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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22U0_southfield-town-hall_Southfield-MI.html
The Southfield Town Hall was built between 1872 and 1873 to house the government of Southfield Centre, also known at the Burgh. The hall was the site of elections, public meetings and social events. Township officials continued to conduct business…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TS_southfield-center_Southfield-MI.html
and Southfield Burgh. At the intersection of 10-1/2 mile road and Berg Road there existed a business and residential center during much of the nineteenth century. It was the first important community center in what is now the City of Southfield. D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TR_southfield-township-volunteer-fire-department_Southfield-MI.html
This hall was built in 1942 for the Southfield Township Volunteer Fire Department. It served as hall, office and sleeping quarters for the two engineers, Charles Hooper, Sr. and Paul Ignash who worked twenty four hours on and twenty four hours off…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TC_historical-site_Southfield-MI.html
On this site in 1856, this little white frame building was erected by members and friends of the Southfield Methodist Episcopal Church. The building and horse sheds suffered severe damage by a tornado in 1925. In 1941 the Gleaner Society raised mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SE_southfield-centre_Southfield-MI.html
The Territorial Road (present-day 10-1/2 Mile Road) east of the Rouge River was Southfield Township's economic hub during the mid-nineteenth century. In 1831 Archibald Green, one of the township's earliest settlers, opened a blacksmith shop. In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22RA_congregation-shaarey-zedek_Southfield-MI.html
In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, seventeen followers of Traditional Judaism withdrew from the Beth El Society in Detroit to found the "Shaarey Zedek Society." In 1877 the membership constructed the first building in Michigan to be erect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4H_lawrence-institute-of-technology_Southfield-MI.html
Lawrence Tech was chartered in 1932 by the Lawrence brothers, Russell E. and E. George. The college was located in Highland Park on Woodward Avenue until 1955, when the first building opened on this campus. Lawrence Tech, founded as an undergradua…