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The Ann Arbor Land Company gifted the fledgling University of Michigan forty acres of land at this spot in the late 1830s. The university accepted, and in 1840, the first four buildings, residences for faculty, were constructed. A dormitory/classroom building was soon added, and classes began on campus in 1841.
The Michigan Alpha chapter built their Georgian Revival style house between 1902 and 1903 as the fraternity's first permanent house on campus. Phi Delta Theta was the seventh fraternity established at the University of Michigan, installed on November 28, 1864. [1]
Ann Arbor: The First National Bank Building is a ten-story Romanesque Revival high-rise was built in 1927, and completed in 1929. It was the tallest building in Ann Arbor at the time of its construction, it was built for the first bank in Washtenaw County. 21: Jortin Forbes House: Jortin Forbes House: October 10, 1985 : 211 N. Ann Arbor St.
The village is located within Ann Arbor Charter Township just northwest of the city of Ann Arbor. Originally established by Detroit Edison president Alex Dow on land acquired for the Barton Dam, Barton Hills was designed as an exclusive, forested residential enclave just outside Ann Arbor. In 1944, the community was sold to its residents, and a ...
In 1845, William Maynard purchased a large parcel of land just west of Ann Arbor and began subdividing it into lots. Maynard's property encompassed most of what is now the historic district. The new section attracted German immigrants who had settled in and near Ann Arbor.
Delta Upsilon was the first fraternity to move to this part of Ann Arbor, but many other fraternities and sororities followed. The fraternity has continuously occupied the house since its construction, [ 3 ] and it is the oldest fraternity house in Ann Arbor still being used by the organization that built it. [ 2 ]
Among the 14 people killed in the New Orleans attack: a warehouse manager, an account executive, an aspiring nurse and two loving parents.
The Detroit Connector provides transportation between Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Detroit in support of curricular, co-curricular, research, service-learning and community service opportunities. The Connector also facilitates cultural enrichment, allowing us to better utilize the region’s rich arts and scholarly resources.