National Register of Historic Places listings in Macomb County, Michigan

The following is a list of Registered Historic Places in Macomb County, Michigan.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 10, 2011.^[1]

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[2]	Landmark name [3]	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Clinton Grove Cemetery		01996-07-25July 25, 1996	21189 Cass Ave., Clinton Township 42°36′10″N 82°54′13″W / 42.602778°N 82.903611°W / 42.602778; -82.903611 (Clinton Grove Cemetery)	Mount Clemens	The Clinton Grove Cemetery Association was established on March 30, 1855 as a non-sectarian, non-profit association; its original five-acre plot has since been inceased to 50 acres. In 1914 a Tudor office and chapel building were added, both designed by Mount Clemens architect Theophilus Van Damme. Family mausoleums and crypts are scattered among the in-ground burials, as well as a wide variety of 19th and early 20th century monuments. The cemetery is an outstanding example of an urban, park-like memorial burial ground, retaining the feel of a Victorian-era rural cemetery through both landscaping and the variety and quality of its gravemarkers.
2	Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal		01972-03-24March 24, 1972	Runs between Utica and Yates 42°39′17″N 83°03′10″W / 42.654722°N 83.052778°W / 42.654722; -83.052778 (Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal)	Yates	The Clinton–Kalamazoo Canal was begun in 1838, with the plan oc connecting Mount Clemens to the mouth of the Kalamazoo River. However, funding quickly dried up, and all construction stopped in 1843 after only 13 miles had been completed. The remains of the canal extend into both Macomb County and Oakland County.
3	Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse		02001-04-30April 30, 2001	15500 Nine Mile Rd. 42°27′53″N 82°57′52″W / 42.464722°N 82.964444°W / 42.464722; -82.964444 (Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse)	Eastpointe	Also known as the Halfway Schoolhouse, this school was built in 1872 in the village of Halfway (now Eastpointe). The schoolhouse, when it was sold and moved to the corner of Nine Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue, where it was used as a warehouse. In 1984, the East Detroit Historical Society purchased the building, and moved it once more to within 60 feet of its original site. Although twice moved, the school remains essentially unaltered.
4	First Congregational Church		01975-12-06December 6, 1975	69619 Parker 42°48′49″N 82°45′37″W / 42.813611°N 82.760278°W / 42.813611; -82.760278 (First Congregational Church)	Richmond	In 1887, the First Congregational Church congregation hired local builder Charles W. McCauley to build this church. It was used for worship until 1973, when the congregation merged with a nearby church and sold the building to the Richmond Community Theatre, which still uses the structure. It remains a significant and well-reserved example of 19th century Gothic Revival architecture.
5	Edsel and Eleanor Ford House		01979-07-24July 24, 1979	1100 Lakeshore Dr. 42°27′21″N 82°52′26″W / 42.455833°N 82.873889°W / 42.455833; -82.873889 (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House)	Grosse Pointe Shores	In 1926, Edsel Ford (the son of Henry Ford and a Ford Motor Company executive) and his wife Eleanor hired Albert Kahn to design a house on the shore of Lake St. Clair in a style resembling that of cottages they had seen in England in the Cotswolds. The site plan and gardens of the estate were designed by Jens Jensen. Construction of the house took a year, but the interior took another two to complete, and the Fords moved in in 1929.
6	General Motors Technical Center		02000-03-27March 27, 2000	Bounded by 12 Mile, Mound and Chicago Rds, and Van Dyke Ave. 42°30′48″N 83°02′16″W / 42.513333°N 83.037778°W / 42.513333; -83.037778 (General Motors Technical Center)	Warren	The GM Tech Center was designed by architect Eero Saarinen. Construction began in 1949 and continued until 1955, with a total cost of approximately US$100,000,000. The campus was ceremonially opened by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 16, 1956, and in 1986 the complex was designated by the American Institute of Architects as the most outstanding architectural project of its era.
7	Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Mount Clemens Station		01981-10-26October 26, 1981	198 Grand St. 42°35′57″N 82°53′30″W / 42.599167°N 82.891667°W / 42.599167; -82.891667 (Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Mount Clemens Station)	Mount Clemens	This passenger station was built by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in 1859 and served the community until 1953. The site played a significant role in Thomas Edison's life: in August 1862, a young Edison pulled a three-year-old boy from the path of an oncoming train. As a reward, the boy's father, station agent J. U. Mackenzie, taught Edison train telegraphy and operation, spurring his interest in technology. The depot now houses the Michigan Transit Museum.
8	Holcombe Site		01971-04-16April 16, 1971	Address Restricted[4]. 42°34′07″N 83°00′34″W / 42.568611°N 83.009444°W / 42.568611; -83.009444 (Holcombe Site)	Warren	The Holcombe Site is a Paleo-Indian archaeological site situated on what was, at the time it was occupied, the strandline of a small glacial lake that probably drained into nearby Lake Algonquin. Archaeologists found arrowheads, flint chips, and bone fragments at the site, indicating that these Paleo-Indians hunted Barren-ground Caribou. The site yielded evidence of the Indian's change in culture and subsistence as the climate in the area changed.
9	Kolping Park and Chapel		01996-12-12December 12, 1996	47440 Sugar Bush Rd. 42°39′01″N 82°48′54″W / 42.650278°N 82.815°W / 42.650278; -82.815 (Kolping Park and Chapel)	Chesterfield Township, Michigan	Kolping Park is a 19-acre parcel containing a historic wayside chapel, as well as a shrine to Blessed Father Adolph Kolping, and a pavilion, dance hall, rifle range, picnic shelter, parade grounds, playground, soccer field and parking lot on landscaped grounds. The chapel, intended to be reminiscent of European wayside chapels, is a Gothic Revival structure, designed and constructed by Rev. Father Joseph Wuest, founder of the local chapter of the Kolping Society. It is constructed from stones and shells sent to Wuest by Kolping societies from all over the world.
10	Packard Proving Grounds Gateway Complex		02007-02-01February 1, 2007	49965 Van Dyke Ave. 42°39′45″N 83°02′01″W / 42.662525°N 83.033683°W / 42.662525; -83.033683 (Packard Proving Grounds Gateway Complex)	Shelby Township	In 1927, the Packard Motor Car Company acquired a 560-acre (2.3 km2) site north of their factory, intending to build an automotive testing facility. The company hired Albert Kahn to design the buildings of the facility, which was opened in 1928. Packard operated tha facility until their 1957 collapse, andter which Ford Motor Company bought it in 1961. In the late 1990s, Ford turned over 7 acres (28,000 m2) of land, containing the most historically important portions of the complex, to the Packard Motor Car Foundation for restoration and care.
11	Romeo Historic District		01970-07-08July 8, 1970	Roughly bounded by the corporate lines of the city 42°48′07″N 83°00′51″W / 42.801944°N 83.014167°W / 42.801944; -83.014167 (Romeo Historic District)	Romeo	The Romeo Historic District contains approximately 100 well-preserved historic structures, constructed in a variety of archetectural styles. Most are frame structures, including a number of Gothic Revival cottages, but the district also includes substantial brick buildings located along Romeo's main street.
12	William Upton House		01986-07-31July 31, 1986	40433 Utica Rd. 42°35′29″N 83°00′42″W / 42.591389°N 83.011667°W / 42.591389; -83.011667 (William Upton House)	Sterling Heights	William Upton was a successful farmer who built this house in 1866-67. He lived in the house until 1891, after which a succession of other farmers, and then tenants, lived in the house. In 1964, the house was purchased by the Macomb Child Guidance Center, and later the city of Sterling Heights bought the building and in 1981-82, atrestored the exterior and converted the interior into public offices.
13	Washington Octagon House		01971-09-03September 3, 1971	57000 Van Dyke St. 42°43′06″N 83°02′06″W / 42.718333°N 83.035°W / 42.718333; -83.035 (Washington Octagon House)	Washington	The Loren Andrus Octagon House, also known as the Washington Octagon House, was built in 1860 by David Stewart for his brother-in-law, Loren Andrus.
14	Wolcott Mill		02009-12-08December 8, 2009	63841 Wolcott Road 42°45′58″N 82°55′36″W / 42.766175°N 82.926792°W / 42.766175; -82.926792 (Wolcott Mill)	Ray Township	The Wolcott Mill was constructed in 1847, and operated as a grist and feed mill. Fred B. Wolcott purchased it in 1878, updated the machinery, and operated it for years afterward. Thi mill finally closed in 1967, and in 1989 was opened as part of the Wolcott Mill Metropark.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Michigan

References

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
2. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. . http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
4. ^ The State of Michigan has erected a historic marker commemorating the Holcombe Site, the text of which can be found in this book. The marker states that the actual archaeological site is "near" the marker position; the photo and coords are of the marker itself.