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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XA5_detroit-united-railway-and-car-barn-historical_Rochester-MI.html
An interurban railway was brought to town by the Detroit, Rochester, Romeo, and Lake Orion Railway (DRR&LO) in 1899.
Its powerhouse, located next to Paint Creek, used steam generators to produce electrical power for the entire Flint Division (fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W7U_meadow-brook-hall-historical_Rochester-Hills-MI.html
Home of Alfred G. and Matilda Dodge Wilson (widow of John Dodge), this Tudor style mansion was built in 1926-29. William E. Kapp of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls designed the Hall, incorporating details from famous homes of England. Mr. and Mrs. Wils…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W7T_meadow-brook-hall-historical_Rochester-MI.html
This site possesses national significance as an exceptional example of the American Country Estate movement of the early Twentieth Century. The centerpiece, a monumental 110-room residence, is the largest and most impressive example of Tudor Reviv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCG_commerce-united-methodist-congregation-historical_Commerce-Charter-Township-MI.html
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A Methodist Episcopal class, which later became a church society, was organized in Commerce in 1838. For many years, it was part of the Farmington Circuit. The Reverend Daniel C. Jacokes was the church's first circuit minister. Religious m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCF_commerce-roller-mill-historical_Commerce-Charter-Township-MI.html
The Commerce Roller Mill, built in 1837 by Amasa Andrews and Joseph and Asa Farr, harnessed the water power of the Huron River. It served the farm communities of western Oakland County for ninety years, closing in 1927. The mill's owners included …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCE_commerce-village-burying-ground-historical_Commerce-Charter-Township-MI.html
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Commerce Township's first burial ground was laid out on the Bela Armstrong farm (then owned by his widow) in 1834. Most of the burials were relocated here in 1837 when the Baptist Church of Commerce platted the Baptist Burying Ground on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VC9_haven-hill-farm-historical_White-Lake-charter-Township-MI.html
An expression of deep respect for the land,
this complex was called the Farm Group Buildings. Edsel Ford learned from his father Henry Ford who wrote in 1932 that "with one foot in industry and another foot in the land, human society is firmly ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VC6_haven-hill-carriage-house-historical_White-Lake-charter-Township-MI.html
It was a garage and a playhouse.
The Carriage House was planned to be the chauffeur's home and to shelter Ford family vehicles. But the chauffeur moved into the Lodge, and the Carriage House became a playhouse for the Ford children — Henry …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VBK_haven-hill-lodge-historical_White-Lake-charter-Township-MI.html
It was an expression of new wealth and mobility
created by the early automobile industry. Twenty years after his father founded Ford Motor Company in 1903, Edsel Ford began buying the hilly property that became his family's rural retreat at Have…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VAU_edsel-fords-leadership-historical_White-Lake-charter-Township-MI.html
He was a man of vision and achievement,
and he called Haven Hill his "nerve retreat," his restful refuge. The only child of Henry and Clara Ford, Edsel Ford was born in 1893 and became the youngest president of Ford Motor Company in 1919. Despite…