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The Metamora Crossroads Historic District is a historic district centered at the intersection of Oak and High Street in the small village of Metamora in Metamora Township in Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site and also added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1984. [1] [2]
Located in the district is the Duck Creek Aqueduct. Notable contributing buildings include the Odd Fellows Building (1853), Gordon Hall Building, Jonathan Banes House, Metamora Masonic Hall (c. 1875), Martindale House (1838), Metamora Christian Church (1871), Redmen Hall Building (c. 1870), and Farmers Bank of Metamora (1923).
The Carriage Association of America (CAA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the history and traditions of carriage driving, and the preservation and restoration of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs. It is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park along with its sister organization, the Carriage Museum of America (CMA).
Attendees can watch drivers navigate horse-powered antique, reproduced and modern carriages through a variety of competitions.
The canal is paralleled by Metamora's Main Street as well as railroad tracks. Due to its wooden construction, the aqueduct closely resembles a traditional covered bridge . It is a single-span Burr through truss aqueduct and measures approximately 90 feet (27 m) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, with a structural height of 25 feet (7.6 m).
Metamora was founded as Hanover in 1836. It was named for Hanover, New Hampshire by a consortium of land speculators called the Hanover Company. New post office conventions required towns to have unique names, [4] forcing the town to differentiate itself from others in Illinois named Hanover.
Someday, Metamora would like a sports complex with a pool. But for now, the village will repair its 60-year-old park district facility. Metamora Park District pool spared by $100,000 repair plan.
The community derives its name from the play Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags by John Augustus Stone. [6] The Whitewater Canal only carried boats from 1839 to 1865, but the canal was maintained to supply hydraulic power until 1936. The canal was the center of industrial districts in Metamora and Brookville, 8 miles (13 km) to the east ...