CELEBRATE AUTOMOTIVE PIONEER HENRY FORD’S 150TH BIRTHDAY! Visit famed Detroit automotive landmarks, the historic Ford Model T Factory, Henry Ford’s First Boarding House and more! To book the tour call 313.731.2361! Tour the Ford Piquette Plant and his church, the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Enjoy an entertaining and informative tour of the Motor City [...]
Juneteenth Bus Tour of Detroit African American History Sites Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM $50 per person (price includes lunch) Join Preservation Detroit on a day-long bus tour which chronicles Detroit’s rich but often overlooked African-American history. From abolition to civil rights, we’ll cover the struggles and achievements of black residents [...]
Friday, June 21, 7 pm Historic David Mackenzie House, 4735 Cass Avenue Free admission, donations for refreshments welcome Louis Kamper, perhaps best known today as the architect behind the Book-Cadillac, the Broderick, and the Hecker-Smiley mansion, designed more than one hundred commercial and residential buildings in Detroit. His buildings still loom large in the architectural [...]
