cah-yuk A-nish-na-bek o-dena.",Grand River and Fulton Sts,Grand Rapids,MI,0,SW corner of intersection,Kent,07N12W25NESW,42.963037,-85.677764,,Native People,07/26/2017,04fe1535-24ad-499d-92d2-dc6303272428,0,1470,0,,,,,417024
-82.487712,42.824686,MHC741979076,L712A,2,1979,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Congregational Church,,First Congregational Church,,"This red-brick, stone-faced structure was built in 1879 by Samuel Hopkins on land donated by his son William. Founded in 1833, its congregation is the oldest continuing one in St. Clair County. The church’s sixty-six-foot clock tower with its four back-lighted clock faces is visible from the Canadian shore. It appears on navigation charts of the St. Clair River and has long been the city clock.",,300 Adams,St. Clair,MI,0,"Adams and Third Streets, Behind Riverview Plaza",Saint Clair, ,42.824686,-82.487712,,,09/13/2017,f195753d-77c6-4987-bb8c-dc8853a25546,0,1471,0,,,,,417025
-84.4178849999999,42.214866,MHC381971020,L147,2,1971,1975,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ella Sharp Museum,Ella Sharp Farm Museum-Tower Barn,Ella Sharp Museum,,"In 1855 Abraham Wing purchased this farm for his widowed daughter Mary. Within a year she married Dwight Merriman, and under their guidance, “Hillside” became a model farm, with over six hundred acres of orchards and cultivated fields. In 1881 their first and only surviving child, Ella, married John C. Sharp, attorney and later state senator. Ella died in 1912, leaving the farm to the city of Jackson as a park. The house was opened as a museum in 1965.",,3225 Fourth Street,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,03S01W15NENW,42.214866,-84.417885,,,04/16/2019,e6705336-78f4-4130-a67b-dcc2f599a882,0,1473,3,"MHC381971020_2.jpg;MHC381971020_3.jpg;MHC381971020_5.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/26/2017;06/26/2017;06/26/2017",417026
-86.230439,44.624518,MHC101957019,S122,2,1957,1958,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Car Ferries on Lake Michigan,First Railroad Ferry,Car Ferries on Lake Michigan,,"Lake Michigan, over 300 miles long and up to 80 miles wide, blocked rail traffic between lower Michigan and Wisconsin, posing a serious problem to several Michigan lines in the late 1800s as logging revenues declined. In 1892 car ferry operations from Lake Betsie to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, were begun by the Ann Arbor R. R. This was the world’s first use of car ferries across such an expanse of open water. Other ferries were soon operating from Ludington, Grand Haven, and Muskegon to terminals across the lake, thus forging a vital link in America’s railroad network.",,Betsie Valley Trail,Elberta,MI,0,Betsie Valley Trail near Frankfort Avenue and Crapo Street,Benzie,26N16W27NESW,44.624518,-86.230439,,"Maritime Heritage,4",10/20/2021,631c0d99-363a-4779-9216-dd0b839b096d,0,1474,2,"MHC101957019_1.jpg;MHC101957019_2.jpg","Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","12/02/2020;12/02/2020",417027
-83.9480309999999,42.8239,MHC781974054,L287,2,1974,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Byron,,Byron,,"Samuel W. Dexter, of Dexter, Michigan, made the first purchase of land here in July 1824. Four men known as the Byron Company bought this land in 1836 and platted the village the next year. Named after the British poet Lord Byron, in the 1840s the town was one of the largest in the county. Incorporated as a village in 1873, throughout the last half of the nineteenth century Byron was a principal milling and agricultural supply center for the rich Shiawassee Valley.",,312 West Maple,Byron,MI,0,Byron Area School,Shiawassee,05N04E23NENE,42.8239,-83.948031,,,09/13/2017,8781c258-dc8d-4e49-802a-dd2bed6a9f74,0,1475,0,,,,,417028
-85.7725811,43.90084554,MHC432009010,S713,2,2009,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Idlewild / Idlewild,,Idlewild,Idlewild,"Prior to 1964, segregationist policies limited African Americans’ options for where to spend vacation time. In 1915 white developers, Adelbert and Erastus Branch of White Cloud and Wilbur Lemon and Alvin Wright of Chicago, established a summer resort for blacks here, which they named Idlewild. Storesin magazines like Ebony, and advertisements in national newspapers such as the Chicago Defender promoted Idlewild as “The only place where Colored people get all they pay for and pay only for what they get.” The resort drew African American members of the middle and professional classes, as well as black intellectuals such as Charles Chesnutt. Idlewild grew to encompass roughly four square miles. During the early 1960s, summer holidays drew more than 25,000 people to Idlewild.","Beginning in 1915, African Americans from throughout the country, particularly the Midwest, came to Idlewild in the summer. During the early years the resort offered beaches, boating, and other typical summer diversions. By the 1920s and into the 1960s, however, Idlewild’s rousing nightlife lured swarms of visitors to the community to see elaborate floorshows and some of America’s most popular black entertainers. The Arthur Braggs Idlewild Revue toured the country during the off-season, spreading the Idlewild name. The 1964 passage of the Civil Rights Act - comprehensive legislation that prohibits segregation - opened doors for blacks to stay at previously whites-only resorts. Idlewild’s heyday ended, but it remained the largest African American resort in the nation.",US-10 and Broadway,Idlewild,MI,49642,,Lake,17N12W05NENW,43.90084554,-85.7725811,,African-American History,08/11/2020,ae50982c-d117-49b6-8fcf-dd38b4721447,0,1476,4,"MHC432009010_2.jpg;MHC432009010_1.jpg;MHC432009010_4.jpg;MHC432009010_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";;;",417029
-84.409012,42.24794,MHC381987036,L1410,2,1987,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Congregational Church,United Church of Christ,First Congregational Church,,"This monumental Romanesque Revival church was erected in 1859 according to plans by architect Horatio N. White of Syracuse, New York. It is this congregation’s third church. In 1871 the building was raised eight feet to accommodate lower-level classrooms. In September 1861, on the eve of departing for duty in the Civil War, the “Jackson Blair Cadets” and the Jackson County Rifles gathered with their families in the crowded sanctuary. At Detroit’s Fort Wayne the troops joined the Eighth and Ninth Michigan infantries respectively. Beginning in the 1840s with the antislavery movement, the congregation actively participated in social reform--most notably the temperance and civil rights crusades.",,120 N. Jackson St.,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,02S01W34SWSE,42.24794,-84.409012,,Civil War,04/17/2019,fd68f3a6-9801-454e-928f-dd4380f2098e,0,1477,2,"MHC381987036_2.jpg;MHC381987036_3.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/05/2017;09/05/2017",417030
-84.634652,42.480165,MHC231990054,L1802,2,1990,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hamlin District No. 15 School,Bay Window School,Hamlin District No. 15 School,,"In 1853 Warren and Sophia Ford deeded land for a school to Eaton Rapids School District No. 15. In 1869 the land became part of Hamlin Township. This one-room school, erected in 1884 with decorative Eastlake details, replaced one built in 1873. The “bay window school” was used as a public school facility until 1970. Because of its proximity to the Tri-County Electrical Cooperative, formed in 1938, it was one of the first rural schools to receive electricity.",,10248 Kinneville Rd.,Eaton Rapids,MI,0,,Eaton,01N03W11SESW,42.480165,-84.634652,,,08/30/2017,949a7f4f-bcbd-40bd-9bca-dd61abf05ddf,0,1479,0,,,,,417031
-83.93461346,43.4314461100001,MHC732012018,L2244,2,2012,2012,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Jeffers Park / Jeffers Park,Michael Jeffers Memorial Fountain & Park,Jeffers Park,Jeffers Park,"The Jeffers Memorial Fountain and Park was dedicated on May 30, 1906, and named for real estate developer and early Saginaw settler Michael Jeffers (1831-1904). His heirs donated the land, then a block of storefronts, to the city for a park and water fountain in his memory. Designed by Roy Merriam, the fountain was built of Barre granite from Vermont by the local firm of Anson Hobson. The sculptures were cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York City.","When Jeffers Park opened, the surrounding area was densely built, and Saginaw’s water was taken mostly from the river. A “breathing spot in the hot days of summer,” the park also provided residents of Saginaw access to clean water sourced from a deep well and chilled by two tons of stored ice. Communal tin drinking cups were replaced by a bubbler in 1915. The park has served as a place for public events and civic activity. Restoration of the park was completed in 2012.",600 Federal Ave,Saginaw,,0,"Jefferson Park, corner of Genesee & Warren Aves.",Saginaw,12N05E19SWNW,43.43144611,-83.93461346,,,09/15/2016,444febbd-d48c-4782-bff8-ddda5a122c96,0,1480,2,"MHC732012018_1.jpg;MHC732012018_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",417032
-86.008634,44.373413,MHC511982023,L983A,2,1982,1983,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Bottle House,"John J. Makinen, Sr. House",The Bottle House,,"John J. Makinen Sr. (1871-1942) built this house out of over sixty thousand pop bottles, most of which came from his business, the Northwestern Bottling Works. The bottles were laid on their sides with the bottom ends to the exterior. A native of Finland, Makinen moved to the area in 1903. He completed the house in 1941 but died before his family moved into it. In 1980 the building was purchased by the Kaleva Historical Society, which renovated it to house the Kaleva Historical Museum.",,14551 Wuoksi Avenue,Kaleva,MI,0,"Near Kauko Street, Kaleva Historical Museum",Manistee,23N14W21NWSE,44.373413,-86.008634,,,07/28/2017,727d5903-530d-4ac1-8d73-dde6f8b9a91f,0,1481,0,,,,,417033
-83.176789,42.3217300000001,MHC821984009,L1152A,2,1984,1984,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Dearborn Town Hall Complex / Orville L. Hubbard,,Dearborn Town Hall Complex,Orville L. Hubbard,"This municipal building opened on June 26, 1922, as the seat of government for the village of Springwells, which became a city in 1924, and in 1925 was renamed Fordson (for Henry and Edsel Ford). After Fordson consolidated with Dearborn in 1929, this structure became the center of municipal activities for the expanded city of Dearborn. Originally the two-and-a-half-story Georgian Revival structure housed all of the city departments. Included in the complex were a police and court facility, a communications center, a fire station, and a maintenance garage. On May 23, 1981, the city dedicated a new addition, which linked the original building to the new quarters for the council chambers and the clerk’s and treasurer’s offices. The complex is now known as Town Hall.","
Orville Liscum Hubbard, LL.B. (1903-1982), was mayor of Dearborn from 1942 to 1978. Born near Union City, Hubbard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1922. He graduated from the Detroit College of Law in 1932. Settling in Dearborn in 1929, he ran unsuccessfully for public office for ten years before becoming mayor. Often working twelve or more hours a day, Hubbard was an effective administrator who paid close attention to small details and the public’s opinion. He made Dearborn known for punctual trash collection, speedy snow removal, Florida retirement facilities, and a free recreational area, Camp Dearborn. Hubbard died in 1982, almost five years after his fifteenth term as Dearborn’s mayor. At the time of his death, his administration was noted as having been one of the longest of any full-time U.S. mayor.",13615 Michigan Avenue,Dearborn,MI,0,6/2021 original marker salvaged - the site will remain listed on the State Register of Historic Sites in case they decide to revise and replace the marker at a later time.,Wayne,02S11E18NESE,42.32173,-83.176789,,5,10/26/2020,aa9af7a7-4c06-49cc-8344-de61228f284e,0,1483,0,,,,,417034
-83.987361,42.6285790000001,MHC471993010,L1889,2,1993,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Frank J. Hecox House,,Frank J. Hecox House,,"This “House of Seven Gables” was built in 1886-87 by the farm family of Frank J. and Ada Hecox. A plastered brick wall in the basement is inscribed with Frank Hecox’s initials and the date 1887. The Hecox family left the area by 1900, and Ada sold the farm in 1909. In 1963 the county acquired most of the acreage to form part of the site of the Livingston County Airport. This house, with its pressed-tin-shingle mansard roof, is a unique example of the Second Empire style in the Howell area.",,3720 W. Grand River,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,03N04E28NENW,42.628579,-83.987361,,,09/05/2017,9f134fe8-8fa0-4c08-9e27-de8320b22900,0,1484,0,,,,,417035
-86.263738,41.8251130000001,MHC111971011,S344,2,1971,1972,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Saint Mary's,,Saint Mary's,,"The Roman Catholic Church in Niles traces its origins to the Indian mission established at nearby Fort St. Joseph in the late 1600s. Re established at Bertrand, three miles south of Niles, in the 1830s, the mission moved into town in 1849 and was renamed St. Francis’s. In 1866 the cornerstone of the present building was laid, and on December 11, 1870, the church was dedicated to St. Mary. Designed by Rufus Rose of Niles, with later modifications by Father John Cappon, the church was completed in 1890 with the construction of the Gothic tower. Father Cappon, known as the “parish’s greatest benefactor,” was a Belgian born priest who served as pastor for over thirty years. He gave generously of his large personal estate for many parish improvements.",,211 South Lincoln,Niles,MI,0,SE corner of Clay Street,Berrien,07S17W34NENE,41.825113,-86.263738,,,09/22/2017,cdc94598-98f8-470b-9362-dee2f5fdecf3,0,1485,0,,,,,417036
-86.225136,43.0610330000001,MHC701989027,L1655C,4,1989,1989,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Central School,,Central School,,"The first Central School was built in 1871. The Grand Haven Tribune hailed the belfry-topped school as “the finest in the state” and “the pride of every citizen of Grand Haven.” The newspaper blamed arsonists for burning the school on May 5, 1901, and stated that more than one man would “contribute his services to a lynching bee, if the firebug had been detected.” A second school, built on this site in 1902, housed over six hundred students in grades kindergarten through twelve. That school burned in 1963. The bell from the school was salvaged, but not usable. The following year the present elementary school opened. In 1965 the local Methodist church donated a bell from its old church so that the school could continue its tradition of ringing a school bell to call students to class.",,106 South Sixth Street,Grand Haven,MI,0,,Ottawa,08N16W21SWSW,43.061033,-86.225136,,4,11/16/2021,6edd9615-7794-4591-b4e4-df2f88ec27cd,0,1486,0,,,,,417037
-83.369991,42.348981,MHC821967002,L68,2,1967,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Nankin Mills,Nankin Mills Nature Center,Nankin Mills,,"Two gristmills have occupied this site. The first was built between 1835 and 1842; the present was constructed soon after the Civil War. In 1918 Henry Ford purchased it as part of a plan to develop village mill industries along the Rouge and other small rivers. Equipped with a turbine generator, Nankin Mills produced engravings, carburetor parts, rivets, and bearings. Ford believed that farmers working in an atmosphere of cleanliness and tranquility would restore a proper balance between the industrialized city and rural communities. Although his experiment intrigued American and European planners, it proved unprofitable. After World War II the mills closed. The Wayne County Road Commission acquired Nankin Mills, and in 1956 it was given new life as a nature center.",,33175 Ann Arbor Trail,Westland,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E03SWNW,42.348981,-83.369991,,,09/22/2017,5ca5ef52-06f9-49c4-b972-df46a5d3f97d,0,1487,0,,,,,417038
-82.53319,42.6152900000001,MHC741981002,S537B,2,1981,1981,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Water Speed Capital,,Water Speed Capital,,"For more than a century, Algonac has played a leading role in ship building, from sailing cargo ships to large pleasure craft, racing boats and World War II landing craft. Between 1921 and 1932, Christopher Smith and Gar Wood built ten Miss Americas in Algonac. Smith and Wood worked together on the first; however, Wood was responsible for the rest. The Miss Americas held the Harmsworth trophy, symbol of the world’s water speed supremacy, from 1921 to 1933. In 1932 Wood’s Miss America X raced over a measured mile to establish the world’s water speed record at 124.91 miles per hour. During the 1930s Smith adopted the name Chris Craft Corporation. The firm became one of the world’s largest builders of power pleasure boats. Headquartered in Algonac for many years, it had other manufacturing plants in Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Florida, and Italy.",,805 St. Clair River Drive,Algonac,MI,0,"City of Algonac Park, across the street from Algonac City Hall",Saint Clair,02N16E10NWSE,42.61529,-82.53319,,Maritime Heritage,08/08/2017,0171df36-c104-447f-8bd0-df84d028a8cd,0,1488,0,,,,,417039
-86.2031719999999,42.656055,MHC031958008,S191,2,1958,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),"Singapore, Michigan",,"Singapore, Michigan",,"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 1830s by New York land speculators, who hoped it would rival Chicago or Milwaukee as a lake port, Singapore was in fact, until the 1870s, a busy lumbering town. With three mills, two hotels, several general stores, and a renowned “wildcat” bank, it outshone its neighbor to the south, “The Flats,” as Saugatuck was then called. When the supply of timber was exhausted, the mills closed, [and] the once bustling waterfront grew quiet. The people left, most of them settling here in Saugatuck. Gradually, Lake Michigan’s shifting sands buried Singapore.",,"Saugatuck City Hall, Butler Street",Saugatuck,MI,0,,Allegan,03N16W09NESW,42.656055,-86.203172,,"Timber Industry,4",01/13/2017,ef483e76-0782-4e3b-b0fe-dfa96d4b853c,0,1489,1,MHC031958008_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,417040
-84.341358,46.4987560000001,MHC171989009,S595A,2,1989,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral,,St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral,,"In 1853 Pope Pius IX separated the Upper Peninsula from the Diocese of Detroit and established a vicariate apostolic. Reverend Frederic Baraga, a missionary from L’Anse, became vicar apostolic and made St. Mary’s Church his headquarters. In 1857 the vicariate became a diocese, Baraga was named “Bishop of the Sault,” and the log church known as St. Mary’s became a cathedral. With the onset of mining, settlements sprang up in the western Upper Peninsula. Faced with the task of serving these remote parishes, Bishop Baraga obtained the pope’s permission to move the seat of the diocese to Marquette. In May 1866 Baraga left St. Mary’s and the parish became the pro-cathedral parish. In 1881 the present Gothic Revival-style church, designed by Joseph Connolly of Toronto, was erected.",,320 East Portage Avenue,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,,Chippewa,47N01E05NWSW,46.498756,-84.341358,,,08/23/2017,737305bf-5151-4217-b006-dfacb6dce6f2,0,1490,0,,,,,417041
-83.9889871999999,43.1613623000001,MHC731996030,L1982,2,1996,1996,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Michael Catholic Parish/Saint Michael Catholic Church and School,St. Michael's of Maple Grove,Saint Michael Catholic Parish,Saint Michael Catholic Church and School,"Joseph Voith, a German Catholic originally from Bavaria, settled Maple Grove Township in 1854. His brother-in-law, George Henige, hosted Maple Grove’s first Catholic mass on April 17, 1865. Three other Bavarian Catholic families—those of Joseph Angst, William Walser and George Hirschmann—also attended. Around 1866 they built a mission church on the west side of Lincoln Road at the site of the present cemetery. Following their German tradition, these people made the church the center of community life. In 1876 Saint Michael’s began holding classes in the church. As Maple Grove prospered during the 1880s, St. Michael’s grew. The mission became a parish in 1883, with Father Nicholas Irmen as the first pastor. By 1889 both a school and a new church were dedicated on this site.","In 1922 Saint Michael parish dedicated its third church. This Neo-Romanesque church was constructed primarily by parishioners. They used timber from nearby forests, Saginaw-milled oak trim and bricks from Clio and Montrose. Local stone carvers and masons erected the church. The stained glass windows were made in Germany. In 1930 a new Neo-Gothic school was completed. With an influx of Catholic families into Montrose and New Lothrop during the 1930s, Saint Michael Catholic School opened to all children, becoming a public school in 1938. Served by lay and clerical teachers, it revered to being a parochial school in 1953. It closed in 1971.",17994 Lincoln Road,New Lothrop,MI,48460,Maple Grove Township,Saginaw,09N04E21SESE,43.1613623,-83.9889872,,5,08/18/2017,7b6184ac-a6d5-4d41-991f-dfda0a4f9fc1,0,1491,0,,,,,417042
-82.9766509999999,42.4984370000001,MHC501989045,L1654,2,1989,1992,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Warren Township District No. 4 School,,Warren Township District No. 4 School,,"This building was commonly named the Bunert School, for August and Mine Bunert, who sold land to Warren School District No. 4 in January 1875. The school was built later that year on the northeast corner of the intersection of Bunert and Martin Roads. When classes ceased in 1944, it was the longest-serving one-room school in Warren. In 1987 the board-and-batten building was donated to the Warren Historical Society, which moved it to this site and restored it as a museum.",,27600 Bunert Road at Martin,Warren,MI,0,south of Martin Road,Macomb,01N12E13NWSE,42.498437,-82.976651,,,09/05/2017,578e042b-8ec1-4b7e-9270-e014bdfe3b29,0,1492,0,,,,,417043
-83.0573699999999,42.3514640000001,MHC821980003,S534B,2,1980,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),American Academy of Pediatrics,,American Academy of Pediatrics,,"The American Academy of Pediatrics was founded on June 24, 1930, by thirty-four physicians at Harper Hospital. Isaac A. Abt, M.D., was elected as its first president; John L. Morse, M.D., was chosen as the first vice-president; and Clifford G. Grulee, M.D., served as the first secretary-treasurer. The academy has always had as its primary purpose: “The attainment by all children of the Americas of their full potential for physical, emotional and social health.” The academy conducts regular educational programs for child health professionals, encourages support of basic and applied research, and sponsors numerous public information and child advocacy programs. By its golden anniversary in 1980, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ membership roll included more than twenty thousand pediatricians.",,3990 John R St,Detroit,MI,0,"at Alexandrine, Harper Grace Hospital",Wayne,,42.351464,-83.05737,,,09/20/2017,c21c1115-f040-4b9a-8e51-e051bad2b6d2,0,1493,0,,,,,417044
-85.594526,42.2944390000001,MHC391977036,L565C,2,1977,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Stuart Neighborhood,,Stuart Neighborhood,,"Wealthy merchants and businessmen, seeking an escape from the hurried life of downtown living, built this prosperous neighborhood in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Movement to the suburbs gained in popularity after the 1850s, but lack of transportation hindered rapid development. The early suburbanites were mostly well-to-do and could afford to be a few minutes late to work if their buggies got stuck in the mud or snow. With the installation of horse-drawn trolleys in the 1880s, the middle class began to move here.",,410 Elm Street,Kalamazoo,MI,0,"corner of Kalamazoo (808 Kalamazoo St) & Elm Street (in the front lawn facing Kalamazoo St) This is 1 of 3 Stuart Neighborhood markers. Each marker is listed as site no. L565 then marked with an A, B, or C. The text is different on all 3 of the markers.",Kalamazoo,02S11W16NESE,42.294439,-85.594526,,1,12/22/2020,5aa03852-780e-4a85-8eb9-e053eb1fbe61,0,1494,2,"MHC391977036_1.jpg;MHC391977036_3.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","11/21/2020;11/21/2020",417045
-84.174341,42.99742,MHC781972002,S376,4,1972,1972,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Birthplace of Thomas Edmund Dewey,Calvin Building,Birthplace of Thomas Edmund Dewey,,"Born here, above his grandfather’s general store, on March 24, 1902, Thomas Dewey is known as one of Owosso’s most famous sons. After attending the University of Michigan and Columbia University, he began a long and distinguished legal career. During the 1930s he achieved national prominence for his prosecution of organized crime in New York. Dewey was elected governor of New York three times, serving from 1942 through 1954. Twice in 1944 and 1948, he received the Republican nomination for the presidency, but was defeated in both elections. Retiring from active politics in the 1950s, Dewey devoted the rest of his life to the legal profession. He died March 16, 1971.",,313 West Main,Owosso,MI,0,,Shiawassee,07N02E24NWNE,42.99742,-84.174341,,4,10/17/2019,404100c3-29b3-432b-8d8b-e0753f08f2c2,0,1495,0,,,,,417046
-85.9201659999999,42.737998,MHC031986018,L1318C,2,1986,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Oakland Christian Reformed Church,Christian Reformed Church of Doornspijk,Oakland Christian Reformed Church,,"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 Overisel, had a church a half mile to the north. Another group, East Overisel, worshipped in a schoolhouse to the southwest. In 1887 the two merged and built a church in the shape of a cross (Kruiskerk) by moving the North Overisel Church and using lumber of the East Overisel Church. The new church was named the Holland Christian Reformed Church of Doornspijk, after a small town in The Netherlands. In 1890 the name was changed to the Oakland Christian Reformed Church. The 1887 structure stood on this site until 1953, when the present building was erected.",,4452 Thirty-eighth St.,Hamilton,MI,0,Overiesel Twp.,Allegan,04N14W14NENE,42.737998,-85.920166,,4,12/02/2021,9318429b-d2ab-4922-9c85-e07ef6166b3c,0,1496,1,MHC031986018_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,,417047
-83.754599,42.657179,MHC471980002,L768A,2,1980,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hartland Music Hall,Hartland First Congregational Church,Hartland Music Hall,,"This structure was constructed in 1858 as the Hartland First Congregational Church. It was purchased in 1929 for five hundred dollars by the Hartland Consolidated School Foundation, established by John Robert Crouse Sr. In 1932 the remodeled building became the Hartland Music Hall, dedicated to promoting a creative social and educational environment for the then rural community. The hall has been used for music festivals, plays, weddings, and, since 1933, the annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah.",,3619 Avon Street,Hartland,MI,0,,Livingston,03N06E16SWNW,42.657179,-83.754599,,,09/05/2017,0a388ee6-fdc3-490a-b608-e09f9d58b168,0,1497,0,,,,,417048
-83.479114,42.2737910000001,MHC821985017,L1238C,2,1985,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sheldon's Corners,,Sheldon's Corners,,"Timothy and Rachael Sheldon moved here from New York state in the early 1820s, after the Chicago Road (now US 12) was surveyed. The first people to purchase land in the area, they built an inn near here in 1825. In 1830 Timothy became postmaster of the area's post office. Eventually the settlement of Sheldon's Corners supported a log schoolhouse, two general stores, two churches, a cobbler and a blacksmith. In 1834 this area became part of the Township of Canton.
",,44649 Michigan Avenue,Canton,MI,48188,"At Historic Sheldon School; In 2016, the marker was moved 650´ west of its orginal location; the marker was originally erected in 1987 and refinished in 2016",Wayne,02S08E34SENW,42.273791,-83.479114,,,12/10/2019,6dc1a98b-7722-497d-8d26-e0a4a0a132e3,0,1498,0,,,,,417049
-85.659509,42.965269,MHC411997010,L2031,2,1997,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Central High School / Central High School,,Central High School,Central High School,"The first Central High School opened in 1849 in a stone building three blocks to the west. The state legislature instituted high school grading in 1859, and the first Central High School graduation was held in 1862. Two successively larger buildings housed the school during the next fifty years. When dedicated in 1911, this Collegiate Gothic building was a model of modern school architecture. The local firm of Robinson and Campau designed the school in consultation with architects from Detroit and St. Louis. The exterior is red paving brick with gray terra cotta and cut stone trim. Additions were built in 1927, 1930, and 1983. The original multi paned windows have been replaced.","Dr. Jesse B. Davis, principal of Central High School from 1907 to 1920, was responsible for much of the school’s interior design. In 1914, under Dr. Davis’s leadership, the board of education organized the first two year college in Michigan, the present day Grand Rapids Community College. Dr. Davis served as the college’s first president, and classes met on the third floor of the high school. Prominent graduates of Central High School include: First Lady Betty (Bloomer) Ford; Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, who died in the Apollo I fire; Floyd Skinner, five term president of the NAACP; and United States Senator Arthur Vandenberg, a leading advocate for the establishment of the United Nations.",421 Fountain St. NE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W30SENW,42.965269,-85.659509,,,09/01/2017,305b4c7d-6402-489b-be03-e0e5f13a9093,0,1499,0,,,,,417050
-84.7449149999999,42.75394,MHC231995015,L1943,2,1995,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Blake's Opera House,Grand Ledge Opera House,Blake's Opera House,,"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 Stephens and Mapes families used the building as a furniture store. The Mapes family donated the building for a community center. It was restored by the Grand Ledge Area Historical Society and the chamber of commerce.",,121 S. Bridge Street,Grand Ledge,MI,0,,Eaton,04N04W11NWNE,42.75394,-84.744915,,,08/30/2017,d9d922eb-aa17-4a11-9027-e0f7f09ac409,0,1500,2,"MHC231995015_1.jpg;MHC231995015_2.jpg","Jeffrey Schmidt;Jeffrey Schmidt","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","06/17/2017;06/17/2017",417051
-84.96210873,42.27215665,MHC132012005,L2247C,2,2012,2013,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Interurban / Interurban Depot,,The Interurban,Interurban Depot,"The Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company began interurban service to Marshall in 1903. Its electric trains were powered by overhead lines in towns and by a sometimes deadly third rail in the countryside. Often just a single car, they provided local and limited service along the forty-five miles between Battle Creek and Jackson. Other lines carried passengers on to Detroit and Grand Rapids. The original fare was one and a half cents per mile with a five cent minimum.","The Marshall interurban depot was located at what is now 220 West Michigan Avenue. Built in 1903, the depot had a waiting room, a freight house, and an electrical transformer. Originally serving the route from Jackson to Battle Creek, with regular stops in Albion, Marshall and Parma, the interurban ran hourly. Consolidated with the Michigan United Railway Company in 1906, it began to decline with the automobile’s rise. The last interurban rolled out of Marshall on December 1, 1928.",220 West Michgan Aveneue,Marshall,MI,49068,"Between Grand and Eagle; placed on the wall of murals.",Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.27215665,-84.96210873,,2,01/26/2021,afffe290-ca1d-4096-8896-e14b91b6cb37,0,1501,1,MHC132012005_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,07/20/2020,417052
-84.664463,44.4575850000001,MHC721979071,L760B,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Gerrish,Gerrish Townshp Hall,Gerrish,,"Near this site on April 5, 1880, area residents met at the Gerrish Logging Camp to elect officers for their newly organized township. James Watson was chosen as the first supervisor. Originally the township embraced present-day Gerrish, Lyon, and Markey Townships. In 1920 the present boundary line was established. This structure, the second permanent town hall, was erected in 1970. The township borders on half of the shoreline of Michigan’s sixth largest inland lake, Higgins Lake, and is primarily a resort area.",,2997 East Higgins Lake Drive,Roscommon,MI,0,,Roscommon,24N03W22SENW,44.457585,-84.664463,,3,09/12/2017,683f366b-b4c5-449e-aa5a-e1722033b3c3,0,1502,0,,,,,417053
-85.444338,43.8484070000001,MHC671979024,L682A,2,1979,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Congregational Church,Hersey Congregational Church (United Church of Christ),Congregational Church,,"The First Congregational Church of Hersey was formally organized in 1870. Services were held in a local schoolhouse for three years. Delos A. Blodgett—early explorer, prominent lumberman and first settler of the area—donated land and lumber for this church, which was built in 1873-74 at a cost of three thousand dollars. It features handsome leaded glass windows and a pyramidal steeple. Michigan white pine graces both the exterior and interior, including a hand-made pulpit.",,216 South Main Street,Hersey,MI,0,at the corner of Fourth Street,Osceola,17N10W24NESE,43.848407,-85.444338,,,09/12/2017,65451813-796c-4a56-9086-e1cd16dcd044,0,1503,0,,,,,417054
-84.313448,44.9598780000001,MHC602003007,L2132,2,2003,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Angusdale Stock Farm,Cephas & Lillian Buttles Farm,Angusdale Stock Farm,,"A Milwaukee businessman, Cephas Buttles became aware of Lewiston through his brother-in-law David Kneeland, the president of Kneeland and Bigelow Lumber Company. In 1901 Buttles purchased 25,000 acres of cutover timberlands and started the Home Colony Company, intent on populating the northern part of the Lower Peninsula. Buttles built the 1,200-acre Angusdale Stock Farm in 1902 as a model for his company, and he featured photographs of it in his sales literature. The promise of cheap fertile land and winter job opportunities at local mills lured former lumbermen, miners, and immigrants — primarily Scandinavians — to the area. By the 1920s, however, the topsoil became depleted of nutrients and Lewiston’s land boom ended.",,8291 Buttles Rd.,Lewiston,MI,49756,"Between M-32 & Andergood Rd, Vienna Twp",Montmorency,30N01E27NWSW,44.959878,-84.313448,,,07/24/2017,b2143558-3f51-45b9-941d-e22201c86312,0,1504,0,,,,,417055
-84.019828,42.3181900000001,MHC811995016,L1956,2,1995,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Congregational Church,First Congregational Church of Chelsea,First Congregational Church,,"Vermont Congregationalists organized a church in Sylvan Township in 1849. In 1852 they built the first church in the village, here on land donated by Chelsea founder Elisha Congdon. When that building burned in 1894, John Foster of Chelsea built the present church, designed by Grand Rapids architect Sidney J. Osgood. Dedicated the following year, the church reflects Romanesque and Italian design.",,121 East Middle St.,Chelsea,MI,0,,Washtenaw,02S03E12SWNE,42.31819,-84.019828,,,09/20/2017,1e7d2029-d1b4-471b-86c1-e223c8dc0bd8,0,1505,0,,,,,417056
-84.0309339999999,41.9031400000001,MHC461987015,L1381,2,1987,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Second Baptist Church,,Second Baptist Church,,"In 1866 Laura Smith Haviland, a former abolitionist, persuaded several African Americans in Washington, D.C., to migrate to Adrian. Three years later the Reverend A. I. J. Jackson led the settlers in founding the Second Baptist Church. The congregation worshipped in a hall in Adrian until 1880 when it purchased the present site. The house located on this site was converted to a sanctuary. In 1900 this wood frame church was erected. Descendants of the founding families continue to worship here.",,607 North Broad Street,Adrian,MI,0,,Lenawee,06S03E35NWSE,41.90314,-84.030934,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",08/22/2017,0376c17d-4ead-41b8-adff-e280dc18b025,0,1506,0,,,,,417057
-83.294211,42.638716,MHC631961003,L14,2,1961,1961,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"Organized February 26, 1824, by nine men and four women under the leadership of missionary Eldad Goodman at John Voorheis’ home in Bloomfield Township, the congregation met during its early years in Pontiac and for a time in Auburn. In 1844 a brick church, forty-by-seventy feet, on the northwest corner of Huron and Saginaw was completed. In 1868 members subscribed funds for a building on the present site. It burned in 1914. The present church was begun in 1918 and was dedicated in 1924.",,West Huron and Wayne Streets,Pontiac,MI,0,SE corner of West Huron and Wayne Streets,Oakland,03N10E29NWSE,42.638716,-83.294211,,,09/12/2017,00a773ac-6bfe-4d31-a1f7-e2822f85f49c,0,1507,0,,,,,417058
-84.483922,42.7468160000001,MHC331994006,S649,2,1994,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan State Medical Society / Michigan State Medical Society Headquarters,,Michigan State Medical Society,Michigan State Medical Society Headquarters,"
In 1819 five physicians organized the Michigan Medical Society in Detroit. Its purpose was “to examine medical students and certify those so deemed as doctors.” The group reorganized in Ann Arbor as the Peninsula Medical Society in 1851. That organization disbanded by 1859. On June 5, 1866, one hundred physicians from across the state once again met in Detroit and founded the Michigan State Medical Society. The society pledged “to elevate professional medical education and to cultivate the advancement of medical science.” Among its first projects was the establishment of a state public health department, which was created in 1873. The society was housed in various buildings in Detroit and Lansing until this headquarters was completed in 1961.","World-renowned Michigan architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-85) designed the Michigan State Medical Society Headquarters. Upon its completion in 1961, Yamasaki explained, “The intent was to build a serene and inviting building to express the idealism and humanity of the medical profession.” The terraced landscape, the slender columns and the graceful lines inspired visitors to remark, “It seems to float in the air.” In 1991 the Yamasaki firm designed an atrium connecting the original building to the Cyrus M. Stockwell wing, named for the society’s first president. Yamasaki’s best-known design is the World Trade Center in New York City.",120 W. Saginaw Street,East Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W12NESE,42.746816,-84.483922,,,08/30/2017,847449b3-e931-4a17-9c1d-e2b4c19bc14f,0,1508,0,,,,,417059
-83.78192,42.6910070000001,MHC471974051,L279,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Tom Walker´s Grist Mill,Parshallville Mill,Tom Walker's Gristmill,,"This mill, one of the last water-powered gristmills to operate in Michigan, was built in 1869. It was purchased by Tom Walker and John Browning for ten thousand dollars in 1878. From then on the Walker family was involved with the mill for three generations. Tom Walker, a grandson, took over the mill’s operation in 1926. Until he retired in 1969 and sold the mill, he ground grain for no more than seven cents a bag.",,8507 Parshallville Road,Parshallville,MI,0,,Livingston,03N06E06NENE,42.691007,-83.78192,,,01/03/2020,10fdc71a-d11e-4cd4-b962-e2bfc7fe984f,0,1509,0,,,,,417060
-83.031392,42.347901,MHC821986029,L1358,2,1986,2013,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sidney D. Miller Middle School,,Sidney D. Miller Middle School,,"Detroit´s student population doubled between 1911 and 1921, and school construction surged during that period. Malcomson and Higginbotham, the exclusive architects for Detroit schools from 1894 to 1923, designed this building which opened as a middle school around 1920. Originally Sidney D. Miller School´s population was predominantly white, but the racial make-up shifted to mostly black during the 1930s. Many students lived in poverty, but Miller teachers helped them excel academically and succeed professionally. Miller served as a high school from 1933 to 1957 and maintained an active alumni association. Miller School was an educational haven for African American students on Detroit´s lower east side.",,2322 DuBois,Detroit,MI,0,Located inside primary public entry & lobby area.,Wayne, ,42.347901,-83.031392,,"African-American History,6",07/08/2016,595825fd-71eb-4909-a417-e2d28f2fb4c1,0,1510,0,,,,,417061
-83.6148669999999,42.2409650000001,MHC811994016,S642C,2,1994,1994,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Elijah McCoy,,Elijah McCoy,,"Canada-born Elijah McCoy (1843-1929) automated steam engine maintenance, previously done by hand, by patenting an automatic lubricator in 1872. By 1926 he had patented more than forty lubricating devices used internationally on trains and boats and in factories. Trained as a mechanical engineer in Scotland, this son of former slaves faced racial discrimination in the U.S. and made his living as a fireman stoking fires and oiling engines for the Michigan Central Railroad. McCoy sought to end the delays caused by frequent oil stops. In his Ypsilanti workshop he developed a lubricating cup that continuously fed oil to steam engines. The inventor’s other patents included a folding ironing table. Assurances of authenticity of McCoy lubricating cups are believed to have been the origin of the phrase “the real McCoy.”",,229 W. Michigan,Ypsilanti,MI,0,Ypsilanti District Library,Washtenaw,03S07E09SENW,42.240965,-83.614867,,African-American History,10/24/2019,83146134-c63c-4db0-8a4e-e35546d030e6,0,1511,0,,,,,417062
-83.0535149999999,42.32816,MHC821999005,S665,2,1999,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Detroit Free Press,,The Detroit Free Press,,"Older than the state of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press began publishing as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer May 5, 1831. The Free Press supported the drive for statehood, helped establish the Associated Press, and sent reporters to Civil War battlefields. By the time the paper moved in July 1998 to this Albert Kahn-designed building, the Free Press staff had earned eight Pulitzer Prizes.",,600 West Fort Street,Detroit,MI,0,"wall-mounted marker; located on the building. Cross streets Second and Third Avenues",Wayne, ,42.32816,-83.053515,,,03/26/2019,45b213d8-05e4-4801-a4b4-e3c7bd06c0ed,0,1512,0,,,,,417063
-86.251103,43.23358,MHC611971037,L129,2,1971,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Torrent House,Muskegon Osteopathic Hospital,Torrent House,,"This thirty-one room mansion, built for $250,000 in 1891-92, was the home of John Torrent (1833-1915), pioneer lumberman, alderman, justice of the peace, and Muskegon mayor for three terms. A successful entrepreneur, Torrent owned shingle, saw and lumber mills in Muskegon, Manistee, Ludington, Whitehall, Traverse City, and Sault Ste. Marie, equipping them all with the most modern machinery. Over the years, this structure also housed a mortuary, hospital, and the local Red Cross headquarters. In 1972 the city purchased the house to prevent its demolition.",,315 West Webster,Muskegon,MI,0,The mansion sits on the corner of Webster and Third Streets. The marker is near the sidewalk on Third Street.,Muskegon,10N16W30NWNE,43.23358,-86.251103,,1,08/23/2021,13b5abd8-7b80-4483-8360-e41d3d5a4d2c,0,1513,1,MHC611971037_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,11/03/2015,417064
-84.525731,42.736857,MHC332013002,L2255,2,2013,2014,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan National Guard Armory / 119th Field Artillery,Marshall Street Armory,Michigan National Guard Armory,119th Field Artillery,"Built in 1924, the Lansing Armory is one of five Michigan National Guard Armories designed by state architect Lynn W. Fry. The front block contained military offices; the large hall in the rear had room for unit drills, recreational activities and social gatherings. The drill floor sits on nine inches of sound-proof concrete. To the north, a large brick riding hall provided space for horse-drawn artillery drills. Nearby stables housed the horses. Armory buildings also served as public gathering places, hosting boxing matches, circuses, and weddings, among other activities. This Military Gothic style building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.","The Michigan National Guard traces its history to the territorial volunteer militia. When it became the 119th Field Artillery Unit in 1922, the Lansing unit had horse-drawn 75mm artillery. In 1933, the unit converted to truck-drawn 75mm artillery and, in 1940, to 115mm guns. Lansing based Guardsmen have served in every war, except the Vietnam conflict. At home, they have maintained peace during social unrest and aided citizens during times of natural disasters such as the 1980 Kalamazoo tornado and the 1976 Seney forest fire. In 2005, when the Michigan National Guard reorganized, the 119th Field Artillery Headquarters moved to Charlotte. The State of Michigan closed the Lansing Armory in 2007.",330 Marshall Street,Lansing,MI,48912,"Between Michigan Ave and Saginaw St., on property grounds, South side of drive.",Ingham,04N02W15SENE,42.736857,-84.525731,,5,11/24/2020,a61bd839-065f-412e-baf1-e4635c7e1ca7,2010,1514,6,"MHC332013002_2.jpg;MHC332013002_1.jpg;MHC332013002_4.jpg;MHC332013002_3.jpg;MHC332013002_5.jpg;MHC332013002_7.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;;;Michigan Historical Collector;Michigan Historical Commission","Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","05/22/2015;05/22/2014;;;11/19/2020;11/19/2020",417065
-90.088233,46.599449,MHC271971017,S324,2,1971,1974,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Copper Peak: Chippewa Hill,Chippewa Bluff/Old Peak,Copper Peak: Chippewa Hill,,"At an altitude of more than 1500 feet, 300 feet above the surrounding terrain, this location was the southern-most area in Michigan to offer a prospect of producing copper in commercial amounts. The Chippewa Copper Mining Company began work here in 1845, sinking a still-visible tunnel into the granite rock. No copper was ever produced, although around 1900 the Old Peak Company made further explorations. In 1970 a 280-foot ski slide, the highest in the world, was completed on the peak in time for the western hemisphere’s first international ski flying tournament here. Skiers record flights of nearly 500 feet from this slide.",,North Black River Valley Parkway,Ironwood,MI,0,County Trunk 519,Gogebic,49N46W32NESW,46.599449,-90.088233,,Mining Industry,08/30/2017,169cc8d4-744f-4c12-8cbc-e4670f383568,0,1515,0,,,,,417066
-86.2666609999999,42.401712,MHC801983005,L1095A,2,1983,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hartman School,,Hartman School,,"In 1906 the South Haven School District built this four-room school in Ward 2. The school, designed by Hussey and White of Lansing, was constructed at a cost of approximately seven thousand dollars. It was named for local businessman and school board president E. H. Hartman. On January 11, 1907, students moved into the new school. For over three-quarters of a century, Hartman School has served as a neighborhood school in Ward 2.",,355 Hubbard Street,South Haven,MI,0,,Van Buren,01S17W10NENE,42.401712,-86.266661,,,09/13/2017,81c4a3d2-7a17-4a6b-9676-e46ce760383c,0,1516,0,,,,,417067
-86.19382739,42.69694974,MHC032006003,S697,4,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Felt Mansion / Felt Mansion,Dorr Felt House,Felt Mansion,Felt Mansion,"Chicago inventor and businessman Dorr Felt built this house as a summer home for his wife, Agnes. Felt held numerous patents, most notably for the Comptometer, the first machine to do complex calculations. In 1919 Felt purchased more than 750 acres of land here and named it Shore Acres Farm. The family stayed in a farmhouse on the property until 1928, when this house, designed by Frank P. Allen and Son of Grand Rapids, was completed. The estate had extensive gardens, orchards, cornfields, a dairy, vineyards, and a small zoo that was open to the public. Agnes Felt died two months after the house was finished, and Dorr died two years later. The Felts´ daughters and grandchildren owned the estate until 1949 when they sold it to an Augustinian order of the Catholic Church.","The Dorr Felt Estate became the St. Augustine Catholic Seminary preparatory school in 1949. The mansion served as a chapel and housed priests and students. In 1962 the Augustinian order built a school and leased the house to Dominican cloistered nuns. The State of Michigan bought the property in 1977, using the house as a state police post and converting the school into the Saugatuck Dunes Correctional Facility. In 1995 the state sold forty-four acres, including the house and the prison buildings, to Laketown Township for one dollar, stipulating that the mansion be preserved and that it be owned and operated by the public. The Friends of the Felt Estate formed in 2002 and began restoring the house and grounds. The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",6597 138th Avenue,Holland,MI,49423,Laketown Twp.,Allegan,04N16W27SWSW,42.69694974,-86.19382739,,5,09/29/2021,d5455aa7-b28c-4f27-94c6-e47665d06a0a,1996,1517,0,,,,,417068
-85.676437,42.9646920000001,MHC411983026,L1125C,2,1983,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Valley City Milling Company,,Valley City Milling Company,,"In 1884 William N. Rowe, Conrad G. Swensberg, M. S. Crosby, and R. M. Lawrence founded the Valley City Milling Company in Grand Rapids. The company, which at first milled flour, expanded to include horse feed in 1893. Incorporated in 1894, it remained in Grand Rapids until 1923, when fire destroyed its facilities. In 1924 the company moved to Portland. It began producing dog food in 1931. Company brands included Lily White Flour, Rowena Dog Diets, Rowena Quality Feeds, and Rolling Champion Self-rising Flour. Manufacture of commercial feed and dog food ceased in 1958. The company continued to make flour until it sold its flour brands to a Nebraska firm in 1970. In 1973 the Valley City Milling Company opened a mobile home park in Portland.",,Front and Pearl Streets,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N12W25SWNE,42.964692,-85.676437,,,02/04/2020,2e770163-faf8-4930-88f6-e4cf0317affe,0,1518,0,,,,,417069
-83.066698,42.3509820000001,MHC821971042,S311,2,1971,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),West Canfield Historic District / West Canfield Historic District,,West Canfield Historic District,West Canfield Historic District,"In 1813, territorial governor Lewis Cass purchased the Macomb farm. By 1818 he had acquired ""80 arpents in depth"" of land extending almost three miles inland from the Detroit River in the form of a narrow French ribbon farm. Cass died in 1866. In 1869 his daughters Matilda Cass Ledyard and Mary Cass Canfield subdivided block 98 and donated 100 feet for an avenue, which they named Canfield in memory of Mary´s husband, Captain Augustus Canfield. Lewis Cass, Jr. subdivided block 100 on the north side of Canfield in 1871. Many of Detroit´s most prominent attorneys, physicians, dentists, and architects owned homes on West Canfield. In the 1880s the area became commonly known as Piety Hill because of the alleged social and moral character of its residents.","The West Canfield Historic District encompasses one block of West Canfield Avenue extending from Second Boulevard to Third Street. All of the houses in the district were built in the 1870s through the 1890s. The elaborate houses, with ornately carved wood and stone trim, reflect a variety of architectural styles including Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne. Through the years the houses were being destroyed by neglect. In 1969 the Canfield West-Wayne Preservation Association organized to promote the purchase and restoration of the houses. The area became Detroit´s first local historic district in 1970, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.",Canfield Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,"Between Second and Third Streets. This site has 2 identical markers, and one is placed at each end of the West Canfield Historic District.",Wayne, ,42.350982,-83.066698,,,04/02/2019,c314242d-f5d1-4bce-9893-e4e24df08fe6,1971,1519,0,,,,,417070
-85.621147,44.762455,MHC501970020,L1309A,2,1986,2019,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ladies Library Association / Ladies Library Building,,Ladies Library Association,Ladies Library Building,"Eight women met to organize the Traverse City Ladies Library Association on July 23, 1869. Their constitution, adopted on July 28, allowed any lady to join the library for a dollar. It cost 25 cents each quarter to “draw” books. Before long, they allowed men to also borrow materials. The library was to be open Fridays between “3 and 4½ o’clock.” The association held lectures, fairs, socials and festivals to raise funds. By its first annual meeting, it boasted 329 purchased and donated books, magazines and newspapers.","In 1878, the Ladies Library Association built its first library at 205 E. Front Street. It rented the second story as a public hall. It sold that struc-ture, and on July 23, 1909, it laid the cornerstone and time capsule for this building. The architect was Fred E. Moore; the contractor, E. E. Buckner. The association gave the Red Cross Volunteer Service space for bandage making during World War II. In 1944 it donated the building to the city, which converted it into its police station in 1958. The building was rehabilitated for private law offices in 1986.",216 Cass Avenue,Traverse City,MI,0,Intersection of Metropolitan Parkway (Sixteen Mile Road) and Dodge Park Road,Grand Traverse,27N11W03SWSE,44.762455,-85.621147,,,02/04/2020,1b919254-54d7-46f3-924c-e4e4de1fc31e,0,1520,2,"MHC501970020_1.jpg;MHC501970020_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/24/2019;06/25/2019",417071
-85.654163,42.950896,MHC411994024,S648,2,1994,1995,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Gerald R. Ford Boyhood Home / President Gerald R. Ford,,Gerald R. Ford Boyhood Home,President Gerald R. Ford,"Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-eighth president of the U.S., lived here from age eight to seventeen (1921-1930). Of all his boyhood homes, Ford remembered this one most vividly. In his autobiography, Ford recalled that he and his friends used the garage behind the house as a social club. “We learned to play penny-ante poker . . . it was a great hideaway because my parents wouldn’t climb the ladder to get to the second floor--or so I thought.” Ford served Grand Rapids in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1949-1973.","In 1973 President Richard M. Nixon nominated Congressman Gerald R. Ford vice president. He was confirmed by a vote of the House and Senate. Upon Nixon’s resignation in 1974 because of Watergate, Ford ascended to the presidency. At his inauguration Ford said, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.” Ford ran for reelection in 1976, and was narrowly defeated by Jimmy Carter.",649 Union SE,Grand Rapids,MI,0,,Kent,07N11W31SWNE,42.950896,-85.654163,,,04/20/2020,a74ff70b-8e94-498e-97e6-e59a3c4bb059,0,1521,1,MHC411994024_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,08/10/2015,417072
-83.6881559999999,43.017344,MHC251986012,S579C,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Henry Howland Crapo / Willson Park,,Henry Howland Crapo,Willson Park,"Near this site stood the home of Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869). Born in Massachusetts, Crapo in 1858 moved his family to Flint, where he had invested in timberland. Here, he developed a prosperous lumbering business, which became one of the largest and most successful in the state. In 1863-64 Crapo turned his attention to railroading. He was instrumental in the construction of the Flint and Holly Railroad and served as its president until 1868. Originally a Whig, Crapo became a Republican early in his political career. He became mayor of Flint in 1860 and a state senator in 1863. In 1864 he was chosen as Michigan’s thirteenth governor. He was reelected to that post in 1866. Fearing that localities would burden themselves with debt, Crapo opposed measures that permitted communities to subsidize railroads. He died in Flint in 1869.","Willson Park was originally laid out by Governor Crapo as a garden in the early 1860s. Shaped like an amphitheater, it had winding paths and steps bordered with flowering shrubs, perennials, evergreens, and original forest trees. Friends said it was “a garden of surprises, since no one knew what finely arranged display would appear at the next turn in the path.” The garden also contained an octagonal latticed summer house, which stood in the park for many years. Following Governor Crapo’s death, the house and garden were maintained by his son-in-law Dr. James C. Willson, after whom the park is named. After Dr. Willson’s death in 1912, his son George offered the site to the public. It is now part of the campus of the University of Michigan-Flint.",Corner of First and Clifford Avenues,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.017344,-83.688156,,"Governors,Timber Industry",08/18/2017,e8e8f49c-cf36-4281-84c0-e5ba0de10f38,0,1522,0,,,,,417073
-83.624656,42.245475,MHC811988014,L1591A,2,1988,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ypsilanti Water Tower / Ypsilanti Water Tower,Ypsilanti Water Works Stand Pipe,Ypsilanti Water Tower,Ypsilanti Water Tower,"The Ypsilanti Water Tower was designed by William R. Coats and constructed as part of an elaborate city waterworks project that began in 1889. Located on the highest point in Ypsilanti, the tower was completed in 1890. It is 147 feet high and has an 85-foot base constructed of Joliet limestone. The substructure walls taper from a thickness of forty inches at the bottom to twenty-four inches at the top. The reservoir holds a 250,000-gallon steel tank. To protect themselves from injury, the builders made three stone crosses; one is visible over the west door. The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority has operated and maintained the structure since 1974. In 1975 this tower was designated by the American Water Works Association as an American Water Landmark. It was restored in 1976.","Day laborers constructed this water tower, which was completed in 1890 at a cost of $21,435.63. The tower and the city waterworks supplied 471 customers in the first year. An ordinance passed on April 14, 1898, established a yearly rate schedule. Rates were based on the number of faucets in use, the type of business that customers operated and the livestock they owned. A residence with one tap was charged $5; a private bathtub cost an extra $2. Saloon keepers paid $7 for one faucet, $3 for each additional faucet and $1 for each billiard table. Each cow a person owned cost $1. People who failed to pay their bill were subject to a $50 fine and ninety days in the county jail. Until 1956 this structure was the only water tower in the Ypsilanti water system.",Cross Street,Ypsilanti,MI,0,at Summit Street,Washtenaw,03S07E08NENE,42.245475,-83.624656,,,09/20/2017,bf88344b-0bb0-471e-89bf-e5ef30e90341,0,1523,0,,,,,417074
-84.2340979999999,45.00692,MHC601991016,L1808C,2,1991,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Big Rock,,Big Rock,,"Natural features have often played a role in the naming of communities. One such settlement was Big Rock. Named after a massive boulder, this hamlet was located at the crossroads of present-day M-32 and Thornton Road. Seth Gillet became the first postmaster in 1882. By 1902 a general store owned by Briley Township pioneer William Remington housed the post office. At that time a church and school, a grange hall, a sawmill, and a blacksmith shop were also located in Big Rock. The post office closed in 1920.",,M-32 at Thornton Rd,Briley Township,MI,0,Atlanta vicinity,Montmorency,30N02E08NWSW,45.00692,-84.234098,,,09/06/2017,93e1d56f-4eb8-47ad-995f-e60f406c36ff,0,1524,1,MHC601991016_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,417075
-86.42964184,42.1086700500001,MHC112009002,S717,2,2009,2010,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Israelite House of David / Mary's City of David,,Israelite House of David,Mary's City 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 Benton Harbor in 1903. At its peak the colony had one thousand members, including artists, businessmen, and inventors. During the 1920s the colony used Michigan's growing auto tourism industry to fund its development. One of the largest landowners in southwest Michigan, it operated prize-winning farms, an amusement park with miniature trains, an ice cream parlor, and a zoo. The House of David baseball teams, with there long hair and beards, were popular fixtures on the national barnstorming circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.","After the death of Benjamin Purnell in 1927, the Israelite House of David religious community split over spiritual direction and accumulation of assets. Purnell´s wife, Mary, left and founded Mary´s City of David on this adjacent site in 1930. She retained control of four large farms and a ninety-room hotel next to Benton Harbor´s expansive fruit market, which provided income for the colony. Between 1930 and 1950, members designed and constructed this complex of vernacular buildings. At a time when resorts were restricted by race and ethnicity, the colony welcomed Jewish visitors by building cabins and a synagogue to accommodate them and opening vegetarian restaurants that attracted Orthodox Jewish vacationers from Chicago.",1158 East Britain Avenue,Benton Township,,0,between Spring Lane and Eastment Avenue,Berrien,04S18W20NESW,42.10867005,-86.42964184,,,09/22/2017,f52239cb-7ea9-4de0-8c14-e65a262758e6,0,1526,1,MHC112009002_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,,417076
-83.411936,42.5934770000001,MHC632004005,S683,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Walter Flanders / Flanders Garage,,Walter Flanders,Flanders Garage,"During his career, automotive pioneer Walter Flanders was considered a genius of production and management. He was one of the first men to develop the moving automotive assembly line in Detroit. In 1907 he implemented production methods at the Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue Plant, which produced ten thousand cars in one year. Flanders left Ford in 1908 and with B.F. Everitt and W.E. Metzger formed the E-M-F Company in Detroit. Flanders led several automobile companies, including the Studebaker Company which purchased E-M-F in 1911. In 1917 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson called Flanders to Washington D.C. along with Henry Ford, William C. Durant, and John Dodge to determine how the automobile industry could assist in winning World War I. Flanders died in an automobile accident in 1923.","Atomobile entrepreneur Walter E. Flanders (1871 ~ 1923) was born on a Vermont farm. At the peak of his success in the 1910s, he owned a one-thousand-acre estate, which included all of Green Lake, large farm outbuildings, a greenhouse, this garage and the adjacent Craftsman-style house. Flanders owned a variety of livestock and at times he employed three to four hundred men on his farm. The garage, which he used for entertaining, has an automobile turntable, a billiard room, a ballroom, and a two-lane bowling alley. Flanders moved to Virginia in 1919. The Aviation Country Club purchased the estate in 1920 and used the garage as a clubhouse. The lakefront land and golf courses have been developed as a subdivision. The Green Lake Association purchased the garage in 1949.",6470 Alden Dr,West Bloomfield Twp,MI,48324,between Arneth and Bay Drives,Oakland,02N09E08SWNE,42.593477,-83.411936,,Auto Industry,08/17/2017,8c1998dc-5d27-4f50-b563-e671d9376317,0,1527,0,,,,,417077
-83.079667,42.3797780000001,MHC821998012,L2044,2,1998,1998,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church,St. John's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church,North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church,,"North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church was built in stages between 1907 and 1929 in the Neo-Gothic style. When the city’s population shifted as a result of the Great Depression of the 1930s and the influx of factory workers during World War II, much of the congregation’s membership left the city. In 1953 it sold this building to St. John’s Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Organized on July 8, 1917, as St. John’s Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, it was the first church of its denomination in Detroit and had several homes before becoming the first African American congregation to worship in Woodward Avenue’s “Piety Hill.”",,8715 Woodward,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.379778,-83.079667,,,09/20/2017,36e5c931-d7ba-459d-b65a-e6743d684732,0,1528,0,,,,,417078
-85.586998,42.289133,MHC391961008,S221,2,1961,1961,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Women's Club in Michigan,Ladies Library Association Building,First Women's Club in Michigan,,"This building, completed in 1879, is the first in the nation erected for the use of a women’s club. The Ladies’ Library Association, organized in January 1852, grew out of a reading club started in 1844. It was the first women’s club in Michigan and the third in the United States. Mrs. Lucinda H. Stone, who is known as the “Mother of Women’s Clubs,” helped to found this club. The association has had a continuous existence from its organization.",,333 South Park,Kalamazoo,MI,0,wall-mounted near the entrance and in a covered area,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SWSW,42.289133,-85.586998,,3,02/11/2021,95011122-cbb1-4294-977b-e6e041001b99,0,1530,3,"MHC391961008_1.jpg;MHC391961008_2.jpg;MHC391961008_3.jpg","Ladies Library Assocation;Ladies Library Association;Carla J. Noe-Emig","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","02/10/2021;02/10/2021;",417079
-85.179794,42.3083400000001,MHC131985018,L1252C,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),James and Ellen White,,James and Ellen White,,"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 came to Battle Creek in 1855 when the Adventist press was moved there. James served as minister, author, editor and General Conference president. Ellen, a prophetess, reportedly experienced over two thousand visions. Married in New England in 1846, both were involved in the founding of publishing, medical and educational institutions. After James’s death in 1881, Ellen traveled to organize Adventist churches in Europe, Australia, and the American South and West. She is widely known for her writings on health, education, family life, and the Bible and is one of the most translated American authors. She died in 1915.",,255 South Avenue,Battle Creek,MI,0,"Oak Hill Cemetery, Lot #320",Calhoun,02S07W07NWSW,42.30834,-85.179794,,,08/23/2017,7d52dbbe-6313-490f-9392-e70fc5ccd8d5,0,1531,0,,,,,417080
-84.995641,42.3475070000001,MHC131985038,L1253C,2,1985,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Hawkins Farm,,The Hawkins Farm,,"In 1836 the Hawkins family was among the first to settle Convis Township. Asahel Hawkins, who had emigrated from Vermont, began with eighty acres of government land and steadily increased his holdings until they reached 240 acres. After his death in 1881, his son Asahel Myron Hawkins, the first white baby born in Convis Township, took over the farmstead. He raised a variety of crops and livestock and held several civic offices, including township supervisor, clerk, highway commissioner and justice of the peace. His son Schubail Frank Hawkins ran the farm until 1933. In 1942 the farm was converted to turkey production, and in 1968 the fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of Asahel Hawkins’s descendants opened a turkey restaurant on the farm.",,18935 15-1/2 Mile Road,Convis Township,MI,0,,Calhoun,01S06W34NENW,42.347507,-84.995641,,,08/23/2017,7c8eca84-a695-44db-a054-e713d40d0fa1,0,1532,0,,,,,417081
-84.521987,42.7444140000001,MHC331989036,L1641C,2,1989,1989,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Plymouth Congregational Church / Plymouth Congregational Church,Martin Luther High School,Plymouth Congregational Church,Plymouth Congregational Church,"Congregational churches originated with the Puritan and Separatist churches of New England. Soon after “Michigan” (present-day Lansing) was chosen as the site of the state capital in 1847, the Reverend S. S. Brown, a congregationalist with the Connecticut Home Missionary Society, came to Lansing and, together with seven members, formed a Congregational society. Local Congregationalists and Presbyterians cooperated under the national Plan of Union of 1801, which encouraged the two denominations to worship together. In 1864 Lansing Congregationalists established Plymouth Church, named for its New England origins. Plymouth Church founded two daughter churches, Pilgrim Congregational in 1892 and Mayflower Congregational in 1903.","When Lansing Congregationalists established the Plymouth Church in 1864, services were held in the senate chambers of Michigan’s first capitol building in Lansing. In 1865 a chapel was erected at the corner of Washtenaw Street and Capitol Avenue. That building was later moved to a site at the corner of Allegan and Townsend Streets purchased for the church by Cortland Stebbins. In 1877 a monumental Gothic Revival church was dedicated on that site. The Detroit News reported that capitol architect Elijah Myers considered it “one of the finest churches in the United States.” The structure, with its 160-foot steeple, tragically burned on February 25, 1971. Rooms at the neighboring YWCA served as a temporary sanctuary. The present church was dedicated on October 12, 1975.",2001 East Grand River,Lansing,MI,0,Congregation no longer uses building. Now Martin Luther High School.,Ingham,04N02W11SWSW,42.744414,-84.521987,,5,11/23/2020,68e5cd8b-6e11-4a76-b09a-e74ece32b78c,0,1533,1,MHC331989036_1.jpg,Michigan Historical Commission,Marker Photo - Front,11/19/2020,417082
-86.2776709999999,42.397796,MHC801984034,L1173A,2,1984,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Indiana School,Ward School,Indiana School,,"This school was built for Ward One of the South Haven School District in 1898. Constructed at a cost of nearly five thousand dollars by William Buck, the handsome two-story building was designed by Frank S. Allen. It later took its name from the street on which it is located. On December 5, 1898, some 115 students, kindergarten through sixth grade, moved into the structure. Since that time, Indiana School has remained a South Haven neighborhood school.",,615 Indiana Avenue,South Haven,MI,0,,Van Buren,01S17W10SENW,42.397796,-86.277671,,,09/13/2017,208f0ae8-891b-47c0-ae6e-e75fc3aece91,0,1534,0,,,,,417083
-86.35056495,43.41263121,MHC612006025,L2167,2,2006,2006,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Staples and Covell Mill/Lumbering on White Lake,Covell Park,Staples and Covell Mill,Lumbering on White Lake,"The first steam-powered lumber mill in Whitehall was erected on this site in 1856. Purchased in 1871 by Hiram Staples and Lyman Covell of the Staples and Covell Lumber Company, it operated until 1874. The new mill, built in 1875, was the largest and most modern on White Lake and had four saws and an 80-foot smokestack. By 1884, sixty men were earning between $1.37 and $3.50 per day at the mill and could turn 1,400 logs into 60,000 board feet of lumber during an 11-hour shift. In 1894 the mill produced 10 million board feet of lumber. Schooners, barges, scows, and trains carried the lumber to Chicago and to points east. The mill’s closing in 1907 marked the end of the logging era on the White River.","Charles Mears built White Lake’s first sawmill in 1838. Four mills operated on White River tributaries during the next decade. Axmen, swampers, skidders, loaders, and haulers cut and moved pine, hemlock, and cedar logs to the White River, where they were floated to the White River Log and Booming Company pens. There they were sorted and rafted to mills that produced lumber, shingles, lath, and pickets. In 1883, there were twenty-four mills in Whitehall and the vicinity. Lumber was rafted down the lake and carried on barges to ships in Lake Michigan. Between 1838 and 1907 White Lake mills shipped over 3 billion board feet of lumber. The lumbering era ended on White lake when the Staples and Covell Mill closed in 1907.",Thompson Street,Whitehall,MI,49461,Between Hanson and River Streets,Muskegon,12N17W28NENW,43.41263121,-86.35056495,,"Timber Industry,5",08/08/2017,bfa40e78-8112-4e7d-84ab-e7ae2c659679,0,1536,2,"MHC612006025_1.jpg;MHC612006025_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","09/27/2020;09/27/2020",417084
-84.3634269999999,42.71707,MHC331969009,HB52,2,1969,1969,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Katherine's Chapel,,St. Katherine's Chapel,,"This building was erected about 1887 for John Forster, an early surveyor in the Lake Superior Copper Country. In 1888 the chapel, named in memory of Forster’s daughter Kitty, was presented to the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. Simple in design and workmanship, the chapel seems to be the work of an unsophisticated country builder. The interior is completely panelled with naturally finished pine with black accents.",,4650 Meridian Road,Williamston,MI,0,,Ingham,04N01E20SWSW,42.71707,-84.363427,,,08/30/2017,bb4139c4-a061-4640-98d6-e7d906150edb,0,1537,0,,,,,417085
-86.203006,42.656599,MHC031991023,L1818,2,1991,1992,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Congregational Church,,First Congregational Church,,"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 has been incorporated into the present building. It was the first church erected in the village. In April 1861 Saugatuck citizens rallied here upon learning of the rebel firing on Fort Sumter and the outbreak of the Civil War.",,296 Hoffman,Saugatuck,MI,0,,Allegan,03N16W09NESW,42.656599,-86.203006,,"Civil War,1",03/09/2021,7a252380-1d96-4637-ad05-e84a2da90abe,0,1538,1,MHC031991023_1.jpg,,Other Photo,,417086
-83.0876929999999,42.308656,MHC821979029,L685A,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Detroit Copper and Brass,,Detroit Copper and Brass,,"On this site, once owned by Christian Buhl—alderman, city mayor, police commissioner and banker—stands the former office of the Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills Company. Buhl was the first president of the company, which was incorporated in 1880. Company owners erected this brick Georgian-style office building in 1906. Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills was the largest fabricator of copper and brass in Michigan. As the primary provider of exterior ornamentation and brass engine parts for the Ford Motor Car Company, Detroit Copper and Brass played a major role in helping to build Detroit’s reputation as “the city that put America on wheels.” The company was absorbed by Anaconda Copper and Brass in 1927.",,174 South Clark,Detroit,MI,0,south of West Fort Street,Wayne,,42.308656,-83.087693,,,09/20/2017,7464d925-2112-41a6-b4da-e8bc01a260f8,0,1539,0,,,,,417087
-84.341461,46.5002680000001,MHC171956016,S88,2,1956,1956,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fort Brady,,Fort Brady,,"On July 6, 1822, a battalion of American troops under Colonel Hugh Brady reached the Sault, thereby reconfirming the assertion of American authority over this region made by Lewis Cass in 1820. Fort Brady was built here by year’s end. The French and Indians living at the little village now recognized that this remote outpost was truly part of America. The fort was removed in 1893 to a new site chosen by General Phil Sheridan.",,Water Street,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,"Marker located on fort bounded by the Corps of Engineers Service Plaza on the north, Portage Street on the south, Brady Street on the east, and Bingham Street on the west",Chippewa,47N01E05SWNW,46.500268,-84.341461,,,08/23/2017,93a80f6e-f58f-4b02-b92a-e8bd49b3cb14,0,1540,2,"MHC171956016_1.jpg;MHC171956016_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","08/07/2015;08/07/2015",417088
-87.9683869999999,45.8047510000001,MHC221966001,L66,2,1966,1966,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Norway Spring,,Norway Spring,,"In 1878 a sawmill was erected here as the first industry in the Norway-Vulcan area. John O’Callaghan was owner of this mill, which supplied early mining lumber needs until 1902. This spring was caused by a 1094-foot hole drilled in 1903 by the Oliver Mining Company in a search for iron ore. The hole cuts several steeply dipping porous strata that trap water at higher elevations to the north. The difference in elevation causes pressure; this pressure is released by the drilled hole, demonstrating the principle of the artesian well. On the slope to the north are the obscure workings of the Few and Munro mines, operated in 1903-1922, now owned by the Ford Motor Company.",,US-2 West of Norway,Norway,MI,0,just west of Norway,Dickinson,39N30W02NENE,45.804751,-87.968387,,Mining Industry,05/28/2020,c83e8211-856e-4c17-a254-e8cd705655f1,0,1541,1,MHC221966001_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Site Photo w/Marker,,417089
-84.552154,42.738723,MHC331989046,L1691B,2,1989,1991,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sophie Turner House,Turner House,Sophie Turner House,,"Sophie Scott Turner (1856 - 1941), a member of one of Lansing's pioneer families, built this house in 1927, Turner was considered on of the city's largest land-holders, owning vast acreage in Lansing Township and around Potter Park and Mount Hope Cemetery. This Colonial Revival house, with its broad veranda has been compared to George Washington's home, Mount Vernon. The Michigan Historical Commission was housed here from 1943 until 1979. In 1980, Lansing Community College acquired the property.",,505 North Capital,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16NWNE,42.738723,-84.552154,,,02/16/2021,e7920d37-3d5d-4ae8-8154-e92b01f612bf,0,1542,0,,,,,417090
-83.1163197,42.4428491,MHC822006039,S693C,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Seabiscuit,,Seabiscuit,,"The January 11, 1939 San Francisco News reported that in 1938 Seabiscuit filled more newspaper space than Adolf Hitler or Fanklin Roosevelt. The legendary thoroughbred had begun his career as a mediocre racehorse, but that changed in September 1936, here, at the Detroit Fairgrounds. Ridden for the first time by a little-known jockey named Johnny ""Red"" Pollard, Seabiscuit won the Governor's Handicap and then the Hendrie Handicap, his first major stakes victories. Here, with new owners Charles and Marcella Howard and new trainer Tom Smith, Seabiscuit was retrained into one of the greatest racehorses of the twentieth century. Seabiscuit's rise from obscurity, above all his 1938 triumph over Triple Crown winner War Admiral, made him a national hero during the Great Depression.",,1120 W. State Fair,Detroit,MI,48203,,Wayne,01S11E02SENW,42.4428491,-83.1163197,,,04/02/2019,c9b4365d-a2e6-4793-a058-e9817c866396,0,1544,0,,,,,417091
-83.754454,42.655266,MHC471975003,L411,2,1975,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Florence B Dearing Museum,Hartland Town Hall,Florence B Dearing Museum,,"Hartland Township was settled in 1831. On this site distinguished early citizens Robert and Chauncey Crouse operated a general mercantile business. In 1891 this town hall was built. The hall later served as a fire station and center for community life. In 1970 it became the Florence B. Dearing Museum, honoring the librarian who collected and assembled memorabilia from the Hartland area.",,3503 Avon Street,Hartland,MI,0,At the corner of Crouse Street,Livingston,03N06E16SWNW,42.655266,-83.754454,,,09/05/2017,1af160d2-c278-4139-bb18-e99137f31c8e,0,1545,0,,,,,417092
-83.6902689999999,43.0113190000001,MHC251979054,L736A,2,1979,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Court Street United Methodist Church (First Methodist),,Court Street United Methodist Church (First Methodist),,"In 1834 circuit rider Bradford Frazee held the first Methodist service in Flint. The following year, William Brockway, of the Saginaw Mission, established regular services in Wait Beach’s barroom. In 1836 the class of nine persons organized as the Flint River Mission in a room above the Stage and Wright store. In 1841 the Genesee County Board of Commissioners deeded this property to what became the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest organized religious group in the city. The congregation’s first church, built in 1842, burned in 1861. Its second one was razed in 1888 to build a third, which burned in 1892. The present church was dedicated in 1894. The church house was dedicated in 1929.",,225 West Court Street,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.011319,-83.690269,,,08/30/2017,4793cf69-9dc4-4ad5-8457-e9a022c97c29,0,1546,0,,,,,417093
-83.748162,42.281551,MHC811964003,S261,2,1964,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan Becomes a State,Frostbitten Convention,Michigan Becomes a State,,"On this site in 1836, delegates from all parts of Michigan met in Washtenaw County’s first courthouse to consider a proposal by Congress for settling the boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio. Both claimed a narrow strip of land, including the present city of Toledo. Congress proposed giving the greater part of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan while awarding the “Toledo Strip” to Ohio. In September the first “Convention of Assent” rejected this proposal. Support for the plan increased, and a second meeting was called. On a bitterly cold December 14 the famous “Frostbitten Convention” gave its assent to the Congressional plan. This action cleared the way for the admission of Michigan as a state into the Union on January 26, 1837.",,North Main,Ann Arbor,MI,0,NE corner of North Main and East Huron Streets,Washtenaw,02S06E29SWNE,42.281551,-83.748162,,,07/24/2019,0da9be3e-e399-4136-9fde-e9b062eddc81,0,1547,3,"MHC811964003_1.jpg;MHC811964003_2.jpg;MHC811964003_4.jpg",State Historic Preservation Office,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back",";04/19/2018;04/19/2018",417094
-85.6947029999999,42.4599830000001,MHC032002016,L2119,2,2002,2003,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Otsego Methodist Church,Otsego United Methodist Church,Otsego Methodist Church,,"The Otsego Methodist Church was organized in 1842 as part of a “circuit” served by a traveling minister. This building, dedicated on December 22, 1889, stands on the site of the first church, built in 1847. Over 900 townspeople attended the dedication. Civil War mapmaker Charles Prentiss designed the present church with Gothic and Victorian elements. Art Stained Glass Works in Chicago made the windows in the sanctuary.",,223 East Allegan St (M-89),Otsego,MI,0,,Allegan,01N12W23SENW,42.459983,-85.694703,,1,01/13/2017,e46160d6-5d55-4d8f-b29d-e9b90cc06fbd,0,1548,0,,,,,417095
-83.0554089999999,42.344071,MHC821979068,S525A,2,1979,1980,,First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"This building is the fourth home of the First Presbyterian Church, the continuing congregation of the First Protestant Society of Detroit, which was formally incorporated in 1821. The society was organized in 1816 by the Reverend John Monteith, a twenty-eight-year-old graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, who in 1817 helped found and became the first president of what is now the University of Michigan. This Romanesque-style edifice, designed by George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice, was dedicated in 1891. Its congregation, one of the oldest Protestant ones in the state, established Detroit’s Harper Hospital in 1861. In 1911 the adjoining “church house” was completed for educational and social activities.",,2930 Woodward Ave,Detroit,MI,48201,Per Kim Johnson: Stolen. Listed as missing in 2000 report. Current owner confirmed theft. Poles are still in ground.,Wayne,,42.344071,-83.055409,,,08/22/2017,a3eabd44-12c2-4e79-95e3-e9b9e7a29280,0,1549,0,,,,,417096
-86.2888089999999,45.99395,MHC771957039,S146,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bishop Baraga's First Church,,Bishop Baraga's First Church,,"Near this site, on May 15, 1832, the Right Reverend Frederic Baraga, then a young Catholic missionary to the Indians, established and blessed his first church. A small building of logs and bark, it was built with the willing help of the Indians, and dedicated “to the honor of God under the name and patronage of His Virginal Mother Mary.” Until his death in 1868, Father Baraga labored selflessly in an area from Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, from Grand Rapids to Eagle Harbor. World famous as a missionary, he became Upper Michigan’s first Roman Catholic bishop in 1853.",,Arrowhead Rd,Manistique,MI,0,"2 1/2 miles North of Manistique, less than 1/4 mile West of M-94, at Arrowhead Inn Point",Schoolcraft,42N16W34SWNE,45.99395,-86.288809,,,09/13/2017,1f40cd68-6681-462f-867b-e9c8dfe63617,0,1550,1,MHC771957039_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,08/01/1967,417097
-83.050979,42.337853,MHC821976030,L442C,4,1976,1980,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. Antoine YMCA Site,,St. Antoine YMCA Site,,"In 1909 Joseph L. Hudson, founder of mercantile establishments known through the nation, and Dr. Adolph G. Studer, general secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Detroit, together with several leading black citizens, established the Douglass Institute, forerunner of the St. Antoine Street Branch YMCA. Organized in September 1920, the St. Antoine Branch provided community services through religious, educational, and recreational activities. Construction of a building, which once stood here, began in 1924, just four blocks from the downtown YMCA where blacks were not allowed membership. The new building was well-equipped and on Sunday afternoons the gymnasium was set up for eminent national leaders to come and speak on current local and national problems. Many blacks of Detroit in the 1920s had roots in the St. Antoine “Y”.",,635 Elizabeth St,Detroit,MI,48226,Per Kim Johnson: Listed as missing in 2000 report. Now Ford Field. NOTE: The text does not refer to the structure (the structure was demolished). This is a commerative marker,Wayne, ,42.337853,-83.050979,,,02/01/2021,3571935e-5632-4af5-93be-e9f93acf5151,0,1551,0,,,,,417098
-83.404533,41.863344,MHC581957011,S165,2,1957,1958,Native People and the French (< 1760),Michigan: Historic Crossroads / Michigan: Twenty-Sixth State,,Michigan: Historic Crossroads,Michigan: Twenty-Sixth State,"Because of its location in the heart of the Upper Great Lakes, Michigan has been a historic crossroads. Its waterways and trails were favorite routes of Indians many centuries ago. French explorers first entered Michigan about 1620. By 1700 forts at several key points guarded this vital link between French colonies to the east and to the west and south. In 1760-61 the British won control of Michigan. Not until 1796 did they withdraw in favor of the Americans, who had been awarded the area in 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War. During the War of 1812, Michigan was one of the most fiercely contested areas. It was admitted as a state in 1837.","When Michigan in 1837 became the twenty-sixth state admitted to the Union, only the southern part of Lower Michigan was settled. Farming was the chief economic activity. In the next fifty years the remainder of the state was populated. Logging of the state’s magnificent forests made Michigan America’s lumbering capital during the 1880s and 1890s. Mining of the great Upper Peninsula copper and iron ore deposits made Michigan a leading producer of these minerals during most of this period. With the development of the automobile and other industries Michigan became a manufacturing giant among the states of the United States and of the world.",Monroe Welcome Center I-75,Monroe,MI,0,,Monroe,,41.863344,-83.404533,,,02/04/2020,22f140c2-a219-47a1-999d-ea1559fc06af,0,1552,0,,,,,417099
-83.6935589999999,42.2973900000001,MHC811992024,S640,2,1992,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Municipal League,,Michigan Municipal League,,"In September 1899 Michigan mayors—led by William Baum Sr. of Saginaw, and George Perry of Grand Rapids—formed the Michigan Municipal League in Grand Rapids, to help local governments deal with increased demands from population growth and new technology. By joining forces through the league, municipalities are able to assist each other by sharing information and providing educational programs and publications aimed at effective local government.",,1675 Green St.,Ann Arbor,MI,0,corner of Baxter Road - on the northwest side of the building - facing the parking lot,Washtenaw,02S06E23SENW,42.29739,-83.693559,,,09/17/2020,4c00a77d-d571-4436-85f8-ea3344acaaab,0,1553,1,MHC811992024_1.jpg,Michigan Municipal League - Bruce Scott,Site Photo w/Marker,09/16/2020,417100
-82.888994,42.475602,MHC501999001,L2071,2,1999,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Shore Line Interurban Railway,,Shoreline Interurban Railway,,"The Detroit, Lake Shore, and Mt. Clemens Railway, also known as the Shore Line, began interurban rail service on September 28, 1898. The twenty six mile route from Detroit followed Jefferson Avenue through Grosse Pointe and St. Clair Shores to Crocker Boulevard and on into Mount Clemens. The interurban was a major factor in the growth of Detroit’s suburbs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It made the city easily accessible to those who lived along the line and brought Detroiters to the St. Clair Shores area for summer outings. Rail service between St. Clair Shores and Mount Clemens ended in 1927. Interurban railroads were eventually eliminated as automobiles and buses grew in popularity.",,24800 Jefferson Ave.,St. Clair Shores,MI,0,between Blossom Health Boulevard and Revere Street,Macomb, ,42.475602,-82.888994,,,01/06/2020,e1b6896e-5cd2-4386-9fee-ea4f8b4cd9e9,0,1554,0,,,,,417101
-83.0402779999999,42.3344000000001,MHC821974050,L175,2,1974,2014,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Detroit Cornice and Slate Building,,Detroit Cornice and Slate Building,,"Designed by Harry J. Rill in 1897 for the Detroit Cornice and Slate Company, this building features a finely crafted facade of galvanized steel. The use of sheet metal in commercial buildings evolved from the cast iron structures built in New York in the 1850s. Metal permitted elegant ornamentation to be rendered quickly and cheaply. It was also convenient when, as in Detroit, there was a lack of stone quarries and skilled workers. The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company fashioned many of the building’s simulated carvings on the friezes and tympanums in its shop here. Occupied by the company until 1972, the structure’s exterior was then restored and its interior was renovated for office and commercial use.",,733 St. Antoine St,Detroit,MI,0,at East Lafayette Boulevard,Wayne,,42.3344,-83.040278,,,01/27/2020,6fce3817-8283-4ff0-9ac5-ea7754bb3132,0,1555,0,,,,,417102
-84.553557,42.669293,MHC331996028,L1990,2,1996,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Roswell Everett House,Elmwood Farms Homestead,Roswell Everett House,Roswell Everett House,"Roswell Everett, a native of New York State, came to Michigan in 1834. In 1841 he moved to Ingham County and soon after built this Greek Revival house. Everett (1790-1871) is credited with naming Delhi Township, which he helped organize in 1842. Everett held many public offices, serving as the first township treasurer and assessor, and later as justice of the peace and township supervisor. In 1846 the organizational meeting for school district no. 2, which became known as the Everett district, was held here. Classes were held in a shanty located on the farm. Lansing’s Everett High School is named for Roswell Everett’s family.","Roswell Everett built this house in 1841-44. Like many other people who migrated to Michigan from New York State, Everett built his house in the Greek Revival style, which was popular there. Everett hosted official meetings in his home including those of the Delhi District No. 2 School Board. For forty years children met in a schoolhouse located on the property. Lansing´s Everett High School is named for the Roswell Everett family.",131 West Miller Rd.,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,03N02W04SESW,42.669293,-84.553557,,,08/01/2017,a2ee5eee-2267-4a37-9106-ea8da3ec84ed,0,1556,0,,,,,417103
-83.21878,42.7673040000001,MHC632000017,L2087,2,2000,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Carpenter-Rudd Mill,,Carpenter-Rudd Mill,,"Joseph Jackson built one of the first sawmills in Orion Township on this site in 1825. During the nineteenth century the waters of Paint Creek powered machines that cut logs into board lumber and ground wheat into flour. In 1835 Powell Carpenter bought the mill and built a complex of three houses, a blacksmith shop, a general store, a cooper shop, a grist mill, and a school. In 1865 it was purchased by Robert G. Rudd and became known as Rudd’s Mill. Farmers from a wide geographic area brought their wheat to the mill for grinding. Milling operations ceased and the buildings were demolished in 1926. The creek dam remained until 1946 when it was washed out in a storm, flooding the creek all the way to Rochester. The concrete railroad bridge dates from 1924.",,Kern and Clarkston Roads,Orion Township,MI,0,"Next to the Paint Creek Trail, Bald Mountain Recreation Area, intersection of Kern and Clarkston Roads",Oakland,04N10E13NENE,42.767304,-83.21878,,,09/15/2017,d0c4989f-508a-4de6-9f05-ea9032d2a584,0,1557,0,,,,,417104
-84.712611,44.662762,MHC202015001,L2270,2,2015,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michelson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church,,Michelson Memorial United Methodist Church,,"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, Margrethe. The old church served as a hospital during the 1918-1919 flu epidemic. After fire destroyed the new brick church in 1923, Michelson donated funds to build this church, which was dedicated in 1925.",,400 Michigan Ave,Grayling,MI,49738,"Corner of Michigan and Spruce Streets; mounted on the brick wall near the Bell Tower entrance",Crawford,26N03W07NESE,44.662762,-84.712611,,6,08/06/2020,b87590e4-cd7f-4003-89fe-ea95689c9aac,0,1558,5,"MHC202015001_2.jpg;MHC202015001_3.jpg;MHC202015001_4.jpg;MHC202015001_5.jpg;MHC202015001_6.jpg","Michigan History Center;;;;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","05/24/2015;;;;08/01/2020",417105
-84.427993,42.7186320000001,MHC331993012,L1895C,2,1993,1993,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Okemos Methodist Church,,Okemos Methodist Church,,"About 1839 Joseph H. Kilbourne settled in this vicinity on land previously occupied by Chief Okemos and several hundred Indians. He became the first postmaster of Sanford (present-day Okemos) in 1840, and served in the Michigan legislature from 1847 to 1851. Kilbourne and other settlers were influenced by itinerant Methodist preachers George W. Breckenridge and Washington Jackson. Church services were held in settlers’ homes from 1840 until 1846 when the first school opened. In 1870 a modest church was built on Kilbourne farmland. In 1929 the Okemos Methodist Episcopal and Baptist Churches federated to form the Okemos Community Church. In 1957 a new sanctuary was built. The old church was razed in 1967 to make room for a new education unit.",,4734 Okemos Rd.,Okemos,MI,0,,Ingham,04N01W21NWSE,42.718632,-84.427993,,,08/30/2017,48f102e1-5892-4b14-b249-eac5b7c6ecef,0,1559,0,,,,,417106
-83.101401,42.706848,MHC631968007,L72,2,1968,1968,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Winkler's Mill,,Winkler's Mill,,"A sawmill, dam, and gristmill were built here in 1825 by John Hersey, one of the first settlers in the county and a founder of the villages of Rochester and Stony Creek, nearby. From 1870 to 1920 this mill was operated by Joseph Winkler. In a single year, 1880, Winkler ground 2,504 barrels of wheat and some 694,000 pounds of cornmeal, feed, and buckwheat flour.",,Winkler Mill Road,Rochester Hills,MI,0,original structure burned - 1989 the commission granted permission to have the marker placed on permenant loan to the Stoney Creek Village Museum - being used as an exhibit display,Oakland,03N11E01SWNE,42.706848,-83.101401,,,02/20/2020,73e8da69-2832-41dd-9e90-eb300c65b210,0,1560,0,,,,,417107
-83.726119,43.0345590000001,MHC251981009,S543B,2,1981,1982,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Civic Park,Civic Park Historic District/Civic Park Historic Residential District,Civic Park,,"In 1916, as a flood of new workers for Flint’s automobile factories caused housing shortages, the directors of the Flint Board of Commerce formed the Civic Building Association. The association had built 133 houses on 400 acres of farmland by December 1917, when a slump in the automobile industry and World War I slowed construction. After the 1918 Armistice, General Motors Corporation agreed to complete the project. The Dupont Company, General Motors’ controlling shareholder, organized the Modern Housing Corporation, which added 280 acres and constructed 950 homes in less than nine months. At the peak of construction, Dupont employed 4,600 people. Postwar house prices ranged from $3,500 to $8,000. A typical home had five or six rooms, a slate roof, an open porch, and a basement. Curved streets, planned park areas, and tree-lined boulevards added to the attractiveness of the community.",,Civic Park Historic District,Flint,MI,0,"Roughly bounded by Welch and Brownell Boulevards, Trumbull Avenue, Dupont and Dartmouth Streets",Genesee,07N06E02SESW,43.034559,-83.726119,,Auto Industry,08/30/2017,dcdfe9fd-50bf-4d74-8398-eb387a9bd701,0,1561,0,,,,,417108
-83.250917,42.3070230000001,MHC821990030,L1765,2,1990,1998,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Charles A. Kandt House,,Charles A. Kandt House,,"This house, built around 1927 by Charles and Anna Kandt, represents the foursquare, a house type popular during the early twentieth century, particularly in the teens and twenties. Charles Kandt opened a hotel in Dearborn in 1903 and engaged in other enterprises, including the sale of farm implements and hardware. During the early 1920s he formed the C. A. Kandt Lumber Company. Kandt served on the city council and chamber of commerce.",,22331 Morley,Dearborn,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.307023,-83.250917,,,09/20/2017,7789f217-5458-4a8a-9d67-eb5d7c8e411c,0,1562,0,,,,,417109
-86.255173,41.8226060000001,MHC111971009,S339,4,1971,1971,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ring Lardner,,Ring Lardner,,"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 the Niles Sun and later worked for papers in Chicago and New York, where he wrote a popular syndicated column. Beginning in 1914 the Saturday Evening Post began publication of a series of articles that were to become his best known work. Later entitled You Know Me Al, the articles were letters from an ignorant bush league baseball player to his friend and were among the first literary uses of American common speech. His death occurred in New York on September 25, 1933. Lardner’s achievements were favorably compared to those of Mark Twain.",,519 Bond St.,Niles,MI,0,,Berrien,07S17W35SENW,41.822606,-86.255173,,4,08/23/2022,4bf30408-2f72-4bf8-8e1a-eb8abe7c7795,0,1563,0,,,,,417110
-83.2733679999999,42.3012650000001,MHC821989019,L1629B,2,1989,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Dearborn Hills Golf Club,,The Dearborn Hills Golf Club,,"During his long career Robert Herndon developed over fifty subdivisions and nine golf courses. In 1922 he opened the Dearborn Hills Golf Club. According to the Dearborn Times Herald, it was Michigan’s first public golf course. Having been rejected by bankers who reminded him that “golf was for millionaires,” Herndon financed the project with the aid of investors. The golf course was designed by three professional golfers including Walter Hagen. Construction of the golf course and the adjacent Dearborn Hills subdivision required extending Telegraph Road from Michigan Avenue to present-day Cherry Hill Road. This extension helped Telegraph become a major thoroughfare. Robert Herndon died in 1986 and, one year later, his widow deeded Dearborn Hills Golf Club to the city of Dearborn.",,3001 South Telegraph Rd.,Dearborn,MI,0,,Wayne,02S10E20SESE,42.301265,-83.273368,,,09/20/2017,558a60f7-b142-4e06-af24-ebd452c64625,0,1564,0,,,,,417111
-83.354459,42.513894,MHC631981033,L960A,2,1981,1986,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Glen Oaks,Glen Oaks Country Club Clubhouse/Glen Oaks County Golf Course,Glen Oaks,,"This graceful English-style stone clubhouse, completed in 1925, was designed by Butterfield and Butterfield of Farmington. In 1923 developers began the Oakland Subdivision housing development. The clubhouse and its adjoining nine-hole public golf course were part of that development. During the 1925-26 school year, the clubhouse was used as a school while a new district school for the area was being completed. The original dining room was extended in 1952 and again in 1968. After passing through several owners, the golf course and clubhouse were purchased by the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission in 1978. The commission has restored much of the imposing slate-roofed clubhouse, the focal point of the Glen Oaks County Park.",,30500 West Thirteen Mile Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E11NWNW,42.513894,-83.354459,,,09/12/2017,b5f6fd2c-6d09-4fa0-9841-ec1993b93d91,0,1566,0,,,,,417112
-83.1503719999999,42.2178460000001,MHC821990022,L1790B,2,1990,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Alkali Company / Michigan Alkali Company,"Wyandotte Chemical Company, BASF Corporation",Michigan Alkali Company,Michigan Alkali Company,"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 chose the site for its proximity to resources needed to produce soda ash, a primary ingredient in the manufacture of glass. The deep strata of pure salt beneath the site was most important. Water from the Detroit River was used to extract the salt in solution form. This salt was used with limestone to produce a variety of sodium-based industrial and consumer products. The limestone was shipped from company-owned quarries near Alpena. In the early years Michigan Alkali’s products included soda ash, baking soda, and lye.","Since incorporating as the Michigan Alkali Company in 1893, these chemical works have played an integral role in the development of Wyandotte. The founder of the company, John Baptiste Ford (1811-1903), believed in corporate benevolence, and generous donations were made to the city. The corporation continued this practice after Ford´s death. One contribution was the first Wyandotte General Hospital, erected in 1926. In 1943 Michigan Alkali consolidated with the J. B. Ford Company glassworks to become the Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation. In 1969 it became part of the BASF group of companies, headquartered in Germany. BASF continues to use this Georgian Revival administration building, designed by the Detroit firm of Chittenden and Kotting and completed in 1907.",1609 Biddle Street,Wyandotte,MI,0,corner of Clark,Wayne,03S11E21NWSW,42.217846,-83.150372,,Mining Industry,09/22/2017,148f26f2-f527-4bbe-8b61-ec1e2fb4e1a2,0,1567,0,,,,,417113
-82.5138679999999,42.6469530000001,MHC741957037,S124,2,1957,1957,,St. Clair River,,St. Clair River,,"Linking the Upper and Lower Great Lakes, this river has become one of the world’s great marine highways. In the 1700s canoes passed by here with furs destined to adorn Europe’s royalty. Ships built at Marine City by Sam and Eber Brock Ward during the mid-1800s carried many immigrants up this river on their way to new homes in the West. By the 1900s mighty freighters returned from the north with iron ore, copper, grain—products of these settlers’ labor.",,Across M-29 from State Park,Algonac,MI,0,,Saint Clair, ,42.646953,-82.513868,,,01/15/2020,4d0ed9c2-d33c-461c-82ca-ecbcc168cc87,0,1568,1,MHC741957037_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Photo - Front,,417114
-83.87747,45.9888490000001,MHC171956018,S109,2,1956,1977,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Fort Drummond,Fort Colyer,Fort Drummond,,"Forced by the Treaty of Ghent to evacuate the fort they had captured on Mackinac Island during the War of 1812, the British selected this island as an alternate military post. The stronghold was close to the traditional Indian gathering point at the Straits of Mackinac in order to sustain English control of the Indians and the Upper Great Lakes fur trade. Built by Colonel Robert McDonall and his men, Fort Drummond and the nearby village at Collier’s Harbor were maintained for more than a decade. The British abandoned their stronghold in 1828 six years after Drummond Island was ruled United States territory. Now summer cottages occupy this rocky countryside and only a few ruined chimneys survive as reminders of the conflict between British and American sovereignty in the Old Northwest.",,East of Ferry Dock,Drummond Island,MI,0,"West end of Drummond Island at the ferryboat landing, NW shore of the St. Marys River",Chippewa,42N04E36SESW,45.988849,-83.87747,,War of 1812,08/11/2017,88da73da-bc98-4b1c-add7-eccdd07c0418,0,1569,0,,,,,417115
-83.328742,42.2701890000001,MHC822006040,S700,2,2006,2006,Post WWII (1945-1970),Annapolis Park,Annapolis Park Historic District/Annapolis Park Subdivision,Annapolis Park Historic District,,"During World War II Detroit's black population doubled from 150,000 to 300,000 and faced the extreme housing shortage that had existed since the early twentieth century. Restrictive covenants, inflated rents, and other discriminatory practices confined blacks to certain areas and hindered their ability to purchase property. In 1953 Julius Schwartz and several partners broke ground for Annapolis Park, a modern suburban neighborhood for African Americans. Because few banks would approve loans for potential buyers, Schwartz and his brother-in-law Jack Kellman established the Franklin Mortgage Company. By 1957 Annapolis Park's 354 lots were fully developed and African American families were able to live in a well- built home with ""Nice trees, nice country living.""",,Middlebelt Rd at Hanover Blvd,Westland,MI,0,,Wayne,02S09E35SESE,42.270189,-83.328742,,African-American History,07/25/2019,24f0112f-ff72-44d5-8984-ece692740f43,0,1570,0,,,,,417116
-86.255346,43.23172,MHC611971024,L144,2,1971,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hume House / Hume House,,Hume House,Hume House,"Built in 1887-89, this massive Queen Anne-style house served the Thomas Hume family through four generations. The architect for this, as well as the Hackley House, was David S. Hopkins of Grand Rapids. The structure behind the two buildings was shared by both families. Known as the City Barn, it reflects the features of each house. Though larger than the Hackley House, the Hume House is less pretentious in detail. One hundred years after completion, the Hackley and Hume Historic Site was administered by the Muskegon County Museum.","
Thomas Hume (1848-1920) was the business partner of Charles H. Hackley from 1881 to 1905. An Irish immigrant, Hume came to Muskegon in 1872 and began working as Hackley’s bookkeeper. After Hackley’s death, Hume was instrumental in transforming Muskegon from a lumber town to a major manufacturing center. At the time of his death in 1920, he was serving as an officer with the Amazon Knitting Company, Shaw Electric Crane Works, Sargent Manufacturing Company, Chase-Hackley Piano Company, the Stand Malleable Company, and the Hackley National Bank.",472 West Webster Ave,Muskegon,MI,0,,Muskegon,10N16W30NENW,43.23172,-86.255346,,Timber Industry,07/26/2017,a9afa3b0-82c5-47b1-bb94-ed2f1d584f3c,0,1571,0,,,,,417117
-84.63365,41.932167,MHC301962014,S230,2,1962,1968,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Hillsdale College ,,Hillsdale College ,,"In 1844 a group of Freewill Baptists organized Michigan Central College at Spring Arbor. This college was the first in Michigan to grant degrees to women. Moved to Hillsdale in 1853 and chartered by the legislature in 1855, the school was renamed Hillsdale College under an independent board of trustees, its only controlling organization. The charter opened the institution “to all persons . . . irrespective of nationality, color, or sex.”",,Front Campus,Hillsdale,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W22NESE,41.932167,-84.63365,,,08/30/2017,9c67e822-37be-4869-8c9f-ed73e61423da,0,1572,0,,,,,417118
-83.891724,43.547867,MHC091980001,L802A,2,1980,1992,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),James Clements Memorial Airport / James Clements Memorial Airport,,James Clements Memorial Airport,James Clements Memorial Airport,"In 1926 the Bay City Chamber of Commerce recognized the economic benefits that could be derived from a local airport. That year the chamber decided to build one and dedicate it to Bay City men killed during World War I. The Aeronautics Committee immediately sought the financial support of industrialist William L. Clements, whose son Ensign James R. Clements had been an aviator during the war and died of influenza in France. Clements agreed to make a substantial donation, provided the facility was named in honor of his son. This site was chosen because it had served as an airfield for fifteen years. The Neo-Georgian Administration Building, designed by local architect Joseph C. Goddeyne, and the hangar were dedicated on July 29, 1930.","From this field in 1912, Bay County’s first pilot, Lionel H. DeRemer (FAI License No. 115), flew his Wright “B” Pusher plane, the fifteenth built by Orville and Wilbur Wright. DeRemer founded one of the first flying schools in Michigan. One of his students, Henry Dora, was the first manager of the James Clements Memorial Airport, built here in 1928-30. Dora also taught flying. Early woman racing pilot Jeanette Lempke Sovereign and Dr. J. M. Jones, a physician who made house calls by plane across northern Michigan, were Dora’s students. Bay City’s first airmail delivery was made here on July 17, 1928. During World War II the airport was a training site for Michigan flyers. The airport Administration Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",614 South River Drive (M-13),Bay City,MI,0,,Bay,13N05E09NWNW,43.547867,-83.891724,,5,01/26/2017,6cfa26b5-54db-4fc3-9ace-ed7991cfab39,1982,1573,0,,,,,417119
-84.6760599999999,45.025509,MHC691989022,L1635,2,1989,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Congregational Church,First Congregational Church United Church of Christ,First Congregational Church,,"The First Congregational Church is the oldest congregation in Gaylord. In 1874 the Reverend James McKay founded it as a mission church with twenty-one members. It was officially organized three years later. In 1878 the Reverend Abram Van Auken arrived, and construction began on a church, dedicated in 1879. That church has been incorporated into the present structure. In 1957, as a result of a national merger, this congregation joined the United Church of Christ.",,218 West Second St.,Gaylord,MI,0,,Otsego,30N03W04SWNE,45.025509,-84.67606,,,09/12/2017,62025708-363f-4cd9-9a75-ed8145b020af,0,1574,0,,,,,417120
-85.657844,42.920551,MHC412007006,L2194,2,2007,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Benjamins-Spring House,,Benjamins-Spring House,,"Leonard Benjamins (1840-1902) emigrated from the Netherlands with his family in 1847, settling in the Grand Rapids area. In 1868 he started a clothing business that operated for thirty years. Around 1886, he constructed this stately Queen Anne house on land that was then located outside the city, in Paris Township. Berton A. Spring (1875-1953) purchased the house in 1924. Spring was among the first licensed morticians in the region and a locally prominent citizen.",,2359 Madison Avenue SE,Grand Rapids,MI,49507,,Kent,06N11W07SENW,42.920551,-85.657844,,,08/08/2017,0147e486-f9f1-4598-940c-eda4eaf2db84,0,1576,0,,,,,417121
-83.302374,42.636999,MHC631986032,L1307C,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Franklin Boulevard Historic District,,Franklin Boulevard Historic District,,"Built between 1845 and 1930, this neighborhood of ninety-three structures retains a turn-of-the-century appearance with its mix of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick Style, and Colonial Revival architecture. During Michigan’s early period of industrial growth (1880-1920), prominent leaders of Michigan’s timber, mining, publishing, carriage, and automobile industries made their homes in this area. Most notably, the 1848 Italian Villa-style Myrick-Palmer House located at 2323 West Huron Street was home to Charles H. Palmer, a nineteenth-century educator and copper miner. Also significant was 269 West Huron Street, home to Oliver Leo Beaudette, whose father founded the O. J. Beaudette Body Company, believed to be the first to use metal on automobile bodies.",,269 West Huron,Pontiac,MI,0,YWCA,Oakland,03N10E29SESW,42.636999,-83.302374,,,09/12/2017,dec9a00d-36f2-4d1d-9a8d-edac379c550e,0,1577,0,,,,,417122
-84.4085939999999,42.2464230000001,MHC381984012,L1171A,2,1984,1989,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,,"In 1834 thirteen Jackson pioneers established the Barry-Jackson Baptist Church in Sandstone Township. Five years later the Reverend David Hendee and seventeen members of that church formed the First Baptist Church in Jackson. Meetings were held in several locations until 1868, when construction began on the present church. J. R. Lewis provided the plans and specifications for this Romanesque Revival-style structure. When a lack of funds resulted in repeated construction delays, “Uncle Ben” Mosher, a member of the building committee, agreed to erect the walls free if the materials were supplied. A donation from four church members in 1871 assured the structure’s completion. The church was eventually dedicated on March 10, 1872.",,201 South Jackson Street,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,03S01W03NENE,42.246423,-84.408594,,,04/17/2019,4b92c50e-8d65-46f1-a503-edb16685bac8,0,1578,3,"MHC381984012_2.jpg;MHC381984012_3.jpg;MHC381984012_4.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","09/05/2017;09/05/2017;09/05/2017",417123
-84.405631,42.244874,MHC381981042,L885A,2,1981,1981,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. Mary Star of the Sea Church,,St. Mary Star of the Sea Church,,"In 1880 Bishop Casper Henry Borgess of the Detroit Diocese approved the establishment of a second Catholic parish in the city of Jackson. The cornerstone ceremony for the parish church was held on July 4, 1881. The present limestone Romanesque structure, erected in 1923-26, was designed by Frederick Spier of Detroit. One of the towers houses the twenty-seven hundred-pound 1902 bell from the parish’s first church. The edifice also features stained glass windows imported from Innsbruck, Austria, and Italian Carrara marble altars and communion rails. The confessionals and sacristy cases were built using the pews of the first building. During the parish’s growth, from 124 members at its founding to 3,800 at the time of its centennial, it has had only six pastors.",,Wesley and South Mechanic Streets,Jackson,MI,0,,Jackson,03S01W03NENE,42.244874,-84.405631,,,08/07/2019,14c81a35-613e-4292-a6da-edb489c9abee,0,1579,1,MHC381981042_1.jpg,,Marker Photo - Front,,417124
-84.7764559999999,43.8503240000001,MHC181957002,S130,2,1957,1958,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan's Petroleum Industry,,Michigan's Petroleum Industry,,"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 twenty-two wells were drilled, beginning in 1886. Total output was small. Michigan’s first oil boom was at Saginaw, where production began in 1925. About three hundred wells were drilled here by 1927, when Muskegon’s “Discovery Well” drew oil men the country over to that field. The Mount Pleasant field, opened in 1928, helped to make Michigan one of the leading oil producers of the eastern United States. Mount Pleasant became known as the “Oil Capital of Michigan.” Efforts of the industry itself resulted in excellent state laws regulating petroleum output. Well depths range from one thousand to six thousand feet. New wells are constantly opened as exploration continues.",,US-27 Rest Area North of Clare,Clare,MI,0,Clare Welcome Center,Clare,17N04W22NWSE,43.850324,-84.776456,,,10/07/2020,4377c232-8518-42f9-84c8-edc3faf072f9,0,1580,3,"MHC181957002_1.jpg;MHC181957002_2.jpg;MHC181957002_3.jpg","Archives of Michigan;State Historic Preservation Office;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back",";;07/31/2020",417125
-88.072521,45.824373,MHC221958012,S273,2,1958,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Cornish Pump,Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine,Cornish Pump,,"When the E. P. Allis Company of Milwaukee built this pump in 1890-91 it was heralded as the nation’s largest steam-driven pumping engine. On January 3, 1893, the massive engine, designed by Edwin C. Reynolds, began lifting two hundred tons of water per minute at “D” shaft of the Chapin Iron Mine. In 1896 underground conditions shifted the engine out of alignment and it was dismantled. The Oliver Iron Mining Company purchased and rebuilt it at shaft “C” of the Ludington Mine in 1907. It dewatered the combined Chapin, Ludington, and Hamilton mines until 1914, when it was replaced by electric pumps. Patterned after similar pumps used in tin mines in Cornwall, England, the Cornish Pump boasts a flywheel forty feet in diameter, which weighs 160 tons and averaged ten revolutions per minute. The pump was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.",,Kent St and Kimberly Ave,Iron Mountain,MI,0,Kent Street and Kimberly Avenue,Dickinson,40N31W25SWSE,45.824373,-88.072521,,Mining Industry,08/23/2017,2965daab-d868-4c91-ab5e-edde37b6b480,1981,1581,0,,,,,417126
-83.2893699999999,42.34851,MHC821967005,L67,2,1967,1967,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Wallaceville School,,Wallaceville School,,"Constructed in 1824 as a church, the original log building on this site was the first school in Bucklin (later Dearborn) Township. In 1829 the building became a public school. When John B. Wallace donated the land and building to the school district, the school was named after him. The building burned in 1876, and was replaced by this brick structure. The building was used only intermittently after 1938, and in 1966 the city of Dearborn Heights converted it into a museum.",,8050 North Gulley,Dearborn Heights,MI,0,at Kinmore and Ann Arbor Trail,Wayne,02S10E05SWNW,42.34851,-83.28937,,4,09/20/2017,f97376eb-d204-42c6-9179-ee17c58db12b,0,1582,1,MHC821967005_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,05/23/1968,417127
-84.768919,43.819851,MHC181994010,L1909,2,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Clare Congregational Church,"Clare Congregational Church; Congregational United Church of Christ",Clare Congregational Church,,"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 fifth- and sixth-century Early Christian central plan churches. The semicircular, auditorium-like sanctuary is embellished with patterns from European-designed stencils. The church’s stained glass windows decorated the original 1874 church.",,110 W. Fifth St.,Clare,MI,0,,Clare,17N04W34NESE,43.819851,-84.768919,,,08/23/2017,9aca7332-89c3-4103-9549-ee4a3b5f336a,0,1584,0,,,,,417128
-83.050662,42.3315410000001,MHC821957032,S280,2,1957,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Chicago Road,,Chicago Road,,"The Great Sauk Trail, the most important Indian trail in the Great Lakes region, was used later by French explorers, fur traders, missionaries, and soldiers. After the 1760s the trail became a major road for British and American travelers. In the early 1800s, when a military road was needed to connect Detroit with Fort Dearborn (Chicago), Territorial Governor Lewis Cass and Father Gabriel Richard, an influential legislator, were leading supporters of the Great Sauk Trail route. With federal backing the road was surveyed in 1825 and built in 1829-36. Many sections of the road were paved with huge oak logs, covered with a layer of dirt. Even before the road was improved, land-hungry settlers moved west from Detroit via the Chicago Road (now called Michigan Avenue).",,Michigan Aveneue,Detroit,MI,0,Michigan Avenue and Washington Boulevard,Wayne,,42.331541,-83.050662,,,09/20/2017,cb648d51-a8d7-48cf-b379-ee586216f2dd,0,1585,0,,,,,417129
-83.4042919999999,42.201424,MHC821978027,L606,2,1978,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Merrill-Morris House / Merrill-Morris House,,Merrill-Morris House,Merrill-Morris House,"Constructed in 1846, this Greek Revival residence was erected just nineteen years after Romulus was first settled. Originally the home of pioneer Harvey W. Merrill, the house is believed to be the oldest still standing in the city. Large walnut beams, hewn with an adz (a cutting tool), support the wood frame structure. Small frieze windows with grilles decorate the front entrance. This refined farmhouse became the home of Ray V. Morris and family in 1912.","The Morris family made several additions to the house and surrounding grounds, including a large barn, which was the center of many social activities for the community. Fire destroyed the barn in later years. In 1931 the family erected a fruit and vegetable stand on the southeast corner of the property. Produce, dairy products and maple syrup were available. During the 1930s the family stand attracted hundreds of weekend visitors from Detroit.",13880 Huron River Drive South,Romulus,MI,0,,Wayne,03S09E29SWNW,42.201424,-83.404292,,,09/22/2017,567f9cde-6e97-420c-b344-ee67f99eb907,0,1586,0,,,,,417130
-83.046971,42.330017,MHC822012024,S727,2,2012,2013,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ford Building,,Ford Building,,"Among Detroit’s first skyscrapers, the nineteen-story Ford Building was built between 1907 and 1909. The Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed it and two other Detroit buildings, the Majestic and the Dime. One of the first buildings in Detroit to utilize a steel frame, the edifice is sheathed in terra cotta and accented with Italian marble. The 250-foot-tall structure was the tallest building in Detroit for several years. Named after Toledo based glass manufacturer Edward Ford (1843-1920), it served Detroit’s Financial District and housed several of the city’s leading legal firms. During the 1926 Ossian Sweet trials, Clarence Darrow led the defense from offices on the seventeenth floor.",,615 Griswold Street,Detroit,MI,48226,NW corner of Congress & Griswold,Wayne,,42.330017,-83.046971,,,10/31/2019,7fef74f0-38cc-441a-a5d5-ee8e893f7b56,0,1587,2,"MHC822012024_1.jpg;MHC822012024_2.jpg",";","Historical Photo;Marker Dedication Photo",";",417131
-83.6128639999999,42.243907,MHC811962004,S237,2,1962,1963,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ypsilanti,,Ypsilanti,,"Located at the juncture of old Indian trails and the Huron River, this area was the camping and burying ground for several Indian tribes. In 1809 Gabriel Godfroy established an Indian trading post on the west bank of the Huron, which he maintained for about ten years. Benjamin Woodruff and companions came up the river by boat in 1823 and settled one mile east of here at Woodruff’s Grove. In 1825 a town was platted by Judge Augustus B. Woodward of Detroit and two local men, William Harwood and John Stewart. Situated on both sides of the Huron where the famous Chicago Road (now U.S. 12) crossed the river, the town was named Ypsilanti in honor of the Greek war hero, Demetrius Ypsilanti. The home of Eastern Michigan University, the oldest state teachers college west of Albany, Ypsilanti is also the site of one of the state’s very first publicly supported secondary schools. In World War II the Willow Run plant was erected to build B-24 bombers, which were vitally important to the war effort. True to its heritage, Ypsilanti has grown in the mainstream of commerce, industry, and education.",,220 North Huron,Ypsilanti,MI,0,Between Michigan and Cross Street,Washtenaw,03S07E09NENW,42.243907,-83.612864,,Native People,09/20/2017,d066f5ad-ae58-4a01-b390-eea16dfb1033,0,1588,0,,,,,417132
-86.323769,44.2461440000001,MHC511995006,L1950,2,1995,1996,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Manistee City Library,Manistee Public Library/Manistee County Library,Manistee City Library,,"In 1885 a group of Manistee ladies formed the Lakeside Club, whose primary goal was to create a library. In 1902 the club joined forces with the local literary society and successfully campaigned for a public library. The Andrew Carnegie Foundation funded the construction. The Manistee City Library opened in 1905. Designed by Port Huron architect George L. Harvey, the building, with its grand entrance pavilion, reflects Beaux Arts Classicism. The library is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,95 Maple,Manistee,MI,0,,Manistee,21N17W12NWNW,44.246144,-86.323769,,,09/05/2017,59df6591-caae-42ea-a6d8-eeaa31ff7403,1995,1589,0,,,,,417133
-84.5185529999999,42.7334080000001,MHC331981038,L864,2,1981,1997,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lansing Fire Station No. 8,Lansing Civic Players Headquarters,Lansing Fire Station No. 8,,"Lansing architects Bowd-Munson Company designed Fire Station No. 8, which opened in June 1931. The firehall was built by the H. G. Christman Company. Firefighters lived in the upper two floors, and the community used a large room in the basement for weddings, meetings and voting. In 1977 the city sold the building to the Lansing Civic Players Guild. The troupe renovated the structure that year, in time for its forty-ninth season.",,2300 E. Michigan Avenue,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W14NWSW,42.733408,-84.518553,,3,11/23/2020,9235b9e6-2635-40a2-906c-eeca97d056ba,0,1590,1,MHC331981038_1.jpg,Michigan Historical Commission,Marker Photo - Front,11/19/2020,417134
-84.7760199999999,43.6056400000001,MHC372000013,L2080,2,2000,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Isabella County Seat / The Founding of Mount Pleasant,,Isabella County Seat,The Founding of Mount Pleasant,"The state legislature organized Isabella County on February 11, 1859. A commission appointed by the governor established the county seat at Isabella Centre. To encourage settlement on the land he owned in Isabella County, lumberman David Ward deeded five acres in present-day Mount Pleasant to the county on the condition that the county courthouse be erected on that land. In 1860 voters approved the transfer of the county seat to Mount Pleasant, and a simple frame building was constructed on the site as the first courthouse. The county built a stately brick courthouse on this site in 1877. That building was demolished in 1972.","During the 1850s lumberman David Ward purchased land in section 15 of Union Township. In 1860 he platted the village of Mount Pleasant with land set aside for a courthouse square. Harvey and George Morton, developers from New York State, purchased Ward’s property in 1863. Isaac A. Fancher surveyed and recorded the plat of Mount Pleasant for the Mortons in 1864. The village was roughly bounded by Lincoln Street, Wisconsin Street, Lansing Street, Oak Street, and the Chippewa River. Water-powered milling, lumber processing, and county government formed the basis of Mount Pleasant’s growth after the Civil War. On April 16, 1875, the state legislature incorporated the village of Mount Pleasant.",200 N. Main Street,Mt. Pleasant,MI,0,,Isabella,14N04W15SWNE,43.60564,-84.77602,,,09/01/2017,5201b236-438d-45a1-b721-eeec8506e95f,0,1591,0,,,,,417135
-83.3627769999999,42.7192620000001,MHC631966010,L58,2,1966,1966,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sashabaw Cemetery,,Sashabaw Cemetery,,"Although burials were made here as early as 1836, it was 1849 before residents of Sashabaw Plains formed Sashabaw Burial Association for purposes of “fencing, improving, ornamenting, and keeping the burying ground . . . in proper repair.” A center alley was created and the price of lots set at one dollar. The association meets annually and maintains the cemetery. A sizeable addition was authorized in 1949.",,5331 Maybee Road,Clarkston,MI,0,East of Sashabaw Road,Oakland,04N09E35NENW,42.719262,-83.362777,,,09/12/2017,b9a1742f-a2c3-45f8-8a5c-ef1092238ff5,0,1592,0,,,,,417136
-83.52216,43.1533200000001,MHC251990047,L1753,2,1990,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Smith Hill Cemetery,,Smith Hill Cemetery,,"When Nathaniel and Sarah Smith came to the Forest area from Vermont in 1837, members of the Henry Hiester family were the only Euro-American settlers in the area. Sarah Smith died in 1848 and was the first person interred in the cemetery that bears the family name. Nathaniel, the township’s first supervisor, and his son William, the first teacher, were also buried in the cemetery. Six hundred nineteenth-century graves are marked by rustic tree trunk monuments, obelisks, tablets and pedestaled urns.",,10082 N. State Road,Otisville,MI,48463,Forest Township,Genesee,09N08E28SESE,43.15332,-83.52216,,,08/08/2017,a7d9e822-b3fa-4955-bcd1-ef4da064dbe1,0,1593,0,,,,,417137
-84.629999,45.868092,MHC491982002,S550A,2,1982,2021,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Wawashkamo,Wawashkamo Golf Club,Wawashkamo,,In 1898 Chicago cottagers founded the Wawashkamo Golf Club. By 1900 the club had been incorporated and the clubhouse had been built on the site of the 1814 Battle of Mackinac Island. Wawashkamo is Indian for “Crooked Trail.” Golf course architect Alex B. Smith left the natural features of the site unaltered in his design for these true nine-hole Scottish links. Wawashkamo Golf Club is Michigan’s oldest unchanged private nine-hole golf links.,,British Landing Road,Mackinac Island,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.868092,-84.629999,,2,08/09/2021,15ed5296-e6b9-491a-a624-ef61c1869d1c,0,1594,2,"MHC491982002_1.jpg;MHC491982002_2.jpg","Martha Cousino;Martha Cousino","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","05/30/2021;05/30/2021",417138
-84.211895,42.2516130000001,MHC381992017,L1854A,2,1992,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Central Railroad Depot / Grass Lake,Michigan Central Railroad Grass Lake Depot,Michigan Central Railroad Depot,Grass Lake,"
Grass Lake’s first railroad depot opened in 1842 when the Michigan Central line reached Jackson. In 1887 this Richardsonian Romanesque station, designed by the Detroit firm Spier and Rohns, replaced the original depot. It housed rail operations for sixty-nine years. In 1911 seven of the twenty-one trains that passed through Grass Lake made daily scheduled stops. Eventually automobile transportation superseded rail travel. By 1953 only one train, which made irregular stops, served Grass Lake. In 1956 the depot closed, remaining vacant until it housed the Grass Lake News from 1962 to 1976. A June 1980 fire reduced the depot to a stone shell. In 1988 the Whistlestop Park Association purchased the depot and restored it. In September 1992 the building and its grounds reopened.","The first settlers arrived in Grass Lake in 1829. Two years later a post office, the second in Jackson County, opened at the settlement. In 1832 Grass Lake Township was created; the current boundaries were established by 1836. The village, which took its name from the nearby lake, was incorporated in 1871. The original village, Grass Lake Center, developed along Michigan Avenue about one and one-half miles east of here. However, in 1842 the Central Railroad (later the Michigan Central) bypassed Grass Lake Center and erected a depot on this site. The railroad provided a means of getting produce and livestock to market as well as bringing goods and mail to the village. Trade near the new depot boomed, and the village moved west. By 1881 the town of approximately one thousand citizens comprised 2 hotels, 11 stores, 4 saloons, and 3 churches.",210 E. Michigan Ave,Grass Lake,MI,0,,Jackson,02S02E32SESE,42.251613,-84.211895,,,03/25/2019,b9979f4f-dff0-48f9-80c3-ef812f8155e9,0,1595,3,"MHC381992017_2.jpg;MHC381992017_3.jpg;MHC381992017_4.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","05/25/1992;09/10/1994;09/10/1994",417139
-83.402393,42.512538,MHC631984015,L1202A,2,1984,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Eber Durham House,,Eber Durham House,,"This attractive Greek Revival house was built in 1845 by Stephen Jennings, an early owner of the Sixteen Mile House (now the Botsford Inn). He built the house as a wedding gift for his daughter Jane when she married Eber Durham. A civic-minded individual, Durham served the community as a highway commissioner, justice of the peace and drain commissioner. In 1924 Henry Ford purchased the house and restored it as a private residence. It was moved to this site in 1983.",,35835 Thirteen Mile Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E08NENE,42.512538,-83.402393,,,09/12/2017,2ce4dea0-f584-4184-9bed-efbf776a7a25,0,1596,0,,,,,417140
-83.1651639999999,42.5843970000001,MHC631988016,L1516C,2,1988,2016,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Polar Bears / The Polar Bears,Burial Site of 339th Infantry Regiment,The Polar Bears,The Polar Bears,"In the summer of 1918, President Woodrow Wilson, at the urging of Britain and France, sent an infantry regiment to north Russia to fight the Bolsheviks in hopes of persuading Russia to rejoin the war against Germany. The 339th Infantry Regiment, with the first battalion of the 310th Engineers and the 337th Ambulance and Hospital Companies, arrived at Archangel, Russia, on September 4, 1918. About 75 percent of the fifty-five hundred Americans who made up the North Russian Expeditionary Forces were from Michigan; of those, a majority were from Detroit. The newspapers called them ""Detroit´s Own""; they called themselves ""Polar Bears."" They marched on Belle Isle on July 4, 1919. Ninety-four of them were killed in action after the United States decided to withdraw from Russia but before Archangel´s harbor thawed.","In 1929 five former ""Polar Bears"" of the 339th Infantry Regiment returned to north Russia in an attempt to recover the bodies of fellow soldiers who had been killed in action or died of exposure or disease ten years earlier. The group was selected by the members of the Polar Bear Association under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The trip was sponsored by the federal government and the State of Michigan. The delegates recovered eighty-six bodies. Fifty-six of these were buried on this site on May 30, 1930. The Polar Bear Monument was carved from white Georgian marble, the steps, from white North Carolina granite. The black granite base symbolizes a fortress, and the cross and helmet denote war burial.","White Chapel Cemetery, 621 W. Long Lake Road (18 Mile Rd)",Troy,MI,48098,At SE corner of Crooks and Long Lake Roads,Oakland,02N11E16SWNW,42.584397,-83.165164,pbma.grobbel.org,,07/06/2020,6c3e16b0-7aee-4eb4-b276-efd1e77b9990,0,1597,6,"MHC631988016_1.jpg;MHC631988016_2.jpg;MHC631988016_3.jpg;MHC631988016_4.jpg;MHC631988016_5.jpg;MHC631988016_6.jpg","Michigan History Center;Commissioner;Michael V. Grobbel;Michael V. Grobbel;Michael V. Grobbel;Michael V. Grobbel","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","05/30/2016;;09/28/2018;09/28/2018;05/30/2016;05/30/2016",417141
-85.6156789999999,44.761809,MHC281974014,L297,2,1974,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grand Traverse County Courthouse,,Grand Traverse County Courthouse,,"Grand Traverse County was officially organized in 1851. Its first courthouse and jail were built in 1854 for six hundred dollars on land donated by the lumbering firm Hannah, Lay and Company. The courthouse, a wooden structure, burned in 1862. The county used rented quarters until 1900. In 1898 the county accepted plans for the present brick and stone structure submitted by architects Rush, Bowman and Rush of Grand Rapids. The building, placed on the site of the original courthouse, was completed in 1900 at a cost of $35,665. In 1975, after an intensive campaign led by county historical society president Jennie Arnold, citizens voted to remodel the building. The renovation was completed at a cost of $1.7 million, and the structure was rededicated on July 4, 1981.",,Boardman and Washington Streets,Traverse City,MI,0,,Grand Traverse,27N11W03SESE,44.761809,-85.615679,,,05/26/2020,0d0faac9-66d1-4fa5-a9d0-efff31d5e5a6,0,1598,1,MHC281974014_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,417142
-84.618782,45.849673,MHC491956052,S40,2,1956,1956,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Market Street,,Market Street,,"During the peak of the fur trade this street bustled with activity. Each July and August Indians, traders, and trappers by the thousands came here with furs from throughout the Northwest. In 1817 John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company located its headquarters here. Furs valued at $3 million went through the Market Street offices in 1822. After 1834 the trade moved westward.",,Market Street,Mackinac Island,MI,0,near City Hall on Market Street near Aster Street,Mackinac, ,45.849673,-84.618782,,,09/10/2019,258602ec-3d2e-4df2-8930-f02584736937,0,1599,2,"MHC491956052_2.jpg;MHC491956052_1.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front",";06/28/2015",417143
-84.37698483,42.11804161,MHC382011003,L2225,2,2011,2011,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Universalist Church,The Universalist Unitarian Church of East Liberty,First Universalist Church,First Universalist Church,"Liberty Township was organized in 1837. Early settlers, many from New York State, founded the Universalist Society in 1856, They organized a Ladies Aid in 1869 and a school in 1876. The society held services in the school and the Methodist church until 1881, when it built this church at a cost of $2,400. Two days of sermons and ""sumptuous"" dinners preceded the church's March 2, 1882 dedication. After the dedication sermon, Baptists, Methodists ad Universalists alike donated the funds required to retire the remaining debt. The bell was donated to the church in 1922, and in 1940 the locally gathered fieldstone staircase was added. In 1961 the society joined in the national merger with the Unitarian church.",Same as front,2231 Jefferson Road,Clark Lake,MI,49234,West of US-127,Jackson,04S01W13SESW,42.11804161,-84.37698483,,,03/24/2016,bbc15fa8-c451-449b-bf18-f03341ae9766,0,1600,0,,,,,417144
-83.63258,42.793059,MHC631985004,L1261A,2,1985,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Holly's Town Hall,,Holly's Town Hall,,"Holly’s Town Hall has been a center of community activity since it was built in 1892. Holly Township in Oakland County was formally organized in 1838, and the village of Holly was incorporated in 1865. The two local governments decided to join efforts in building a town hall after their nearby rival, Fenton in Genesee County, erected a hall in the late 1880s. Township voters approved the idea in 1889, village voters in 1890. The two governments shared equally in the planning and funding of the three thousand-dollar project. The hall has been used for municipal offices, a fire station, a jail, a polling place and as a setting for social, cultural, and political gatherings. Village offices remained here until 1958; township offices until 1982.",,102 Front Street,Holly,MI,0,NW corner of South Saginaw Street,Oakland,05N07E33SWNE,42.793059,-83.63258,,,09/12/2017,9fec9585-d071-4712-9f11-f0344dc53c56,0,1601,0,,,,,417145
-86.144914,42.039859,MHC141976003,L348,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church,,Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church,,"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 nearby Niles, was buried on this site in 1841. During the early 1840s the Holy Cross Fathers of Notre Dame in Indiana ministered to the Indians. In 1844 Father Theophile Marivault became the church’s permanent priest; he was followed by Father Louis Baroux who served most of the years from 1847 to 1870 and was buried here in 1897. In the mid-nineteenth century many Irish immigrants settled in the vicinity and attended this parish. The white frame church built in 1861 burned in 1886 and was immediately replaced by this present structure.",,Leach and Priest Rds,Silver Creek Twp,MI,0,,Cass,05S16W14NWNW,42.039859,-86.144914,,,08/23/2017,ed4c37a4-e5b3-42cd-a57e-f06498693888,0,1602,0,,,,,417146
-84.247798,42.1072130000001,MHC381980019,L853B,2,1980,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Brooklyn Presbyterian Church,,Brooklyn Presbyterian Church,,"Thirteen lay members founded the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn in 1838. The Reverend C. W. Gurney became the church’s first installed pastor in 1841. Dedicatory services for the church were held on October 7, 1845. Built with hand-hewn beams and pegged timber, this is now the oldest church building in Brooklyn. The original simple Greek Revival structure with its square belfry measured forty by sixty feet. The church was remodeled in 1901 and enlarged twice in subsequent years.",,160 North Main Street,Brooklyn,MI,0,,Jackson,04S02E19NWSW,42.107213,-84.247798,,,07/13/2017,23b71d9d-61cc-426b-a58a-f07c6dc54a93,0,1603,0,,,,,417147
-83.6603522299999,42.6286306100001,MHC632010003,L2221,2,2010,2012,Statehood Era (1815-1860),West Highland Cemetery / West Highland Cemetery,Highland Burying Ground,West Highland Cemetery,West Highland Cemetery,"The need for a burying ground arose soon after Highland’s first settlers arrived in the 1830s. They “laid out” an acre for cemetery use in 1835-36. The Highland Baptist Church bought the land in 1841. In 1915, at the urging of the Ladies Aid society, the West Highland Cemetery Association organized to improve the cemetery. It added an iron fence and plantings, and in 1927 took over ownership. In 1934 more than one hundred spruce trees were planted. By 1977, when ownership passed to Highland Township, the cemetery had grown to four acres in size. Although some of the earliest grave markers have disappeared, several hundred gravestones and monuments displaying a variety of nineteenth century funerary art remain.","This cemetery is the final resting place of several Highland area settlers and prominent citizens, including Rufus Tenny. He arrived in 1832 and became the township’s first supervisor. The area’s first church service, school and township meeting were held at the farm of his brother Jesse. Also buried here is Squire W. Rowe, who settled in Highland in 1835. He was township supervisor for many years before being elected to serve in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1865. John Mudge was the first veteran interred here. He served as a chaplain during the American Revolution and died in 1839 at the age of 84. Other burials include veterans of the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam Conflict.",Hickory Ridge Road,Highland,MI,48357,"Between M-59 and Lone Tree Road, near Veterans´ marker and U.S. flag",Oakland,03N07E29NWSW,42.62863061,-83.66035223,,,08/26/2016,14ed32aa-bd54-41e4-8f90-f090dcb84702,0,1604,2,"MHC632010003_1.jpg;MHC632010003_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Dedication Photo","06/05/2012;06/05/2012",417148
-84.7346459999999,45.7861620000001,MHC241963004,S249,2,1963,1964,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Michigan's First Jewish Settler,Ezekiel Solomon,Michigan's First Jewish Settler,,"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 traders until his death about 1808. He was one of those who narrowly escaped death in the massacre of 1763. During the Revolutionary War, he and other hard-pressed traders pooled their resources to form a general store. In 1784 he was a member of a committee of eight formed to regulate the Mackinac area trade. Ezekiel Solomon’s business often took him to Montreal where he is believed to have been buried and where he was a member of Canada’s first Jewish congregation, Shearith Israel.",,Fort Michlimackinac State Park,Mackinaw City,MI,0,"At entrance, Straits Ave",Emmet,39N04W12NESE,45.786162,-84.734646,,,07/28/2017,8d9585cd-3689-4e0b-ad6a-f0c2be43c943,0,1605,0,,,,,417149
-85.201057,44.783972,MHC401984006,L1158A,4,1984,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Rugg Pond Dam/Rugg Pond Dam,,Rugg Pond Dam,Rugg Pond Dam,"In 1904 Ambrose E. Palmer founded the Kalkaska Light and Power Company and built a dam and power plant at Rugg Pond, where the two branches of the Rapid River meet. Palmer reportedly commissioned farmers to bring wagonloads of stone to the pond to construct the foundation of the dam. This plant supplied electricity to the village of Kalkaska and surrounding areas. The pond was named for R. F. Rugg, a prominent local businessman. According to legend, Ernest Hemingway spent a night fishing from the Rugg Pond Dam powerhouse.","In 1950 Consumers Power Company purchased the former Kalkaska Light and Power Company hydroelectric plant, located at Rugg Pond Dam. Consumers Power sold the dam to Kalkaska County for one dollar in 1953. In 1980 the Army Corp of Engineers condemned the dam. Two years later concerned citizens formed Save Rugg Pond Natural Area to restore the dam and preserve the area. Local contributions, grants, and monies from the Kammer Land and Trust Fund have been used to maintain this scenic area.",4885 Valley Road NW,Rapid City,MI,49676,"Rugg Pond Natural Area, North of Hanson Highway. Near the hiking trail parking area.",Kalkaska,28N07W31NWNE,44.783972,-85.201057,,2,11/01/2022,774b87a8-dda2-4707-ad68-f0defa7f4a3f,0,1606,0,,,,,417150
-83.044659,42.3305500000001,MHC821956014,S72,2,1956,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),University of Michigania,Catholepistemiad,University of Michigania,,"The Catholepistemiad, or university, of Michigania resided in a building near this site from 1818 to 1837. Conceived of by the Reverend John Montieth, Father Gabriel Richard and Judge Augustus Woodward, the university was established by territorial law on August 26, 1817. Modeled on the University of France, created by Napolean Bonaparte in 1807, the institution was the center of a statewide system of primary, secondary, and college education. Reverend Montieth, the first president, and Father Richard held the first professorships. In 1837 the university was relocated to Ann Arbor. The original building was razed in 1858.",,500 Woodward Ave,Detroit,MI,0,Comerica Tower at Detroit Center,Wayne, ,42.33055,-83.044659,,,09/20/2017,8360d55a-70af-48e4-bb58-f0e83f715885,0,1607,0,,,,,417151
-84.7312419999999,45.871363,MHC491956059,S92,2,1956,1958,Native People and the French (< 1760),St. Ignace Mission,,St. Ignace Mission,,"In 1671 the mission of St. Ignace was established so that the Christian message could be brought to several thousand Indians living on this shore. The founder was Father Jacques Marquette, the Jesuit missionary. In 1673 he left on his great journey to the Mississippi Valley. He never returned to his mission before he died in 1675. Two years later his bones were reburied here beneath the chapel altar. In 1706, after French troops had abandoned the fort, the chapel was destroyed.",,500 North State Street,St. Ignace,MI,0,,Mackinac, ,45.871363,-84.731242,,,09/05/2017,d0bd5158-2779-46a8-939d-f156eb061354,0,1608,1,MHC491956059_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,417152
-84.577147,42.734924,MHC331990046,S618C,2,1990,1990,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Wolverine Boys' State: The American Legion / Wolverine Girls' State: American Legion Auxiliary,,Wolverine Boys' State: The American Legion,Wolverine Girls' State: American Legion Auxiliary,"On November 28, 1937, the board of directors of The American Legion established Wolverine Boys’ State. American Legion departments in other states, including Ohio and Indiana, had existing programs. The American Legion sought to teach citizenship and leadership to boys by training them in the fundamental principles of American government. Individual legion posts sponsored local boys who were “mentally alert, vigorous and enthusiastic and honest and thrifty.” The first Boys’ State was held at Michigan State College (present-day Michigan State University) in East Lansing. Posts sent eight hundred boys at a cost of $12.50 each for the ten-day event. In 1946 Boys’ Nation was organized.","In 1941 the women of the American Legion Auxiliary established Wolverine Girls’ State. The organization’s original purpose was “to find and develop girls who show inherent tendencies toward leadership.” The first Girls’ State meeting was held in June 1941 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The eight-day program included sessions on entertaining, etiquette, drama, nursing, art and music appreciation, and citizenship. In 1952, to accommodate women’s changing roles, the auxiliary shifted the organization’s focus to inform girls about “the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of American citizenship and self-government.” Girls’ Nation was established in 1947.",212 North Verlinden,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W17SENW,42.734924,-84.577147,,,08/30/2017,e997ee52-2c26-4f86-bc9b-f1cb69fec8ec,0,1609,0,,,,,417153
-86.740766,41.765065,MHC111985013,L1256C,2,1985,1986,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),New Buffalo Welcome Center,,New Buffalo Welcome Center,,"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 center was built by the Michigan State Highway Department, now the Michigan Department of Transportation, to welcome motorists entering the state via US 12. It was relocated at this site, with its more modern building, on April 6, 1972, after the I 94 Freeway was completed. Michigan’s state wide travel information program, which began in 1935, includes staffed welcome centers and interpretive, promotional and informational displays at rest areas and roadside parks across the state.",,I-94,New Buffalo,MI,0,"I-94 East, near mile marker one, located in the New Buffalo Welcome Center",Berrien,08S21W22SENW,41.765065,-86.740766,,,08/14/2019,078531e6-9ffe-4684-a755-f2056236d031,0,1610,3,"MHC111985013_2.jpg;MHC111985013_6.jpg;MHC111985013_3.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/02/2017;07/02/2017;07/02/2017",417154
-83.050982,42.3322210000001,MHC821962016,S242,2,1962,2019,Revolution and War (1760-1815),The War of 1812 in Detroit/ War of 1812 Grave Site,,The War of 1812 in Detroit,War of 1812 Grave Site,"On June 18, 1812, the United States Congress declared war on Great Britain. William Hull, Michigan’s first territorial governor, was selected to lead the U.S. army at Detroit. He invaded Canada on July 12, but soon lost battles south of Detroit and withdrew. On August 16, 1812, the British attacked Fort Detroit. Hull surrendered. Britain governed the city under martial law until Oliver Hazard Perry gained control of the upper Great Lakes in September 1813. American forces returned to Detroit and launched a successful invasion of Canada. The citizens of Detroit lived in an uneasy peace until they learned, on February 20, 1815, of the December 24, 1814, signing of the Treaty of Ghent. On March 29 they celebrated the war’s end with a “Grand Pacification Ball.”","In reaction to Oliver Hazard Perry’s Lake Erie victory, the British withdrew from Detroit on September 26, 1813, setting fire to the buildings within the fort and the Citadel. Three days later, United States troops returned to a city that lacked housing and food supplies. A disease, probably cholera, broke out among the soldiers. By December 1, 1813, an estimated 1,300 of them were ill. The medical supplies were soon depleted; conditions worsened. When coffins became unobtainable, many soldiers were buried in a common grave at this site. Some 700 may have died before the epidemic finally ran its course. This grave site was identified in 1987 during an archaeological survey for the People Mover that found four burials associated with the War of 1812.",Washington Boulevard,Detroit,MI,0,Washington Blvd between State St and Michigan Ave,Wayne, ,42.332221,-83.050982,,"War of 1812,5",06/24/2019,848fc583-d0e5-493d-83af-f21511d32851,0,1611,2,"MHC821962016_1.jpg;MHC821962016_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Dedication Photo","06/01/2019;06/01/2019",417155
-83.30649912,42.5224312500001,MHC631999022,L2063,2,1999,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Franklin Cemetery,,Franklin Cemetery,,"In 1827 Elijah Bullock, one of the founders of the Stoughton Bullock Settlement (renamed Franklin in 1828), set aside land for a burial ground. This parcel known as the “the Old Plat”, is in the southeast corner of the cemetery. The cemetery contains the remains of some of Franklin’s earliest settlers. Of the fifteen original landowners, four are buried here: Melvin Drake, Hiram Pike, William Stoughton, and Jonathan Worthing.","Franklin Cemetery began as a one-acre burial ground in 1827. The first of six expansions occurred in 1848 when Benjamin and Charlotte Worthing donated an acre of farmland adjacent to the original cemetery. The Franklin Cemetery Society organized in 1852 to manage and maintain the burial ground. The cemetery displays typical nineteenth-century grave markers, including urns, obelisks, tree trunks, weeping willows, and benches.",Franklin Road at Scenic,Franklin,MI,48025,,Oakland,01N10E06SWNE,42.52243125,-83.30649912,,,08/08/2017,f95764fa-79ef-4a27-bf34-f22889d78565,0,1612,0,,,,,417156
-90.12999,46.4557760000001,MHC271979061,S523B,2,1979,1980,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Newport Hill,"Raphael Pumpelly; Site of Discovery of Iron Ore Formation; Newport-Bonnie Mine",Newport Hill,,"On this site, on October 8, 1871, geologist Raphael Pumpelly of Harvard University discovered one of the iron ore formations that created Gogebic County’s “boom era.” The Newport Mine, named for Pumpelly’s home in Rhode Island, began operations in 1884—the Geneva Mine in 1887. By the closing of the mines in 1966, 255 million tons of iron ore had been shipped from Gogebic County, and 67 million for adjoining Iron County Wisconsin.",,Across from No. 1 Newport Heights,Ironwood,MI,0,off Country Club/Bonnie Road,Gogebic,47N47W24NESW,46.455776,-90.12999,,Mining Industry,08/30/2017,10935342-936c-4d48-9222-f2583d09a15b,0,1613,0,,,,,417157
-82.932371,42.5030770000001,MHC501986004,L1354A,4,1986,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sacred Heart Church,Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church,Sacred Heart Church,,"On June 1, 1861, the Reverend Amandus Vandendriessche, from the Detroit Diocese, helped establish a Catholic mission at Utica Junction (now Roseville). The Sacred Heart mission, composed of Irish, German, Belgian, and French families, completed its first permanent church, a modest log structure, with seating for three hundred, in 1864. The mission became a parish in 1872. The next year, the parish purchased land for a cemetery. In 1915 expansion of the Detroit to Port Huron interurban railway necessitated moving the church building to the east. The basement of the current church was constructed in 1930, but the Great Depression and World War II delayed construction of the upper church until 1950.",,18430 Utica Road,Roseville,MI,0,2/13/2020 the Michigan Historical Commission approved artifact status for this marker once the structure is demolished. City of Roseville will notify us once this happens. Then it should be delisted from the register.,Macomb,01N13E17SENE,42.503077,-82.932371,,,03/11/2020,b6708d6e-8fef-47b8-82df-f268285ddc38,0,1614,0,,,,,417158
-85.729472,43.0728260000001,MHC411987010,L1417A,2,1987,1990,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Alpine Township Hall,,Alpine Township Hall,,"In 1847 Alpine Township was set apart from Walker Township at a meeting held in a schoolhouse in present-day Comstock Park. Edward Wheeler was elected supervisor. Subsequent meetings were held in a log school one-half mile east of here on the Wheeler farm. In 1855 Wheeler deeded a parcel of land adjacent to this site to the township for the establishment of a cemetery. Around 1860 this hall was built at the geographic center of the township to house the area’s governmental and community activities. The Grange, organized by local farmers in 1874, met here until 1878 when they built their own hall one mile west of here. In 1961 a new township office was erected and this structure was vacated. The township restored the hall in 1987. Two years later it opened as a museum.",,Seven Mile and Walker Rd,Comstock Park,MI,49321,SE corner of Seven Mile Road and Walker Road NW,Kent,08N12W21NENE,43.072826,-85.729472,,,09/01/2017,aebcdb17-a293-44bf-b45a-f277467b4309,0,1615,0,,,,,417159
-84.7010059999999,44.6704530000001,MHC991957009,S144,2,1957,1958,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Michigan Grayling/Michigan Grayling,,Michigan Grayling,Michigan Grayling,"Although fishermen had been catching this fish in such rivers as the Manistee, Pere Marquette, and Au Sable for some years, its classification as true grayling came only in 1864. The thrill of landing this fish drew sportsmen from the country over as railroads entered northern Michigan in the 1870s. The town of Grayling was the center for fishing trips on the Au Sable. Habitat changes following deforestation were making Michigan grayling rare by about 1900, and by about 1930 they were extinct.","While now extinct in Michigan, members of the grayling family are found in Montana, Europe, and the Arctic. The grayling are related to the trout and salmon and are distinguished by a thyme-like odor and a long wavy dorsal fin, a superb mark of beauty. Measuring from twelve to fifteen inches, the Michigan grayling lived in cold, swift streams and were a gamy fish and delicious as food.",North Down River Rd.,Grayling,MI,0,Grayling State Fish Hatchery,Crawford,26N03W08NENW,44.670453,-84.701006,,Heritage Conservation Trail,08/23/2017,932f3d5f-8184-4d35-a343-f299b03870e1,0,1616,1,MHC991957009_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,417160
-86.1941667,42.0061111000001,MHC141990057,L1724A,2,1990,2013,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Indian Lake Cemetery,,Indian Lake Cemetery,,"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 William Ridenour deeded the property containing the growing cemetery to the township and in 1869 the township sold the property to the Indian Lake Cemetery Association. In addition to the graves of early settlers, the cemetery contains those of many veterans including two who fought in the War of 1812 and several who served in the Civil War. Pioneering surgeon Dr. Alice Conklin (1868 - 1958) is also interred here.",,School Street,Dowagiac,MI,0,"Between Garret Road and Sink Road in Silver Creek Twp.; located at front of Cemetery, on School St",Cass,05S16W29SWNE,42.0061111,-86.1941667,,"Civil War,War of 1812",03/16/2016,468de7fa-e2b9-4ab9-bacb-f29c4c863712,0,1617,1,MHC141990057_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,,417161
-85.398308,44.245209,MHC831987037,L1428C,2,1987,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Cobbs and Mitchell Mill No. 1,,Cobbs and Mitchell Mill No. 1,,"In June 1871 Cadillac’s first sawmill began to operate on this site. Originally called the Pioneer Mill, it was built by an Indiana resident, John R. Yale. Jonathan W. Cobbs bought the mill in 1872 and took William W. Mitchell as his partner in lumbering operations on Lake Cadillac. The mill was then renamed Cobbs and Mitchell Mill No. 1. Enlarged several times, the mill cut pine, maple and, later, other hardwoods. By 1885 the mill was a major contributor to Cadillac’s lumber production, having cut 5,679,000 feet of lumber. By 1940 it was Cadillac’s only remaining sawmill. When it was razed that year, material salvaged from it was used to build an addition for the Wood Parts Company.",,329 South Street,Cadillac,MI,0,At the lake,Wexford,21N09W04SENE,44.245209,-85.398308,,Timber Industry,07/26/2017,8f7d7af0-9be9-4f8c-bf0f-f2a09008eb35,0,1618,0,,,,,417162
-85.3915039999999,44.9024370000001,MHC052014010,L2265,2,2014,2015,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Elk Rapids Golf Park/Elk Rapids Golf Park,Elk Rapids Golf Club,Elk Rapids Golf Club,Elk Rapids Golf Club,"Elk Rapids thrived in the late nineteenth century due to the lumber industry boom and local iron and chemical manufacturing plants. When the economy declined, people left to find work. Between 1910 and 1920, the town lost two-thirds of its population. In 1921, residents formed the Elk Rapids Resort and Industrial Association. Their goal was to build a golf course to increase tourism. In a September 1922 special election, voters passed a $9,000 bond for park purposes, including the golf course. To design the course, the association hired Scottish golf course architect Donald J. Ross, whose prior work included the Oakland Hills course in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.","Residents built this golf course to draw tourists to Elk Rapids. Architect Donald Ross chose the 60-acre Gumbert farm as the park’s location. It was close to town and offered electricity on a lake-front building site. Workers converted the one-and-a-half-story farm house into a club house. Construction on the nine-hole course began in May 1923. The Elk Rapids Golf Club was incorporated in August 1923, with shares being sold for one hundred dollars each. The Golf Park celebrated its grand opening with a community picnic on July 15, 1924. Local businesses and the post office closed for part of the day. Visitors came from Traverse City and across the county to play on the new course.",724 Ames Street,Elk Rapids,MI,49629,Near entrance driveway which is located on Golf Course Drive.,Antrim,29N09W22NWNW,44.902437,-85.391504,,,09/10/2019,d621df78-e94a-4c65-907c-f2fb863b9ab4,0,1620,2,"MHC052014010_1.jpg;MHC052014010_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Other Photo;Historical Photo",";",417163
-86.223168,43.1028650000001,MHC701979042,L640A,2,1979,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),DeWitt School,DeWitt Bicentennial One-Room School (Little Red School House),DeWitt School,,"Built in 1891, DeWitt School typifies the one-room schools of the turn of the century. It stands on an acre of land that was donated by the DeWitt and Bosch families. Classes for grades one through eight were held in it until 1957. At one time, a single teacher taught from twenty-five to forty students by holding one ten-minute session per subject for each of the eight grades. The original school district covered approximately four square miles, and many children walked more than two miles to and from school daily. Nearly two decades after the school closed, planning began for restoring it as a living museum for area school children. By 1979 the classroom resembled its 1891 appearance, featuring gas lights, a wood stove, an octagonal clock, a hanging globe, lunch pails, and desks.",,17710 West Taft Street,Spring Lake Township,MI,0,Just West of Grand Haven Road,Ottawa,08N16W09NWNW,43.102865,-86.223168,,4,09/12/2017,344535bc-251b-42ae-9009-f33c7220c6dd,0,1621,0,,,,,417164
-83.4840349999999,42.45187,MHC631977029,L557,2,1977,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stephen Yerkes Rodgers House,Barber House,Stephen Yerkes Rodgers House,,"Stephen Yerkes Rodgers built this Greek Revival-style house in 1834. The carved fretwork in the pilasters flanking the door are reminiscent of a design in Asher Benjamin’s The Practical House Carpenter (Boston, 1830). Stephen Yerkes Rodgers was the nephew of Joseph Yerkes, the patriarch of one of Oakland County’s pioneer families. For over a century and a half, the house has been owned continuously by descendants of Joseph Yerkes.",,39040 Nine Mile Road,Northville,MI,0,,Oakland,01N08E27SWSE,42.45187,-83.484035,,,01/12/2017,b1ec8fd5-37cd-4669-8bd9-f3627b14e8e1,0,1622,0,,,,,417165
-86.254587,41.829975,MHC111989037,L1643A,2,1989,1990,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Four Flags Hotel,Four Flags Inn,Four Flags Hotel,,"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 touted as fireproof and modern. The hotel’s name was the first to recall the four nations that asserted sovereignty over the area: France, Great Britain, Spain, and the United States. According to local legend, Al Capone stayed at the Four Flags.",,404 East Main Street,Niles,MI,0,,Berrien,07S17W26SESW,41.829975,-86.254587,,,04/13/2017,cd18b6b5-1700-4e35-9391-f3d103904f5f,0,1624,0,,,,,417166
-83.543421,42.214414,MHC821983006,L1129C,2,1983,1985,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Old Rawsonville Village,,Old Rawsonville Village,,"Rawsonville, now a ghost town, was once a thriving village. On September 13, 1823, the first land patent in Van Buren Township was given to Henry Snow for this site, which was soon known as Snow’s Landing. Called Rawsonville by 1838, the community reached its peak around the time of the Civil War. It then boasted sawmills, gristmills, two cooper shops, a stove factory, several drygoods and general stores, a wagon maker and three saloons. Rawsonville’s failure to attract railroad service led to its decline. By the 1880s many of its businesses and mills had closed and its residents were moving away. In 1925 a dam erected on the Huron River covered most of the remaining structures with the newly-formed Belleville Lake.",,Rawsonville Rd,Belleville,MI,0,"South of I-94, in front of fast food restaurant",Wayne,03S07E24SENE,42.214414,-83.543421,,,09/20/2017,61e3c6cf-1ed6-4fc2-8e5d-f3ece5d87a32,0,1625,0,,,,,417167
-85.1462749999999,43.62525,MHC541982025,L1002A,2,1982,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Wheatland Church of Christ,Church of the Disciples,Wheatland Church of Christ,,"Wheatland Church of Christ, also known as the Cross Church, is the oldest Disciples of Christ church built mainly for and by blacks in western Michigan. Thomas Cross (1826-1897), who with five other members founded the church in 1870, was its first elder. Early services were held in the Gingrich and Cross schoolhouses. When the congregation decided to build a church in 1883, Cross donated the land and loaned it the funds. In 1968 the church became an independent nondenominational organization.",,3025 Eleven Mile Rd,Remus,MI,0,SW corner of M-66,Mecosta,14N07W09NENE,43.62525,-85.146275,,,09/06/2017,e8b33670-8aaf-449d-ac45-f3fa7d5f1fdd,0,1626,0,,,,,417168
-83.285896,42.6421330000001,MHC631987042,L1450C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Oak Hill Cemetery / Oak Hill Cemetery,,Oak Hill Cemetery,Oak Hill Cemetery,"On June 1, 1822, the Pontiac Company gave the citizens of Pontiac the first land for a village cemetery. It was “to be occupied and used forever as a burying ground.” In 1839 when Captain Hervey Parke was employed by the village to survey Outlot 9 of the original plat of the village, Oak Hill Cemetery was laid out. Many of the early pioneers who had been buried near the intersection of Saginaw and Huron Streets and on private property were reinterred here after 1839. The cemetery contains the Buckland Memorial Chapel, built of Berea sandstone in 1898 by Don Carlos Buckland in memory of members of his family. Among the monuments of note are those of Major General Israel B. Richardson, Governor Moses Wisner, and David Ward. Acreage across Mount Clemens (renamed University) and Paddock Streets was added to the original site as the need for increased space arose.","Occupying the highest point of land in Pontiac, Oak Hill Cemetery has served the city throughout its history. Colonel Stephen Mack, who managed the Pontiac Company and was in 1818 one of the village’s first settlers, was reinterred here, as was his daughter, Lovina, who was the first white settler to die in Pontiac. Mack’s grave is one of six belonging to veterans of the American Revolution. Twenty-seven Civil War soldiers also lie here, including Governor Moses Wisner, Major General Israel B. Richardson and Brigadier General Joseph T. Copeland. Other historic figures interred here include the Reverend Isaac Ruggles, a pioneer missionary in Michigan, and lumberman David Ward. In more recent times, World War I Congressional Medal of Honor veteran Dr. Harold A. Furlong was buried here.",216 University Drive,Pontiac,MI,0,at the intersection of Douglas Street,Oakland,03N10E28SWNW,42.642133,-83.285896,,,09/10/2019,c52ec05b-6125-427b-87f2-f407427ced13,0,1627,0,,,,,417169
-83.433914,42.450611,MHC631981034,L964A,4,1981,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),David Simmons House,,David Simmons House,,"A native of Ontario County, New York, David Simmons moved to this area around 1827. Here he farmed, eventually acquiring 156 acres of land. He built this Greek Revival house around 1843. It features a fieldstone foundation, hand-hewn timbers and pegged joints. Its interior retains the original triple-facet woodwork with six-sided moldings around the doors and windows of the dining room. Although the house has been enlarged over the years, portions of the 1840s section are still visible.",,22000 Haggerty Rd,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E31NWNW,42.450611,-83.433914,,1,08/02/2021,13c33ea8-5763-4d4b-add2-f4188232eecb,0,1628,1,MHC631981034_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,417170
-84.9600349999999,42.2730090000001,MHC131974009,L283,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Sam Hill House,,Sam Hill House,,"Samuel W. Hill, legendary figure of the northland, surveyed the Great Lakes’ harbors in 1840-44 and worked with Dr. Douglass Houghton on the first geological survey of the Upper Peninsula in 1845. He was later involved with the sale of land and the building of roads and canals in the area. For many years he directed some of the most successful copper mines of the Lake Superior region. Twice elected to the state legislature, Hill retired to this house in 1875. He died in 1889.",,139 West Mansion Street,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.273009,-84.960035,,Mining Industry,08/23/2017,455d0a9c-a6a7-4eaa-953f-f42310529a31,0,1629,0,,,,,417171
-84.5504129999999,42.7338510000001,MHC331994001,L1908C,2,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),George E. Palmer / Old Newsboys,,George E. Palmer,Old Newsboys,"George E. Palmer (1862 - 1944) served Lansing as a truant officer, police officer, and superintendent of buildings for the Lansing Public Schools. Beginning in 1900 as a truant officer, Palmer worked with students who were not attending school. He determined that absenteeism was often caused not from disinterest, but because children lacked proper footwear. Around 1910 Palmer founded a charity with his own salary; the next donation was a fifty-dollar gift from Metta Olds, wife of auto entreprenaur Ransom Olds. Mrs. Olds later became president of the Palmer Shoe Fund. Schoolchildren also contributed nickels and dimes to purchase shoes for needy schoolmates. Shoes were distributed to children upon the recommendation of teachers.","The Lansing tradition of raising money to provide shoes and boots for needy schoolchildren began around 1910, when truant officer George E. Palmer established the Palmer Shoe Fund. In 1924 the Old Newsboys Association, led by its first president R. Guy Brownson, was organized to assist in the efforts begun by Palmer. The Old Newsboys cooperated with the State Journal and the Lansing Capital News to publish and sell a spoof newspaper during a one-day fund-raising drive. Clergy, educators, businessmen, politicians, and other citizens joined in the effort. Since 1932 The State Journal has printed the humorous tabloid annually hawked by Old Newsboys on area streets. During the 1990s the paper´s one-day circulation reached over one hundred thousand copies. The Old Newsboys´ mission remains to provide shoes and boots for needy schoolchildren.","Wentworth Park, Michigan Ave",Lansing,MI,48901,Near Rotary Steam Clock. Wentworth Park in the northeast corner of the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Grand Avenue,Ingham,04N02W16SWNE,42.733851,-84.550413,,5,11/24/2020,e0bb1ae4-d5bc-40ec-a4e4-f446afcaa874,0,1630,3,"MHC331994001_3.jpg;MHC331994001_1.jpg;MHC331994001_5.jpg",Michigan Historical Commission,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/28/2017;06/28/2017;11/19/2020",417172
-84.9913410999999,45.4270022,MHC242006009,L2165,2,2006,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Harbor Springs Depot,Harbor Springs Depot,GR & I Railroad Depot,,"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 serve an influx of new residents, tourists, and commerce. By the mid-twentieth century the popularity of automobiles led to the decline of passenger railroads. The last train left the depot in 1962.",,111 West Bay Street,Harbor Springs,MI,49740,West Traverse Township,Emmet,35N06W13NWSW,45.4270022,-84.9913411,,,08/08/2017,8ced4442-8606-4f55-92e6-f459abf9b9ee,2002,1631,0,,,,,417173
-86.23538,43.252392,MHC611956037,S90,2,1956,1958,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Muskegon Log Booming Company,,Muskegon Log Booming Company,,"Muskegon was the largest center of lumbering on Lower Michigan’s west coast. From the 1850s to the 1890s an immense amount of timber was floated to this port down the Muskegon River and its tributaries. In 1864 the Muskegon Booming Company was formed to sort the logs and raft them to the mills. Here at the upper end of Muskegon Lake was the great storage boom where the logs, each identified by its owner’s log mark, were sorted into pens as fast as they floated in. They were then chained together into rafts which were towed to the mills by the company’s tugboats. In thirty years the company delivered over 10 billion board feet of logs.",,"Richards Park, Old US-131",North Muskegon,MI,0,South of North Muskegon,Muskegon,10N16W17SESW,43.252392,-86.23538,,Timber Industry,07/14/2017,5eabc428-69fc-43ba-a787-f4d0e96272da,0,1632,0,,,,,417174
-84.553588,42.739583,MHC331984022,L1140A,2,1984,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Rogers-Carrier House,Herbert M. Rogers House,Rogers-Carrier House,,"Lansing architect Darius B. Moon built this Queen Anne style house in 1891 for realtor H. M. Rogers. Purchased by Lansing merchant M. R. Carrier in 1905, the house was occupied by the Carrier family until 1964. In 1966 Lansing Community College bought the structure. Students of the architectural studies center began restoring it in 1982. The restoration included redesigning and reconstructing the turret that previously had been removed.",,528 North Capital,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16NENW,42.739583,-84.553588,,1,02/04/2020,9c651f1f-1aa9-44ee-a5cf-f4e5ad265c23,0,1633,4,"MHC331984022_1.jpg;MHC331984022_2.jpg;MHC331984022_3.jpg;MHC331984022_4.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017;07/19/2017",417175
-83.4343959999999,45.0616220000001,MHC041999018,L2066,2,1999,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Congregational Church,,First Congregational Church,,"Soon after white settlers came to the area in 1856, J. K. Miller held religious gatherings at the home of Daniel and Sarah Carter. These meetings evolved into the First Congregational Church, which was organized on March 2, 1862, with the Reverend Charles G. Bisbee as pastor. Deacon Samuel Hitchcock, an Alpena developer and a charter member of the church, promoted the acceptance of people of all faiths. The first church was built on this site in 1868. Jesse and Anna Besser donated funds for the present concrete masonry church, erected in 1955. In 1961 the congregation joined the United Church of Christ.",,201 South Second Avenue,Alpena,MI,0,,Alpena,31N08E22SESE,45.061622,-83.434396,,4,01/13/2017,bfbb45a7-d04d-466f-b53d-f50c3abaffc8,0,1634,0,,,,,417176
-85.007461,42.2815820000001,MHC131992003,L1843,2,1992,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lockwood Family / Lockwood House,Isaac Lockwood House,Lockwood Family,Lockwood House,"New York State native Isaac Lockwood (1800-1873) came to Marshall in 1831. By 1858 he owned 480 acres of land. He and his wife, Elvira, had eight children. Their sons Peter, Augustus, and Henry were also farmers and like Isaac, who was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, held civic and church offices. Peter and Henry helped supervise construction of a public school that operated under the Lockwood name until 1963. Augustus’s son Glenn, who lived across the road from here, was the last member of this prominent family to farm in Marshall Township.","This Italian Villa-style house, built in 1853-55 for Isaac Lockwood, is unusually stylish for a farmhouse. Built of Ionia brick, the house has eighteen-inch-thick walls. During the 1930s the house served as a chicken coop and granary and, while owned by Henry and Mary Parker in the 1960s, it survived two tornados. Meticulously restored during the 1990s, the house retains many of its original interior features, including fireplace mantels, paneled windows and a cherry staircase. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.",14011 Verona Rd.,Marshall Township,MI,0,"Refinished 2014; originally erected in 1995",Calhoun,02S06W21NESE,42.281582,-85.007461,,,01/14/2020,51b1d09e-8fd7-49dc-ae32-f568250ba007,1994,1635,0,,,,,417177
-85.290298,42.643808,MHC081991007,L1819A,2,1991,1993,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Central School / Central School Auditorium,,Central School,Central School Auditorium,"This is the third “modern” school built on this site since 1852. When Central School was dedicated on February 5, 1931, the citizens of Hastings celebrated “eight decades of progress.” Lansing architect Warren S. Holmes designed the building with the most up-to-date facilities. The kindergarten suite included a playroom equipped with a tiled aquarium, an electrical fireplace and sand piles. Tile friezes of the animal kingdom decorate the room. The school also had a sound-proof music room and a science room with growing boxes and a photography darkroom. The auditorium, which seats 1,136, provided the community with its first facility for live theater.","On the eve of Central School´s dedication in 1931 the Hastings Banner noted: “Other rooms in the school have been designed primarily to serve the teachers and pupils, but the auditorium has been built to serve the entire community.” Hastings had a truly modern facility for staging live theater. During the 1990s the deteriorating auditorium was restored. The project included refinishing the 1,136 seats, arranged on a slope to provide a clear view for the audience. In addition, damaged acoustical material on the ceiling and walls of the auditorium was repaired. Stage curtains and drops are manipulated by the original counterbalanced system, and a central switchboard controls all of the lighting. The auditorium is also equipped for film projection.",509 S. Broadway Street,Hastings,MI,0,,Barry,03N08W17NWSW,42.643808,-85.290298,,5,01/15/2017,13c2c340-1204-4a66-aa06-f57f1ad41ba9,0,1636,0,,,,,417178
-83.137617,42.1585430000001,MHC821978024,L577,2,1978,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Colonel Brodhead's Office,Colonel Thornton Fleming Brodhead's Office,Colonel Brodhead's Office,,"Colonel Thornton Fleming Brodhead (1822-1862) and his wife, Archange Macomb Abbott, lived on the hill just north of this site. This small stone office and library building was constructed around 1855. Colonel Brodhead was, at various times, editor and part owner of the Detroit Free Press, state senator, and postmaster at Detroit. He served in the Mexican War and led the First Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War. The colonel was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run.",,20604 East River Rd.,Grosse Ile,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.158543,-83.137617,,"Civil War,1",09/20/2017,c9bfc98f-9d97-4b2f-a2d2-f60b6cb4b923,0,1637,0,,,,,417179
-84.769552,41.956322,MHC301993017,L1899C,2,1993,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Captain Moses Allen,,Captain Moses Allen,,"Moses Allen fought in the War of 1812, later serving as a captain in the Michigan militia. He became the first “white settler” in present-day Hillsdale County, settling here in April 1827, two years after working on the Chicago Road (present-day US-12) survey. The area once known as Allen’s Prairie now constitutes the village of Allen. When the Allens built their cabin, their closest neighbor was fifty miles away. Soon, more settlers moved to the prairie. Allen had claimed his tract, but it was not until 1829 that the U.S. government declared the land “ready for sale.” That summer, he began building a log tavern, but died in October. His widow completed a tavern that same year along the Chicago Road. The area’s first school was built here in 1831. Moses Allen is buried in Allen Township Cemetery.",,Allen Village Park Entrance,Allen,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S04W09SESE,41.956322,-84.769552,,,08/30/2017,fad130b4-e0bf-4a1f-8c74-f629a76f26c8,0,1638,0,,,,,417180
-83.049248,42.335088,MHC821980024,L847A,4,1980,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Schwankovsky Temple of Music,,Schwankovsky Temple of Music,,"Gordon W. Lloyd designed this massive structure as a music store for the F. J. Schwankovsky Company. The company, founded in 1879, operated a retail store for pianos, organs and musical merchandise, and later manufactured pianos. Completed in 1891, this six-story brick and brownstone structure, with cast-iron frame, was one of the first high-rise buildings on Woodward Avenue. It was also one of the first Detroit buildings whose initial construction included an electric elevator. The company held recitals in the second floor ballroom and brass concerts on the sixth floor balcony. By 1910, the F. J. Schwankovsky Company having ceased operations, the building became a jewelry store. From 1920 to 1978 it housed the Wright Kay jewelry firm. When sold in 1980, the structure was converted into the headquarters store for the House of Fabrics.",,1500 Woodward Avenue at Clifford,Detroit,MI,48226,See Comments.,Wayne, ,42.335088,-83.049248,,,02/03/2020,398d4ec5-f457-435d-a924-f68b69034629,0,1639,0,,,,,417181
-83.162945,42.7330150000001,MHC632002011,L2105C,2,2002,2002,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Paint Creek Millrace,,Paint Creek Millrace,,"Paint Creek begins in a Brandon Township wetland and flows southeast to Rochester where it empties into the Clinton River. Today a thriving trout stream, the creek was important for waterpower during the nineteenth century. Needham Hemingway dammed the creek, dug a one-half-mile-long millrace and built a gristmill in 1835. Edward Demerall owned a sawmill just west of here from 1840 until 1872, when the Detroit and Bay City Railroad laid track that disrupted production. By 1876 William Goodison had bought Hemingway’s mill, enlarged it and installed modern machinery. The mill operated until 1941. The abandoned railroad bed became the Paint Creek Trail in 1981.",,Orion Road,Goodison,MI,0,Orion Road at Gallagher Road,Oakland,04N11E28SWNE,42.733015,-83.162945,,,04/06/2020,6a1f67c1-88f3-491a-aeb4-f68de8b2e313,0,1640,0,,,,,417182
-83.422202,42.43782,MHC821971040,L139,2,1971,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Joshua Simmons Farm,,Joshua Simmons Farm,,"In 1824 Joshua Simmons of Bristol, New York, obtained a patent from the federal government for 160 acres of land in Livonia Township. Simmons and his wife, Hannah, were among the township’s earliest white settlers. Their first home was a log shanty, built in 1826. In 1841 they constructed this house in the Greek Revival style, popular in New York State. The farm was named Meadow Brook. Joshua Simmons (1801-1882) hewed lumber to build the earliest barns and mills in Livonia, Farmington, and Plymouth. He continued to acquire acreage, becoming one of Livonia’s most prominent landholders. In 1920 Sherwin and Jean Boyd Hill purchased the farm and renamed it Greenmead. The city of Livonia acquired the property in 1976 as a park. The Joshua Simmons Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,38125 Eight Mile Road,Livonia,MI,0,(Base Line Road),Wayne,01S09E06NWNE,42.43782,-83.422202,,,07/23/2020,48845f45-b776-4f47-a7be-f69b11cdf418,1971,1641,0,,,,,417183
-84.797624,42.5468500000001,MHC232006007,S691,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Country Capitol / Luren D. Dickinson,,The Country Capitol,Luren D. Dickinson,"This modest farmhouse played an important role in Michigan politics in 1939 and 1940. Luren D. Dickinson, the state´s thirty-seventh governor, lived here with his wife Zora, from 1911 to 1943. As Frank Fitzgerald´s lieutenant governor, Dickinson became governor upon Fitzgerald´s death in 1939. Breaking tradition, Dickinson took the oath of office here rather than at the capitol so that Zora, an invalid, could be present. Shortly after taking office, Dickinson proved his vigor to citizens by spending his eightieth birthday working on the farm where he lived as a boy. As governor, Dickinson conducted much state business from this house, earning it the nickname the ""country capitol.""","Michigan´s thirty-seventh governor, Luren D. Dickinson (1859 ~ 1943), prided himself of being a frugal farmer. As a young man he taught school and served as principal of Potterville High School before becoming superintendent at age 21. He later served as assessor, township clerk, township supervisor, state representative, state senator, and seven terms as lieutenant governor. In 1939 he became governor, at age 79, upon the death of Governor Frank Fitzgerald. In 1940 he appointed the state´s first woman lieutenant governor, Matilda Dodge Wilson. A devoutly religious man, Dickenson claimed he had ""a pipeline to God,"" ardently opposed liquor, and waged war on ""sin and high life practices."" He lost his election bid in 1940.",1375 Brookfield Road,Charlotte,MI,48813,"1/4 mile South of M-50 (Clinton Trail); 1 mile East of Charlotte",Eaton,02N04W20SENE,42.54685,-84.797624,,Governors,08/21/2017,382b08f0-686f-4d10-9127-f6a226afbba3,0,1642,0,,,,,417184
-84.4005769999999,42.746381,MHC331971035,L154,2,1971,1971,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Haslett,,Haslett,,"Settlement on Pine Lake, now Lake Lansing, began in the 1830s, but real growth came after the opening of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in 1877. Easy access prompted the Nemoka Spiritual Association to begin in 1883 the first of a long series of summer camp meetings. James H. Haslett was a leader of this group, and in 1895 the village was renamed in his honor. In the early part of the twentieth century the Lake Lansing area became Lansing’s summer vacation and entertainment haven.",,1427 Haslett Road,Haslett,MI,0,East of Marsh Road,Ingham,04N01W11NWSW,42.746381,-84.400577,,,08/30/2017,0c1fd808-3eb7-41d0-bca2-f6a470f89d53,0,1643,0,,,,,417185
-88.584401,47.1267250000001,MHC311977031,L519,2,1977,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hancock / Town Hall and Fire Hall,,Hancock,Town Hall and Fire Hall,"The Quincy Mining Company platted Hancock in 1859, a decade after the company began mining Keweenaw copper. While many copper towns boomed and busted within a short period of time, Hancock remained stable, incorporating as a city in 1875. By 1897 Hancock’s four thousand citizens wanted a government building that would reflect the city’s prosperity and stature. The Quincy company sold this lot to the city in 1898 and in January 1899 the Town Hall and Fire Hall opened.","The Marquette firm of Charlton, Gilbert and Demar designed Hancock’s Town Hall and Fire Hall. Completed in 1899, the building housed city offices, the fire department, and the marshall’s office and jail. Built of Jacobsville sandstone with stepped and curved gables, it exhibits Richardsonian Romanesque, Dutch, and Flemish influences. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",399 Quincy Street,Hancock,MI,0,,Houghton,55N34W35NENW,47.126725,-88.584401,,,08/30/2017,8a1bdf37-f523-4ded-a1fb-f6b7d8a7963e,0,1644,0,,,,,417186
-84.560648,42.747305,MHC331986046,S575A,2,1986,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan School for the Blind / Administration Building,,Michigan School for the Blind,Administration Building,"Michigan began educating the blind in 1859 at Flint’s Michigan Asylum. In 1879 the legislature established the Michigan School for the Blind, which opened here on September 29, 1880, with thirty-five students. The next year, five students were its first graduates. At first, students learned by lecture/demonstration, but in 1884-85 the school introduced braille reading and writing. The first deaf/blind student was enrolled in 1887. By the 1950s the school boasted its largest enrollment, three hundred children in kindergarten through grade twelve. Student activities have included music, drama, and track. In 1961 and 1963 student wrestlers won class B state championships.","In 1880 the Michigan School for the Blind moved from Flint to this site, the former home of the Michigan Female College and the Institute for Oddfellows. This structure, often called Old Main, has served as the focal point of the forty-acre campus of the Michigan School for the Blind. The monumental, three-story Neo-Classical Revival-style building was designed by Edwyn A. Bowd (1865-1940) of Lansing. It originally housed the entire student body and school offices. Enlarged and remodeled several times, the E-shaped brick and limestone structure retains its architectural beauty.",West Grand River Avenue at Pine Street,Lansing,MI,0,Intersection of West Grand River Ave/Cesar Chavez at Pine St.,Ingham,04N02W09NWSW,42.747305,-84.560648,,,12/21/2020,ce6bc11c-3f65-42a7-aa4a-f6cd5ca901ac,0,1645,3,"MHC331986046_1.jpg;MHC331986046_3.jpg;MHC331986046_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";11/18/2020;11/18/2020",417187
-83.705606,42.244987,MHC811973023,L237,2,1973,1981,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Ticknor-Campbell House,Campbell House/Dr. Benajah Ticknor House,Ticknor-Campbell House,,"In 1844 Benajah Ticknor, a U.S. naval surgeon from Connecticut, built this Classical Revival house on his 183-acre farm in Pittsfield Township. He used cobblestone construction, which originated in Upstate New York. The rear wing includes a small frame house, first occupied in 1835 by his brother Heman Ticknor, farm manager and township leader. At Dr. Ticknor’s death in 1858, his extensive medical and classical library was given to the University of Michigan. The home was listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936.","In 1881 Scottish immigrant William Campbell, an educator from Ypsilanti, purchased this house on a 223-acre farm. He and his son Clair raised grain, hogs, and purebred prize cattle. Farming continued on this site until 1955. For ninety-one years three generations of the Campbell family retained the house essentially unchanged. In 1972 the city of Ann Arbor purchased it for use as a pioneer farm museum, and it was placed on the national and Michigan historic registers.",2781 Packard Road,Ann Arbor,MI,0,Between Colony and Easy Streets in Buhr Park,Washtenaw,03S06E03SWSE,42.244987,-83.705606,,,09/20/2017,7dc5d015-77ee-42de-8c95-f6ce29014e05,0,1646,0,,,,,417188
-83.137568,42.15759,MHC821963017,L35,2,1963,1964,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Mansion House and Survey Tree,,Mansion House and Survey Tree,,"Here, on high ground near the aged maple, an identification point in old surveys, stood the Mansion House built by William Macomb in 1783-84. He died in 1796 leaving Grosse Ile to his three sons. Michigan’s governor William Hull and British lieutenant colonel James Grant met here September 12, 1807, to discuss border problems. William Macomb II lived here from 1809 to 1813 when the British ordered him out of the territory. His wife and infant son fled in November 1813 when Indians burned the house.",,20722 East River Road,Grosse Ile,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.15759,-83.137568,,,09/20/2017,1d16f28f-8643-4af9-881a-f6d94ef5db8f,0,1647,0,,,,,417189
-88.58923,47.126584,MHC311959003,S211,2,1959,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Suomi College / Old Main,,Suomi College,Old Main,"In the 1880s large numbers of Finns immigrated to Hancock to labor in the copper and lumber industries. One immigrant, mission pastor J. K. Nikander of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, headquartered in Hancock, wanted to ensure seminary training in America. He had observed that Swedish and Finnish immigrants along the Delaware River did not train new ministers, and he feared a loss of Finnish identity. In 1896 Nikander founded Suomi College. The college’s role was to preserve Finnish culture, train Lutheran ministers and teach English. During the 1920s Suomi became a liberal arts college. In 1958 the seminary separated from the college. Four years later the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America merged with other mainstream Lutheran churches.","Suomi College was founded in 1896 by the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The cornerstone of Old Main, the first building erected at Suomi College, was laid on May 30, 1898. Jacobsville sandstone, quarried at the Portage Entry of the Keweenaw waterway, was brought here by barge, cut, and used to construct Old Main. Dedicated on January 21, 1900, it contained a dormitory, kitchen, laundry, classrooms, offices, library, chapel, and lounge. The burgeoning college quickly outgrew this building, and in 1901 a frame structure, housing a gym, meeting hall, and music center was erected on an adjacent lot. The frame building was demolished when Nikander Hall, named for Suomi’s founder, J. K. Nikander, was constructed in 1939. The hall was designed by the architectural firm of Saarinen and Swanson.",601 Quincy St.,Hancock,MI,0,Suomi College Campus,Houghton,55N34W35NENW,47.126584,-88.58923,,,05/28/2020,28089ef0-0975-4656-adc9-f6f8d69f65f0,0,1648,3,"MHC311959003_1.jpg;MHC311959003_3.jpg;MHC311959003_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";08/26/2017;08/26/2017",417190
-85.471736,42.7545250000001,MHC081987061,L1367A,2,1987,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Parmelee United Methodist Church,,Parmelee United Methodist Church,,"In 1878 twelve persons organized the Parmelee Methodist Church. The small congregation met at various locations until 1884, when this church was built on land given to the Methodist Trustee Board by Oliver and Bernice Carpenter. On September 15, 1884, the congregation held its first services in the original portion of this Gothic-style wood frame building. The following year the Reverend M. D. Marsh became the church’s first resident pastor. In 1903 Clara Joels, daughter of the village’s founder Erastus K. Parmelee, gave additional property to the church for a horse and buggy shed. In 1913 a basement was built beneath the church. In 1961 the final addition was completed.",,9266 Parmalee Road,Middleville,MI,49333,"East of Stimson Road; between Stimson Road and Riverside Lane",Barry,04N10W03SESE,42.754525,-85.471736,,4,10/07/2021,6eb5063a-5260-4b3d-a435-f6fedd3731a3,0,1649,3,"MHC081987061_1.jpg;MHC081987061_2.jpg;MHC081987061_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","09/13/2020;09/13/2020;09/13/2020",417191
-84.5989529999999,42.6977570000001,MHC331982017,L987B,2,1982,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Trinity A. M. E. Church / Trinity A. M. E. Church,,Trinity A. M. E. Church,Trinity A. M. E. Church,"Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church of Lansing is the oldest black church in the city. Its first services were held in a building on North Washington Avenue. The church, formally organized by the Reverend Mr. Henderson of the British Methodist Episcopal Church in 1866, was first called the Independent Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1875 it was reorganized as Bethel A.M.E. Church. In 1902, upon the death of the Reverend George R. Collins, the pastor for many years, the church was renamed the George R. Collins A.M.E. Church. It was incorporated in 1906. The church received its present name, Trinity A.M.E. Church, in 1964.","During the church’s first decade, the congregation purchased a small frame building and moved it to a site on the 100 block of North Pine Street. In 1877 a modest brick church was erected near the original site. It served the congregation for eighty-eight years. In 1965 the congregation was forced to relocate to make room for the State Capitol Complex building project. Selling its downtown property to the state, Ingham County’s oldest black congregation then moved to this ten-acre tract, where it built a church and a parsonage. Starting with twenty-one members, the church had over four hundred members by its one hundredth anniversary in 1966.",3500 West Holmes Rd.,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W30SWSW,42.697757,-84.598953,,African-American History,08/30/2017,242f2c73-8583-406e-97ee-f71e344b46fd,0,1650,0,,,,,417192
-84.559848,42.7363,MHC331987057,L1408C,2,1987,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Optometric Association,Michigan Optical Society/Michigan Society of Optometrists,Optometric Association,,"The state’s professional optometry organization was founded as the Michigan Optical Society in Muskegon in 1896. Benson W. Hardy, Jay W. Gould, Ernest Eimer, Nelson K. Standart and Emil H. Arnold were its first directors. In 1904 the group was incorporated as the Michigan Society of Optometrists. It became the Michigan Optometric Association in 1945. The group moved its headquarters to Detroit in 1944 and to Lansing in 1956. Ninety years after its founding, the association included 670 practitioners of optometry.",,530 West Ionia St.,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16SWNW,42.7363,-84.559848,,3,11/24/2020,0b1c59fe-832d-471a-a2ee-f78159d3a6f3,0,1651,4,"MHC331987057_2.jpg;MHC331987057_3.jpg;MHC331987057_4.jpg;MHC331987057_5.jpg",Michigan Historical Commission,"Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","07/11/2017;07/11/2017;07/11/2017;11/19/2020",417193
-83.145832,42.784722,MHC632002012,L2113,2,2002,2002,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Axford-Coffin Farm,,Axford-Coffin Fam,,"This complex of buildings began as the farmstead of John Axford, who built the Greek Revival house during the 1840s. Farmer Jacob Kline purchased it in 1848, and his descendants operated the farm until 1925. During the Great Depression the bank foreclosed on the mortgage. In 1939 Howard A. Coffin, a Detroit businessman and U.S. Congressman, and his wife, Abbie, converted the farm to a country retreat. They enlarged the house, updated some of the buildings, and added a massive interior stone fireplace and a stone-walled pond. Coffin and his second wife, Marie, sold the farm in 1951. Subsequent owners rented out the property and made few changes, thus preserving the farm. The township purchased it in 1996. The farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,384 West Predmore Road,Oakland Twp,MI,0,"Cranberry Lake Farm, 1/12 mile west of Rochester Road",Oakland,04N11E03SWSE,42.784722,-83.145832,,,07/16/2020,9504da57-475b-4cd6-8a66-f7c140125b68,2002,1652,0,,,,,417194
-83.045959,42.3372420000001,MHC821976029,L467,2,1976,1978,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Music Hall,Wilson Theatre,Music Hall,,"Originally called the Wilson Theatre, this building was completed in 1928 with funds provided by Matilda Wilson (Mrs. Alfred G.). William E. Kapp of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, an architectural firm whose works dominated the city’s skyline of the 1920s, designed this Art Deco-style edifice. Terra cotta Greek masks adorn the exterior, and elaborate molded plaster and stenciling complement the interior. The theater’s purpose of offering legitimate productions was initially fulfilled, but during the depression its lights dimmed except for sporadic occasions. From 1946 to 1949 the Detroit Symphony Orchestra occupied the structure, which was renamed Music Hall. Area residents came here in the 1950s and 1960s to see Cinerama and other films. Now the home of the Music Hall Center and the Michigan Opera Theatre, Music Hall is restored to its original use and appearance.",,350 Madison Ave,Detroit,MI,0,near Brush Street,Wayne, ,42.337242,-83.045959,,,09/20/2017,9db76f90-ec94-41f0-aac2-f8061b92ae05,0,1653,0,,,,,417195
-85.916261,41.9178140000001,MHC141957051,S137,2,1957,1957,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Underground Railroad,,The Underground Railroad,,"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 Canada were guided to “stations” to the east. Many stayed here and built a unique Negro rural colony. Slave-hunting by Kentuckians in 1847 led to legal action and increased North-South tensions.",,"Bonine Elk Park, M-60",Vandalia,MI,0,"1/2 mile West of Vandalia; Penn Twp.",Cass,06S14W27NESE,41.917814,-85.916261,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",08/22/2017,92dcc738-e739-4dd8-9c41-f81833a9bf22,0,1654,1,MHC141957051_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,06/30/2016,417196
-82.428611,43.001666,MHC741988003,L1506B,2,1988,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Methodist Episcopal Church / Methodist Episcopal Church,Gratiot Park United Methodist Church,Methodist Episcopal Church,Methodist Episcopal Church,"This congregation dates from 1849, when people worshipped in log barracks within Fort Gratiot. Known as the Mission of Fort Gratiot, it was served by circuit riders until 1859 when the Reverend Samuel Clemens began his tenure. The present church building comprises one erected in 1866, and named Gratiot Park Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as contemporary additions. In 1968 the church was formally renamed the Gratiot Park United Methodist Church.","In 1859 the Reverend A. E. Ketchum established a Methodist class at the Fort Gratiot Mission. Church ""brothers"" ventured to remote areas seeking new members. As industry and business came into the area the church´s ministries enjoyed new success. In 1866 a chapel had been built at Fort Gratiot; three years later the Methodist Episcopal Church, Detroit Conference, appointed the first fully independent pastor to the Fort Gratiot church.",2503 Cherry,Port Huron,MI,0,,Saint Clair, ,43.001666,-82.428611,,,09/13/2017,188c835f-426e-4328-84f0-f89845ad808b,0,1655,0,,,,,417197
-86.084802,41.7971700000001,MHC142000012,L2079,2,2000,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Presbyterian Church,Presbyterian Church of Edwardsburg,The Presbyterian Church,,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 was built in 1856. In 1923 Emily Coolidge Chapin of Chicago donated money to renovate the church. The former Edwardsburg resident was the widow of iron entrepreneur Charles Chapin.,,68961 Lake St.,Edwardsburg,MI,0,between US-12 and Church Street,Cass,08S15W05SWSW,41.79717,-86.084802,,,08/23/2017,b694f08d-53c7-4fdd-a10c-f8b8c15e0133,0,1656,0,,,,,417198
-83.040536,42.3317180000001,MHC821980006,L808A,2,1980,1987,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Chapoton House,Alexander Chapoton House,Chapoton House,,"Alexander Chapoton built this Queen Anne-style townhouse in the early 1870s. Chapoton, a builder, was one of the contractors for the state capitol in Lansing. A descendant of one of Detroit’s oldest families, he was a state legislator and a member of the Detroit Board of Public Works. He built this house at a time when Beaubien Street consisted mostly of Victorian row houses. The house, which features a unique Queen Anne living hall, became an art gallery and studio in the 1980s.",,511 Beaubien,Detroit,MI,0,at Larned Street,Wayne, ,42.331718,-83.040536,,,09/20/2017,82af20b3-5f59-430c-be2b-f8c36c613f7e,0,1657,0,,,,,417199
-84.7758929999999,44.6324740000001,MHC201977022,S499,2,1977,1977,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Thirty-second Red Arrow Division,Camp Grayling,Thirty-second Red Arrow Division,,"After American entry into World War I in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson ordered all of Michigan’s National Guard to Camp Grayling. Eight thousand of these troops then went to Texas where they joined Wisconsin soldiers to form the Thirty-second Division. Arriving in France in 1918, the division earned the name “Red Arrow” for its swift assaults through German lines. During World War II the Thirty-second Red Arrow Division fought courageously in the Pacific theatre and received a commendation from General Douglas MacArthur.",,Camp Grayling Entrance,Grayling,MI,0,M-93 and Military Road,Crawford,26N04W22NWSE,44.632474,-84.775893,,,08/23/2017,9f3e94ef-453e-4556-9c78-f8ea718485b0,0,1659,0,,,,,417200
-83.853577,44.0475470000001,MHC061976046,L444,2,1976,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Omer Masonic Hall,Second Arenac County Courthouse,Omer Masonic Hall,,"This church-like 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 1883 and this city, then a village, became the county seat. Less than a decade later, voters made nearby Standish the county seat. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Michigan purchased this building in 1893 for the Omer Masonic Lodge; that group and the Order of the Eastern star still hold meetings here. Surviving the disastrous fire of 1914, which swept through Omer’s business district, this edifice housed the temporary headquarters of several firms. It is one of the city’s oldest buildings.",,Central Avenue (US-23),Omer,MI,0,East of Main Road,Arenac,19N05E15NWSE,44.047547,-83.853577,,4,01/15/2017,25ca34e4-6ad1-42ff-80d2-f8f669440f58,0,1660,1,MHC061976046_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Marker Photo - Front,,417201
-83.69514,44.3140030000001,MHC351963011,L33,2,1963,1963,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Pioneer Cemetery,Grant Township Cemetery,Pioneer Cemetery,,"This township cemetery began in 1870 with the purchase of the land from William and Rosina Dommer, by Daniel E. Fries, Herman Dommer, B. F. Chappell, and William M. Webster, officers of Grant Township. Stages on the Tawas-Manistee line passed these grounds over the Iosco and Ogemaw State Road. One of the stagecoach stops was the Sand Lake House, one and one-half miles to the east. This marker commemorates not only the old highway and the cemetery, but also the many unmarked graves of early settlers.",,"Old State Road, West of Sand Lake Road",East Tawas,MI,0,Boat Ramp off US-23,Iosco,22N06E10NESW,44.314003,-83.69514,,,09/01/2017,617c0cd8-ee6f-4001-bace-f907b5f4fa82,0,1661,0,,,,,417202
-84.06013,42.4292770000001,MHC472004008,L2146,2,2004,2004,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Presbyterian Church,Unadilla Presbyterian Church,First Presbyterian Church,,"The Reverend Charles G. Clarke of Washtenaw County led eleven people in organizing the First Presbyterian Church in Unadilla on February 4, 1837. It was the township’s first religious society. The congregation met in a schoolhouse until a brick church was erected in 1846. In June 1914 a tornado ravaged Unadilla. The Livingston Republican reported: “The Presbyterian church, a substantial brick building, was literally blown to small bits.” A round window frame from the belfry was pulled intact from the rubble and installed in the front gable of the present church, built later that year. From 1880 to 1929 the Presbyterians and Methodists held a Union Sabbath School. In 1923 an annex was built to provide classroom space.",,20175 Williamsville Road,Gregory,MI,48137,Unadilla Township,Livingston,01N03E35NWSW,42.429277,-84.06013,,,08/08/2017,c909aa20-c3e3-4703-8bb0-f92eb14b901d,0,1662,2,"MHC472004008_1.jpg;MHC472004008_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";",417203
-85.707612,43.1676610000001,MHC411990053,L1749,2,1990,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway Depot",Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot,"Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway Depot",,"In 1888 the Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway (TS&M) built this depot. It was one of six constructed that year on the line between Muskegon and Ashley. The depot typifies country “combination-type” depots; it sheltered passengers, the station agent/telegrapher, and freight. In 1928 the TS&M became part of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The building was vacated in the 1940s. In 1973 the West Michigan Railroad Historical Society purchased and restored the depot.",,North Union St.,Sparta,MI,0,,Kent,09N12W14NWSW,43.167661,-85.707612,,,09/01/2017,d76e2a18-950a-48bc-9302-f94d911f668d,0,1663,0,,,,,417204
-88.456452,47.246443,MHC311983022,L1089A,2,1983,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Paul the Apostle Church,St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church,St. Paul the Apostle Church,,"St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church was established in 1889 by Slovenian immigrants who came to this area to work in the mines of the Copper Country. The wood frame church erected by the parish in 1890 was destroyed by fire in 1902. The following year this elegant Romanesque church, designed by Erhard Brielmaier of Milwaukee, was begun. It was completed at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars in 1908. Built of locally-quarried Jacobsville sandstone, the structure displays cathedral-type stained glass windows from the Ford Brothers Glass Studio of Minneapolis. Its interior features a beautifully painted sixty-five-foot nave. In 1966 four parishes consolidated, making this building their church and changing its name to St. Paul the Apostle.",,301 Eighth Avenue,Calumet,MI,0,,Houghton,56N33W14NWSE,47.246443,-88.456452,,,08/30/2017,ff060270-6074-48ba-a2c0-f9ba0391b894,0,1665,0,,,,,417205
-83.648989,43.1207190000001,MHC251984020,L1166C,2,1984,1985,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Voiture 1116 40 et 8,,Voiture 1116 40 et 8,,"During World War I the capacity marking stenciled on French box cars (voitures) was “40 et 8”--forty men (hommes) and eight horses (chevaux). “Forty and eight” became a symbol of comradeship among the American veterans of that era. In 1920 a Philadelphia group of American Legionnaires organized the first Société Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux. Soon there were chapters across the nation. In 1933 this chapter, “Voiture 1116-40-et-8,” was chartered in Genesee County.",,G-3255 East Mount Morris Rd.,Mt Morris,MI,0,,Genesee,08N07E04SESW,43.120719,-83.648989,,,08/30/2017,15d8df5d-8477-4137-9bf1-f9cab812cc9e,0,1666,0,,,,,417206
-84.9543035,42.26314933,MHC132009003,L2207C,2,2009,2009,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Horace Perrin / Perrinville,Riverwalk Park-Public Services Building,Horace Perrin,Perrinville,"Horace J. Perrin (1819-1880) was a prominent businessman and industrialist. Born in New York State, Perrin settled in Marshall in 1846 and founded a general store in the city’s growing downtown. An accomplished financier, he also established a successful bank and used his wealth to found a small college, the Perrin Institute for Young Ladies, in the former Marshall House Hotel. Perrin developed many industries along the Kalamazoo River and Rice Creek – a part of town once known as “Perrinville.”","“Perrinville” was the informal name given to the industrialized area near the confluence of the Kalamazoo River and Rice Creek. The area was named after industrialist Horace J. Perrin, who established several factories here in the nineteenth century. River access and a railroad line supported the mills, distillery, and foundry owned by Perrin, as well as a fruit-packing plant and other industries. Fires ravaged Perrinville on numerous occasions and the area gradually shed its industrial character.",906 South Marshall Street,Marshall,MI,49068,,Calhoun,02S06W25SESW,42.26314933,-84.9543035,,,08/08/2017,e28f36f3-fb79-4dee-8edd-f9cb724ef0f8,0,1667,0,,,,,417207
-84.147772,45.494418,MHC712002001,L2117,2,2002,2002,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Bearinger Union School,Bearinger Township Hall,Bearinger Union School,,"A forest fire destroyed Bearinger’s log schoolhouse, known as Grace School, in 1919. The following year this structure was built of locally gathered fieldstones--no doubt chosen as a material resistant to fire. This building served Bearinger Township students until 1937 when the North Allis and Bearinger districts began transporting students to Onaway. In 1957 the township purchased the school and converted it to a township hall.",,17034 Town Hall Highway,Bearinger Township,MI,0,NW corner of Balch Road,Presque Isle,36N02E14SESE,45.494418,-84.147772,,1,12/02/2021,8b2e6a3b-8d04-43db-9fa8-f9cfd943fb8f,0,1668,1,MHC712002001_1.jpg,unknown,Historical Photo,,417208
-83.058882,42.348502,MHC821970018,S323,2,1970,1979,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Orchestra Hall,,Orchestra Hall,,"This concert hall was built in 1919 as the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It was constructed to satisfy the demand of its music director, the internationally esteemed Ossip Gabrilowitsch, that a suitable hall be built. Architect Charles Howard Crane designed this brick and limestone structure, which was completed in five months. The symphony moved to a larger facility in 1939. Two years later this hall became the Paradise Theatre, featuring jazz and vaudeville until 1951. Scheduled for demoliton in 1970 the building was acquired by Save Orchestra Hall, Incorporated. These concerned citizens restored the badly deteriorated Orchestra Hall, which now continues its tradition of acoustical excellence and quality music in Detroit.",,3711 Woodward,Detroit,MI,0,,Wayne, ,42.348502,-83.058882,,,02/03/2020,fd0521ff-0563-4e7a-9dac-f9f093044ec3,0,1669,0,,,,,417209
-86.32445096,45.9067481700001,MHC772006035,S696C,2,2006,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Thompson / Christmas Tree Ship,Thompson Harbor,Thompson,Christmas Tree Ship,"The Delta Lumber Company of Detroit, headed by E. L. Thompson, platted the village of Thompson in 1888. Seven different lumber companies ran the mill in the village. By 1907 the population had reached 900. Three churches and four saloons served the residents, as did a general store, a hotel, and a hospital. Stagecoaches carried passengers twice daily to nearby Manistique, located along the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway. The Thompson Railroad, used primarily for hauling logs to the docks, also took tours to the Big Spring, Kitchi-ti-ki-pi. Lumbering activities in Thompson died out quickly, and by 1919 the town’s population had dropped to only 150. Thompson was the last port of call for the “Christmas Tree Ship”, Rouse Simmons, which sank in 1912.","The Rouse Simmons was one of the last schooners on the Great Lakes. Built in 1868 to carry lumber, the three-masted vessel became Chicago’s “Christmas Tree Ship” when Herman Schuenemann purchased an interest in it in 1910. Around 1876 the Schuenemanns had begun transporting trees from northern Michigan and Wisconsin to Chicago. In November 1898 Herman’s brother August perished in the wreck of the schooner S. Thal, but Herman continued the business. Bound for Chicago on November 22, 1912, he boarded the Simmons, which was loaded with trees from Thompson’s forests, and sailed into a fierce snowstorm that plunged the ship, and its crew and passengers, to the lake bottom. Herman’s wife and daughters delivered trees to Chicago each Christmas until around 1934.",US-2 Highway,Thompson,MI,0,Thompson Township,Schoolcraft,41N16W32SENE,45.90674817,-86.32445096,,,08/18/2017,27b3e937-1c5d-40e1-9ae3-f9f242efa348,0,1670,1,MHC772006035_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Back,,417210
-85.287572,42.6465850000001,MHC081970014,L88,4,1970,1971,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Striker House,Daniel Striker House,Striker House,,"Built in the 1880s by Daniel Striker, this Queen Anne-style building was once considered the “handsomest residence in Hastings.” Born in New York State in 1835, Striker moved as a child with his family to Michigan. He was elected to several offices in Barry County, became a lawyer, and in 1871-75 was elected Michigan secretary of state. Striker was also widely known in banking circles. He died in 1898, and after the death of his wife in 1915 the house became a hospital, later a convalescent home.",,321 South Jefferson Street,Hastings,MI,0,,Barry,03N08W17SWNW,42.646585,-85.287572,,1,07/28/2020,c6c1654f-9bec-440d-ac25-fa47ffe66c02,0,1671,3,"MHC081970014_1.jpg;MHC081970014_2.jpg;MHC081970014_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","07/07/2020;07/07/2020;07/07/2020",417211
-86.252377,41.8317710000001,MHC111993016,L1902,2,1993,1994,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Second Baptist Church,,Second Baptist Church,,"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 1872 the building was moved to the northeast corner where the present church stands. During the construction of the third church in 1950-51, the congregation was renamed Mount Calvary Baptist Church. In 1971 a new sanctuary was added to the structure.",,601 Ferry Street,Niles,MI,0,NE corner of Sixth St.,Berrien,07S17W26NWSE,41.831771,-86.252377,,"Michigan Freedom Trail,African-American History",08/22/2017,5c3661f5-882c-400b-a5ab-fa9e957d6763,0,1672,0,,,,,417212
-83.695183,43.017458,MHC251987016,L1395C,2,1987,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Flint Road Cart Factory / Durant-Dort Carriage Factory No. 1,,Flint Road Cart Factory,Durant-Dort Carriage Factory No. 1,"This one-story mill was built in the early 1880s as part of an unsuccessful effort to diversify the Flint Woolen Mills. In 1886 J. Dallas Dort and Billy Durant began leasing it to manufacture road carts. By the end of its first year of operation, their Flint Road Cart Company had produced four thousand vehicles. The company later expanded to produce four-wheeled carriages, wagons, and, for a short time, bicycles. The company ceased carriage manufacturing in 1917, and this building and other surrounding factories were converted to the manufacture of the Dort Motor Car.","This one-story mill was built in the early 1880s as part of an unsuccessful effort to diversify the Flint Woolen Mills. In 1886 J. Dallas Dort and Billy Durant began leasing it to manufacture road carts. By the end of its first year of operation, their Flint Road Cart Company had produced four thousand vehicles. The company later expanded to produce four-wheeled carriages, wagons, and, for a short time, bicycles. The company ceased carriage manufacturing in 1917, and this building and other surrounding factories were converted to the manufacture of the Dort Motor Car.",301-311 Water Street,Flint,MI,0,,Genesee, ,43.017458,-83.695183,,Auto Industry,08/30/2017,dd992cb7-dcf1-4733-90fd-faa16cd6ad44,0,1673,0,,,,,417213
-84.33766,46.4986720000001,MHC171958014,HB34,2,1958,1977,Revolution and War (1760-1815),John Johnston House,,John Johnston House,,"A native of Ireland and a Protestant, John Johnston (1762-1828) arrived on the Lake Superior frontier in the early 1790s. He married the daughter of a powerful Chippewa chief and settled here in 1793. Johnston’s knowledge of the Chippewa and the Great Lakes region made him a central figure in the development of this frontier. His original house was a hospitable meeting place for explorers, surveyors, trappers, traders, and Indians. Loyal to the British, Johnston aided them in taking the American fort on Mackinac Island in 1812. In retaliation, American troops burned Johnston’s house in 1815. He soon rebuilt it. This surviving portion erected about 1822, in part to house his daughter Jane and her husband, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, is a reminder of Johnston’s pivotal role in the area’s transition from British to American control.",,415 Water St.,Sault Ste. Marie,MI,0,"Originally located at 415 Park Place; house and marker moved to 415 Water St.",Chippewa,47N01E05NESW,46.498672,-84.33766,,"War of 1812,Native People",08/11/2017,62283b50-8a39-4eb8-864a-fadb2f21aba4,0,1674,0,,,,,417214
-82.88016,42.5997160000001,MHC501978019,L575,2,1978,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Carnegie Library,Art Center,Carnegie Library,,"Mount Clemens’s Carnegie building was erected in 1904 and was the first Carnegie Library built in Macomb County. It is one out of 1,681 such libraries across the United States financed by Andrew Carnegie, the industrialist and philanthropist. The columns, stairs, and large windows of this Neoclassical design make the structure one of the distinguished public edifices in this vicinity. This site is part of the original land granted in 1811, private claim number 141, to Christian Clemens, founder of Mount Clemens. Initially used as a public library, this facility has an outstanding local history and genealogy collection. In 1969 the Carnegie building became the Art Center, a community-based nonprofit organization which fosters the visual arts through exhibits, classes, and tours in the area.",,125 Macomb St,Mount Clemens,MI,0,,Macomb, ,42.599716,-82.88016,,,09/05/2017,457aa16f-6ad0-439e-bba0-fb1f8ca6038f,0,1675,0,,,,,417215
-86.250387,43.234305,MHC611989030,L1659A,2,1989,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Central United Methodist Church / Central United Methodist Church,,Central United Methodist Church,Central United Methodist Church,"The first Protestant society in Muskegon began as a mission station served by itinerant preachers. In 1843 the Reverend M. Warring held Muskegon’s first service in Martin Ryerson’s boardinghouse. Deacon Abner Bennett, a black lay preacher, and his wife, Mary, a former servant of President James K. Polk, formed the White Lake Sunday School. Bennett frequently preached in Muskegon. The church was formally organized on November 20, 1856.","
In 1859 Muskegon Methodists built their first church at Clay and Jefferson Streets. Congregationalists met in the church, which also served as the county court. In 1887 a larger church was built on the same site. The present Neo-Gothic-style church, built in 1928-30, was designed by denominational architect, Thoralf M. Sundt of Philadelphia. This Indiana limestone church seats one thousand persons. The tower rises one hundred feet.",1011 Second Street,Muskegon,MI,0,The marker is located on Webster Avenue by the parking lot.,Muskegon,10N16W19SWSE,43.234305,-86.250387,,,07/08/2019,97f68560-a72a-49d3-8f73-fb348939f36e,0,1676,3,"MHC611989030_3.jpg;MHC611989030_4.jpg;MHC611989030_5.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","07/04/2019;07/08/2019;07/08/2019",417216
-83.1619119599999,42.2365486200001,MHC822013008,S728C,2,2013,2013,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Council Point / Pontiac's Council,Council Point Park,Council Point,Pontiac's Council,"On April 27, 1763, Obwandiyag, an Odawa who was also called Pontiac, assembled a council of warriors from various tribes near this site. He urged them to fight to maintain control of their land and their way of life. For more than a century, tribes in the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes had allied themselves with different European nations that fought to dominate the Great Lakes. Most favored the French, trading partners who were not very numerous, instead of the British, whose policies and exploding population were a threat to Indian existence. After the French lost the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), the tribes faced a single European power: Britain and its colonies. Their resistance began almost immediately with attacks on posts and forts.","The Native American council that met near this site on April 27, 1763, included members of the Odawa, Potawatomi, Wyandot, Huron and Ojibwa bands. Pontiac told of Delaware prophet Neolin’s vision of resisting the British and returning to traditional ways. The resulting plan to surprise and seize Fort Detroit on May 7, 1763, became a siege lasting nearly six months and involving more than 900 Great Lakes warriors. That summer thirteen other British posts were attacked. At Detroit, on July 31, the British attempt to engage the Indians failed disastrously at Bloody Run. In October, the French declined to provide support, and warriors returned home to their families. The siege ended, but the tribes’ fight for their homelands and their rights continued.",3075 River Drive,Lincoln Park,MI,48146,,Wayne,,42.23654862,-83.16191196,,Native People,06/24/2020,24ff55c8-a83b-426f-a406-fba19bb95f85,0,1677,2,"MHC822013008_1.jpg;MHC822013008_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","05/04/2013;05/04/2013",417217
-82.42758,43.0019300000001,MHC741956024,S80,2,1956,1957,Native People and the French (< 1760),Fort St. Joseph,,Fort St. Joseph,,"Built near here in 1686 by the French explorer Duluth, this fort was the second white settlement in lower Michigan. This post guarded the upper end of the vital waterway joining Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Designed to bar English traders from the upper lakes, the fort in 1687 was the mobilization center for a war party of French and Indians. In 1688 it was abandoned, but the site became part of Fort Gratiot in 1814.
",,540 Elmwood Street,Port Huron,MI,48060,"South side of Elmwood, between Forest St & Thomas Edison Parkway.",Saint Clair, ,43.00193,-82.42758,,,10/05/2016,f124714e-6c5d-45cc-8afa-fbae54fb9a63,0,1678,1,MHC741956024_1.jpg,Jim Brennan,Marker Photo - Front,,417218
-84.9989429999999,41.961512,MHC121981020,S540B,2,1981,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),State Public School at Coldwater / Coldwater Regional Center,,State Public School at Coldwater,Coldwater Regional Center,"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 sixteen until they could be placed in homes or returned to their families. The school was opened in Coldwater on May 21, 1874. Once admitted, children participated in ""family-like"" life in cottages and a placing-out program. A third of each day was used for schoolwork, a third for recreation and entertainment, and a third for acquiring work skills. Children learned reading, spelling, counting, calisthenics, singing, cyphering, and slate drawing. By the turn of the century the facility had become the only home in Michigan admitting both normal and handicapped children.","By an act of the state legislature the State Public School became the Michigan Children's Village in 1935. The facility then began to admit only children with mild mental impairments. Most of the former residents were transferred to the Michigan Children's Institute, established in Ann Arbor in 1935. In 1939 the Children's Village became the Coldwater State Home and Training School, and persons of all ages with more serious mental handicaps were admitted. By 1960 there were twenty-nine hundred residents. During the 1970s special education, training and living experiences in communities reduced the number of residents to less than seven hundred. Renamed the Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities in 1978, the remodeled facility provides training programs for independent living and self-help.",520 Marshall Road,Coldwater,MI,0,,Branch,06S06W10NWSW,41.961512,-84.998943,,,01/27/2020,e11f2d76-57ae-4fdc-a127-fc384a5f5f6a,0,1680,0,,,,,417219
-83.64143,42.94458,MHC251984017,L1138A,2,1984,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Davison Farmstead,,Davison Farmstead,,"Jonathan Davison (1795-1865), a native of Livingston County, New York, purchased 160 acres of land here in 1831. His son, John W. Davison, a farmer and carpenter, completed the rear portion of the present structure in 1855. He enlarged it to its present size in 1870. After his father’s death in 1865, John acquired the property and built a barn, a dairy house and a large structure that contained a blacksmith and carpenter shop and a granary. In 1986 the 135-acre farm was still owned and operated by the Davisons’ descendants.",,3305 East Hill Rd.,Grand Blanc,MI,0,1/2 mile E. of Saginaw St (M-54),Genesee,06N07E09NWNE,42.94458,-83.64143,,,07/27/2017,2f3743b2-e8c3-4982-b0a8-fc4d7b0b4a31,0,1681,0,,,,,417220
-85.2375029999999,42.260975,MHC131970001,L82,2,1970,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Beckley School,Battle Creek Township No. 5 Schoolhouse,Beckley School,,"This country schoolhouse, one of a vanishing type, was built in 1859 and named after Ira Beckley, an early settler. During the first year, thirty-three pupils used a library of forty-two books for a seven-month session. Instruction was offered in grades one through eight, but attendance was irregular in the early years. The maple trees which now surround the building were planted by order of the district school board in 1866. Beckley School provided education for neighborhood children until 1957.",,3019 Beckley Road,Battle Creek,MI,0,at Helmer Road,Calhoun,02S08W34NWNW,42.260975,-85.237503,,,08/23/2017,72a45829-bddf-4cd2-a537-fca6407d3336,0,1682,0,,,,,417221
-83.9269399999999,42.6990890000001,MHC471995011,L1938,2,1995,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saint Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery / Saint Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery,,Saint Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery,Saint Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery,"During the 1830s a number of Irish Catholic settlers migrated from New York State to Deerfield and Tyrone Townships, drawn by the prospect of purchasing inexpensive land. When they arrived there was no parish to serve them. In 1843 Father Patrick O’Kelly of Green Oak, who served all of Livingston and Oakland Counties, organized a parish with thirteen families. A wood frame church was soon erected on the corner opposite from here where the oldest part of the cemetery is located. The church was originally a mission named Saints Peter and Paul; in 1870 it was renamed Saint Augustine Church. The cemetery’s earliest burial dates from 1846.","Built of brick and hammered stone in the High Victorian Gothic style, this church is an elaborate one for a rural community. Many parishioners helped build the church including members of the Bennett, Conklin, McKeon, Murphy, Robb, Sweeney, and Lyons families. Frank McKeon did the masonry work. Upon its dedication on December 8, 1895, the Fenton Republican called it “a monument to the untiring zeal and faithful labors of Reverend George Maurer, and every member of the society.” In 1963 church members brought stone from a church being demolished in Lansing and from nearby farms to build the enclosed entrance vestibule.",6481 Faussett Rd,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,04N04E36NWNE,42.699089,-83.92694,,5,06/13/2022,b8aa606a-1732-4a28-aa04-fca787a7b6db,0,1683,2,"MHC471995011_2.jpg;MHC471995011_1.jpg","Shannon Scherba;Shannon Scherba","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/13/2022;06/13/2022",417222
-83.17605,42.3461500000001,MHC821996009,L1994,2,1996,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saint Alphonsus Parish / Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church Complex,,Saint Alphonsus Parish,Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church Complex,"Attracted by fertile farmland, some forty German-speaking families from Rhineland-Westphalia settled in this area between 1825 and 1848. The community celebrated its first Catholic mass in the home of Peter and Catharina Theisen Esper in 1851. The Espers donated four acres of land on the northeast corner of Warren and Schaefer Avenues for the construction of a school, built in 1846; the first church, built in 1852; and a cemetery, founded in 1849. Father Anthony Buechsenmann, who served from 1897 to 1920, kept detailed records of the births, marriages, and deaths of some two hundred families. He delivered his sermons in German until World War I.","On May 18, 1930, Saint Alphonsus Parish dedicated its third church, built to accommodate the growing membership. Architect Arthur Des Rosiers designed the church, as well as the 1924 convent, in the Neo-Gothic style. The church features magnificent windows from the Detroit Stained Glass Works, paintings by Alfred Wrobbel, and a marble and onyx main altar. The cemetery, established in 1876, contains over 250 graves. Many burials, the oldest one dating from 1849, were relocated from the old cemetery at the corner of Warren Avenue and Schaefer Road.",7455 Calhoun St.,Dearborn,MI,0,,Wayne,02S11E05SWSW,42.34615,-83.17605,,,09/20/2017,80545324-0156-4685-b66c-fd03f34afe30,0,1684,0,,,,,417223
-84.769241,43.5803750000001,MHC371957017,S113B,2,1957,1962,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Central Michigan University,,Central Michigan University,,"Privately organized by citizens of Mount Pleasant in 1892, Central became Michigan’s second state-supported normal school in 1895. This met a long-felt need for a state school in this region. At first the college was designed to prepare rural and grade school teachers. In the next three decades, however, the school grew into a four-year teachers college. Progress and growth since then have been even more notable in terms of standards, enrollment, facilities and educational goals. Central had become a multi-purpose institution by the 1940s, and in 1959, by legislative act, it achieved university status.",,"Campus entrance, Welcome Center Park",Mount Pleasant,MI,0,"Off Mission Street, near the stadium",Isabella,14N04W27NENE,43.580375,-84.769241,,,09/01/2017,1ca4eade-6402-484f-899e-fd3fa0363a89,0,1686,0,,,,,417224
-83.396782,41.9181090000001,MHC581992027,S638,2,1992,1992,Statehood Era (1815-1860),"George Armstrong Custer / ""Sighting the Enemy""",George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument,George Armstrong Custer,"""Sighting the Enemy""","Raised in Monroe, George Armstrong Custer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1861. In 1863 he became a brigadier general and commanded the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. “Come On You Wolverines!” was his battle cry while leading his men to victory over the Confederates at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Custer commanded a division in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 and his troops cut off the last avenue of escape for Robert E. Lee’s army at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. After the Civil War Custer was appointed lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. On June 25, 1876, he gained notoriety at the Battle of the Little Big Horn where he and 266 others died. In 1877 his remains were reinterred at West Point.","Edward C. Potter’s sculpture “Sighting the Enemy” depicts General George Armstrong Custer pulling his horse up before entering battle. Custer is presented at a young age; he was only twenty-three years old when he faced the Confederate cavalry at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Potter, educated at Amherst College, Boston Art Museum, and in France, was selected as the artist because of his reputation for sculpting equestrian statues. Custer’s widow, Libbie, was instrumental in his selection. The monument was originally dedicated at Washington and First Streets on June 4, 1910, by President William H. Taft, Governor Fred M. Warner, and Libbie Custer. Michigan Cavalry Brigade veterans serving on the monument commission included Colonel George G. Briggs, Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, and Lieutenant Frederick A. Nims.",N. Monroe St. At Elm,Monroe,MI,0,,Monroe, ,41.918109,-83.396782,,"Civil War,5",09/06/2017,2d54901d-b34f-4037-8f9b-fd7f4b8185a2,0,1687,2,"MHC581992027_2.jpg;MHC581992027_1.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Dedication Photo",";07/18/1992",417225
-84.9865,42.335738,MHC131984019,L1169A,2,1984,1997,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stow-Hasbrouck House,Matthew Hasbrouck House,Stow-Hasbrouck House,,"Granville and Catherine Stow, natives of New York State, built this house between 1836 and 1844. In 1861 Matthew Hasbrouck bought the house. Also from New York, Hasbrouck descended from the French Huguenots, who sought refuge in North America from religious persecution in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1937 the Huguenot Society of Michigan was organized here. The Stow-Hasbrouck House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,18600 Sixteen Mile Road,Convis Township,MI,0,,Calhoun,01S06W34SESE,42.335738,-84.9865,,,08/23/2017,92ca8082-11d2-4311-ab05-fdba1ed76257,1993,1689,0,,,,,417226
-83.7445749999999,42.741681,MHC471994008,L1920,2,1994,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Congregational Church / First Congregational Church,Tyrone Presbyterian Church,First Congregational Church,First Congregational Church,The Congregational Church of Tyrone grew out of the Methodist Episcopal church that organized here in 1845. Itinerant ministers called circuit riders served what was known as the Tyrone or Cranston Class. In 1874 the class split over where to build a new church. The faction that wanted a church in Tyrone Center reorganized in 1876 as Congregationalists under the leadership of the Reverend William H. Osborn of Hartland. Three years later the present church was built.,"This country church, built by Congregationalists in 1879, contains architectural elements popular during the late Victorian era. The decorative bargeboard and finial on the vestibule peak and the gabled window caps add a touch of elegance to the otherwise modest building. By 1918 both the Methodist and Congregational churches in Tyrone faced financial difficulties and merged, forming a Presbyterian society in 1920. The new society continued to worship in this building.","9141 Hartland, North of Center",Fenton,MI,48430,,Livingston,04N06E15NWSW,42.741681,-83.744575,,,09/05/2017,06a79a9b-8d34-4ac9-a5dc-fdd323e13ab8,0,1690,0,,,,,417227
-85.699539,44.409504,MHC831969004,L74,2,1969,1969,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Wexford County Courthouse,,First Wexford County Courthouse,,"Wexford County was organized in 1869. The law organizing the county also specified that the county seat should be located “at or near what is called Manistee Bridge,” where the Newaygo and Northport State Road crossed the Manistee River. In 1870 the village of Sherman was platted just south of the bridge. The first county courthouse, completed in 1872, was located about two hundred feet west of this marker. After a heated controversy, the county offices were transferred in 1880 to Manton, a small town in the eastern part of the county. The dispute was finally settled in 1882 when Cadillac was chosen as the county seat of Wexford County. The old courthouse in Sherman was used as a school until 1937.",,Fourteen Mile Road,Sherman,MI,0,"NW corner of Fourteen Mile Road and M-37, 1 mile north of M-55",Wexford,23N12W12NENE,44.409504,-85.699539,,,09/22/2017,0392bfeb-fa09-41ca-b5f6-fdea7bd97660,0,1691,0,,,,,417228
-85.630016,42.962835,MHC412006018,S694,2,2006,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mathias Alten Home & Studio / Mathias Alten,,Mathias Alten Home & Studio,Mathias Alten,"Grand Rapids painter Mathias Alten and his wife, Bertha, bought this house in 1914. Built in 1907, it was Alten's home and, from 1930 to 1938, his studio. Alten, who emigrated from Germany to Grand Rapids in 1889 at age 17, was a muralist who worked for churches, theatres, and businesses. He soon became a prolific oil painter, steadily developing his style, while traveling extensively. Alten held exhibitions here.","Local artist Mathias J. Alten (1871 - 1938) sailed to Paris in 1898 to study art at Academies Julian and Colorossi. Alten traveled and painted throughout Europe and the U.S., depicting in his Impressionistic style a range of subjects: still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and animal studies. Above all, he was devoted to West Michigan, from Saugatuck to Leland. His work has been widely exhibited and hangs in private collections, museums, and other public spaces in Michigan and elsewhere.",1593 E. Fulton St.,Grand Rapids,MI,49503,NW corner of Fulton St. and Alten Ave. NE,Kent,07N11W29SENE,42.962835,-85.630016,,2,11/18/2020,986f339f-b5d7-4f3c-8b2c-fdfdc604bbd6,0,1692,4,"MHC412006018_1.jpg;MHC412006018_2.jpg;MHC412006018_3.jpg;MHC412006018_4.jpg",";;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo",";;11/15/2020;11/15/2020",417229
-83.064723,42.361862,MHC821988010,L1565A,2,1988,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Lewis College of Business,James F. Murphy House,Lewis College of Business,,"This Colonial Revival structure was built in 1910 for James F. Murphy, treasurer of the Murphy Chair Company and a future director of the Murphy-Potter Company. In 1941 it became the office of the Lewis College of Business. Violet T. Lewis had established the college in Indianapolis in 1929 to train black women for business careers. Ten years later the Detroit Chamber of Commerce invited her to open a school here. The college was located at this site from 1941 to 1976, when its expansion required more spacious quarters. In its first fifty years, it educated over twenty thousand students. The United States Department of Education designated the Lewis College of Business a “Historically Black College” in 1987. It was the first college in the state to receive this designation.",,5450 John R Street,Detroit,MI,0,"at Ferry Street, north of Warren Avenue",Wayne,,42.361862,-83.064723,,,09/20/2017,398faa91-a598-46dc-92fa-fdff00cd20ee,0,1693,0,,,,,417230
-83.053894,42.328915,MHC821975025,S459,2,1975,1976,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The Detroit News,,The Detroit News,,"On August 23, 1873, James E. Scripps began publishing the Evening News, one of the first popular, low-priced evening newspapers in Michigan. The News specialized in short, local, human interest stories. Resolutely independent, it has continuously championed political and business reform. In 1917 the enterprise moved to this building designed by Albert Kahn. By its centenary, the Detroit News had attained the largest evening circulation in America.",,615 Lafayette,Detroit,MI,0,at the SW corner of Second Avenue,Wayne, ,42.328915,-83.053894,,,09/20/2017,6b0ca230-fbab-4f65-9ed2-fe0b4fa2dea0,0,1694,0,,,,,417231
-82.521271,43.272143,MHC761992026,S636,2,1992,1992,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sport / Sport,Tug Sport Shipwreck Site,Sport,Sport,"The tug Sport, one of the nation’s earliest steel-hulled vessels, was built for lumber and steel entrepreneur Eber Brock Ward in 1873 by the Wyandotte Iron Ship Building Works in Wyandotte, Michigan. For forty-seven years the tug towed, salvaged, and aided vessels in distress. Frank E. Kirby designed the tug and later became a nationally known naval architect recognized for designing large, elegant sidewheel passenger steamers and ice-breaking car ferries, such as Chief Wawatam. In 1913 Sport was purchased by Captain Robert Thompson of Port Huron.","Sport’s final voyage began on the afternoon of December 13, 1920, when it departed Port Huron bound for Harbor Beach. The tug fought heavy seas and by 6:00 p.m. was taking on more water than the pumps could handle. Near Lexington, the seasick fire-tender crawled to his bunk. The unattended fire died, the boat lost steam, and the pumps quit. The six-man crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat around 11:00 p.m. when waves crashed over the deck. The crew washed ashore near Lexington, cold and exhausted but alive. Sport sank and was not discovered until 1987.",3 Miles offshore of Lexington in Lake Huron,Lexington,MI,0,"In 1992, the marker was placed on the lake bottom at the Tug ""Sport"" shipwreck site. In 1996, the marker was refinished (damaged by water & zebra mussels). In 2003, the marker was damaged (possibly by an anchor), it was then removed and salvaged.",Sanilac,10N17E30SWSE,43.272143,-82.521271,,Maritime Heritage,01/16/2020,8f432da1-b485-44ef-a63c-fe1a3412bbbe,0,1695,2,"MHC761992026_1.jpg;MHC761992026_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";",417232
-83.718834,45.1976330000001,MHC042015002,L2271,2,2015,2015,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Norwegian Lutheran Church / Leer,Leer Lutheran Church,Norwegian Lutheran Church,Leer,"Five Norwegian immigrant families established the village of Leer in 1879. They founded the Norwegian Lutheran Church Society in 1882. The small congregation met in a school until it built this church in 1899. Members donated lumber and crafted the baptismal font, altar, pulpit and pews. Services were conducted solely in Norwegian until 1922. The church, parish house and cemetery are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","In the summer of 1879 five Norwegian families settled what became the village of Leer. They and those who followed came to Michigan seeking to own their own land. Many of the men worked in area lumber camps and Alpena’s mills until they earned enough money to establish farms. In 1922, the Leer Guernsey Breeders Association showcased its cattle at the National Dairy Exposition in St. Paul, Minnesota. Named for Lier, Norway, the village reached its peak population during
the 1920s.",10430 S. Leer Road,Posen,MI,49776,At entrance to church property,Alpena,32N06E04NWSW,45.197633,-83.718834,,2,03/13/2019,d6f8ca0c-a0fa-477b-a08b-fe2ddbbb7801,2013,1697,0,,,,,417233
-83.929367,42.609272,MHC471970010,L94,2,1970,1971,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ann Arbor Railroad,"Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railroad Station",Ann Arbor Railroad,,"Howell raised twenty thousand dollars in 1885 to induce the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan to enter town. Many believed the town, already served by one railroad, would boom with a second line. Early in 1886 a right-of-way dispute erupted in an armed brawl between workmen of the two lines. The case was mediated in favor of the TAA&NM, and in the summer of 1886 this depot was built. The line was renamed the Ann Arbor Railroad in 1895.",,126 Wetmore Street,Howell,MI,0,,Livingston,03N04E36SENW,42.609272,-83.929367,,,02/01/2018,cb636651-993c-44c4-a831-fe6d7733c8d0,0,1698,3,"MHC201299001_1.jpg;MHC201299001_3.jpg;MHC201299001_5.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/14/2017;08/14/2017;08/14/2017",417234
-86.441093,42.118763,MHC111986047,L1285,2,1986,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Morton Cemetery,Morton Hill Cemetery,Morton Cemetery,,"On April 13, 1836, Eleazar Morton (1786-1864) purchased land here for $1,000. Before long, he set aside a family cemetery plot. Other families asked to purchase adjacent plots. The cemetery grew, and in 1884, Eleazar’s son Henry C. and surveyor Ross Shinn formally registered a plat of Morton Cemetery. In 1902, Henry’s son, J. Stanley Morton, and his wife, Carrie, sold Morton Cemetery to the City of Benton Harbor for one dollar, with the provision that prior deeds and receipts for plots be honored. City founders and military veterans are buried here. Those who fought in the Civil War include members of the locally organized 12th and 17th Infantry and four men who served in the 102nd United States Colored Troops, a regiment of African Americans that was recruited as the First Michigan Colored Infantry.",,,Benton Harbor,MI,49022,Territorial between Benton & Seeley Sts.,Berrien,04S18W18SESE,42.118763,-86.441093,,"African-American History,Civil War",03/20/2019,a35bb867-6ee1-4b1b-a28e-feadd1b25ee8,0,1699,1,MHC111986047_2.jpg,marker applicant,Other Photo,04/24/2014,417235
-83.342495,42.4850950000001,MHC631990020,L1771C,2,1990,1990,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Nardin Park United Methodist Church,,Nardin Park United Methodist Church,,"In 1927 the Nardin Park Methodist Episcopal Church was formed by a merger of two Detroit churches: the Ninde Church, organized in 1886, and the Grand River Avenue Church, established in 1891. The following year an educational building and gymnasium were constructed on a site across West Chicago Boulevard from Nardin Park. The depression delayed construction of the sanctuary. In 1937 a building campaign began. The Kresge Foundation donated fifty thousand dollars. The completed sanctuary was dedicated in 1943. In 1963 the congregation sold the building to the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church. The present church was dedicated on October 17, 1965.",,29887 West Eleven Mile Road,Farmington Hills,MI,0,,Oakland,01N09E14SESE,42.485095,-83.342495,,,09/12/2017,195ad928-c631-4674-ab87-febbdc8d16bd,0,1700,0,,,,,417236
-83.987565,43.415078,MHC731999014,S669,2,1999,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Theodore H. Roethke Childhood Home / Theodore H. Roethke,"Otto Roethke House, Carl Roethke House",Theodore H. Roethke Childhood Home,Theodore H. Roethke,"
Distinguished poet Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was born in Saginaw and grew up in this house. The house was built around 1911 for his parents, Otto and Helen Roethke. Otto’s brother Carl lived in the adjacent fieldstone house. Together the brothers managed the William Roethke Floral Company, founded in the 1880s by their father, Wilhelm Roethke, a Prussian immigrant. The company’s extensive greenhouses once stood on the land behind these two houses. Theodore worked in the greenhouses with his father and his experiences inspired many of his poems. Roethke attended local schools and the University of Michigan, obtaining a masters degree in literature in 1936, and he taught at universities throughout the country.","Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) wrote of his poetry: The greenhouse “is my symbol for the whole of life, a womb, a heaven-on-earth.” Roethke drew inspiration from his childhood experiences of working in his family’s Saginaw floral company. Beginning in 1941 with Open House, the distinguished poet and teacher published extensively, receiving a Pulitzer Prize for poetry and two National Book Awards among an array of honors. In 1959 Yale University awarded him the prestigious Bollingen Prize. Roethke taught at Michigan State College (present-day Michigan State University) and at colleges in Pennsylvania and Vermont before joining the faculty of the University of Washington at Seattle in 1947. Roethke died in Washington in 1963. His remains are interred in Saginaw’s Oakwood Cemetery.",1805 Gratiot Ave,Saginaw,MI,0,,Saginaw,12N04E27SENW,43.415078,-83.987565,,,02/21/2019,df26bfde-35df-40fb-a5b9-fed8d9eaea41,0,1701,1,MHC731999014_1.jpg,State Historic Preservation Office,Site Photo w/Marker,,417237
-83.480582,42.4311200000001,MHC821989039,L1665C,2,1989,1989,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church of Northville,First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth,First Presbyterian Church of Northville,,"In 1829 former members of the Farmington Church organized this church, originally named the First Presbyterian Society of Plymouth. In 1835-36 a frame church was built here on land donated by D. L. Cady. A New England-inspired brick church opened in 1849 and was first remodeled under the Reverend James Dubuar who served from 1851 to 1875. Subsequent additions have included a new sanctuary, built in 1969. The original brick church is now undetectable within the present structure.",,200 East Main,Northville,MI,0,,Wayne,01S08E03NWSE,42.43112,-83.480582,,,09/20/2017,97937c1e-9a1b-4547-a973-fed956606567,0,1702,0,,,,,417238
-84.433439,42.4510530000001,MHC331989002,L1656A,2,1989,1991,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Baptist Church,,First Baptist Church,,"On April 12, 1839, eight people met in the Leslie schoolhouse and organized the First Baptist Church. Elijah K. Grout, a charter member, became the church’s first pastor in November 1841. Between 1856 and 1858 this church, the first built in Leslie, was constructed. In 1887-88 the building was raised, and a basement was built. The exterior was then clad with brick giving the building its present Gothic Revival appearance. In 1966 a wooden cross replaced the church’s spire.",,204 East Bellevue,Leslie,MI,0,,Ingham,01N01W28NENW,42.451053,-84.433439,,,08/30/2017,27b20af8-082b-4817-a37e-fedb61ab5fbb,0,1703,0,,,,,417239
-83.0415399999999,42.359832,MHC821974018,L333,2,1974,1975,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Albertus Church,,St. Albertus Church,,"Polish immigrants arrived in Detroit as early as the 1850s, but not until the Reverend Simon Wieczorek founded St. Albertus Roman Catholic Parish in 1872 did their community have a center. A neighborhood, called Wojciechowo, grew around the parish’s first church. In 1885 the present Gothic Revival building replaced the original wooden frame structure. Inspired by the Reverend Dominic Kolasinski’s concern for Polish traditions, it incorporates twelve lunette panels over the nave arcades, brick detailing, and an octagonal tower common to churches in Poland. Although the community eventually dispersed, St. Albertus Church still stands as a symbol of the first Polish community in Detroit.",,4231 St. Aubin,Detroit,MI,0,Wall-Mount by front entrance of church,Wayne, ,42.359832,-83.04154,,,07/15/2019,ae3cefbf-61e8-4c8a-a7e6-ff27ff8dc75c,0,1704,0,,,,,417240
-84.5914769999999,44.4993630000001,MHC721999020,L2073,2,1999,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Pioneer House,,Pioneer House,,"The Pioneer House opened in the early 1870s as a boardinghouse for lumbermen. Beginning as a 1 ½ -story building, it underwent three major renovations between 1885 and 1936 evolving into a hotel with twenty-two guest rooms and three apartments. During the 1920s and 1930s, it was the hotel of choice for visitors from as far away as Hollywood, California, and Havana, Cuba. Notable guests included Michigan Attorney General (and later governor) Wilbur M. Brucker (1929) and comedian Groucho Marx (1933).",,900 Lake Street,Roscommon,MI,0,Corner of Main,Roscommon,24N02W06NESE,44.499363,-84.591477,,3,09/12/2017,a844725e-a51b-4c88-bcda-ff9444d82de9,0,1705,2,"MHC721999020_1.jpg;MHC721999020_2.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";",417241
-82.9897516899999,42.3550713600001,MHC822005016,L2155,2,2005,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church,,Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church,,"Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church was founded in 1854 when the growing First Presbyterian Church divided into three congregations. Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian built its first church at Jefferson and Rivard. U.S. Senator James McMillan; Congressman and Industrialist John Newberry; and William E. Quinby, owner of the Detroit Free Press, were among the prominent members. The congregation merged with one of its missions, Bethany Presbyterian, and built this Neo-Gothic church, completed in 1926. Wirt C. Rowland, of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, designed the church, which has a sanctuary with windows by the Willet Stained Glass Company of Philadelphia, and a parish house with a chapel dedicated to Horace M. Dodge.",,8625 East Jefferson Avenue,Detroit,MI,48235,,Wayne,,42.35507136,-82.98975169,,,08/08/2017,ac4528e6-d5b3-4c38-824d-ffc18c173f43,0,1706,0,,,,,417242
-84.558779,42.7347940000001,MHC331987027,L1471C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),First Presbyterian Church / First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,First Presbyterian Church,"This church, Lansing’s first congregation to affiliate nationally (with the Marshall Presbytery), was founded on December 17, 1847. It was organized by the Reverend Calvin Clark, an agent for the American Home Missionary Society. There were four members. The first pastor, the Reverend W. W. Atterbury, served from 1848 until May 1854. The congregation held its early services in a school, the legislative chambers of Lansing’s first capitol, an inn and a storage building called “God’s Barn”. It built its first permanent home, Lansing’s first church edifice, in 1852.","The congregation’s first church, at the intersection of Genesee Street and Washington Avenue, housed the first bell in Lansing in its fifty-five-foot tower. The bell was purchased with money raised by church women and was installed in 1856. For years it awakened Lansing, announced noon hour and curfew, and alerted firemen. The congregation’s second church, at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Allegan Street, was built in 1889. The church on this site, begun in 1947, was completed in 1953. The Molly Grove Chapel was added in 1984.",211 North Chestnut,Lansing,MI,0,,Ingham,04N02W16SWNW,42.734794,-84.558779,,2,11/09/2020,60c17445-ccb0-48d7-b267-ffd64b6e16d4,0,1707,5,"MHC331987027_8.jpg;MHC331987027_5.jpg;MHC331987027_7.jpg;MHC331987027_9.jpg;MHC331987027_10.jpg",,"Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","07/11/2017;07/11/2017;07/11/2017;07/11/2017;04/18/2019",417243
-85.0045,42.2463000000001,MHC132017001,S748C,2,2017,2017,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Michigan In World War I / Camp Custer,Fort Custer Training Center,Michigan In World War I,Camp Custer,"Michigan furnished more than 168,000 men and women to the armed services of the United States during the “Great War,” from 1917 to 1919. Some 5,000 died in service, and 15,000 were wounded. Members of the Michigan National Guard saw the most extensive service as part of the 32nd ""Red Arrow"" Division. At the end of the war, Michiganders were part of the American North Russia Expeditionary Force, the “Polar Bears,” sent to support the White Russians. Michigan raw materials and manufacturing were key to the war effort. Michiganders bought Liberty Bonds and Stamps to finance the war and increased food production. They endured shortages of fuel and food. Women used the war’s emphasis on democracy to gain the right to vote in Michigan in 1918.","On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. The federal government soon issued a call for sites for cantonments, training centers for recruits. The Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce assembled land here that had good railroad connections. It was selected for the Wisconsin/Michigan region. Construction began on July 1, 1917, and the site was officially named after General George A. Custer on July 18, 1917. The first inductees arrived that September. Nearly 100,000 troops mobilized and trained here during the war, including the African American 536th Engineer Services Battalion. After some 92,000 troops demobilized here, the camp was used for Citizens’ Military Training Camps and was a district headquarters for the Civilian Conservation Corps. It was reactivated in 1940 as a permanent Army training installation, becoming Fort Custer.",2501 26th Street,Augusta,MI,49012,Fort Custer,Calhoun,,42.2463,-85.0045,,,02/16/2021,f17de303-a7d1-4b0a-8759-7f60253a8417,0,1708,0,,,,,417244
-83.072415,42.3623410000001,MHC822017002,S744,2,2017,2017,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),United Sound Systems Recording Studios / United Sound Systems Recording Studios,,United Sound Systems Recording Studios,United Sound Systems Recording Studios,"In 1939 Italian American violinist and sound engineer James “Jimmy” Siracuse (1903-1988) converted this 1916 house into the new home for United Sound Systems, one of Detroit’s first independent recording studios. He offered recording, transcription and production services for radio programs, record companies, musicians, singers and private citizens, including families who made recordings to send to soldiers during World War II. In 1946 the internationally broadcast Inter-Racial Goodwill Program was recorded here. Artists who created music here in the 1940s and 1950s included John Lee Hooker, Johnnie Ray, Dizzy Gillespie, Jackie Wilson and Alberta Adams.","James “Jimmy” Siracuse enlarged this studio to accommodate orchestras and motion picture production in 1956. Marv Johnson’s 1959 song “Come To Me,” recorded here, was the first single for Tamla Records (later Motown Records). African American guitarist, producer and entrepreneur Don Davis (1938-2014) bought the studio in 1972. He worked with new and established artists from all musical genres, but especially soul, disco, funk, and rhythm and blues. Among them was Johnnie Taylor. His 1976 song “Disco Lady” was the first single certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. By the mid-2000s, United Sound had closed. It reopened in 2014.",5840 Second,Detroit,MI,48202,At Second and Antoinette,Wayne,,42.362341,-83.072415,,,08/21/2019,27cdf830-ef85-4dc0-b78f-2ced5acf4a24,0,1709,1,MHC822017002_1.jpg,Kimberly Johnson,Site Photo w/Marker,06/15/2017,417245
-84.601039,41.8993320000001,MHC302016011,L2290,2,2016,2017,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Baw Beese Lake / Sandy Beach,,Baw Beese Lake,Sandy Beach,"According to early Hillsdale County histories, this lake was named for Baw Beese, the leader of a Potawatomi band that lived nearby when hunting and fishing in the area. Non-Natives who began to live here in the early nineteenth century described Baw Beese as “generous and friendly.” In 1840 Baw Beese and his people were forced to move to Iowa, then Kansas, under the terms of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This area soon became a popular picnic, fishing and swimming spot for settlers and their descendants. In 1892 the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad built a resort on the lake’s northern shore. It featured a boathouse, lunch counter, dance pavilion, hotel, docks, picnic areas and a toboggan run. Excursion trains from nearby cities brought visitors to the resort’s gates. In 1915 the resort closed, and the buildings were dismantled.","People began using Sandy Beach as a popular, but informal, swimming spot in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1955 nine Hillsdale County residents formed the Baw Beese Memorial Park Association to acquire and convert this area into a public beach. Using money from fundraising drives, the group purchased the land from Edwin and Mae Leypoldt of Cleveland, Ohio. Hillsdale City Recreation Director James Inman organized work groups to clear brush, widen the beach and create picnic areas. Area high school students made up one group. Local volunteer carpenters, electricians, bricklayers, painters and plumbers built the beach house using donated materials. It was later altered to include a concession stand. In 2013 the Hillsdale Rotary Club began a multi-year beach improvement project that included renovating the beach house.",End of Lakeview Drive,Hillsdale,MI,49242,Park and Beach entrance,Hillsdale,06S03W36SWSE,41.899332,-84.601039,,Native People,08/03/2017,e86c0fb1-b92b-4363-ac95-f4f10cb22b81,0,1710,5,"MHC302016011_1.jpg;MHC302016011_2.jpg;MHC302016011_3.jpg;MHC302016011_4.jpg;MHC302016011_5.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown;unknown;unknown","Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","03/29/1906;;;;",417246
-83.780911,42.166052,MHC812016012,L2285,2,2016,2016,Native People and the French (< 1760),Salt Springs / Saline,Salt Springs Park,Salt Springs,Saline,"The City of Saline took its name from the natural salt springs in this area. During the Paleozoic Era, between 600 and 230 million years ago, Michigan’s Lower Peninsula was covered by sea water. When the sea receded, it left behind salt and other minerals. The bones of mastodons and other ancient animals have been discovered near salt springs in this area, leading some to believe they needed salt in their diet. Native people once lived in a village at one of the springs. They hunted animals attracted to the salt and produced salt using an evaporation process.","Saline is located in an area once claimed by France. When eighteenth century mapmakers recorded this area, they named the river “Saline,” the French word for salt marsh. Joseph Francis surveyed this area in 1819. Orange Risdon noted the salt springs in the surrounding area on his 1825 plat of the military road between Detroit and Chicago (later US-12). According to early county histories, in 1826 Leonard Miller became the first Euro-American to settle here. The community officially became known as “Saline” in 1832. It became a village in 1866 and a city in 1931.",104 South Ann Arbor Street,Saline,MI,48176,Near center of town in the shopping district. The salt springs are in a park 1/4 mile west of downtown.,Washtenaw,04S05E01SENE,42.166052,-83.780911,,,04/17/2018,9a8b7ffc-07af-4499-941d-09d3e8dd853d,0,1711,0,,,,,417247
-84.9642469999999,42.272208,MHC132016013,L2287,2,2016,2017,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),First Courthouse / Brooks Memorial Fountain,"Calhoun County ""Courthouse Square""/Marshall's ""Fountain Circle""",First Courthouse,Brooks Memorial Fountain,"Established in 1829, Calhoun County made Marshall its county seat in 1831. It built its first courthouse on this site between 1837 and 1840. Designed in the Greek Revival style, the building had a rectangular footprint with four columns on each end. Structural problems became apparent in 1855 when a column collapsed. In 1872, after county offices had moved to nearby buildings, the courthouse was demolished. The city repurposed the site into a park featuring a bandstand and a fish pond.","In October 1929, Marshall’s mayor, Harold C. Brooks, announced his gift to the city of an “electric fountain” in memory of his late father, Charles E. Brooks. Architect Howard F. Young, landscape engineer Herman Swanson, and engineers from General Electric collaborated on the design. At its dedication, on April 26, 1930, some seven thousand people applauded with “exclamations of surprise” and “wonderment” when the mayor’s son, Craig, turned on the fountain and its multi-colored lights.",Roundabout,Marshall,MI,49068,Junction of Michigan Ave and Kalamazo Street,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.272208,-84.964247,,,08/06/2020,9b737885-4e82-43f5-998f-9fd9dd884892,0,1712,3,"MHC132016013_1.jpg;MHC132016013_2.jpg;MHC132016013_3.jpg","Not Provided;Not Provided;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;07/12/2020",417248
-84.553661,42.7337820000001,MHC332017003,S745C,2,2017,2017,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lansing Labor Holiday / Lansing Labor Holiday,,Lansing Labor Holiday,Lansing Labor Holiday,"As the labor movement spread across Michigan in the 1930s, workers in Lansing organized. After a successful strike at REO Motor Car Company ended in April 1937, the Amalgamated United Auto Workers Local 182 began recruiting new members from small auto shops, including Capital City Wrecking Company, which refused to negotiate a contract. Workers went on strike. The company got an injunction against picketing, but unionists ignored it. Around 2 a.m. on June 7, 1937, Sheriff Alan MacDonald ordered his deputies to arrest the picketers while he went to arrest labor leader Lester Washburn. He was not home, so MacDonald arrested his wife, Nevah. In response to the arrests, the union called for a Labor Holiday, or general strike, of the entire City of Lansing.","On June 7, 1937, between 2,000 and 5,000 union members and supporters arrived in downtown Lansing. They nonviolently forced shops, theatres, factories and offices to close, resulting in a virtual shutdown of the entire city. Union members marched to City Hall and the Capitol asking for the release of the arrested picketers and Nevah Washburn. Mayor Max A. Templeton said there was nothing he could do, but Governor Frank Murphy met with officials involved in the arrests. Shortly thereafter the arrestees were released. The next day Capital City Wrecking Company agreed to contract negotiations with its workers. Labor historians later described the holiday as a rarity, one of the few successful non-violent general strikes of the early twentieth century labor movement.",West Michigan Avenue,Lansing,MI,48933,"near the intersection of South Capitol Avenue, North side of Michigan Avenue.",Ingham,04N02W16SENW,42.733782,-84.553661,,5,11/05/2020,7489bb48-cbdf-4edb-90a6-f1fc3fdb02ac,0,1713,5,"MHC332017003_1.jpg;MHC332017003_2.jpg;MHC332017003_3.jpg;MHC332017003_4.jpg;MHC332017003_5.jpg","Archives of Michigan;Archives of Michigan;Archives of Michigan;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/07/1937;06/07/1937;06/07/1937;10/15/2020;10/15/2020",417249
-84.735334,42.033845,MHC302016014,L2282,2,2016,2016,Post WWII (1945-1970),Wayside Memorial Park / Wayside Memorial Park,Memorial Mile,Wayside Memorial Park,Wayside Memorial Park,"In 1945-46 the Litchfield Garden Club created this park on land donated by the Litchfield Dairy Association. The club’s Memorial Committee, composed of Jessie Bowersox, Martha Beauchampet and Pauline Kropschot, used landscaping and green space to beautify the space, which had been used as a trash dump. The focal point was a stone memorial honoring ten local men who died in World War II. The Committee designated the adjacent one-mile section of M-99 as “Memorial Mile.”","On September 8, 1946, the Litchfield Garden Club dedicated this park and its World War II memorial. Norman Issott designed the memorial, which Yunker Memorials, Inc. produced using crab orchard stone. The approximately seven hundred people attending the ceremony included family members of the men honored on the memorial. That same year, the National Council of the Federated Garden Clubs of North America gave the Litchfield Garden Club an Outstanding Achievement Award for the project.",9596 Homer Road (M-99),Litchfield,MI,49252,Litchfield Township,Hillsdale,05S04W14NWSE,42.033845,-84.735334,,,09/05/2019,4b3c2d3d-62f6-43c0-a9e8-764064b5f00b,0,1714,2,"MHC302016014_1.jpg;MHC302016014_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",417250
-83.9126649999999,42.87285,MHC252016015,L2289,2,2016,2017,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Village Of Gaines / Gaines Depot,,Village Of Gaines,Gaines Depot,"Between 1855 and 1858 the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway built a rail line from Detroit to Grand Haven. In 1856 Gaines Station was established as a rail stop and post office. In 1859 Henry Walker platted the town, aligning the streets with the railroad. The town soon became a local shipping hub with people, mail and goods arriving on daily trains. Departing trains carried such local goods as wheat, oats, barrel staves, lumber and broom handles. The Village of Gaines was incorporated in 1875.","According to early Genesee County histories, the first building in Gaines was a wood-frame railroad depot. It was replaced by this brick depot in 1881. The station closed when rail service ended in the 1950s. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Genesee Avenue/Walker Street Historic District in 1983, it deteriorated over the years. In 1991 concerned citizens formed Gaines Station, Inc. to save the depot. Rehabilitation work lasted from 1992 to 1997. In 1998 the building reopened as a branch of the Genesee County Public Library.",103 West Walker Street,Gaines,MI,48436,NW corner of Walker and Walnut Streets,Genesee,06N05E31NESE,42.87285,-83.912665,,,09/05/2019,339b997d-7859-4392-b849-b1be2b578fd5,1983,1715,2,"MHC252016015_1.jpg;MHC252016015_2.jpg",";","Historical Photo;Historical Photo","07/01/1911;",417251
-83.092342,42.386365,MHC822013013,L2250,2,2013,2021,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Duane Doty School,"Doty School; Henry Ford Academy Elementary School; Boykin Continuing Education Center",Duane Doty School,,"Duane Doty School opened its doors in the fall of 1909. It was built as Detroit grew north along Woodward Avenue in the first quarter of the twentieth century. The school was named for Duane Doty (c.1836-1902), an early superintendent of Detroit Public Schools and later of the Chicago schools. The building was designed by local firm Malcomson and Higginbotham, architects of many Detroit schools, in an Arts and Crafts style. Originally, the school housed kindergarten through eighth grade with space for up to 640 students. Enrollment peaked at 1,200 in 1960. Many students came from the nearby Boston Edison district. The school was expanded in 1921, and a gymnasium was added in 1928. It has been remodeled several times since its founding.",,841 Glynn Court,Detroit,MI,48202,located of from 3rd Avenue. Wall-mounted near an entrance.,Wayne,,42.386365,-83.092342,,6,07/07/2021,83859c1d-381c-4202-b24c-73bfaa3b4cce,2011,1716,3,"MHC822013013_1.jpg;MHC822013013_2.jpg;MHC822013013_3.jpg","Mark Kwiatkowski, Resendes Group;Mark Kwiatkowski, Resendes Group;Mark Kwiatowski, Resendes Group","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","07/06/2021;07/06/2021;07/06/2021",417252
-88.3353,46.6940000000001,MHC072017004,L2291,2,2017,2017,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Covington Township Hall,Covington Museum,Covington Township Hall,,"After demolishing its original hall, Covington Township built this hall on the same site in 1934 with support from the Civil Works Administration, a program created to alleviate the Great Depression. The Hall became a center for community life and local government. It hosted special events and provided classrooms for the schools when needed. In 1986 township offices moved to a newly-opened multi-purpose building on M-28. The Covington Historical Society converted the Hall into a museum in 1997.",,13381 Center Street,Covington,MI,49919,Nearest crossroads are Center St and US-141,Baraga,,46.694,-88.3353,,,08/22/2017,13a9dfb8-f9d3-46d4-9a6a-a2033eefcbb2,0,1717,0,,,,,417253
-82.9107999999999,42.6725000000001,MHC502016016,L2278C,2,2016,2016,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. John Lutheran Church And Schools/ St. John Lutheran Church And Schools,St. Johanne's Evangeliche Lutheran Kirche und School,St. John Lutheran Church And Schools,St. John Lutheran Church And Schools,"In 1864, local residents asked Pastor Herman Lemke of East Detroit to help them organize a Lutheran church in Fraser. That same year, they built a small wood frame building on land south of 14 Mile Road. Each week after Sunday service, they moved the pews aside so desks and chairs could be set up for the school week. The congregation replaced the small church with a larger wood frame church and school in 1867. A fire destroyed the building on Christmas Eve 1884. In 1884-85, members built a new two-story school and a separate church with a seating capacity of 600. The school had two classrooms, one on each floor. St. John school was the only school in Fraser until the village built a one-room schoolhouse at 13 Mile and Utica Roads around 1882.","As the area’s population grew, St. John Lutheran Church members requested schools closer to their homes. In 1877, the church built two additional schools: one at Cady’s Corners on Utica Road and the Krim School at Plumbrook and Dodge Park Roads in Sterling Township. Krim served residents until around 1894; and Cady’s Corner, until 1929. They both closed as improved transportation options allowed students to be educated elsewhere, including the St. John school in Fraser. In the 1940s and 1950s, St. John pastors drove school buses daily. In 1957, the church finished moving all classes to a school building built here in 1948. The 1884-85 school became the Fraser Public Library in 1964. Members built a new church here in 1985-86.",16339 14 Mile Road,Fraser,MI,48026,,Macomb,,42.6725,-82.9108,,,,e20c4c9d-b2da-4968-ba67-371aea860eec,0,1718,3,"MHC502016016_3.jpg;MHC502016016_1.jpg;MHC502016016_4.jpg","unknown;Unknown;unknown","Historical Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;",417254
-84.1452,42.9543,MHC782016017,L2288,2,2016,2017,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Shaftsburg School /Woodhull Township Hall,,Shaftsburg School,Woodhull Township Hall,"John Peter Shaft founded the village of Shaftsburg. Lyman Mason platted it in 1876 on lands owned by the Shaft family. Other families lived on nearby farms. During harvest, children aided their parents with the farmwork. When they were not needed at home, most children attended a one-room school about a quarter mile west of here, just north of Beard Road. By the early 1880s, enrollment had surpassed the building’s capacity. In 1884 Harry and Matilda Matteson sold this land to Woodhull School District Number Six, which built this two-room schoolhouse in 1885. In any given year, two to four teachers, some of whom were Shaft descendants, taught fifty to seventy students in kindergarten through eighth grades, and later, through high school. The students learned such subjects as penmanship, government, geography, algebra, history, and “domestic art.”","Woodhull Township was organized in 1838 and named for brothers John and Josephus Woodhull, who had begun purchasing land in this area in 1837. In 1895 the township built a hall northeast of here. By the 1960s, the building was too small for the government´s needs. In 1962 the township bought this two-room school from Woodhull Township School District Number Six and moved the township offices here, while the school moved to a larger building. Later, the wall between the former classrooms was moved to create a small office and larger meeting space. In 2000 an addition was built on the rear of the hall for new offices. The interior of the original building was converted into a single room for meetings and such community events as parties, musical performances and reunions.",7315 W. Beard Road,Shaftsburg,MI,48882,,Shiawassee,,42.9543,-84.1452,,,10/08/2019,c413e0bf-8434-4e2e-8a7a-15f3ba4939a7,0,1719,2,"MHC782016017_1.jpg;MHC782016017_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Historical Photo",";07/01/1920",417255
-83.099818,42.3766390000001,MHC822017005,S746C,4,2017,2017,Post WWII (1945-1970),Detroit July 1967 /Detroit July 1967,Gordon Park,Detroit July 1967,Detroit July 1967,"In July 1967 the civil unrest that had been spreading across the United States reached Detroit. In the early morning hours of July 23, Detroit police officers raided a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar, where patrons were celebrating the return of Vietnam War servicemen. Located at Clairmount Avenue and Twelfth Street (later Rosa Parks Boulevard), the bar was within a mostly African-American business district that had an active nightlife. While the police arrested all eighty-five people inside, a crowd formed outside. Reacting to the arrests, a few people threw rocks and bottles at the police. By eight a.m., the crowd had grown to an estimated 3,000 people, and arson and looting were underway. Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and Governor George Romney agreed to deploy the Michigan National Guard that afternoon. Federal Army troops joined the guard thirty-six hours later.","The civil unrest in Detroit continued for four days, until July 27, 1967. More than 1,600 buildings were damaged after fires spread from the business district to nearby residences. Property damage was estimated to be $132 million. About 7,200 people were arrested, and hundreds were injured. Forty-three people died. They included bystanders, looters, a policeman, two firemen and a National Guardsman. In response to the conflicts in Detroit and throughout the United States, President Lyndon B. Johnson created the Kerner Commission to investigate the causes of the violence. It concluded that although the specific episodes of violence were spontaneous, they were in response to poverty, segregation, racism, unemployment, “frustrations of powerlessness” and police actions that enforced a double standard for how people of different races were treated.",9125 Rosa Parks Boulevard,Detroit,MI,48206,Intersection of Rosa Parks Blvd and 12th Street,Wayne,,42.376639,-83.099818,,5,04/11/2022,446c96d1-5cdf-4ede-9b07-84761031e22a,0,1720,3,"MHC822017005_1.jpg;MHC822017005_2.jpg;MHC822017005_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;City of Detroit;City of Detroit","Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/23/2017;04/11/2022;04/11/2022",417256
-85.415499,44.896691,MHC052017006,L2297,2,2017,2017,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Methodist Episcopal Church/First Methodist Episcopal Church,First Methodist Episcopal Church of Elk Rapids,First Methodist Episcopal Church,First Methodist Episcopal Church,"In the late 1850s traveling pastors began to conduct Methodist services in Elk Rapids and nearby communities. First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the early 1870s. Services were held in a former school and then a former courthouse. The Rev. John W. Hart, who became pastor in 1899, decided the church needed a permanent building. In 1901 the congregation purchased architectural plans created by Benjamin D. Price and his son Max C. Price, Philadelphia architects who contracted with the Methodist Episcopal Board of Church Extensions to design a variety of plans for small, rural churches. These plans were made available to congregations nationwide through mail order catalogs. The church purchased the land for its new building in August 1901.","Construction on this auditorium-type church began on October 29, 1901, with a cornerstone-laying service. Locally made yellow brick forms the walls. The Kinsella Glass Company of Chicago produced eight of the thirteen Gothic stained-glass windows, which also served as memorials to early church members. The total cost of the building and lot was $8,250. On August 10, 1902, the Reverend William Dawe of Detroit dedicated the church building. In 1971 the church was renamed First United Methodist Church, a name it bore until it closed in 2011. The building was then donated to the Elk Rapids Area Historical Society, which converted it into its headquarters and a history museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.",301 Traverse Street,Elk Rapids,MI,48629,"Corner of Traverse and Pine Streets, the former church is currently used as the Elk Rapids History Museum",Antrim,29N09W20NESE,44.896691,-85.415499,,,09/10/2019,81580f86-aa32-467e-bc2b-b1831adf0509,2015,1721,0,,,,,417257
-86.23805,44.633723,MHC102017007,L2296,2,2017,2018,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Congregational Church,First Congregational Church of Frankfort,First Congregational Church,,"On January 26, 1868, twenty-three early Frankfort residents founded First Congregational Church of Frankfort. They received guidance from an established Congregational Church in Benzonia, Michigan. In accordance with the practices of Congregationalism, the founders adopted a seven-article confession, covenant and by-laws to form the basis of church governance. The first elected Deacons were Richard Ball and W.H. Marsh. The Reverend A.H. Fletcher was the first pastor.","In 1871 the members of First Congregational Church of Frankfort built this church with its eighty-seven-foot-high steeple on land donated by the Frankfort Land Company. The company’s manager, Eugene B. Frost, was a charter member of the church. Donations from Frankfort residents and a loan from the Congregational Church Building Society financed the $5,000 building cost. The church completed the rear addition, built to house offices and Sunday school classrooms, in 1960.",431 Forest Avenue,Frankfort,MI,49635,NW corner of Forest & 5th Street,Benzie,26N16W22SWSW,44.633723,-86.23805,,2,12/20/2018,9457a517-0f4c-495c-9fb3-e7fb3b658713,0,1722,1,MHC102017007_1.jpg,sponsor,Other Photo,06/25/2016,417258
-87.0556109999999,45.7411930000001,MHC212017008,L1789B,2,2017,2017,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Charles Brotherton /Charles Brotherton House,,Charles Brotherton,Charles Brotherton House,"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 Escanaba area, a decade before the initial influx of settlers, laid the foundation for the later creation of roads, mail routes and communities. Working for the Chicago and North Western Railway from 1865 until his death in 1908, he surveyed the railroad’s path across the Upper Peninsula.","Surveyor Charles Brotherton moved to Escanaba with his wife, Orpha Bishop, and their children in 1868. They built this house in 1873. Its original design was an eclectic mix of architectural styles featuring a cupola, a veranda with a flared hip roof, dormers and overall symmetry. Orpha died in 1882, and Charles married Carrie Beach in 1883. Two of his sons who grew up here, Delevan and Hugh, later became surveyors.",606 Ogden Ave,Escanaba,MI,49829,"NW side of Ogden, Between 6th and 7th Streets",Delta,39N22W29SWSW,45.741193,-87.055611,,,08/01/2019,5fa97b89-8f00-4b95-8a5f-8b48e75b2aaa,0,1723,3,"MHC212017008_1.jpg;MHC212017008_2.jpg;MHC212017008_3.jpg","unknown;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";10/06/2020;10/06/2020",417259
-84.662472,41.9821430000001,MHC302017009,L2293,2,2017,2017,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),J.J. Deal And Son Carriage Factory /Kiddie Brush And Toy Company,,J.J. Deal And Son Carriage Factory,Kiddie Brush And Toy Company,"Around 1865 blacksmith Jacob J. Deal began to build and repair carriages, wagons, sleighs and carts in Jonesville. He had a manufacturing complex on this site by 1884. Jacob’s son, George, became a partner and manager in 1891, and the company was renamed J. J. Deal and Son. Using fire-resistant construction techniques, they built this factory in three phases between 1892 and 1909. When Jacob retired in 1908, George renamed the business Deal Buggy Company. During this time, the business began making automobiles under the name Deal Motor Vehicle Company. Its models included the Deal Model “R,” which sold for $1,250 and featured a thirty-horsepower engine, speedometer and wind shield. Jacob Deal died in 1914; the company closed the next year.","From 1918 to 1928 the Universal Body Company built automotive bodies for such companies as Ford and Arrow Line in this factory. In the 1930s, Jonesville Sheet Metal Products and Jonesville Screw Products Company used portions of the building. In 1937 Paul A. Jones bought the factory for his Kiddie Brush and Toy Company. Workers made all kinds of toys: board games, dolls, furniture and Susy Goose housekeeping sets, which included a mop, carpet sweeper, apron, broom and dust pan. In 1961 the company began making accessories for Barbie dolls. When Kiddie Toy relocated in 1970, the factory closed. After listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, the building was rehabilitated and reopened in 2016 as an apartment building.",117 West Street,Jonesville,MI,49250,"East side of West, One block South of Chicago Road",Hillsdale,06S03W04NENW,41.982143,-84.662472,,Auto Industry,09/05/2019,4818e5a1-4704-4fe9-9ca5-5826033def81,2012,1724,2,"MHC302017009_1.jpg;MHC302017009_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Historical Photo",";07/01/1915",417260
-83.3069829999999,42.027004,MHC582017010,S747,2,2017,2017,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Potter Cemetery /Public Act 525 Of 2012,Swan Creek Cemetery,Potter Cemetery,Public Act 525 Of 2012,"In 1847 Ash and Berlin Township people began to be buried in this cemetery, located on the property line between Royal and Mary Ann Potter’s land and that of John and Margaret Flint. In 1860 the couples each deeded half an acre to the Swan Creek Cemetery Company. By the last known burial, in 1930, more than eighty people had been buried here, including five Masonic Lodge members, six Civil War veterans, early area citizens and their descendants. Over the years, the cemetery deteriorated due to neglect and inaccessibility. Grave stones were vandalized, and plants grew wild. The State of Michigan declared Potter Cemetery abandoned in 1968. In 1998 descendants of those buried here formed the Friends of Potter Cemetery to begin restoration efforts, including repairing grave markers, removing trees and stumps and installing a fence.","When the Friends of Potter Cemetery began to restore Potter Cemetery in 1998, the cemetery was landlocked, meaning there was no public ingress or egress. This required the group to cross private land to reach the burial ground. In 2000 the Friends lost access to the cemetery. They tried to regain it through negotiations with the Township and landowners. After years of unsuccessful negotiation attempts, the group pursued litigation in 2007. In 2010 Ash Township purchased land to construct an access easement, which opened in December of that year. In 2008 the group had begun legislative efforts to ensure access to Michigan cemeteries. Four years later, Public Act 525 of 2012 was unanimously passed and signed into law. It prohibits cemeteries from being landlocked.",3700 E. Sigler,Carleton,MI,48117,"Between Sigler and Labo Roads, East of Telegraph Road, Ash Township",Monroe,05S09E25NESE,42.027004,-83.306983,,5,03/05/2019,219c297b-48b5-4ee0-93fe-bafb3598fa9b,0,1725,4,"MHC582017010_1.jpg;MHC582017010_4.jpg;MHC582017010_5.jpg;MHC582017010_6.jpg","Not Provided;Unknown;Brian Egen;Brian Egen","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";09/30/2016;09/27/2017;09/17/2017",417261
-82.922987,43.0167070000001,MHC742017011,L2292,2,2017,2017,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Capac´s Early Railroad Depots/The Fourth Capac Depot,Capac Museum/Grand Trunk Depot,Capac´s Early Railroad Depots,The Fourth Capac Depot,"In 1870 the Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad Company, later the Grand Trunk Railroad, opened a rail line and depot in Capac. Judge Dewitt C. Walker, Capac’s founder, later recalled that “the shrill noise of the locomotive whistle that first rang out upon the frozen air and re-echoed through the trees that surrounded the village … heralded the advent of prosperity for this place.” The Village of Capac was incorporated in 1873. By 1880 the community had a population of 544 people. Such local goods as timber, barrel staves and grain were shipped on the railroad. The first depot, built north of the tracks, burned down in 1880, and a second, brick depot was built south of the tracks. It was declared “unsafe” and replaced by a third depot north of the tracks in the 1890s.","After Capac’s third railroad depot was destroyed by fire on January 9, 1914, the Grand Trunk Railroad Company built this wood-frame station north of the tracks, just south of Railroad Street. Opened on October 17, 1914, the station provided passenger and freight service. Its telegraph office brought the latest news to the village. The depot closed on October 8, 1973. In 1987 the Capac Community Historical Society bought the depot for one dollar under the condition that it relocate the building. On October 21, 1988, the society moved the depot in two parts to this site, about three-fourths of a mile northeast of its original location, and began rehabilitating the station for reuse as a museum. The depot reopened as the Capac Community Historical Museum in 1994.",At the end of East Kempf Court,Capac,MI,48014,marker is at the end of the street (East Kempf Court) and you enter the parking lot for the Museum/Depot,Saint Clair,07N13E22NESW,43.016707,-82.922987,,,03/31/2020,6796b2e3-a64b-4c2c-8809-11aab4b16e42,0,1726,3,"MHC742017011_1.jpg;MHC742017011_2.jpg;MHC742017011_3.jpg",";;Eddie Gross","Historical Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","10/01/1914;06/19/2013;05/25/2002",417262
-84.6090129999999,41.926449,MHC302017012,L2299,2,2017,2017,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Camp Woodbury / Lewis Emery Park,,Camp Woodbury,Lewis Emery Park,"On July 2, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for troops for the Union Army. Men from Monroe, Hillsdale and Lenawee counties met in Hillsdale to form the Eighteenth Michigan Infantry Regiment. Local mill owner Lewis Emery volunteered this land for the regiment’s use. Near here they created Camp Woodbury, named for Colonel Dwight Woodbury from Adrian. The men trained at Camp Woodbury from July to August. The regiment was mustered into service on August 26, 1862, under the command of Colonel Charles Doolittle.","In 1930 the Hillsdale chapter of the Izaac Walton League partnered with the Michigan Conservation Department to establish a pond here to raise fish for sport fishing and conservation. It yielded more than 472,000 bluegills in its first year. Over the next few years, laborers employed by the federal relief Civil Works Administration dug five more ponds which were used to raise bluegill and bass. After the state stopped using the ponds in the early 1960s, the land was deeded to Hillsdale County and renamed Lewis Emery Park.",2020 State Road,Hillsdale,MI,49242,"turn onto Lewis Emery Drive and enter the park, the marker is in front of the pavilion",Hillsdale,06S03W25NWNW,41.926449,-84.609013,,"Civil War,Heritage Conservation Trail",09/05/2019,34ff9ccb-a6c6-44bc-ab05-3d39720771bd,0,1727,0,,,,,417263
-82.6889869999999,42.695119,MHC742017013,L2295,2,2017,2017,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Mary´s Cemetery / St. Mary´s Cemetery,Immaculate Conception Cemetery,St. Mary´s Cemetery,St. Mary´s Cemetery,"In 1830 Etienne (Stephen) and Mary Rose arrived in Detroit from Montreal. They settled with their children near here. Rose and his sons supported the family by cutting and selling wood at fifty cents a cord. In 1840 the Roses bought about thirty-seven acres of land from the government. On November 30, 1849, they deeded some of the land to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit to build a church and cemetery. Early church histories state that the cemetery’s earliest burials were the remains of some of the community’s earliest settlers, who had been buried along Anchor Bay but had to be relocated to the cemetery’s southeast corner due to rising water levels. The burial ground became the resting place for many of Ira Township’s earliest immigrant residents from Switzerland, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, England and the Netherlands.","Approximately 1,850 people have been buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Most were members of the nearby Catholic Church. Among them were twelve Civil War veterans, including Stephen Rose, son of Etienne and Mary Rose who donated this land. In 1872 a world-wide smallpox epidemic reached Ira Township and took the lives of twenty-nine people. Almost half of them were buried here. Though some of this cemetery’s graves are unmarked, many have markers made of concrete, marble, granite, limestone and sculpted iron. St. Mary’s Cemetery and the associated nearby parish church were renamed Immaculate Conception in the early twentieth century. In 1911 the church reaffirmed its commitment to this cemetery, declaring “Make it God’s acre, a sacred dormitory where His weary children sleep til the day of the Resurrection.”",6890 Church Road,Fair Haven,MI,48023,"Ira Twp; Between Marine City Hwy (26 Mile Rd) and Dixie Hwy (M-29)",Saint Clair,03N15E08SESE,42.695119,-82.688987,,,03/05/2019,611baff4-f32d-43d6-ae6d-8cfaf03fa74d,0,1728,1,MHC742017013_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,10/13/2016,417264
-83.871386,43.176409,MHC252017014,L2302,2,2017,2018,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Protestant Church / Montrose Township Cemetery,Church on the Hill,Methodist Protestant Church,Montrose Township Cemetery,"The Methodist Protestant Church Association laid the cornerstone for this church in 1893 on land later purchased from the John Berry family. The building was finished in 1895. Membership declined over the years, and in 1917 the church trustees sold the deteriorating building to Duncan Berry, who repaired it and deeded it to Montrose Township. Locally known as the “Church on the Hill,” it became a venue for Memorial Day ceremonies, funerals, weddings and church services.","In 1859 Montrose Township bought three acres of land from John Berry to create a burying ground, which was later expanded. In August of that year, John Pickett Slade, a veteran of the War of 1812, was the first person buried here. Early township settlers and residents are among the more than 5,000 people who are interred in the cemetery. Wyman and Edith Jennings donated the small chapel to the township in 1988. Gerald and Helen Flynn gave the township the land on which the chapel was built.",9474 Vienna Road,Montrose,MI,48457,,Genesee,09N05E15SWSW,43.176409,-83.871386,,,,2d905608-92ff-4c7b-9b52-7dbf31a9af88,0,1729,4,"MHC252017014_1.jpg;MHC252017014_2.jpg;MHC252017014_3.jpg;MHC252017014_4.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown;unknown","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","09/01/2014;09/01/2014;09/01/2014;09/01/2014",417265
-82.986948,42.340287,MHC822016002,S529,2,1979,2007,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Police Radio Dispatch,"Original Belle Isle Radio Station; Belle Isle Police Station",Police Radio Dispatch,,"During the early twentieth century, Detroit police and their criminal foes both adopted the automobile as their preferred means of transportation. To regain an advantage, Detroit police pioneered a novel use for radio. In 1921, under Commissioner William P. Rutledge, the police began experimenting with radio-equipped patrol cars. Police shared a frequency with a commercial station and cut into its programming to dispatch patrols. On April 7, 1928, police radio operators broadcast for the first time on a dedicated frequency from this police station, which eliminated radio interference from downtown stations. Reduced response times and increased arrest rates quickly made radio-dispatching standard police practice nationwide.",,"Inselruhe Drive, Belle Isle",Detroit,MI,48207,Between Central and Riverbank Drive. A contributing structure in the Belle Isle Historic District.,Wayne,,42.340287,-82.986948,,,03/24/2020,4657e239-234e-4fa0-a4aa-556958426636,0,1730,4,"MHC822016002_3.jpg;MHC822016002_1.jpg;MHC822016002_2.jpg;MHC822016002_4.jpg",";;;","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";04/13/2008;;04/13/2008",417266
-83.265341,42.269391,MHC822016018,L2286,2,2016,2017,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Nowlin Family / Nowlin Cemetery,,Nowlin Family,Nowlin Cemetery,"In 1834 John (1790-1869) and Melinda Nowlin (1802-1873) moved with their five children from New York to the Michigan Territory. On April 28, 1835, John bought eighty acres of land along the Ecorse River from the United States government. The family built a farmstead near here. They were one of the first Euro-American families to settle in this area. In 1876 John’s son William (1821-1889) published The Bark Covered House, Or Back in the Woods Again. A memoir of his family’s experience, the book was a “description of real pioneer life in the Wilderness of Michigan.”","This cemetery was created around 1853 by the Nowlin family, which owned this land and lived on a nearby farm. The first person buried here was James A. Nowlin, the ten-year-old son of William and Adelia Nowlin. Other nineteenth-century people interred here include members of the Thompson, Penny, Bolle and Griffin families. In 1950 Dearborn Township took ownership of the cemetery at the Nowlin family’s request. The City of Dearborn Heights became the owner after its 1963 incorporation.",23593 Van Born Road,Dearborn Heights,MI,48125,"On Van Born Rd, inside the cemetery fence. Near Madison Street. Cemetery now owned by City of Dearborn Hgts.",Wayne,02S10E33SESW,42.269391,-83.265341,,2,08/13/2019,a447ef45-8b4d-48ba-aac0-58ac36172c23,0,1731,0,,,,,417267
-85.6412089999999,42.9587720000001,MHC412017015,L2303,2,2017,2018,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),"Boy Scout Troop 15 / Eagle Scout Gerald ""Junior"" Ford",,Boy Scout Troop 15,"Eagle Scout Gerald ""Junior"" Ford","In 1918, eight years after the Boy Scouts of America incorporated, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church chartered Boy Scout Troop 15 with a membership of twenty-six boys. The troop number changed to 215 in the 1940s. Among its alumni is Roger B. Chaffee (1935-1967), who achieved Eagle Scout rank in 1951. After graduating from Purdue University, he became a Naval officer and astronaut. He died while training for the Apollo 1 space mission.","Gerald “Junior” Ford joined Boy Scout Troop 15 in 1925 at the age of twelve. Guided by Scoutmaster Charles M. Kindel, Ford achieved Eagle Scout rank in 1927. He was in the first Governor’s Honor Guard of Eagle Scouts to serve at Fort Mackinac. He often singled out scouting as a major influence throughout his life. In 1973 Ford became the first Eagle Scout to be vice-president of the United States and, in 1974, the first to become president.",1100 Lake Drive SE,Grand Rapids,MI,49506,"At Trinity United Methodist Church, between Calkins Avenue and Orchard Hill St.",Kent,07N11W29SESW,42.958772,-85.641209,,2,11/17/2020,2a644f71-a96e-4bf8-adc1-7406f4889f4e,0,1732,5,"MHC412017015_1.jpg;MHC412017015_2.jpg;MHC412017015_3.jpg;MHC412017015_4.jpg;MHC412017015_9.jpg","The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration;NASA;;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo",";;;11/15/2020;11/15/2020",417268
-86.0951019999999,42.799155,MHC702017016,L2300,2,2017,2018,Post WWII (1945-1970),De Zwaan Windmill /De Zwaan Windmill,,De Zwaan Windmill,De Zwaan Windmill,"In 1961 Castle Park resort owner Carter P. Brown proposed the idea of creating a public park with “an authentic Dutch windmill,” a symbol of Holland’s Dutch heritage. To do so, city officials needed permission from the Dutch government, which protects windmills as national monuments. Willard C. Wichers, midwest director for the Netherlands Information Service, led negotiations with the Dutch over a three-year period. In June 1964 he traveled to the Netherlands to find a suitable mill and finalize arrangements to buy and move it. In Vinkel, Noord Brabant, stood a mill that had been built in 1884 using pieces from older mills. Named De Zwaan (the Swan), it had been damaged during World War II and had deteriorated. Dutch officials allowed its sale but required that Dutch millwright Jan D. Medendorp supervise its relocation and restoration.","The dismantling of De Zwaan mill in the Netherlands began in June 1964. Its approximately seven thousand pieces, weighing sixty-six tons, were brought to the United States by the Dutch steamship Prins Willem van Oranje. It arrived at Muskegon, Michigan, on October 5, 1964. The pieces were moved by truck to this site, where the city had levelled the ground, removed brush and created canals. Over the next six months, Medendorp supervised the mill’s reconstruction, including its placement onto a new brick base. He restored its gears to working order, allowing it to mill local grain into flour. Jaap R. de Blecourt, former head gardener at Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel, planned the island’s gardens. De Zwaan was dedicated on April 10, 1965, with Governor George Romney of Michigan and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in attendance.",1 Lincoln Avenue,Holland,MI,49423,"Windmill Island Gardens, 7th Street & Lincoln",Ottawa,05N15W21SWSW,42.799155,-86.095102,,5,03/27/2019,870325cf-ecdf-40f6-98b9-6501906237d1,0,1733,3,"MHC702017016_1.jpg;MHC702017016_2.jpg;MHC702017016_3.jpg","unknown;Photo submitted with application;Windmill Island staff","Other Photo;Historical Photo;Marker Photo - Front","04/19/2014;06/01/1964;04/14/2018",417269
-82.688526,42.6916840000001,MHC742018001,L2310,2,2018,2018,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Immaculate Conception Of Blessed Virgin Mary /Immaculate Conception Of Blessed Virgin Mary,,Immaculate Conception Of Blessed Virgin Mary,Immaculate Conception Of Blessed Virgin Mary,"In the 1830s, numerous Catholic settlers immigrated to the Anchor Bay area. Having no formal church, the settlers were intermittently pastored by missionary clergymen. In 1847, Etienne (Stephen) Rose and his two sons constructed a wooden church on this property. Two years later, the Roses deeded a portion of their land to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Detroit for the purpose of developing a parish. In 1853 the diocese sent the Reverend Charles A. Chambille to be the first official pastor, and the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary was founded. In addition to an ornate wooden church, the parish constructed a school, a cemetery and a rectory.","Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary thrived under a number of pastors until 1917, when fire destroyed the original wooden church, the school, and the rectory. The pastor at that time, Father James Downey, oversaw the reconstruction of all three buildings. Albert Rose, Etienne (Stephen) Rose’s great-grandson, was the contractor. By 1918 the present church and the school were in use. The new brick church featured a cruciform floor plan. In 1921 the church bell was cast and engraved with the names of seventy donors. In 1953 church members hauled stones from local farms to build a grotto, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the parish’s founding.",9764 Dixie Highway,Ira Township,MI,48023,The marker is located by the front entrance of the church on the corner of M-29 and Church Street.,Saint Clair,03N15E16NWNW,42.691684,-82.688526,,,09/05/2019,64c9aa09-e6f6-4b26-b97e-40f6bda91776,0,1734,3,"MHC742018001_1.jpg;MHC742018001_2.jpg;MHC742018001_3.jpg","Paul Torney;Paul Torney;unknown","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo","10/14/2018;10/14/2018;",417270
-83.05323,42.352183,MHC822018002,L2298,2,2018,2018,,Friendship Baptist Church/Friendship Baptist Church,Friendship Baptist Church,Friendship Baptist Church,Friendship Baptist Church,"In 1916 the Rev. Samuel S. Cumby founded Friendship Baptist Church, an African-American congregation, on Russell Street. The Rev. John Henry Johnson (1878-1957) began to lead the church the next year. Its membership grew rapidly over the next two decades, forcing several moves in search of more space. In 1935 Rev. Johnson and the approximately 1,000-member church moved to their first long-term location, at 623 Rowena, later renamed Mack Avenue. By this time, the church had more than twenty-five auxiliaries and clubs engaged in such community outreach efforts as Red Cross projects, food programs and volunteering. In 1960 Friendship Baptist Church became the second African-American church to join the Detroit Association of American Baptist Churches.","In the 1950s Detroit began urban renewal. Meant to improve the city with highway, housing and public building projects, the effort also destroyed neighborhoods, including “Black Bottom,” where Friendship Baptist was located. In 1958 the Rev. Louis Johnson (1930-2008), the church’s third pastor, heard that Friendship would be razed for the Detroit Medical Center project. After a three-year battle to stay in the area, the church became the first approved for a new site. The building on Mack was leveled in 1963. This Modern-style church was designed by Wallace K. Kagawa, an architect with Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, who helped design the World Trade Center in New York City. Opened in April 1964, Friendship was the first Detroit church built in an urban renewal area.",3900 Beaubien Avenue,Detroit,MI,48201,Marker is located in the Southwest corner,Wayne,,42.352183,-83.05323,,African-American History,03/20/2019,916892a9-c7cd-4660-9267-28bc95acce22,0,1735,3,"MHC822018002_3.jpg;MHC822018002_5.jpg;MHC822018002_7.jpg","Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner;marker applicant","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","09/09/2018;09/09/2018;06/01/2015",417271
-83.949337,43.4152760000001,MHC732018003,L2304,2,2018,2018,,Hoyt Park Shelter and Field House,,Hoyt Park Shelter And Field House,,"Local architect Donald A. Kimball designed this shelter and field house in 1938. Funded by the federal Works Progress Administration, it incorporated Bay Port stone from the razed Darmstaetter Brewery located at the south end of the park. With offices above and a warming and concession room below, this building supported ice skating and other sporting activities, including sledding, tobogganing and baseball. In 2008 the Friends of Hoyt Park raised funds to rehabilitate the building.",,Upper Drive,Saginaw,MI,48601,located in Hoyt Park along Upper Drive - small wall mounted marker on front of building,Saginaw,12N04E25SENW,43.415276,-83.949337,,,12/03/2018,bbc293b8-9ac3-4841-a618-e549d2ae52b8,0,1736,2,"MHC732018003_2.jpg;MHC732018003_1.jpg","unknown;Susan Safford","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","02/01/2017;10/11/2018",417272
-85.380851,45.215897,MHC152017017,L2301,2,2017,2018,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Norwood School,,Norwood School,,"Norwood School District No. 1 was organized in 1867, one year before Orwin and Eliza P. Adams and Orvis D. Wood platted this village. Thirty-five children attended lessons in a log building. In 1869 a frame schoolhouse was built on land donated by the Adams family. The schoolhouse burned down on March 26, 1890, and was replaced that summer with this building. Students were taught using a group recitation format until 1918, when eight grades were established in accordance with state education reforms.","From 1867 until 1957, Norwood School enrolled between twenty and seventy students each year. In 1957, when there were only twelve students, residents voted (eighteen to fourteen) to annex the Norwood School District to the Charlevoix School District. Norwood Methodist Church then bought the school building for use as a fellowship hall. In 2004 the Norwood Area Historical Society purchased and renovated the school-house for use as a museum, community meeting hall and society headquarters",742 4th Street,Charlevoix,MI,49720,,Charlevoix,33N09W35SWNW,45.215897,-85.380851,,2,11/09/2021,4cbc9b09-56eb-4c0a-8a83-e3872b652510,0,1737,2,"MHC152017017_1.jpg;MHC152017017_2.jpg","unknown;unknown","Historical Photo;Other Photo","01/01/1923;03/21/2016",417273
-86.111364,42.776448,MHC702018004,L2305,2,2018,2018,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Grace Episcopal Church / Grace Episcopal Church Buildings,,Grace Episcopal Church,Grace Episcopal Church Buildings,"In August 1866 Manley Howard and Heber Walsh invited missionary Rev. Robert Wood to conduct an Episcopal service in Holland. Grace parish was organized the next year. The Rev. Joash Rice Taylor, its first rector, led the congregation into the Diocese of Michigan on June 10, 1868. It joined the new Diocese of Western Michigan in 1874. Struggling as a missionary parish in a community dominated by Dutch Reformed churches for sixty years, it lacked a rector for months at a time and faced limited resources, debt and fires. Grace became independent of missionary assistance and self-supporting in 1928. It stabilized and grew under the leadership of the Rev. William C. Warner, rector from 1943 to 1968. Grace was a leader in offering women leadership opportunities.","The 1871 Holland fire destroyed Grace Episcopal’s first church, a former one-room school on 10th Street across from Centennial Park. Gordon W. Lloyd designed a carpenter gothic church for the congregation’s second location at 11th and Pine. Built in 1873, it burned in 1886. Grace’s third church, on 9th Street, used timbers and window frames from the previous building. It was dedicated on March 11, 1889. When the congregation outgrew that space, Roger Allen and Associates of Grand Rapids designed this building in the style of an English parish church. It was consecrated in 1954. Additions doubled the size of the church in 1985. The altar was moved to the new north end of the sanctuary, and the pews were reversed. In 2017 the church installed a Pasi organ.",555 Michigan Avenue,Holland,MI,49423,,Ottawa,05N15W32SENW,42.776448,-86.111364,,5,11/16/2021,f194c0f2-3478-47b1-b550-7598dc7a2f14,0,1738,1,MHC702018004_1.jpg,unknown,Other Photo,,417274
-82.903772,42.39056,MHC822018005,S754C,2,2018,2019,Post WWII (1945-1970),Martin Luther King Jr. In Grosse Pointe / Martin Luther King Jr. In Grosse Pointe,,Martin Luther King Jr. In Grosse Pointe,Martin Luther King Jr. In Grosse Pointe,"Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the Grosse Pointe High School auditorium on March 14, 1968, to a crowd of more than two thousand people. In a speech entitled “The Other America,” King depicted two worlds within the nation: one where white families flourished, and another where black families struggled due to inequality. Nearly two hundred protestors from Breakthrough, an anti-communist group based in Detroit, picketed outside the high school and heckled King during his speech. The protestors criticized King for his opposition to the Vietnam War. King allowed a few hecklers to voice their opinions during his presentation. At the end of the speech he received a standing ovation. Just three weeks after he visited Grosse Pointe, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.","Speaking here in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. described “two Americas”: “One America is beautiful for situation…. In this America children grow up in the sunlight of opportunity. But there is another America. This other America has a daily ugliness about it that transforms the buoyancy of hope into the fatigue of despair.… Thousands of young people are deprived of an opportunity to get an adequate education … the schools are so segregated … that the best in these minds can never come out…. “However difficult it is to live amidst the constant hurt, the constant insult and the constant disrespect, I can still sing we shall overcome … because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.”",Fisher Road,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,48236,"marker located at Grosse Pointe South High School on Fisher Road, between Grosse Pointe Boulevard and Kercheval Avenue.",Wayne,,42.39056,-82.903772,,"African-American History,5",05/21/2021,8f52f591-bbd3-480f-b148-e9cc2cc9e5c3,1993,1739,1,MHC822018005_1.jpg,Marc Chamberlin - Ehresman Architect,Site Photo w/Marker,05/19/2021,417275
-82.689836,42.6951600000001,MHC742018006,L2316,2,2018,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Sacred Heart Cemetery / Sacred Heart Cemetery,,Sacred Heart Cemetery,Sacred Heart Cemetery,"Led by Bishop John Samuel Foley, the Diocese of Detroit purchased this land from Ephise Rosset in February 1914. The property became a new burial ground for Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary after the church’s first cemetery, St. Mary’s, had nearly reached its capacity. The first burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery was recorded on June 25, 1914. Because many parish members owned family plots in St. Mary’s, the new cemetery had a low number of interments during its first few years.","Several former pastors from the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary are buried in the priest mound of Sacred Heart Cemetery. Fred Rose, ho served as sexton for the parish from 1959 until 1997, is also buried in the cemetery. He was the great-great-grandson of Etienne (Stephen) Rose, an early Anchorville settler who donated land for the parish’s establishment in 1849. There are more than 150 veterans buried here, including soldiers who served in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.",6890 Church Road,Ira Township,MI,48023,Between Marine City Highway (26 Mile Road) and Dixie Highway (M-29),Saint Clair,03N15E08SESE,42.69516,-82.689836,,,05/29/2019,18a8863f-ff50-4206-9a1d-71ce5f210795,0,1740,4,"MHC742018006_1.jpg;MHC742018006_2.jpg;MHC742018006_3.jpg;MHC742018006_4.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown;Paul Torney","Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";;;05/01/2019",417276
-84.164044,42.9992990000001,MHC782018007,L2312,2,2018,2019,Post WWII (1945-1970),Birthplace Of Alfred Day Hershey / Alfred Day Hershey,,Birthplace Of Alfred Day Hershey,Alfred Day Hershey,"Nobel Laureate Alfred Day Hershey (1908-1997) was born here in Owosso. He earned a B.S. in bacteriology and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. While on the faculty of Washington University, Hershey made discoveries in bacteriology, immunology, virology and genetics. In 1943, Hershey, Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria formed the core of the Phage Group ‒ a research network focused on viruses called bacteriophages.","In 1952, at the Carnegie Institution´s Department of Genetics at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Alfred Day Hershey and his lab assistant Martha Chase performed the ""Blender Experiments."" They revealed that DNA is the genetic material of life. For that and other discoveries in virology and genetics, Hershey, Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria received the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine and were credited as ""The original founders of the modern science of molecular biology.”",515 East Mason Street,Owosso,MI,48867,Between Dewey and Oak Streets,Shiawassee,07N03E18SWSW,42.999299,-84.164044,,2,07/03/2019,e59e8142-82d5-4b01-bb8f-964d4113856d,0,1741,1,MHC782018007_3.jpg,Tom Manke,Marker Dedication Photo,05/20/2019,417277
-84.4108869999999,42.239876,MHC382018008,S753,2,2018,2019,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Mount Evergreen Cemetery / The Underground Railroad In Jackson,,Mount Evergreen Cemetery,The Underground Railroad In Jackson,"In 1843 Jackson’s village council purchased land from Eunice Dygert to establish public burial grounds in the village. The grounds were officially named Mount Evergreen Cemetery in 1879. The Greenwood Wall on the west side of the cemetery was built in 1873 and rebuilt in 1980 using the original wall’s stones. The cemetery contains the gravesites of several individuals who were involved with the Underground Railroad. Emma Nichols, a freedom seeker who fled from a plantation in Virginia and achieved her freedom through the secret network, is buried in the cemetery. She lived on Biddle Street in Jackson with her husband Richard Nichols, a barber who had also attained his freedom with the help of the Underground Railroad.","At least seven people who assisted fugitives escaping from slavery are buried in Mount Evergreen Cemetery. William and Mary DeLand share a family memorial here along with their son, Charles. According to Charles’s 1903 history of Jackson County, his family housed fugitives in their barn, and during the night he drove them by wagon to their next stop. The other four Underground Railroad contri-butors buried here are Abel Fitch, the first postmaster of Michigan Center; Lonson Wilcox, a deacon at First Congregational Church in Jackson; Norman Allen, a local politician who served as Jackson County Treasurer; and Seymour Treadwell, a leader in Michigan’s antislavery movement who wrote an 1838 book entitled American Liberties and American Slavery.",1047 Greenwood Avenue,Jackson,MI,49203,Between Rockwell and Morrell,Jackson,03S01W03NWSE,42.239876,-84.410887,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail",08/01/2019,e16cd130-9613-4ec8-a71b-b0a824f34134,0,1743,3,"MHC382018008_2.jpg;MHC382018008_1.jpg;MHC382018008_3.jpg","Linda Hass;Linda Hass;Linda Haas","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","05/18/2019;05/18/2019;01/01/2018",417278
-84.5534939999999,42.747237,MHC332018009,L2306,2,2018,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Pulver Brothers / The Filling Station,,The Pulver Brothers,The Filling Station,"As demand for oil and automobiles increased in the early 1920s, brothers Benjamin A. (1875-1960) and Elmer E. (1880-1965) Pulver formed the Pulver Oil Company to distribute Sinclair Oil products. In 1923 they built this filling station on Franklin Street. Renamed Grand River Avenue, the street soon became part of M-16, which linked Detroit and Grand Haven. In 1926 it became the first all-paved highway across the state. The Pulvers owned eight filling stations by 1930.","The Pulver Brothers built this Craftsman-style filling station using the once popular house-with-canopy design in 1923. Its diagonal orientation allowed access from both Capitol and Grand River Avenues. The Pulvers operated the station until 1938. Gasoline was last pumped here in 1953. The building served various functions until the 1960s. After decades of neglect, it was rehabilitated in 2011 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.",127 W. Grand River Avenue,Lansing,MI,48906,intersection of W. Grand River and N. Capitol Avenue,Ingham,04N02W09NESW,42.747237,-84.553494,,2,11/24/2020,409f3118-09d9-4461-9be0-465c0a093544,2016,1745,5,"MHC332018009_1.jpg;MHC332018009_2.jpg;MHC332018009_3.jpg;MHC332018009_4.jpg;MHC332018009_5.jpg","Dale Schrader;Dale Schrader;Other;Other;Michigan Historical Commission","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","08/01/2018;08/01/2018;05/01/1969;05/01/2016;11/19/2020",417279
-82.876482,42.436922,MHC822018010,L2308,2,2018,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Grosse Pointe Shores Village Hall / Grosse Pointe Shores Village Hall,Village of Grosse Pointe Shores Municipal Building,Grosse Pointe Shores Village Hall,Grosse Pointe Shores Village Hall,"The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores incorporated in 1911. After a few years of holding meetings in local homes, the village council purchased this property to build a village hall. Albert Kahn, who later designed the Fisher Building in Detroit, created plans for the hall. The village council held its first meeting here in 1915. The hall originally housed local government offices, including the police and fire stations. It also served as a community center, where residents could enjoy motion pictures, town dances and the first public library in the Grosse Pointes. In 1929, the upper level was converted into apartments for public safety officers. In the 1960s, fire doors were expanded to accommodate new fire trucks and office renovations modernized the building’s interior.","In 1982, after the ceiling of the village superintedent’s office fell in, structural engineers decided that the village hall was unsafe for continued use. The council hired architect Robert C. Wakely to design the restoration and renovation project. In addition to fixing structural issues, Wakely and Associates made the building barrier-free, including the hall’s new elevator tower, staircase and side entrance. Wakely maintained Albert Kahn’s structural design and style, creating an addition that could stand on its own while fitting in with the restored arches and brickwork of the original structure. After its completed renovation in 1984, the village hall received four architectural awards for success in preserving historic integrity while implementing necessary changes.",795 Lake Shore Road,Grosse Pointe Shores,MI,48236,"corner of Lake Shore and Vernier Roads, on front lawn adjacent to building main entrance",Wayne,,42.436922,-82.876482,,,07/12/2019,96f90dfd-9318-46ab-8d64-7651006ee36d,0,1746,5,"MHC822018010_1.jpg;MHC822018010_2.jpg;MHC822018010_3.jpg;MHC822018010_5.jpg;MHC822018010_4.jpg","Other;Other;Grosse Pointe Public Library;Other;Other","Other Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front",";;05/01/1922;06/18/2019;06/18/2019",417280
-83.114446,42.381735,MHC822018011,L2307,2,2018,2019,Post WWII (1945-1970),Temple No. 1 / Masjid Wali Muhammad,,Temple No. 1,Masjid Wali Muhammad,"The Workman’s Circle, a Jewish Labor Fraternity, erected this building in 1940. Temple No. 1 of the Nation of Islam purchased it in the 1950s. By then, the Nation of Islam, led by the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, had established temples in major cities throughout the United States. During the Civil Rights era, the Nation of Islam focused on Black nationalism and self-empowerment. This building served as the temple, a community center, a school, and Detroit headquarters. Malcolm X Shabazz was one of the ministers here before he left the Nation of Islam in 1964.","After the death of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad in 1975, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed reorganized the Nation of Islam to become a Sunni Islamic Community. The congregation of Temple No. 1 followed his embrace of Universal Islam. The previously exclusively black congregation was opened to all believers. In 1976 Temple No. 1 was rededicated as a masjid (mosque) and renamed World Community of al-Islam in the West. In 2013, Detroit designated Masjid Wali Muhammad as a local historic district.",11529 Linwood (Hon. Elijah Muhammad Blvd),Detroit,MI,48206,nearest intersection is Burlingame,Wayne,,42.381735,-83.114446,,African-American History,07/09/2019,ca0a5c14-1f29-46dc-8f18-6ff71d5bfd00,0,1747,5,"MHC822018011_1.jpg;MHC822018011_2.jpg;MHC822018011_3.jpg;MHC822018011_4.jpg;MHC822018011_5.jpg","Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner;unknown;Other;Other","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/14/2019;06/14/2019;;06/14/2019;06/14/2019",417281
-83.051993,42.393421,MHC822018012,L2311,2,2018,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Tau Beta Community House / Tau Beta Community House,,Tau Beta Community House,Tau Beta Community House,"In 1901, four young women between the ages of fifteen and sixteen founded Tau Beta as a social club for girls. Within a few years, the club members became volunteers for the Visiting Nurse Association, delivering meals to shut-ins in Detroit and establishing a tuberculosis clinic. By 1916, Tau Beta had become a service organization and established a settlement house on Hanley Street to serve the influx of Polish immigrants who had come to work at the Dodge Main auto factory. Hamtramck residents visited the first Tau Beta settlement house for legal aid and medical services. The organization moved to a larger building just down the street in 1920. There it provided a daycare center, a playground, laundry services and Hamtramck’s first public library.","Tau Beta hired the Detroit architectural firm Smith, Hinchman and Grylls to design this 1928 building. The much larger space allowed for full-time doctors at medical and dental clinics, a gymnasium, an auditorium and a full-sized kitchen. By the 1950s, an increase in Hamtramck social service providers had reduced the need for Tau Beta’s services. In 1958, the women focused their efforts on charity work outside of the community house and sold the building to the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church for use as a school. Various businesses occupied the house until 2017, when Hamtramck Public Schools purchased the property. The front entrance and modern exterior are not original to the 1928 structure, but the interior remains largely unchanged.",3056 Hanley,Hamtramck,MI,48212,between Jos. Campau Ave and Gallagher St.,Wayne,,42.393421,-83.051993,,,07/09/2019,d1042cdf-9992-4145-ac6c-73ddc37e513f,0,1748,3,"MHC822018012_1.jpg;MHC822018012_2.jpg;MHC822018012_3.jpg",";;","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;",417282
-83.7102189999999,43.0103740000001,MHC252008013,S497-d,2,2008,2021,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Flint Industry / GM Sit-Down Strike,,Flint Industry,GM Sit-Down Strike,"From 1910 through the 1980s, automobile and parts manufacturing dominated Flint industry. Like the saw and flour mills that preceded them, the factories were centered west of downtown in the Flint River valley. Industry began here in 1865 with the Begole and Fox Lumber Company located on the south side of the river. Lumber mills became wagon and carriage companies, which in turn evolved into automobile manufactuerers. In 1913 the Chevrolet Motor Company took over the Begole and Fox site in the valley. Known as ""Chevrolet in the hole"" due to its location, by 1934 the 80-acre complex employed 14,000 workers at 31 factoris on both sides of the river. Facing a downturn in production, General Motors began removing unused buildings in 1995. The last one, Plant 4 was razed in 2004.","In 1936 the fledgling United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) was organizing workers in Flint, the heart of the General Motors Corporation (GM) labor force. On December 30, 1936, workers at Chevrolet´s Fisher Body Plant 2 ""sat down,"" stopping production. They demanded union recognition and a cessation of sending work to nounion plants. On January 11, 1937, violence erupted at Fisher 2. In what workers call the ""Battle of the Running Bulls,"" the Flint police crossed the Chevrolet Avenue Bridge, armed with tear gas and guns, while workers turned fire hoses, car door hinges, bottles, and other projectiles into weapons. Twenty-seven people were inured. The 44-day strike ended on February 11, 1937, when GM recognized the UAW as the bargaining agent for GM factory workers.",Chevrolet Avenue,Flint,MI,0,"South side of the road; between Hasselbring Street and the Flint River",Genesee,,43.010374,-83.710219,,"Auto Industry,5",08/25/2020,be5e0fc5-6ff6-4a1f-97ca-0c59b1c12705,0,1749,2,"MHC252008013_1.jpg;MHC252008013_2.jpg","Deb Kirchner and Robin Stayton-Diehl;Deb Kirchner and Robin Stayton-Diehl","Other Photo;Marker Dedication Photo",";",417283
-85.525984,41.926036,MHC752019001,L2319,2,2019,2019,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Centreville Cemetery,,Centreville Cemetery,,"According to an 1877 county history, St. Joseph County donated these plots of land to Centreville as a cemetery in 1833 under the condition that a white picket fence be built around the site. Margaret Langley (1804-1850), who arrived with her husband, Thomas, and family in 1832 to establish the community of Centreville, is buried here. Most of the graves date from the nineteenth century. They include those of early village citizens, local government leaders and several Civil War veterans. The last burial occurred in August 1971.",,Ann Street,Centreville,MI,49032,between Dean and Nottawa Streets,Saint Joseph,06S10W19SWSW,41.926036,-85.525984,,Civil War,08/13/2019,1ee3a42e-0ab6-4c92-9eea-f8bcf569c8d2,0,1751,0,,,,,417284
-85.234392,43.623251,MHC542019002,S755C,2,2019,2019,Post WWII (1945-1970),Russell Kirk / Russell Kirk,,Russell Kirk,Russell Kirk,"Russell Kirk (1918-1994), a founder of the modern conservative movement in the United States, was born in Plymouth, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State College in 1940 and received his M.A. in history from Duke University the following year. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, Kirk taught history at Michigan State and pursued graduate studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland. In 1952 he became the first American to earn a Doctor of Letters from St. Andrews. His landmark book, The Conservative Mind, was published in 1953. It received positive reviews nationwide, making it an immediate success. This launched Kirk’s career lecturing and writing about the roots of American society and political thought. The seven editions of this seminal work considered thinkers from Edmund Burke to T. S. Eliot.","In 1954, Russell Kirk moved here into the home built by his great-grandfather, Amos Johnson, who was the first president of the Village of Mecosta. This familial connection to the past provided the foundation for Kirk’s understanding of what he called the “permanent things,” the time-tested principles that formed the basis of his conservatism. Kirk wrote 32 books, 800 essays and more than 3,000 columns. He founded two academic journals, and his works ranged from intellectual history and social criticism to gothic fiction. Twelve universities awarded him honorary doctorates. In 1975, after fire destroyed his ancestral home, Kirk built this Italianate house. Here, he often held student seminars. In 1989, President Reagan bestowed on Kirk the Presidential Citizens Medal. In 1994 the Michigan legislature declared him “Michigan’s greatest man of letters.”",729 W. Main Street,Mecosta,MI,49332,Gilbert and Franklin,Mecosta,14N08W11NWNE,43.623251,-85.234392,,,02/16/2021,33c559e0-0247-4464-9652-514e160e4afc,0,1752,4,"MHC542019002_1.jpg;MHC542019002_2.jpg;MHC542019002_3.jpg;MHC542019002_4.jpg",";;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";;;",417285
-82.891204,42.394183,MHC821993019,L1876-b,2,1992,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Paul Catholic Church / Saint Paul Rectory and Parish House,Saint Paul Roman Catholic Complex,Saint Paul Catholic Church,Saint Paul Rectory and Parish House,"By the 1790s, French priests were ministering to farmers living along Lake St. Clair. In 1825 Father Francis Badin dedicated a log church to Saint Paul near the lake in present-day Grosse Pointe Shores. In 1850 a frame chapel was erected on the current site. Built in the 1890´s, during Father John Elsen´s pastorate, the present French Gothic-inspired church was designed by Detroit architect Harry J. Rill. The first mass held in the church was Father Elsen´s funeral in 1899.","Saint Paul Rectory, which reflects Neo-Tudor and Arts and Crafts design elements, was built in 1911. The Parish House was built around 1900 as the home of former (1876-77) Detroit Mayor Alexander Lewis. Stove manufacturer Edwin S. Barbour acquired the house in 1913. In 1925, according to plans by Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick, he renovated the house divesting it of its Neo-classical elements. Barbour´s heir sold the estate to Saint Paul Parish in 1959.",157 Lake Shore Road,Grosse Pointe Farms,MI,48236,see comments,Wayne,,42.394183,-82.891204,,,07/22/2020,4a869ea8-1c54-44bb-b3f4-59acbb7b10e4,0,1753,0,,,,,417286
-86.200642,42.656782,MHC031983035,L908,2,1981,1983,Civil War and After (1860-1875),All Saints Episcopal Church / Gordon W. Lloyd,,All Saints Episcopal Church,Gordon W. Lloyd,"An Episcopal parish was organized in Saugatuck on All Saints´ Day, November 1, 1868. Services were held at various locations until 1873. In 1871 the parish purchased this property. Detroit architect Gordon W. Lloyd designed the Gothic Revival style church building. Although services were first held on January 25, 1873, the church was not completed until 1874. After a period of decline that caused the parish to become a diocesan mission, full parish status was restored in 1946.","Gordon W. Lloyd (1832-1904) was among the Midwest´s foremost church architects. He was trained at England´s Royal Academy, under the tutelage of his uncle, Ewan Christian. Lloyd immigrated to the United States in 1858, settling in Detroit. In 1861 he designed Detroit´s Christ Church. Among his other churches are Central United Methodist Church in Detroit, Grace Episcopal Church in Mt. Clemens and St. Paul´s Episcopal Church in Flint. The design of All Saints closely resembles that of his St. James Church of Grosse Ile.",Corner of Grand and Hoffman Streets,Saugatuck,MI,0,,Allegan,03N16W09NWSE,42.656782,-86.200642,,2,09/18/2019,d1590545-c1bf-4a94-9562-b68d8c8e94fe,0,1754,0,,,,,417287
-87.399015,46.538993,MHC522007011,HB28,2,1958,2007,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bishop Baraga House,,Bishop Baraga House,,"Frederic Baraga was a lawyer, an artist and a Roman Catholic priest who came to the U.S. from present-day Slovenia in 1830. Baraga (1797-1868) served Native Americans in the Great Lakes region and wrote A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language (Chippewa or Ojibwe), published in 1853. Named vicar apostolic of the Sault that year, he became bishop of Sault Ste. Marie in 1857, and transferred the See of the diocese to Marquette in 1866. Baraga lived in a part of this house that was later moved from behind the cathedral and attached to an existing house on this site. He continued working with native people and helped them collect annuity payments from the U.S. government. Baraga died in this house on January 19, 1868, and was interred in the crypt of St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette.",,649 S. 4th Street,Marquette,MI,0,near the corner of South 4th Street and Mather Street,Marquette,48N25W23NESW,46.538993,-87.399015,,4,06/30/2022,69db6118-c732-47a8-afcb-13ccc0d47d1d,0,1755,2,"MHC522007011_2.jpg;MHC522007011_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","05/17/2022;05/17/2022",417288
-84.902987,42.869654,MHC342019003,L2326,2,2019,2019,Statehood Era (1815-1860),City Of Portland / Portland Downtown Historic District,,City Of Portland,Portland Downtown Historic District,"In 1833, Elisha Newman filed a federal land grant for extensive land around the Looking Glass and Grand Rivers that would later become the village of Portland. Early Ionia County histories state that Philo Bogue built a trading post on the Grand River later that year, selling New York goods to local travelers. Settlers began arriving in larger numbers in 1836, and in 1837 a post office opened in the new town under the name “Portland.” The village incorporated in 1869. The railroad added a stop at Portland that same year, spurring industrial growth. Mills, furniture factories, metal foundries and a washing machine manufacturer were among the successful businesses. Cultural centers such as an 1880 Opera House and the 1905 Carnegie Library enriched village life. Continuing to grow, Portland incorporated as a city in November 1969.","Portland’s Downtown Historic District is located along Kent and Maple Streets, between Academy Street and West Grand River Avenue, where the Looking Glass and Grand Rivers once powered planing mills, sawmills and gristmills. Early downtown structures were built of wood, but brick buildings replaced these after several major fires occurred in the late nineteenth century. The district contains a variety of architectural styles, from late Victorian era blocks to a Neoclassical and an International style bank and a Modern movie theater. In 1890 the Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company of New York built the iron bridge across the Grand River that became known as Veterans Memorial Bridge. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.",Kent Street,Portland,MI,0,marker is located in Scout Park off from Kent Street between Grand River Avenue and Bridge Street.,Ionia,06N05W33NWNE,42.869654,-84.902987,,,10/02/2019,4d4a2e36-2fe3-4985-b82a-383f84d31168,2005,1756,5,"MHC342019003_1.jpg;MHC342019003_2.jpg;MHC342019003_3.jpg;MHC342019003_4.jpg;MHC342019003_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;;;","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","09/21/2019;09/21/2019;;07/01/2018;07/01/2018",417289
-85.5687359999999,42.32496,MHC392019004,L2322,2,2019,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Kindleberger Park / Kindleberger Park,,Kindleberger Park,Kindleberger Park,"On July 28, 1930, Jacob and Lucinda Kindleberger donated thirty-eight acres of land to create a park for the recently founded village of Parchment. “Uncle Jake” Kindleberger was president of a paper mill, the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company (KVP). The park was a central part of his effort to form a mill and village that he saw as “models for the world.” Parchment’s village commission voted to name the park after the Kindlebergers in January 1931. Despite the Great Depression, park construction began in 1932 under the leadership of KVP. Employees dug ditches, planted trees and constructed roads. Volunteers from the local Boy Scouts and garden clubs also worked on the park. At the park dedication on June 17, 1933, KVP’s baseball team broke in the new diamond with a home game victory. The Parchment News reported nearly six thousand attendees.","At its founding in 1933, Kindleberger Park featured walking paths, tennis and shuffleboard courts and a sunken garden. The park quickly became a central part of village life. Industrial- and city-league baseball games, the annual Fourth of July celebration and concerts by local bands drew large crowds. In winter, visitors ice-skated on flooded tennis courts and sledded down Scout Hill. By 1955 the park’s care had shifted from the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company to the City of Parchment. The community continued to hold new events here, fulfilling Jacob Kindleberger’s goal of benefitting “the future generations” through his park. Little League teams began using the ball diamonds in the mid-1950s. The annual Kindleberger Summer Festival of the Performing Arts began in 1982, and in 2007 a new band shell was built on Scout Hill.",401 S. Riverview Drive,Parchment,MI,49004,,Kalamazoo,02S11W02NWSW,42.32496,-85.568736,,,10/01/2019,780a49b3-fea6-4e2b-b810-440fa38d161d,0,1757,2,"MHC392019004_1.jpg;MHC392019004_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo","07/01/2018;07/01/2018",417290
-83.162626,42.7328430000001,MHC632019005,L2321,2,2019,2019,Post WWII (1945-1970),Paint Creek Cider Mill / Paint Creek Cider Mill,,Paint Creek Cider Mill,Paint Creek Cider Mill,"Needham Hemingway built the first mill at this site in 1835, harnessing water power from the Paint Creek millrace. William Goodison purchased the gristmill in 1866. The surrounding community took his name and became a railroad stop in 1872. The mill operated under various owners until 1941. Dale O. Miller purchased the property in 1945, hoping to restore the old gristmill and produce water-powered electricity. The building was no longer structurally sound, so he had the mill dismantled in 1953 and salvaged the original hand-hewn timbers to use in constructing a new tourist destination: a cider mill. Miller hired architects Giffels & Vallet Inc., L. Rossetti to design the building. Its style was inspired by both Mid-century Modern and Swiss chalet architecture.","Paint Creek Cider Mill was built in stages between 1958 and 1968. The wheel room, which was built first, contained an 1890s Edison bipolar dynamo generator and a Fitz water-wheel that lit the room with water-powered electricity. The cider mill’s construction followed. A later addition connected the wheel room and cider mill. Timbers salvaged from the 1835 gristmill were incorporated throughout the new building’s interior. The mill opened as a tourist attraction in the 1960s, selling fresh cider and donuts to large weekend crowds. Paint Creek Cider Mill Restaurant opened in the wheel room in 1983. The waterwheel was restored ten years later. Oakland Township acquired the building by donation in 2005 and began using the second floor as office space.",4480 Orion Road,Oakland Township,MI,48306,between Collins and Gallagher Road,Oakland,04N11E28SWNE,42.732843,-83.162626,,,10/08/2019,0e52d623-53b7-4cf4-863e-cbfffe0615d7,0,1758,3,"MHC632019005_1.jpg;MHC632019005_2.jpg;MHC632019005_3.jpg",";;Michigan Historical Commissioner","Historical Photo;Other Photo;Marker Dedication Photo",";;10/07/2019",417291
-83.717768,42.151687,MHC812018014,L2314,2,2018,2019,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Cook Family Cemetery / The Cook Family,Cook Kanouse Cemetery,Cook Family Cemetery,The Cook Family,"On May 22, 1831, the Presbyterian Church in Newark, New York, formally dismissed twelve of its members who were moving to Michigan and organized them into a new church. The new congregation became the Saline Presbyterian Church. Among them were Peter Cook (1776-1861), his son Jacob, and their families. They and their neighbors had begun to use this land as a cemetery by 1837. Most of the people buried here were members of the Cook, Kellogg, or Kanouse families.","Among the four generations of Cook family members buried here are Jacob, Peter B. and Webster. Jacob (1800-44) was York Township’s supervisor 1838-39 and served in the House of Representatives for Michigan’s 6th legislature in 1841. His son Peter (1828-1908) served as township supervisor 1865-72 and as a state representative 1873-74. Peter’s son Webster (1854-1908) was the principal of Saginaw High School when he published the textbook Michigan: Its History and Government in 1905.",Warner Road,Saline,MI,48176,"1/3 mile south of Wills Road, east side of the road",Washtenaw,04S06E09SENE,42.151687,-83.717768,,,09/24/2019,a28aeefe-9526-412e-bc76-52e98c79f464,0,1759,0,,,,,417292
-83.064463,42.360962,MHC822019006,L2320,2,2019,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),International Institute Of Detroit / International Institute Of Metropolitan Detroit,,International Institute Of Detroit,International Institute Of Metropolitan Detroit,"The International Institute of Detroit was founded by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in 1919. It was one of fifty-five institutes across the United States that developed after 1911, when Edith Terry Bremer founded the first international institute in New York. Bremer’s model helped immigrants adjust to their new U.S. homes while maintaining their cultural identities. The Detroit institute’s first official building was located at the corner of East Adams and Witherell Streets. The organization helped new arrivals find jobs and homes, become citizens, learn English and acquire medical care. In 1934 the institute, then located at 2431 East Grand Boulevard, merged with the YWCA Women’s Center and changed its name to the International Center.","The International Center became the International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit in 1944 and separated from the YWCA. It dedicated land for the current building at this site with a multicultural parade in June 1949. Participants dressed in clothing from a variety of cultures and performed traditional songs and dances. The institute moved into this building, designed by O’Dell, Hewlett, and Luckenbach Associates, in 1951. The U.S. Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals accredited the institute in 1958. Striving to preserve and share international cultures, the institute has offered annual festivals, a restaurant, youth classes and exhibits.",111 East Kirby,Detroit,MI,48202,,Wayne,,42.360962,-83.064463,,,09/25/2019,9a1f4e5a-5d3e-4761-8cb1-63af09b8adfa,0,1760,0,,,,,417293
-86.117105,41.984896,MHC142018015,L2309,2,2018,2019,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Criffield-Whiteley House / Harry and Sara Ethel Whiteley,,Criffield-Whiteley House,Harry and Sara Ethel Whiteley,"Businessman and farmer Charles M. Criffield (1867-1929) and his wife, Cora, (1865-1945) built this Queen Anne-style house in 1897. Fred Corber managed the construction. In 1920 the Criffields sold the house to Ethel and Harry H. Whiteley. Elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1914, Mr. Whiteley moved his family from the northeastern Lower Peninsula to Dowagiac in 1915 in order to buy into and manage the Dowagiac Daily News. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.","Harry H. Whiteley (1882-1957) used his successful Dowagiac newspaper and his position as member of the Michigan Senate (1923-26) and the Michigan Conserva-tion Commission (1927-48) to shape Michigan’s public land policy. He advocated for Warren Dunes and many other state parks. Sara Ethel (1882-1975), a founding member of the Captain Samuel Felt Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, led the chapter’s efforts to honor veterans of World War II with a memorial highway and park.",601 Main Street,Dowagiac,MI,49047,,Cass,05S16W36SESW,41.984896,-86.117105,,,10/16/2019,2f0eb4f9-ac22-43b3-b430-d4e549a604cb,2016,1761,2,"MHC142018015_1.jpg;MHC142018015_2.jpg",";","Other Photo;Other Photo",";",417294
-86.526,42.0015000000001,MHC111993020,L1874,2,1992,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Central Railroad Company /Michigan Central Railroad Depot,,Michigan Central Railroad Company,Michigan Central Railroad Depot,"On October 2, 1848, ""an era of prosperity"" arrived in Niles when the Michigan Central Railroad Company (MCRR) became the first railroad to reach the city. Additional railroad lines soon followed, but by the 1920s, automobiles, buses, and trucks challenged railroad´s dominance. During nationwide consolidation in the 1930s, the New York Central Railroad Company assumed control of the MCRR. Branch lines were eliminated, and transfer of freight operations to Elkhart, Indiana, in 1958 further decreased rail traffic through Niles. Amtrak´s arrival in 1974 maintained passenger service to the city, and continued Niles´ association with the railroad into the twenty-first century.","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 traveling to the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the company hired the Detroit firm of Spier and Rohns to design the station. Built mostly of Ohio sandstone, this depot replaced a ramshackle structure that the Niles Daily Star referred to as ""the old cockroach repository."" The grounds featured a pond and gardens designed by German immigrant John Gipner, who presented roses grown at the station to women arriving in Niles. The depot was showcased in several feature films including, The Continental Divide, Midnight Run, and Only the Lonely.",600 Dey Street,Niles,MI,49120,at N. 5th St. (M-51),Berrien,,42.0015,-86.526,,,10/29/2019,00907dea-c77d-4f2c-bf60-35f62b930265,0,1762,2,"MHC111993020_1.jpg;MHC111993020_2.jpg",";","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo",";",417295
-84.511047,42.6323170000001,MHC332019007,L2328C,2,2019,2019,Civil War and After (1860-1875),John Taylor / John Taylor,,John Taylor,John Taylor,"John Taylor was born into slavery in Kentucky and was liberated by Union troops during the Civil War. In August 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Michigan Colored Infantry. After the war, Taylor worked for farmer John Buck in Delhi Township. When Taylor left to seek employment elsewhere, Buck refused to pay him for his work. On the night of August 23, 1866, Taylor returned to the farm to collect his wages. Buck was not there, but Taylor came upon Buck’s wife, daughter and mother-in-law in the dark. He struck at them with an axe and fled. No one was seriously injured, but newspapers reported that Taylor had murdered Buck’s daughter and attempted to kill all three women. Some accounts said Taylor confessed to acting “in his fright and confusion,” with no intent to kill anyone. Taylor was caught and placed in the Ingham County Jail in Mason to await trial.","Reacting to inaccurate news reports of a supposed triple-murder attempt, a mob seized teenaged John Taylor from his jail cell on August 27, 1866, and brutally lynched him near the railroad depot in Mason. Several local papers criticized the lynching’s “inhumanity and lawlessness,” but others excused the event by declaring the law would have been too lenient. The citizens of Mason passed a resolution to condemn the killing and formally “disclaim any participation in the horrible crime.” A mob leader was tried but acquitted. Taylor was buried and likely reburied somewhere along the “hogsback,” a glacial esker between Mason and Holt. Though this park came to be known as Deadman’s Hill, it was probably not Taylor’s final resting place. Delhi Charter Township acquired the park by donation in 1972, and it was renamed John Taylor Memorial Park in 2018.",Cedar Street,Holt,MI,48842,marker is located in John Taylor Memorial Park just north of 1721 Cedar Street and south of 1705 Cedar Street. The marker is near the parking lot a distance off the road.,Ingham,03N02W23NWSE,42.632317,-84.511047,,,02/16/2021,0f53b2d0-9c66-42ba-8e4f-ea15eee7e21f,0,1763,1,MHC332019007_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Dedication Photo,11/12/2019,417296
-85.666882,42.965371,MHC412019008,L2323,2,2019,2019,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Fountain Street Baptist Church/Fountain Street Church,,Fountain Street Baptist Church,Fountain Street Church,"In 1869, the Reverends Nathan A. Reed and Isaac Butterfield merged their two churches into the Baptist Church of the City of Grand Rapids. The Reverend Dr. Samuel T. Graves served as pastor until 1885, when he left to lead the Atlanta Baptist Seminary, a school for African American men. The original church on this site, built between 1871 and 1877, became commonly known as Fountain Street Baptist Church in the 1880s and burned down in 1917. This Romanesque church, designed by the Chicago firm Coolidge and Hodgdon, was completed by 1924. In 1930 the church dedicated a room at the base of the tower to the Kent County soldiers who died in World War I. Interior renovations made during the 1950s and 1960s included a chapel designed by Alden B. Dow and a mezzanine.","Led by the Reverends J. Herman Randall (1897-1906) and Alfred W. Wishart (1906-1933), Fountain Street Baptist Church encouraged diverse viewpoints and became increasingly liberal in its theology. As a result, in 1961 the Michigan Baptist Convention excluded the church from membership. Guided by the Reverend Dr. Duncan E. Littlefair, the church adopted bylaws in 1969 that declared its denominational independence. The church has long served as a venue for controversial public dialogue, hosting such speakers as Winston Churchill in 1932, Eleanor Roosevelt in 1958 and Malcolm X in 1962. The congregation has funded social action grants, volunteered locally and supported the arts. Dave Brubeck, B. B. King and Ella Fitzgerald are among the musicians it has welcomed.",24 Fountain Street NE,Grand Rapids,MI,49503,"corner of Bostwick Avenue, east of N. Division Avenue",Kent,07N11W30SWNW,42.965371,-85.666882,,,12/11/2019,60d1e9a8-46b6-46d1-acd0-a4043214d054,0,1764,1,MHC412019008_1.jpg,Fountain Street Church,Marker Photo - Front,11/24/2019,417297
-83.96098,43.410919,MHC731972030,L183,2,1972,2005,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Benjamin And Adelaide Cushway/The Cushway House,,Benjamin And Adelaide Cushway,The Cushway House,"Benjamin (1810-1881) and Adelaide (1812-1877) Cushway (formerly Cauchois) were prominent settlers in the Saginaw Valley. Both descended from early french-Canadian families of Detroit. Between 1827 and 1834, Benjamin apprenticed with Harvey Williams of Detroit, a notable blacksmith. Benjamin and Adelaide married in 1833. In 1834, three years before Michigan achieved statehood, Territorial Governor Lewis Cass (1782-1866) appointed Benjamin official blacksmith to the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians at the Saginaw Indian Agency. Cushway served in that capacity until 1866. In 1844 the Cushways built this house, which originally stood within Fort Saginaw, an abandoned military post.","The oldest surviving residence in Saginaw County was erected by two of its prominent settlers. In 1844, Benjamin and Adelaide Cushway built this house one-half mile northwest of here, near what is now the intersection of Court and Hamilton Streets. The house was moved twice, once in 1867 and again in 2001. The broken pediment at the roofline, the entrance with classical pilasters that flank the door and support the entablature above, and the simple exterior are hallmarks of the Greek Revival style, fashionable at the time. While built by Americans of French-Canadian descent, the Cushway House was subsequently owned by the Vogts and Nacaratos, families of German and Italian ancestry - a testimony to the diverse ethnic makeup of the Saginaw Valley.",1 Cushway Lane,Saginaw,MI,48607,located off from Fordney Street near the corner of Rust Avenue. The house is now located in Celebration Park.,Saginaw,12N04E26SWSE,43.410919,-83.96098,,,01/08/2020,5817e462-34ef-4de8-b2ef-30fb869c8b0c,0,1765,0,,,,,417298
-84.5905769999999,42.774708,MHC191978035,L566,2,1978,1978,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Philip Orin Parmelee /Philip Orin Parmelee,,Philip Orin Parmelee,Philip Orin Parmelee,"Philip Orin Parmelee, noted early aviator, lived a tragically brief but venturesome life. Born in 1887 in Matherton, Michigan, Parmelee grew up in nearby St. Johns, Clinton County, where he developed a keen interest in mechanical devices. This led him to join the Ohio flying school run by Orville and Wilbur Wright. After training he went on to become a famous flier for the Wright Exhibition Team. Fascinated with aircraft, Parmelee was the first pilot to transport merchandise, drop live test bombs from a plane, and search from the air for criminals.","Nicknamed ""Skyman,"" Parmelee held world endurance, speed, and altitude records, and performed at flying exhibitions. During one such flight on June 1, 1912, in North Yakima, Washington, Parmelee´s plane crashed and he was killed, ending a promising career dedicated to the then perilous adventure of flying. He was buried in East Plains Cemetery in Clinton County. By constant experimentation with their primitive planes, Parmelee and other early fliers contributed to a science of aviation which was the forerunner of today´s sophisticated and safe air travel.",4100 Capitol City Boulevard,Lansing,MI,0,"located in Lansing, Dewitt Township, CLINTON COUNTY (not Ingham)",Clinton,05N02W31NWSE,42.774708,-84.590577,,5,11/25/2020,f4dea710-1c4a-46e7-83ab-fc6f9867c2bb,0,1766,3,"MHC191978035_2.jpg;MHC191978035_3.jpg;MHC191978035_1.jpg","Karol Sanborn;Karol Sanborn;Capital Region Airport Authority","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","09/22/2020;09/22/2020;09/29/2020",417299
-83.3864,42.6599000000001,MHC631985040,L1278A,2,1985,1988,Civil War and After (1860-1875),John Almon Starr House,this is a two-sided marker -back - Saginaw Trail (Site No. S164),John Almon Starr House,Saginaw Trail,"John Almon Starr (1828-1895) and his wife, Nancy Quick (1831-1895), built this house in 1868 from bricks fired in Almon’s tile factory. Almon and his parents had emigrated to Michigan from Richmond, New York, in 1831, the same year Nancy was born in Royal Oak Township. Almon and his father, Orson Starr, manufactured animal bells until 1866, when Almon started his brickyard and tile works at this location, later known as Starr Corners. The house was occupied by the Starr family until 1967.","The Saginaw Trail, running from Detroit to Saginaw through Pontiac and Flint, was originally an Indian trail. In 1816 [the] Michigan territorial government authorized the building of a road from Detroit to Saginaw along the trail. Part of the trail in Oakland County is now Woodward Avenue and Dixie Highway. Evidence of the original Saginaw Trail’s path through Royal Oak is still visible as a depression in the ground running northwesterly across the property adjacent to the John Almon Starr House.",3123 Crooks Road,Royal Oak,MI,0,"This is a two sided marker- front -John Almon Starr House (L1278A); Back - Saginaw Trail (S164). See Comments for explanation on why the same site number was used in error on the physical marker. CORRECT THIS IF REPLACED",Oakland,,42.6599,-83.3864,,,02/18/2020,e04679aa-3677-4ed1-86f3-613b1d819239,0,1767,2,"MHC631985040_1.jpg;MHC631985040_2.jpg",";","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","02/18/2020;02/18/2020",417300
-83.609473,42.9260400000001,MHC252019009,L2317,2,2019,2019,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Simeon Perry Farmstead /Perry Family,Perry House,Simeon Perry Farmstead,Perry Family,"In 1826 Simeon Perry (1804-1880) came to this area with his father, Edmund, a cousin, Roland, and his sister, Eliza. They built a log house. Then Edmund and Eliza returned to Avon, New York, to bring the rest of the family to their new home. In 1828 Simeon married Sarah Cartwright (1806-1876). He purchased this land in 1829 and built the central part of this house in 1834. The west wing was probably added soon after the house was built; the south wing came much later. The hand-hewn beams and Greek Revival style validate its age.","Simeon and Sarah Perry raised their six children in this house. Their oldest child, Isabel, was the first child born in what was once called “Perry Settlement” because so many members of the extended family of Simeon’s father, Edmund, lived here. The 1879 History of Genesee County included Simeon’s memories of the hard work of clearing his father’s and his own land and of rounding up his father’s stock before fields were fenced. In 1873, in poor health, Simeon sold his farm to his son-in-law William Green. Grand Blanc Charter Township purchased it for a park in 2002.",5078 Perry Road,Grand Blanc,MI,48439,between Elmwood and Genesee Road. The marker is in the front yard of the house.,Genesee,06N07E14SWNW,42.92604,-83.609473,,2,04/22/2020,e9f968ec-bd4a-4c26-a812-f7b86136764a,0,1768,4,"MHC252019009_1.jpg;MHC252019009_3.jpg;MHC252019009_4.jpg;MHC252019009_2.jpg","Grand Blanc Historic District Commission and Grand Blanc Dept of Public Works;Grand Blanc Historic District Commission and Grand Blanc Department of Public Works;Grand Blanc Historic District Commission and Grand Blanc Public Works Department;Grand Blanc Historic District Commission and Grand Blanc Department of Public Works","Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","10/10/2019;;;",417301
-88.5422359999999,46.5436020000001,MHC072019010,L2327,2,2019,2020,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Covington School,Upper Peninsula (UP) Made Artist Market,Covington School,,"Completed in 1938, this building replaced an earlier schoolhouse destroyed by fire in 1934. The new school housed kindergarten through fourth grade. Classes, first held during the 1938-39 academic year, continued until 1986 when L’Anse Area Schools annexed the Covington School District. The building was vacant for seven years before opening as a library and Head Start preschool. The Ponnistus Athletic Club established a basement gym in 2003, and the UP Made Artist Market opened here in 2007.",,13299 School Road,Covington,MI,0,marker was ordered as a small wall-mounted marker - sponsor ended up mounting the marker on two wooden posts in the yard,Baraga,48N34W22SWNE,46.543602,-88.542236,,3,02/08/2021,b0a2bc4e-76dc-4d41-9131-6c194fca9750,0,1769,4,"MHC072019010_1.jpg;MHC072019010_3.jpg;MHC072019010_2.jpg;MHC072019010_4.jpg","Joanne Besonen;Joanne Besonen;Joanne Besonen;Joanne Besonen","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","10/01/2020;10/22/2018;10/22/2018;10/22/2018",417302
-83.2463,42.2412,MHC822016003,L686a,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Mary´s Church,St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (St. Mary's Downtown Complex),St. Mary´s Church,,"St. Mary´s Parish was founded by Father Martin Kundig in 1835 for the German-speaking Catholics in Detroit and is the third oldest Catholic parish in the city. The cornerstone for the original church was laid on the feast of Corpus Christi, June 19, 1841, and the church was consecrated in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on June 29, 1843. This High Victorian Romanesque-style structure was designed by German parishioner Peter Dederichs. The cornerstone was laid in 1884, and the edifice completed in 1885. St. Mary´s founded the city´s first black and Hispanic Catholic missions. Since 1893 this parish has been guided by the Fathers of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, C.S.Sp.",,646 Monroe Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,"between St. Antoine Street and I-375; this is a large Wall Mounted marker -- Three Markers exist at the complex - L686a, L686b a large wall mounted marker titled - St. Mary´s School and L686c - a small single post marker titled - St. Mary´s Rectory",Wayne,,42.2412,-83.2463,,,07/22/2020,2a2857ec-79ac-4086-afe1-1ddf1e6d3a10,0,1770,0,,,,,417303
-83.2463,42.2412,MHC822016004,L686c,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Mary´s Rectory,St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (St. Mary's Downtown Complex),St. Mary´s Rectory,,"Constructed in 1876, this North Italian banded Romanesque structure was designed by Swiss architect Julius Hess. It is the second rectory building of St. Mary´s Parish, which was organized in 1835 under the leadership of Father Martin Kundig (1835-43). Following Father Kundig were the Redemptorist Fathers (1847-72), the Franciscan Fathers (1872-93), and the Holy Ghost Fathers, C.S.Sp. (1893 to the present). This edifice was completed under the guidance of the Franciscans. It also served as their monastery.",,646 Monroe Avenue,Detroit,MI,0,"between St. Antoine Street and I-375; this is a single post marker (L686c)-- Three Markers exist at the complex - L686a - a large wall mounted marker titled - St. Mary´s Church, L686b - a large wall mounted marker titled - St. Mary´s School.",Wayne,,42.2412,-83.2463,,,07/22/2020,f4b84f74-7288-4db2-8dbb-4873f31359d7,0,1771,0,,,,,417304
-84.556822,42.730395,MHC332020001,L2334,2,2020,2020,Post WWII (1945-1970),Michigan Trial Lawyers Association / Michigan Trial Lawyers Association,Michigan Association for Justice,Michigan Trial Lawyers Association,Michigan Trial Lawyers Association,"In 1945 attorney Samuel Charfoos founded a workers´ compensation association in Detroit, ""filling a vacuum"" for injured workers´ legal representation in the State of Michigan. It became the first chapter of the National Association of Claimants´ Compensation Attorneys (NACCA). The chapter incorporated as a nonprofit in 1961. It changed its name to the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association in 1966 after the NACCA was renamed the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.","In 1970 the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) moved to Lansing from Detroit. In addition to protecting the rights of the injured and advocating for a fair and effective civil justice system, the MTLA founded the People´s Law School in 1977 to educate citizens on their legal rights and responsibilities. It launched another community program, Lids for Kids, in 2000, giving away free bicycle helmets. The MTLA became the Michigan Association for Justice in 2007.",325 S. Walnut Street,Lansing,MI,48933,between Kalamazoo and Washtenaw,Ingham,04N02W16NESW,42.730395,-84.556822,,2,12/23/2020,833e4123-f665-4a04-9fd2-f38aecf9a984,0,1773,3,"MHC332020001_1.jpg;MHC332020001_4.jpg;MHC332020001_3.jpg","Michigan Association for Justice;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan Historical Commission","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/25/2020;11/19/2020;11/19/2020",417305
-83.4769229999999,42.2756580000001,MHC822019011,S756C,2,2019,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Territorial Road /Territorial Road,Geddes Road,Territorial Road,Territorial Road,"In 1829 the Territorial Legislative Council of Michigan moved to survey land to create a road from the east side of Michigan Territory to the west. The act stated that the road would start at “Sheldon’s Inn,” a business located at what later became the intersection of Geddes Road and Michigan Avenue, and end at the mouth of the St. Joseph River at Lake Michigan. This route closely followed that of the St. Joseph Indian Trail, a route used for centuries by indigenous peoples. The territorial road’s survey was completed by 1831, but settlers on Michigan’s east side constructed and used the road by 1830. It later became part of a stagecoach line from Detroit to Lake Michigan. The line’s first coach left on May 30, 1834. Taverns and inns gave travelers a place to rest during long journeys. In 1836 the eighty-mile trip from Detroit to Jackson could take three days.","In June 1834 the federal government allotted funds toward “certain roads in the territory of Michigan,” including $20,000 to upgrade and complete the territorial road that began at Sheldon’s Inn and would end at the mouth of the St. Joseph River. The road aided in the development of Wayne, Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and Berrien counties. It also contributed to Michigan’s population increase of more than 250 percent between 1830 and 1840. The initial stretch of Territorial Road, beginning in Canton and continuing into Ann Arbor, became known as “Geddes Road” after 1930. It was named for brothers Robert and John Geddes, who were two early and influential settlers of Washtenaw County. When I-94 was completed during the mid-twentieth century, its route paralleled that of the original Territorial Road.",44582 Geddes Road,Canton,MI,48188,,Wayne,02S08E34NENW,42.275658,-83.476923,,5,04/12/2021,b873acc8-4379-4e8a-a877-0f5af9c64e73,0,1774,2,"MHC822019011_1.jpg;MHC822019011_2.jpg","Canton Historical Society;Canton Historical Society","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","09/18/2020;09/18/2020",417306
-83.447149,42.361362,MHC822020002,L2331,2,2020,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Plymouth Township/Charter Township Of Plymouth,,Plymouth Township,Charter Township Of Plymouth,"Pioneers from New England began settling and farming in this area around 1825. Abram B. Markham, an early leader, built the first gristmill in the area. Settlers held “raising bees” to help new arrivals build their log homes. In April 1827, soon after the common council voted to name their community “Plymouth,” the township officially incorporated under a law signed by Territorial Governor Lewis Cass. The first township meeting was held at the homestead of John Tibbits. He and many other early settlers are buried in Shearer Cemetery. Canton Township split off from Plymouth Township in 1834. In 1862 numerous residents of Plymouth enlisted in the 24th Michigan Infantry, a regiment that fought at Gettysburg as part of the Iron Brigade. The regiment later served as honor guard for President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral in 1865.","The current boundaries of Plymouth Township were set after the village of Plymouth incorporated in 1867 and Northville became a township in 1898. Transportation improvements aided Plymouth Township’s growth: a plank road in the 1850s; the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad in the 1870s; an interurban trolley known as “The Dinky” in 1898; and paved roads in the early twentieth century. New factories brought jobs to the area. Henry Ford’s Phoenix Mill, opened in 1922, had a largely female workforce. In 1938 the Burroughs Plant, designed by Albert Kahn’s firm, opened. Both businesses produced war materiel during World War II, contributing to the “Arsenal of Democracy.” After the war, suburban development grew rapidly. Plymouth became a charter township in 1979.",9955 N. Haggerty Road,Plymouth,MI,48170,"In the circle drive, near the parking lot",Wayne,01S08E36SWNW,42.361362,-83.447149,,5,10/14/2020,3e88f3a6-55b0-4298-bc16-3b4ec871342c,0,1775,2,"MHC822020002_1.jpg;MHC822020002_2.jpg","Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner","Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Front","10/12/2020;10/12/2020",417307
-85.939922,44.5193530000001,MHC102020003,L2335,2,2020,2020,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Thompsonville Junction / Village Of Thompsonville,,Thompsonville Junction,Village Of Thompsonville,"Constructed in 1889, Thompsonville Junction’s diamond crossing formed the intersection of the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad (eventually the Chesapeake and Ohio) and the Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad (later the Ann Arbor). Both had depots at the junction, which was located just south of Thompson Avenue on what became part of the Betsie Valley Trail. Their lines linked Frankfort to Toledo and the Traverse City area to Chicago. The railroads offered both passenger and freight service. In the summer of 1903 the Ann Arbor operated a “ping-pong” train that took travelers from Thompsonville to Frankfort’s resorts every few hours. All railroad service to Thompsonville ceased by the 1980s. The diamond crossing was moved after the tracks were dismantled.","A village began growing around the diamond railroad junction in 1890. It was originally known as Lyndonville but was renamed Thompsonville for S. S. Thompson, the president of the Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad. Multiple sawmills served as the first community businesses. Thompsonville incorporated as a village in 1892. By 1896, Thompsonville had established an electrical plant that provided light and power for its residents. The village labeled itself “The Biggest Little Town in Michigan” in 1901. Its population was less than one thousand, but it boasted forty-eight businesses and two churches. Thousands visited the annual village street fair in the early twentieth century. Thompsonville’s population began declining by 1910 and continued to do so as rail service decreased.",Thompson Avenue,Thompsonville,MI,0,"Between Michigan Avenue and Betsie Valley Trail, Civic Park area",Benzie,25N14W36NESE,44.519353,-85.939922,,4,01/03/2022,d3112008-349b-45c2-b989-f2dd35f4223b,0,1776,3,"MHC102020003_3.jpg;MHC102020003_2.jpg;MHC102020003_1.jpg","Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus;Charles Kraus","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","10/20/2020;10/16/2020;10/16/2020",417308
-87.382795,46.554851,MHC522019012,L2329C,2,2019,2020,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),George Shiras III / George Shiras III,,George Shiras III,George Shiras III,"George Shiras III (1859-1942) was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He developed an interest in wildlife at the age of eleven when his father took him hunting and fishing near Marquette. Shiras received his law degree from Yale and practiced law in Pittsburgh. Near the turn of the twentieth century, Shiras and his guide, John Hammer, developed innovative flash and camera equipment that allowed them to take photos of wildlife in a natural habitat at night. Shiras won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition in 1900 and the grand prize at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis for his images, several of which were captured in the Marquette area. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote Shiras and asked him to compile his photographs and notes on wildlife behavior into a book. Shiras published Hunting Wild Life with Camera and Flashlight in 1935.","In addition to photographing wildlife, George Shiras III contributed to its conservation and study. While serving in the U.S. Congress for Pennsylvania (1903-1905), he introduced a bill to protect migratory birds. His concepts became part of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. In 1908 he discovered a new species in Yellowstone National Park, the smallest subspecies of moose in North America. It was named Alces americanus shirasi, or Shiras Moose. He advocated for a 1925 Michigan gun law that prohibited hunting wildlife out of season. Shiras was a part-time resident of Marquette for most of his life. Included in his philanthropy was the 1931 donation of this land at Picnic Rocks for a public park. In 1937 he founded the Shiras Institute to fund “beautification, recreation and cultural activities” for the City of Marquette. He is buried in Park Cemetery.",1300 Lake Shore Blvd,Marquette,MI,49855,,Marquette,48N25W13NWSW,46.554851,-87.382795,,5,02/16/2021,2f778f6d-a5a6-402c-a8f8-94361ff1ef6f,0,1777,2,"MHC522019012_1.jpg;MHC522019012_2.jpg","Diane Kordich;Diane Kordich","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","10/15/2020;10/20/2020",417309
-84.961127,42.2718990000001,MHC132018016,L2315,2,2018,2020,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Eagle Opera House,,Eagle Opera House,,,,147 West Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,49068,,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271899,-84.961127,,3,01/22/2021,71a93842-8197-4f0e-83d1-a1f3cd118b15,0,1778,2,"MHC132018016_1.jpg;MHC132018016_2.jpg","Marshall Advisor and Chronicle;Marshall Advisor and Chronicle","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","10/01/2020;10/01/2020",417310
-84.962594,42.2722130000001,MHC132019013,L2318C,2,2019,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Wolverine Rangers,,The Wolverine Rangers,,"In December 1848, James Pratt, editor of the Marshall Statesman, invited readers to join him on a gold-seeking expedition. More than fifty Michigan men pooled their resources and formed the “Wolverine Rangers.” Pratt traveled to Independence, Missouri, in March 1849 to buy supplies. The Rangers joined with him in May and headed overland. The letters and diaries they and their companions wrote form one of the most extensive records of Americans’ experiences and emotions as they joined the California gold rush.","The Marshall Statesman newspaper published letters from the “Marshall boys” traveling to California to search for gold in 1849. The Wolverine Rangers began their journey “cheerful and happy.” They ended it “destitute,” having been “grossly deceived” by the promise of a short-cut called Lassen’s Cut-Off. When the Rangers realized they could not continue along the freezing, treacherous trail in a large party, they formally disbanded. Only a few had success in gold mining, and many returned to Michigan.",Michigan Avenue and Grand Streets,Marshall,MI,49068,small community park on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Grand Streets,Calhoun,02S06W25NWNW,42.272213,-84.962594,,2,06/01/2021,bbb8a203-8541-4c8b-9eaf-0285596f8aee,0,1779,3,"MHC132019013_1.jpg;MHC132019013_2.jpg;MHC132019013_3.jpg","Marshall Advisor and Chronicle;Marshall Advisor and Chronicle;Marshall Advisor and Chronicle","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","10/01/2020;10/01/2020;10/01/2020",417311
-84.959869,42.2719250000001,MHC132019014,L2325C,2,2019,2020,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Two Medical Business Leaders,,Two Medical Business Leaders,,"Frank A. Stuart and Harold C. Brooks ran successful medical businesses. Stuart’s company, founded around 1892, incorporated as the F. A. Stuart Company in 1898. Its most popular product was “Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets.” In 1880, Charles E. Brooks founded Brooks Rupture Appliance Company after he created an appliance to soothe his own hernia. His son Harold C. Brooks greatly expanded the company. Stuart and Harold Brooks were both generous community benefactors.",,123 West Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,49068,mounted on the front of a three story brick building,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271925,-84.959869,,3,02/16/2021,b2bdb4aa-496f-4c96-8384-729a9be3747c,0,1780,1,MHC132019014_1.jpg,Marshall Advisor Chronicle,Site Photo w/Marker,10/01/2020,417312
-84.959706,42.2719270000001,MHC132018017,L2324C,2,2018,2020,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Patent Medicine Town,,Patent Medicine Town,,"More than fifty medicine companies have operated out of Marshall. Thirty-seven of these emerged from 1895 to 1905, the heyday of over-the-counter remedies known as “patent medicines.” Before the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, some unregulated companies made exaggerated claims for products such as electric belts and pills to “restore lost manhood.” Many companies were short-lived, but two in Marshall continued for decades: the F. A. Stuart Co. (1892-1956) and the Brooks Rupture Appliance Co. (1880-2003).",,121 W. Michigan Avenue,Marshall,MI,49068,wall mounted on a brick building - Stuart Law Office Building,Calhoun,02S06W25SWNW,42.271927,-84.959706,,3,02/16/2021,31f00af6-d8c2-457f-90d8-a66e731dc920,0,1781,1,MHC132018017_1.jpg,Marshall Advisor and Chronicle,Marker Photo - Front,10/01/2020,417313
-84.408605,42.2479260000001,MHC382019015,S757C,2,2019,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Abolitionists In Jackson / Abolitionists In Jackson,,Abolitionists In Jackson,Abolitionists In Jackson,"In the 1830s-50s, a strong antislavery presence grew in Jackson. Opponents of slavery advocated for their cause with prominent speakers and public meetings. The courthouse, located in the southwest corner of what became the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Street, was a favorite venue. In 1839, Seymour Treadwell, an Underground Railroad contributor and abolitionist author, spoke there. Self-emancipated abolitionist Henry Bibb visited Jackson in 1850. He spoke at the courthouse “on the subject of human rights.” On March 3, 1854, before Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act that permitted new states to decide if they would allow slavery, a group of abolitionists met at the courthouse to discuss the proposed act and formally declared their opposition.","In the years leading up to the Civil War, several of Jackson’s newspapers supported the antislavery cause. Three were printed near this site, once a corner of the town’s public square. The Jacksonburg Sentinel, Jackson’s first newspaper, originated here in 1837. William DeLand and Norman Allen, two men who assisted fugitives on the Underground Railroad, were among its founders. The newspaper criticized the “diabolical” slave trade. The American Freeman, founded by Underground Railroad participant William Sullivan and his brother Nicholas in the late 1830s, was the first strictly abolitionist paper in Michigan. In the 1850s, the American Citizen was printed at the square. Editor Charles DeLand, also an Underground Railroad member, pled “no more slavery compromises.”",North Jackson Street and West Michigan Avenue,Jackson,MI,49203,Bucky Harris Park - northeast corner of North Jackson Street and W. Michigan Avenue,Jackson,02S01W34SESE,42.247926,-84.408605,,"African-American History,Michigan Freedom Trail,5",02/16/2021,46a53ed1-4921-4e98-86ac-138c9fcbdddb,0,1782,3,"MHC382019015_1.jpg;MHC382019015_2.jpg;MHC382019015_3.jpg","Linda Haas;Linda Haas;Linda Haas","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Dedication Photo","10/30/2020;10/30/2020;10/30/2020",417314
-83.743568,42.2834530000001,MHC812020004,L2333,2,2020,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),St. Andrew´s Episcopal Church / St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,,St. Andrew´s Episcopal Church,St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,"St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church had been organized by the spring of 1828. It incorporated under an act of the Territory of Michigan in 1833. One year later the congregation bought land on this site from newspaper editor George Corselius for $105. The first church, a small wooden structure, was consecrated in 1838 and enlarged in 1856. St. Andrew’s hired architect Gordon W. Lloyd to design this Gothic Revival church. His design was built in stages: the sanctuary was completed in 1869; the chapel and a rectory called Tatlock Hall, in 1881; and the church tower, in 1903. Tiles made by Pewabic Pottery were added to the interior floor in 1914. The cloister was added in 1932. Hammet and O’Dell Associated Architects designed the 1950 Parish Hall, which replaced Tatlock Hall.","St. Andrew’s is Ann Arbor’s oldest church building in continuous use and has earned state and local preservation awards. The church helped establish nearby Episcopal churches in the mid-twentieth century: St. Clare of Assisi in Ann Arbor (1952), St. Barnabas in Chelsea (1954) and St. Aidan’s in Ann Arbor (1967). In 1970, St. Andrew’s joined and financially supported the Interfaith Coalition of Congregations (IFCC), which provided free social programs for disadvantaged people. In 1982, St. Andrew’s and the IFCC founded the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County to house homeless individuals. That same year, the church began serving free breakfast daily in the parish hall. The church has also supported the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice.",306 North Division,Ann Arbor,MI,48104,,Washtenaw,02S06E29NENE,42.283453,-83.743568,,5,02/09/2021,c71de568-f34d-42b4-9d72-96f15ad6d044,0,1783,5,"MHC812020004_2.jpg;MHC812020004_1.jpg;MHC812020004_3.jpg;MHC812020004_5.jpg;MHC812020004_4.jpg",";Kate Riedel;Saint Andrews Episcopal Church;Talbot Studio;Saint Andrews Episcopal Church","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo","07/01/2018;11/24/2020;11/30/1903;01/24/1951;03/01/1904",417315
-86.346858,43.411295,MHC612017018,S752C,2,2017,2020,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Edith Munger / Edith Munger,,Edith Munger,Edith Munger,"Growing up in Whitehall in post-Civil War Michigan, conservationist Edith Gotts was “infatuated with all outdoor life, especially birds, wild flowers, and butterflies.” She worked as a school teacher before marrying physician-farmer Louis P. Munger in 1895. They moved to Hart, where she was troubled to see boys shooting birds for fun. Munger began to advocate for birds through public lectures. She argued that they ate pests, making them essential for agriculture, and “their beautiful colors, exquisite forms and sweet music” enriched life in Michigan. At the 1908 meeting of the Michigan Federation of Women’s Clubs she led the charge against wearing hats made with bird plumage. In 1925 she became the first president of the Michigan Conservation Council. Her conservation work also included helping expand Silver Lake State Park near Hart.","Bird lover Edith Munger joined the Michigan Audubon Society in 1907. She served as its vice-president before becoming its first female president in 1913. As president, Munger led the society’s legislative efforts to prohibit quail hunting and bounties on hawks and owls. She traveled throughout the state, extolling to school children and civic audiences the value of birds. Between 1911 and 1927, she spoke to some 100,000 people. In 1929 she promoted the society’s state bird contest on radio stations throughout Michigan. A total of 177,646 votes were cast. Though Munger favored the chickadee, most voters chose the robin. In 1931 the Michigan legislature made the robin the state bird. In 1934, Munger retired as the society’s president. She served as president emeritus until her death in 1945. In 2010 she was elected to the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.",West Hanson Street,Whitehall,MI,49461,"Lion´s Park, near the White River Trail head. Between Thompson Street and North Division Street",Muskegon,12N17W28NENW,43.411295,-86.346858,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,5",07/13/2022,2a90873b-1caa-4983-84d3-293424652573,0,1785,2,"MHC612017018_1.jpg;MHC612017018_2.jpg","City of Whitehall;City of Whitehall","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","12/03/2020;12/03/2020",417316
-86.592158,41.906827,MHC112017019,S750C,2,2017,2020,Post WWII (1945-1970),Edward K. Warren / Warren Dunes State Park,,Edward K. Warren,Warren Dunes State Park,"Philanthropist and industrialist Edward Kirk Warren (1847-1919) began his career as a dry goods merchant in Three Oaks. In 1882 he invented featherbone, a cheaper, more flexible material than the whalebone used as stays in clothing. Featherbone manufacturing made him a millionaire. He bought hundreds of acres of forest and dune land in Southwest Michigan, convinced it was vital to preserve the land for the enjoyment and education of future generations. In 1918 he and his wife, Mary Louise Chamberlain, created the Edward K. Warren Foundation to manage and preserve the land. After his death, the foundation worked with the State of Michigan to create Warren Dunes and Warren Woods State Parks. Warren Woods, “the last known stand of virgin beech-maple forest in southern Michigan,” was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1967.","About 4,500 years ago, wind pushed beach sand onto the land, creating these sand dunes. The Edward K. Warren Foundation and the State of Michigan partnered to open Warren Dunes State Park in 1948. Covering more than 1,000 acres, the park included nearly three miles of shoreline and sand dunes more than 200 feet tall. In 1976, recognizing the cultural and environmental impact of sand dunes throughout Michigan, the state legislature passed the Sand Dunes Protection and Management Act to begin safeguarding sand dunes by restricting development. Protections were strengthened in 1989 by the Critical Dunes Act, which designated Warren Dunes as a Critical Dune area. By 2016, the park had grown to nearly 2,000 acres and was attracting almost one million visitors annually.",12032 Red Arrow Highway,Sawyer,MI,49125,located at the Warren Dunes State Park. After entering the park turn right and it is near the trail head by the shelter on the left.,Berrien,06S20W35SENE,41.906827,-86.592158,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,5",02/16/2021,4bdbeb86-cb3c-4330-810b-0efcd916639b,0,1786,2,"MHC112017019_1.jpg;MHC112017019_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","12/09/2020;12/09/2020",417317
-84.846209,45.424877,MHC242017020,S751C,2,2017,2020,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),State Board Of Fish Commissioners / State Game And Fish Warden,,State Board Of Fish Commissioners,State Game And Fish Warden,"Nineteenth-century commercial fishing and logging operations helped grow Michigan’s economy but also posed threats to resource sustainability. The logging industry’s use of waterways to transport logs contributed to pollution in rivers and destroyed fish spawning areas. The widespread installation of dams prevented fish passage and caused other damage to fish habitats. Each year relatively unlimited commercial fishing harvested millions of pounds of fish at a rate higher than the regeneration rate for some species. To prevent the extinction of the state’s fish species, the Michigan legislature established the Board of Fish Commissioners in 1873 to study the importance of “fish culture” and to establish a state hatchery to repopulate the state’s waterways.","In the mid-nineteenth century the State of Michigan began regulating hunting and fishing to prevent extermination of the state’s wildlife. In 1859 it enacted a law creating hunting seasons for deer, turkey and other game. The fine for violations was $25. Another law outlawed the use of continuous fishing nets and seines in certain locations. Other game laws were passed over the years but implementation was left up to local and county officials, resulting in uneven enforcement. In 1881 the Michigan Sportsmen’s Association began lobbying for a state game law enforcement office. In 1887 the legislature created the office of Game and Fish Warden. Governor Cyrus Luce appointed William Alden Smith as the first warden. He was Michigan’s first statewide law enforcement officer.",8258 S. Ayr Road,Alanson,MI,49706,"Marker located at the Oden State Fish Hatchery, just off from Oden Road",Emmet,35N04W18NESW,45.424877,-84.846209,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,5",02/16/2021,2eca0df2-615d-458a-be71-50f7a5322eec,0,1787,1,MHC242017020_1.jpg,,Marker Photo - Front,08/22/2019,417318
-86.26498,43.121138,MHC612016019,S741,2,2016,2020,Post WWII (1945-1970),Genevieve Gillette / Genevieve Gillette,,Genevieve Gillette,Genevieve Gillette,"Conservationist E. Genevieve Gillette was born on May 19, 1898, in Lansing. She became the first female graduate from Michigan Agricultural College’s landscape architecture program in 1920. After graduation, she worked for landscape architect Jens Jensen in Chicago until she moved to Detroit in 1924. About the same time, Gillette began working with classmate Percy J. Hoffmaster, then superintendent of the Michigan state parks system and later Department of Conservation director, to develop and promote Michigan State Parks, natural areas and nature education. Gillette conducted much of her work through such organizations as the Michigan Horticultural Society, Michigan Parks Association (of which she was president), Michigan Natural Areas Council, Michigan Botanical Club, and the Michigan Wilderness and Natural Areas Advisory Board.","For more than sixty years, landscape architect Genevieve Gillette focused her conservation efforts on preserving and creating parks, including Hartwick Pines, Muskegon, P. J. Hoffmaster, and Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Parks. As an unpaid volunteer, she advocated for state park funding. In 1969 she testified at a legislative hearing, arguing that it was the state’s duty to help preserve Michigan’s “heritage of natural beauty.” In the 1950s she began working on proposals to establish a national park that included Lake Michigan sand dunes and the Platte River. She and others fought against strong opposition until Congress created Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 1970. Gillette died on May 23, 1986. Her bequest to the state was used to help purchase 5,000 acres along Lake Huron to create Thompson’s Harbor State Park.",6585 Lake Harbor,Muskegon,MI,49441,inside the P.J. Hoffmaster State Park - near the entrance to the Gillette Sand Dune Visitor Center,Muskegon,09N17W36SESE,43.121138,-86.26498,,5,01/13/2021,b2a71560-5d7e-4e7b-a4e2-486542d47fa6,0,1788,2,"MHC612016019_1.jpg;MHC612016019_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/03/2020;08/03/2020",417319
-84.28158134,42.6890699900001,MHC332014004,L2260,2,2014,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Downtown Historic District/Downtown Historic Distsrict,Williamston Downtown Historic District,Downtown Historic District,Downtown Historic Distsrict,"Williamston grew where two Native American trails crossed. In 1834, settlers Hiram and Joseph Putnam built the north-south road that became Putnam Street. Construction of the Grand River Turnpike from Detroit to Grand Rapids in 1851 created Grand River Avenue. Starting in 1840, brothers Oswald, Horace and James Williams built a dam, saw mill and grist mill on the Red Cedar River. By 1871, when rail service came, the town had become a farm market center and boasted more than twelve hundred residents. After a short boom, the population declined until Grand River Avenue was paved circa 1923. The improved road encouraged auto tourism and allowed residents to commute to work instead of moving.","The Williamston Downtown Historic District reflects changes in small town commercial architecture from the 1870s to the 1950s. Some buildings date to 1874. One housed a hardware store continuously from 1888 through the time this marker was erected. The building styles include Second Empire, Italianate, Late Victorian, and Commercial Brick. In 1895, and again in 1915, fire destroyed several downtown businesses. Locals committed to preservation began refurbishing structures in the 1960s. In 1971, businessmen purchased the Andrews Hotel, built in 1887, to save it from demolition. The Williamston Downtown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.",161 E. Grand River Ave,Williamston,MI,48895,"In front of City Hall, between N. Cedar and Putnam Streets. It marks the eastern boundary of the Historical District.",Ingham,04N01E36SWSW,42.68906999,-84.28158134,,5,08/30/2017,59818897-45d6-402d-af03-69992f5135af,2012,680,3,"MHC332014004_1.jpg;MHC332014004_3.jpg;MHC332014004_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","01/02/2021;01/02/2021;01/02/2021",417320
-84.28296,42.687974,MHC332006015,L2182,2,2006,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Methodist Episcopal Church / Methodist Episcopal Church,Williamston United Methodist Church,Methodist Episcopal Church,Methodist Episcopal Church,"“Circuit riding” ministers brought Methodism to Williamston during the 1850s. The congregation organized in 1859 and built a small church on this site in 1871. The growing membership set about building a new church in 1896. The sanctuary of this church was dedicated on October 10, 1897. Lightning struck the steeple in 1919 and later much of the bell tower was removed. In 1999 the church interior was restored.","In July 1896, 101 farmers and teams of horses delivered 219 wagonloads of fieldstone to this site. The farmers participated in the “Great Stone Bee”, a contest to gather and deliver “hard heads” with which to build this Methodist Episcopal Church. The church was designed by Detroit architect Wells D. Butterfield and built by C. C. Shafer of Howell. The Jackson Glass Works made the stained glass windows.",211 South Putnam Street,Williamston,MI,48895,,Ingham,04N01E36SWSW,42.687974,-84.28296,,2,08/08/2017,3784b3e5-279c-46de-be8b-5aeffbfaf695,0,579,3,"MHC332006015_1.jpg;MHC332006015_2.jpg;MHC332006015_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","01/02/2021;01/02/2021;01/02/2021",417321
-84.281017,42.689725,MHC331994019,L1918,2,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Mary Parish / Saint Mary Parish,,Saint Mary Parish,Saint Mary Parish,"Beginning in the 1850s, Williamston Catholics worshipped with visiting priests. They often traveled ten miles by carriage or horseback on rutted, muddy roads to Saint Patrick Church in Woodhull (present-day Shaftsburg) to worship with Father Louis Van Den Driessche (Van Driss) of Lansing. In 1866 two brothers, Jerome and James Waldo, entered into a contract with Detroit Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, stipulating they would sell a plot of land in the village of Williamston to the diocese for twenty-five cents, provided that a church worth at least one thousand dollars was built within three years. In 1869 a frame church costing eleven hundred dollars was erected on this site and named Saint Mary. Father John Lovett became the first resident pastor in 1879. Descendants of Saint Mary’s founding families continue to worship here.","During the winter of 1868-69, Owen Brannan and Peter Zimmer cut and hauled timber to construct the first of three Catholic churches on this site. Saint Mary Church became a parish in 1879, upon the arrival of the first resident pastor. From 1889 to 1898, despite its growing membership, the parish did not have a full-time priest and it became a mission. In 1895 the church burned. A larger, brick, Neo-Gothic building was erected the same year. Under the leadership of Father John J. Connolly, who served from 1898 to 1905, Saint Mary regained parish status. It comprised the church; a cemetery, founded in 1873; and a new rectory, erected in 1902. In 1948 a parish hall was built. In 1956 a convent was established for the Sisters of Saint Joseph who staffed the school that opened in 1959. The present church was built in 1985.",203 High St.,Williamston,MI,0,near the intersection of Cedar St and High St. Close to the entrance with the bell tower.,Ingham,04N01E36SWSW,42.689725,-84.281017,,5,07/24/2017,7402b171-cb1a-4eae-a5fd-31dc68f9fa8f,0,314,3,"MHC331994019_4.jpg;MHC331994019_3.jpg;MHC331994019_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","01/02/2021;01/02/2021;01/02/2021",417322
-84.954298,42.265403,MHC131972007,L197,2,1972,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Governor's Mansion,Capitol Hill House,Governor's Mansion,,"State Senator James Wright Gordon built this Greek Revival house in 1839, the year he introduced a bill to make his town state capital. Land near his house had been selected for the capitol grounds. Marshall’s hopes were not fulfilled but Gordon became lieutenant governor in 1840, and acting governor in 1841 upon the resignation of William Woodbridge. In 1967 the property was deeded to the Mary Marshall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.",,621 South Marshall Avenue,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NESW,42.265403,-84.954298,,"Governors,1",03/22/2021,b6ffe048-384b-4463-9833-a546140bf807,0,1096,3,"MHC131972007_3.jpg;MHC131972007_2.jpg;MHC131972007_1.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","11/24/2017;11/28/2020;11/28/2020",417323
-84.952167,42.26531,MHC131972014,L196,2,1972,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Calhoun County Fair,,Calhoun County Fair,,"First held in 1839, the Calhoun County Fair has continued to this day as one of Michigan’s foremost agricultural attractions. Floral Hall, the oldest building on the fairgrounds, was constructed in 1860 in the then-popular octagon style. The wings were added at later dates. Designed originally for the display of flowers and farm produce, the building still plays a major role at one of the state’s oldest county fairs.",,Maple Street,Marshall,MI,0,located near the road on Maple Street between Fair Street and Washington Street.,Calhoun,02S06W25NWSE,42.26531,-84.952167,,1,08/23/2017,ca812238-6b0e-4bdd-b0a8-ee3dba00b9e8,0,1583,1,MHC131972014_2.jpg,Michigan History Center,Other Photo,11/28/2020,417324
-84.951882,42.264777,MHC131971028,L113,2,1971,1973,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Capitol Hill School,Fourth Ward School,Capitol Hill School,,"This 1860 building is the last of three Gothic Revival schools in Marshall. The name comes from its location on a site proposed for the Michigan state capitol. Donated to the Marshall Historical Society by the Board of Education in 1967, it is today a children’s museum with a restored nineteenth century classroom. It is listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey and the National Register of Historic Places.",,603 Washington Street,Marshall,MI,0,,Calhoun,02S06W25NWSE,42.264777,-84.951882,,1,01/11/2021,494bc947-518d-43a2-8c95-c8eba28ff9be,1972,1342,2,"MHC131971028_1.jpg;MHC131971028_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Charlie Chapman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/28/2020;11/24/2017",417325
-85.202174,42.932059,MHC341969012,L76B,2,1969,1970,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Saranac,Village of Saranac,Saranac,,"In 1836, when Saranac was settled, the upper Grand River Valley was a promising but undeveloped area. The soil was fertile; Lake Creek provided water power; and the river was navigable to Grand Rapids. The town grew slowly until 1857, when the coming of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad made Saranac a shipping center. Local products included such items as flour, lumber, hides, felloes, barrels, and staves. As the forests disappeared, manufacturing declined, and agriculture gradually became the dominant industry.",,Main St.,Saranac,MI,48881,Entrance to Scheid Park - near Fuller Street,Ionia,06N08W01SWSE,42.932059,-85.202174,,1,02/04/2020,e67d029a-a17b-4f1b-8b23-5af7f0f45097,0,580,2,"MHC341969012_3.jpg;MHC341969012_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","11/21/2020;01/02/2021",417326
-85.212095,42.8867500000001,MHC341963007,S253B,2,1963,1964,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Roadside Table,First Roadside Table,The Roadside Table,,"Here on old US-16 in Boston Township, Ionia County, the first picnic table along a highway right-of-way was placed in 1929 through the initiative of Allan Williams, county engineer. The table was built of salvage planks formerly used for guardrails. The idea immediately caught on and was adopted by the State Highway Department. The Ionia County Road Commission made the state’s tables until the work became too great. The roadside table became an emblem of Michigan’s hospitality, one which has been widely emulated by states the nation over.",,Grand River east of Morrison Lake Rd.,Saranac,MI,0,,Ionia,06N08W24SWSW,42.88675,-85.212095,,4,10/13/2020,76f6cfbe-7067-421a-88c4-06f0ad3574c6,0,46,3,"MHC341963007_1.jpg;MHC341963007_2.jpg;MHC341963007_3.jpg","Cecilia Falcone;Cecilia Falcone;Cecilia Falcone","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","10/13/2020;10/13/2020;10/13/2020",417327
-84.895662,42.640906,MHC231988013,L1489A,2,1988,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Gresham United Methodist Church,,Gresham United Methodist Church,,"Members of the Gresham United Methodist Church first worshipped in a school and in homes. In 1879 Palmer and Rebecca McDonald gave this site on which to build a church. In order to erect the church, people in the community donated logs, which were cut at Dade Merriam’s sawmill. The building’s pointed-arch windows and steeply pitched roof exemplify the prevalence of Gothic Revival elements in rural church architecture. The church was completed in 1881.",,5055 Mulliken Rd.,Charlotte,MI,0,NW corner of Gresham Highway,Eaton,03N05W16SESE,42.640906,-84.895662,,1,08/23/2021,bfec8b23-90aa-4522-a18c-104ba587e0f0,0,106,2,"MHC231988013_1.jpg;MHC231988013_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","11/14/2020;11/14/2020",417328
-85.236382,42.615227,MHC081997020,L2021,2,1997,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),McKeown Road Bridge,,McKeown Road Bridge,,"This steel Pratt through truss bridge was erected for Hastings Township in 1903. The township contracted with the Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio, for $2,090, to fabricate and erect the steel bridge. In operation from 1869 to the 1930s, the firm was a leading producer of metal truss highway bridges throughout the lower Great Lakes region. The McKeown Road Bridge is the last metal truss highway bridge in Barry County.",,McKeown Road,Hastings,MI,49058,Thornapple River,Barry,03N08W27NWSE,42.615227,-85.236382,,1,01/11/2021,d8c6d4db-18b5-4833-ae6a-a1e1d92438bc,0,1067,1,MHC081997020_2.jpg,Michigan History Center,Other Photo,11/14/2020,417329
-84.622976,41.91722,MHC302020005,L2337,2,2020,2020,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church / Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church,,Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church,Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church,"In 1849 the Reverend Wilhelm Hattstaedt founded a Lutheran congregation in Hillsdale. It was organized in 1854 under the Reverend Phillip Trautmann as the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church. Construction on this building began in 1854, making it the oldest church building in the City of Hillsdale. At its founding, the church planned to hold services in German exclusively; but like many ethnic churches, by the end of World War I it held all services in English.","For its fiftieth anniversary in 1904, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church upgraded its interior with a new brass chandelier, steel ceiling tiles and a 1,050-pound bell. The church acquired the building next door, Lakeview School, in 1954 and renamed it Luther Hall. The building has housed church meeting space, the Hillsdale County Senior Center and the King’s Kupboard Food Pantry. Later additions at the back of the church and Luther Hall provided more space and accessible entrances.",69 Griswold Street,Hillsdale,MI,0,,Hillsdale,06S03W26NESW,41.91722,-84.622976,,2,01/29/2021,bb9b256b-4bfb-42e1-9f4b-5680025aecd2,0,1803,2,"MHC302020005_1.jpg;MHC302020005_1.jpg","Rev. Jessica Hahn;Rev. Jessica Hahn","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","01/28/2021;01/28/2021",417330
-85.093313,42.6043900000001,MHC082018013,L2313,2,2018,2019,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Emory Parady,,Emory Parady,,"Emory Parady was born in New York in 1844. On April 24, 1865, he was one of twenty-seven men from the 16th New York Cavalry Regiment who rode with the two detectives tracking John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. On April 26, the patrol found Booth hiding at a Virginia farm. Two days later, Parady wrote to his parents about how a fire was started to force Booth from the barn, the shot that mortally wounded him, and rushing in to carry him out. In 1866, Parady received a $1,365.84 reward for his role in Booth’s capture.","Emory Parady settled in Nashville with his wife and son in 1870, one year after the village incorporated. In 1872, Parady purchased property at 102 N. Main St. and worked there for many years as a cobbler. He served as justice of the peace in 1879 and was president of the village council from 1883 to 1884. Parady also worked as the village postmaster for several years. Parady and his wife raised five children in Nashville and lived in the village for most of their adult lives. In 1906, Parady and his family moved to Portland, Oregon, where he lived until his death in 1924.",210 N. Main Street,Nashville,MI,49073,marker is located in a park between Maple and Washington Streets,Barry,03N07W36SWNW,42.60439,-85.093313,,"Civil War,2",08/06/2019,f5f7fa69-5a97-44bc-b3f2-b2076d61f0e3,0,1750,2,"MHC082018013_1.jpg;MHC082018013_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","01/31/2021;01/31/2021",417331
-85.093675,42.60579,MHC081980008,L801A,2,1980,1982,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Putnam Public Library,,Putnam Public Library,,"Built in 1884-85, this red-bricked Italianate structure was the home of Charles W. and Agnes Putnam. Mr. Putnam was a hardware merchant and banker; Mrs. Putnam taught music and was the first public school teacher in Nashville. Around the turn of the century, the Putnams hosted many elegant social events here. In 1921 they willed their home to Nashville for use as a public library. They established a ten-thousand-dollar trust fund to begin its operation. The Woman’s Literary Club launched the library in 1923.",,327 North Main Street (M-66),Nashville,MI,0,North of Washington St.,Barry,03N07W36SWNW,42.60579,-85.093675,,3,03/18/2021,f462397d-5ec4-43fd-88ff-35827d1fcca0,0,339,2,"MHC081980008_2.jpg;MHC081980008_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","01/31/2021;01/31/2021",417332
-85.016788,42.446223,MHC232016011,L257,2,1973,2016,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bellevue Gothic Mill / Bellevue Gothic Mill,,Bellevue Gothic Mill,Bellevue Gothic Mill,"Horatio Hall built this mill for Manlius Mann in 1854. Powered by water from the Battle Creek, a three-ton overshot waterwheel in the basement turned three pairs of millstones that ground grain from local farmers into flour. Before vertical grain elevators came into use, a rope hoist in the western roof peak lifted grain to the appropriate level. It was manually pulled through the corresponding vertical door to be processed. Grain products produced here included corn meal, bran, white, whole wheat and biscuit flour. In 1873 Mann sold the mill to Hiram Ovenshire and Daniel D. Gardiner. Ovenshire became the sole owner in 1881. Around 1888, to increase efficiency, he replaced the millstones with steel roller mills and the waterwheel with two forty-three-horsepower turbines.","The Bellevue Gothic Mill produced many flour products and brands, including Blue Bird flour, marketed by Abram Butler, a former dry goods store owner. By 1929 the mill yielded up to sixty barrels of Blue Bird flour per day. In 1949 this was the only mill within a fifty-mile radius that still produced flour. Hiram Ovenshire’s descendants, whose surnames included Ovenshire, Hollenbeck and Butler, owned the mill until it closed in 1958. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. In 1977 the Stockhausen family purchased the property. They restored the exterior and renovated the interior for an adaptive reuse as a private residence. In 1982 they installed two hydroelectric generators in the basement, allowing them to supply renewable power to the community.",218 E. Mill Street,Bellevue,MI,49021,"Intersection of Mill, Adams and Tanners Alley.",Eaton,01N06W28SENE,42.446223,-85.016788,,5,03/19/2021,c84e493a-f0e0-4625-b4c3-11699468eff2,1975,116,5,"MHC232016011_1.jpg;MHC232016011_2.jpg;MHC232016011_3.jpg;MHC232016011_4.jpg;MHC232016011_5.jpg",";Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Charlie Chapman","Historical Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo",";02/20/2021;02/20/2021;02/20/2021;06/08/2017",417333
-84.547746,42.729275,MHC331984016,L1194,2,1984,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Michigan Pharmacists Association,Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association,Michigan Pharmacists Association,,"On November 14, 1883, seventy-seven druggists met in the State Capitol to organize the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. Jacob Jesson of Muskegon led the effort to establish a professional association to participate in national professional organizations and secure legislation to regulate drug distribution and pharmacist licensure. By 1886 the association boasted 971 members. It changed its name to the Michigan Pharmacists Association in 1973.",,"Kalamazoo Plaza, River Street",Lansing,MI,0,"Kalamazoo Plaza area, River Street and East Kalamazoo Street.",Ingham,04N02W16SESE,42.729275,-84.547746,,1,11/25/2020,fa99bd37-967d-4a5d-9e30-b621775e304d,0,1206,3,"MHC331984016_1.jpg;MHC331984016_2.jpg;MHC331984016_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/01/2010;11/19/2020;02/26/2021",417334
-85.136956,42.067012,MHC121991017,L1835,2,1991,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Union City Methodist Episcopal Church / Union City Methodist Episcopal Church,,Union City Methodist Episcopal Church,Union City Methodist Episcopal Church,"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 met in several places until a ""New and Commodious"" church was built in 1848, one-half block west of here. In 1880 the Coldwater Republican announced that the Methodists would ""build a new brick church next season."" The present church was dedicated in 1881.","This High Victorian Gothic auditorium-plan church was constructed in 1880-81. Because this church so closely resembles the Constantine Methodist Episcopal Church, designed by the Grand Rapids architectural firm of Robinson and Barnaby, it is believed to have been the work of the same firm. John R. Simmons, a Scottish woodworker from nearby Girard, reportedly built the church. The church was dedicated on August 28, 1881.",200 Ellen St.,Union City,MI,0,,Branch,05S07W04SWNW,42.067012,-85.136956,,2,03/18/2021,13edb6c2-5a42-41dd-9706-5640e6c9e399,0,550,3,"MHC121991017_1.jpg;MHC121991017_2.jpg;MHC121991017_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","03/13/2021;03/13/2021;03/13/2021",417335
-85.135332,42.068727,MHC132007001,L2190,2,2007,2007,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Congregational Church of Union City,United Church of Christ,First Congregational Church,,"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. The Romanesque Revival building dates from 1862. Additions and renovations occurred over the years to accommodate a growing membership. The original pipe organ and stained glass windows were replaced during a major remodeling in 1917.",,410 North Broadway,Union City,MI,49094,,Branch,05S07W04NWNW,42.068727,-85.135332,,1,03/18/2021,3afb198d-ad5d-461a-9bb1-a38405eebddb,0,1077,2,"MHC132007001_1.jpg;MHC132007001_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","03/13/2021;03/13/2021",417336
-85.131579,42.065421,MHC121963006,L28,2,1963,1963,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Union City Iron Furnace,,Union City Iron Furnace,,"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 built, and in May 1847, it produced what was apparently the first iron made from Michigan ores. Earlier Michigan iron furnaces used imported pig iron. The percentage of iron in southern Michigan's ores was too small, however, to make their use profitable. Thus, in a few years Union City's pioneering furnace ceased making pig iron and turned to the production of plows.",,Coldwater Road,Union City,MI,0,South of Union City,Branch,05S07W04SENW,42.065421,-85.131579,,"Mining Industry,4",03/18/2021,1a7d4ba2-0cdc-41bf-951c-5626e799523e,0,549,2,"MHC121963006_1.jpg;MHC121963006_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","03/13/2021;03/13/2021",417337
-85.327092,41.959617,MHC751977025,L526,2,1977,1977,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Colon/Harry Blackstone,,Colon,Harry Blackstone,"
Known as the “Magic Capital of the World,” this small town has gained widespread recognition for the invention and manufacture of magic tricks. Colon’s reputation as a magic mecca began after Australian Percy Abbott visited the famous American magician Harry Blackstone who lived in this area. Abbott subsequently returned to Colon and started the Abbott Magic Novelty Company in 1933. Mainly a mail-order operation, the company continues to devise tricks which baffle the human eye and mind. In 1934 Abbott sponsored the first “Magic Get-Together,” now an annual event attracting thousands of professional and amateur devotees. Blackstone himself as well as other famous conjurers have performed at these festivals.","One of America’s most notable magicians, Harry Blackstone (1885-1965) lived in Colon. Born Harry Bouton, he began his professional wizardry career at the age of sixteen in his native city of Chicago. Blackstone’s fame grew in the first three decades of the twentieth century when magic shows were a staple of vaudeville and Broadway. During World War II millions of servicemen watched him perform at gatherings of the USO (United Service Organizations). His shows often included the “dancing” handkerchief trick and rabbits, which were given to young spectators. Blackstone utilized split-second timing and “misdirection” of the audience to create illusions. His colorful personality enhanced the drama of magic and endeared him to Colon, which, in the early 1960s, renamed Main Street in his honor.","Community Park, West State St.",Colon,MI,0,"One block from Colon Village Library, 128 S. Blackstone Ave",Saint Joseph,06S09W11SESW,41.959617,-85.327092,www.colonlibrary.org,5,03/17/2021,00e8c69d-43bc-43ce-b92c-367f0850b290,0,348,5,"MHC751977025_1.jpg;MHC751977025_2.jpg;MHC751977025_3.jpg;MHC751977025_4.jpg;MHC751977025_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","03/13/2021;03/13/2021;03/13/2021;03/13/2021;03/13/2021",417338
-85.418586,41.801757,MHC752006034,L2169,2,2006,2006,Post WWII (1945-1970),Sturges-Young Auditorium,,Sturges-Young Auditorium,,"The Sturges-Young Auditorium opened in 1955 to fanfare and celebration. The 986-seat multi-purpose facility was much larger than would be expected for a small community like Sturgis. Spurred by private donations, the city began construction on the building in 1954. Fort Wayne architect A. M. Strauss provided the Modernist design. Major contributors included the building’s namesakes Clara and Stella Sturges and Emma Young, each of whom stipulated in their wills that funds be used for the construction of a civic auditorium. The venue has hosted many famous musicians, comedians, and public figures. On March 22, 1974, bandleader Duke Ellington (1899-1974) gave his final performance here, two months before he died.",,201 North Nottawa St,Sturgis,MI,49091,,Saint Joseph,08S10W01NWSE,41.801757,-85.418586,,4,03/18/2021,27ae38ce-4e91-494a-b820-3032008f0cde,0,304,3,"MHC752006034_1.jpg;MHC752006034_2.jpg;MHC752006034_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo","03/13/2021;03/13/2021;03/13/2021",417339
-85.581663,42.291685,MHC391982018,L1000A,2,1982,1984,Civil War and After (1860-1875),The Peninsula Building,,The Peninsula Building,,"Originally designed for the Peninsula Restaurant, this three-story brick structure was built by Nicholas Baumann in 1874. The elegant ethnic restaurant gave way to the Franklin and Folz clothing store in 1884. After Franklin and Folz moved in 1924, the building housed a succession of businesses including a stove company, a department store, a bookbindery, and a hotel. It became the headquarters for the W. R. Biggs/Gilmore agency in 1973. Severely damaged by a 1980 tornado, the building was completely rehabilitated in 1980-81.",,111 Portage Street,Kalamazoo,MI,0,,Kalamazoo,02S11W15SESW,42.291685,-85.581663,,3,09/01/2017,185d2377-f183-4f0b-a468-fd912b8a4862,0,1688,2,"MHC391982018_1.jpg;MHC391982018_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","03/20/2021;03/20/2021",417340
-85.580849,42.292071,MHC392001014,L2098a,2,2001,2001,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Haymarket Historic District,,Haymarket Historic District,,"Development began in the Haymarket district as early as the 1830s and was spurred by the construction of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Depot in 1870. The district became a hub for retail, wholesaling and light manufacturing. It was the business center for the German community. The Desenberg Block at 251 East Michigan Avenue is Michigan’s only surviving example of the work of Chicago architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.",,266 East Michigan Ave.,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Two identical markers exist for this site no. One is on the west end of the district and the other is on the east end. L2098a - 266 East Michigan Avenue (the first marker) and L2098b - 105 East Michigan Avenue (a second duplicate marker added in 2012),Kalamazoo,02S11W15SESW,42.292071,-85.580849,,1,03/24/2021,ddf74f4b-8fc0-4269-9383-1f509626c0a6,0,203,2,"MHC392001014_1.jpg;MHC392001014_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","03/22/2021;03/22/2021",417341
-85.582767,42.291787,MHC392012025,L2098b,2,2001,2012,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Haymarket Historic District,,Haymarket Historic District 2,,"Development began in the Haymarket district as early as the 1830s and was spurred by the construction of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Depot in 1870. The district became a hub for retail, wholesaling and light manufacturing. It was the business center for the German community. The Desenberg Block at 251 East Michigan Avenue is Michigan’s only surviving example of the work of Chicago architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.",,105 East Michigan Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,0,Two identical markers exist for this site no. One is on the west end of the district and the other is on the east end. L2098a - 266 East Michigan Avenue (the first marker) and L2098b - 105 East Michigan Avenue (a second duplicate marker erected in 2012),Kalamazoo,02S11W15SESW,42.291787,-85.582767,,1,10/07/2021,700d98e8-f089-4c1c-8705-a5ee58af0198,0,1816,2,"MHC392012025_2.jpg;MHC392012025_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","03/22/2021;03/22/2021",417342
-85.1823439999999,42.319063,MHC131959016,L8,2,1959,1959,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Battle Creek House,,Battle Creek House,,"The Battle Creek House, a stagecoach stop and the social and political hub of the settlement from 1836 to 1866, stood here. The balconied three-story inn was destroyed by a fire late in the 1860’s. In 1870 Daniel Reily put up a “solid brick” building housing stores, offices, and, from 1903 to 1931, the Central National Bank. It was known as the C. E. Thomas Block between 1892 and 1956. Remodeling by Peoples Savings and Loan Association in 1957 left the basic structure unchanged.",,2 West Michigan Ave,Battle Creek,MI,0,Marker removed and destroyed - 8/2021,Calhoun,02S08W12NENE,42.319063,-85.182344,,3,05/06/2020,9537aa05-cc08-467e-a734-d2b35a243174,0,1402,1,MHC131959016_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Marker Photo - Front,04/02/2021,417343
-83.20149,42.672238,MHC631976044,S492,2,1976,1979,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Meadow Brook Hall,,Meadow Brook Hall,,"Home of Alfred G. and Matilda Dodge Wilson (widow of John Dodge), this Tudor-style mansion was built 1926-29. William E. Kapp of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls designed the hall, incorporating details from famous homes of England. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson deeded the hall and its fourteen hundred-acre estate to Michigan State University in 1957 to found what is now Oakland University. The hall opened to the public in September 1971 as a conference and cultural center of the university.",,480 South Adams Road,Rochester Hills,MI,0,"Oakland University Campus, south of Walton Boulevard",Oakland,03N11E18NWSE,42.672238,-83.20149,,,09/12/2017,c3e4a493-107f-4a39-a841-0bf4ce711726,0,75,0,,,,,417344
-82.760193,42.813499,MHC501975040,L393,2,1975,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Richmond Center for the Performing Arts,First Congregational Church,Richmond Center for the Performing Arts,,"Built in 1887, this structure formerly served as the First Congregational Church. When the congregation merged with St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1973, it sold the building to the Richmond Community Theatre. That group adapted the interior for reuse as a theater and carefully restored the exterior. The building is a significant example of Gothic Revival architecture. The Richmond Center for the Performing Arts was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.",,69619 Parker Street,Richmond,MI,0,at the corner of Churchill Street,Macomb,05N14E35NWSE,42.813499,-82.760193,,1,05/24/2021,68433bcd-3d24-46bc-97ea-132f8c9dd0a3,1975,128,2,"MHC501975040_1.jpg;MHC501975040_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/02/2019;06/02/2019",417345
-82.756132,42.814484,MHC501999006,L2049,2,1999,1999,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Sanford Stone/Weller House,Harold and Mabelle Weller House/Sanford M. Stone House,Sanford Stone,Weller House,"Sanford Stone (1828-1888) came to Richmond in 1843. In 1875 he platted “Sanford M. Stone’s Addition to the village of Richmond,” which included Jefferson and Washington Streets between Ferguson and Beebe. Stone held many public offices, including state representative, village president and county coroner. On this site in 1878, he built an Eastlake style house, which sported ornate chimneys and decorative trim in the gables, making it one of Richmond’s most elaborate buildings.","Mabelle Streibig Weller purchased the former Sanford Stone House in 1920. Built in 1878 in the Victorian era Eastlake Style, the house was reconstructed for Weller and her husband, Harold, to reflect the more “modern” Colonial Revival style. The Wellers named the house Roseburn Place for Mabelle’s late mother, Rose Burns. In 1993, Weller descendants sold the house to a Richmond businessman. Restored during the 1990s, the house remains a Richmond landmark.",36035 Washington Street,Richmond,MI,0,,Macomb,05N14E35NESE,42.814484,-82.756132,,2,05/20/2021,280f9e7a-ec0d-49fa-8cc6-d57536d1c58c,0,1423,3,"MHC501999006_1.jpg;MHC501999006_2.jpg;MHC501999006_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","06/02/2019;06/02/2019;06/02/2019",417346
-82.764056,42.89662,MHC501980010,L824B,2,1980,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"""The Thing""",Thomas Clegg and First Auto,"""The Thing""",,"Thomas Clegg (1863-1939) and his English-born father, John, built “The Thing,” the first recorded self-propelled vehicle in Michigan (and perhaps in the country) in 1884-85. The Thing, driven by a single cylinder steam engine with a tubular boiler carried in the rear, seated four. The vehicle was built in the John Clegg & Son machine shop here in Memphis. It ran about 500 miles before Clegg dismantled it and sold the engine to a creamery. The shop was razed in 1936, just a short time before Henry Ford offered to buy it for Greenfield Village.",,Boardman Road at East village limits,Memphis,MI,0,at Cedar Street,Saint Clair,06N14E35SESE,42.89662,-82.764056,,"Auto Industry,1",05/20/2021,5b70651d-ca3d-47cb-b8b5-3f0db0ae5967,0,407,2,"MHC501980010_1.jpg;MHC501980010_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/02/2021;06/02/2019",417347
-83.03417,42.661399,MHC502005009,S686,2,2005,2005,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Packard Motor Car Company / Packard Proving Grounds,,Packard Motor Car Company,Packard Proving Grounds,"In 1899 brothers James Ward and William Doud Packard founded the Ohio Automobile Company in Warren, Ohio. In 1902 Detroiter Henry Joy and several other local investors purchased the company, moved it to Detroit, and renamed it the Packard Motor Car Company. During the 1920s and 1930s, Packard set the standard for luxury and design. Under the direction of chief engineer Jesse G. Vincent, Packard, known as “America’s Master Motor Builder”, also made advances in aviation technology. Vincent contributed to the development of the Liberty aircraft engine during World War I and predicted the growth of commercial aviation. He considered a proving ground to be essential to high quality.","The Packard Motor Car Company began building a proving ground on this site in 1926. Packard, like its competitors, had previously tested cars on city streets. Architect Albert Kahn designed the principal buildings. By 1929 the complex included the Gate Lodge, warehouses, laboratories, a high-speed test track, and twelve miles of roads simulating the worst conditions of the day. During World War II (1941-1945) Packard built aircraft and marine engines while leasing the grounds to Chrysler for tank testing. Packard ceased production in 1958, and the Ford Motor Company purchased the site in 1961. In 2000 Ford and the Packard Motor Car Foundation began working to preserve the design complex portion of the site.",49965 Van Dyke Ave (22-1/2 Mile Rd),Shelby Township,MI,0,At main entrance,Macomb,03N12E21NESE,42.661399,-83.03417,,"Auto Industry,5",05/20/2021,b2fdf5a2-ca13-48d3-b89f-09df8eacb198,2007,64,3,"MHC502005009_1.jpg;MHC502005009_2.jpg;MHC502005009_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/27/2019;06/22/2019;06/22/2019",417348
-82.865908,42.717933,MHC502006021,L2170,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Crawford Settlement Burying Ground,Meade Cemetery,Crawford Settlement Burying Ground,,"Revolutionary War veteran John Crawford and his wife, Ann, founded this cemetery in 1837. Ornate headstones exhibit trends in funerary art over two centuries, and the German script on markers reflects the migration of European immigrants after the Erie Canal opened in 1825. Veterans of every major war since the American Revolution are buried here. The community was named Meade in 1863, but remained locally known as the Crawford Settlement.",,26 Mile Road,Macomb Township,MI,48042,South side of 26 Mile Road between North Avenue and Omo Road,Macomb,03N13E01NWNE,42.717933,-82.865908,,1,05/24/2021,1f4de376-3846-43f9-bf33-13242b990998,0,127,2,"MHC502006021_1.jpg;MHC502006021_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/02/2019;06/02/2019",417349
-83.704825,42.798731,MHC251971015,L164,2,1971,1972,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Fenton House,,Fenton House,,"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 cities.” The interior decor of the hotel is much as it was at the turn of the century. However, the exterior was altered by the destruction of the front porch in 1904 by a team of runaway horses. The Fenton House is one of the oldest hotels in continuous operation in Michigan.",,302 North Leroy,Fenton,MI,0,,Genesee,05N06E25SWSW,42.798731,-83.704825,,3,06/14/2021,3688dcec-f071-4b55-8159-5b5d4c6c38f3,0,586,1,MHC251971015_1.jpg,John Garman,Marker Photo - Front,06/23/2019,417350
-83.70468,42.795853,MHC251987012,L1387A,2,1987,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Fenton United Methodist Church,,Fenton United Methodist Church,,"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 construction of a basement. A new brick church was built in 1869 and it burned in 1929. In 1930 the congregation laid the cornerstone for the present church, the third on this site. After delays during the Depression, this Neo-Gothic church was dedicated in 1938.",,119 South Leroy Street,Fenton,MI,0,,Genesee,05N06E36NWNW,42.795853,-83.70468,,1,06/14/2021,598d86a4-13c3-4d36-bd90-48fb12c48010,0,471,2,"MHC251987012_1.jpg;MHC251987012_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/23/2019;06/23/2019",417351
-83.705393,42.793402,MHC251976005,L437,2,1976,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Dibbleville,Fenton Old Town Historic District,Dibbleville,,"Clark Dibble came here from New York State in 1834 and laid claim to forty acres of government land. Known as Dibbleville, this area was Fenton’s original business district. It encompasses the A. J. Phillips Library, two churches and two commercial blocks. Most of the edifices date from the last four decades of the nineteenth century and retain notable architectural details. One structure in this district was built by Robert Le Roy in 1837 shortly after he and William Fenton purchased Dibbleville and named it Fentonville. The village became Fenton in 1863.",,310 S. Leroy Street.,Fenton,MI,0,The marker is located at the entrance to the public parking lot next to the AJ Phillips Building / Fenton Museum,Genesee,05N06E36SWNW,42.793402,-83.705393,,1,08/30/2017,d05266f9-e3b0-45c8-862c-69a0b0e8374c,0,681,2,"MHC251976005_1.jpg;MHC251976005_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/23/2019;06/23/2019",417352
-83.5996752899999,42.9010204,MHC252009005,S715C,2,2009,2009,Post WWII (1945-1970),The Buick Open/The First Buick Open,Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club,The Buick Open,The First 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 organize a golf tournament here. The collaboration between Warwick Hills, Buick, and the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Tour resulted in the first Buick Open, held in June 1958. The event coincided with GM’s “Golden Milestone” fiftieth anniversary. Company officials allowed the use of the Buick name, and provided each golfer with a new car to use during the tournament. This marked the first corporate sponsorship of a PGA Tour event. The success of the 1958 open created a partnership that continued into the twenty-first century.","For five days in June 1958, golfers from across the country came to Grand Blanc to play in the first Buick Open. The field included what Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Tour supervisor Harvey Raynor called the greatest field in PGA Tour history. A fifty-two-thousand-dollar purse, the largest of the 1958 season, was a big draw for many players, while “big-time golf”, one-dollar admission, and free parking drew more than fifty thousand fans. On the eighteenth hole of the final round, any of four golfers had a chance to win the open. In near darkness and chilling temperatures, Billy Casper, with the final shot of the tournament, sank a putt of three and one-half feet to win by one stroke and claim the top prize of nine thousand dollars – and a brand new Buick.",G-9057 South Saginaw Road,Grand Blanc,MI,48439,Grand Blanc Township,Genesee,06N07E26NWNE,42.9010204,-83.59967529,,5,06/14/2021,1fc03407-9452-4017-bc1b-c0d8d7de9c25,0,1279,3,"MHC252009005_1.jpg;MHC252009005_2.jpg;MHC252009005_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back",";06/23/2019;06/23/2019",417353
-83.711341,42.790194,MHC241999021,L2058,2,1999,2008,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Old Prospect Hill Cemetery,"Fenton Township Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery",Old Prospect Hill Cemetery,,"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 him to Fenton, are buried here with their families. Phillip McOmber Sr., the first Genesee County prosecutor, and Daniel LeRoy, Michigan’s first attorney general, are also interred here.",,301 S. Leroy St,Fenton,MI,48430,"End of S. Davis St; off W. Shiawassee Ave, at entrance to ""Old Prospect Hill"" section",Genesee,05N06E35NESE,42.790194,-83.711341,,1,06/22/2021,80347792-0281-4b13-ad44-b97560f699c8,0,1226,3,"MHC241999021_1.jpg;MHC241999021_2.jpg;MHC241999021_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/23/2019;06/23/2019;06/23/2019",417354
-83.705083,42.792417,MHC251997018,L2019,2,1997,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Saint Jude´s Episcopal Church,,Saint Jude's Episcopal Church,,"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, which was deeded to the parish by William and Adelaide Fenton of Flint. The present Romanesque Revival church, designed by Pratt and Koeppe of Bay City, was completed in 1893.",,106 East Elizabeth St.,Fenton,MI,0,,Genesee,05N06E36SWNW,42.792417,-83.705083,,1,06/22/2021,4172e329-bc38-4265-acd2-e95249ed6257,0,1543,2,"MHC251997018_1.jpg;MHC251997018_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/23/2019;06/23/2019",417355
-83.532733,42.692271,MHC631986020,L1330A,2,1986,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),White Lake Cemetery,,White Lake Cemetery,,"This cemetery was established by Robert Garner when his nine-month-old child, Mary, died in 1837. White Lake Road, which runs past it, was once an Indian trail. Garner, a pioneer of White Lake Township, was involved in the establishment of the First Presbyterian Church of White Lake and was the superintendent of a pioneer sabbath school in White Lake. Buried in the cemetery are many of the pioneer families of the township, including the Garners, Seeleys and Voorheises. Also buried here are twenty-eight Civil War veterans and just over forty veterans of succeeding wars. In 1856 the cemetery was formally deeded to the Board of Health of White Lake Township.",,6190 White Lake Rd,White Lake Township,MI,0,Clarkston vicinity,Oakland,03N08E05NWSE,42.692271,-83.532733,,"Civil War,4",06/22/2021,45d724c6-de4c-4738-adbc-036a3086346c,0,17,4,"MHC631986020_1.jpg;MHC631986020_2.jpg;MHC631986020_3.jpg;MHC631986020_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/23/2019;06/23/2019;06/23/2019;06/23/2019",417356
-83.306238,42.525259,MHC631989006,L1483,2,1987,2021,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Broughton House,,Broughton House,,"Architectural evidence, including bark-covered logs used for framing, indicates that the Greek Revival center portion of this house dates to the 1830s, when Benjamin and Charlotte Worthing owned the land. The north wing, with its sawed timbers, may have been moved from another site; its second floor is lower than the one in the center portion. The house bears the name of Daniel Broughton, who owned it from 1866 to1885 and added the south wing. His carriage shop was diagonally across the intersection.","Among the early owners of this house were Robert Kyle, who later served in the Civil War, and Jane German, who purchased it from Broughton. Later the building was also a business and a restaurant. It was part of the Franklin Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Franklin prohibited its demolition in 1971 based on new state and local historic preservation laws. The result was the first legal challenge to these laws; the courts upheld them. The village purchased and renovated the house in 1973.",32325 Franklin Road,Franklin,MI,0,,Oakland,01N10E06SWNE,42.525259,-83.306238,,2,10/13/2021,90a7b5de-c16f-48f6-9e3a-8d20b25fd723,0,1839,4,"MHC631989006_1.jpg;MHC631989006_3.jpg;MHC631989006_2.jpg;MHC631989006_4.jpg","William Lamott;William Lamott;William Lamott;unknown","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","06/21/2021;06/21/2021;06/21/2021;06/01/2017",417357
-83.273395,43.944547,MHC321990019,L1725,2,1990,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Methodist Episcopal Church,,Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1868 the Reverend Manasseh Hickey and twelve settlers organized a Methodist Episcopal church in Caseville. Services were held in a schoolhouse until the present church was built. Upon its dedication on November 15, 1874, the Gothic-inspired structure, with its 70-foot-high steeple, became a focal point for the community. Local contractor William Ormiston built the church, which contains stained-glass windows by McFadden and Reed of New York City. In 1907 a basement was excavated, and in 1940 the memorial windows were installed. Over the years the steeple, which provided a landmark for Saginaw Bay boaters, was racked by structural problems and lightning, and had to be continually repaired. In 1974 the spire was replaced with a duplicate of the original.",,6490 Main St.,Caseville,MI,0,,Huron,18N10E35NENW,43.944547,-83.273395,,4,07/13/2021,b0b09f62-eade-4d00-aa0f-4ec27faf7930,0,514,3,"MHC321990019_1.jpg;MHC321990019_2.jpg;MHC321990019_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","07/03/2019;07/03/2019;07/03/2019",417358
-83.131253,42.680796,MHC632003001,L2125,2,2003,2003,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Western Knitting Mills,,Western Knitting Mills,,"Paint Creek and the Clinton River provided power for the first woolen mill on this site in 1844. Constructed in 1896, the Western Knitting Mills building was supported by a yarn mill, dormitories and two warehouses. One of the area’s largest employers, the mill produced wool socks, gloves and mittens (1896-1916), wool cloth (1916-1927), and khaki gloves for World War I soldiers. Knitting ceased at this site in 1939.",,400 Water Street,Rochester,MI,0,near the intersection of East 4th Street and Water Street,Oakland,03N11E14NWNW,42.680796,-83.131253,,1,07/13/2021,61b1cf85-4eab-435d-b125-1729eb5e9e43,0,161,2,"MHC632003001_1.jpg;MHC632003001_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/20/2019;07/20/2019",417359
-83.115945,42.695496,MHC631995004,S651,2,1995,1996,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stony Creek Masonic Lodge No. 5 / Mount Moriah,,Stony Creek Masonic Lodge No. 5,Mount Moriah,"Around 1825 William A. Burt led members of the Stony Creek Masonic Lodge in petitioning the Grand Lodge of Michigan for a charter. The grand master, Governor Lewis Cass, approved the charter in June 1827. In response to the anti-Masonic fervor sweeping the nation, however, the Grand Lodge suspended operations from 1829 to 1841, delaying the granting of Stony Creek’s charter. Due to the efforts of tavern keeper Daniel B. Taylor, Stony Creek Lodge continued to meet during that time. It was the only Michigan lodge to do so. The group had originally held meetings in a log schoolhouse, and later in people’s homes. In 1844 the lodge was reconstituted, and in 1849 members dedicated the first Masonic temple in the state. In 1853 the lodge relocated in Rochester.","This site, once the summit of Stony Creek Village, was named Mount Moriah by Stony Creek Masons. In 1849 they dedicated a temple here—the first in Michigan built solely for Masonic purposes. In 1844 the Grand Lodge of Michigan had recognized the Stony Creek Lodge, organized around 1825, as the oldest continuously operating lodge in Michigan. The fraternity built the temple in honor of this distinction, laying the cornerstone in 1847. The building, a red octagonal wooden structure set on a high stone foundation, had a discrete entrance into the cellar; members took a ladder up to the meeting room. In 1853 the lodge was transferred to Rochester. Eventually, the temple was dismantled, and the materials were used to build a barn. In 1929 the cornerstone was incorporated into a Masonic monument erected at Stony Creek Cemetery.",Old Romeo Road Trail,Rochester,MI,0,"Along Stoney Creek, Grounds at Van Hoosen Farm Museum",Oakland,03N11E11NENE,42.695496,-83.115945,,5,01/06/2022,e271283e-cc8e-4563-affb-7718fba81eee,0,781,4,"MHC631995004_1.jpg;MHC631995004_2.jpg;MHC631995004_3.jpg;MHC631995004_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417360
-83.115279,42.696176,MHC631971003,L174,2,1971,1982,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stoney Creek Village,,Stoney Creek Village,,"Lemuel Taylor and his family became Stoney Creek’s first settlers in 1823. The next year a sawmill and a gristmill, along with a distillery and blacksmith shop were built. Next came a hotel and a woolen mill. Joshua Van Hoosen’s family settled here in 1836, when he was six years old. In 1853, after seeking wealth in California’s gold fields, Joshua returned to Stoney Creek, purchased the family farm and married Sarah Taylor, granddaughter of Lemuel. One of their daughters, Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-1952), became an internationally known surgeon. Their granddaughter, Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892-1972), earned a doctorate in genetics and operated the family estate as a model dairy farm from 1923 until 1952, when she deeded about 300 acres to Michigan State University.",,1005 Van Hoosen Road,Rochester Hills,MI,0, at Runyon Road,Oakland,03N11E02SESE,42.696176,-83.115279,,4,09/12/2017,a9d13a46-0c63-489f-a58b-89d18771186a,0,912,3,"MHC631971003_1.jpg;MHC631971003_2.jpg;MHC631971003_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417361
-85.0301019999999,44.9309920000001,MHC051989041,L1618C,2,1989,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Village of Wetzell,,Village of Wetzell,,"On November 10, 1881, the Antrim County Herald ran an advertisement about the village of Wetzell that read: “New Town, New Store; Everything New!” Earlier that year the Wetzell brothers had platted the village and opened a sawmill. As the town grew the pine forests were depleted. In 1886 Frank Harding changed Wetzell into a company town when he converted the sawmill into a wood turning factory that utilized the area’s abundant hardwood forests. Harding attracted millhands to the town by guaranteeing them “steady work, good wages, free stove wood, free rent and water.” Wetzell boomed, but its prosperity was fleeting. By 1909 timber supplies were low, the factory operated sporadically, and Harding decided to cease operations. Without a new industry to sustain it, Wetzell became a ghost town.",,Corner of US-131 North and Satterly Lake Rd.,Mancelona Township,MI,0,North of Mancelona,Antrim,29N06W10NWNW,44.930992,-85.030102,,"Timber Industry,4",01/15/2017,8cab2297-9a06-4d0f-a8cc-716b03cce873,0,743,1,MHC051989041_1.jpg,Michigan History Center,Site Photo w/Marker,06/26/2021,417362
-84.5523209999999,42.7444530000001,MHC331991026,S625C,2,1983,1991,Post WWII (1945-1970),Michigan Association Of Counties,two sided marker - other side titled Michigan Education Association Building,Michigan Association Of Counties,,"On February 1, 1898, township and city officials met in the capitol and founded the Michigan State Association of Supervisors (MSAS). The group served as a liaison between the legislature and county government, and worked for statewide rather than parochial interests. In the 1950s a director was hired and an office opened in a Quonset hut at Michigan State University in East Lansing. In 1957 the Institute for Local Government merged with the MSAS. That year offices were relocated to Lenawee Street in Lansing. In December 1969 the group adopted the name Michigan Association of Counties. The association acquired this building in 1988.",,935 North Washington Avenue,Lansing,MI,0,This is a large two post marker with text for this Site No. (S625C) on one side and text for Site No. S626 - Michigan Education Association Building on the other side.,Ingham,04N02W09SWSE,42.744453,-84.552321,,5,08/20/2020,db6fe267-f45b-4046-81bb-5fb678b1d45d,0,1772,2,"MHC331991026_3.jpg;MHC331991026_1.jpg","Michigan Historical Commission;Michigan History Center","Other Photo;Other Photo","11/18/2020;08/20/2020",417363
-83.111903,42.696847,MHC632005010,L2158,2,2005,2005,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stoney Creek School,Stoney Creek School #1 Fractional,Stoney Creek School,,"The School Act of 1829 created the Stoney Creek School District. Fractional School No. 1 was constructed in 1848. Like one-room schoolhouses across the country, the building originally housed children of varying ages and grades, elementary through high school. This changed in 1931, when high school students enrolled at nearby Rochester High School. Two prominent Michigan women are associated with this modest school. The influential surgeon Bertha Van Hoosen attended school here, as did her niece, Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, an agriculture expert and author. In 1952 an addition was built on the school to accommodate a growing population of elementary students. Later than year the school closed permanently when the Stoney Creek School District was annexed to that of Rochester.",,1051 Washington Road,Rochester Hills,MI,48307,Avon Township,Oakland,03N11E01SWSW,42.696847,-83.111903,,4,07/13/2021,a34f5428-8fed-406e-83f2-1d3f6161b6dc,0,190,2,"MHC632005010_1.jpg;MHC632005010_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417364
-83.120229,42.692059,MHC632006028,L2175,2,2006,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stony Creek Cemetery / Stony Creek Cemetery,Stoney Creek Cemetery,Stony Creek Cemetery,Stony Creek Cemetery,"Stony Creek Cemetery contains the graves of some of Avon Township´s most important pioneers. Nathaniel and Sally Millerd, who in 1839 sold 1.7 acres of this land with the understanding that it would be ""forever used as a public burying ground,"" are buried here. Nathaniel Millerd had built a gristmill in 1824 and operated a general store and the Stony Creek Post Office out of his home. He also served as Oakland County´s second probate judge. The Stony Creek Masonic Lodge No. 5 owned the cemetery from 1924 until 1981. A monument erected in 1929 pays tribute to the lodge - the only one in Michigan to hold meetings throughout the anti-Masonic fervor that lasted from 1826 to 1844.","The first burial here occurred in 1825 for Michael Van Wagoner Sr. His grave remains unmarked; however, in 1978 a monument was erected in his honor. Some of the township´s most illustrious residents are buried here: Stony Creek Village´s first settlers, Lemuel and Sarah Taylor; their son Joshua, who participated in drafting Michigan´s constitution in 1836; Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, one of Michigan´s first female surgeons; and her niece Dr. Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, an animal geneticist who by 1933 transformed her family farm into a prize-winning dairy farm and bull breeding facility. The cemetery, later named ""Stoney"" Creek, displays an array of headstone styles popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.",Letica Drive,Rochester Hills,MI,48309,"between Romeo Road and Stoney Pointe Boulevard, near a small black wrought iron gate",Oakland,03N11E11SWNE,42.692059,-83.120229,,5,08/03/2021,7df77b67-8a67-45bc-8bdd-4c5eafb842e3,0,497,4,"MHC632006028_1.jpg;MHC632006028_2.jpg;MHC632006028_3.jpg;MHC632006028_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417365
-83.133516,42.680805,MHC631987038,L1442A,2,1987,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Masonic Block,,Masonic Block,,"Built in 1899-1900, the Masonic Block was designed by Edward R. Prall. The Rochester Building Association raised funds for the project. Among its leaders were William Clark Chapman, general manager of Western Knitting Mills and twentieth village president; Enos R. Mathews, ninth village president and former Avon Township supervisor; and Harvey J. Taylor, a local hardware dealer and farmer. The building’s earliest tenants included the Rochester Savings Bank, the U.S. Post Office and the Free and Accepted Masons.",,400 South Main Street,Rochester,MI,0,"NE corner of Main and East Fourth Streets, 400-404 Main Street and 111-115 East Fourth Street",Oakland,03N11E14NWNW,42.680805,-83.133516,,3,12/06/2021,dae86424-a0fe-457c-a67a-479aabe0d6c4,0,465,3,"MHC631987038_1.jpg;MHC631987038_2.jpg;MHC631987038_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417366
-83.13356,42.680644,MHC631990005,L1756A,2,1990,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Rochester Opera House,Lytle's Pharmacy,Rochester Opera House,,"Built in 1890, the Opera House Block opened with the First National Bank and Norton Pharmacy on its ground floor. On November 7, 1890, a grand opening dance launched the upper-level opera house as Rochester’s social and cultural center. Until 1933 plays, movies, lectures, dances, reunions, commencements—even boxing matches—filled the calendars, but never an opera. In 1987 this Richardsonian-style landmark, with its sixteen-foot ceilings and stained-glass windows, was restored.",,340 South Main Street,Rochester,MI,0,wall mounted on the southeast corner of South Main Street and East Fourth Street,Oakland,03N11E14NWNW,42.680644,-83.13356,,3,12/06/2021,ea6ec526-11b2-474a-b34d-c48631c9de4e,0,1308,3,"MHC631990005_1.jpg;MHC631990005_2.jpg;MHC631990005_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/21/2019;07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417367
-83.1335,42.67949,MHC631999003,L2065,2,1999,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Rollin Sprague Building,,Rollin Sprague Building,,"The “Old Stone Store” is the oldest commercial building in Rochester. Dr. Rollin Sprague of New York had the structure built in 1849 of coursed cobblestone, using a construction method more commonly used in his home state. The Sprague Building is the only known commercial example in Michigan of this particular type of construction. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the building reflects its 1899 appearance. The Home Bakery opened here in 1930.",,300 South Main Street,Rochester,MI,0,near the intersection of Main Street and Third Street. The marker faces Third Street,Oakland,03N11E14NWNW,42.67949,-83.1335,,1,12/06/2021,26dbb3e2-b26e-4c58-95a7-7e70897aa7fa,1999,831,2,"MHC631999003_2.jpg;MHC631999003_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","07/21/2019;07/21/2019",417368
-82.957023,43.95502,MHC321980029,L849A,2,1980,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),St. Mary of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church / Rzymsko Katolicki Kosciól Matki Boskiej Czestochowskiej,,St. Mary of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church,Rzymsko Katolicki Kosciól Matki Boskiej Czestochowskiej,"The Polish refugees who immigrated to Dwight Township in the 1840s in order to escape Prussian domination worshipped at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Port Austin. In 1903, in an effort to retain their Polish identity, they established their own parish and built St. Mary of Czestochowa Church, named for “the Queen of Poland.” The parishioners built the wood frame structure on land purchased from Frank and Rosa Koroleski. Father J. Trzetrzynski was the first pastor. After that church burned on May 29, 1932, construction began on the present cobblestone and brick building, which was dedicated on May 28, 1933. Father Henry Podsiad directed the building of this church, which is reminiscent of Polish Romanesque churches.","
Polacy, którzy by uniknąć jarzma pruskiego, wyemigrowali z Polski po 1840 roku do Dwight Township, modlili się w kósciele Św. Michała w Port Austin. W roku 1903, starając się utrzymać swoją polskość, załozyli wlasną parafię i zbudowali kościół Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej, zwanej “Królową Polski”. Parafianie wznieśli drewniany budynek na ziemi zakupionej od Franciszka i Róży Koroleskich. Ks. J. Trzetrzynski był pierwaszym proboszczem.",1709 Moeller Rd,Kinde,MI,0,"Moeller Road east of Hellems Road West of Carpenter Road, Kinde vicinity",Huron,18N13E28SESW,43.95502,-82.957023,,5,12/06/2021,998ccf0c-4f1d-4f89-b600-87c1ef786249,0,902,3,"MHC321980029_2.jpg;MHC321980029_3.jpg;MHC321980029_4.jpg","Not Provided;State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";;",417369
-82.709045,43.943812,MHC321961014,L21,2,1961,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Port Hope Chimney,W.R. Stafford Sawmill Site,Port Hope Chimney,,"This chimney was built in 1858 by John Geltz. It is all that remains of the lumber mill established that year by William R. Stafford. Port Hope grew up around the mill. For a score of years this town was a center of lumbering in the Thumb. It also became an important producer of salt. In 1871 and again in 1881 the mill, the docks, and possessions of hundreds of people were destroyed by fire. This chimney is a monument to those pioneers who by their courage and industry developed this area.",,"Stafford Park, Huron St.",Port Hope,MI,0,,Huron,17N15E04NENE,43.943812,-82.709045,,1,03/31/2020,7208bacc-8c11-493e-afd4-d37449721c05,0,1410,3,"MHC321961014_1.jpg;MHC321961014_2.jpg;MHC321961014_3.jpg","Leslie Blum;Leslie Blum;Leslie Blum","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","03/15/2020;03/15/2020;03/15/2020",417370
-82.651216,43.843614,MHC321967003,S285,2,1967,1967,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Frank Murphy / Frank Murphy,,Frank Murphy,Frank Murphy,"Frank Murphy was Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court from 1940 until his death in 1949. His earlier career included service as a Judge in the Detroit Recorder’s Court and instructor in law at the University of Detroit in the twenties. In the following decade he was Mayor of Detroit, U. S. Governor-General in the Philippines, Governor of Michigan, and Attorney General of the United States. Governor Murphy’s stand during the 1937 sit-down strike received national attention when he refused to send troops to remove workers from the factories. As an Associate Justice, Murphy wrote many of the Court’s opinions concerning civil liberties. In Thornhill v. Alabama (1940), Murphy clarified labor’s right to strike, holding that peaceful picketing was a manifestation of freedom of speech. Murphy died on July 19, 1949, and is buried at Harbor Beach.","1890 - Born, Harbor Beach, on April 13. 1914 - Graduated from University of Michigan Law School. 1917-19 - Army officer, World War I, service in Germany. 1919 - Law studies, London and Dublin. 1920-23 - First Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District. 1922-27 - Law instructor, University of Detroit. 1923-30 - Recorder’s Court Judge, Detroit. 1930-33 - Mayor of Detroit. 1933-36 - Governor-General, Philippine Islands. After the islands achieved commonwealth status, he became U. S. High Commissioner. 1937-38 - Governor of Michigan. 1939-40 - Attorney General of the U. S. 1940-49 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice. 1949 - Died at Detroit, on July 19. Buried in Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach.",142 South Huron,Harbor Beach,MI,0,Between Broad and State Streets,Huron,16N15E12SWNE,43.843614,-82.651216,,"Governors,5",08/21/2021,2a605dd8-925c-4fd1-b588-fbf60580e927,0,1679,4,"MHC321967003_1.jpg;MHC321967003_2.jpg;MHC321967003_3.jpg;MHC321967003_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417371
-82.612964,43.708788,MHC321972001,L202,2,1972,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),White Rock School,,White Rock School,,"Named after a boulder in Lake Huron that was used as a landmark in the Indian Treaty of 1807, the village was settled about 1860. Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871, the town was soon rebuilt, including a schoolhouse. The present building was constructed in 1909. At that time twenty-five pupils attended, and the teacher was paid forty dollars a month. White Rock School continued in use until 1968. The Huron County Historical Society acquired the property in 1970 for a historical museum.",,10164 White Rock Road,White Rock,MI,0,"East of M-25, between 1st Street and Hill Road",Huron,15N16E29NESW,43.708788,-82.612964,,1,12/06/2021,d07e290a-5814-44fc-ba3e-f8e2efecc2c0,0,1658,3,"MHC321972001_2.jpg;MHC321972001_3.jpg;MHC321972001_1.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417372
-82.542159,43.431503,MHC762002024,L684,2,1979,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Masonic And Town Hall,Port Sanilac Masonic and Town Hall,Masonic And Town Hall,,"The Sanilac Masonic Lodge was organized in 1868. In 1883 lodge members and township officials agreed to build a combined township and Masonic hall on land donated by Christopher Odfield, a Mason. The foundation was built with three-foot-thick walls to provide refuge from future forest fires. When the cornerstone was laid on July 1, 1884, crowds turned out for the event, which was highlighted by Masonic ritual. The building was completed the following year. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the hall retained its fanciful Late Victorian brickwork and interior plan used by both the township and the Masons. The Masonic and town Hall is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,20 North Ridge Street,Port Sanilac,MI,48469,in front of and north of Township Hall,Sanilac,12N16E35SESW,43.431503,-82.542159,,4,12/06/2021,2f3815b8-8502-4032-94bb-94b3a5d71a53,0,1744,3,"MHC762002024_1.jpg;MHC762002024_2.jpg;MHC762002024_3.jpg","Sanilac County Historical Museum;Sanilac County Historical Musuem;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","03/13/2020;03/13/2020;08/03/2019",417373
-85.571005,45.162653,MHC452020006,L2336,2,2020,2021,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Woolsey Family Farm / Clinton F. Woolsey Memorial Airport,,Woolsey Family Farm,Clinton F. Woolsey Memorial Airport,"Around 1858, Chauncey and Caroline Woolsey moved with their children from Buffalo, New York, to Northport. Chauncey’s father, Adolphus Woolsey, a War of 1812 veteran, arrived with his wife Harriet soon after. Chauncey purchased more than 150 acres of land for a farm, including this site. He enlisted in the 26th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War, dying in battle in 1864. Thereafter, Chauncey’s teenage son Byron took over clearing the family land. By the 1890s, Byron ran a successful dairy farm. His Jersey cows provided milk and cream for summer residents at Northport Point for more than two decades. Byron was a builder who constructed his own dairy barn, a chapel and several local cottages. He and his wife, Sarah, had eight children. Clinton, their youngest, was born in 1894. He trained as an engineer and army pilot and served in World War I.","In 1926, Captain Clinton F. Woolsey became an engineer for the U. S. Army Air Service. He was one of ten pilots selected to serve in the Pan-American Good Will Flight to Central and South America that occurred from December 1926 to May 1927. Clinton died when his plane crashed in February 1927. His funeral and burial took place in Northport. His father, Byron Woolsey, donated eighty acres of his dairy farm for this memorial airport, including a fieldstone structure believed to have been his creamery. Leelanau Township gave 120 more acres. The Civil Works Administration assigned workers to the airport project in winter 1933-34. The farmland became the runway, and the creamery became the terminal. The Clinton F. Woolsey Memorial Airport was dedicated on July 14, 1935.",13591 E. Woolsey Lake Road,Northport,MI,49670,,Leelanau,32N11W24SWSE,45.162653,-85.571005,,5,07/21/2021,b208fb67-4285-4399-b408-1d99742604f1,0,1863,5,"MHC452020006_1.jpg;MHC452020006_2.jpg;MHC452020006_4.jpg;MHC452020006_3.jpg;MHC452020006_5.jpg","unknown;Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner;Michigan Historical Commissioner","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Dedication Photo;Marker Photo - Back",";07/14/2021;07/14/2021;07/14/2021;07/14/2021",417374
-85.880134,44.854286,MHC452020007,L2332,2,2020,2021,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Leelanau County Poor Farm / Leelanau County Poor Farm Barn,,Leelanau County Poor Farm,Leelanau County Poor Farm Barn,"In 1901, Leelanau county supervisors purchased 120 acres of farmland at this site, including two residences and one barn, from Roswell and Mary Burke. The county established a poor farm where indigent citizens, most of whom were elderly or unable to work, could live under supervision. After a few years of operation, the county hired architect Jens C. Petersen to design a new residence with plumbing and heating. It was completed in 1908. The farm grew to include a new barn, a hog house, a henhouse and an icehouse. It housed up to twenty residents at a time, along with a farm manager and his family. Neighboring farmers called it the “county farm” and helped plant and harvest. The poor farm closed in the 1960s and its residents moved to the Maple Valley Nursing Home.","In the 1970s the Cedar-Maple City Lions Club transformed the Leelanau County Poor Farm land into the Myles Kimmerly Recreation Area. This barn is the only surviving structure from the farm. It is architect-designed, which is unusual for a barn. Jens C. Petersen designed it to replace a barn that burned in April 1911. He incorporated the latest materials and techniques, including a concrete foundation and plank framing. His design featured a gambrel roof before the style became commonplace. John Schettek built the barn during the summer of 1911 at a cost of $1,400. It contained four work-horse stalls, nine milking stanchions and seven hay chutes. In 2017 the Leelanau County Historic Preservation Society formed to save the barn from demolition and began rehabilitating it.",1110 W. Burdickville Road,Maple City,MI,49664,,Leelanau,28N13W04NWSE,44.854286,-85.880134,,5,08/04/2021,cb5f31f9-f39e-455c-a62c-60ae17026ede,0,1864,4,"MHC452020007_1.jpg;MHC452020007_3.jpg;MHC452020007_4.jpg;MHC452020007_2.jpg","Dennis Smith;Grace Dickinson;Grace Dickinson;Grace Dickinson","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo","09/19/2017;07/10/2021;07/10/2021;10/24/2018",417375
-85.643063,42.672991,MHC031985001,L1274,2,1985,1993,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Henika Ladies Library,,Henika Ladies Library,,"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 funds toward its construction. Grand Rapids architect Fred H. Eely designed the building, which the Wayland Globe newspaper predicted would be “A Very Pretty and Modern Affair.” The picturesque library opened in the spring of 1900. Although domestic in scale, the building gleans an impressive Richardsonian quality from the random ashlar fieldstone and Eely’s design. The stone used in construction was gathered from a local farm.",,149 S. Main St.,Wayland,MI,0,At the end of Pine Street on Main Street,Allegan,03N11W05NWSW,42.672991,-85.643063,,4,03/09/2021,0554fcc2-627e-4c98-ae5b-61a1ea24aad7,0,619,2,"MHC031985001_1.jpg;MHC031985001_2.jpg",,"Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker",";07/16/2021",417376
-84.9409,42.999555,MHC341973018,L225,2,1973,1993,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Church of Christ,,Church of Christ,,"In 1856 the Reverend Isaac Errett organized Disciples of Christ congregations in Montrose (present-day Muir) and Lyons. Membership grew quickly, and in 1861 this church was built to serve Muir. The board-and-batten Gothic Revival exterior masks a simple meetinghouse interior. In 1881 Errett was the principal speaker at the funeral of his friend President James A. Garfield, who visited Muir in 1862. The Muir Church of Christ is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,138 Garden Street,Muir,MI,0,,Ionia,07N05W18NENE,42.999555,-84.9409,,1,04/16/2019,54048976-e32f-483f-9e9c-aed200dee65d,1983,1159,3,"MHC341973018_5.jpg;MHC341973018_7.jpg;MHC341973018_6.jpg",Not Provided,"Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","04/16/2019;07/18/2021;07/18/2021",417377
-82.543143,43.42439,MHC761971010,L172,2,1971,1975,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Loop-Harrison House,"Joseph M. Loop House; Sanilac Historical Museum",Loop-Harrison House,,"This Second Empire style mansion was built in the 1870s by Doctor Joseph Loop. A native of New York, Loop moved to Oakland County, Michigan, in 1843. He and his wife, Jane Gardner Loop pioneered this land in Sanilac County in 1854, and after graduating from the University of Michigan’s medical department in 1855, he opened a practice in Port Sanilac. When this home was built, he kept an office on the lower floor, and serviced a forty-mile circuit, bringing medical care to much of the county. Doctor Loop died in 1903 at the age of ninety-three, leaving the house to his only child, Ada. She and her husband, the Reverend Julius Harrison, passed it in turn to one of their sons, Captain Stanley Harrison. In 1964 he deeded it to the Sanilac County Historical Society for a museum.",,228 South Ridge Street,Port Sanilac,MI,48469,Just South of Mulberry St.,Sanilac,11N16E02SENW,43.42439,-82.543143,,4,08/17/2021,2b534618-4153-4471-b8e2-97147339a1ab,0,1001,3,"MHC761971010_2.jpg;MHC761971010_3.jpg;MHC761971010_4.jpg","Sanilac County Historical Museum;Sanilac County Historical Museum;John Garman","Other Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","03/13/2020;03/13/2020;08/03/2019",417378
-82.540037,43.402968,MHC761956036,S110,2,1956,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Great Storm of 1913,Great Lakes Storm of 1913,The Great Storm of 1913,,"Sudden tragedy struck the Great Lakes on November 9, 1913, when a storm, whose equal veteran sailors could not recall, left in its wake death and destruction. The grim toll was 235 seamen drowned, ten ships sunk, and more than twenty others driven ashore. Here on Lake Huron all 178 crewmen on the eight ships claimed by its waters were lost. For sixteen terrible hours gales of cyclonic fury made man and his machines helpless.",,M-25 Horatio S. Earle Roadside Park,Port Sanilac,MI,0,"1-1/2 miles South of Port Sanilac; near Washington Road",Sanilac,11N16E11SESW,43.402968,-82.540037,,"Maritime Heritage,1",12/06/2021,d40aaba7-4fe1-4aa7-9597-971543c64de9,0,1003,3,"MHC761956036_1.jpg;MHC761956036_3.jpg;MHC761956036_2.jpg","Archives of Michigan;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/01/1957;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417379
-82.530909,43.269076,MHC761982029,L997A,2,1982,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Old Town Hall and Masonic Temple,Lexington Town Hall and Masonic Temple,Old Town Hall and Masonic Temple,,"The village of Lexington and the local Masonic Lodge combined their efforts and finances to build this three-story Italianate structure in 1876. The village owned the first two floors (the fire department and the opera house); the Masons, the third floor. The Masons maintained the roof, except for the fire bell’s cupola. Village government remained here until 1982, when a new hall was erected. Restoration of the building to house retail shops began in 1986.",,5475 North Main Street,Lexington,MI,0,,Sanilac,10N17E30SWSW,43.269076,-82.530909,,1,12/06/2021,c8939fe4-1617-44a3-9423-19c51205d156,0,174,3,"MHC761982029_1.jpg;MHC761982029_2.jpg;MHC761982029_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417380
-82.530996,43.26555,MHC761974043,S421,2,1974,1977,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Trinity Church,"Church of the Good Shepherd; All Souls Trinity Episcopal Church",Trinity Church,,"This tall stately Gothic Style church with its elegant wood interior was built in 1874 during Sanilac County’s great lumbering era. The Reverend A. B. Flower came to Lexington as a missionary in 1869 and started this congregation known as the Church of the Good Shepherd. Among its active members was Mary Moore who married Albert Sleeper, governor of Michigan from 1917 to 1920. Sleeper served as vestryman and warden of the church until moving to Bad Axe. Since 1972 this has been the Lexington Chapel of Trinity Episcopal Church.",,5646 Main St,Lexington,MI,0,"Main Street is also M-25, the marker is near the intersection of Hubbard Street and Main Street",Sanilac,10N16E36NENE,43.26555,-82.530996,,1,08/03/2021,45f480c9-d56c-4ec2-8dc6-0870b0c6282c,0,55,3,"MHC761974043_2.jpg;MHC761974043_4.jpg;MHC761974043_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417381
-82.621192,43.27692,MHC761977017,L514,2,1977,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Trinity Church,Croswell Chapel of Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Church,,"This picturesque cobblestone building constructed in 1898 serves as the Croswell chapel of the Trinity Episcopal Church. Its interior features wooden arches and a rood screen between the nave and the chancel. This structure formerly called Christ Church replaced the county’s first Episcopal church building erected nearby in 1870. Among the prominent citizens attending and supporting the present church were the families of lumber barons Wildman Mills, Truman Moss, and Joseph Gaige.",,124 North Howard,Croswell,MI,0,,Sanilac,10N16E29NENW,43.27692,-82.621192,,1,08/03/2021,60c68c60-6070-45a4-8d2c-fe299c499399,0,1696,3,"MHC761977017_1.jpg;MHC761977017_2.jpg;MHC761977017_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417382
-85.062179,42.982976,MHC341971027,S326,2,1971,1992,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Frederick Hall House,Hall-Fowler Memorial Library,Frederick Hall House,,"Captain Lucius Mills, a local builder, constructed this house for Frederick and Ann Hall in 1869-70. Built of variegated Ionia sandstone, the house is an outstanding example of the Italian Villa style. Frederick Hall came to Ionia County in 1837 when President James K. Polk appointed him deputy land register at the U.S. Land Office in Lyons. He held numerous public offices, including state representative and congressman, and became Ionia’s first mayor in 1873. Community churches and schools benefitted from the Halls’ generosity. In 1903 their only child, Marion Hall-Fowler (1849-1931), deeded the Hall house to the city, stipulating that it be “forever used for library purposes” and “known as the Hall-Fowler Memorial Library.”",,126 East Main St.,Ionia,MI,0,,Ionia,07N06W19SWNE,42.982976,-85.062179,,4,04/18/2019,94c84ab1-df72-4806-9a90-1aad373296b7,0,181,5,"MHC341971027_3.jpg;MHC341971027_4.jpg;MHC341971027_5.jpg;MHC341971027_2.jpg;MHC341971027_1.jpg",State Historic Preservation Office,"Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","06/24/2017;06/24/2017;06/24/2017;06/24/2017;",417383
-85.062115,42.983836,MHC341984029,L1170A,2,1984,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ionia Church of Christ,Ionia First Christian Church,Ionia Church of Christ,,"In Merritt’s Hall on January 24, 1859, the Reverend Isaac Errett and forty-three members signed the original charter of the Ionia Church of Christ (First Christian Church). The first church of this denomination had been founded in nearby Muir in 1856. In 1861 James A. Garfield, later the twentieth President of the United States, was a guest speaker at a revival meeting held by the church. The site of the present church was purchased in 1864. The basement was completed in 1867. Services were held there until the church was completed in 1873. Patterned after Romanesque models in the east, the church displays the influence of Philadelphian architect Samuel Sloan. The E. H. Stafford Company of Ionia designed and built the wooden pews. In 1889 the church was enlarged. Its stained glass windows were installed in 1917.",,130 East Washington,Ionia,MI,0,,Ionia,07N06W19NWNE,42.983836,-85.062115,,6,08/23/2021,2afd8d39-4f4c-4921-909a-1f1839f7f739,0,199,4,"MHC341984029_1.jpg;MHC341984029_2.jpg;MHC341984029_3.jpg;MHC341984029_4.jpg",,"Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/24/2017;06/24/2017;08/09/2021;08/09/2021",417384
-85.06329,42.982893,MHC341976015,L448A,2,1976,1983,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ionia County Courthouse,,Ionia County Courthouse,,"Completed in 1885, the Ionia County Courthouse is the largest structure ever built of Ionia sandstone. The handsome three-and-half-story courthouse replaced an 1840s hall of justice, which had become inadequate for the county’s needs. David W. Gibbs (1836-1917), of Toledo, Ohio, designed the 120-by-80-foot Classical Revival structure. The $42,380 courthouse was financed by a special tax levy, which was approved in 1883. The first county offices moved into the new building in January 1886 and court was first held in it in late February of that year. Formal dedication services were observed on July 3, 1886. The interior is adorned with black and white marble floors, oak wainscoting, fourteen marble fireplaces, and a massive walnut and butternut staircase.",,100 East Main St.,Ionia,MI,0,,Ionia,07N06W19SWNE,42.982893,-85.06329,,4,05/26/2020,063777b6-0c9a-4d26-8ee8-2ec0d45bc82f,0,294,1,MHC341976015_1.jpg,Charlie Chapman,Other Photo,,417385
-83.032939,42.337613,MHC822020008,S758,2,2020,2021,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Black Bottom / Black Bottom,,Black Bottom,Black Bottom,"Named for its dark marsh soils, Black Bottom was a neighborhood roughly bound by Gratiot Avenue, St. Aubin Street, Larned Street and Brush Street. European immigrants settled here in the mid-nineteenth century. Between World Wars I and II it became home to thousands of African Americans who migrated from the South in search of a better future offered by factory work. Housing discrimination forced them into neighborhoods like Black Bottom. They paid overpriced rent and often packed multiple families into single homes as they built a new community. Those who grew up in Black Bottom included Coleman A. Young, Detroit’s first black mayor; Joe Louis, the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949; and Ralph Bunche, the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, honored in 1950 for his role as a mediator with the United Nations.","This street was once part of Black Bottom, a residential community that was largely African American during the first half of the twentieth century. Due to segregation, the neighborhood was mostly socially and economically independent. Black-owned enterprises, such as grocery stores, restaurants and shops, occupied its street corners and the business district along Hastings Street. Churches and schools provided residents with social spaces and a sense of belonging. In the 1950s-60s, the Detroit government razed most of Black Bottom as part of its urban renewal and “slum clearance” plan. Lafayette Park and Chrysler Freeway (I-375) replaced the community. Many families were displaced and given no resources for relocation. They retained their connections to each other through several Black Bottom churches that endured into the twenty-first century.",East Lafayette Street,Detroit,MI,0,Lafayette Central Park - very close to Lafayette Street between Lafayette East Apartment Tower and DuCharme Place.,Wayne,,42.337613,-83.032939,,"African-American History,5",08/16/2021,a2b4e258-8c69-4b7c-a7cb-6a357280aa3c,0,1875,2,"MHC822020008_3.jpg;MHC822020008_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;The Blackbottom Group","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Dedication Photo","08/09/2021;07/26/2021",417386
-85.282946,42.660607,MHC081984030,S561C,2,1984,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Hastings Mutual Insurance Company,"Michigan Mutual Tornado, Cyclone and Windstorm Insurance Company",Hastings Mutual Insurance Company,,"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 outgrew five sites in Hastings. Locally the firm was called the Windstorm Company, while out of town it was known as the Hastings Company. In 1920 its name was formally changed to the Michigan Mutual Windstorm Insurance Company. On January 15, 1959, the company became a general mutual, taking the name Hastings Mutual Insurance Company. Over the years, the firm has expanded to write policies for commercial, home and farm property, workers’ compensation, automobile, and marine insurance.",,404 East Woodlawn Avenue,Hastings,MI,0,,Barry,03N08W08NESW,42.660607,-85.282946,,4,01/22/2017,1638e5ba-1673-447f-8cb9-28ba317491e8,0,259,2,"MHC081984030_1.jpg;MHC081984030_2.jpg",,"Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","08/14/2021;08/14/2021",417387
-86.205315,43.087323,MHC702021001,L2340C,2,2021,2021,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Smith Bayou / Hezekiah Smith,,Smith Bayou,Hezekiah Smith,"Hezekiah (1816-1896) and Lucinda (1824-1884) Smith were free African Americans who moved from Ohio to Michigan and settled near Ferrysburg in the 1840s. Hezekiah worked as a blacksmith and eventually became a prominent landowner and farmer in the region. In 1849 he purchased forty acres on the shore of Spring Lake. By 1862 he had expanded his farm to 253 acres. He amassed 503 acres over his lifetime. Here he grew cereal crops and more than twenty acres of apple and peach trees. The fruit he produced received several premium awards at the county fair, and the State Board of Agriculture cited his orchard as “one of the finest” and among the oldest around Spring Lake. The State Horticultural Society also praised the quality of his trees. While the Smiths lived here, this arm of Spring Lake became known as Smith Bayou.","By 1880 nineteen African American families lived in Grand Haven, Spring Lake, and Ferrysburg. Hezekiah Smith was a leader of this community from the 1860s to the 1890s, as well as president of an association of African Americans who lived in Muskegon and Ottawa Counties. In October 1860 they elected Hezekiah to represent them in Battle Creek at the Colored People’s Convention held to “advance the condition” of African Americans. The Grand Haven News reported that Smith pledged to his constituents “to do all in his power to secure for them the right of suffrage.” Hezekiah represented the community again in 1894 as one of seven delegates to an equal rights convention in Grand Rapids. After his wife Lucinda’s death, Hezekiah re-married twice—first to Helen Hicks in 1884, and then to Sarah Miller in 1894. Sarah inherited his farm.",168th Avenue and West Spring Lake Road,Ferrysburg,MI,0,,Ottawa,08N16W15NWNW,43.087323,-86.205315,,"African-American History,5",08/24/2021,0678f305-d75c-47d0-ac61-abf412191039,0,1878,1,MHC702021001_1.jpg,Carly Westcott,Marker Dedication Photo,08/13/2021,417388
-82.72197,43.261406,MHC761984036,L1187B,2,1984,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Buel Methodist Episcopal Church,Buel United Methodist Church,Buel Methodist Episcopal Church,,"This handsome building was the first church erected in Buel Township. Known as the Buel United Methodist Church, it was dedicated on December 3, 1882. The founding trustees were Robert Jolley, David Chewings, Halver Hulverson, Nicholas Van Natter, Frank Chambers, James Van Camp and Isaac Horton. The 1910 addition of the Gothic style stained glass windows gave the church its present appearance. It received its current name in 1968.",,2165 Peck Road,Croswell,MI,0,"M-90, 5 miles west of Croswell",Sanilac,10N15E28SESW,43.261406,-82.72197,,1,12/06/2021,848cd4dc-5e63-4c4c-8d1a-9dcd04342e15,0,1043,2,"MHC761984036_1.jpg;MHC761984036_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417389
-82.786049,43.348733,MHC762014007,L2256C,2,2014,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Village of Cash,,Village of Cash,,"Named after early settler Edward Cash, the village of Cash was founded in 1851. In 1868, seven Cash residents voted to found Watertown Township to govern and serve the quickly growing area. Each man who voted held at least one township post. In 1881, Cash survived wildfires that swept across the entire county in five hours. The arrival of the railroad in nearby Watertown in 1912 ended Cash’s role as an important commercial center in the region.",,2547 Cash Road,Applegate,MI,48401,"Crossing of Elk Creek on Cash Road, near Applegate Road.",Sanilac,11N14E34NENE,43.348733,-82.786049,,1,12/06/2021,47b99481-df32-4c18-be78-c5c49915a3b4,0,1322,4,"MHC762014007_1.jpg;MHC762014007_2.jpg;MHC762014007_4.jpg;MHC762014007_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Dedication Photo;Historical Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417390
-83.079209,43.321957,MHC762001002,L2101,2,2001,2001,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Depot,,Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Depot,,"The first twenty-five miles of track for the Port Huron and Northwestern Railroad opened from Port Huron to Croswell in 1879. Marlette citizens lured the railroad by raising $15,000 toward construction of the tracks. The line extended from Saginaw Junction in St. Clair County to Marlette in January 1881, and the Marlette to Mayville line opened in the fall. The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad purchased the Port Huron & Northwestern in 1889. Flint contractor E. M. Stewart built this depot in 1890 with a double waiting room, an office, and a baggage room. The Marlette Historical Society bought the building in 1999.",,3325 Main Street,Marlette,MI,0,North of the track at Depot and Main Streets,Sanilac,10N12E04SWNW,43.321957,-83.079209,,4,12/06/2021,56e626ac-4b7f-48d7-818e-f2bbaefdaed0,0,1619,3,"MHC762001002_1.jpg;MHC762001002_3.jpg;MHC762001002_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417391
-83.079527,43.325019,MHC762002020,L2121,2,2002,2002,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Methodist Episcopal Church,,Methodist Episcopal Church,,"Methodism in Marlette dates back to 1851 when the first religious sermon in the county was delivered for the Methodist Society. In 1858 the Methodist Episcopalians organized as a church. Their first minister, the Reverend D. W. Hammond, came to Marlette in 1873. He started the Marlette Index newspaper five years later. The original 1871 church burned in 1901. Detroit architect Joseph Mills, who designed the Marlette High School and the Sanilac County Courthouse, planned this Neo-Gothic-style church, which was built on land purchased by the Ladies Aid Society. Dedicated on December 14, 1902, this church also burned--in 1937 and in 1979. With the exterior preserved, however, the church remains a landmark in Marlette.
",,3155 Main St.,Marlette,MI,0,corner of Kilgour Street,Sanilac,10N12E04NWNW,43.325019,-83.079527,,4,10/19/2021,35b4877b-79fa-4c97-a8a1-6e433fe3332b,0,716,3,"MHC762002020_1.jpg;MHC762002020_2.jpg;MHC762002020_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/03/2021;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417392
-83.491516,42.595371,MHC631986009,L1297B,2,1986,1986,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Commerce United Methodist Congregation/ Commerce United Methodist Church,Commerce Methodist Episcopal Church/Commerce United Methodist Church,Commerce United Methodist Congregation,Commerce United Methodist Church,"A Methodist Episcopal class, which later became a church society, was organized in Commerce in 1838. For many years, it was part of the Farmington Circuit. The Reverend Daniel C. Jacokes was the church’s first circuit minister. Religious meetings were held in a schoolhouse until the society erected its first church in 1842. In 1854 Commerce, with its seventy-one members, was made the head of a circuit. The congregation organized a Sunday School in 1855 and an Epworth League for youth in 1891. The Ladies Aid Society, organized in 1885, hosted maple sugar and lawn socials to supplement its dues of five cents a month. By 1915 the local Presbyterian and Baptist congregations had disbanded, leaving the Methodist society as the sole church in Commerce.","In 1842 the Methodist Episcopal congregation of Commerce erected a modest Greek Revival frame church at the northwest intersection of Commercial and Ponderosa Streets. Logs for the church, including oak for the frame, were hauled to Lapeer to be sawed. The land for the church had been purchased a year earlier for $75. The cost of the church was $1,200. The handsome structure was moved to its present location in 1957 and enlarged. The original portion, presently used as a chapel, is easily distinguished by its towering steeple, a replica of the original one. Known as the Commerce United Methodist Church, the structure is recognized as the oldest Methodist church building in Oakland County and one of the oldest in Michigan.",1155 North Commerce,Commerce Charter Township,MI,0,Between Morella Street and East Commerce Road,Oakland,02N08E10NENW,42.595371,-83.491516,,5,10/04/2021,ee666f8f-f2cc-483c-a868-929d393fb8bb,0,964,3,"MHC631986009_1.jpg;MHC631986009_2.jpg;MHC631986009_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019",417393
-83.484647,42.591299,MHC631984031,L1155,2,1984,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Commerce Roller Mill,Commerce Mill Race Park,Commerce Roller Mill,,"The Commerce Roller Mill, built in 1837 by Amasa Andrews and Joseph and Asa Farr, harnessed the water power of the Huron River. It served the farm communities of western Oakland County for ninety years, closing in 1927. The mill’s owners included Milton Parshall (circa 1900) and Isaac Lutz (circa 1920). With its undershot water wheel, the Commerce mill was the center of commercial activity in the township throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The mill processed flour and ground feed for farmers’ livestock. It was destroyed by fire in 1939. Only the excavations for the mill race, the mill flume and the stone foundations of the mill buildings remain. The site was developed as an interpretive historic area in 1984.",,West Commerce Road,Commerce Township,MI,0,Between Broadway Street and Tamworth Street,Oakland,02N08E10SENE,42.591299,-83.484647,,4,09/30/2021,bebd436b-ba27-4cef-a136-943cfd4679b1,0,980,3,"MHC631984031_1.jpg;MHC631984031_2.jpg;MHC631984031_3.jpg","State Historic Preservation Office;State Historic Preservation Office;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo",";;08/24/2019",417394
-83.482885,42.591217,MHC631974030,L280,2,1974,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Byers Homestead,,Byers Homestead,,"Two generations of the Byers family have resided at this site, said to be the home of the first white settler in Commerce Township. Abraham Walrod came here in 1825 from New York State and built a log cabin in what is now the village of Commerce. The present Early Victorian frame house erected prior to 1850 replaced the cabin. Now a country store, the barn is believed to have been a blacksmith shop. Other buildings on these grounds include a chicken coop and pantry. Traversed by the Huron River, the area attracted settlers, many of whom came westward via the Erie Canal, which opened in 1825. Inhabitants named their village Commerce hoping that its early growth would signal the beginning of a business center. Now a quiet residential village, the community features this picturesque and historic homestead.",,213 Commerce Road,Commerce Township,MI,0,"Sleeth Road, just west of Carroll Lake Road (South Commerce Road), Commerce",Oakland,02N08E10SENE,42.591217,-83.482885,,4,09/23/2021,fe8ca344-a2be-4ced-ac36-916161d693cb,0,959,2,"MHC631974030_1.jpg;MHC631974030_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Other Photo","09/02/2021;09/02/2021",417395
-83.475712,42.591751,MHC631990052,L1775,2,1990,2004,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Commerce Village Burying Ground / Commerce Village Burying Ground,Commerce Township Cemetery,Commerce Village Burying Ground,Commerce Village Burying Ground,"Commerce Township’s first burial ground was laid out on the Bela Armstrong farm (then owned by his widow) in 1834. Most of the burials were relocated here in 1837 when the Baptist Church of Commerce platted the Baptist Burying Ground on this site. Although managed by the Baptists, the cemetery was nondenominational. Among the remains of important Commerce pioneers are: Reuben Wright, the first permanent white settler; Joseph G. Farr and Amasa Andrews who platted the village in 1835; and George C. Hungerford who established a stagecoach route from Pontiac to Milford in 1851. Veterans of major military conflicts including the Civil War, World War I and II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars are buried here.","The Commerce Village Cemetery is an excellent example of a pioneer cemetery and displays a remarkable variety of monuments and headstones. A number of grave markers reflect popular nineteenth century funerary motifs, including willow trees, praying hands, urns, foliage, lambs, grapes, drapery, doves, crosses, and clasped hands. Distinctive White Bronze (zinc) monuments mark the graves of Seymour and Mary McWhorter and John and Mary McGowan. A 1990 survey of plantings revealed twenty-four varieties of trees and shrubs, which add to the park-like setting. Platted by the Baptists in 1837, the cemetery was transferred to the Commerce Township Cemetery Association in 1921. The township took ownership of the property in 1950.",Near 300 E. Commerce Rd,Franklin,MI,0,Commerce Township,Oakland,02N08E11SENW,42.591751,-83.475712,,5,10/04/2021,e598df38-dc27-4880-9c8f-3942b1541139,0,365,4,"MHC631990052_1.jpg;MHC631990052_2.jpg;MHC631990052_3.jpg;MHC631990052_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019",417396
-83.386911,42.594442,MHC631974006,L284,2,1974,1974,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Orchard Lake Chapel,,Orchard Lake Chapel,,"Early settlers here were devout Christians, and from 1825 were served on occasion by itinerant preachers. Later Colin and Caroline Campbell had this chapel built on land donated by Peter Dow to accommodate the influx of summer visitors. It was dedicated on July 18, 1874. Early worshippers often arrived by steam boat. Since 1943 the permanent congregation has been known as the Orchard Lake Community Church, Presbyterian.",,5171 Commerce Road,Orchard Lake,MI,0,between Hiller and Orchard Lake Roads,Oakland,02N09E09SENE,42.594442,-83.386911,,1,10/04/2021,bc8f5948-aabe-40bb-9199-ac467059e199,0,1136,4,"MHC631974006_1.jpg;MHC631974006_2.jpg;MHC631974006_3.jpg;MHC631974006_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back","08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019",417397
-84.950591,42.258703,MHC131979026,L654B,2,1979,2007,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lieutenant George A. Woodruff / Lieutenant George A. Woodruff,,Lieutenant George A. Woodruff,Lieutenant George A. Woodruff,"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 the center of the Union line with his First U.S. Field Artillery (Battery I) against General George Pickett’s Confederate charge on July 3, 1863. Lingering through the night, George A. Woodruff died the following day.","After learning of the death of his son, the Honorable George Woodruff, a well-known Calhoun County judge, traveled to Gettysburg to bring young George’s body back to this city. Last rites for the gallant Civil War veteran were held in Marshall and he was buried in Oakridge Cemetery. His brother William was wounded in the Battle of Petersburg. He died on June 28, 1864, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.",614 Dibble Road,Marshall,MI,0,"Oakridge Cemetery; original text from 1979 was revised and replaced in 2007",Calhoun,02S06W36NWNE,42.258703,-84.950591,,"Civil War,2",09/28/2021,4fd4c3c1-f7e6-4b14-9bd7-6d77430a3e4e,0,708,3,"MHC131979026_3.jpg;MHC131979026_1.jpg;MHC131979026_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/11/2021;09/11/2021;09/11/2021",417398
-84.643571,42.178169,MHC381999012,L2068,2,1999,1999,Civil War and After (1860-1875),First Universalist Church / Concord Universalists,,First Universalist Church,Concord Universalists,"This Gothic Revival church was built in 1866 according to plans submitted by James and Russell Hungerford and James Dodge, members of the congregation. Box pews and a two-aisle floor plan reflect the New England origins of the church’s design. In 1997 the building was deeded to the Hubbard Memorial Museum Foundation. The church is located within the Concord National Register Historic District.","After migrating from the East, primarily New York State, thirteen families brought their faith to Concord and formed a Universalist Society in 1854. Society members erected this building in 1866 and formally reorganized as a church in 1870. Early members supported the activities and needs of the congregation by paying annual pew rentals. They included many of Concord’s most prominent early civic leaders, merchants, and farmers.",200 Hanover Street,Concord,MI,0,,Jackson,03S03W27NWSE,42.178169,-84.643571,,2,09/28/2021,2255e26d-97b8-4639-b41b-ec18b87627fb,0,1565,3,"MHC381999012_2.jpg;MHC381999012_3.jpg;MHC381999012_1.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","09/11/2021;09/11/2021;09/11/2021",417399
-84.656276,42.510441,MHC231984004,S558C,2,1984,1984,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Austin Blair / Austin Blair,,Austin Blair,Austin Blair,"Civil War governor Austin Blair (1818-1894) came to Jackson, Michigan, from New York in 1841. In 1842 he moved his law practice to Eaton Rapids. At that time the area was made up mostly of farmers, and Blair was paid for his legal services with produce and firewood. He lived in a frame house that once stood near this site. In 1843, while a resident of this town, he was elected Eaton County clerk. Poverty and the deaths of his infant daughter and his wife led him to resign as county clerk in 1844 and return to Jackson.","
Austin Blair began his political career in 1842 as Eaton County clerk. In 1846 he was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. He was selected as Jackson County prosecutor in 1852, and from 1855 to 1856 he served in the state senate. In 1861 Blair became governor of Michigan, a post he held for two terms. While in office he personally raised about one hundred thousand dollars to equip the First Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He represented Michigan as a U.S. congressman from 1867 to 1873 and was a University of Michigan regent from 1882 to 1890.",248 South Main St,Eaton Rapids,MI,0,at the corner of Spicer Street,Eaton,02N03W34SWSW,42.510441,-84.656276,,"Governors,2",08/21/2017,365b615a-1d36-4042-b007-f375178699ce,0,1623,2,"MHC231984004_1.jpg;MHC231984004_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","09/11/2021;09/11/2021",417400
-84.656201,42.509879,MHC231974040,L361,2,1974,1975,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Red Ribbon Hall,,Red Ribbon Hall,,"The Eaton Rapids Reform Club, under the leadership of Isaac N. Reynolds, built this temperance hall in 1878. Affiliated with the national Red Ribbon movement, over a thousand local men knotted red ribbons in their lapels after pledging to abstain from all alcoholic beverages, and adopted the motto, “Dare to do right.” The building served as a cultural center, and, at the turn of the century, as an opera house. Since 1924 it has been a Masonic Hall.",,314 S. Main Street,Eaton Rapids,MI,0,Wall Mounted Marker,Eaton,02N03W34SWSW,42.509879,-84.656201,,3,08/30/2017,120be34c-76c7-4ea9-892b-92ad4cf335a2,0,965,2,"MHC231974040_1.jpg;MHC231974040_2.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","09/11/2021;09/11/2021",417401
-83.079994,43.325832,MHC761979034,L713A,2,1979,1987,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),The Marlette District Library,,The Marlette District Library,,"In 1914 the Marlette Research Club, composed of women in the community, decided to build a public library for Marlette. The club contacted the Carnegie Corporation for a grant to build the library. In compliance with the Carnegie Corporation’s rules, Marlette raised funds and instituted a quarter-mil tax for maintenance of the library. In 1918 the Carnegie Corporation agreed to fund the Research Club’s library project. The simple brick building was constructed in 1921. The building has a hipped roof and a portico of classical design. The library was the last in the Midwest to receive a Carnegie library grant and the second to the last to do so in the country. The Marlette District Library is one of fifty-three Michigan libraries funded by the Carnegie Corporation.",,3116 North Main,Marlette,MI,0,SW corner of Ervin Street,Sanilac,10N12E04NWNW,43.325832,-83.079994,,4,09/29/2021,346cc52a-4238-4537-b22e-226315c532f9,0,220,3,"MHC761979034_2.jpg;MHC761979034_3.jpg;MHC761979034_1.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","08/03/2019;08/03/2019;08/03/2019",417402
-83.358178,42.593809,MHC631974004,S430,2,1974,1995,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Orchard Lake Schools / Joseph Tarr Copeland,,Orchard Lake Schools,Joseph Tarr Copeland,"Orchard Lake School Historic District comprises eleven buildings constructed between 1858 and 1924. The oldest, a massive Romanesque Revival house resembling a Norman castle, was built in 1858 by one-time Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joseph Tarr Copeland. In 1877 Copeland sold the property to Joseph Summer Rogers, who established the Michigan Military Academy on the site. Six of nine structures built in a quadrangle reflect the Romanesque Revival style. In 1909 the school, once considered “the leading military institution in the country, outside of West Point,” closed. The site was sold to Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary, the nation’s first Polish seminary. Father Joseph Dabrowski founded the seminary in 1885 in Detroit. The present complex, evolved from the seminary, includes Saint Mary’s Preparatory School and Saint Mary’s College.","Maine native Joseph Tarr Copeland (1813-1893) graduated from Harvard College and studied law before coming to Michigan during the 1840s. In 1851 he was elected circuit judge, serving concurrently on the Michigan Supreme Court. Upon his retirement from the bench in 1858, he built this house. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the First Michigan Cavalry. Within a year he rose to brigadier general. Copeland retired to his home in 1865. With a group of Pontiac investors Copeland enlarged the house, creating the Orchard Lake Hotel. From this site tourists boarded the Pride of the Lake and traveled to Apple Island. The panic of 1873 ruined the venture. Copeland sold the property in 1877 to Colonel Joseph Summer Rogers who established the Michigan Military Academy on this site.
",3535 Commerce Road,West Bloomfield Township,MI,48324,"off from Seminary Road - between Commerce and Orchard Lake Roads, St. Mary´s School grounds next to castle; near Indian Trail",Oakland,02N09E11NESW,42.593809,-83.358178,,"Civil War,5",12/06/2021,082c542d-4eea-4aac-85a6-730f95339788,0,757,4,"MHC631974004_4.jpg;MHC631974004_1.jpg;MHC631974004_2.jpg;MHC631974004_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019;08/24/2019",417403
-82.959878,42.730991,MHC501980005,L804A,2,1980,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Methodist Episcopal Church,Davis United Methodidst Church,First Methodist Episcopal Church,,"In 1844 the Reverend Jonathon Davis founded the Methodist Episcopal Church to serve the community of Davis, known then as the village of Brooklyn. In 1846 the congregation built the town’s first church. The present one, which dates from 1895, is a unique Victorian era church due to its spindles, shingles and sunbursts, more typically found on residences of the period. In 1968 the church was renamed Davis United Methodist Church.",,59024 Romeo Plank Road,Ray Township,MI,48096,on the corner of 27 Mile Road,Macomb,04N13E29SWSW,42.730991,-82.959878,,1,10/19/2021,ece48138-ff02-4270-b230-8242d1ab0265,0,858,3,"MHC501980005_1.jpg;MHC501980005_2.jpg;MHC501980005_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/25/2019;08/25/2019;08/25/2019",417404
-82.928427,42.76982,MHC501989024,L1624,2,1989,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Ray Township District No. 1 School,,Ray Township District No. 1 School,,"In 1863, Ray area farmers built what became known popularly as Mill School. Kindergarten through eighth grade students attended school here until 1953. That year the school district consolidated with Romeo School District and it transferred the property to the township. Elections and community meetings were held in the building for many years. In 1983 the simple Greek Revival style school became the Ray Township Library.",,64255 Wolcott Road,Ray Township,MI,48096,between Twenty-nine Mile and Thirty Mile Road at Ray Township Park,Macomb,04N13E16SWNE,42.76982,-82.928427,,1,10/19/2021,52a0aa6a-ceea-486e-9ec0-0885d1a3c945,0,58,3,"MHC501989024_1.jpg;MHC501989024_2.jpg;MHC501989024_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/25/2019;08/25/2019;08/25/2019",417405
-82.928431,42.769828,MHC501987028,L1389,2,1987,2002,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Religious Society Church,Mill School/Ray Union Church,Religious Society Church,,"The First Religious Society of Ray organized in 1869 and built this church on land donated by Arad Freeman, a member of one of Ray’s founding families. Known for a time as the Ray Union Church, it originally had a steeple, and was similar in design to the Mill School. The church became the township hall when the society disbanded in 1950. Although Congregational in character the society had encouraged all Christian denominations to worship together.",,64255 Wolcott Road,Ray Township,MI,48096,between Twenty-nine Mile and Thiry Mile Roads,Macomb,04N13E16SWNE,42.769828,-82.928431,,2,10/19/2021,0b1e5de5-90b2-4235-859e-e6c60694a9e4,0,1529,3,"MHC501987028_1.jpg;MHC501987028_2.jpg;MHC501987028_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/25/2019;08/25/2019;08/25/2019",417406
-82.927232,42.766763,MHC502012010,L2234,2,2012,2012,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Wolcott Mill,"Silver Creek Mill; Monterey Mill",Wolcott Mill,,"Wolcott Mill is among the oldest mills in Michigan. Built in the mid-1840s by the Arad Freeman family, early Macomb County settlers, it passed through several owners before Frederick Wolcott purchased it in 1878. The Wolcott family upgraded the business as technology changed. In 1881, the breastshot waterwheel was replaced by a turbine. The millstones where changed to more efficient metal rollers in 1890 and again improved in 1917. Waterpower was used until the mill closed, but it was supplemented by electric power beginning in the 1920s. Declining business caused the Wolcott family to sell the mill in 1967. The Huron-Clinton Metroparks acquired the mill in 1979 for use as an historic interpretive site.
",,63841 Wolcott,Ray Township,MI,48096,"Between 29 Mile & Indian Trail; located in the yard near the entrance.",Macomb,04N13E16NWSE,42.766763,-82.927232,,4,10/19/2021,4273cb9f-6cc0-45fc-856e-54e29dc24705,2009,538,3,"MHC502012010_1.jpg;MHC502012010_2.jpg;MHC502012010_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan Historical Commissioner;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Dedication Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","12/01/2012;12/01/2012;08/25/2019",417407
-82.73779,42.680251,MHC501978025,L636A,2,1978,1979,Statehood Era (1815-1860),New Baltimore /St. John's Lutheran Church,,New Baltimore,St. John's Lutheran Church,"French explorers led by Pierre Yax first settled this area now known as New Baltimore in 1796. Chippewa Indians inhabited this vicinity then. Fabian Robertjean made the first government land purchase in 1820. Twenty-five years later, Alfred Ashley of Mount Clemens came here and built the first sawmill and dock, and in 1851, platted the village of Ashley. He also managed a hotel and general store, opening the first post office in his store in 1852. German pioneers arrived here in 1853 clearing land along the Salt River for their settlement. Renamed New Baltimore in 1855, this area was incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1931. New Baltimore is a popular place for fishermen and hunters and is noted for its expansive shoreline dotted with summer cottages and homes.
","In 1863, during the stormy days of the Civil War, Lutheranism had its beginning in the New Baltimore area. Seven German families made up the original congregation of St. John’s Lutheran Church, holding worship services in the home of Fritz Turkow. Five years later the worshipers moved to an old chapel which was rented from the Baptists. In 1870 the Lutherans erected this structure on property given by Gilbert Hatheway in January of 1869. Services and religious instruction were offered only in German until 1916 when English was introduced with one English service a month. German services were discontinued in 1934. St. John’s houses a Hinners mechanical action organ which was acquired in 1905.
",51161 Maria St,New Baltimore,MI,0,,Macomb,03N14E13SESE,42.680251,-82.73779,,5,11/15/2021,e09fc189-5c63-4bf0-b368-23e1a11bd0c2,0,226,4,"MHC501978025_1.jpg;MHC501978025_2.jpg;MHC501978025_3.jpg;MHC501978025_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/25/2019;08/25/2019;08/25/2019;08/25/2019",417408
-82.735694,42.680078,MHC501987065,L1431,2,1987,1995,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Grand Pacific House,,Grand Pacific House,,"Frederick Losh opened the Grand Pacific House in 1881, during New Baltimore’s golden era. The Italianate hotel and saloon was built of bricks made locally at Streits’s brickyard. Losh quickly profited from the city’s popularity as a summer resort. Following Losh’s death in 1890, his widow, Emma, ran the hotel until 1909 when she sold it to her brother Amos Springborn, who converted it into a boardinghouse. In 1986 a descendant sold the building to the New Baltimore Historical Society.
",,51065 West Washington Street,New Baltimore,MI,0,,Macomb,03N14E13SESE,42.680078,-82.735694,,3,12/06/2021,c43b41d1-245a-408d-b66d-a4e81233e7ca,0,1090,2,"MHC501987065_1.jpg;MHC501987065_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/25/2019;08/25/2019",417409
-83.740359,43.326697,MHC731988045,L1577C,2,1988,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn / Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn,Union House Hotel,Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn,Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn,"Theodore Fischer, a former bartender at the Exchange Hotel (now Zehnder’s Restaurant), established the Union House Hotel in 1888. His son, Herman, and daughter-in-law, Lydia, are said to have begun the tradition of the “All You Can Eat” family-style chicken dinners served here. The William Zehnder, Sr., family, distant relatives of Fischer, purchased the restaurant in 1950 and continued the chicken dinner tradition. In 1959 the Zehnders extensively renovated, enlarged and redecorated the restaurant in a fantasy Bavarian motif. They also changed the name of the restaurant to the Bavarian Inn. The week-long grand opening celebration held in 1959 in honor of the new addition evolved into the annual Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival.
","The village of Frankenmuth began as a German community in 1845. Its first settlers were among the German immigrants who left their homeland because of poor farming conditions and political unrest. Frankenmuth also attracted people who wanted to convert the Indians to the Lutheran faith. The Zehnder family emigrated from Germany in 1846. A family trip back to Bavaria in the 1950s inspired them to redecorate their restaurant in the Bavarian theme. The Bavarian Inn’s motif, accented by a fifty-foot-high Glockenspiel, echoes Frankenmuth’s German heritage. Over 20 million meals were served at the inn between 1888 and 1988. A record 5,470 meals were served on October 9, 1982. By the 1980s the Bavarian Inn was recognized as one of the ten largest restaurants in the United States.
",713 South Main,Frankenmuth,MI,0,,Saginaw,11N06E27NWSE,43.326697,-83.740359,,5,11/18/2021,206a65c8-0d7d-4dee-8967-c219cf346cd5,0,1290,4,"MHC731988045_1.jpg;MHC731988045_2.jpg;MHC731988045_4.jpg;MHC731988045_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","12/23/2019;12/23/2019;08/22/2020;12/23/2019",417410
-83.137348,42.6793950000001,MHC631998002,L2036,2,1998,1999,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),George Vandeventer House,,George Vandeventer House,,"New York native George Vandeventer, who came to Avon Township as a child in 1834, became a successful businessman and civic leader in Rochester. When their home burned in 1875, George and his wife, Julia, built this Italianate-inspired house. The fire persuaded George, who served three terms as village president, to lead the campaign to establish the fire department, which was formed in 1882.",,404 W. Third Street,Rochester,MI,0,,Oakland,03N11E15NENE,42.679395,-83.137348,,1,11/15/2021,8ceba40b-184b-4f66-9770-c6cc7659fd9b,0,1327,3,"MHC631998002_1.jpg;MHC631998002_2.jpg;MHC631998002_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","01/25/2020;01/25/2020;01/25/2020",417411
-83.136516,42.684047,MHC631979021,L759B,2,1979,1980,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Rochester,,Rochester,,"The area known as Rochester was settled in 1817 by James Graham. It was the first permanent settlement in present-day Oakland County. The community was named in honor of Rochester, New York, where many of its pioneer settlers once lived. In 1819 the first industry in this vicinity was founded when William Russell, Benjamin Woodworth, Alexander Graham, and John Hersey erected a water-powered sawmill. In 1826 Lewis Cass, territorial governor of Michigan, together with Austin E. Wing and Charles Larned, platted the village, which was incorporated in 1869 and became a city in 1967. Abundant sources of water and the advent of the railroad contributed to the development of woolen, flour, saw, and paper mills in the region. The Rochester area is now a major cultural center and includes Oakland University, Michigan Christian College, and the Leader Dog School for the Blind.",,400 6th Street,Rochester,MI,0,,Oakland,03N11E10SESE,42.684047,-83.136516,,4,10/18/2022,ac2c11c3-1168-4c25-bb33-7517cf2a1be7,0,770,2,"MHC631979021_1.jpg;MHC631979021_2.jpg",";Colin Pettitt","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker",";06/02/2022",417412
-83.136328,42.680833,MHC631979038,L642B,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Township Hall,Avon Township Hall (Avon Charter Township Hall),Township Hall,,"Avon Township, the site of the first settlement in Oakland County, was organized in 1835. This white clapboard building was erected in 1880 as the township hall. Its alterations reflect the area’s industrial and commercial growth. Initially constructed as a single-story building, the hall was enlarged by raising the roof eight feet and adding a second story in the early 1930s. In 1962 a north wing was also constructed. Avon Township Hall is one of the few public structures built prior to 1900 that still stands in Oakland County.",,407 Pine Street,Rochester,MI,0,,Oakland,03N11E15NENE,42.680833,-83.136328,,3,09/12/2017,52f6b329-4252-4e1e-bdb1-37e7a5c61951,0,357,3,"MHC631979038_1.jpg;MHC631979038_2.jpg;MHC631979038_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","01/25/2020;01/25/2021;01/25/2021",417413
-83.14112,42.678145,MHC631979020,L710,2,1979,1993,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Mount Avon Cemetery,,Mount Avon Cemetery,,"In 1826, Mount Avon became the first officially platted cemetery in Oakland County. The “Old Ground” or “Historic Acre” contains headstones dating from 1817, the year the earliest settlers arrived in the area. Members of the Graham family, Rochester’s founders, are buried in Mount Avon, including James Graham (1818-1839), thought to be the first white child born in the county. In 1911 a statue of “Billy Yank” was erected in memory of Oakland County’s Civil War veterans.
",,Second Street,Rochester,MI,0,"Wilcox Streets and Second Street; inside the cemetery gates",Oakland,03N11E15NWNE,42.678145,-83.14112,,1,11/22/2021,24a80959-a462-4794-ae0c-9932d1379777,0,1014,2,"MHC631979020_1.jpg;MHC631979020_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo","01/25/2021;01/25/2021",417414
-83.095056,42.672806,MHC632016009,L2280C,2,2016,2016,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Yates Cider Mill / Yates Cider Mill,,Yates Cider Mill,Yates Cider Mill,"In 1863, William (1820-1911) and Caroline (1833-1892) Yates moved from New York to Michigan and purchased 80 acres of land. Using an existing dam on the Clinton River, they opened a water-powered lumber mill. The business soon grew to include a grist mill. By 1876, their cider press had begun offering fruit pressing services to local farmers. In the late 1870s, the Detroit and Bay City Railway, which passed in front of the mill, made Yates Station a busy freight and passenger stop. In 1894, Yates built a larger mill next to the original building to accommodate the area’s growing agricultural production. The new mill housed a 26-inch-wide water-driven turbine purchased from James Leffel and Company of Springfield, Ohio. As of 2016, the 1894 building and turbine were still being used to press cider.","The Yates family continued to grind grain and press fruits for local farmers as the mill operations passed to William’s son Frank (1854-1935) and Frank’s son Harry (1889-1979). When Harry installed a new cider press in 1924, Avon Township had begun to grow. Charles (1919-2013) and Ruth (1917-2008) Posey moved next door to the mill in 1939. Their Posey’s Isle shop offered donuts to mill visitors. A 1948 newspaper noted mill customers arriving with their own “glasses, jars, jugs and kegs.” By 1959, when Harry Yates retired, the part of the township that became Rochester Hills in 1984 was a major urban center. The Posey family bought the mill, refurbished the water power system, added the outside, decorative water wheel, and expanded the building. Later generations of the Posey family who operated the mill rebuilt the nearby Clinton River dam.",1990 East Avon Road,Rochester Hills,MI,48307,"Near front entrance of the Mill; East Avon Road appears to turn into Dequindre Road right near Yates Cider Mill.",Oakland,03N11E13NESE,42.672806,-83.095056,,5,12/06/2021,bbf21bc4-ab13-496f-bbbc-bfeaa9b7a697,0,1270,6,"MHC632016009_1.jpg;MHC632016009_2.jpg;MHC632016009_3.jpg;MHC632016009_4.jpg;MHC632016009_5.jpg;MHC632016009_6.jpg",";;Gary Ban;;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Historical Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","06/26/2013;;08/01/1965;;01/25/2021;01/25/2021",417415
-83.011632,42.591676,MHC501983011,L1127A,2,1983,1985,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Upton House / Upton House,,Upton House,Upton House,"Constructed in 1866-67, the William Upton House is one of the oldest surviving nineteenth-century brick dwellings in Sterling Heights. Italianate in style, the house features a reconstructed open porch topped by a second-story balustrade, a cupola, period chimneys and refurbished window units. According to oral tradition, the interior building materials were imported from England. Most farmsteads of this era were constructed of wood; the brick used on this one demonstrates the affluence of its builder. By 1891 the Upton farm consisted of 138 acres. Upton farmed the land and sold fish from the Clinton River. When the exterior restoration of the house was done in 1981-1982, the interior was adapted for use as public offices.
","William Upton, a wealthy farmer and merchant, built this stately Italianate house in 1866-67. Born in 1835 in Leicestershire, England, Upton came to this country with his parents in the fall of 1841. The family lived in Detroit for several years before settling in Sterling Township in 1845. In 1861, William married Sarah Jeanette Aldrich. He built this house on his farm, where he, his wife and their children lived until 1891, when they moved to Utica. There, Upton purchased a three-story business block from which he sold Shropshire sheep and ran a successful mercantile and real estate business until 1897. In 1904 fire destroyed the Upton Block. Shortly afterwards, William moved to Rochester, Michigan. He died in 1923 at the age of eighty-eight.
",40433 Utica Rd.,Sterling Heights,MI,0,,Macomb,02N12E15SENE,42.591676,-83.011632,,5,11/22/2021,dbdb9dfa-f4de-413b-a2ed-92e45064211a,0,967,4,"MHC501983011_1.jpg;MHC501983011_2.jpg;MHC501983011_3.jpg;MHC501983011_4.jpg","Michael Hardy;Michael Hardy;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","04/13/2020;04/13/2020;01/25/2020;01/25/2020",417416
-83.039091,42.621552,MHC501990044,L1799,2,1990,1991,Civil War and After (1860-1875),St. Lawrence Parish of Utica,,St. Lawrence Parish of Utica,,"In May 1866 the Reverend Amandus VanDenDriessche of Detroit recited Utica’s first Catholic mass. Forty Irish families at Utica Junction (present-day Roseville) formed what became a mission of Sacred Heart Parish. On August 15, 1874, Bishop C. H. Borgess dedicated St. Lawrence Parish’s first church. Four years later a cemetery was consecrated one-half mile north of here. In 1904 a fire swept through Utica, destroying the church. Parishioners worshipped in homes and a rented hall until a new church was built in 1908. The present Neo-Romanesque church was designed by Detroit architect Arthur DesRosiers and erected in 1951. The broad nave seats 800 people. St. Lawrence Parish remains the oldest religious community in Utica.
",,44633 Utica Rd,Utica,MI,0,,Macomb,02N12E04NWNE,42.621552,-83.039091,,4,12/06/2021,b22303d9-a6e3-491a-8233-0c5a864d7ce9,0,79,3,"MHC501990044_1.jpg;MHC501990044_3.jpg;MHC501990044_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","01/25/2020;01/25/2020;01/25/2020",417417
-82.993944,44.042379,MHC321980022,L815A,2,1980,1990,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Charles G. Learned,"Mayes Inn; Tower Hotel; Garfield Inn",Charles G. Learned,,"A native of New York, contractor Charles G. Learned helped build New York City’s waterworks system and the Erie Canal. Around 1857, Learned and his brother-in-law purchased several thousand acres of pine land in Michigan’s Thumb area. Two years later, Learned and his wife, Maria Raymond, came to Port Austin and bought a house and three acres at this site. Learned’s cutover pine land became a 2,000-acre farm where he prospered as an agriculturalist and dairy farmer. With profits from his lumbering and farming enterprises Learned enlarged and updated this house in the French Second Empire style. In the 1860s Ohio congressman, later president, James A. Garfield, a family friend, was a frequent guest here. From 1931 to 1979 the house served as the Mayes Inn and Tower Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
",,8544 Lake St.,Port Austin,MI,0,,Huron,19N13E30SESE,44.042379,-82.993944,,4,12/06/2021,3a65eb32-9967-4383-aa33-015c9a9d188d,1984,6,5,"MHC321980022_1.jpg;MHC321980022_2.jpg;MHC321980022_4.jpg;MHC321980022_3.jpg;MHC321980022_5.jpg","Charlie Chapman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","01/03/2004;06/27/2020;06/27/2020;06/27/2020;06/27/2020",417418
-82.832405,44.028531,MHC321976004,L463,2,1976,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Huron City / Huron City,Seven Gables/Huron City Historic District/Port City Historic District,Huron City,Huron City,"During the mid-1850s the firm of R. B. Hubbard and Company, which included Connecticut-born entrepreneurs Langdon Hubbard, his brother Watson, and cousin Rollin B., built a steam-powered sawmill on Willow Creek. The company town they developed was named Huron City in 1861. A horse-drawn tram carried the mill’s products to a nearby dock in Lake Huron for transport to the firm’s lumber yard in Sandusky, Ohio. Huge forest fires in 1871 and 1881 entirely destroyed Huron City, but each time the town was rebuilt. Huron City’s surviving buildings--including Langdon Hubbard’s house, now called Seven Gables, the general store, the hotel, and the church--all date from the early 1880s. Langdon Hubbard died in 1892. In 1995 Huron City was listed as a historic district in the National Register of Historic Places.","William Lyon Phelps married Langdon Hubbard’s daughter Annabel in 1892. Until 1938 the Phelpses spent most summers at Seven Gables. Phelps, the Lampson Professor of English Literature at Yale University until his retirement in 1933, had a national following for four decades as an author, a critic, and a lecturer. He did much of his writing at Seven Gables and was the summer minister at the Huron City Church. In 1939 Phelps turned the town over to his niece Carolyn Hubbard Parcells. She and her husband, Charles A. Parcells Sr., established the William Lyon Phelps Foundation in 1946 to preserve Huron City. The foundation built the brick museum in 1952, and restored the store, the hotel, and the church during the 1950s. The Point aux Barques Life-Saving Station building was moved to Huron City in 1964 to preserve it.",Huron City Road,Huron City,MI,0,between M-25 (N. Lakeshore Road) and Pioneer Road (across the road from 7985 Huron City Road),Huron,18N14E04NENE,44.028531,-82.832405,,5,12/06/2021,69e092bb-eb7d-4606-a088-417a94f65108,1995,423,4,"MHC321976004_1.jpg;MHC321976004_2.jpg;MHC321976004_3.jpg;MHC321976004_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/01/2007;07/01/2007;06/27/2020;06/27/2020",417419
-82.793577,44.022726,MHC321972029,S369,2,1972,2006,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse,Lighthouse County Park,Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse,,"The Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse and Lifesaving Station aided mariners for over a century, beginning in 1847. That year the U.S. Lighthouse Service built the first lighthouse on this site to mark the turning point of Lake Huron into Saginaw Bay and to warn of shallow waters. Catherine Shook became Michigan’s first female light keeper when she took over for her husband, Peter, after he drowned in 1849. In 1857 the lighthouse and dwelling were replaced with the present 89-foot tower and attached house. In 1908 the brick assistant keeper’s house was built. The lighthouse was fully automated in 1934. Five years later the last keeper retired, and the lifesaving station, made up of 15 buildings, was decommissioned.",,7320 Lighthouse Road,Port Hope,MI,48468,Huron Township,Huron,18N14E02NESE,44.022726,-82.793577,,"Lighthouse,Maritime Heritage,4",12/06/2021,07773c6f-f683-476d-9e8d-de4ee9a54e3c,0,1482,8,"MHC321972029_1.jpg;MHC321972029_4.jpg;MHC321972029_2.jpg;MHC321972029_3.jpg;MHC321972029_5.jpg;MHC321972029_6.jpg;MHC321972029_7.jpg;MHC321972029_8.jpg","unknown;unknown;unknown;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo",";;;;06/27/2020;06/27/2020;06/27/2020;06/27/2020",417420
-82.930691,43.710037,MHC321998011,S654,2,1998,1998,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Citizens Bank Block,,Citizens Bank Block,,"Built in 1907 by local contractor David Pierce, the Citizens Bank Block also housed a harness shop and a library. Albert Sleeper (1862-1934), who served in the Michigan State Senate and as governor, cofounded the bank with his uncle A. W. Merrell, taking sole ownership in 1900. Sleeper owned several other banks and extensive real estate. Sleeper and his wife, Mary Moore, set up a library in the space above the bank in 1908.",,2236 Main Street,Ubly,MI,0,East of M-19,Huron,15N13E27NENW,43.710037,-82.930691,,1,12/06/2021,e1dd462c-f56e-41f5-bab3-5d4f18dfc85e,0,596,2,"MHC321998011_1.jpg;MHC321998011_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/27/2020;06/27/2020",417421
-83.01005,42.569134,MHC791989013,S309,4,1989,1989,Native People and the French (< 1760),Holcombe Beach,,Holcombe Beach,,"Near this site in 1961 archaeologists from the Aboriginal Research Club and the University of Michigan uncovered evidence of an early Paleo-Indian settlement. Here about 11,000 years ago these first prehistoric dwellers in the Great Lakes region inhabited a lake shore. Excavations of artifacts and bones reveal that for food the Paleo-Indians hunted Barren Ground caribou, a species suited to the tundra-like terrain of that era. As their environment changed, these Indians were forced to adapt to new ways of living. Different climate and sources of food required modified tools and methods of subsistence and the Paleo-Indian pattern of life developed into the culture of the Early Archaic people. The site known as Holcombe Beach is a reminder of basic changes in Michigan’s physical and biological environment over the ages.
",,37400 Dodge Park Road,Sterling Heights,MI,0,North of Intersection of Metropolitan Parkway (Sixteen Mile Rd) & Dodge Park Rd,Macomb,02N12E22SESE,42.569134,-83.01005,,"Native People,4",03/30/2022,a4476427-9892-4f98-913b-9f65273e5a4f,0,1052,5,"MHC791989013_3.jpg;MHC791989013_5.jpg;MHC791989013_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;Michael Hardy","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","01/25/2020;01/25/2020;04/20/2020",417422
-83.370957,43.851011,MHC321977018,L541,2,1977,1978,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Stagecoaches,Stagecoach Travel in Michigan,Stagecoaches,,"Stagecoaches played an important part in developing the Midwest. Michigan’s frontier “fever” peaked in the decade from 1830 to 1840 with a 600 percent population increase. Stagecoaches attempted to fill the demand for fast and relatively comfortable transportation. Early stagecoach travel was slow and rough but improved with better built roads. The inns and taverns on the stage routes were a welcome relief in Michigan. This stepping stone, which once led to the famous Bay Port Hotel, is all that remains of the stagecoach era in Bay Port.
",,9740 Cedar Street,Bay Port,MI,0,Cedar Street near Second Street,Huron,17N09E36SENW,43.851011,-83.370957,,4,12/06/2021,ac310d55-424f-4efa-9b9a-529bf118af31,0,529,3,"MHC321977018_1.jpg;MHC321977018_2.jpg;MHC321977018_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417423
-83.374393,43.85199,MHC321975026,S458,2,1975,1986,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bay Port Fishing District,Bay Port Commercial Fishing Historic District,Bay Port Fishing District,,"The Gillingham Fish Company was established in 1886; the Bay Port Fish Company, in 1895. At their peak in the 1920s and 1930s, they shipped tons of perch, walleye, herring, whitefish and carp to New York and Chicago in refrigerated railroad cars. Once known as one of the largest freshwater commercial fishing ports in the world, Bay Port retains a commercial fishery that operates much as it did in the past. Bay Port also offers sport fishing, water skiing, ice fishing and hunting.
",,Lakeside Drive,Bay Port,MI,0,Public access off M-25 at the end of Promenade Street,Huron,17N09E36SWNW,43.85199,-83.374393,,1,12/06/2021,7bea09b2-2ffb-44f2-8254-5f625949718f,0,608,4,"MHC321975026_1.jpg;MHC321975026_2.jpg;MHC321975026_3.jpg;MHC321975026_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417424
-83.377495,43.820268,MHC321957055,S141,2,1957,1957,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Great Fire of 1881,,Great Fire of 1881,,"Small fires were burning in the forests of the Thumb, tinder-dry after a long, hot summer, when a gale swept in from the southwest on Sept. 5, 1881. Fanned into an inferno, the fires raged for three days. A million acres were devastated in Sanilac and Huron counties alone. At least 125 persons died, and thousands more were left destitute. The new American Red Cross won support for its prompt aid to the fire victims. This was the first disaster relief furnished by this great organization.
",,US-25,Fair Haven Twp,MI,0,"located in a Roadside Park honoring Henry A. Hamp, 1/2 mile south of the junction of M-25 and M-142, Bay Port",Huron,16N09E12NWSW,43.820268,-83.377495,,"Heritage Conservation Trail,4",12/06/2021,1e2e0385-d002-4a18-91ee-dca9e80edd79,0,1472,4,"MHC321957055_1.jpg;MHC321957055_2.jpg;MHC321957055_3.jpg;MHC321957055_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417425
-83.442442,43.725993,MHC321962012,L24,2,1962,1962,Statehood Era (1815-1860),The Indian Mission,"Luckhard Museum; Luckhard Indian Mission; Sebewaing Indian Mission",The Indian Mission,,"Here, on July 1, 1845, three Lutheran missionaries, Rev. Johann J. F. Auch, Rev. J. Simon Dumser, and Rev. George Sinke, arrived. The Lutheran leader, Rev. Friedrich Schmid, sent them from Ann Arbor to evangelize the Chippewa Indians. A log chapel was built here later that summer. In 1849, Rev. Mr. Auch ferried lumber from Lower Saginaw to Shebahyonk on Wild Fowl Bay, seven miles north of Sebewaing. A mission house was built there and dedicated June 27, 1849. Rev. J. F. Maier had charge of the mission. By 1854 the Indians had left these parts. The mission house was sold. A century later, it was moved to this site and established as a museum. It is now maintained by the Michigan District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
",,590 East Bay Street,Sebewaing,MI,0,"East of M-23; Sebewaing Twp",Huron,15N09E17NWNE,43.725993,-83.442442,,"Native People,4",08/18/2017,9f482288-5700-42c1-afe7-dd507c815ad4,0,1478,4,"MHC321962012_1.jpg;MHC321962012_2.jpg;MHC321962012_3.jpg;MHC321962012_4.jpg","Archives of Michigan;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo",";06/28/2020;06/28/2021;06/28/2020",417426
-83.443404,43.730134,MHC322006014,L2187,2,2006,2007,Civil War and After (1860-1875),John C. Liken / John C. Martini House,The Liken-Martini House,John C. Liken,John C. Martini House,"One of Sebewaing’s most prominent citizens, John C. Liken (1832-1920), came here in 1865 from New York State where he owned a cooperage. Lured by Michigan’s bountiful forests, he opened stave and sawmills in Sebewaing, Unionville, Akron, and Fairgrove. His firm, John C. Liken and Company, dealt in a variety of commodities that the company’s fleet of ships transported to Bay City and markets in New York. In 1874 Liken built a downtown commercial block with four store-fronts. The town’s first telephone line, installed in 1883, connected the store with Liken’s flour mill and depot, and in 1901 the company received a ten-year contract for supplying the town with electric power generated at the mill. In 1913 Liken’s son-in-law Richard Martini took over the business.
","Sebewaing businessman John C. Liken built five houses, one for each of his children. Constructed in 1890-95, in the fashionable Stick Style, this house remains the only historically intact structure associated with Liken, one of Sebewaing’s most prominent citizens. Liken intended this house for his daughter Mary and his son-in-law and business partner, Richard Martini, but the Martinis never lived here. Instead, their oldest child John C. Martini (1878-1974) moved into the house with his wife, Tillie Kemp, in 1909. John C. Liken retired in 1913, leaving control of the business to the Martinis. Richard became president and John succeeded him. The Liken and Martini families were integral to Sebewaing’s development.",684 E. Main Street,Sebewaing,MI,48759,,Huron,15N09E08NWSE,43.730134,-83.443404,,5,12/06/2021,d4de1297-df6b-4f10-b39e-1a39bf093fd5,0,180,4,"MHC322006014_5.jpg;MHC322006014_3.jpg;MHC322006014_4.jpg;MHC322006014_6.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417427
-83.451865,43.731603,MHC321988048,L1596,2,1988,2010,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sebewaing Township Hall,,Sebewaing Township Hall,,"Sebewaing Township was organized in 1853. In 1877 the board resolved to use “liquor money” to build this township hall. The atypical two-story town hall included voting booths, a courtroom, a jury room, a jail, and a meeting hall. The front door was off center to accommodate double engine-room doors until the fire department vacated the building in 1883. In 2006 the Sebewaing Area Historical Society restored the hall to its 1878 appearance.",,92 South Center Street,Sebewaing,MI,48759,corner of Grove and Center Streets,Huron,15N09E08NWSW,43.731603,-83.451865,,1,01/06/2022,563fa78d-2dd9-4c50-8e0b-58a68a757a56,0,564,3,"MHC321988048_1.jpg;MHC321988048_2.jpg;MHC321988048_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417428
-83.265851,43.728919,MHC321975004,L383,2,1975,1976,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Owendale,,Owendale,,"In 1882, as three new railroads began to lay track in Huron County, two cousins from Saginaw, John G. and John S. Owen, bought land in the Columbia Swamp. The following year, they opened a sawmill to harvest the native oak. John G. Owen hired Quincy Thomas, a civil engineer, to survey a town site in 1887. The streets, alleys and parks were dedicated to the public for their perpetual use, and the village was named Owendale. The sawmill burned in 1896, and the Owendale area turned from lumbering to agriculture.
",,Sebewaing Road,Owendale,MI,0,located in Walter Howard Village Park,Huron,15N10E14NWNE,43.728919,-83.265851,,1,01/06/2022,bad3e80a-b134-4419-8644-a5064ee2ed33,0,1091,3,"MHC321975004_1.jpg;MHC321975004_2.jpg;MHC321975004_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417429
-83.269593,43.828961,MHC321987058,L1439A,2,1987,1989,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Pigeon Depot,,Pigeon Depot,,"The Pigeon Depot was constructed in 1908 and served two railroad lines. In 1883 the Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad, a north-south line, had been extended to Caseville and a depot was built at Berne, one mile north of here. Around 1886 the Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad built tracks through the Tamarack Swamp and crossed the north-south line at this point. This railroad stop became known as Berne Junction. Berne’s population quickly dwindled as people moved to the junction where they established Pigeon in 1888. The Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin line became the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern and later the Grand Trunk Railroad. The Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron was absorbed by the Pere Marquette Railroad and then by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The Pigeon Depot presently serves as the Pigeon Historical Society Museum.",,59 South Main St.,Pigeon,MI,0,,Huron,16N10E11NENW,43.828961,-83.269593,,6,08/30/2017,d2e8dcc8-6ebd-4230-85fe-57cc8ca25a25,0,557,4,"MHC321987058_1.jpg;MHC321987058_2.jpg;MHC321987058_3.jpg;MHC321987058_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020;06/28/2020",417430
-83.396695,43.482771,MHC791974012,S432,2,1974,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Peninsular Sugar Refining Company / (Continued from other side),,Peninsular Sugar Refining Company,(Continued from other side),"The beet sugar industry in Michigan began growing rapidly in the late nineteenth century. The declining lumber industry had cleared thousands of acres of land suitable for the cultivation of sugar beets. In 1897 farmers were encouraged further to grow this new crop when the state legislature offered a bounty to producers of one cent for each pound of sugar made from Michigan beets. Soon numerous beet sugar factories appeared. Many of them were in the Saginaw Valley area where both climate and soil were satisfactory for growing sugar beets. One of the companies started in this era was the Peninsular Sugar Refining Company at Caro. Organized in 1898, it was first called the Caro Sugar Company. Today it is the oldest beet sugar factory still operating in Michigan.","The Peninsular Sugar Refining Company owes its success in part to the willingness of area farmers to grow sugar beets. A German firm built the factory in 1899 on land donated by the community. A newspaper, the Tuscola County Advertiser, publicized the venture and Charles Montague, a local businessman, raised capital for it. Farmers hauled tons of beets to the Caro factory in horse-drawn wooden-wheeled wagons and sleighs. In October of 1899, the company embarked on its first season of beet sugar production. In 1906 Peninsular Sugar merged with several other companies to form the Michigan Sugar Company. With Charlie Sieland as superintendent, the Caro factory became known as a training ground for sugar craftsmen. Today Caro’s modern automated equipment is housed in the original factory.
",725 South Almer,Caro,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N09E03SESW,43.482771,-83.396695,,5,01/06/2022,ac8f2ec9-ccdc-4894-9323-744ab0795988,0,764,5,"MHC791974012_3.jpg;MHC791974012_4.jpg;MHC791974012_5.jpg;MHC791974012_2.jpg;MHC791974012_1.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417431
-83.396877,43.487898,MHC791974028,L359,2,1974,1975,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Nazarene Church,Trinity Episcopal Church,,"This skillfully designed board and batten Gothic Revival church, first served local Episcopalians in 1880. The congregation had been formed in 1871, the year the town was incorporated. During the 1870s Caro grew to be a major commerce center for the Thumb area. By the 1920s, however, church membership dropped and the building was sold to the Nazarenes. In 1974 preservationists saved the church from demolition.
",,106 Joy Street,Caro,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N09E03NESW,43.487898,-83.396877,,1,09/13/2017,74f5c3c7-8026-4cfd-83c8-225454594ade,0,219,4,"MHC791974028_1.jpg;MHC791974028_2.jpg;MHC791974028_3.jpg;MHC791974028_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417432
-83.395825,43.489319,MHC791986031,L1349B,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Caro Masonic Temple,,Caro Masonic Temple,,"This two-story Italianate commercial building was erected in 1879. One of the first brick buildings on Caro’s main street, the structure was built by businessman and philanthropist Charles Montague as a bank and general store. When the building was enlarged in 1887, the entire second story became the Masonic Temple. On December 27, 1887, Rufus C. Hatheway, Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan, dedicated the temple during a gala ceremony.
",,156 North State,Caro,MI,0,between East Frank and East Lincoln Streets,Tuscola,12N09E03SWNE,43.489319,-83.395825,,3,09/13/2017,7071c886-fbc8-431c-a0c1-ac50a9f416da,0,1138,2,"MHC791986031_1.jpg;MHC791986031_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417433
-83.394072,43.490631,MHC791986034,L1326C,2,1986,1986,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Tuscola County Advertiser,Tuscola Advertiser,Tuscola County Advertiser,,"The Tuscola County Advertiser began publishing on August 21, 1868. The city’s oldest surviving business establishment, it was founded by Henry G. Chapin, a native of Conesus, New York. Chapin edited and published the paper for twelve years. The paper began with a circulation of 300, and by 1986 it reached 14,200 readers. The newspaper has received over seventy Awards of Excellence from the Michigan Press Association and was honored as Michigan’s outstanding weekly newspaper by the University of Michigan Press Club in 1983.
",,344 N. State Street,Caro,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N09E03SWNE,43.490631,-83.394072,,3,07/15/2020,0afc3c81-c180-4172-9a3f-36a9da8f2004,0,350,3,"MHC791986034_1.jpg;MHC791986034_2.jpg;MHC791986034_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417434
-83.393516,43.490988,MHC791982010,L1045A,2,1982,1984,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Tuscola County Courthouse,,Tuscola County Courthouse,,"Peter DeWitt Bush (1818-1913), the second permanent resident of the village of Caro, donated this site for the county courthouse square in 1866. Then he, along with two other pioneer settlers, moved an old frame church to the site to serve as the county’s first courthouse. In 1873 the county replaced the former church with a brick courthouse that served the community’s needs until 1932, when the present Art Deco style structure was completed. Designed by Detroit architect William H. Kuni and built by Cecil M. Kelly, a Caro native, the courthouse is faced with Indiana limestone. Situated on the same site as the old brick courthouse, this $180,000 structure was completely paid for when it was dedicated on January 24, 1933, by means of a one-mill, five-year tax levy.
",,440 N. State Street (M-81),Caro,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N09E03SWNE,43.490988,-83.393516,,4,05/27/2020,a59262f0-4747-40d2-86f5-4496f3caf0ca,0,441,3,"MHC791982010_1.jpg;MHC791982010_2.jpg;MHC791982010_3.jpg","Charlie Chapman;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo",";06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417435
-83.3973,43.491128,MHC791985012,L1257C,2,1985,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Presbyterian Church of Caro,,First Presbyterian Church of Caro,,"Twelve persons organized the First Presbyterian Church of Caro in December 1878. The Reverend Edward P. Clark, the Presbyterian minister at Vassar, conducted the organizational meeting with the assistance of the Reverend R. P. Shaw of Bedford, Indiana. For the first year, this small group of Presbyterians held their worship and prayer services in the homes of members. Then, in 1880, they erected their first house of worship on Lincoln and Pearl Streets. The present limestone and brick church was begun in 1902 and dedicated on December 13, 1903. It has had no structural alterations since construction. A regal structure, it features a corner tower and stained-glass windows.
",,215 North Almer,Caro,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N09E03SENW,43.491128,-83.3973,,4,09/13/2017,3ffd0777-ca99-4e9d-8d3a-e766c986eb9d,0,1535,2,"MHC791985012_2.jpg;MHC791985012_1.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front","06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417436
-83.396799,43.4832660000001,MHC791981043,L928B,2,1981,1981,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Tuscola County Fair,Village of Caro Fairgrounds,Tuscola County Fair,,"On March 11, 1882, thirty-three years after the nation’s first state fair was held in Detroit, the Tuscola County Fair was organized as the Caro District Agricultural Association. On September 19-22, 1882, the fair hosted its first agricultural and recreational exhibition. Always a primary agricultural attraction, the county fair has displayed new farming equipment and methods, animals, produce, and handicrafts on this site for the past century.",,700 South Almer,Caro,MI,0,Tuscola County Fair,Tuscola,12N09E03SESW,43.483266,-83.396799,,,09/13/2017,ef707446-7aee-420d-8ddb-7a64898f8027,0,809,0,,,,,417437
-83.176334,43.60101,MHC791979003,L714A,2,1979,1980,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Elkland Township Hall,Elkland Township Cultural Center,Elkland Township Hall,,"This hall was built in 1881 as the center of government activity for Elkland Township. Erected at a cost of twenty-six hundred dollars, it was the first brick structure in Cass City. Local timber and brick supplied by the Depews Brick Kilns were used throughout the hall. Serving as the town’s cultural center since 1965, this building has housed township gatherings, a newspaper office, lodge functions and a basketball court in years gone by.",,6429 Main Street,Cass City,MI,48723,,Tuscola,14N11E28SESE,43.60101,-83.176334,,3,07/13/2017,d8b047ae-2e63-47c1-992f-76a59e22e20d,0,779,3,"MHC791979003_1.jpg;MHC791979003_2.jpg;MHC791979003_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","06/30/2020;06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417438
-83.174374,43.602137,MHC792009017,L2216,2,2009,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,,"Three people gathered in June 1877 to form the First Presbyterian Society of Cass City. The congregation soon called its first pastor, the Reverend John Kelland, who led fundraising efforts to build a permanent home for the society. By the fall of 1878, a wood building was erected on this site. The current church, which incorporated the original building, was dedicated on February 10, 1907, with three services. The city´s other churches closed that day as their members joined in the celebration. Noted at that time for its ""modern conveniences,"" the church retains such historic features as its auditorium-style seating, stained and art glass windows, and 1865 Henry Erban Tracker organ. The church is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.",,6505 Church Street at Seeger St.,Cass City,MI,48726,,Tuscola,14N11E27SWSW,43.602137,-83.174374,,4,01/12/2022,0730c386-0aab-4517-9f4b-0058838395bb,2006,1,2,"MHC792009017_1.jpg;MHC792009017_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417439
-83.154446,43.600952,MHC792006036,S702C,2,2006,2007,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),State Reward Road No. 1,Earle Monument,State Reward Road No. 1,,"The state highway system began with the State Reward Road program, created by the Michigan Legislature in 1905. The program provided "rewards" to local governments for road improvements made according to state standards. Horatio "Good Roads" Earle, the state highway commissioner, traveled the state drumming up local interest in road improvements. Elkland Township was the first municipality to receive a reward. Spending $985, the township widened (to nine feet) and graveled one mile of rutted wagon road (later M-81) between the corner of Elkland Cemetery and what became Crawford Road. The township then received a $500 reward. State Reward Road No. 1 marked the beginning of state aid for local roads.
",,M-81 (Cass City Road) at Schwegler Rd,Cass City,MI,0,"marker is in a park next to the Horatio S. Earle Monument, in the Southeast section of M-81 and Schwegler Road",Tuscola,14N11E35NWNW,43.600952,-83.154446,,4,08/05/2019,f89fd76c-9a8b-4df1-8785-4a91c8918ded,0,482,4,"MHC792006036_1.jpg;MHC792006036_2.jpg;MHC792006036_3.jpg;MHC792006036_4.jpg",";;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","09/13/2006;09/13/2006;06/30/2020;06/30/2020",417440
-83.248028,43.655889,MHC792014014,L2269C,2,2014,2015,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Gagetown / Gagetown,,Gagetown,Gagetown,"Brothers Joseph and James Gage immigrated from Canada in 1860. Joseph filed a homestead claim in Elmwood Township. In 1869, Joseph built a store and mill on his land. Two years later, he platted the village of Gagetown where five roads met. In 1878, a Methodist Protestant class was organized. The next year, Father Clement Krebs established St. Agatha’s Parish, the first Catholic Church in Tuscola County. In 1882, the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad reached Gagetown carrying daily mail and passengers. The village incorporated that same year, electing Father Krebs as its first president. Residents elected to the first town council included John Williams, Joseph Gage, Eliphatel Robertson, John Wilson, George Perkins and
Louis Lenhard.","The Village of Gagetown grew quickly in the late nineteenth century after the arrival of the railroad. In 1890, Preston Purdy and his son James opened the State Savings Bank of Gagetown. The Opera House debuted in 1907 with electricity and seating for 315 people. St. Agatha’s dedicated its new brick church in 1917. From 1920 to 1922, James Purdy built an octagon shaped barn on his farm. It became the Thumb Octagon Barn Agricultural Museum, located one mile east of town. Fire damaged Gagetown in 1925. Departments from seven towns fought the fire for six hours in high winds before containing it. Eighteen buildings were lost and many businesses never rebuilt. In 2012, part of the former State Savings Bank was converted into the Village Hall.",4618 South Street,Gagetown,MI,48735,Between 3rd & 4th Streets,Tuscola,,43.4772,-83.4018,,5,01/12/2022,7929f63c-e3ba-4395-af23-4752110ab279,0,461,4,"MHC792014014_3.jpg;MHC792014014_1.jpg;MHC792014014_2.jpg;MHC792014014_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;FRIENDS OF ST. AGATHA HISTORICAL COMMITTEE;FRIENDS OF ST. AGATHA HISTORICAL COMMITTEE;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","09/11/2015;09/11/2015;09/11/2015;06/30/2020",417441
-83.125768,42.94583,MHC441976042,L460,2,1976,1985,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Dryden Depot / Dryden Depot,Grand Trunk Railroad Depot,Dryden Depot,Dryden Depot,"The area now known as Dryden was settled in 1834. By 1880 it was a hamlet of about 300 people. A marketing center surrounded by rich farm land, it turned to the railroad to increase its prosperity. Its citizens, spurred by the local Ladies Library Association, contributed $11,000 to help defer construction costs in order to bring the railroad to Dryden. On October 3, 1883, the Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad passenger train rolled into town. Over 500 spectators, the Thornville cornet band and a cannon were on hand to salute the train.
","This modest board-and-batten structure was erected in 1883 as a depot on the Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad (known as the Pollyann and later named Pontiac, Oxford and Northern). As with most small-town depots, it soon became the center of community activity. In 1884 it was the setting of a gala “leap year” party. Purchased by the Grand Trunk in 1909, the station continued to be used for passenger service until 1955 and as a freight agency until October 9, 1973. It was moved here in 1979 and opened as a museum in 1981.",5488 East Main Street,Dryden,MI,0,between Union and Mill Streets,Lapeer,06N11E14NENE,42.94583,-83.125768,,4,01/12/2022,8f7f0f36-83c7-4a94-aced-f98e24a0bc36,0,1664,3,"MHC441976042_1.jpg;MHC441976042_2.jpg;MHC441976042_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","07/01/2020;07/01/2020;07/01/2020",417442
-83.12594,42.945855,MHC441979031,L669A,2,1979,1988,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Ladies Library Hall,Dryden Ladies Library Association Hall,Ladies Library Hall,,"The Ladies Library Association was established in 1871 to provide reading material at a small cost to the community. In the beginning the association only allowed married women to be members and charged an annual fee of one dollar. The women of the association were also involved in charitable works, such as giving aid to Northern Michigan victims of fire in 1881. The association built this Italianate structure in 1885 for $1,500. The first floor contained the library, dining room and kitchen. The second floor hall, which includes a stage, continues to be used for plays and community meetings. Dryden Township accepted the building in 1974 and made it the public library.
",,5480 Main Street,Dryden,MI,0,,Lapeer,06N11E11SESE,42.945855,-83.12594,,3,09/01/2017,c178c8a6-66ee-4935-ae4f-62435ade8e7e,0,623,3,"MHC441979031_1.jpg;MHC441979031_2.jpg;MHC441979031_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","07/01/2020;07/01/2020;07/01/2020",417443
-83.618949,43.601895,MHC791979022,L761B,2,1979,1981,Revolution and War (1760-1815),Indian Dave / Indian Dave,Indian Dave Stocker,Indian Dave,Indian Dave,"Indian Dave was one of the last Chippewas to hunt, fish and trap in the old manner in the Tuscola County area. Dave was born around 1803 and given the name Ish-Don-Quit. According to legend, in 1819 he attended the gathering at the Saginaw River where 114 Chippewa chiefs and braves signed the Treaty of Saginaw. The treaty ceded about 6,000,000 acres of land in central eastern Michigan to the United States. Indian Dave fascinated youngsters with his tales and native customs. A mural portrait honoring him has hung in a Vassar bank for decades.
","The earliest recorded inhabitants of Tuscola County were Sauk Indians. But Chippewas occupied the area by the time of the first permanent white settlement in 1836. Exactly when Indian Dave settled here is not known. However, in 1866, in order to resolve the Vassar/Caro county-seat dispute, he and Peter Bush transported the county records to Caro by canoe. Dave was an expert at making bows and arrows, which he often sold for his livelihood. When he died in 1909, he was believed to be 106 years old. He is buried nearby in Wisner Cemetery.",7894 Bay City Forestville Rd,Akron,MI,48464,"East of Bradleyville Rd; Wisner Twp.",Tuscola,14N07E23SENW,43.601895,-83.618949,,"Native People,2",03/25/2019,1b523f7a-be21-40ff-b984-8220851a17de,0,856,3,"MHC791979022_1.jpg;MHC791979022_2.jpg;MHC791979022_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417444
-83.85459,43.595599,MHC092002010,L2122a,2,2002,2003,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Center Avenue,Center Avenue Neighborhood Historic District,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 in this period lumbermen built lavish residences. After 1900 lumbering declined and the city´s economy diversified. Leaders in the sugar beet, coal, shipbuilding, and other industries built stylish homes that reflected their substantial fortunes. Local architects such as Pratt and Koeppe, Clark and Munger, and Philip Floeter designed many of the buildings. Monumental churches and other public structures, like the Masonic Temple, complement the residences. Center Avenue is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
",,Northwest Corner of Center Avenue and Livingston Street,Bay City,MI,0,Two identical markers exist - this marker is L2122a and is located near the northwest corner of Center Avenue and Livingston St. The other marker is listed as L2122b - located at 614 Center Ave. - near the southwest corner of N. Madison Ave & Center Ave,Bay,14N05E23SWSW,43.595599,-83.85459,,4,05/16/2022,a3c7ac2b-44ab-40a6-8d96-cde01ebd1721,1982,1372,3,"MHC092002010_1.jpg;MHC092002010_2.jpg;MHC092002010_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417445
-83.881248,43.580197,MHC091991014,S623,2,1991,1992,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church / Kościół Rzymsko – Katolicki Sw. Stanisława Kostki,,St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church, Kościół Rzymsko – Katolicki Sw. Stanisława Kostki,"In the second half of the nineteenth century, Polish refugees who escaped Prussian domination settled in Bay City. In 1874 they formed a society under the patronage of Saint Stanislaus Kostka of Poland. To fill the needs of this Polish-speaking community, a wooden church was built and dedicated on December 13, 1874, on a site donated by William D. Fitzhugh. During the pastorate of Father Marian Matkowski, this grand Neo-Gothic church was erected at a cost of over $60,000. Bay City architects Pratt and Koeppe provided the plans. The cornerstone was blessed on June 24, 1890, and the church was dedicated on July 17, 1892, by Bishop Henry J. Richter of Grand Rapids.
","W drugiej połowie XIX w. wielu Polaków z Wielkopolski osiedliło się w Bay City. 14 grudnia 1874 roku poświęcony został pierwszy drewniany kościół zbudowany na gruncie ofiarowanym przez W.D. Fitzhugh. Patronem Parafii i kościóła został święty Stanisław Kostka. Obecny neogotycki kościół zbudowanò według projektu architektów Pratt and Koeppe kosztem $60,000, gdy proboszczem był Ksiądz Marian Matkowski. Poświęcenie kamienia węgielnego pod nowa świątynię miało miejsce 24 czerwca 1890 roku. Kościół ten zostal poświęcony 17 lipca 1892 roku prezez Biskupa Henrka Richtera z Grand Rapids
",1503 Kosciuszko Avenue,Bay City,MI,0,,Bay,14N05E28SESE,43.580197,-83.881248,,5,05/02/2022,02c6c5d0-c541-4171-ae0e-fd1f9db7e852,0,1685,5,"MHC091991014_1.jpg;MHC091991014_2.jpg;MHC091991014_3.jpg;MHC091991014_4.jpg;MHC091991014_5.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417446
-83.879001,43.600485,MHC092000018,L2109,2,2000,2002,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),St. Joseph Catholic Church,,St. Joseph Catholic Church,,"St. Joseph was the first Catholic parish in the Saginaw Valley when it was founded in 1850-51 by missionary Joseph Kindekens. Dedicated on March 19, 1911, this building is the third to serve St. Joseph. During the late nineteenth century St. Joseph church served French Canadians who were drawn to Bay City’s lumbering and fishing industries. Local architects Pratt and Koeppe designed the church, basing it on the plan of the Church of Ste. Anne de Beaupré in Quebec City, Canada. In 1882 the Dominican Sisters joined St. Joseph as teachers. By 1888, however, the church faced closure. The Holy Ghost Fathers, an order committed to helping troubled parishes, came to St. Joseph and saved the parish. They served until 1995.",,1005 Third Street,Bay City,MI,0,Between N. Grant & N. Farragut Street,Bay,,43.600485,-83.879001,,1,05/02/2022,6d7023af-0fa4-49bc-b7ae-52c70640524e,0,530,2,"MHC092000018_1.jpg;MHC092000018_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417447
-83.880294,43.597597,MHC091981052,L858A,2,1981,2005,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Trinity Church / Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Episcopal Church,Trinity Church,Trinity Episcopal 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, fourteen people, led by the Reverend Voltaire Spaulding, formally organized the parish in what was then Lower Saginaw (renamed Bay City in 1857). Members worshipped in ""the brown school"" and ""the ball (bowling) alley"" until their first church was built in 1860. By 1883 Trinity´s membership had reached 175 people. Spurred by a monetary bequest from Elizabeth Birney, and a donation of land from her daughter Florence Jennison, the congregation planned a new church. The present church opened on April 14, 1887. In 1942 the parish bought the Frank and Lottie Shearer House for use as a rectory.","Episcopalians celebrated completion of this building in 1887. Designed by Bay City architect Philip C. Floeter, the sandstone church features bold Victorian Gothic elements, such as pointed arch windows and heavy buttresses. Many of the brilliant stained glass windows were dedicated in memory of parishioners. Lumberman Thomas Cranage and his wife, Julia, donated the three-panel window in the main facade in honor of their daughter Sarah, who died of scarlet fever in 1875. An 1884 chapel was incorporated into the parish hall addition in 1924. That year the parish also installed an ornately carved reredos (or altar screen), crafted by Bavarian-born artisan Alois Lang of Grand Rapids.
",815 North Grant Street,Bay City,MI,48708,Between Grant & VanBuren Sts.,Bay,,43.597597,-83.880294,,5,05/02/2022,bc67d69f-17fe-4dc5-866e-29365addeff5,0,265,5,"MHC091981052_5.jpg;MHC091981052_1.jpg;MHC091981052_2.jpg;MHC091981052_3.jpg;MHC091981052_4.jpg","Sarah Anne Trahan Photography;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","05/01/2003;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417448
-83.881896,43.597718,MHC092000002,L2084,2,2000,2000,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),First Presbyterian Church / First Presbyterian Church,,First Presbyterian Church,First Presbyterian Church,"In 1884 the Reverend J. Ambrose Wight challenged the members of the First Presbyterian Church to "go forward and build a church that will be a lasting gift to the future." The Reverend Wight (1811-1889) feared that Bay City´s prosperity, gained through the lumber and salt industries, would not last. When the church was dedicated on June 4, 1893, the Bay City Times-Press declared it a "Magnificent Temple." Like the City Hall, which was built four years later, the Ionia sandstone church was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by local architects Pratt and Koeppe, and reflects Bay City´s wealth at that time. The bell, cast in 1866, served as a public timepiece and tolled three times daily.
","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 of the U.S. on the antislavery ticket. The Reverend Lucius Root organized the First Presbyterian Church of Lower Saginaw on September 5, 1856. Services continued to be held in the schoolhouse and other public buildings until the first church was built in 1863. In 1886 church elder Alexander Folsom donated $50,000 for the founding of a college in "northern" Michigan. His donation funded the organization of Alma College. In 1906 the college established the J. Ambrose Wight Memorial Fund scholarship in honor of First Presbyterian´s minister.
",805 Center Ave,Bay City,MI,0,,Bay,,43.597718,-83.881896,,5,04/27/2022,eeffb88b-dc34-407c-9ffc-c1996124f0e0,0,1285,4,"MHC092000002_1.jpg;MHC092000002_2.jpg;MHC092000002_3.jpg;MHC092000002_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417449
-83.89063,43.5975290000001,MHC091956051,S43,4,1956,1956,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Bay City,,Bay City,,"Although French explorers had visited this area in the 1600s, a permanent white settlement occurred only in the 1830s. During the Civil War period the lumber industry developed, reaching its peak in 1882. When the lumbermen left, coal mining, fishing, shipbuilding, and the production of beet sugar provided the basis for Bay City's economic growth.",,"Sixth Street, Wenonah Park",Bay City,MI,0,"In parking lot, 200 feet from the river",Bay, ,43.597529,-83.89063,,4,01/25/2017,49ea0a93-b17a-43a3-a60e-8de52a54520b,0,942,1,MHC091956051_1.jpg,Archives of Michigan,Marker Dedication Photo,,417450
-83.890961,43.598106,MHC091987019,L1413C,4,1987,2018,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),"""Ten Hours or No Sawdust"" / ""Ten Hours or No Sawdust""",Bay City's Sawdust Strike,"""Ten Hours or No Sawdust""","""Ten Hours or No Sawdust""","When Bay City’s sawmills opened in 1885, mill owners notified workers that wages would be twelve to twenty-five 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,” represented their demand for a ten-hour workday, higher wages and semimonthly pay. On July 9, 1885, D. C. Blinn, editor of Bay City’s Labor Vindicator and a member of the Knights of Labor, held a rally at Bay City’s Madison Park. After the rally, millhands left by barge for Saginaw, where they closed the mills the next day. The demands of the millhands were rejected, and the sporadic violence that followed led the mayors of Bay City and Saginaw to seek help from the state militia and private detectives..","On July 14, 1885, Governor Russell A. Alger, a wealthy lumberman, came to Bay City to attempt to resolve the strike that had closed Bay City and Saginaw mills. From the steps of the Frazer Hotel, across the street from this site, he spoke to a crowd of millhands, warning against further violence. On July 29, Terence V. Powderly, Grand Master of the Knights of Labor, came to the valley. He urged the millhands to return to work with a ten-hour day and reduced wages. Nevertheless, the strike continued for several weeks, with support from the people of Bay City. The mill owners, however, remained intransigent, and by late September the strikers were defeated. The ten-hour workday went into effect on September 15, 1885, by an act of the state legislature, but wages remained low.
",801 Water Street,Bay City,MI,48708,Wenonah Park - Marker refinished in 2018 - near Center Avenue and Water Street,Bay, ,43.598106,-83.890961,,"Timber Industry,5",05/02/2022,676be007-f81d-4caa-9891-64e8c0851037,0,645,2,"MHC091987019_1.jpg;MHC091987019_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417451
-83.901054,43.597219,MHC091990011,L1779C,2,1990,1990,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church,,Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church,,"During the 1870s, Swedish immigrants arrived in Bay County. By 1880 many Swedes had settled in West Bay City. In October of that year, fifty people organized the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church, affiliated with the Augustana Synod. A year later, a church and parsonage were built here on land donated by lumberman Henry W. Sage. In 1938 the church was renamed Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. The present building was completed in 1956.",,501 South Catherine Street,Bay City,MI,0,SE corner of Thomas St.,Bay,14N05E20SWSE,43.597219,-83.901054,,3,04/27/2022,2b10229c-1e6e-4a2e-8d41-a059bf49b10e,0,1055,3,"MHC091990011_1.jpg;MHC091990011_2.jpg;MHC091990011_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2022",417452
-84.834487,42.563831,MHC232005003,L2154,2,2005,2006,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Lawrence Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church / Lawrence Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,,Lawrence Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,Lawrence Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,"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 Hotel, and in the county courthouse until they built a church on this site in 1859. Enlarged in 1875 to seat 285 people, the building soon became too small for the growing congregation and was replaced with the present church in 1903.","The Charlotte Leader praised this church as “magnificent in proportion, exquisite in decoration and practical in construction” upon its dedication on December 20, 1903. Jackson architect Clare Allen designed the Indiana limestone church as a grand example of the Romanesque Revival style. The art glass windows and decorative interior painting typify late Victorian period design. The congregation restored the church in 1996.",210 E. Lawrence Ave,Charlotte,MI,0,,Eaton,02N04W18SWNW,42.563831,-84.834487,,2,07/09/2019,9293f15c-503f-4da5-a9e0-37b0ffb3f659,0,355,4,"MHC232005003_2.jpg;MHC232005003_3.jpg;MHC232005003_4.jpg;MHC232005003_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","07/16/2017;07/09/2019;02/21/2022;02/21/2022",417453
-84.839395,42.5650890000001,MHC232000007,L2076,2,2000,2000,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Joseph and Mary Hall House,,Joseph and Mary Hall House,,"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 veterinarians Betty Wright Rann and her husband, Richard, who built a clinic at the rear of the house in 1950. Betty Rann was one of the nation’s first female licensed large-animal veterinarians.",,320 West Harris Street,Charlotte,MI,48813,,Eaton,02N05W13NENE,42.565089,-84.839395,,1,05/03/2022,81876b0f-a0c5-4a79-a50a-8cc0b9af3631,0,933,5,"MHC232000007_1.jpg;MHC232000007_3.jpg;MHC232000007_4.jpg;MHC232000007_6.jpg;MHC232000007_5.jpg","Michigan History Center;Michigan History Center","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","07/16/2017;07/16/2017;07/16/2017;02/21/2022;02/21/2022",417454
-83.883931,43.597589,MHC092002024,L2122b,2,2002,2003,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Center Avenue,Center Avenue Neighborhood Historic District,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 in this period lumbermen built lavish residences. After 1900 lumbering declined and the city´s economy diversified. Leaders in the sugar beet, coal, shipbuilding, and other industries built stylish homes that reflected their substantial fortunes. Local architects such as Pratt and Koeppe, Clark and Munger, and Philip Floeter designed many of the buildings. Monumental churches and other public structures, like the Masonic Temple, complement the residences. Center Avenue is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
",,614 Center Avenue,Bay City,MI,0,Two identical markers exist - this marker is L2122b and is near the southwest corner of North Madison Avenue and Center Avenue. The other marker is listed as L2122a - and is located near Center Avenue and Livingston Street.,Bay,,43.597589,-83.883931,,4,05/16/2022,3230ba07-1e39-43ee-b4f6-6329a348068f,0,1972,4,"MHC092002024_1.jpg;MHC092002024_2.jpg;MHC092002024_3.jpg;MHC092002024_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back","08/08/2020;08/08/2020;08/08/2020;08/08/2020",417455
-83.904626,43.601864,MHC091979016,L639A,2,1979,1984,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Sage Public Library,,Sage Public Library,,"Henry W. Sage (1814-1897) founded the village of Wenona (later West Bay City) in 1863. A merchant and philanthropist, he was also a founder of the Sage, McGraw & Company sawmill. In 1881 he donated property, building funds and $10,000 for books to West Bay City for this, its first public library. The structure was built in 1882/83 at a cost of nearly $50,000. Charles Babcock of Cornell University designed the French Chateauesque style building, and the local architectural firm of Pratt & Koeppe superintended the construction. The library was dedicated on January 16, 1884, in a ceremony presided over by Cornell’s Moses Coit Tyler. Michigan Supreme Court judges, congressmen and state officials attended. Offering continuous public library service since 1884, the library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
",,100 E. Midland Street,Bay City,MI,0,East of Wenona Ave.,Bay,14N05E20NWSE,43.601864,-83.904626,,4,08/11/2020,745e9edd-4c3a-47bb-ac98-8bfc2e601660,1980,929,4,"MHC091979016_1.jpg;MHC091979016_2.jpg;MHC091979016_3.jpg;MHC091979016_4.jpg","Charlie Chapman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo","07/16/2016;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417456
-83.897065,43.602037,MHC091995007,L1927C,2,1995,1995,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Midland Street Commercial District / Midland Street Commercial District,,Midland Street Commercial District,Midland Street Commercial District,"The Midland Street Commercial District comprises fifty buildings in a four-block area that was the business hub of West Bay City. Prior to 1830 the area was occupied by Sauk and Chippewa Indians. In response to depleted eastern timberlands resulting from western expansion, New York lumberman Henry Sage and his partner Henry McGraw built a sawmill on the west bank of the Saginaw River in 1863. Wenona, the town that developed around the mill, was incorporated as Bay City in 1877. By 1867 plank roads were built, telegraph lines were installed, the Third Street Bridge was erected, and Wenona had become a terminus for both passenger and freight railroads. Midland Street soon housed the offices of many industries including salt, lumber, fishing and shipbuilding.
","In 1867 Major Newcomb Clark built the first commercial structure on Midland Street in Wenona, later West Bay City. Clark was Wenona’s first village president and became speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1885. The development that followed this initial construction project resulted in a collection of commercial buildings, dating from 1867 to 1929, on what became a major business corridor. Queen Anne, Romanesque, Georgian Revival, Art Deco and Chicago Style buildings reflect architectural trends over a sixty-year period. By 1905 the local lumber industry declined and West Bay City and Bay City incorporated as one municipality. This well-preserved district is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
",880 E. Midland Street,Bay City,MI,48706,Northeast corner of Litchfield Street and E. Midland Street.,Bay,14N05E20SENE,43.602037,-83.897065,,"Timber Industry,5",07/14/2017,410b60b8-fe91-4d36-ac37-0ec82f7e6333,1982,93,4,"MHC091995007_1.jpg;MHC091995007_2.jpg;MHC091995007_3.jpg;MHC091995007_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417457
-83.845571,43.613884,MHC091971001,S356,2,1971,1977,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Beet Sugar Industry,,Beet Sugar Industry,,The first successful beet sugar factory in Michigan was built in 1898 by the Michigan Sugar Company on Woodside Avenue in Essexville. A year later the Bay City Sugar Company built a competing factory across the street. The two plants merged in 1903 with the original plant closing down shortly thereafter. The name of the merged company was Bay City-Michigan Sugar Company which was then shortened to Michigan Sugar Company. It operated continuously until 1929 and closed permanently in 1933. The company´s early success sparked the construction of many other beet sugar plants. All were part of the drive which has made beet sugar vital to Michigan´s economy. The present Monitor Sugar factory is the only beet sugar plant still in operation in Bay County.
,,1107 Woodside Avenue,Essexville,MI,0,On North side,Bay,14N05E14NWSE,43.613884,-83.845571,,4,06/15/2022,4e1ae88d-78c8-4d01-a075-bf5a137cd2ba,0,1266,2,"MHC091971001_1.jpg;MHC091971001_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417458
-83.836401,43.62525,MHC091994009,L1916C,2,1994,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bay City Boating and Fishing Club,,Bay City Boating and Fishing Club,,"In 1894 William Jennison, a yachtsman for fifty years, founded the Bay City Boating and Fishing Club. The first clubhouse, located on the Saginaw River, was moved across the ice to this site around 1902. A larger, stylish building was soon erected. The Saginaw Bay Yacht Club, as it was later known, hosted regattas, national boat races and social activities connected with launches from Bay City´s shipbuilding yards. The present clubhouse opened in 1960.
",,2313 Weadock Hwy,Essexville,MI,0,Entrance to Bay City Yacht Club,Bay,14N05E12SWSW,43.62525,-83.836401,,1,01/25/2017,87e37977-1848-40d5-a613-19a8631a3114,0,173,2,"MHC091994009_1.jpg;MHC091994009_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Back;Marker Photo - Front","07/25/2020;07/25/2020",417459
-83.621979,43.495094,MHC281986030,L1614A,2,1986,1987,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Gilford United Methodist Church,,Gilford United Methodist Church,,"In 1887 a camp meeting led by the Reverend David Arnold resulted in the establishment of the Gilford United Brethren in Christ Church. Henry Shannon and John Cragg had invited Arnold to preach to area settlers. In 1889, Charles and Naomi Phipps donated land for a church building. Church members laid the cornerstone later that year. In 1968, through a merger with the Methodist denomination, the name became the Gilford United Methodist Church.
",,35 North Bradleyville Road,Fairgrove,MI,48736,"North of W. Gilford Road, Gilford",Tuscola,13N07E26SWSW,43.495094,-83.621979,,1,06/15/2022,2ad79ff1-82fb-42a7-b9c4-11644a2168c5,0,115,2,"MHC281986030_1.jpg;MHC281986030_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/01/2020;08/01/2020",417460
-83.67947,43.40856,MHC791977035,L540,2,1977,1977,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Frankenhilf,St. Michael's Lutheran Church,Frankenhilf,,"In 1849 Pastor Ferdinand Sievers of Bay County purchased over fifteen hundred acres of virgin forest here in Tuscola County to establish a colony of immigrants from revolution-torn Germany. A year later two families under the leadership of pastor Herman Kuehn settled in this area. They named their community Frankenhilf, combining Franconia, a district of Bavaria, and hilf meaning assistance. Despite severe hardships, the colony slowly grew and in 1851 organized St. Michael’s Lutheran Church. Vexed by the seemingly odd name of this fertile farm area, postal authorities referred to Frankenhilf as “Richville" which became the village’s official name in 1862. St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, the nucleus of the early colony, still holds worship services in both English and German.
",,3455 South Van Buren Street,Reese,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N07E29SWSW,43.40856,-83.67947,,4,09/13/2017,5a4d5c73-d981-4c83-9737-ab4b264f2128,0,1133,2,"MHC791977035_2.jpg;MHC791977035_1.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","08/01/2020;08/01/2020",417461
-83.580172,43.370728,MHC791965009,L52,2,1965,2022,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Vassar's Logging Era,,Vassar's Logging Era,,"Here on the Cass River, March 1, 1849, four men led by Townsend North and James M. Edmunds found a suitable place to build a dam and start a town, which was named for Edmunds’ uncle, Matthew Vassar, later the founder of Vassar College, New York. The growth of the town for the next thirty years was based on lumbering and its many related industries. Cork pine, the best variety of white pine, grew in abundance along the Cass River and was much in demand. These kings of the forest grew to a height of 150 feet, a diameter of three or four feet. The wood was light, strong, easy to work with. Millions of board feet were marketed all over the world, especially in America’s prairie states. With forests depleted, a diversified economy developed here—agriculture, manufacturing, and commercial business.
",,287 East Huron Avenue,Vassar,MI,0,Intersection of E. Huron Ave. and N. Water St. in front of Vassar Police Department. Marker refinished in 2022 - oringally erected in 1965,Tuscola,11N08E07NWSW,43.370728,-83.580172,,"Timber Industry,4",05/24/2022,900316da-10c5-409f-90d4-64b57c1129ed,0,641,2,"MHC791965009_1.jpg;MHC791965009_2.jpg","Andrea McArthur;Andrea McArthur","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back","05/23/2022;05/23/2022",417462
-83.526002,43.451861,MHC791973019,L247,2,1973,1973,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Watrous General Store,Old Juanita Township Hall,Watrous General Store,,"Aaron Watrous and his crew of loggers came here in 1852 to cut the virgin pine of the Cass River Valley. In 1860 he platted the town, naming it Watrousville, and a few years later constructed this building as a general store. The flagpole in front is thought to have been erected during the 1864 presidential campaign. Watrous died in 1868, and in 1882 the building became the Juniata Township Hall. Since 1972 it has been the museum of the Watrousville-Caro Area Historical Society.",,4607 West Caro Rd,Vassar,MI,0,Located on the southwest corner of West Caro Road and 2nd Street,Tuscola,12N08E16NENE,43.451861,-83.526002,,1,05/26/2022,552bf3b4-0bb5-4676-90bb-4eaa9b846dca,0,513,4,"MHC791973019_3.jpg;MHC791973019_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/01/2020;08/01/2020",417463
-83.525626,43.452113,MHC792014008,L2259,2,2014,2014,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Juniata House,Leonard-McGlone House,Juniata House,,"In 1851, Patrick McGlone (1810-1884) settled near here. Later, he built a one-story building that he named “Juniata House” where he provided lodging and food for travelers, as well as “good Barns” stocked “with hay and grain.” His family served travelers for fourteen years. They sold the house in 1898. Two other families lived there before Eugene Leonard purchased it in 1910. He completed the two-story addition in 1915. In 2002, the Leonard family donated the Greek Revival style house to the Watrousville-Caro Area Historical Society.",,4592 W. Caro Road (M81),Vassar,MI,48723,Located on the northeast corner of West Caro Road and 2nd Street,Tuscola,12N08E09SESE,43.452113,-83.525626,,1,05/26/2022,6f49b7f5-dcab-4a24-8c1e-945ef0fdb864,0,981,3,"MHC792014008_1.jpg;MHC792014008_2.jpg;MHC792014008_3.jpg","Michigan History Center;;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front","07/23/2015;06/04/2011;08/01/2020",417464
-83.520784,43.452183,MHC791987054,L1425C,2,1987,1987,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Watrousville United Methodist Church,,Watrousville United Methodist Church,,"Circuit riders, who traveled through local villages, served the Watrousville United Methodist Church when it was established in 1856. The congregation became known as the Watrousville Charge in 1861. In 1865 the first trustees of the congregation, then called the First Methodist Society of Watrousville, were elected. Construction of the congregation’s first church began in 1871 and was completed in 1873. The church burned on October 31, 1937, and a near replica was built in 1938 on the same site.",,4446 West Caro Rd,Caro,MI,0,,Tuscola,12N08E10SWSW,43.452183,-83.520784,,3,05/26/2022,44b625d0-0382-4530-9806-0e445d3933d4,0,90,2,"MHC791987054_1.jpg;MHC791987054_2.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/01/2020;08/01/2020",417465
-84.10913,43.611542,MHC091990021,L1782A,2,1990,1993,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Pine Grove Cemetery,,Pine Grove Cemetary,,"In 1868 the Williams Township Board of Health authorized a township burial ground and voted to purchase land for that purpose. In 1871 the board purchased five acres previously designated for school purposes from the state of Michigan for twenty dollars. The cemetery contains seventy nineteenth-century graves; the oldest is dated 1871. The center lot of the original plat is the “Soldiers’ Mound,” where Memorial Day services have been held. Many of the township’s pioneers are interred here, but the most unusual monument honors Jess M. Almond, who died in 1908. Almond was a member of the Woodmen of the World; his marker depicts a tree trunk and cut logs.
",,4495 11 Mile Rd.,Auburn,MI,48611,NW corner of 11 Mile & W. North Union Rds.,Bay,14N03E16SESE,43.611542,-84.10913,,4,06/28/2022,2d12ee2e-55a5-42ef-8f90-ed996bf2e3c1,0,1575,2,"MHC091990021_2.jpg;MHC091990021_1.jpg","John Garman;Pine Grove Cemetery","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/08/2020;10/21/2021",417466
-84.247202,43.614044,MHC561985022,L1235A,2,1985,1989,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Midland County Courthouse / Midland County Courthouse,,Midland County Courthouse,Midland County Courthouse,"In 1831 the first white settlers in the area built a fur trading post near this site, called “Little Forks” by the Indians. When Midland County was organized in 1850, 65 people lived here. In 1856, Henry C. Ashmun, the county’s first prosecuting attorney, was authorized to locate a courthouse, and he chose this site. The original courthouse served until 1926. In 1919, Mayor Joseph A. Cavanagh proposed that a new courthouse be built at this site. Voters approved a $225,000 bond issue in 1920 and, in gratitude for the war effort of area servicemen, invited the Midland American Legion to make its home here at the courthouse. Herbert H. Dow, founder of The Dow Chemical Company, provided additional funds and materials. Dr. Dow laid the cornerstone on March 29, 1925. This courthouse was occupied on January 1, 1926.
","Architect Bloodgood Tuttle of Detroit and Cleveland designed this courthouse in rustic Tudor Revival style. A portion of the exterior is magnesite stucco, a building material developed in 1925 by The Dow Chemical Company from Midland’s vast underground brines. Donald Gibb of Dow worked with noted Detroit artist Paul Honoré to develop the new “plastic mosaic” material. Ground glass was used instead of sand and silex in the magnesite stucco to give the murals their unusual color and sparkle. Using a palette knife, Honoré created the layered, three-dimensional exterior murals of life-sized Indians, lumbermen and traders, illustrating the history of Midland County, and the mural in the Circuit Courtroom depicting an Indian Council. All of the exterior building materials are said to have originated in Midland County.
",301 West Main Street,Midland,MI,48640,,Midland,14N02E16SWSW,43.614044,-84.247202,,5,05/26/2020,f82bd4d0-44a2-4267-82b1-bdba40733b53,0,1253,4,"MHC561985022_1.jpg;MHC561985022_2.jpg;MHC561985022_3.jpg;MHC561985022_4.jpg","Charlie Chapman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Other Photo",";08/08/2020;08/08/2020;08/08/2020",417467
-84.252233,43.617639,MHC561988038,L1581A,2,1988,1991,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Upper Bridge,Currie Parkway Bridge,The Upper Bridge,,"When completed in 1908 the Upper Bridge, today known as the Currie Parkway Bridge, replaced its wooden predecessor as the main crossing over the Tittabawassee River. The Joliet Bridge and Iron Company of Illinois constructed the bridge for $7,500. It is a 140-foot-long steel Pratt through-truss bridge. In 1955 the Karl B. Robertson Bridge, built one-quarter mile to the south, succeeded the Upper Bridge as the city’s main river crossing. In order to preserve the Upper Bridge, the city added an independent structural arch in 1988.
",,Currie Parkway on the Tittabawassee River,Midland,MI,48640,,Midland,14N02E17NWSE,43.617639,-84.252233,,1,09/06/2017,b8545b95-328c-4e5b-b201-0f307146395b,0,95,4,"MHC561988038_1.jpg;MHC561988038_2.jpg;MHC561988038_3.jpg;MHC561988038_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo;Other Photo","08/08/2020;08/08/2020;08/08/2020;08/08/2020",417468
-84.384451,43.67304,MHC562002023,S677,2,2002,2002,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Origins of the Salt Industry / State Salt Well No. 1,,Origins of the Salt Industry,State Salt Well No. 1,"Michigan’s early white settlers used salt for preserving fish and other foods, curing meats, and tanning hides as well as for cooking. Prior to statehood, salt was shipped from New York. Recognizing the importance of salt resources, delegates to the May 11, 1835, state constitutional convention provided for state control of salt springs and salt lands in an article submitted to Congress with the constitution. In 1837 when the Michigan legislature met for the first time, it established the state Geological Survey and appointed Douglass Houghton state geologist, a post he held until his death in 1845. Houghton was the first to officially record many of the state’s geological resources, including salt, copper, iron, coal, and gypsum.","Douglass Houghton, Michigan’s first state geologist, considered the salt springs on the Tittabawassee River the best prospect for development because of the quality of dissolved salt. Houghton believed that salt rock existed at a depth of 500 to 700 feet and that boring into the rock would increase the salt content of the spring water. In June 1838 the state began drilling near here, one-half mile below the mouth of the Salt River. Hindered by primitive living conditions, worker illness, and equipment failure, the four-year effort ended when the drill could not penetrate a boulder at 139 feet. This was the first attempt in an industry that placed Michigan as a leading salt producer in the United States.",Maple Street and West Saginaw,Sanford,MI,48657,Sanford Trail Head for the Pere Marquette Rail Trail,Midland,15N01W24NWSW,43.67304,-84.384451,,"Mining Industry,5",09/06/2017,b73298d0-f10d-4b7d-860c-a80430405d01,0,1113,3,"MHC562002023_1.jpg;MHC562002023_2.jpg;MHC562002023_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker","08/08/2020;08/08/2020;08/08/2020",417469
-83.318644,43.054906,MHC442007007,L2196,2,2007,2008,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),The Tuttle House,Columbus Tuttle House,The Tuttle House,,"Lapeer lumberman Columbus Tuttle and his second wife, Linda, had this Queen Anne house built around 1890. Tuttle’s planing mill provided lumber for the county’s earliest homes and businesses. After lumbering declined during the 1880s, Tuttle’s mills produced finished and ornamental wood products. Tuttle’s grand-daughter, noted author Marguerite deAngeli, featured this house in her 1936 children’s book Ted and Nina have a Happy Rainy Day.
",,610 N. Main Street,Lapeer,MI,48446,Corner of State and Main,Lapeer,07N10E05NENW,43.054906,-83.318644,,"Timber Industry,1",06/28/2022,a5968c0a-8c2e-4ef6-93be-e60fc2181637,1985,1525,2,"MHC442007007_1.jpg;MHC442007007_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","08/14/2020;08/14/2020",417470
-83.310723,43.054314,MHC441957035,S175,4,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Lapeer County,Lapeer County Courthouse,Lapeer County,,"Set off by Gov. Cass in 1822, this county took its name from the French La Pierre, a translation of the Indian name for the Flint River. Settlers began to arrive in 1828. The county seat, founded in 1831, was also named Lapeer. Organization of the county government took place in 1835. This courthouse, built in 1839, is the oldest one still in use in Michigan. Farming is the county’s principal economic activity, and it was here that the first local Grange in Michigan was founded in 1872.
",,"Nepessing Street, M-21",Lapeer,MI,48446,Courthouse Square,Lapeer,07N10E05SWNE,43.054314,-83.310723,,1,09/07/2022,885b734e-90cf-4d92-96e0-97150ae23f8a,0,1002,5,"MHC441957035_1.jpg;MHC441957035_2.jpg;MHC441957035_4.jpg;MHC441957035_5.jpg;MHC441957035_6.jpg","Charlie Chapman;Charlie Chapman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back",";;08/14/2020;08/14/2020;08/14/2020",417471
-83.317996,43.051249,MHC441999011,L2069,2,1999,1999,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Lapeer Public Library,,Lapeer Public Library,,"Founded in 1859, the Lapeer Ladies Library Association gathered the community’s first collection of books for lending. The popularity of the collection led the Carnegie Foundation to offer $10,000 to build a public library in 1916. In part through the efforts of Congressman Louis Cramton, a larger Carnegie grant was secured in 1921. The citizens of Lapeer provided the remainder of the funds needed to construct this Georgian Revival building. Designed by the prominent Detroit firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, the library opened in 1923. In 1981 it was renamed to honor Newbery Award winning children’s author and illustrator Marguerite de Angeli who was born in Lapeer in 1889.
",,921 West Nepessing Street,Lapeer,MI,48446,,Lapeer,07N10E05SENW,43.051249,-83.317996,,4,11/28/2022,29cdc464-c455-4366-800f-b381445e6f13,0,1190,3,"MHC441999011_1.jpg;MHC441999011_2.jpg;MHC441999011_3.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Other Photo","08/14/2020;08/14/2020;08/14/2020",417472
-83.013502,42.803936,MHC501987035,L1424C,2,1987,1988,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Village of Romeo,,Village of Romeo,,"Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out the village, which was incorporated in 1838. Named Romeo by Taylor’s wife, Laura, the village became an agricultural and mercantile center. Many of its early settlers were from New England and upstate New York. In 1835 the Romeo Academy was established, and in the 1840s the Romeo Branch of the University of Michigan opened in the village. The many examples of nineteenth-century architecture that remain in the village led Michigan and the federal government to list Romeo as a historic district in 1970.
",,102 Church Street,Romeo,MI,48065,the marker is near the corner of Main and Church Streets. The marker is facing Main Street.,Macomb,05N12E35SESW,42.803936,-83.013502,,4,11/28/2022,c5ec9292-0c93-4672-ba03-22cfc081d5e2,0,222,4,"MHC501987035_1.jpg;MHC501987035_2.jpg;MHC501987035_3.jpg;MHC501987035_4.jpg","Michigan History Center;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back","01/31/2008;08/14/2020;08/14/2020;08/14/2020",417473
-83.039568,42.810286,MHC501981005,L927B,2,1981,1981,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Simpson Park Campground / Simpson Park Campground,,Simpson Park Campground,Simpson Park Campground,"In the early nineteenth century Methodists began holding camp meetings, an outgrowth of their early revivals. Revival services were held during the winter months, and late summer was generally reserved for the district camp meeting. Simpson Park Campground was begun as the Romeo District Summer Camp for the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1865. It is one of the oldest camp meetings in continuous service in Michigan. The Reverend John Russell, district presiding elder, was its founder. (In 1869 he also helped found the Prohibition party.) During the late 1860s families came from over fifty miles away to gather under the foliage for three weeks of almost uninterrupted religious exercises.
","Since the late 1890s Simpson Park Campground has been operated by a private association made up predominantly of United Methodists. In 1907, it was reorganized and the Reverend William G. Nixon was elected its first president. A tabernacle was built and named in his honor in 1910. Many of the children and young people who have attended camp meetings have become preachers and missionaries, as well as camp leaders. Today only ten-day camps are held. The meetings are less rigid than in the 1860s, and social and recreational activities are included. The annual Simpson Park Camp Meeting is held during the first two weeks of August. The original camp of thirteen acres has grown to forty-four acres.
",70199 Campground Road,Romeo,MI,48065,Romeo vicinity,Macomb,05N12E33SENE,42.810286,-83.039568,,5,11/28/2022,331ec6ec-f8eb-4032-ac79-270c4bb954bc,0,245,4,"MHC501981005_1.jpg;MHC501981005_2.jpg;MHC501981005_3.jpg;MHC501981005_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/14/2020;08/14/2020;08/14/2020;08/14/2020",417474
-83.7762826599999,43.32878735,MHC732006032,L2168,4,2006,2009,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Gugel Bridge,,Gugel Bridge,Gugel Bridge,"Built in 1904, this 204-foot-long bridge carried the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike over the Cass River in Bridgeport Township. By around 1919 the pike, which had become the well-traveled Dixie Highway, required a more substantial crossing, and the bridge was replaced and relocated to this site. The bridge closed in 1979. William “Tiny” Zehnder had the structure restored as a pedestrian bridge in 2004. The Gugel Bridge is listed in the National Historic Register of Historic Places.","The Joliet Bridge and Iron Company built at least 25 bridges in Michigan, several of them in Saginaw County. In 1904 the company erected this unusual bridge, which has both a 60-foot pony Pratt truss and a 144-foot Pratt through truss. The bridge originally spanned the Cass River in Bridgeport Township. When it was replaced around 1919, Frankenmuth supervisor and Saginaw County commissioner Christian Gugel moved the bridge to this site at Beyer Road, which lacked a crossing.",Beyer Road,Frankenmuth Township,MI,48734,A foot bridge over the Cass River,Saginaw,11N06E29SENE,43.32878735,-83.77628266,,2,11/28/2022,88c3fca0-cc24-4cd5-9bdb-0fc6bbfc5c87,2000,100,4,"MHC732006032_2.jpg;MHC732006032_1.jpg;MHC732006032_3.jpg;MHC732006032_4.jpg","photo submitted with the application;photo submitted with application;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","03/01/2004;03/01/2004;08/22/2020;08/22/2020",417475
-83.756062,43.329854,MHC731990009,L1729,2,1990,1994,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Frankenmuth / Saint Lorenz Evangelical Lutheran Church,Saint Lorenz Lutheran Church,Frankenmuth,Saint Lorenz Evangelical Lutheran Church,"The settlement of Frankenmuth and the organization of Saint Lorenz Evangelical Lutheran Church occurred simultaneously. Pastor Wilhelm Loehe of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, was inspired to establish a German Lutheran colony by Michigan circuit riders who requested aid in bringing the Gospel of Christ to Saginaw Valley Chippewa Indians. Directed by Loehe in 1845, Pastor August Craemer and fourteen other immigrants began clearing forests in this area south to the Cass River. They built log houses and dedicated a log church on Christmas Day 1846. The second church, a frame structure, was erected in 1852 and enlarged in 1864, serving until the completion of the present church in 1880. The settlers named the “colony” Frankenmuth, by combining the name of their home region, Franconia, with mut, the German word for courage.
","On September 26, 1880, fifteen hundred people gathered to dedicate this monumental Gothic Revival church. Designed by Cleveland, Ohio, architect C. H. Griese, it is the third church built by Frankenmuth’s Evangelical Lutherans. The elevated pulpit dates from 1864, when it was built for the frame church once located across the street. The baptismal font and the stained glass of the narthex, nave, and apse are original. In 1895 Frankenmuth native John Herzog, a master wood carver, was commissioned to design and sculpt the altar in honor of the congregation’s fiftieth anniversary. In 1967 the transepts were built to accommodate the growing congregation.",1030 Tuscola Rd,Frankenmuth,MI,48734,,Saginaw,11N06E27SWNW,43.329854,-83.756062,,5,11/28/2022,7ad7aadd-7cea-4815-a988-855b365423dc,0,878,4,"MHC731990009_1.jpg;MHC731990009_2.jpg;MHC731990009_3.jpg;MHC731990009_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Marker Photo - Back;Site Photo w/Marker;Other Photo","08/22/2020;08/22/2020;08/22/2020;08/22/2020",417476
-83.740718,43.326452,MHC731957036,S170,2,1957,1958,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Michigan's German Settlers,Germans in Michigan,Michigan's German Settlers,,"Fifteen German immigrants from Franconia, Bavaria, led by the Rev. August Craemer, founded Frankenmuth in 1845. They were advised to settle here by the Rev. Frederick Schmid, Lutheran pastor of Ann Arbor’s German colony, founded in the 1820´s. Other German agricultural villages were founded in the Saginaw Valley in the 1840´s and ´50´s. Here, as in many other areas of Michigan, German settlers have contributed greatly to the state’s cultural heritage.
",,Main Street,Frankenmuth,MI,48734,Located in a courtyard just south of Zehnder´s Restaurant,Saginaw,11N06E27NWSE,43.326452,-83.740718,,4,11/28/2022,487187b6-ed39-42b8-bca5-914a48e47c42,0,958,3,"MHC731957036_2.jpg;MHC731957036_3.jpg;MHC731957036_5.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","08/22/2020;08/22/2020;08/22/2020",417477
-86.349998,43.254901,MHC612009021,L2213C,2,2009,2009,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Scenic Drive / Muskegon State Park,,Scenic Drive,Muskegon State Park,"The Muskegon County Road Commission constructed Scenic Drive as a scenic byway for auto tourists traveling the West Michigan Pike (US-31). The curving concrete road, with its shade trees and Lake Michigan vista, provided travelers with a picturesque entry into the resort area at White Lake. In 1926 Governor Fred Green noted the importance of road development and auto tourism to the state´s economy, stating: "while Michigan´s lumber trade at its height brought $70 million annually to the state, the tourist and resort traffic today is worth $250 million annually and growing every day." Scenic Drive extended twenty-three miles. This is its highest point. The Great Depression ended plans to build an extension south to Grand Haven.
","When cutover timberland was slated for sale to a Cleveland foundry for sand mining, Louis Lunsford of the Amazon Knitting Company in Muskegon convinced the county to purchase and protect the site. The county donated the land to the Michigan State Park Commission in 1921, with the understanding that no improvements would be made to the park until a road was built to bring people from Muskegon. In 1926 construction began on a a concrete road that went through the park and was incorporated into Scenic Drive. The Boy Scouts and the Izaak Walton League helped to plant more than twenty thousand pine seedlings in the park. Between 1933 and 1941 the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration made major improvements to the park, constructing buildings, campgrounds, and trails.
",426 N. Scenic Drive,Muskegon,MI,0,Muskegon State Park - near the Blockhouse and parking lot,Muskegon,10N17W17NWSE,43.254901,-86.349998,,5,07/13/2022,0bf3bd5e-15f9-4588-9984-37e26023c033,0,1997,0,,,,,417478
-83.740778,43.326722,MHC732006043,S695,2,2006,2006,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Zehnder´s,Zehnder's of Frankenmuth,Zehnder´s,,"Frankenmuth´s first restaurant, the Exchange Hotel, opened on this site in 1856. In 1900 John Hubinger built the New Exchange Hotel here. William Zehnder, Sr. and his wife, Emilie, acquired the restaurant in 1928. They remodeled the hotel in an early American theme and opened on Mother´s Day 1929, when they served 312 family-style chicken dinners for one dollar each. Using Emilie´s recipes they built the business around the Sunday chicken dinner served seven days a week. Led by William and Emilie´s son Edwin (1920-1998), Zehnder´s became a Michigan institution and one of the state´s most popular tourist destinations, leading to its recognition as one of the nation´s largest independent restaurants. Between 1929 and 2005 more than 26 million people dined at Zehnder´s of Frankenmuth.",,730 South Main Street,Frankenmuth,MI,48734,,Saginaw,11N06E27NWSE,43.326722,-83.740778,,4,11/28/2022,d2f92e4e-6886-4c3a-8219-434311ec0588,0,1742,4,"MHC732006043_1.jpg;MHC732006043_2.jpg;MHC732006043_3.jpg;MHC732006043_4.jpg","unknown;unknown;John Garman;John Garman","Other Photo;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","12/01/2005;12/01/2005;08/22/2020;08/22/2020",417479
-83.964697,43.444133,MHC732000004,S671,2,2000,2000,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Saginaw Oil Industry,Saginaw Oil Field Discovery,Saginaw Oil Industry,,"“Oil men optimistic as first well shot, shows results,” reported the August 29, 1925, edition of the Saginaw News. Michigan’s first oil field had been discovered the previous week at this site, known as Deindorfer Woods. The Saginaw Prospecting Company drilled well “Number One” and discovered oil at a depth of 1,873 feet. The well, initially yielded twenty-three barrels of crude oil per day. The discovery immediately drew the attention of the Standard Oil and the Sun Oil Companies who sent scouts to Saginaw. By the turn of the twenty-first century, Michigan oil and gas exploration and production expanded to sixty-three counties and produced one-fifth of the petroleum energy the state consumed.
",,1800 Weiss Street,Saginaw,MI,48602,at Mershon Street,Saginaw,12N04E14SWNE,43.444133,-83.964697,,4,11/28/2022,711894cc-0762-492e-b8cc-37afe1e2c98b,0,354,3,"MHC732000004_1.jpg;MHC732000004_2.jpg;MHC732000004_4.jpg","John Garman;John Garman;John Garman","Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","08/26/2020;08/26/2020;08/26/2020",417480
-83.954871,43.428481,MHC731997008,L2035,2,1997,2003,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),Bliss Park / Bliss Park,,Bliss Park,Bliss Park,"Aaron T. Bliss, governor of Michigan from 1900 to 1904, donated this parkland to the city of Saginaw in 1903. The Cottage Garden Company of Queens, New York, created an artistic plan that made the park seem larger than its actual size. The completed park featured two small brick buildings, more than 2,800 shrubs, vines, trees, and plants. It had a large heart-shaped flower garden as its centerpiece. Charles Willis Ward, one of the most important carnation horticulturists of the Victorian era oversaw the work. Distinct landscapes define the park area: an open recreation ground, a playing field, a wooded picnic grove, and a ceremonial plaza. The parking area was constructed in the late 1930s as part of a Works Progress Administration project.
","Governor Aaron T. Bliss and his wife, Allaseba, purchased this land and donated it to the city as a park as part of a deal that provided for the establishment of the State Employment Institution for the Blind on a parcel just north of here. Originally a farm, this property served as a popular gathering place and informal recreation ground long before becoming part of the park system. The Blisses believed that the park would beautify and enhance the reputation of Saginaw and draw visitors to the city. Their gift influenced the creation of the Park and Cemetery Commission in 1905 to care for the city’s open spaces. After Aaron Bliss died in 1906, his will established a trust fund for the continued upkeep and beautification of the park for future generations.",1500 North Fayette Street,Saginaw,MI,48602,,Saginaw,12N04E24NWSW,43.428481,-83.954871,,"Governors,5",11/28/2022,1f7d90c8-e0da-481f-9d32-c3145fdb7b79,0,1298,4,"MHC731997008_3.jpg;MHC731997008_2.jpg;MHC731997008_4.jpg;MHC731997008_1.jpg","John Garman;Covenant Healthcare;John Garman;Covenant Healthcare","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Front;Other Photo;Marker Photo - Back","08/26/2020;04/27/2021;08/26/2020;04/27/2021",417481
-86.206714,44.36349,MHC511986048,L1320,2,1986,2022,Post WWII (1945-1970),Manistee Courthouse Fountain / Onekama Memorial Fountain,,Manistee Courthouse Fountain,Onekama Memorial Fountain,"This is one of two cast-iron fountains installed in front of the Manistee County Courthouse in July 1887. Jonathan Moore and William Wilkinson of Brooklyn, New York, created the design. The fountains cost about $500 each. After a fire destroyed the courthouse in 1950, the Portage Lake Garden Club acquired this fountain and moved it to Onekama. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it is one of the few surviving nineteenth-century cast-iron courthouse fountains in Michigan.
","This fountain once stood in front of the Manistee County Courthouse. The Portage Lake Garden Club moved it here to Onekama Village Park in 1950. It was dedicated to the memory of the area’s veterans in 1951. In July 1973 the fountain’s statue of a merman riding on a dolphin disappeared. Seven months later, the county sheriff found the merman on his doorstep, accompanied by a typewritten note that read, “Sorry, this is the only way we [k]new to return it. Thank you.”
",4775 Main Street,Onekama,MI,49675,Onekama Village Park (on M-22/Main Street) - near the fountain,Manistee,23N16W26SESE,44.36349,-86.206714,,2,11/29/2022,c1c1bd5b-5d43-43fe-b70d-93be392786dd,1988,2001,4,"MHC511986048_1.jpg;MHC511986048_4.jpg;MHC511986048_2.jpg;MHC511986048_3.jpg","Wendell Brooks;Wendell Brooks;Wendell Brooks;Wendell Brooks","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","08/25/2022;09/01/2022;08/25/2022;09/01/2022",417482
-83.112653,42.719034,MHC632021002,L2341,2,2021,2022,Post WWII (1945-1970),Green Hill Farm / Elizabeth And Allan Shelden,,Green Hill Farm,Elizabeth And Allan Shelden,"These stone walls and steps, as well as the old tennis courts, are all that remain of Green Hill Farm, the seasonal home of Elizabeth and Allan Shelden II. The Sheldens purchased the farmhouse in 1926. They hired James and Mary Wilcox, a pair of Scottish immigrants, as caretakers. By 1958 the Sheldens had expanded the estate to 846 acres. At the farm, they enjoyed hunting, horseback riding, and other outdoor activities. Allan died of pneumonia in 1935, leaving the estate to Elizabeth. The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA) negotiated with Elizabeth in 1958 to add Green Hill Farm to the new Stony Creek Metropoark. Elizabeth donated 178 acres to the authority and sold it an additional 222 acres. The remaining 444 acres were turned over to HCMA in 1981 after James´s death. HCMA demolished the structures on the farm due to their remote locations.
","In 1915 Elizabeth Warren (1894-1982) married Allan Shelden II (1890-1935). A first lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I, Allan later worked in the banking and real estate. He was a director of the National Bank of Commerce of Detroit and the vice-president of the family´s Shelden Sons Real Estate Company and Shelden Sons Sales Company. Elizabeth, a collector and patron of fine arts, was a board member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Her frequent patronage to the DIA included a large donation in 1978 for the creation of the Elizabeth and Allan Shelden Outdoor Sculpture Garden. The philanthropic legacy of the Sheldens continued after their deaths with the Elizabeth, Allan, and Warren Shelden Fund.
",Golf Course Drive,Oakland Township,MI,48306,Stony Creek Metropark area - Main Park Road to Golf Course Drive - a gravel drive off from Golf Course Drive before the club house parking lot.,Oakland,04N11E36NWSW,42.719034,-83.112653,,5,09/20/2022,5e6044da-b79d-4cd9-98cb-057007cf15dd,0,2002,3,"MHC632021002_2.jpg;MHC632021002_3.jpg;MHC632021002_1.jpg","Anthony Kowalchick;Anthony Kowalchick;Anthony Kowalchick","Marker Dedication Photo;Other Photo;Other Photo","06/21/2022;06/21/2022;",417483
-83.714199,42.54625,MHC472020009,L2339,2,2020,2022,Statehood Era (1815-1860),Warner Homestead,,Warner Homestead,,"Around 1855, Timothy and Lucretia Warner built this Greek Revival farmhouse. Timothy (1819-1900) migrated from Livonia, New York, to Brighton Township in 1837. He was credited with helping organize and name the township later that year. In 1841 he purchased eighty acres at this site for $384. H married Lucretia Jones (1828-1900) around 1847. Timothy co-owned the nearby Woodruff gristmill from 1867 to 1871. By 1873 the Warners had expanded their farm to nearly five hundred acres of land.
","Pioneer farmers Timothy and Lucretia Warner raised their six children on this homestead, which by 2021 had remained in the Warner family for six generations. Archaeological excavation, begun in 2007, has yielded thousands of artifacts that reveal information about the family´s everyday lives. In 2015, Warner family descendants restored the farmhouse to its nineteenth-century appearance. The site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Sesquicentennial Farm.
",4001 Pleasant Valley Road,Brighton,MI,48114,Also referred to as Buno Road,Livingston,02N06E22SESE,42.54625,-83.714199,,2,,3539d80f-7c45-463b-ad33-e14c4468ba08,0,2003,3,"MHC472020009_2.jpg;MHC472020009_3.jpg;MHC472020009_1.jpg","Timothy Bennett;Timothy Bennett;Timothy Bennett","Other Photo;Marker Photo - Front;Site Photo w/Marker","07/25/2017;10/09/2022;10/09/2022",417484
-82.531178,43.268277,MHC762020010,L2330,2,2019,2021,Civil War and After (1860-1875),Cadillac House,,Cadillac House,,"Jeremiah Jenks and John L. Woods built the Cadillac House hotel in the Italianate style in 1860. The business opened on July 4 of that year with great fnfare, including songs from the Lexington Glee Club, a parade, dinner and dancing. The hotel was named for Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac, the founder of Fort Pontchartrain (later Detroit). It inititially housed people staying in Lexington for the fishing and lumber industries. By 1884, Cadillac House was the largest hotel in Lexington. It boasted thirty rooms in 1893.
","When Lexington´s fishing and lumber industries declined near the start of the twentieth century, Cadillac House became a resort hotel. Business thrived in the 1920s, when automobiles and new roads brought more summer vacationers. The hotel portion had closed by the 1960s, but the restaurant served customers until 2016. A historic rehabilitation of the building in 2018 included replicating the nineteenth-century brick chimneys, front porch and cupola. In 2019 the project earned two state historic preservation awards.
",5502 Main Street,Lexington,MI,48450,,Sanilac,10N16E25SESE,43.268277,-82.531178,,2,11/28/2022,723a1b0e-4306-434a-b9a2-c8edf90304c6,2018,2004,2,"MHC762020010_1.jpg;MHC762020010_2.jpg","John Lambrou;John Lambrou","Site Photo w/Marker;Marker Photo - Back","08/17/2022;08/17/2022",417485
-83.166067,42.442029,MHC822021003,S762,2,2021,2022,Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945),Birwood Wall /Eight Mile-Wyoming Neighborhood,,Birwood Wall,Eight Mile-Wyoming Neighborhood,"Constructed in 1941, the Birwood Wall divided the existing Black community in the Eight Mile-Wyoming area from Blackstone Park, a newly built White Subdivision. The wall is a reminder of institutionalized racial segregation in the United States. For example the 1936 Federal Housing Administration underwriting manual stated that artificial barriers could protect a neighborhood´s value from "adverse influences," such as "inharmonious racial groups." Maps provided by the Home Owners´ Loan Corporation labeled Black neighborhoods and other ethnic or low-income communities as "hazardous" for home loans, a process known as redlining. The Reverend Horace White, the first Black member of the Detroit Housing Commission, denounced the wall and led protests against its construction. By the 1950s Black families lived on both sides of the wall.
","After World War I the Great Migration brought thousands of southern Blacks to northern industrial cities including Detroit. Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, the city´s segregated Black neighborhoods, became severely overcrowded. The Detroit Urban League responded by helping settle Black families on land near the edge of the city, one of the few places in Detroit where Blacks could buy and build their own homes in the 1920s. During World War II the city tried to build temporary defense housing in the area. Burniece Avery, the Carver Progressive Club, and the Eight Mile Road Improvement Association persuaded the Federal Housing Administration to limit war housing and, a rarity for the time, offer home loans in the area. Their success reinforced Black homeownership here.
",20233 Birwood Street,Detroit,MI,0,Alfonso Wells Memorial Playground - south of Eight Mile Road - street deadends at the park.,Wayne,01S11E05SENE,42.442029,-83.166067,,"African-American History,5",10/27/2022,9c280ede-1749-4c75-9610-eb22ed86b55b,0,2005,0,,,,,417486
-85.597689,42.294834,MHC392022001,L2348,2,2022,2022,Industry and Invention (1875-1915),French-Allen House,,French-allen House,,"Dorr O. French (1861-1919) built this Queen Anne-style house designed by H. B. Flagler in 1895. It included butternut moldings, stained-glass windows, decorative plasterwork, and a forest-scene mural in the dining room. French operated a law firm, served as justice of the peace, and was a circuit court commissioner in Kalamazoo. Harold B. Allen (1896-1983) bought the house in 1928. Allen worked for the Upjohn Company from 1932 to 1961 and served as finance director and corporate secretary. He held leadership roles in many Kalamazoo service organizations.
",,418 Stuart Avenue,Kalamazoo,MI,49007,,Kalamazoo,02S11W16NWSE,42.294834,-85.597689,,1,,fba3bc28-3eb4-4375-b46e-7e9401e61e1d,0,2006,5,"MHC392022001_2.jpg;MHC392022001_3.jpg;MHC392022001_4.jpg;MHC392022001_5.jpg;MHC392022001_1.jpg",";David Engerer;unknown;David Engerer;David Engerer","Historical Photo;Other Photo;Historical Photo;Other Photo;Site Photo w/Marker","12/01/1928;;;;09/30/2022",417487