SITE 1. LIBERTY and DIVISION: in Liberty Plaza
Residential life of early settlers and neighborhoods where prominent families lived.

• Residential life in mid-19th-century Ann Arbor

WALL DISPLAYS:

• At Home in the 19th Century
• The 19th Century Neighborhood

SITE 2. MAIN and LIBERTY: southeast corner
The shopping experience through time: department stores, changing products, theaters.

• The Main Street Shopping Experience

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Main Street Shopping Expands
• Downtown Movie Theaters
• Changing Retail Patterns

SITE 3. MAIN and WILLIAM: northwest corner
Transportation and Lighting, streetcars, the interurban, Detroit Edison, parades.

• Power and Transportation

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Ann Arbor Streetcars
• Everyone Loves a Parade

SITE 4. LIBERTY and ASHLEY: northeast corner
Influence of topography, including Allen Creek, on patterns of urban growth and change.

• Allen Creek Valley Shapes the Town

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Industry and Recreation on Allen Creek
• The Ann Arbor Railroad

SITE 5. WASHINGTON and ASHLEY: southeast corner
German immigrants' influence on city growth and identity.

• Germans in Ann Arbor

WALL DISPLAYS:

• The Staeblers and the Germania/American Hotel
• Germans on Ashley Street
• From Horses to Cars: Early Autos, Service, and Parts
• Three Generations of Metzgers on Washington Street

SITE 6. MAIN and WASHINGTON: southeast corner
Commerce and banking in the evolution of Main Street and the town.

• Business and Banking

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Eating and Drinking in Ann Arbor
• Dry Goods
• Hardware

SITE 7. MAIN and HURON:
Town life and the Courthouse square

FRAMES:
MAIN and HURON: southwest corner
• A Landmark of Civic Pride on Courthouse square
MAIN and HURON: northeast corner
• Hospitality on Courthouse Square
• Pedestal Map
MAIN and HURON: northeast corner
• Architecture and Business on Courthouse Square
MAIN and ANN: southwest corner
• Centers for Communications on Courthouse Square

WALL DISPLAYS:
On Main and Huron, SE corner
• The Last Deposit
On South wall of Courthouse
• Building New Around Old: The Construction of the Present Courthouse
On West wall of Courthouse
• Politics and Processions on Courthouse Square
• Courthouse Square: A Center of Civic Life
• Departing Heroes and the Home Front
On North wall of Courthouse
• Main Street in the 1890s
• Shopping on East Huron Street
• The Streets Around Courthouse Square
• Commerce on the Ann Street Block
• A Former Bank and Estate on Ann Street
• A Meeting Place for Ann Arbors Black Community
• The Changing face of North Forth Avenue
• A Corner Landmark on Huron and North Fourth

ARTIFACTS:
On the planter on SW corner of Main and Huron
• Cornerstone
• Civil War Recruitment
• Death of President Lincoln

SITE 8. FIFTH AVENUE and HURON: northeast corner
City services, city hall, fire and police.

• The Growth of City Services

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Essential City Services
• New City Government, New Issues, and a New City Hall

SITE 9a. CATHERINE and NORTH FOURTH AVENUE: southeast corner
A supply, manufacturing, and service area between river, railroad, and town.

• A Supply side of Town

SITE 9b. FIFTH AVENUE at DETROIT: west side

• Lumber and Agriculture

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Ann Arbor’s African American Community
• A Changing Neighborhood
• Between Downtown and the Railroad
• Industry on Detroit Street

SITE 10a. BROADWAY BRIDGE at entrance to Broadway Park
Lower town, transportation, town and gown.

• The Center of Power and Transportation

SITE 10b. BROADWAY at SWIFT: east side at north end of bridge
Lower town, transportation, town and gown.

• Lower Town

PORCELAIN EXHIBIT PANELS:

• The Underground Railroad
• The Clairvoyant Physician
• The Agricultural Works and Lower Town
• From Industry to Parks
• Lower Town's Flour Mills
• Early Power and Transportation
• The Finest on the Line
• Along the Michigan Central Railroad Tracks

SITE 11. STATE and HURON: northwest corner
Churches and schools in town life.

• Schools and Churches

WALL DISPLAYS:

• Ann Arbor High School
• Carnegie Library
• Harris Hall

SITE 12. STATE and LIBERTY: east side
Entertainment and cultural change

• Town and Gown: Entertainment and Changing Culture

WALL DISPLAYS:

• The James Foster House of Art
• From Liveries to Taxis
• Uptown Theaters

SITE 13a. STATE and NORTH UNIVERSITY: southeast corner
Impact of the University of Michigan upon local culture and commercial and residential growth.

• A Second Shopping District

SITE 13b. NORTH UNIVERSITY and STATE: east of southeast corner

• The University Expands

SITE 14a,14b and 14c. STATE STREET: in front of Michigan Union
Development of the University as an educational and physical presence

• The Making of a Great University
• University of Michigan Campus, 1907
• The Michigan Union and the Peace Corps

SITE 15. SOUTH UNIVERSITY and EAST UNIVERSITY: in plaza on north side
Academic, Social and Political side of the Relationship between university and city.

• Social and Political Change on South University

WALL DISPLAYS:

• The Corners of South University and East University Avenues
• Like a Small Village
• Houses to High Rises on South University Avenue
• South University and Forest Avenues

SITE 16. SOUTH UNIVERSITY and WASHTENAW: northwest corner
Changing patterns of residential life:fraternities, sororities, cooperatives, apartments.

• Changing Patterns of Residential Life