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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SB3_1840-grindstone-from-fenton-mills_Fenton-MI.html
The flouring mill produced 120 barrels of flour a day. It stood on the site where the Fenton City Hall is now.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SB0_1834-clark-dibble-settlement_Fenton-MI.html
This is where it all began—the site on which the first settler, Clark Dibble, built a small home and mill dam, naming the town "Dibbleville".
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SAP_fenton-united-methodist-church_Fenton-MI.html
In March 1837 the Reverend Washington Jackson formed a Methodist congregation in Dibbleville (present-day Fenton) at the home of Levi Warren. Warren donated land and the first church was built in 1853. Its brick walls collapsed during the construc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SAO_fenton-house_Fenton-MI.html
Constructed soon after the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad reached town in 1855, this hotel has been a favorite resting and dining spot for over a century. It was said in 1883 that the guests were "entertained in a style unsurpassed in many large c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SA4_1837-riggs-hotel_Fenton-MI.html
1837-Riggs Hotel
1900-A.J. Phillips Private Office
1906-A.J. Phillips Library
1987-A.J. Phillips Fenton Museum
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SA0_1889-a-j-phillips-work-office_Fenton-MI.html
Initially producing wood products, Mr. Phillips invented the sliding window screen. The demand prompted a huge factory complex covering 12 acres.
1913-The factory was sold to Henry C. Koppin to hand assemble the "Fenton Cyclecar".
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S9Y_1838-judge-daniel-leroys-law-office_Fenton-MI.html
Judge LeRoy was the first Attorney General for the State of Michigan.
Upper Level
1868-Fenton Independent newspaper
1869-Ladies Literary & Library Association
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S9X_dibbleville-business-district-ii_Fenton-MI.html
"The Andrews Block" built by Clark Andrews in 1867
1869-Booth & Boutell Books & Watches
1869-Anderson's Mens Clothes
1872-Johnson's Crockery & Millinery
1869-Adams Hardware & Stoves
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S9V_saint-judes-episcopal-church_Fenton-MI.html
On May 3, 1858, the Reverend Henry Banwell held Fenton's first Episcopal service for the Ladies Mite Society. The society formally organized as Saint Jude's Episcopal Church on July 18, 1859. In 1860 members built their first church on this site, …