Grosse Pointe Academy
Inscription
Owned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart from 1867 to 1969, this site is now an independent school. The narrow shape of the property reflects its original use as a French “ribbon farm” extending inland from Lake St. Clair. Situated at the Grosse Pointe Academy are an 1868 structure initially used as a public school for village children; the present academy building erected in 1929; and a place of worship modeled after a French convent chapel.
Each of these edifices is still in use.
Location
Sources
More markers in Wayne
David Dunbar Buick
Detroit, MI
David Dunbar Buick, for whom the Buick automobile is named, came to Detroit from Scotland with his parents in 1856 at age two.
The Landing of Cadillac
Detroit, MI
After departing Montreal June 5, 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and his convoy of twenty-five canoes sailed down this river, and on...
Henry Ford Birthplace
Dearborn, MI
At this intersection stood the home in which Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863.
Johnson's Tavern
Wayne, MI
In 1824 George M. Johnson purchased eight acres of land from the government and erected a log tavern at this location, a day’s journey...
First Jewish Religious Services
Detroit, MI
Near this site in 1850, a small group of German-Jewish immigrants gathered at the home of Isaac and Sarah Cozens and formed the Beth El...