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The Farwell Building is a commercial building and residential building located at 1249 Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974, [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Farwell is a village in Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 880 at the 2020 census . The village is located within Surrey Township about 4.0 miles (6.4 km) west of the city of Clare .
The East Ward School was constructed in 1876 from plans by Bay City architect Oliver Hidden. It was unusual for its size and its elaborate brickwork. The school building has been replaced with a housing development and a preschool. 2: Giles J. Gibbs Building-Sugar Bowl: Giles J. Gibbs Building-Sugar Bowl: March 15, 2000 : 12 N. Clinton Ave.
Campus Martius Park (/ ˈ m ɑːr ʃ ʌ s / MAR-shuss) [1] is a re-established park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. After the Great Fire of 1805 , Campus Martius (from the Latin for Field of Mars , where Roman heroes walked) was the focal point of Judge Augustus Woodward 's plans to rebuild the city. [ 2 ]
Oakman Elementary/Orthopedic School - Closed in 2014. The school, serving grades PreK-5, [3] was established and specially designed to accommodate children with physical disabilities, but it also enrolled children with no disabilities. DPS announced that the school was to close in 2013 in order to solve the district's budget gap.
Five years later, Wayne State University was formed, uniting CCD with a College of Pharmacy, the Detroit Medical College, the Detroit Teachers' College, a law school, and a graduate school. [5] A large wing on Warren Avenue was added in 1937. The building continued to serve Wayne State, and in 1994 received major renovations and a new addition ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...