Elijah McCoy Homesite Historical Marker

Elijah McCoy Homesite Historical Marker is a park in Wayne County, Michigan. Elijah McCoy Homesite Historical Marker is situated nearby to the locality Ford–Lodge interchange, as well as near the suburb New Center.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hitsville U.S.A. and Detroit station.

Hitsville U.S.A.

Museum

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"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit near the New Center area of the city.

Detroit station

Railway station

Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.

Detroit station is an intermodal transit station in Detroit, Michigan. Located in New Center, the facility currently serves Amtrak and QLine streetcars.

Detroit Historical Museum

Museum

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The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ford–Lodge interchange and New Center.

Ford–Lodge interchange

Locality

The Ford–Lodge interchange is a freeway interchange in Detroit, Michigan. It forms the junction of Interstate 94, with M-10. The interchange was completed in 1955, and is the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange in the United States.

New Center

Suburb

Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Center is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of Downtown.

Midtown-New Center

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Midtown is the cultural center of Detroit. It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Elijah McCoy Homesite Historical Marker

Type: Park
Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35892° or 42° 21′ 32″ north

Longitude

-83.08139° or 83° 4′ 53″ west

Elevation

627 feet (191 metres)

Open location code

86JR9W59+HC

GeoNames ID

8095856

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Motown Historical Marker and Henry Ford Hospital.

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