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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V6E_museum-church-historical_Port-Sanilac-MI.html
The Museum Church was moved here in 2005 from Forestville. Built in the late 1800's, our Museum Church served as a store, a meat market and a tavern before becoming a German Church in 1921.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V5U_platts-general-store-historical_Port-Sanilac-MI.html
This turn-of-the-century mercantile features shelves filled with household items that would have been found in a store of this era. The postal unit is from Argyle, Michigan, and was originally established in 1876.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V5N_anchor-historical_Port-Sanilac-MI.html
The Williams was lost in 1863 while carrying a cargo of coal. One of the earliest shipwrecks in the area, she lies in 84 feet of water. The wreck was discovered in 1957 when a commercial fisherman's nets became entangled on an obstruction in the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OH4_croswells-swinging-bridge_Croswell-MI.html
This suspension footbridge over the Black River was built in 1905 using cables provided by Michigan Sugar Company. It was constructed to provide convenient access to the popular River Bend Park from the east and as a more direct route for workers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGB_patrick-j-tierney_Lexington-MI.html
He walked our streets as an old captain patrols the deck of his ship-with a weathered affection and an iron sense of responsibility. His compassion and wit were legend. His belief in community inspired us all. No captain ever gave more of himself,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4H_loop-harrison-house_Port-Sanilac-MI.html
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 gradu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O3O_masonic-and-town-hall_Port-Sanilac-MI.html
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 wall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O37_trinity-church_Croswell-MI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O22_sanilac-county-sesquicentennial-celebration_Lexington-MI.html
The first white settlers came to Lexington in 1834 so it was appropriate that the village was the center of the Sesquicentennial Celebration honoring Sanilac County July 4-8th, 1984.
A spectacular parade and fireworks commemorated the Fourth, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRLK_trinity-church_Lexington-MI.html
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 Chur…