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Location of Livingston County in Michigan. The following is a list of Michigan State Historic Sites in Livingston County, Michigan. Sites marked with a dagger (†) are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Livingston County, Michigan. [1]
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.
Appleton: Art Deco-style office tower, built in 1952 for AAL, the world's largest fraternal insurance provider, from a design by Cram and Ferguson Architects of Boston. Their successor firm Hoyle, Doran & Berry designed the 1966 west corner addition. Tallest building in Appleton. [5] 2: Appleton City Park Historic District: Appleton City Park ...
The Appleton Historical Society's History Museum and Research Center has occupied 128 N. Durkee St. since 2016. The building will be sold. The Franklin building dates to 1931.
The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is a historic home in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States that has been converted into a museum. On September 30, 1882, it became the first residence in the US powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system.
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†
H. J. Rogers' home, which has been converted to be the Hearthstone Historic House Museum, is one of the few surviving examples of wiring and lighting fixtures from the dawn of the electrical age. [7] The Vulcan Street Plant and the Appleton Paper and Pulp Company building burned to the ground in 1891, and the Vulcan Paper Mill was dismantled in ...
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 ...