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Baker College is a private university with its main campus in Owosso, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1911 and (as of 2023) has four additional campuses throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Owosso (ə-WOSS-oh) is the largest city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [4] The population was 14,714 at the 2020 census . It is located 29 miles (46.7 km) west of Flint , and 32 miles (51.5 km) northeast of Lansing .
John Wesley College was a former college in Owosso, Michigan. It began in 1949 as Owosso Bible College. [1] In 1958 it was reorganized from a Bible college to a Christian liberal arts college and renamed it Owosso College. About this same time it merged with Eastern Pilgrim College. In 1972 Kenneth Armstrong became the president of the college ...
The Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street District was developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century, as new businesses were developed in Owosso and fine craftsmen moved to the city. The district was located near the newly-established factories, and close to the booming commercial district, so both shopkeepers and craftsmen found the ...
Owosso: 26: Colin McCormick House: Colin McCormick House: November 4, 1980 : 222 E. Exchange St. Owosso: 27: Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street Historic Residential District: Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street Historic Residential District
The Oliver Street Historic District is a primarily residential historic district, located along Oliver Street between Third and Oak Street, as well as some adjacent sections of Williams and Goodhue Streets, in Owosso, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The University of Michigan, founded in 1817–twenty years before Michigan's statehood–is the state's oldest university [1] [2] and remained the only university in the state until the 20th century, when Detroit College became the University of Detroit in 1911 and Wayne State University achieved "university" status in 1933 following the ...
When Owosso was established, most of the growth occurred in an area around the Shiawassee River. However, in 1856, the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway arrived in the city, followed by two more lines by 1867. By the 1880s, a fourth line was added, and the southwest part of Owosso became a busy hub of railway infrastructure.