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This is a list of current and former state prisons and minimum security prison camps in Michigan. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in that State. All facilities not otherwise indicated are facilities for men. Michigan State Prison (also called the Jackson Prison) was the first state prison, built in 1842. A larger ...
Belle Isle State Park, a 982-acre island park accessible via the MacArthur Bridge about 4 miles east of downtown Detroit, offers scenic views of the Detroit skyline and the Canadian city of ...
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 ...
Tourist attractions in Wayne County, Michigan (9 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Metro Detroit" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The majority of NRHP properties in Wayne County are in Detroit. These properties represent over a century's worth of the city's growth, from the Charles Trowbridge House (built in 1826, and the oldest known structure in the city) to structures in the Detroit Financial District built in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
203 East Cayuga Street Bellaire: April 5, 1974: Brown's School: 4891 M-32 at Marsh Rd. Jordan Township: August 3, 1979: Central Lake High School: Southwest Corner of State and Howard streets Central Lake: August 12, 1983: Elk Rapids Iron Company Informational Site Ames Street (in the yard of the Elks Rapids Inn) Elk Rapids: February 28, 1969
At 982 acres (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha), Belle Isle Park was the largest city island park (prior to its transfer to the State of Michigan as a state park) and is larger than Central Park in New York City, also designed by Olmsted. Detroit's River Rouge Park is 1,172 acres (1.831 sq mi; 474 ha). Prior to Belle Isle becoming a state park, the city's ...
Belle Isle Park is a 982 acres (397 ha; 1.534 sq mi) island state park in the Detroit River managed by the State of Michigan. Until November 12, 2013, it was a city-operated park operated by the City of Detroit Recreation Department. It connects to the city by the MacArthur Bridge.