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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV5_fort-street-presbyterian-church_Detroit-MI.html
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 Gothic Revival style. Renamed in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PL5_james-a-bailey_Detroit-MI.html
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 & Bailey Shows which tou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PHA_ford-building_Detroit-MI.html
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 fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAP_omega-psi-phi_Detroit-MI.html
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 lette…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAO_lewis-college-of-business_Detroit-MI.html
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 est…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAN_detroit-association-of-womens-clubs_Detroit-MI.html
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 73 clubs and 3,000 members. Affiliated with the Michigan and National Associations of Colo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAM_scarab-club_Detroit-MI.html
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 clubs …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAL_robert-pauli-scherer_Detroit-MI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAK_david-whitney-jr-residence_Detroit-MI.html
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 wea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAJ_first-unitarian-universalist-church_Detroit-MI.html
Perry W. McAdow and his wife Clara built this elaborate 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 …
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