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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/HM1L9X_charles-lang-freer-house-merrill-palmer-institute_Detroit-MI.html
Charles Lang Freer House
Detroit industrialist Charles Lang Freer prospered primarily as a railroad car manufacturer. This house, considered Michigan's finest example of the Shingle Style, was designed by Wilson Eyre Jr. of Philadelphia and built…