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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VMH_a-ford-village-industry-historical_Canton-MI.html
At Cherry Hill Village, Henry Ford did something different.
In front of you, at the southwest corner of Cherry Hill and Ridge Roads, was one of his "village industries," small factory sites which produced Ford parts with special local workers. St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLY_cherry-hill-inn-historical_Canton-MI.html
This beautiful Italianate-style Inn
was built by Abner Hitchcock in 1866 on speculation that a railroad spur would come through Cherry Hill and travelers would need a place to stay. The railroad never came, and Hitchcock lost the building to cred…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLU_cherry-hill-united-methodist-church-historical_Canton-MI.html
When this pioneer church was organized in 1834, it was one of ten served by circuit rider Marcus Swift of the Detroit Methodist Conference. In 1848, its members raised $600 to build their first church, which served the community for thirty-four ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLT_cherry-hill-school-historical_Canton-MI.html
In 1876 this Italianate schoolhouse replaced a log school, built in 1836 and known officially as Canton Fractional No. 1 School. In 1944, Henry Ford, who operated a small factory in Cherry Hill, paid for an addition to this building, as well as fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VHP_henry-fords-honeymoon-house-historical_Garden-City-MI.html
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Henry Ford and Clara Bryant were married on April 11, 1888. Soon afterwards, construction of this house, known as both the Honeymoon House and the Square House, began in Dearborn. Ford built the one-bedroom house himself using timber cut a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VDM_shipbuilding-traditions-historical_Detroit-MI.html
Long before cars were built along the lower Rouge River
in Dearborn, the site was home to shipbuilding. Early 1700s French settlers established a small shipyard on the Rouge River at Baby Creek. The British later used the same site to build armed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCP_newburg-methodist-church-historical_Livonia-MI.html
By 1834 there were two religious societies in Newburg, one Methodist and one Congregational. The Methodist society was part of the Plymouth Circuit and served by itinerant ministers. The Reverend Marcus Swift was the first pastor. A strident anti-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCO_newburgh-cemetery-historical_Livonia-MI.html
An organization, later known as the Newburgh Union Cemetery Society, was formed on Nov. 23, 1832, to establish and maintain this cemetery, the first in the present city of Livonia. One grave, that of Salmon Kingsley, a veteran of the American Revo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V6G_nature-vs-nurture-historical_Dearborn-MI.html
In 1926, a 2.5-acre rose garden was designed for this meadow, with the help of landscape architect Herbert Kellaway and rosarian Harriet Foote. Once completed, the garden contained approximately 10,000 rose plants of 400 varieties and cost more th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V5S_french-landing-dam-and-powerhouse-historical_Van-Buren-Charter-Township-MI.html
In 1910 the Eastern Michigan Edison Company, now the Detroit Edison Company, purchased most of the Van Buren Township land along the Huron River for a hydroelectric plant. The French Landing powerhouse and dam were completed in 1924-25. The dam, t…