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Franklin Historic District (Franklin, Michigan)

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The original portion of the historic district along Franklin Road approximately follows the boundaries of Franklin in the early 1870s. This section of the district includes 26 historically significant properties, many dating to the mid-1830s. The expanded district includes nearly 150 buildings total,
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The village of Franklin was founded by European Americans in 1824, and by 1828 had nine families, a US postmaster, and a school. By 1830 a business center was beginning to develop in the heart of what is now this historic district. Several of the early businesses, such as the former Broughton Wagon
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residents began relocating in the suburbs, as the population of the city continued to expand rapidly and new housing was needed. In 1926, the first formal platting of the village took place. Further population shifts accompanied highway construction and suburbanization after
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Methodist Protestant Church (26109 German Mill Road), now a private residence; served successively as the primary house of worship for several of the village's different religious denominations.
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Franklin Cider Mill (7450 Franklin Road), a wood-frame structure built in 1837, which served the village as a grist mill until 1949, when it was converted into a cider mill.
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of which about 100 are considered contributing as historically significant. The district is located along or adjacent to Franklin Road.
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY- NOMINATION FORM: Franklin Historic Distrlct Boundary Increase/ Additional Documentation
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Franklin Cemetery (comer of Franklin Road and Scenic Drive), a six-acre cemetery with monuments ranging from 1829 to the present.
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is a primarily residential and commercial historic district located along Franklin Road and adjoining streets in the village of
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Franklin Village School (32220 Franklin Road), large brick structure constructed in 1923, with two rear additions.
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in Oakland County. The district extends to Fourteen Mile Road on the north, Scenic Drive on the south, the
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in 1969, and added to in 2005. It was Michigan's first district to be listed on the National Register.
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on the east, and several hundred feet from Franklin Road on the west. The district was listed on the
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Franklin Community Church (32473 Normandy Road), a large, prominent structure built in 1956.
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY- NOMINATION FORM: Franklin Historic District
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Shop and the Van Every Mill, are still extant in essentially their original condition.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Market Basket (32652 Franklin Road), constructed as a general store in 1900.
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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Franklin grew slowly for the rest of the nineteenth century. After
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J.J. Trott House (26110 Carol), an 1850 Greek Revival style house.
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House (32020 Franklin Road), a 1929 slate-roofed Tudor structure.
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National Register of Historic Places in Oakland County, Michigan
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house constructed in the 1830s and now used as the village hall.
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Along Franklin Rd., between Fourteen Mile Rd. and Scenic Dr.,
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Temperance Hotel (32800 Franklin Road), constructed in 1840.
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Franklin Hotel (32751 Franklin Road), constructed in 1831.
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Franklin Historic District (Franklin, Michigan) is located in Michigan
Franklin Historic District (Franklin, Michigan) is located in the United States
Franklin, Michigan
42°31′43″N 83°18′18″W / 42.52861°N 83.30500°W / 42.52861; -83.30500
Greek Revival
Bungalow
craftsman
Colonial Revival
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05000736
Franklin, Michigan
Rouge River
National Register of Historic Places
World War I
Detroit
World War II
Greek Revival
Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Village School
Farmhouse Coffee on Franklin Road
Market Basket on Franklin Road
Franklin Community Church



"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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