Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House

Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House (HMM13)

Location: Royal Oak, MI 48073 Oakland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 31.012', W 83° 9.898'

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Saginaw Trail
The Saginaw Trail, running from Detroit to Saginaw through Pontiac and Flint, was originally an Indian trail. In 1816 Michigan territorial government authorized the building of a road from Detroit to Saginaw along the trail. Part of the trail in Oakland County is now Woodward Avenue and Dixie Highway. Evidence of the original Saginaw Trail's path through Royal Oak is still visible as a Depression in the ground running northwesterly across the property adjacent to the John Almon Starr House.

John Almon Starr House
John Almon Starr (1828-1895) and his wife, Nancy Quick (1831-1895), built this house in 1868 from bricks fired in Almon's tile factory. Almon and his parents had emigrated to Michigan from Richmond, New York, in 1831, the same year Nancy was born in Royal Oak Township. Almon and his father, Orson Starr, manufactured animal bells until 1866, when Almon started his brick yard and tile works at this location, later known as Starr Corners. The house was occupied by the Starr family until 1967.
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HM NumberHMM13
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Marker NumberS164
Year Placed1988
Placed ByBureau of History, Michigan Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 26th, 2014 at 11:18pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 322157 N 4709437
Decimal Degrees42.51686667, -83.16496667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 31.012', W 83° 9.898'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 31' 0.72" N, 83° 9' 53.88" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)248, 313
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3123 Crooks Rd, Royal Oak MI 48073, US
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