Wyandotte Interactive Tour / Downtown

Wyandotte, Michigan
1854 Wyandotte Village   |   Ford City   |   Glenwood & Mt. Carmel   |   South Wyandotte 

1. Millennium Clocktower at Biddle and Maple
2. White’s Furniture in Knights of Columbus Building
3. Eureka Iron and Steel Company Headquarters, Built 1860, Modernized 1955
4. Owl’s Korner, modeled after a similar building in London, built 1918
5. Stroh’s Ice Cream Parlour
6. Rivers Edge Gallery and Belicoso Cafe Fine Cigar Bar
7. Willow Tree and Site of 1st City Hall (1880-1935)
8. Chelsea Men’s Wear, Biddle 2944, Facade modernized 1972
9. R.P. McMurphy’s Restaurant and Bar, Biddle 2922, Mehlhose/Schroeder Building, Arts and Crafts, Built 1911
10. Armstrong Antiques, Armstrong Clothing, Arlington Hotel, Built 1884, Hotel until 1919, Modernized, porch removed
11. Biddle Ave and Oak Street, earliest business intersection
12. First Methodist Church, 1st Building 1861, 2nd Building 1899, Current 1960s
13. Biddle Gallery, 2840 Biddle, Italianate
14. Biddle and Chestnut, Site of First Deaths in War of 1812, Marker with 7 concentric circles in sidewalk at SW corner
15. Masonic Temple, Built 1912 & Site of Old Brown School (1855)
16. St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 1st Building 1866, Current Sanctuary 1964
17. Site of Presbyterian Church, Built 1899, Demolished 1991
18. St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, 1st Building 1857, Current Sanctuary 1873, School 1906
19. Congregational Church, English Gothic, Built 1902
20. Site of Superior 84 and 76, demolished for parking
21. Military Order of the Purple Heart Monument, June 6, 1943, Restored and Rededicated November 6, 1999
22. Site of Joe Kirby House, shipyard supervisor, demolished
23. Bishop/Brighton House, Biddle 2709, Tudor Revival, Built 1902, Formerly had gas pump and fuel tank in front, removed
24. Boulder Monument, Dedicated Memorial Day 1923
25. Site of Bishop House and 2nd City Hall, now Bishop Co-Op, Built 1888, City Hall 1936-1967, Demolished 1960s
26. Site of Hurst House, Demolished
27. Marx-Polley House, Colonial Revival, 1905/1921
28. Marx House, Biddle 2630, Wyandotte Museums offices, Italianate townhouse, Built 1872, Retored 1976
29. George P. and Laura Ford/MacNichols House, Queen Anne, Malcomson and Higginbotham, Built 1896
30. Ford-Bacon House and Bacon Memorial Library, Queen Anne, Malcomson and Higginbotham, Built 1897, 42nd US President William Clinton speech here in 1996
31. Griffith House, Vinewood 96, Built 1907
32. John Eberts House, Built 1872
33. Halstead-Crum House, Vinewood 156
34. Gartner Home, Vinewood 234
35. Walnut 313, Bungalow, Built 1917
36. Matthews House, Walnut 254, Foursquare, Built 1910
37. Boat House and Ice Skating, boat slips installed 1950s
38. Henry Ford Health Center and Old Hospital, Built 1926
39. Biddle 2350, eligible for Historical Society marker
40. Site of 2nd Michigan Alkali Company Clubhouse, Built 1922, Demolished
41. William Armstrong House, Biddle 2234, Queen Anne, Built 1898, Edward J. Harding
42. Babcock-Smith House, Biddle 2122, Queen Anne, Built 1893, Moved Present Location 1990
43. Biddle House, Biddle 2116, Moved to Present Location
44. Cedar 214, Arts and Crafts, Built 1923
45. Mulberry 215, Bungalow, Built 1927
46. Walnut 420, Built 1920
47. St. John United Church of Christ, Fourth 2744, Built 1929
48. Peter Lacy House, Chestnut 268, Queen Anne, Built 1898
49. Marx Home, Oak 266, Queen Anne
50. Louis Carl Melhose House, Oak 355, Greek Revival/Queen Anne, Built 1890s
51. Gustave C. Melhose House, Oak 367, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival, Built 1904
52. Trinity Lutheran School
53. Trinity Lutheran Church, Modern, 1st building 1861, Parishioner Jack Yops designed 2nd church in 1961
54. Melhose Ice Cream, Art Deco facade with multicolored brick
55. Filling Station, excellent example of early corner station
56. St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church and School, Built 1950s, Site of Arbeiter Hall, Built 1890, Demolished
57. Maas House, Elm 255, Bungalow, Built 1913
58. Wyandotte Theater, Built 1938, First Two-Screen Theater in the United States, Largest stage and auditorium south of Detroit
59. Jules Nelson Stained Glass and Decor, Biddle 3122
60. Site of Marx Opera House, Opened 1896, Fire 1908
61. Energie Fitness and Smoothie Bar, opened 2004
62. VanAlstyne 3219
63. J.S. VanAlstyne House, VanAlstyne 3133, Built 1870, Greek Revival, Moved to Present Site in 1902
64. VanAlstyne 3025
65. Orr House, VanAlstyne 3005, Colonial Revival
66. Site of Marx Brewery, 1863-1936
67. 1st Michigan Alkali Clubhouse, Built 1900
68. Bishop Park, 1922 and later additions
69. Site of J.H. Bishop Company, fur products, 1875-1920s
70. Power Plant and Municipal Services