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A second parcel of land was purchased for the cemetery in 1865, and a third in 1881; this brought the size of the cemetery to its current 65 acres (260,000 m 2). [4] [6] A stone gateway into the cemetery was completed the same year. [6] In 1869, [4] remains from Detroit's Ste. Anne Cemetery were moved and re-interred at Mount Elliott. [3]
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 ...
English: Silent 8mm film containing footage shot in and around Detroit, including footage of Belle Isle, the Detroit River, Henry Ford Museum, the Detroit Zoo, White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy, several houses of worship along Woodward Avenue, the New Center area, the Brewster Homes, Black Bottom, and downtown.
The Yeovil was designed to meet Air Ministry Specification 26/23 for a single-engined day bomber, with a Rolls-Royce Condor engine specified by the ministry. It was a two-bay staggered biplane of composite wood and metal construction.
For the first time in the Detroit Historical Museum's nearly 100-year history, a father and a son are being featured in two separate but adjacent exhibits.
Now the Detroit Historical Museum is bringing back a little bit of that Christmas magic with a pop-up exhibit celebrating Hudson's at Christmas, including Hudson's Christmas mascot, Santa Bear.
The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library Main Branch, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
There are glimpses of essential this-is-Detroit sites like the Renaissance Center, the Joe Louis Fist and several others in the opening sequence, which also features the voice of WJLB-FM's Bushman ...