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Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Alabaster Historic District encompasses a former open-pit gypsum mine, along with associated processing buildings, shops, and offices, as well as the company town. The mine was established in 1862, but above-ground structures date from after an 1891 fire. 2: Cooke Hydroelectric Plant† Cooke Hydroelectric Plant†
Location of Michigan within the United States. The following is a List of Michigan State Historic Sites.The register is maintained by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, which was established in the late 1960s after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. [1]
Oldest courthouse in Michigan. Judge Robert S. Wilson House: Ann Arbor: c. 1839: Residential South Manitou Island Lighthouse: South Manitou Island: 1839-40 Lighthouse President's House, University of Michigan: Ann Arbor: 1840 Residential The oldest building at Michigan's oldest university, the University of Michigan. [5] Old Presque Isle Light ...
Historic Sites Online – Livingston County. Michigan State Housing Developmental Authority. Michigan State Housing Developmental Authority. Accessed March 30, 2011.
All 24 of these sites are also listed as Michigan State Historic Sites, in which the county contains 43 such state listed properties. [1] The listings on the National Register include 15 houses, four historic districts, one former train station, former courthouse, a bank, a mill, and the restricted Younge Site. The Warren Perry house has since ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Michigan, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts, for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The site played a significant role in Thomas Edison's life: in August 1862, a young Edison pulled a three-year-old boy from the path of an oncoming train. As a reward, the boy's father, station agent J. U. Mackenzie, taught Edison train telegraphy and operation, spurring his interest in technology. The depot now houses the Michigan Transit ...