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The Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849, was the nation's first state fair. It was held in various locations throughout Michigan until 1904, when Joseph L. Hudson formed the State Fair Land Company, acquired 135 acres of land at this site, and deeded it to the Michigan Agricultural Society. The 1905 Michigan State Fair was held on this site.
The Shriner-Ketcham House was constructed in 1868 by local dairy owner and farmer William Shriner. John C. Ketcham, a six-term U.S. Representative, purchased the house from Shriner, and lived there until his death in 1941. 9: Daniel Striker House: Daniel Striker House
This barn was originally constructed by Ira Wilson in 1888; in 1919 the barn burned and he built the present structure on the foundations of the earlier barn. Wilson eventually established a million-dollar dairy, creamery, and trucking business, the Ira Wilson & Sons Dairy, and served for two terms as Wayne County sheriff. 87: John T. Woodhouse ...
March 7, 1973 (Lone Pine Rd. Bloomfield Hills: The Cranbrook Educational Community was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth.The campus began as a farm, purchased in 1904, and now consists of Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science and Cranbrook House and Gardens.
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 ...
Farmyard with barn and house Barn and silo aerial. Ira Wilson was born in 1867, and began his career in dairy farming at an early age, working on the farm owned by his family since 1847. [2] He built a barn on this site in 1888; in 1919 the barn burned and he built the present structure on the foundations of the earlier barn. [2]
Generally, the domestic buildings are on one side of the road and agricultural buildings are on the other. The buildings include the 1922 Groves farmhouse, as well as a 1846 dairy barn, c. 1850 sheep barn, 1864 corn crib, 1872 horse barn, 1846 well, 1917 pump house, and a c. 1950 garage. The property also contains a wrought-iron fence and an ...
The William Brooks Farm consists of a farmhouse and various outbuildings, including a machine shop with a smokehouse, hog barns, dairy barns, a milk house, a silo, and a corn crib. [3] The farmhouse is a well-preserved two-story fieldstone Greek Revival structure built on a rectangular plan with side gables .