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Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and ...
1868 - Detroit College of Medicine founded. 1870 - Population: 79,577. [12] 1871 - Detroit City Hall built. [3] 1872 - Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument unveiled. [3] 1877 - Detroit College (now the University of Detroit Mercy and U of D Jesuit HS) is founded by the Society of Jesus. [3] 1879 - Belle Isle becomes part of city. [3]
91001020 [1] Significant dates. Added to NRHP. August 5, 1991. Designated MSHS. July 19, 1990 [2] The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church is a Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Detroit located at 13770 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is commonly known as the Assumption Grotto Church. The church community was founded in the ...
January 22, 1971 [2] Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 629 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest existing church in the city of Detroit, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971. [1][2]
Detroit (/ d ɪ ˈ t r ɔɪ t /, dih-TROYT; locally also / ˈ d iː t r ɔɪ t /, DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in the ...
Sacred Heart, built in 1875, was the third German Roman Catholic church constructed in Detroit. [3] The parish was founded to serve the German members of the Detroit community, not only with the church itself, but also with its primary and secondary schools. [3] The church continued as a primarily German parish until after World War I, when ...
August 3, 1982. The Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue Thematic Resource (TR) is a multiple property submission to the National Register of Historic Places which was approved on August 3, 1982. The structures are located on Woodward Avenue in the cities of Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan .
St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 715 East Canfield Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 [1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1985. [2] Since 2013, it has been one of two churches that comprise Mother of Divine Mercy Parish.