Wayne County, Michigan
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Alden Park Towers
Alger Theater
Alger, Russell A., Jr., House
Amity Lodge No. 335 Temple-Spiritual Israel Church and Its Army Temple
Annapolis Park Historic District
Antietam Street-Grand Trunk Railroad
Architects Building
Arden Park-East Boston Historic District
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Complex
Atkinson, Edmund, School
Bagley Memorial Fountain
Bagley, John N., House
Baker, Henry W., House
Balogh, Tivadar and Dorothy, House
Barlum Tower
Bartlett, Thomas and Maria Blackman, House
Belcrest Hotel
Belle Isle Park
Beverly Road Historic District
Birwood Wall
Boldman, David and Elizabeth Bell, House
Boston-Edison Historic District
Boydell, William C., House
Bradford, Benjamin and Mary Ann, House
Breitmeyer-Tobin Building
Broadway Avenue Historic District
Campau, Jos., Historic District
Campau, Joseph, House
Capitol Park Historic District
Cary Building
Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Cass Motor Sales
Cass Park Historic District
Cass, Lewis, Technical High School
Cass-Davenport Historic District
Cathedral Church of St. Paul Complex
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Central United Methodist Church
Central Woodward Christian Church
Century Building and Little Theatre
Chapel of St. Theresa-the Little Flower
Chapoton, Alexander, House
Chatsworth Apartments
Checker Cab Taxi Garage and Office Building
Chene, Alexander, House
Cherry Hill Historic District
Chestnut Street-Grand Trunk Railroad
Christ Church Chapel
Christ Church, Detroit
Church of the Transfiguration Historic District
Cleveland, Elizabeth, Intermediate School
Clyde, Thomas and Isabella Moore, House
Commandant's Quarters
Cooley, Thomas M., High School
Corktown Historic District
Coronado Apartments
Crescent Brass and Pin Company Building
Croul-Palms House
Cultural Center Historic District
Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House
Dearborn City Hall Complex
Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homes
Defer Elementary School
Deming, Paul Harvey, House
Denby, Edwin, High School
Detroit Club
Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building
Detroit Edison Company Willis Avenue Station
Detroit Financial District
Detroit Industry Murals, Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Masonic Temple
Detroit Naval Armory
Detroit News Complex
Detroit Savings Bank Southwest Branch
Detroit Yacht Club
Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building
Detroit-Leland Hotel
Dingledey, Phillip and Maria Hasselbach, House
Doty, Duane, School
Dry Dock Engine Works-Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex
Dunbar Hospital
East Ferry Avenue Historic District
East Grand Boulevard Historic District
East River Road Historic District
East River Road-North Hickory Canal Bridge
Eastern Market Historic District
Eastern Market Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Eastside Historic Cemetery District
Eberts, John and Emma Lacey, House
Eddystone Hotel
Edson, Moore and Company Building
Eighth Precinct Police Station
El Tovar Apartments
Elwood Bar
Engine House No. 11
Engine House No. 18
Everitt, Orson, House
Fair Lane
Farwell Building
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building
Ferry Stree-Thorofare Canal Bridge
Ferry, William Hawkins, House
First Baptist Church of Detroit
First Congregational Church
First Federal Building
First Presbyterian Church
First Unitarian Church of Detroit
First United Methodist Church
Fischer, John and Edna Trusdell, Farmstead
Fisher and New Center Buildings
Fisher Building
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Ford River Rouge Complex
Ford Valve Plant
Ford, Henry, Hospital
Ford, Henry, Square House
Ford-Bacon House
Fort Shelby Hotel
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Street-Pleasant Street and Norfolk & Western Railroad Viaduct
Fort Wayne
Fox Theater Building
Freer, Charles Lang, House
GAR Building
Garden Bowl
Garden Court Apartments
Garfield, James A., School
General Motors Building
General Motors Research Laboratory
George, Edwin S., Building
Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gibraltar Road-Waterway Canal Bridge
Ginsburg, Bernard, House
Globe Tobacco Building
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grand Circus Park Historic District
Grand Circus Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Grande Ballroom
Graybar Electric Company Building
Great Lakes Manor
Greektown Historic District
Greenfield Union School
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum
Greenmead Farms
Grindley, Robert M. and Matilda (Kitch), House
Griswold Building
Grosse Pointe Central Library
Grosse Pointe High School
Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
Grosse Pointe Yacht Club
Guardian Building
Hamtramck Stadium
Harmonie Club, The
Harvey, John, House
Hecker, Col. Frank J., House
Hibbard Apartment Building
Highland Heights-Stevens` Subdivision Historic District
Highland Park General Hospital
Highland Park Plant, Ford Motor Company
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Hook and Ladder House No. 5-Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop
Hotel Stevenson
Hudson-Evans House
Hull's Trace North Huron River Corduroy Segment
Hunter House
Hunter, Mulford T., House
Hurlbut Memorial Gate
Indian Village Historic District
Jefferson Avenue-Huron River and Harbin Drive-Silver Creek Canal Bridges
Jefferson Hall
Jefferson Intermediate School
Jeffferson-Chalmers Historic Business District
Kahn, Albert, House
Kean, The
Kessler, William and Margot, House
King, L. B. and Co. Building
Kingston Arms Apartments
Kinyon, Orrin, and Roxanne Fairman, House
Koebel, Charles J. and Ingrid V. (Frendberg), House
Kresge, S. S., World Headquarters
Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments
Lawyers Building
League of Catholic Women Building
Lee Plaza Hotel
Leland, Nellie, School
Lilley Road-Lower Rouge River
Lincoln Park Post Office
Loomer, George W., House
Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District
Maccabees Building
MacNichol, George P., House
Majestic Theater
Manchester Apartments
Mariners' Church
Marwood Apartments
Marx House
McAdow, Perry, House
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
McKinley Elementary School
Medbury`s-Grove Lawn Subdivisions Historic District
Mellus Newspapers Building
Merchants Building
Metropolitan United Methodist Church
Michigan Avenue Historic Commercial District
Michigan Bell and Western Electric Warehouse
Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Michigan State Fair Riding Coliseum, Dairy Cattle Building, and Agricultural Building
Midtown Woodward Historic District
Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park
Miller, Sidney D., Junior High and High School
Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings
Moross House
Nacirema Club
New Amsterdam Historic District
New Bethel Baptist Church
New Center Commercial Historic District
Newberry, Helen, Nurses Home
Norris, Philetus W., House
North Woodward Congregational Church
Northville Historic District
Norwayne Historic District
Orchestra Hall
Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District
Palmer Park Apartment Buildings Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments District
Palmer Woods Historic District
Palms, Francis, Building & State Theater
Palms, Francis, Building and State Theater
Palms, The
Park Avenue Historic District
Park Avenue Hotel
Parke Lane Road-Thorofare Canal Bridge
Parke-Davis and Company Pharmaceutical Company Plant
Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
Parker, Arthur M., House
Parker, Thomas A., House
Parks, Rosa L. (McCauley) and Raymond, Flat
Pasadena Apartments
Patterson, John, and Eliza Barr, House
Penn Central Station
Pewabic Pottery
Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex
Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District
Players, The
Ponchartrain Apartments
Pontchartrain Club-Town House Apartments
Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex
Professional Plaza Tower
Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District
Redford Theatre Building
Redford Township District No. 5 School
Redstone, Louis G., Residential Historic District
Remick, Jerome H., and Company, Building
Richard, Pere Gabriel, Elementary School
River Terrace Apartments
Rosedale Gardens Historic District
Rosedale Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Royal Palm Hotel
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Convent and Rectory
Sacred Heart Seminary
Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church
Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Parish Complex (Boundary Increase)
Saint Paul Catholic Church Complex
Saint Paul Manor Apartments
Saint Rita Apartments
Saints Peter And Paul Church
Sante Fe Apartments
Scarab Club
Schmidt, Carl E. and Alice Candler, House
Second Baptist Church Of Detroit
Sheldon Inn
Shrine of the Black Madonna of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church
Sibley House
Sibley, Frederic M., Lumber Company Office Building
Smith, George and Mary Pine, House
Smith, Samuel L., House
Somerset Apartments
South Pointe Drive-Frenchman's Creek Bridge
Sprague, Thomas S., House
Springwells Park Historic District
St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church
St. Bonaventure Monastery
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Florian Historic District
St. James Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church
St. Josaphat's Roman Catholic Church Complex
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church and Rectory
State Savings Bank
Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex
STE. CLAIRE (steamer)
Stearns, Frederick K., House
Stearns, Frederick, Building
Strasburg, Herman, House
Stratton, William B. and Mary Chase, House
Sts. Peter and Paul Academy
Stuber-Stone Building
Sugar Hill Historic District
Sweet, Ossian H., House
Sweetest Heart Of Mary Roman Catholic Church
Taylor, Elisha, House
Temple Baptist Church-King Solomon Baptist Church
Temple Beth-El
Temple Beth-El
The Clay School
Third Precinct Police Station
Thompson Home
Tiger Stadium
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
Trinity United Methodist Church
Trombly, Charles, House
Trowbridge, Charles, House
Truesdell, Ephraim and Emma Woodworth, House
Tushiyah United Hebrew School-Scott Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. Post Office, Court House, and Custom House
United States Immigration Station
United States Postal Service Roosevelt Park Station
US 12 Bridges
Vanity Ballroom Building
Verona Apartments
Vinton Building
Virginia Park Historic District
Walker, Franklin H., House
Wall, Carlton D., House
Waltz Road-Huron River Bridge
Wardell, The
Warren Motor Car Company Building
Warren-Prentis Historic District
Washington Boulevard Historic District
Wayne County Courthouse
Wayne State University Buildings
Weil and Company-Gabriel Richard Building
Wells, William H., House
West Canfield Historic District
West Canfield Historic District (Boundary Increase)
West Jefferson Avenue-Rouge River Bridge
West Side Dom Polski
West Vernor-Junction Historic District
West Vernor-Lawndale Historic District
West Vernor-Springwells Historic District
West Village District
WGPR-TV Studio
Whitney, David, House
Whittier Hotel
Willis-Selden Historic District
Wilson Barn
Wilson Theatre
WJBK-TV Studios Building
Women's City Club
Woodbridge Neighborhood (Boundary Increase II)
Woodbridge Neighborhood Historic District
Woodbridge Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Woodhouse, John T., House
Woodward Ave. Presbyterian Church
Woodward East Historic District
Wyandotte Odd Fellows Temple
19th U.S. Infantry
A Ford Village Industry
A House in a Tree
A Military Reserve
A Nankin Pioneer
A Trail Garden
A.J. Geer Store
Aaron Greeley / St. Cosme Line Road
Across the Water
Alexander Blue House
Alpha House
American Academy of Pediatrics
America's First Bessemer Steel Mill
Amphibian Jeeps
Anchor from the schooner "Oak Leaf"
Angus Keith House
Annapolis Park
Armington & Sims Machine Shop
Assumption Roman Catholic Church / Assumption Grotto Church Complex
At The Height Of His Powers
Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ
Baker House
Bartlett Travis House
Battle of Brownstown
Battle of Monguagon
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Biddle North of Eureka
Birthplace of Ford Automobile
Bishop's Residence
Black Bottom
Brewster Homes
Bryant Branch Library
Business Pioneers
Cady Inn
Canton Center School
Canton Pioneer Home
Canton Veterans Memorial
Carriage House
Central United Methodist Church
Central Woodward Christian Church
Chapman Abraham / Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War
Chapoton House
Charles A. Kandt House
Charles G. Curtiss House
Charles Lang Freer House / Merrill-Palmer Institute
Cherry Hill Cemetery
Cherry Hill Inn
Cherry Hill School
Cherry Hill United Methodist Church
Cherry Hill Village
Chessie Caboose 904151
Chicago Road
Chief Tonquish Burial Site
Chubb Cemetery
Church of Annunciation
City of Wayne
Civil War /Spanish War /World War
Clarenceville School District / Louis E. Schmidt Auditorium
Coan Lake
Colonel John Francis Hamtramck
Comerica Incorporated
Commandant's Quarters
Compost Then and Now
Conant Gardens
Cooper School
Cornelius G. Munger General Store
Council Point / Pontiac's Council
Council Point Park
Count Casimir Pulaski
Creating A Legend
Daggett Farmhouse
David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company
David Whitney Building
David Whitney, Jr. Residence
Dearborn City Hall
Dearborn City Hall Complex / Orville L. Hubbard
Dearborn Hills Golf Club
Dearborn War Memorial
Dedicated to Christopher Columbus
Defer Elementary School
Detroit Association of Women's Clubs
Detroit Club
Detroit Copper & Brass
Detroit Cornice and Slate Building
Detroit Edison Company Building
Detroit Free Press
Detroit July 1967
Detroit Plaindealer
Detroit River Heritage
Detroit Spanish American War Monument
Detroit Urban League
Detroit's Underground Railway Station
Downer Cemetery
Dr. Samuel Pierce Duffield
Duane Doty School
Eastern Liggett School / Detroit Waldorf School
Ecorse Korean War Memorial
Ecorse Vietnam Memorial
Edison Homestead
Edwin Denby Enlistment
Eighteenth-Century Grist Mill Site
Elijah McCoy Homesite
Elmwood Cemetery
Eloise
Eureka Iron Works & Wyandotte Savings Bank
Fair Lane
Fannie Richards Homesite
Farming in Canton
Finney Barn
Fire Tower Bell
First Congregational Church
First Congregational Church of Detroit
First Fire Station
First Jewish Religious Services
First Michigan Colored Regiment
First Presbyterian Church of Northville
First Trenton High School
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Fitz's Caboose
Flag Pole
Ford and Dearborn
Ford Building
Ford Hunger March
Ford Model A
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory
Ford Negotiating Team
Ford Piquette Plant
Ford Rouge Plant
Ford Rouge Plant
Ford-MacNichol Home
Fordson High School
Ford's Fairways
Ford's Model T
Fort Lernoult
Fort Pontchartrain
Fort Street Bridge
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Fort Wayne
Fox Indian Massacre
Fractional District No. 9 School
Frederick Douglass - John Brown Meeting
French Landing Dam and Powerhouse
Friends Meeting House
Friendship Baptist Church
From Farmland to Great Estate
From State Fair to Fair Lane/Peony Garden
Gabriel Richard
Geer School
Gen. O. M. Poe Post No. 433
General Casimir Pulaski
George A. Custer U.S. Army Reserve Center
George DeBaptiste Homesite
George Washington Masons Memorial
Germantown / The Harmonie Club
Giving Nature a Hand
Glen Eden Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Glimpses of Detroit's Riverfront History
Goodell School Bell
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic Building
Greater Shiloh Baptist Church
Grosse Pointe Academy
Grosse Pointe Farms Sewage Pumping Station
Grosse Pointe Farms Water Filtration Plant
Grosse Pointe High School
Grosse Pointe Shores Village Hall
Gunsolly Carding Mill
Gustave Mehlhose House
Hamtramck Stadium
Hamtramck Veteran's Memorial
Hand Train Station
Hanks Silk Mill
Harnessing Nature's Energy
Hartford Memorial Baptist Church
Hazen S. Pingree
Henry and Edsel Ford
Henry Ford Birthplace
Henry Ford House
Henry Ford II
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Henry Ford's Brother, William Ford, had this house built...
Henry Ford's Honeymoon House
Henry the Hatter
Heritage Park Road System
Highland Park Plant
Hilberry Theatre
Hirsch Blacksmith Shop
Historical Shipyard Site
Holy Family Church
Home of Model T
Hotel Arlington
Hull's Trace
Hunter House
In Honor of Friendship
Indian Village
International Institute Of Detroit / International Institute Of Metropolitan Detroit
Interurban Station
J.M. Mead General Store
James A. Bailey
James H. Vhay House
James Smith House
Japanese Cherry Trees
Jarvis Stone School
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
John Eberts House
Johnson's Tavern
Joseph H. Esterling House
Joshua Simmons
Joshua Simmons Farm
Kelly's First Tilting Bessemer Steel Converter
L. B. King and Company Building
Lewis College of Business
Lewis E. Maire Elementary School
Lincoln Park Post Office
Livonia Revolutionary War Veterans
Louis Mehlhose House
Mackenzie House
Major General Alpheus Starkey Williams
Making Moves
Mansion House and Survey Tree
March On
Mariners' Church
Martin Kundig
Martin Luther King Jr. In Grosse Pointe
Marx Home
Marx Opera House
Maybury Sanatorium
Melody Brothers Building
Merrill-Morris House
Michigan Alkali Company
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Memorial Park Veterans Bowl
Michigan Memorial Veterans Dedication
Michigan Soldiers Trained at U.S. Arsenal During Civil War
Michigan Wyandot and Monguagon / Battle of Monguagon
Michigan's First Capitol/Capitol Union School
Michigan's Oldest Jewish Cemetery
Mies van der Rohe Townhouses
Military Outpost
Milkins Jewelers
Mill Manager's House
Mill Race Historical Village
Miller Road Overpass
Millpond
Milwaukee Junction
Model A
Morris Homestead
Motown
Music Hall
Nankin Millers House
Nankin Mills
Nankin Mills
Nankin Township School District No. 3
Nature vs. Nurture
Nature's Refrigeration
Near this location... The Men's Annex
Near this location...The Water Tower
Near this locationÂ… The Administration Building
Near this locationÂ… The Ambulant Building
Near this locationÂ… The Children's Camp
Near this locationÂ… The Children's Unit
Near this locationÂ… The Doctor's Home
Near this locationÂ… The Inn and Women's Dormitory
Near this locationÂ… The Nurse's Home
Near this locationÂ… The Powerhouse
Near this locationÂ… The Sanatorium Entrance
Near this locationÂ… The Vaughan Infirmary
Neisner's Dime Store
New Boston Veterans Memorial
New School Church
Newburg Methodist Church
Newburgh Cemetery
Newburgh Mill
Nike Ajax Missile Base
Noah Webster Home
North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church
Northville Valve Plant
Northwest Airlines Flight 255
Norwayne Subdivision
Nowland Cemetery
Nowlin Cemetery / Nowlin Family
Oak Grove Burying Ground
Oakwood Cemetery Unknown Soldiers Memorial
Old Rawsonville Village
Old Van Buren Township Hall
Old Wayne Cemetery
Old Wayne Village Hall
Omega Psi Phi
On the River
Orchestra Hall
Orsel McGhee House
Ossian Sweet House / Dr. Ossian Sweet
Our Boys Who Served In The World War
Out in the Orchard
Outhouse
Palmer Shed
Paradise Valley
Parker's Alley
Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School
Perrinsville
Perrinsville School
Perry's Victory
Peter Wetherill Stroh
Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton
Phoenix Mill
Piccard Stratosphere Flight / William B. Stout School
Planning for People
Plymouth
Plymouth Community Veterans Memorial Park
Plymouth Railroads
Plymouth Township / Charter Township Of Plymouth
Pointe Mouillee Marsh
Poletown and Eminent Domain
Police Radio Dispatch
Police Station
Prelude To The
Preservation Park
Preserving Fair Lane — An Iconic American Estate
Preserving Fair Lane — An Iconic American Estate
Preserving Fair Lane — An Iconic American Estate
R. P. McMurphy's
Rails Through Grosse Ile
Ransom Eli Olds
Recording Movements
Recreation Park
Redford Cemetery
Redford Township District No. 5 School
Redford Township School District No. 9
Retired Ford Worker
Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery
Rhythm of Radio
River Rouge Persian Gulf Veterans Memorial
River Rouge Shipbuilding
River Rouge Veterans Memorial
River Rouge War Memorial
Riverview Veterans Memorial
Roadside Development
Roadside Refreshment
Robert Pauli Scherer
Rock Garden Masterpiece
Romulus Memorial Cemetery
Romulus Memorial Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Rose of Aberlone
Rouge River History
Rouge River Water Quality Improvements
Russell A. Alger House "The Moorings"
S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
S.S. William Clay Ford / U.S.S. Yantic
Sacred Heart Parish
Saint Alphonsus Parish / Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church Complex
Saint Florian Church / Saint Florian Historic District
Saint Francis Hospital
Saint Paul Catholic Church / Saint Paul Rectory and Parish House
Saint Paul Catholic School and Convent
Samuel Tobyne - 1827
Sandhill Cemetery
Scarab Club
Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church Underground Railroad Site
Sheldon's Corners
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding Traditions
Shrine Circus
Sir John Bennett Jewelry Shop
Smith Creek Depot
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines
Southgate Veterans Memorial
Spanish American War Memorial
Spirit of Detroit
SS. Peter and Paul Church
St. Albertus Church
St. Anne Church/St. Anne Chapel
St. Anthony Church
St. Hyacinth Catholic Church
St. James Episcopal Chapel
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Presbyterian Church
St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church Complex
St. Joseph's Parish
St. Joseph's Retreat
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Rectory
St. Mary's School
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
State Police Post
State Savings Bank
Statue of Abraham Lincoln
Ste. Anne Church / Gabriel Richard
Stearns Telephone
Steps to Success
Studebaker in Detroit
Sutherland House
Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Taking Flight
Tau Beta Community House
Taylor Heritage School
Taylor Iraqi and Enduring Freedom Memorial
Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Taylor Township Cemetery
Temple No. 1 / Masjid Wali Muhammad
Territorial Road
The Allen Park VA Medical Center
The Battle of Bloody Run
The Black Presence in Detroit
The Bungalow
The Bur Oak and the Vegetable Garden
The Cadillac Convoy / Le Convoi de Cadillac
The Carver Lab
The Conner Building
The Cranson-Hinbern House
The Dearborn Inn / Colonial Homes and Adjacent Buildings
The Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Medical College
The Detroit News
The Detroit River / Recovery
The Detroit United Railway Waiting Room
The Dodge Brothers / Dodge Main
The End of the Line
The First Capitol Building in Michigan
The First Mile of Concrete Highway
The First Theater in Michigan
The Ford Airport / Ford Tri-Motor
The Ford Hunger March
The Ford Hunger March
The Ford Rotunda
The Freedom Tree
The Gateway to Freedom
The Gazebo
The Greenwald Herkimer House
The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
The Harmonie Club
The Historic Cady Barn
The Hunger March
The Iron Brigade / The Twenty-Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The Kingsley House
The Landing of Cadillac / Le débarquement de Cadillac
The Livingstone Channel
The Log Cabin
The Neighborhood
The Newburg Church
The Newburg School
The Nine Lives of 3225 Biddle Avenue
The Old Burial Ground
The Path of the Setting Sun
The Penniman Buildings
The Players
The Plymouth Plank Road
The Plymouth United Savings Bank
The Richard Gardner House
The Rucker-Stanton House
The Salvation Army
The Schaefer Building
The Sell/Schonsheck House
The Shaw House
The Ten Eyck Tavern
The Triangular Corner
The War of 1812 in Detroit / War of 1812 Grave Site
The Wilcox House
The Wyandot Indians
Theater District
This Bell House
Thomas Drug Store
Thomas EdisonÂ’s Menlo Park Office and Library
Thompson Home
Times of Change
Town Hall
Trinity Lutheran Church
Two Tracks in Town
Tyrus Raymond Cobb 1886-1961
U. S. Arsenal - - - Armory
U.S. Arsenal 1833 - 1875
U.S. Arsenal 1839-1875 Powder Magazine
U.S. Arsenal Officers' - Surgeons' Quarters and Barracks 1833 - 1875
U.S. Arsenal-Sutler's Shop
U.S. Topographical Engineers
UAW Local 600
United Auto Workers
United Sound Systems Recording Studios
University of Michigania
Vernor's Ginger Ale
Veterans Memorial
Veterans' Memorial Building
Veteran's Peace Memorial
VFW Post 1136 Memorial
Voigt-Kreit House / Voigt on Public Education
Wagstaff-Duddleston Home
Wallaceville School
War of 1812 Cannons
War of 1812 Memorial
Wardwell House
Wash Oak School
Water-Powered Mill
Wayne Industries
Wayne State University
Weavers Cottage
West Canfield Historic District
West Mound Church
Westward Welcome
WGPR-TV
Wilson Barn
Women Workers
Women's City Club of Detroit
Woodmere Cemetery
Woodmere Cemetery Iraqi Freedom Memorial
Woodward Avenue Cultural Heritage Tour
Wright Cycle Shop
Wyandott Totem Pole
Wyandotte Purple Heart Memorial
Wyandotte Vietnam Memorial
Wyandotte World War I Memorial
Wyandotte World War II Memorial
Wyoming Avenue
Yerkes House
Zion Lutheran Church
"Learning by Doing"
During the 19th century, Wayne County experienced rapid growth and development, largely driven by the manufacturing industry. Detroit, the county seat, became known as the "Motor City" due to the rise of the automobile industry. The city became a hub for automotive manufacturing and attracted industrialists such as Henry Ford, who revolutionized the production process with the assembly line.
Wayne County played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly during the 1960s. The city of Detroit witnessed numerous protests and demonstrations advocating for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The infamous 1967 Detroit Riots, sparked by racial tensions and socioeconomic issues, resulted in widespread civil unrest and significant damage to the city.
In recent years, Wayne County has faced challenges related to economic decline and urban decay. The region has made efforts to revitalize urban areas, attract investment, and diversify its economy. Today, Wayne County remains a prominent part of Michigan's economy, driven by industries such as automotive manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. The county is also home to various cultural attractions and institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Henry Ford Museum.
Brief timeline of the history of Wayne County, Michigan:
- 1796 - Wayne County is established as part of the Northwest Territory
- 1805 - Detroit, the county seat, is incorporated as a town
- 1815 - The War of 1812 ends, and Wayne County experiences rapid growth
- 1827 - Wayne County's boundaries are redefined
- 1854 - Detroit is incorporated as a city
- 1861-1865 - Wayne County residents contribute to the Union effort during the Civil War
- 1920s - Wayne County's population booms due to industrialization and the growth of the automotive industry
- 1930s - Wayne County suffers from the Great Depression, but the automotive industry eventually recovers
- 1940s-1950s - Wayne County experiences post-war economic growth and suburbanization
- 1967 - The Detroit riot leads to civil unrest and significant changes in the city
- 1973 - Construction of the Renaissance Center, a major landmark in downtown Detroit, begins
- 1990s - Wayne County faces economic challenges, including the decline of the automotive industry
- 2008-2014 - Wayne County suffers from the Great Recession, with high unemployment rates and a housing crisis
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Wayne County, Michigan.