List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Oakland County explained

The following is a list of Michigan State Historic Sites in Oakland County, Michigan. Sites marked with a dagger (†) are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Oakland County, Michigan. Those with a double dagger (‡) are also designated National Historic Landmarks.__TOC__

Current listings

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Academy of the Sacred Heart Informational Designation1250 Kensington RoadBloomfield Hills
Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck House1925 North Woodward AvenueBloomfield Hills
Royal Aldrich House31110 Eleven Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Avon School District No. 5 SchoolhouseFourth Street and Wilcox AvenueRochester
Avon Township School District No. 7 School2498 Tienken RoadRochester Hills
B. F. Howland Lumber Co.245 N. Main StreetMilford
Henry C. Bach House30115 ArdmoreFarmington Hills
Bagley Inn101 West Long Lake RoadBloomfield Hills
Fred A. Baker House10505 Lasalle BoulevardHuntington Woods
Barn Church4230 Livernois RoadTroy
Battle Alley Historic District102 S Broad St; 125, 127, 201 S Saginaw; 106, 108, 109, 111, 117 Battle Alley (Martha St)Holly
Edward E. Beals House31805 Bond StreetFarmington Hills
Berkley Fire Hall and Village OfficesCoolidge Highway and Rosemont RoadBerkley
Bissell House334 UnionMilford
Botsford Inn28000 Grand RiverFarmington Hills
Lemuel Botsford House24414 Farmington RoadFarmington Hills
Botsford-Graser House24105 Locust DriveFarmington Hills
General Hugh Brady House31610 Evergreen RoadBeverly Hills
Daniel Broughton House32325 Franklin RoadFranklin
Marcus Burrowes House24300 Locust DriveFarmington Hills
Charles Bissel Button House34600 Twelve Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Byers Farm213 Commerce Road, just west of South Commerce Road (Carroll Lake Rd)Commerce Township
Byers Homestead213 Commerce RoadCommerce
Campbell House3112-3114 Hilton RoadFerndale
Carver Elementary School21272 MendotaFerndale
Caswell House60 West Wattles RoadTroy
Cataract House54 S BroadwayLake Orion
Edward Chene House29920 ArdmoreFarmington Hills
Chief Pontiac Informational DesignationPublic Fishing Site on Orchard LakeOrchard Lake
City of Rochester Informational Designation400 Sixth StreetRochester
Clarkston Village Historic DistrictLocated in the southern part of Independence Township along M-15. The historic district includes Buffalo Street, Church Street, Clarkston Road, Depot Road, Holcomb Street, Main Street (M-15), Miller Road, Waldon Road and Washington Street, and includes over 100 historic structures.Clarkston
Clinton-Kalamazoo CanalBloomer State Park No. 2, Rochester-Utica Recreation Area, one mile east of Rochester, off John R and Bloomer RoadsRochester Hills
Clinton Valley Center† (demolished)140 Elizabeth Lake RoadPontiac
Commerce District No. 10 Schoolhouse4875 Comstock Street, 2 blocks north of Commerce RoadCommerce
Commerce Methodist Episcopal Church1155 West Commerce Road, SW corner of Bogie Lake RoadUnion Lake vicinity
Commerce Roller MillCommerce Road in Commerce Village, 1/8 mile west of Carroll Lake RoadCommerce Village
Commerce Village Burying GroundEast Commerce Road, NW of Newton RoadCommerce Township
Congregation Shaarey Zedek Commemorative Designation27375 Bell RoadSouthfield
Cranbrook500 Lone Pine RoadBloomfield Hills
Crapo Park Informational SiteBounded by Martha St. (Battle Alley), Washington St, and Grand Trunk Western RailroadHolly
Cornelius Davis House30605 InksterFarmington Hills
James Harvey Davis House12451 Andersonville RoadDavisburg
Samuel Davis House32330 Twelve Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Decker Settlement1330 Greenshield RoadLake Orion
Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp2524 Loon Lake RoadWixom
Detroit Zoological Park8450 West Ten Mile RoadHuntington Woods/Royal Oak
Drayton Plains State Fish Hatchery2125 Denby DriveDrayton Plains
Dunning-Schoenemann House514 North MainMilford
Eber Durham House35835 Thirteen Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Emmendorfer House4121 Pontiac TrailOrchard Lake
Caleb Everts House8880 Hickory Ridge RoadRose Center vicinity
Farmington Historic DistrictGrand River Avenue and Shiawassee Avenue from Warner Street to junction of Grand River and ShiawasseeFarmington
Farmington Unitarian Church25301 Halsted RoadFarmington
Joseph G. Farr House4553 Commerce RoadCommerce Township
Ferndale School130 East Nine Mile RoadFerndale
First Baptist Church34 Oakland Avenue at Saginaw AvenuePontiac
First Baptist Church of Royal Oak309 North Main StreetRoyal Oak
First Congregational Church65 East HuronPontiac
First Episcopal Church171 West Pike StreetPontiac
First Methodist Episcopal Church14 Judson StreetPontiac
First Presbyterian ChurchSE corner of West Huron and Wayne streetsPontiac
First Presbyterian Church205 East Lake StreetSouth Lyon
First Quaker Meeting Informational DesignationFarmington Municipal Building - Grand River, 1 block west of Farmington RoadFarmington
Dr. Henry K. Foote House213 West Huron StreetMilford
Ford-Peabody House325 Woodward AvenueBirmingham
Elizabeth Denison Forth Informational SiteOak Hill Cemetery, 216 University DrivePontiac
Four Towns Methodist Church6451 Cooley Lake RoadUnion Lake
Fractional School District No. 10 Schoolhouse3995 West South Boulevard, SE corner of Adams RoadTroy
Franklin Boulevard Historic DistrictRoughly bounded by Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Orchard Lake Avenue, Miller and West Huron streetsPontiac
Franklin Cemetery26480 Scenic DriveFranklin
Franklin Village Informational DesignationOn Village Green, Franklin Road between Carol and Wellington streetsFranklin
Franklin Village School32220 Franklin RoadFranklin
Harry Frink House2246 Oxford RoadOxford
Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead24000 Taft RoadNovi
John Garfield House35810 Thirteen Mile RoadFarmington Hills
German School32240 Middlebelt RoadFarmington Hills
Glen Oaks30500 Thirteen Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Luman W. Goodenough House24705 Farmington RoadFarmington Hills
Goodenough-Spicer Stable24915-C Farmington RoadFarmington Hills
Gray-Spicer House24915-C Farmington RoadFarmington Hills
Silas Green House28001 Ten Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Greenwood CemeteryOak Street, between Greenwood and Lakeview roadsBirmingham
U. S. Hackett Block5 Washington (Lapeer) Road, south of Burdick StOxford
John Dallas Harger House36500 Twelve Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Hathaway-Hess Farm825 South Williams Lake RoadWaterford Township
Hibbard Tavern115 SummitMilford
Higley-Farr House316 Farr StreetCommerce Village
Holly Town Hall102 Front StreetHolly
Howarth United Methodist Church SchoolBald Mountain RoadAuburn Heights vicinity
Hubbard-Kesby House1965 Dawson RoadMilford
John W. Hunter House556 West Maple RoadBirmingham
Stephen Jennings House26337 Drake RoadFarmington Hills
Hamilton Jones House36510 Twelve Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Kelley-Fisk Farm9180 Highland RoadWhite Lake
Cyrus Kilburn Farm3724 Noble Road, east of Delano RoadOxford vicinity
Kresge Foundation Informational Designation3215 West Big Beaver RoadTroy
Lake Orion Community Church21 East Church StreetLake Orion
Lake Orion Methodist Church140 East Flint Street, SW corner of SlaterLake Orion
Lake Orion Town Hall37 East Flint StreetLake Orion
Lakeville Hall1469 Milmine StreetLakeville
Lawnridge Hall1385 South Adams RoadRochester Hills
Lawrence Institute of Technology Informational Designation2100 West Ten Mile RoadSouthfield
Masonic Block400–404 Main / 111–115 East Fourth, Northeast corner of Main and East Fourth StreetsRochester
Willard M. McConnell House206 Auburn AvenuePontiac
McPherson Oil Co. Service Station239 N Main StreetMilford
Meadow Brook Farms480 South Adams RoadRochester Hills
Methodist Episcopal Church33112 Grand River AvenueFarmington
Methodist Episcopal Church of Highland Station205 West Livingston RoadHighland
Michigan's First Tri-Level IntersectionWoodward Avenue at Eight Mile RoadFerndale
Milford Rural Agricultural School630 Hickory StreetMilford
Edward N. Moseman House33203 BiddestoneFarmington Hills
Mount Avon CemeteryThird and Wilcox streetsRochester
Theron Murray House30943 Halsted RoadFarmington Hills
Myrick-Palmer House223 West Huron StreetPontiac
Nardin Park United Methodist Church Informational Designation29887 W Eleven Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Newman African Methodist Episcopal Church Commemorative Designation233 BagleyPontiac
John Norris House3497 Auburn RoadAuburn Hills
Oak Grove CemeteryGarden RoadMilford Township
Oak Hill Cemetery216 University DrivePontiac
Oakland County Courthouse Informational Site (delisted)Southwest corner of Saginaw and Huron streetsPontiac
Oakland County Informational DesignationOakland County Courthouse, 1200 N Telegraph, just north of Elizabeth Lake RoadPontiac
Oaklands Model Home29615 Green AcresFarmington Hills
Old Oak6115 Wing Lake RoadBirmingham vicinity
Orchard Lake Chapel5171 Commerce Road, between Hiller and Orchard Lake roadsOrchard Lake
Orchard Lake Schools Historic DistrictNorth shore of Orchard Lake between Commerce and Orchard Lake RoadsOrchard Lake
Ortonville Methodist Episcopal Church91 Church StOrtonville
Ortonville Mill366 Mill StreetOrtonville
Oxford Methodist Episcopal Church (Demolished)21 East BurdickOxford
Oxford Savings Bank Building1 North Washington StreetOxford
Paint Creek Mill Race Commemorative DesignationOrion Road at Gallagher RoadGoodison
Jabez Payne-Francis Ingersoll House5020 Carroll Lake RoadCommerce Township
James H. Persall House3301 Auburn Road, NW corner of Squirrel RoadAuburn Hills
Judson and John Pettibone House36400 Twelve Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Nathan Philbrick Tavern26007 Power RoadFarmington Hills
Pine Grove† (also known as the Moses Wisner House)405 Oakland AvenuePontiac
Pioneer CemeteryLahser Road, north of West Ten Mile RoadSouthfield
The Polar BearsWhite Chapel Cemetery, 621 West Long Lake RoadTroy
Pontiac Post Office35 East Huron StreetPontiac
Poppleton School60 West Wattles Road (moved from 1480 West Big Beaver Road)Troy
Joshua C. Predmore House244 North Broadway, SW corner of Church StreetLake Orion
Priscilla Calkins Prior House835 Garner RoadMilford
Rackham Golf Course10100 Ten Mile RoadHuntington Woods
Rochester Informational Designation400 Sixth StreetRochester
Rochester Opera House340 Main StreetRochester
Stephen Yerkes Rodgers House39040 Nine Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Rose Township Hall204 Franklin StreetRose Center
Roseland Park MausoleumNorthwest corner of Twelve Mile Road and Woodward AvenueBerkley
Rowe House2360 Lone Tree Road, east of Ridge RoadMilford vicinity
Royal Oak Methodist Episcopal Church320 West Seventh StreetRoyal Oak
Royal Oak Township Cemetery / Saint Mary Catholic CemeteryBounded by Twelve Mile and Rochester Roads and Main StreetRoyal Oak
Royal Oak Woman's Club404 South Pleasant StreetRoyal Oak
S. S. Kresge Company Informational Site3100 Big Beaver RoadTroy
Saginaw Trail Informational Designation / John Almon Starr House3123 Crooks RoadRoyal Oak
Saint Patrick's Catholic ChurchUnion Lake Road at Hutchins RoadOxbow vicinity
Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, School and Convent†150 East Wide Track Drive, at Whittemore StreetPontiac
Sashabaw Cemetery5331 Maybee Road, east of Sashabaw RoadClarkston vicinity
Sashabaw Presbyterian Church5331 Maybee RoadClarkston vicinity
Samuel Saterlee House4805 North Adams RoadBloomfield Hills vicinity
Scripps-Wildwood Farm Historic DistrictJosyln Court, West Josyln Road and south of Scripps RoadOrion Township
Seymour Lake Methodist Episcopal Church3050 Sashabaw Road, NW corner of Seymour Lake RoadOrtonville vicinity
David Simmons House22000 HaggertyFarmington Hills
Lawrence Simmons House33742 Twelve Mile RoadFarmington Hills
South Commerce Burying GroundNE corner of Wixom and Maple roadsWixom
South Lyon Elevator415 East Lake StreetSouth Lyon
Southfield Cemetery23520 Civic Center DriveSouthfield
Southfield Centre Commemorative Designation24350 Civic Center DriveSouthfield
Southfield Town Hall26082 Berg RoadSouthfield
Southfield United Presbyterian Church2157510 Mile RdSouthfield
Spicer Barn24915-C Farmington RoadFarmington Hills
Rollin Sprague Building300 Main StreetRochester
Helen Sprague-Cork House53481 West Ten Mile RoadSouth Lyon vicinity
Washington Stanley Farm†3231 Beaver RoadTroy
John Almon Starr House3123 Crooks RoadRoyal Oak
Orson Starr House3123 North Main StreetRoyal Oak
Frank Steele House35810 Eleven Mile RoadFarmington Hills
Stoney Creek SchoolWashington Road near Runyon RoadRochester Hills
Stoney Creek Village† (currently used as the Van Hoosen Farm Museum)1005 Van Hoosen RdRochester
Stony Creek CemeteryLetica Drive near Romeo RoadRochester
Stony Creek Masonic Lodge / Mount Moriah Commemorative DesignationAlong the Old Romeo Trail, near the Van Hoosen Farm MuseumRochester Hills
Stout Memorial Library47 Williams StreetPontiac
Joshua B. Taylor House487 Gunn RoadOakland Township
Temple Beth El7400 Telegraph RoadBloomfield Hills
Terry House1081 West Auburn RoadRochester Hills
Mary Thompson House25630 EvergreenSouthfield
Daniel Thorne House32805 Wing Lake RoadFranklinbuilt 1837
Charles Torrey House1141 Foxwood CourtBloomfield Township
Township Hall407 Pine StreetRochester
Troy Corners Informational SiteSquare Lake Road and Livernois RoadTroy
Historic Green Informational Site60 West Wattles RoadTroy
Troy Township Informational SiteEast side of Livernois Road, south of Wattles RoadTroy
George W. Vandeventer Home404 West Third StreetRochester
Walled Lake School207 Liberty Street, at Market StreetWalled Lake
Governor Fred Warner House35805 Grand River AvenueFarmington
Waterford Village Historic DistrictDubay and Pontiff Streets; Steffens, Andersonville and Airport RoadsWaterford
Wattles House3864 LivernoisTroy
Western Knitting Mill†400 Water StreetRochester
White Lake Cemetery6190 White Lake RoadClarkston vicinity
Samuel White House46040 Nine Mile Road, between Beck and Taft roadsNovi
Williams Settlement of the Saginaw TrailNorth of Pontiac on US-10, Sec. 11, T3N, R9EPontiac vicinity
Willis-Byrnes House129 ShadboltLake Orion
Austin Wing House5841 Wing Lake RoadBirmingham vicinity
Winkler's Mill (Demolished)6381 Winkler Mill Road (Marker at Rochester Area Historical Society Museum)Rochester Hills
Witch's Hat Depot300 Dorothy Street in McHattie ParkSouth Lyon
Wixom-Wire House687 North Wixom RoadWixom
Joseph D. Yerkes House† Commemorative Designation42580 Eight Mile RoadNovi
Robert Yerkes House535 East Base Line RoadNorthville

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