Historic Preservation

Development News In Birmingham, the Friends of the Birmingham Museum will update last year’s “The Underground Railroad in Oakland County” exhibit with newly found information. Arts and Culture

Groups from Birmingham, Livonia, and Royal Oak win grants to preserve, exhibit local history

MJ GalbraithThursday, January 9, 2025
Development News Civil Rights leader Malcolm X lived with his brother’s family in the Inkster house at 4852 Williams St. from 1952 to ‘53. Economic Development

Historic preservation efforts at Malcolm X House in Inkster win Governor's Award

MJ GalbraithThursday, May 9, 2024
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As Farmington celebrates 200 years, here's where to visit to get a sense of its past (and future)

MJ GalbraithWednesday, January 31, 2024
Development News The Jackson House once provided shelter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his allies throughout the tumultuous Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. Arts and Culture

Erb Foundation commits $5M to relocate important civil rights site from Selma to Greenfield Village

MJ GalbraithThursday, October 5, 2023
Feature Story George and Eliza Diversity

Birmingham's mystery couple revealed: How the Taylors found freedom

Brianne TurczynskiThursday, June 8, 2023
Development News Project We Hope, Dream & Believe is transforming the house into a museum that focuses on the life of Malcolm X, a place of advocacy, and a youth learning center. Community Development

Inkster’s Malcolm X House added to National Register of Historic Places, renovations planned

MJ GalbraithThursday, February 3, 2022
Feature Story The Ferndale Crow's Nest on Woodward and 9 Mile, 1921. Community Development

Looking Back: Ferndale museum making history personal again

Brianne TurczynskiThursday, November 4, 2021
Feature Story Royal Oak Main street 1930 Community Development

Looking Back: Royal Oak's community dynamics change, and grow, along with its city

Brianne TurczynskiThursday, October 14, 2021
Feature Story Th River Rouge Historical Museum's tale of survival reflects the city it represents. Arts and Culture

Looking back: River Rouge museum's survival story reflects the city's own tenacity

Brianne TurczynskiThursday, September 16, 2021
Feature Story Blossom Heath in 1929. Arts and Culture

Looking Back: St. Clair Shores may not be an old city, but it honors its past

Brianne TurczynskiWednesday, March 3, 2021
Feature Story Looking north on Main Street. The Edison building (shown on the right) is on the southeast corner of Community Development

Looking back: Rochester struggles to balance preservation with prosperity

Brianne TurczynskiThursday, February 11, 2021
Feature Story Classic 1940s automobiles outside of the theater in downtown Farmington Arts and Culture

Farmington's Civic Theater: Surviving crises for 80 years (and running)

Jenn McKeeWednesday, September 30, 2020
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