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Elmwood was the first fully racially-integrated cemetery in the Midwest. A short distance from downtown Detroit, Elmwood continues to serve residents of all ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs. Elmwood's park-like grounds containing a gently-flowing stream and low hills were designed in 1890 by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Mount Elliott Cemetery is the oldest extant cemetery in the city of Detroit, [3] and contains 65 acres (260,000 m 2). [4] It is located on Mount Elliott Avenue just north of Lafayette Street. The cemetery is owned and operated by the Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association, who own a group of cemeteries in the Metro Detroit area.
The Woodmere Cemetery Association was organized on July 8, 1867, by a group of prominent Detroit businessmen who purchased approximately 250 acres to establish a rural cemetery for the city of Detroit. [3] Woodmere's layout was designed by Adolph Strauch, who also designed Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. [4]
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Detroit and Pontiac Railway Terminal Informational Designation Jefferson at Dequindre Detroit: August 23, 1956: Detroit Association of Women's Clubs (also known as William Lennane House) 5461 Brush Street Detroit: December 19, 1984: Detroit City Bank (Demolished) 134 W Jefferson Ave Detroit: August 23, 1956: Detroit City Cemetery
Doyle Street sits near three Detroit cemeteries — Mount Olivet, Forest Lawn and Sacred Heart of Saint Mary. What we know. One stone is engraved with the name Mary Tabaczynski, alive from 1886 to ...
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located at 19975 Woodward Avenue, opposite the former Michigan State Fairgrounds, between 7 Mile Road and 8 Mile Road, in Detroit, Michigan. History [ edit ]
Mount Olivet Cemetery (usually abbreviated and stylized as Mt. Olivet Cemetery) is a cemetery at 17100 Van Dyke Avenue in the city of Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan.It is owned and operated by the Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association, a not-for-profit Catholic organization that is otherwise administered independently from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit and any of the various Catholic ...