Port Huron’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Port Huron. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗This region was long occupied by the Ojibwa people. French colonists had a temporary trading post and fort at this site in the 17th century.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Port Huron’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Port Huron’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSamuel Edison, Jr., and family in…, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Port Huron
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Port Huron, decade by decade
![[Samuel Edison, Jr., and unidentified woman?]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/8050/ed6703eb742ae6d09044-s.jpg)
1990s
11 historic places in Port Huron
Port Huron has 11 listings on the National Register, and they protect 81 historic buildings, because Military Road Historic District alone counts 74. 2 are National Historic Landmarks, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
LandmarkListed 1970St. Clair River Tunnel
LandmarkListed 1976HURON (lightship)
Listed 1972Wilbur F. Davidson House
Listed 1974Federal Building
Listed 1976Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
Listed 1977Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot
Listed 1982Harrington Hotel
Listed 1982Ladies of the Maccabees Building
Listed 1994Howard Block
Listed 1998Military Road Historic District
Listed 2000Seventh Street-Black River BridgeThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Samuel Edison, Jr., and family in front of their home on the shore of Lake Huron (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.