Eating and Drinking in Ann Arbor Sugar Bowl Restaurant, 109 South Main Street, 1927 In the 1930s Greek immigrants William Skinner, behind bar, and his wife Andriana, at the table far...
On this site in 1836, delegates from all parts of Michigan met in Washtenaw County’s first courthouse to consider a proposal by Congress for settling the boundary dispute between Michigan...
Bach & Abel, Northwest Corner, Main and Washington, 1886 Dry Goods Dry good were sold on this corner for over 120 years. In 1867 Philip Bach moved his store to this new business block selling...
On August 6, 1845, the first graduation ceremony for the University of Michigan was held in this building, which was then the First Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, the...
Eberbach Hardware, Northeast Corner, Main and Washington, Ca. 1893 In 1872 William Herz built 112 West Washington Street on the alley to your left for his popular painting and...
Miller’s Planing Mill, 529 Detroit Street, 1874 (Later the Treasure Mart) Used cars were sold at 514 Detroit Streetin the last part of Andrew Schmidt’s carriage factory buildings, before it was...
Triangular block bounded by Detroit, Fifth, and Kingsley, 1897 In 1845 the first St. Thomas Catholic Church, built on Kingsley Street east of Division, was Ann Arbor’s first brick church and its...
ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY The founding meeting of the Michigan Antislavery Society was held in the First Presbyterian Church, located on this site, on November 10, 1836. Delegates from six...