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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAI_first-congregational-church-of-detroit_Detroit-MI.html
In 1801, David Bacon and his wife Alice made the first attempt to establish Congregationalism in Detroit. Sent by a Connecticut Congregational society, the Bacons failed in their efforts to build a mission. It was not until 1844 that the First Con…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6W_hilberry-theatre_Detroit-MI.html
This structure was completed in 1917 for the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Field, Hinchman and Smith - predecessor to the architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls - designed it in a Classical Roman Ionic style. In 1961 Wayne State Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L53_thompson-home_Detroit-MI.html
This Victorian structure was completed in 1884. It was named for wealthy Detroit businessman David Thompson. In his will Thompson instructed his wife Mary to use part of his estate to found a charitable institution. She commissioned George DeWitt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L2H_wayne-state-university_Detroit-MI.html
Here in the Central High building completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College, from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other colleges, some begun here and some bearing notable histories in other parts of the city…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L2G_mackenzie-house_Detroit-MI.html
This 1895 Queen Anne style house, designed by Malcolmson & Higginbotham, was the home of David Mackenzie. Educator, scholar, and humanitarian, Mackenzie fostered higher education for Detroit students. While principal of Central High School, then h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2A_st-albertus-church_Detroit-MI.html
Polish immigrants arrived in Detroit as early as the 1850s, but not until the Reverend Simon Wieczorek founded St. Albertus Roman Catholic Parish in 1872, did their community have a center. In 1885 the present Gothic Revival building replaced the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDV_spirit-of-detroit_Detroit-MI.html
The inscription on the symbol wall is from II Corinthians, 3:17 "Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
The sculpture by Marshall Fredericks was designed to continue the thought conveyed by the inscr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDU_henry-the-hatter_Detroit-MI.html
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Henry the Hatter. Founded in 1893, for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contributing to the economic growth and v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDT_edwin-denby-enlistment_Detroit-MI.html
Edwin DenbyEnlisted on this spot26 April 1917As Private, U.S.M.C.