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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BOA_peche-island-rear-range-light_Marine-City-MI.html
This range light was originally located in American Waters, east of the mouth of the Detroit River, just north of the international border and north east of PĂȘche Island, Ontario, Canada It was brought to Marine City in 1982 through the combin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BNG_marine-city_Marine-City-MI.html
Built in 1884 at a cost of $12,300, this edifice has served continuously as the seat of local government. Marine City was incorporated as the village of Marine in 1865. It became Marine City in 1867. The first village president was David Lester, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BNF_heritage-square-historic-district_Marine-City-MI.html
City Hall of Marine City was built in 1884 designed by the firm of George Dewitt Mason and Zachariah Rice, Detroit. Mason, principal designer, chose to reflect a style popularized by the Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson and now known as Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BN7_presque-isle-county-courthouse_Rogers-City-MI.html
Presque Isle County was organized in 1871. The County's original courthouse was built on this site in 1872. The property was donated to the County by William Rogers, namesake of Rogers City. The community's first cemetery and a tennis court also o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BN6_frederick-denny-larke-general-store_Rogers-City-MI.html
This building was constructed in 1878 for Frederick Denny Larke and his wife Augusta. Larke was one of the founders of Rogers City, and an unparalleled advocate of community development. Originally a general store, it was converted to a drug store…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BN5_presque-isle-county-bank_Rogers-City-MI.html
The center portion of this building, with its gabled roof, was built in 1899 for Charles Osgood, proprietor of the first bank in the county—the Presque Isle County Bank. The original building is shown in this 1907 photo. Charles Osgood is on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM1_steam-engines-a-brief-history_Richmond-MI.html
Horse drawn steam fire engines first appeared in the United States in the early 1850's. The steamers pumped 500 to 1,000 gallons of water per minute. They weighed as much as ten tons using three horses to pull them. Along with the steamers came…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM0_john-donley-farm_Richmond-MI.html
During the Irish potato famine in the 1840s, a million people fled their homeland. Most came to America. Among them was 22 year old John Donley of Ballyporeen, County Tipperary. He landed in New York City in 1848. John leased and later bought a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLZ_richmond-center-for-the-performing-arts_Richmond-MI.html
Built in 1887, this structure formerly served as the First Congregational Church. When the congregation merged with St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1973, it sold the building to the Richmond Community Theatre. That group adapted the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLY_sanford-stone-weller-house_Richmond-MI.html
Sanford Stone Sanford Stone (1828-1888) came to Richmond in 1843. In 1875 he platted "Sanford M. Stone's Addition to the village of Richmond," which included Jefferson and Washington Streets between Ferguson and Beebe. Stone held many public offi…
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