Building Clarkston History

Building Clarkston History (HM2DCL)

Location: Clarkston, MI 48346 Oakland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 44.304', W 83° 25.144'

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at 90 North Main

It has been a building of many uses for many people.
It was built as Clarkston High School in 1910 and students learned and played here until 1930. In recent years, it was a community center and the Independence Township Hall. But in 1940 the property was bought by Henry Ford to manufacture parts for military and other vehicles during World War II. Ford added a power plant with a smokestack at the back, creating steam power with water from Parke Lake behind the building. Local workers here made vehicle straps and seat cushions.
You Auto Know
At his factories, Henry Ford always enclosed the power generators with windows so they could be easily seen

photograph captions:
· Students on Arbor Day, outside the Union School, an earlier wooden school building at this site, about 1900.
· Machinery inside the power plant, with view to back of main building, early 1940s.
· The power plant building, originally built by Ford. The chimney is now home to a large flock of chimney swifts.
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HM NumberHM2DCL
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Date Added Monday, January 7th, 2019 at 1:03pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 301986 N 4734602
Decimal Degrees42.73840000, -83.41906667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 44.304', W 83° 25.144'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 44' 18.24" N, 83° 25' 8.6399999999999" W
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Area Code(s)248, 947
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 90 N Main St, Clarkston MI 48346, US
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