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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A43_st-pauls-episcopal-church_Flint-MI.html
The Reverend Daniel Brown came to this area in 1839 to help form a new Episcopal parish. He became the first rector of St. Paul's in 1840 when it received canonical sanction. The congregation met in a temporary chapel and then in a small church be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3V_genesee-county-courthouse_Flint-MI.html
Genesee County was organized on March 8, 1836. The previous year the territorial legislature had stipulated that the county seat would be located on the west side of the Saginaw Turnpike "on lands recently deeded by John Todd and wife" t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V2_the-country-school_Otisville-MI.html
When you lived in a rural area say before 1950, in most parts of the US, you didn't hop on the school bus and ride miles to your local town school. At first, in the early years your family had horses and a wagon to get around. Then later you had a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V1_otisville-high-school_Otisville-MI.html
The brick monument before you, came from the Otisville High School, built in 1920 and opened in 1921. It was located in town at the corner of Grove St. and Center St. (formerly State St. M-15). It originally housed grades kindergarten through 12th…
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".