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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZW_henry-ford-birthplace_Dearborn-MI.html
At this intersection stood the home in which Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. The farm house was owned by Ford's parents, William and Mary Ford, and in 1944 it was moved to Greenfield Village. In a space of less than ten years at the beginnin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQE_wallaceville-school_Dearborn-Heights-MI.html
Constructed in 1824 as a church, the original log building on this site was the first school in Bucklin (later Dearborn) Township. In 1829 the building became a public school. When John B. Wallace donated the land and building to the school distri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLPS_dr-samuel-pierce-duffield_Dearborn-MI.html
1833-1916 - Physician - Chemist - Pharmacist - One of the founders of Parke, Davis & Company, Dr. Duffield's stately residence was located about one-half mile west from this marker. About 100 feet further west was located his laboratory where he p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLPQ_the-ten-eyck-tavern_Dearborn-MI.html
Conrad Ten Eyck (1782-1847) built a famous tavern in 1826 about 300 feet west of this marker—the first resting place of travelers, one day's trip west of Detroit. It stood on the River Rouge at a point where the Chicago Road forked. The nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLPP_bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Detroit-MI.html
In 1839 a group of black Detroit citizens formed the Colored Methodist Society, which became the core of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The group held meetings in a hall which was donated by the Detroit Common Council. The Society …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLOM_the-royal-oak_Royal-Oak-MI.html
Near this spot stood the oak tree named by General Cass "The Royal Oak" from which Royal Oak Township received its name.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMJ_the-will-carleton-poor-house_Hillsdale-MI.html
This stone building is a part of the poorhouse that inspired Will Carleton's well-known poem "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJR_college-baptist-church_Hillsdale-MI.html
This church was incorporated as the First Free Will Baptist Church on November 24, 1855. The congregation met at the Hillsdale College Chapel until the present church was constructed in 1867-68. This Romanesque building was designed by a Chicago a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJ2_father-gabriel-richard_Jonesville-MI.html
PriestEducator-StatesmanSecured funds in 1825 through the United States Congress for the survey of the Great Sauk Trailnow U.S. Highway 112 thus opening this artery of civilization into the west
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLIE_grace-episcopal-church_Jonesville-MI.html
William N. Lyster, Irish-born missionary, preached in Jonesville in 1836, and Darius Barker organized the parish in 1838. A church featuring Classical and Gothic styling was begun in 1844 and consecrated by Bishop Samuel McCoskry in 1848. Panellin…