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  2. Jackson Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago.Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition.

  3. Michigan State Fair - Wikipedia

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    The first official Michigan State Fair was held in 1849 in Detroit, Michigan. The first state fair had been held on October 1, 1839 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was moved to Detroit in 1849. [1] Subsequent Michigan state fairs were held in other cities until 1905, when it received what was its permanent home for decades at the Michigan State ...

  4. List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Wayne County

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    8400 South Cambridge Detroit: November 16, 1981: Edward Van Husan - Dr. Robert Gillman House: 61 Peterboro St Detroit: March 16, 1989: William Van Moore - Robert B. Tanahill House: 67 Peterboro St Detroit: April 20, 1989: James H Vhay House: 60 Charlotte, between Woodward and Park Streets Detroit: December 15, 1988: Village Waterworks: 337 Lake ...

  5. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The exposition was located in Jackson Park and on the Midway Plaisance on 630 acres (2.5 km 2) in the neighborhoods of South Shore, Jackson Park Highlands, Hyde Park, and Woodlawn. Charles H. Wacker was the director of the fair. The layout of the fairgrounds was created by Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Beaux-Arts architecture of the buildings ...

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegan ...

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    The following is a list of Registered Historic Places in Allegan County, Michigan. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025.

  7. List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    All NHLs are also included on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), a list of historic properties that the National Park Service deems to be worthy of preservation. The NHLs in Michigan comprise approximately 2% of the 1,757 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan as of January 2012 ...

  8. Milwaukee's South Shore Beach is being moved. Here's ... - AOL

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    Construction to rehabilitate and relocate South Shore beach farther south along Bay View's stretch of Lake Michigan begins in mid to late October and is expected to wrap up in the spring of 2025 ...

  9. Light Vessel No.57 - Wikipedia

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    The remains of Light Vessel No.57 were discovered by divers along the shore, about 600 feet (180 m) south off the tip of South Shore Park. One of the divers reported that while most of the ship was buried under silt in 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.7 m) of water, with some parts of her hull poking through the lake floor.