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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SE_southfield-centre_Southfield-MI.html
The Territorial Road (present-day 10-1/2 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 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22RA_congregation-shaarey-zedek_Southfield-MI.html
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 erect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22N7_lakeville-auxiliary-hall_Leonard-MI.html
Constructed c. 1851
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22LT_the-flumerfelt-barn_Oakland-charter-Township-MI.html
This post-and-beam barn, originally located at Kern and Gunn Roads and owned for 49 years by the Flumerfelt family, was signed in 1879. Interior boards bear this date and signature. Later, it was part of the Peters farm and Kern Nursery. In early …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22LS_lakeville-cemetery_Leonard-MI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2215_ortonville-methodist-episcopal-church_Brandon-Township-MI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QG_the-crows-nest_Ferndale-MI.html
A Ferndale landmark, the Crow's Nest served as an early traffic signal at this intersection of Nine Mile and Woodward Avenue. The structure was created to hold policemen high above heavy traffic to direct traffic in a safe environment. The Crow's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QF_deputy-albert-anderson_Ferndale-MI.html
Shortly after midnight on August 12, 1917, Oakland County Deputy Sheriff Albert Anderson arrived at Nine Mile Road and Woodward Avenue on the interurban railway car. After disembarking, he noticed a suspicious man in front of a nearby business. De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21QE_the-inter-urban-railcar-detroit-united-railway_Ferndale-MI.html
First incorporated in 1917, Ferndale's early development as a streetcar suburb of Detroit resulted in Ferndale having a small downtown and traditional high density development patterns. The streetcar system, with its fond memories, served Ferndale…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21OZ_from-a-whisper-to-a-rallying-cry_Ferndale-MI.html
"It's not fair." These were the last anguished words whispered by Vincent Chin as he lay dying, the victim of a hate crime on June 19, 1982. His words became a rallying cry for the Asian American community outraged at the lenient sentences his ass…