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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YSQ_heeney-sundquist-funeral-home-inc_Farmington-MI.html
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Heeney-Sundquist Funeral Home, Inc., founded in 1850, for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contributing to the ec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTX_travel-through-time-on-farmingtons-grand-river-avenue_Farmington-MI.html
Long before our everyday journeys, people traveled along this important road. This was once the Grand River Trail, a pathway Native Americans followed across Michigan before European settlement. Farmington founder Arthur Power came here along this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTB_methodist-episcopal-church_Farmington-MI.html
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 architects and church members Wells Butterfield and his daughter Emily Butter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LPA_the-potawatomi-indians-of-farmington_Farmington-MI.html
The Potawatomi, the Algonquin-speaking tribe most closely associated with this region, were often more friendly to the French and British than to the Americans. Religious and unwarlike, they had no permanent village here as they considered Farming…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LP9_oakwood-cemetery_Farmington-MI.html
This peaceful area of natural beauty was donated by Arthur Power, Farmington founder, from his original holdings for use as a non-denominational cemetery. The first person to die in Farmington was a Mr. Green, the village cobbler, who was interred…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LN5_first-quaker-meeting_Farmington-MI.html
In the 1820's, 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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMS_farmington-masonic-temple-and-farmington-township-hall_Farmington-MI.html
The building was constructed in 1876 by the Township of Farmington and the Farmington Masonic Lodge No. 151. The Township government occupied the first floor of the building until 1963 when a new Township facility was constructed. The Masonic Lodg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMR_farmingtons-first-post-office_Farmington-MI.html
The original house was built on this site in 1825 for Dr. Ezekiel Webb, Farmington's first physician. Dr. Webb was appointed as Farmington's first postmaster in 1826. This house served as a Post Office, physician's office and as a residence for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMN_the-village-center_Farmington-MI.html
Two Indian Trails crossed at this point: the Orchard Lake Trail running north and south, and the Shiawassee Trail running east and west. In 1824, a Quaker settlement began to develop around this point. In the 1850's, the settlement expanded southw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKP_city-of-farmington_Farmington-MI.html
Buildings and sites of historic interest
1. First Post Office, 1825 (23925 Farmington Road)
2. Approximate site of first school, 1826
3. Site of first saw mill, 1826
4. Oldest frame house in Farmington, 1824
5. Site of first tavern, 1834
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