Historic Markers in Monroe County
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Historic Markers in Monroe County The American Surrender - East Noble Anderson Trading Post - E. Elm, north side between N. Monroe & N. Macomb Streets The Armory Opera House - E. Second at Washington St. Boston Custer – Autie Reed - Woodland Cemetery Boy Scouts in Monroe County - E. Second & Washington St. Boyd School - Cass St. between Third & Fourth Streets Bridge School - Lewis Ave. at Dixon Rd., south side of the River Raisin British Victory at Frenchtown - North Dixie Hwy. Capture of General Winchester - Kentucky Ave. between Second & Third Streets Colonel Oliver Johnson’s Home - NE corner W. Second & Cass Streets The Custer Home - North Custer Rd. Death of Capt. Woolfolk - E. Elm Ave. between Hollywood Dr. & Riverview Ave. Death of Col. John Allen - E. Second near Winchester Deloeuil Blacksmith Shop - North Custer Rd. Doctor Eduard Dorsch - E. First St. Dr. George Francis Heath - E. Front St., north side in front of #29 Dundee – Hub of the Highways - in center of village square, Dundee Dundee’s Old Mill - Toledo Ave., Dundee, near M-50 Editor Ellis, 1825 - W. First St., north side in front of Monroe Evening News Edward D. Ellis - Ellis Library, M-50 (S. Custer Rd.) & Raisinville Rd. Edward M. Knabusch - La-Z-Boy Chair Co., Telegraph Rd. Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad - Whiteford Township Famous Waterfront - N. Dixie Hwy., near Sterling State Park entrance First Battle of the River Raisin - Hellenberg Park First District Court - E. Elm Ave., north side, east of North Dixie & railroad tracks First Presbyterian Church - SW corner First & Washington Streets Frenchtown Township - Vivian Rd., east side, north of Hurd Rd. Historic Banner Oak School - Crabb Rd., Bedford Township Historic Crossroad - NW corner S. Monroe & W. Front Streets (Missing) Historic River Raisin Historical Museum - NW corner W. Second & S. Monroe Streets Holy Ghost Lutheran Church - Heiss & Gruber Roads, Raisinville Township Ida Township/Ida Village - Lewis Ave., Ida Indian Attack - Kentucky Ave. J. Sterling Morton - NW corner E. Fifth & Washington Streets Lake Erie’s Marshes - Elm Ave. exit of northbound I-75 (Missing) LaPlaisance Bay Settlement - East Albain Rd. La-Z-Boy Chair Co. - Telegraph Rd. Liberty Corners Church - Jackman Rd. Lutherans in Monroe County - Albain Rd. (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church) McDowell Papermill - N. Custer & Raisinville Rd. bridge Macon Indian Reserve - Dundee Township Major-General George Armstrong Custer - SW corner Monroe St. & Elm Ave. Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge - St. Mary’s Park foot bridge Masonry in Monroe - SE corner Monroe St. & Elm Ave. Memorial Place - S. Monroe St. between W. Sixth & W. Seventh Streets Monroe County Since 1817 - SE corner E. First & Washington Streets Monroe Pike - NE corner Telegraph Rd. & W. Front St. Monroe’s Paper Industry - E. Elm Ave. Monroe’s Soldiers - W. First St. near Cass St. Murder of Captain Hart - North Dixie Hwy. Navarre-Anderson Trading Post - North Custer Rd. Old Burial Ground - North Monroe St., west side Old Hull Road - North Dixie Hwy., east of I-75 Old Michigan Southern - W. First at W. Front on triangle Old Whipping Post - NW E. First & Washington Streets (Loranger Square) Papermill School - N. Custer at Raisinville Rd. bridge Port of Monroe - NW corner Winchester & E. Front St The Potter’s Field - Raisinville Rd., Monroe County Community College The Railroad Well - Lewis Ave., Ida, MI - At the entrance of the Ida Branch Library parking lot. Raisin Massacre of 1813 - E. Elm Ave. St. Antoine, Riviere Aux Raisins - North Custer Rd. St. Joseph Sur La Baie - Manhattan Blvd., Erie, MI St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception - NW Corner Elm Ave. & N. Monroe St. St. Paul’s United Methodist Church - SE corner E. Second & S. Monroe St. Sandy Creek Settlement - North Dixie Hwy. at Sandy Creek Rd. Smith-Ilgenfritz House - Elm Ave. Spaulding Cemetery/Plank Rd. - Plank Rd. near Milan, MI A Storied Homestead - E. Front St. (Sawyer House) Tecumseh’s Headquarters - E. Elm Ave. near Tremont St. Trinity Lutheran Church - Scott St. between E. Third and E. Fourth Streets U.S. 17th Infantry Campsite - E. Elm Ave. near Detroit Ave. University of Michigan - NW Corner S. Macomb & E. Second Streets "War" With Happy Ending - S. Dixie Hwy., Erie Township Waterloo Dam – 1820 - N. Custer Rd Wayne Stockade - NE corner E. Elm Ave. & N. Monroe St. .