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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 Michigan Condensed Milk Factory (owned by the Borden family) was constructed in 1908 and used as a creamery until 1960. After laying vacant for 40 years, it was refurbished in 2003–2009, and now houses the offices of the City of Mount Pleasant.
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.
The dairy barn consists of a U-shaped cattle barn and a connected service wing with what was originally a dairy, a dormitory, a bunk house, a kitchen, and four round-plan silos. The barn consists of a high hip-roof section at the base of the U and lower gable-roof sections forming the legs. The barn has horizontal bands of square-head windows ...
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.
You won't believe these incredible single-family homes that used to be regular old barns! From massive atriums with exposed arches to sliding barn doors and former hay lofts, these eclectic living ...
It had its own farm, which included a dairy herd, dairy barns, piggery, root cellar, tobacco curing build ing and greenhouses. Patients came from Detroit and other communities to have x-rays done. [6] It also housed the first kidney dialysis unit in the State of Michigan and pioneered the use of music therapy.