Registered Downriver Historic Places
Downriver Structures Inducted into the Michigan Register of Historic Places
Columbia Steamer (Boblo Boat)
LOCATION: Currently in New York State
INDUCTION: 1979
NOTES: Moved from its port outside River Rouge in the autumn of 2015.
St. James Episcopal Church
LOCATION: Grosse Ile Township
INDUCTION: 1974
NOTES: Part of the more general area titled “East River Road Historical District.”
North Hickory Canal Bridge (Grosse Ile)
LOCATION: Grosse Ile Township
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: More unique concrete slab construction was due to steel shortage during 1940s wartime.
Marx House
LOCATION: Biddle Avenue north of downtown
INDUCTION: 1976
NOTES: Built in 1862, six different owners, including Wyandotte’s first druggist.
Huron River/ Harbin Drive Bridge
LOCATION: Border of Brownstown & Berlin Twp.
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: Larger Jefferson Avenue beam bridge built in 1930; Harbin Dr. bridge date unknown.
Parke Lane/Thorofar Canal Bridge
LOCATION: Northern end of Grosse Ile Twp.
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: Another one of the historic bridges to use a rare cantilever-arch design.
Hull’s Trace/ Hull’s Trail
LOCATION: 36000 block Jefferson, B’town Twp.
INDUCTION: 2010
NOTES: Part of route that ran from Urbana OH. This segment is called a Corduroy Road.
Southpointe Bridge/ Frenchman’s Crk.
LOCATION: East of Grosse Ile Municipal Airport
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: T-Beam bridge commissioned in 1939 by the Federal Works Progress Administration.
River Rouge Bascule Bridge
LOCATION: Jefferson, border Rouge & Detroit
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: Only remaining pony truss bascule bridge in the state, has been closed since 2013.
Lincoln Park Post Office
LOCATION: Southfield Rd. west of Fort Street
INDUCTION: 2004
NOTES: Dedicated as a Post Office August 5, 1939… Now the home of the Historical Society.
John & Emma Lacey Eberts House
LOCATION: Biddle Avenue north of downtown
INDUCTION: 2009
NOTES: When purchased by the city, it was initially slated for demolition to clear land.
George P. MacNichol Home
LOCATION: Biddle & Vinewood, Wyandotte
INDUCTION: 1984
NOTES: Mr. MacNichol designed this home in 1894 as a wedding gift for his daughter.
Thorofare Canal Bridge
LOCATION: Parke Lane over Thorofare Canal
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: Its historical significance stems from its rare cantilever-arch design (two half-arches).
Ford-Bacon House
LOCATION: 45 Vinewood, Wyandotte
INDUCTION: 1997
NOTES: The house was given to the Wyandotte Public School System by Mary Bacon in 1942.
Gibraltar Waterway Canal Bridge
LOCATION: Middle Gibraltar Road
INDUCTION: 2000
NOTES: As with the Thorofare Canal bridge, it also used a rare cantilever-arch design.
Ste. Claire (Bob-Lo) Steamer
LOCATION: Detroit River
INDUCTION: 1979
NOTES: The Ste. Claire is still seeking donations for its restoration. Now docked near the Dix Road lift-bridge south of the Rouge Factory complex.
Wyandotte Oddfellows Temple
LOCATION: 81 Chestnut Street (west of Biddle, near downtown)
INDUCTION: 2009
NOTES: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was a fraternal organization, building built in 1911. Used by the Masons, 1943-1993.