List of Michigan State Historic Sites facts for kids

Location of Michigan within the United States

The following is a List of Michigan State Historic Sites. The register is maintained by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, which was established in the late 1960s after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Sites marked with a dagger (†) are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan. Those with a double dagger (‡) are also designated National Historic Landmarks. As of June 2011, there were more than 2,700 total listings distributed through each of Michigan's 83 counties. In addition, several historical markers have been erected outside of Michigan.

Alcona (5) • Alger (19) • Allegan (37) • Alpena (13) • Antrim (10) • Arenac (5) • Baraga (10) • Barry (30) • Bay (34) • Benzie (8) • Berrien (53) • Branch (23) • Calhoun (110) • Cass (23) • Charlevoix (21) • Cheboygan (17) • Chippewa (31) • Clare (9) • Clinton (26) • Crawford (9) • Delta (13) • Dickinson (12) • Eaton (54) • Emmet (26) • Genesee (80) • Gladwin (2) • Gogebic (9) • Grand Traverse (22) • Gratiot (20) • Hillsdale (25) • Houghton (39) • Huron (30) • Ingham (103) • Ionia (36) • Iosco (10) • Iron (14) • Isabella (13) • Jackson (47) • Kalamazoo (62) • Kalkaska (4) • Kent (83) • Keweenaw (15) • Lake (9) • Lapeer (29) • Leelanau (25) • Lenawee (69) • Livingston (31) • Luce (7) • Mackinac (48) • Macomb (62) • Manistee (20) • Marquette (41) • Mason (17) • Mecosta (14) • Menominee (15) • Midland (7) • Missaukee (2) • Monroe (26) • Montcalm (10) • Montmorency (4) • Muskegon (27) • Newaygo (14) • Oakland (198) • Oceana (6) • Ogemaw (6) • Ontonagon (9) • Osceola (6) • Oscoda (1) • Otsego (3) • Ottawa (55) • Presque Isle (13) • Roscommon (5) • Saginaw (44) • St. Clair (45) • St. Joseph (43) • Sanilac (29) • Schoolcraft (5) • Shiawassee (36) • Tuscola (47) • Van Buren (28) • Washtenaw (96) • Wayne (357) • Wexford (14) • Outside Michigan (8)

Numbers in parentheses denote the number of State Historic Sites in that county. Counties in bold link to separate articles.
Counties with their own articles are limited to those that have more than 10 individual sites or markers.

Alcona County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Greenbush School	NW corner of Campbell and State streets	Greenbush	August 3, 1979
Addison Silverthorn Jewelry Store	115 Lake Street	Harrisville	August 29, 1996
Sturgeon Point Light Station†	Point Road	Harrisville	February 18, 1982
Joseph Van Buskirk House	659 US 23 South	Harrisville	February 11, 1972
West Harrisville Depot	116 Fiske Street	Lincoln	December 3, 1998

Alger County

Allegan County

Alpena County

Antrim County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Antrim County Courthouse†	203 East Cayuga Street	Bellaire	April 5, 1974
Brown's School	4891 M-32 at Marsh Rd.	Jordan Township	August 3, 1979
Central Lake High School	Southwest Corner of State and Howard streets	Central Lake	August 12, 1983
Elk Rapids Iron Company Informational Site	Ames Street (in the yard of the Elks Rapids Inn)	Elk Rapids	February 28, 1969
Elk Rapids Township Hall†	401 River Street	Elk Rapids	November 15, 1973
Essex Town Site Commemorative Designation	Southwest corner of South Dennis and Essex Roads	Ellsworth	September 14, 1995
Holtz Site†	Island in the Intermediate River	Bellaire	June 20, 1970
Hughes House†	109 Elm Street	Elk Rapids	October 21, 1975
Edwin Noble House	Isle of Pines Drive	Elk Rapids	April 24, 1979
Pere Marquette Railroad Depot (Alden Station)	10669 Coy Street	Alden	July 23, 1987
Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church	M-32 and 4973 St. John Road	East Jordan	November 16, 1994
Village of Wetzell Informational Designation	US 131 North	Mancelona Township	January 19, 1989

Arenac County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
First Presbyterian Church of Maple Ridge	202 Briggs Road	Prescott	November 16, 1981
Lalone Site (20ARL)	SE, NE 5, 18N 5E	Standish	September 17, 1974
Michigan Central Railroad Standish Depot†	107 North Main Street (North Main St at West Cedar St.)	Standish	August 27, 1977
Saganing Indian Mission Church	5480 Sturman Rd., Saganing Indian Reservation	Standish Township	November 30, 1983
Second Arenac County Courthouse†	Central Avenue (US 23), east of Main Rd	Omer	March 2, 1976

Baraga County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Assinins†	US 41	Assinins	June 19, 1971
Baraga County Courthouse	16 South Third Street	L'Anse	May 21, 1985
Covington Town Hall	13381 Center St.	Covington	July 15, 2016
Hebard-Ford Summer House†	13730 Ford Dr.	Pequaming	September 10, 1979
Keweenaw Bay Informational Designation	Baraga State Park on US 41, between Baraga and L'Anse	Baraga Township	January 19, 1957
Kewawenon Mission†	227 Front Street, between Whirl-I-Gig Road and Peter Marksman Rd, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of L'Anse, Sec. 19, T51N, R32W	Zeba	January 29, 1979
L'Anse - Lac Vieux Desert Trail Informational Designation	US 41	L'Anse	November 15, 1984
Jacob and Anna Leinonen Homestead	13960 Murphy Road	Covington	July 15, 1999
Pelkie School House	15009 Pelkie Rd.	Pelkie	June 10, 1980
Pequaming	8 miles (13 km) north of L' Anse	Pequaming	April 23, 1971
Skanee School	13730 Skanee Rd.	Skanee	July 17, 1981

Barry County

Bay County

Benzie County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Benzie County Courthouse†	7157 Crystal Avenue	Beulah	February 16, 1979
Benzonia College Informational Designation	River Road, Benzonia Village Park, US-31	Benzonia	July 10, 1963
Benzonia Congregational Church	6941 Grand Traverse Avenue	Benzonia	February 23, 1981
Car Ferries on Lake Michigan Informational Designation	River Road at Lake Michigan	Frankfort	January 19, 1957
Bruce Catton Informational Designation	891 Michigan Avenue	Benzonia	May 8, 1984
Marquette's Death Informational Designation	Mouth of the Betsie River	Frankfort vicinity	June 11, 1965
Mills Community House†	891 Michigan Avenue	Benzonia	1977
Pacific Salmon	15200 Honor Highway	Beulah	February 22, 1974
Watervale†	975–1422 Watervale Road	Blaine Township	December 19, 1991

Berrien County

Branch County

Calhoun County

Cass County

Charlevoix County

Cheboygan County

Chippewa County

Clare County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Clare Congregational Church†	110 Fifth Street	Clare	March 17, 1994
Harrison Informational Designation	Lake Street and Budd Lake	Harrison	December 21, 1978
George and Martha Hitchcock House†	205 East Michigan Street	Farwell	July 29, 1980
Irish Counties	Clare Welcome Center on US 127	Grant Township	July 19, 1962
Ladies' Library Association of Farwell	221 West Main Street	Farwell	August 3, 1979
Lincoln Township Hall	175 Lake George Avenue	Lake George	November 7, 1977
Logging Railroads Commemorative Designation	Highway Park, old US-27, 7.5 miles N of Clare	Hatton Township	February 18, 1956
Michigan Petroleum Industry	Clare Welcome Center on US 127	Grant Township	1961
William Henry Wilson House	390 Main Street	Harrison	April 18, 1983

Clinton County

Crawford County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
32nd Red Arrow Division Informational Designation	Camp Grayling, vicinity of stone mess hall	Grayling	April 15, 1977
Beginning of State Reforestation Informational Site	Higgins Lake Nursery, County Road 200, 1/2 mile east of old US-27, 1/4 mile N of Roscommon County line	Grayling vicinity	February 26, 1957
Camp Grayling Officers Open Mess	Building #311, Howe Road	Grayling	August 24, 1978
Douglas House†	6122 County Road 612	Grayling	November 18, 2000
Grayling Fish Hatchery	4893 W North Down River Road	Grayling	February 26, 1957
Hartwick Pines	3896 Hartwick Pines Rd.	Grayling Charter Township	September 17, 1957
Michigan Central Railroad - Grayling Station	401 Norway Street	Grayling	August 21, 1986
Pere Cheney Cemetery	End of Center Plains Trail	Roscommon	February 18, 1993
Homesite of Chief David Shoppenagon Informational Site	Old US-27/I-75 intersection at Au Sable River	Grayling	December 12, 1979

Delta County

Dickinson County

Eaton County

Emmet County

Genesee County

Gladwin County

Name	Image	Location	City	Listing date
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church		3555 North Oberlin Road	Sherman Township	November 20, 1987
Zion Evangelical Lutheran School		3557 North Oberlin Road	Sherman Township	November 20, 1987

Gogebic County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Ashland Mine	215 W McLeod Ave, Ironwood, MI 49938	Ironwood	March 3, 1971
Colby Mine	503 Burma Rd.	Bessemer	September 25, 1956
Copper Peak†	North Black River Valley Parkway, Ottawa National Forest	Ironwood vicinity	January 22, 1971
Solomon S. Curry House†	631 East McLeod Avenue	Ironwood	November 7, 1977
Erwin Central School	N8908 Van Buskirk Road	Erwin Township	2012
Gogebic County Courthouse†	200 North Moore Street	Bessemer	December 10, 1971
Gogebic Iron Range Informational Designation	Memory Lane Park (roadside park on US-2, 1 mile east of Bessemer)	Bessemer vicinity	August 23, 1956
Ironwood City Hall†	McLeod Avenue and Norfolk Street	Ironwood	May 14, 1975
Norrie Park Informational Designation	498 W. Norrie Park Road	Ironwood	April 13, 1960
Raphael Pumpelly, Site of Discovery of Iron Ore Formation Informational Designation	Across from No. 1 Newport Heights, off of Country Club/Bonnie Road	Ironwood	August 3, 1979

Grand Traverse County

Gratiot County

Hillsdale County

Houghton County

Huron County

Ingham County

Ionia County

Iosco County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Alabaster Quarry Informational site	US Gypsum Co. Quarry, intersection of Benson and Turtle roads	Alabaster	August 8, 1963
Alabaster Historic District†	Bounded by Lake Huron, Gypsum, Keystone, and Rempert Rds.	Alabaster	December 16, 1977
Edward A. Brackenridge House	218 West Dwight Street	Oscoda	November 26, 1985
Louis Chevalier Claim Informational Site	295 Harbor Street	Au Sable	July 29, 1980
Cooke Hydroelectric Plant†	1201 Cooke Dam Rd.	Oscoda	August 2, 1996
Dock Reserve Informational Site	Beach at end of Michigan, River Road, Dwight and Park streets	Oscoda	July 21, 1988
Five Channels Dam Archeological District†	6051 State Route 65	Glennie	March 13, 2002
Green Pack House	5014 N US-23	Oscoda	January 27, 1983
Ladies Literary Club Building	316 Newman Street	East Tawas	April 5, 1974
Lumbering on the Huron Shore Informational Designation	Tawas Point State Park	East Tawas	July 19, 1956
Lumberman's Memorial	5401 Monument Rd.	Oscoda Township	February 19, 1958
Pioneer Township Cemetery	4252 Old State Rd.	Grant Township	September 1, 1963
Tawas Point Light Station†	Tawas Point Road	East Tawas vicinity	April 23, 1971

Iron County

Isabella County

Jackson County

Kalamazoo County

Kalkaska County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Excelsior Town Hall	987 Sigma Rd SE	Excelsior	July 26, 1974
Hotel Sieting	398 South Cedar Street	Kalkaska	August 23, 1990
Kalkaska Cemetery Chapel	260 West St.	Kalkaska	June 10, 1980
Rugg Pond Dam	4849 Valley Road	Kalkaska vicinity	May 8, 1984

Kent County

Keweenaw County

Lake County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Brown Trout Informational Designation	2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Baldwin on M-37	Baldwin	February 15, 1984
Idlewild Informational Designation	US-10 and South Broadway Street	Idlewild	2009
Idlewild Lot Owners Association	Lake Drive and Glade Avenue	Idlewild	2009
The Island / The Flamingo Club	1002 Martin Luther King Avenue	Idlewild	2009
Lake County Informational Designation	Lake County Courthouse	Baldwin	February 19, 1958
Marlborough Historic District†	James Road	Marlborough	October 1, 1971
Shrine of the Pines	M-37, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Baldwin	Baldwin vicinity	July 20, 1982
Daniel Hale Williams House	15712 Lake Drive	Idlewild	2009
Herman & Lela Wilson House	6583 Paradise Path	Idlewild	2009

Lapeer County

Leelanau County

Lenawee County

Livingston County

Luce County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Helmer General Store and Resort	RD #3 - County Road 417, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of H-44	Helmer	January 13, 1982
Luce County Sheriff's House and Jail†	411 West Harrie Street	Newberry	August 15, 1975
John McGruer House	7964 N. M-123	Newberry	June 30, 1988
Newberry Hotel	301 South Newberry Avenue	Newberry	September 8, 1982
Newberry State Bank Building	318 Newberry Avenue	Newberry	August 21, 1986
Life Saving Station Informational Site	Mouth of the Two Hearted River, Two Hearted River Forest Campground, east of County Road 423	Newberry vicinity	December 12, 1979
Watershed between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan	Roadside Park on M-28, west of M-117	Newberry vicinity	February 12, 1959

Mackinac County

Macomb County

Manistee County

Marquette County

Mason County

Mecosta County

Menominee County

Midland County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Bradley House†	Corner of Cook Road and Main Street	Midland	April 23, 1971
Chemical Industry Informational Designation	700 block of West Main Street	Midland	September 17, 1957
Homer Township Cemetery	1136 East Prairie Road, bounded by Pine River and Prairie roads	Midland vicinity	September 19, 1991
John and Almira Kelly House	505 Main Street	Midland	September 24, 1984
Midland County Courthouse†	301 West Main Street	Midland	May 21, 1985
James T. Pardee House†	812 West Main Street	Midland	March 19, 1987
Upper Bridge	Currie Parkway over the Tittabawassee River	Midland	August 18, 1988
Alden Dow House and Studio	315 Post St	Midland	June 29, 1989

Missaukee County

Name	Image	Location	City	Listing date
Lake City United Methodist Church Informational Designation		301 East John Street	Lake City	December 5, 1986
Swedish Lutheran Church -demolished		3815 S Morey Rd, Lake City	Lake City	September 10, 1979

Monroe County

Montcalm County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Charles J. Church-Frank S. Gibson House	301 South Barry	Greenville	May 18, 1989
Clifford Lake Hotel	561 West Clifford Lake Drive	Stanton vicinity	June 23, 1983
Cowden Lake Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ)	4510 Gravel Ridge Road, NE corner of Coral Road (County Road 530)	Coral vicinity	January 19, 1989
Ambrose J. Ecker House	615 Lafayette	Greenville	September 21, 1988
Charles H. Gibson House	311 West Washington Avenue	Greenville	March 21, 1991
Giles Gilbert House†	306 North Camburn Street	Stanton	May 8, 1984
Greenville Informational Designation	213 North Franklin Street	Greenville	August 15, 1975
Little Denmark Evangelical Lutheran Church	1031 South Johnson Road (County Road 595) at intersection of Pakes Road	Gowen vicinity	February 26, 1985
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church	305 South Clay Street, SE corner of Cass Street	Greenville	January 23, 1992
Winter Inn†	100 North Lafayette Street	Greenville	September 10, 1979

Montmorency County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Big Rock Informational Designation	M-32 West at Thornton Road	Atlanta	January 17, 1991
Calvary Episcopal Church	330 North State Street, SE corner of Third Street	Hillman	May 8, 1984
Camp Lunden	County Road 612, 6 miles east of Lewiston	Lewiston	June 20, 1994
Congregational United Church of Christ	Northeast corner of Kneeland and Woodfield Street	Lewiston	February 25, 1988

Muskegon County

Newaygo County

Oakland County

Oceana County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Benona Township Hall	7169 West Baker Road	Shelby vicinity	July 20, 1989
Jared H. Gay Log House†	Route 2, 128th Avenue	Crystal Valley	May 15, 1987
Hart Historic Industrial District	215 Lincoln Street, 216 Lincoln Street, and 109 Union Street	Hart	June 21, 1990
Charles Mears Silver Lake Boardinghouse†	Southeast corner of Lighthouse and Silver Lake Channel roads	Mears vicinity	December 5, 1986
Pawabawme Burial Ground (Demolished)	Tyler Road at Walkerville Road	Hart vicinity	March 16, 1981
Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse	North Lighthouse Drive	Golden Township	2014
Veterans Day Storm - Graveyard of Ships Informational Designation	421 South Hancock Street	Pentwater	May 21, 1985

Ogemaw County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Cleveland Park Pavilion	Cleveland Park	Rose City	January 18, 2001
Ogemaw Springs Commemorative Designation	Maes Road	Ogemaw Township	2012
Rose City / The Big Fire Commemorative Designation	Rose City Park along M-33	Rose City	January 17, 2002
Rose Township Fractional District No. 5 School	3668 Cherry Street	Rose Township	April 20, 1995
Frank Sebastian Smith House	124 East Houghton Avenue (M-55)	West Branch	February 16, 1989

Ontonagon County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Marsi Homestead	45467 South Road	Bohemia Township	September 8, 1982
Methodist Episcopal Church	Minnesota Mine Location, south end of Rockland on US-45	Rockland	November 16, 1982 Burned Down and Rebuilt
Minesota Mine	SE of Rockland, off of US-45	Rockland	May 17, 1973
Ontonagon Copper Boulder Informational Site	Victoria Reservoir	Rockland	February 17, 1965
Ontonagon Lighthouse†	Off M-64 at the mouth of the Ontonagon River	Ontonagon	May 17, 1973
Porcupine Mountains Informational Designation	Porcupine Mountains State Park, M-107, 10 miles west of Silver City	Silver City vicinity	September 17, 1975
Soo Line Railroad Depot	Soo Line Railroad Tracks and Division Street	Trout Creek	June 15, 1979
Victoria Mining Company Town	Intersection of Victoria Dam Road and Victoria Road	Rockland vicinity	April 23, 1971
Elton B. Walker House	605 Ridge Road	Mass City	April 23, 1985

Osceola County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Congregational Church	216 South Main	Hersey	June 15, 1979
Joseph W. Guyton Informational Designation	308 N. Main St.	Evart	June 15, 2005
John E. Larson Farm	20432 Mackinaw Trail	Tustin	June 5, 1997
Marion Mill Pond / Founding of Marion Information Designation	M-66, one block north of Main, adjacent to water and Lake Shore Drive	Marion	April 15, 1999
North Evart United Methodist Church	8985 90th Avenue	Evart vicinity	July 20, 1984
Reed City Community Building (Demolished)	Slosson Avenue at Chestnut Museum	Reed City	September 21, 1988
Swedish Evangical Lutheran Church	308 Michigan Avenue	Tustin	July 15, 2004
Swedish Immigration Informational Designation	Old US-131 near Tustin, about 10 miles south of Cadillac	Tustin	June 15, 1979

Oscoda County

Name	Image	Location	City	Listing date
Mio Dam		Route No. 1, Pond Drive at the Au Sable River	Mio	2005
Oscoda County Courthouse†		311 Morenci Avenue	Mio	August 13, 1971

Otsego County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
First Congregational Church	218 West Second Street	Gaylord	March 16, 1989
Frank A. and Rae E. Harris Kramer House†	221 Center, SW corner of Shelden Street	Gaylord	February 18, 1993
Otsego County Informational Designation	Otsego County Courthouse, 225 W. Main (M-32) at Otsego Avenue	Gaylord	February 17, 1960
St. Mary's Catholic Church	147 North Otsego Street	Gaylord	2005

Ottawa County

Presque Isle County

Roscommon County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Eggleston School†	10539 Nolan Road	Nester Township	February 29, 1996
Gerrish Township Informational Site	2997 East Higgins Lake Drive	Gerrish Township	December 12, 1979
Pioneer House	900 Lake Street	Roscommon	January 20, 2000
Roscommon Lumber Company / Prudenville Informational Designation	Trestle Park, M-55 at M-18	Prudenville	2014
Terney House	603 Lake Street	Roscommon	August 24, 1978 Demolished in 2012

Saginaw County

St. Clair County

St. Joseph County

Sanilac County

Schoolcraft County

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Bishop Baraga's First Mission Church Informational Site	2.5 miles (4.0 km) North of Manistique on Leduc Road, less than .25 miles (0.40 km) west of M-94, at Arrowhead Inn Point	Manistique vicinity	April 2, 1957
Blaney Inn	4395 State Hwy M77	Mueller Township	July 23, 1987
Manistique Pumping Station†	Deer Street (US-2)	Manistique	March 19, 1980
Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse†	County Road 431 at Seul Choix Pointe	Gulliver vicinity	August 21, 1987
Thompson / Christmas Tree Ship	0.3 miles East from Thompson on US-2	Thompson Township	April 13, 2006
White Marble Lime Company Kilns	5055W US-2	Manistique vicinity	November 13, 1964

Shiawassee County

Tuscola County

Van Buren County

Washtenaw County

Wayne County

Wexford County

Outside Michigan

Name	Location	City	Listing date
Battle of Monterey Pass / Michigan Cavalry Brigade Informational Designation	14325 Buchanan Trail East	Waynesboro, Pennsylvania vicinity	2012
Birthplace of Kiwanis Informational Designation	3636 Woodview Trace	Indianapolis, Indiana	1982
Cadillac Museum (Musée Lamothe-Cadillac)	Lamothe Cadillac Avenue	Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, France	1984
Michigan at Perryville Informational Designation	Perryville Battlefield State Park, 1825 Battlefield Road	Perryville, Kentucky	1983
Michigan at Tebbs Bend Informational Designation	Green River Hill Confederate Cemetery	Campbellsville, Kentucky	1988
Michigan Light Artillery Regiment / Batteries F and G Informational Designation	Battlefield Memorial Highway/U.S. Route 421	Richmond, Kentucky	2012
Stones River Informational Designation	Stones River National Battlefield	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	1966
Stonewall Regiment Informational Designation	8629 Reno Monument Road	Boonsboro, Maryland vicinity	1984