Macomb
Alexander Macomb
Mount Clemens, MI
In 1818 Territorial Governor Lewis Cass proclaimed the third Michigan county to be called Macomb.
Baumgartner House
Fraser, MI
A native of Bavaria, John Baumgartner purchased this property in Erin Township in 1856, becoming one of Fraser’s first landowners.
Blossom Health Inn
St. Clair Shores, MI
Mathew Kramer, a hotelier and yachtsman, built this roadhouse in 1911, naming it the Kramerhof.
Carnegie Library
Mount Clemens, MI
Mount Clemens’s Carnegie building was erected in 1904 and was the first Carnegie Library built in Macomb County.
Clinton Grove Cemetery
Clinton Township, MI
Established in 1855, the Clinton Grove Cemetery exhibits an exquisite array of funerary art in a wooded landscape.
Crawford Settlement Burying Ground
Macomb Township, MI
Revolutionary War veteran John Crawford and his wife, Ann, founded this cemetery in 1837.
Crocker House
Mount Clemens, MI
The first mayor of Mount Clemens, Joshua Dickinson, built this Italianate house in 1869.
Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant
Warren, MI
Just two decades after the end of World War I, Europe was again at war.
Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery
Warren, MI
Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery was organized in 1925 to serve the rapidly expanding post-war Detroit black population.
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
Grosse Pte Shores, MI
Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company for many years, and his wife, Eleanor Clay, completed this eighty-seven-acre estate in 1927.
Erin United Presbyterian Church
Roseville, MI
Under the leadership of the Reverend Harry N. Bissell of Mount Clemens, several families organized the First Presbyterian Church of Erin...
Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 School
Eastpointe, MI
This school served children in Erin and Warren Townships from 1872 to 1921.
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ray Township, MI
In 1844 the Reverend Jonathon Davis founded the Methodist Episcopal Church to serve the community of Davis, known then as the village of...
General Motors Technical Center
Warren, MI
An American icon of modern architecture, the General Motors (GM) Technical Center stands as a model corporate research and development park.
Governor Alex J. Groesbeck
Warren, MI
Son of a pioneer Dutch-French family, Groesbeck was born in Warren Township near the corner of Mound and Twelve Mile Roads in 1872.
Grace Episcopal Church
Mount Clemens, MI
The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan sent Edward Magee to Mount Clemens in 1849.
Holcombe Beach
Sterling Heights, MI
More than 10,000 years ago, people began living on the land we now call Michigan.
Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church
Eastpointe, MI
German immigrants began organizing Methodist churches in Michigan in 1846.
Kolping Chapel
Chesterfield, MI
Father Joseph Wuest established the Detroit Chapter of the Catholic Kolping Society in 1926.
Lake St. Clair (Lac Sainte Claire)
St. Clair Shores, MI
French explorers discovered and named Lake Saint Clair on August 12, 1679.
Loren Andrus House
Washington, MI
Loren Andrus (1816-1901) came to Macomb County from New York State in 1828.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Clemens, MI
When this Collegiate Gothic Church, designed by Cleveland architect Herman W. Maurer, was dedicated during the week of January 3, 1926,...
Milk River Settlement
St. Clair Shores, MI
The strip of land at the mouth of the Milk River was named Pointe a Guignolet for a grape-like berry that the French fermented into brandy.
Moravian Road
Clinton Township, MI
In 1782 marauding American militia massacred nearly one hundred Christian Delaware Indians at their village in eastern Ohio.
Mount Clemens Mineral Bath Industry
Mount Clemens, MI
For seven decades, Mount Clemens was internationally renowned as a mineral bath resort city.
New Baltimore
New Baltimore, MI
French explorers led by Pierre Yax first settled this area now known as New Baltimore in 1796.
Packard Motor Car Company
Shelby Township, MI
In 1899 brothers James Ward and William Doud Packard founded the Ohio Automobile Company in Warren, Ohio.
Ray Township District No. 1 School
Ray Township, MI
In 1863, Ray area farmers built what became known popularly as Mill School.
Religious Society Church
Ray Township, MI
The First Religious Society of Ray organized in 1869 and built this church on land donated by Arad Freeman, a member of one of Ray’s...
Richmond Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, MI
Built in 1887, this structure formerly served as the First Congregational Church.
Sacred Heart Church
Roseville, MI
On June 1, 1861, the Reverend Amandus Vandendriessche, from the Detroit Diocese, helped establish a Catholic mission at Utica Junction...
Saint Clement Catholic Parish
Center Line, MI
Priests from Detroit served the Catholics of Kunrod’s Corner, present-day Center Line, from 1852 to 1857.
Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House
Mount Clemens, MI
Opened in 1899, the Saint Joseph Sanitarium and Bath House is the only building remaining from the Mount Clemens bath era.
Saint Mary's School
Mount Clemens, MI
In 1870 Father Camillius Maes of Saint Peter Parish erected Saint Mary’s School on this lot, adjacent to the church.
Sanford Stone
Richmond, MI
Sanford Stone (1828-1888) came to Richmond in 1843.
Selfridge Field
Harrison Township, MI
Selfridge, Michigan’s first real airport, began operations as a training base in July 1917.
Shoreline Interurban Railway
St. Clair Shores, MI
The Detroit, Lake Shore, and Mt. Clemens Railway, also known as the Shore Line, began interurban rail service on September 28, 1898.
Simpson Park Campground
Romeo, MI
In the early nineteenth century Methodists began holding camp meetings, an outgrowth of their early revivals.
Spring Hill Farm
Shelby Township, MI
Peter and Sarah Lerich established Spring Hill Farm in the 1830s.
St. Clement Cemetery
Center Line, MI
St. Clement Catholic Church served as the center of community life for the Belgian, German, Polish, French, and Irish Catholics who...
St. Lawrence Parish of Utica
Utica, MI
In May 1866 the Reverend Amandus VanDenDriessche of Detroit recited Utica’s first Catholic mass.
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Macomb, MI
On February 20, 1882, thirty founders signed the charter of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter Church.
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Eastpointe, MI
Erin Township’s German immigrants first worshipped together in a log church amid an oak forest in 1846.
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Richmond, MI
German immigrants founded St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the 1850s.
Thomas Edison
Mount Clemens, MI
While working as a railway newsboy on the Detroit-Port Huron line, Tom Edison often stopped in Mount Clemens.
Upton House
Sterling Heights, MI
Constructed in 1866-67, the William Upton House is one of the oldest surviving nineteenth-century brick dwellings in Sterling Heights.
Utica Cemetery
Utica, MI
John and Mary Stead deeded 4.45 acres of land to the Utica Cemetery Association in 1863.
Village of Romeo
Romeo, MI
Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians.
Village of Warren
Warren, MI
Pioneers, mostly farmers, from New England settled the Warren area in 1832.
Warren Union Cemetery
Warren, MI
In 1845 pioneer farmer Peter Gillette sold a parcel of land to eighteen families for use as a burial ground.
William Austin Burt
Washington Township, MI
Near this site lived William Austin Burt, inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright.
Wolcott Mill
Ray Township, MI
Wolcott Mill is among the oldest mills in Michigan.
Zion Church
Mount Clemens, MI
Organized on July 3, 1854, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was the first German Protestant congregation in Mount Clemens.