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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FR_township-hall_Rochester-MI.html
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 constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28F2_western-knitting-mills_Rochester-MI.html
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 emplo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28EY_the-hammer_Rochester-MI.html
The community's first water-powered sawmill was erected in 1819, just one year after the first land sale. Rochester's favorable industrial climate fostered many other businesses in the years that followed, including the Western Knitting Mills, bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28ER_city-of-rochester-michigan_Rochester-MI.html
On this site 1817-The first house built in Oakland County 1818-The first settler's child born in Oakland County 1823-The first school started in Rochester
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28E4_rollin-sprague-building_Rochester-MI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28E2_the-oak-leaf_Rochester-MI.html
The Oak leaf symbolizes our broader community, Oakland County, of which Rochester was the first settlement. The tall, strong and enduring trees the county was named after dominate the surrounding landscape and played a critical role in supporting …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D1_warming-house-renovation_Rochester-MI.html
Roy was born in a corner house on Woodward and Pine Street in Rochester to Frank and Martha Rewold. Raised on Ludlow Street, Avon Park became Roy's backyard; swimming in the creek in the summer and skating on the pond in the winter. Beginning i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM230C_memorial-marker_Southfield-MI.html
So that all citizens of the City of Southfield will remember, this plaque is placed in memory of Mary Thompson, for her unselfish dedicated service to this community, for her decision to sell the land to the city where now stands our most beautifu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22YF_mary-thompson-house_Southfield-MI.html
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 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22XB_mary-thompson-farm_Southfield-MI.html
The land upon which you stand was generously donated by a very remarkable woman, Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson. Her great-grandparents and grandparents were pioneer settlers of Southfield Township. During a time when it was rare for a woman to rece…
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