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List Of Registered Historic Places In Detroit, Michigan
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit, Michigan. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. There are 363 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Wayne County, including 14 National Historic Landmarks. The city of Detroit is the location of 279 of these properties and districts, including 10 National Historic Landmarks; those outside downtown and midtown are listed here, while the properties and districts outside Detroit, including 4 National Historic Landmarks, are listed separately. A single property straddles the city limits and thus appears on both lists. Geographical areas The properties on this list are within the city of Detroit but outside of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Rouge, Michigan
River Rouge (, french: link=no, Rivière Rouge, translation=red river) is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,224 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is named after the River Rouge (Michigan), River Rouge, which flows along the city's northern border and into the Detroit River. The city includes the heavily industrialized Zug Island and also has its own school district, River Rouge School District. History The small settlement incorporated as a Administrative divisions of Michigan, village in 1899 within Ecorse Township, Michigan, Ecorse Township. In 1922 as the city of Detroit, Michigan, Detroit expressed interest in annexing land in the township, the Village of River Rouge incorporated as a city on April 3 to avoid being annexed. A month later Detroit completed annexation of land in the township immediately to the west of River Rouge. One of the most important historical associations with Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corktown Historic District
Corktown is a historic district located just west of Downtown Detroit. It is the oldest extant neighborhood in the city. The current boundaries of the district include I-75 to the north, the Lodge Freeway to the east, Bagley and Porter streets to the south, and Rosa Parks Boulevard (12th Street) to the west. The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Corktown Historic District is largely residential, although some commercial properties along Michigan Avenue are included in the district.Corktown Historic District National Park Service, retrieved 8/6/09 The residential section is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as a City of Detroit Historic District. The neighborhood contains many newer homes and retains some original Irish businesses. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-85 (Michigan Highway)
M-85, also known as Fort Street or Fort Road for its entire length, is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. The highway serves several Downriver suburbs of Detroit, as well as neighborhoods in the city itself. From its southern terminus at exit 28 on Interstate 75 (I-75) to its second interchange with exit 43 on I-75 in southwest Detroit, M-85 is part of the Lake Erie Circle Tour. In between, it serves mostly residential areas running parallel to a pair of rail lines; the highway carries between 5,000 and 43,000 vehicles per day on average. Once in the city of Detroit, Fort Street runs parallel to I-75 for several miles before they separate near the Ambassador Bridge. The northern end of M-85 is at the intersection with Griswold Street in downtown Detroit, one block away from Campus Martius Park. Two previous unrelated highways bore the M-85 designation. The first was in Montcalm County and the second near Caro. These uses were retired in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand River Avenue
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Michigan Avenue (Michigan) , a street through the State Capitol area, a portion of which is M-143
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Michigan Avenue may refer to: * Michigan Avenue (Chicago) * Michigan Avenue (Michigan), a designation for much of both current and former U.S. Route 12 in Michigan * Michigan Avenue (Lansing, Michigan) Michigan Avenue may refer to: * Michigan Avenue (Chicago) * Michigan Avenue (Michigan) Michigan Avenue may refer to: * Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-3 (Michigan Highway)
M-3 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Detroit metropolitan area of the US state of Michigan. For most of its length, the trunkline is known as Gratiot Avenue (, ). The trunkline starts in Downtown Detroit and runs through the city in a northeasterly direction along one of Detroit's five major avenues. The highway passes several historic landmarks and through a historic district. It also connects residential neighborhoods on the city's east side with suburbs in Macomb County and downtown. Gratiot Avenue in Detroit was one of the original avenues laid out by Judge Augustus Woodward after the Detroit fire in 1805. It was later used as a supply road for Fort Gratiot in Port Huron under authorization from the US Congress in the 1820s. The roadway was included in the State Trunkline Highway System in 1913 and signposted with a number in 1919. Later, it was used as a segment of US Highway 25 (US 25) before that highway was functionally replaced by Interstat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodward Avenue
A woodward is a Game warden, warden of a wood. Woodward may also refer to: Places ;United States * Woodward, Iowa * Woodward, Oklahoma * Woodward, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Woodward Avenue, a street in Tallahassee, Florida, which bisects the campus of Florida State University * Woodward Avenue, a Michigan state highway * Woodward Corridor, a neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan * Woodward County, Oklahoma * Woodward Park (other), multiple places * Foxhill_Park#Woodward_Pond, Woodward Pond, a man-made pond in Bowie, Maryland * Woodward Township, Pennsylvania (other), multiple places People * Woodward (surname) * Frank Lee Woodward (1871–1952), English educationist, Pali scholar, author and theosophist Businesses * Woodward, Inc., American maker of energy devices * Woodward & Lothrop, American department store chain * Woodward Iron Company, in Birmingham (Woodward) Alabama * Woodward's, Canadian department store chain ** The Woodward's building in Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)
Jefferson Avenue is a scenic road along the eastern part of the Detroit metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It travels alongside Lake Erie, the Detroit River, and Lake St. Clair. This road also provides access to many recreational facilities in the area. West Jefferson Avenue is primarily commercial, while East Jefferson Avenue contains a historic residential district. History Jefferson is one of five major avenues (along with Woodward, Michigan, Grand River, and Gratiot) planned by Judge Augustus B. Woodward in 1805 that extend from downtown Detroit in differing directions. First surveyed in 1807, it was named Main Street. It was later renamed Jefferson Avenue after U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, who was a friend of Woodward. Jefferson Avenue was planned to extend due east of downtown, parallel to the Detroit River. Later additions to the road have extended it west of downtown as well, where it continues to travel near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus B
Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Principate, Roman Principate, which is the first phase of the Roman Empire, and Augustus is considered one of the greatest leaders in human history. The reign of Augustus initiated an Roman imperial cult, imperial cult as well as an era associated with Regional hegemony, imperial peace, the ''Pax Romana'' or ''Ara Pacis, Pax Augusta''. The Roman world was largely free from large-scale conflict for more than two centuries despite continuous wars of imperial expansion on the empire's frontiers and the year-long civil war known as the "Year of the Four Emperors" over the imperial succession. Originally named Gaius Octavius, he was born into an old and wealthy equites, equestrian branch of the Plebeians, plebeian Octavia gens, ''gens'' Octavia. His mate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Map 1807 Plan
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