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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HN_north-lake-methodist-church_Chelsea-MI.html
The Reverend Charles Glenn organized the first Methodist class here in 1836, and for the next ten years the group met in the home of his brother, John. In 1846 the brothers presented the congregation with a building which served as both church and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10MY_first-congregational-church_Chelsea-MI.html
Vermont Congregationalists organized a church in Sylvan Township in 1849. In 1852 the built the first church in the village, here on land donated by Chelsea founder Elisha Congdon. When that building burned in 1894, John Foster of Chelsea built th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10MG_the-welfare-building_Chelsea-MI.html
The Welfare Building was constructed in 1906 as a recreation facility for the workers of the Glazier Stove Company. It featured a swimming pool, a billiard hall, a basketball court, a theatre and a reading room. Chelsea native Frank P. Glazier, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ME_chelsea-chelsea-depot_Chelsea-MI.html
(side 1)ChelseaIn the 1830s the Congdon brothers, Elisha and James, settled the land where Chelsea is located. In 1848 they offered the Michigan Central Railroad a free site on which to build a station. The first and succeeding structures were fre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHR1_oak-grove-cemetery-civil-war-memorial_Chelsea-MI.html
(North Face):Erected underthe auspices ofWoman's ReliefCorps No. 210,assisted byR.P. CarpenterPost No. 41,and PatrioticCitizens
1861 to 1865(West Face):R.P. Carpenter Post No 41
To the memoryofour noble deadwho freely gave theirlives that ou…