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Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL ... Entrance to Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. From Guide and Souvenir of Detroit with Map and ...
The Woodmere Cemetery Association was organized on July 8, 1867, by a group of prominent Detroit businessmen who purchased approximately 250 acres to establish a rural cemetery for the city of Detroit. [3] Woodmere's layout was designed by Adolph Strauch, who also designed Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. [4] Construction began in ...
Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) (70 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Wayne County, Michigan" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
This list of cemeteries in Michigan includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
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 ...
1849 Detroit annexes Springwells Township east of Brooklyn Street. April 2, 1850 – Greenfield Township annexes another section of Springwells Township. February 12, 1857 – Detroit annexes Springwells Township east of Grand Boulevard. March 25, 1873 – Springwells Township annexes back section of Greenfield Township south of Tireman
The majority of NRHP properties in Wayne County are in Detroit. These properties represent over a century's worth of the city's growth, from the Charles Trowbridge House (built in 1826, and the oldest known structure in the city) to structures in the Detroit Financial District built in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .