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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDR_central-united-methodist-church_Detroit-MI.html
Lewis Cass, governor of the Territory of Michigan, approved a constitution for the First Methodist Episcopal Society May 17, 1822. This church, a direct successor, was designed by Gordon W. Lloyd. It was completed in 1867 by the combined efforts o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDD_chicago-road_Detroit-MI.html
The Great Sauk Trail, the most important Indian trail in the Great Lakes region, was used later by French explorers, fur traders, missionaries and soldiers. After the 1760s the trail became a major road for British and American travelers. In the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDB_mariners-church_Detroit-MI.html
In 1842, according to the will of Julia Ann Anderson, Mariners' Church was organized to serve the spiritual needs of Great Lakes seamen. Anderson had come to Detroit in 1818 with her husband, John, a brevet lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Topogra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDA_u-s-topographical-engineers_Detroit-MI.html
When Michigan became a state in 1837, the Detroit office of the U.S. Topographical Engineers was headquartered on this site. The topographical engineers helped transform Michigan from a wilderness into a prosperous state. They also played a vital …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCP_veterans-memorial-building_Detroit-MI.html
The Veterans Memorial Building, completed in 1950, stands as a monument to those Detroiters who gave their lives and services in war for our country. It was the first of the civic center's buildings to be erected. The soaring carved marble eagle a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCO_state-savings-bank_Detroit-MI.html
Completed in 1900, this is Michigan's preeminent example of design by the internationally renowned architects, McKim, Mead and White of New York. The three-story Neoclassical structure features a white marble exterior with bronze window units. Amo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCN_twenty-fourth-michigan-volunteer-infantry-regiment_Detroit-MI.html
Events on Detroit's Campus Martius spurred the patriotic citizenry to raise a special regiment from this area and so the 24th Michigan Infantry mustered into U.S. service on August 15, 1862, numbering 1,030 men. The "24th" was also known as, "The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCM_germantown_Detroit-MI.html
Fleeing political unrest in their homeland, Germans began arriving in Detroit during the 1830s. Lured by state of Michigan recruiting pamphlets, German musicians, teachers and professionals joined increasing numbers of immigrants in Detroit. By 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCL_the-harmonie-club_Detroit-MI.html
Detroit's oldest musical association, the Harmonie Society, was founded in 1849 by German immigrants who wished to meet and sing Lieder (German art songs). The society's first building, Harmonie Hall, was constructed in 1874 at the corner of Lafay…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRL5_finney-barn_Detroit-MI.html
Seymour Finney conducted one of the principal passenger depots of the underground railroad in the Detroit area. Finney, a tailor by trade, later became a hotel-keeper, and it was in this capacity that he assisted fugitive slaves in the era prior t…