Warren’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Warren. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Beebe's Corners, the original settlement in what would become the city of Warren, was founded in 1830 at the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road; its first resident was Charles Groesbeck. Beebe's Corners was a carriage stop between Detroit and Utica, and included a distillery, mill, tavern, and trading post. In 1837 the now-defunct Warren Township was organized around the settlement; first under the name Hickory, then Aba in April 1838 and finally renamed Warren shortly thereafter. It was named for War of 1812 veteran and frontier cleric, Reverend Abel Warren. However, when it was originally organized the township was named for Reverend Warren, a Methodist Episcopal preacher who left his native New York in 1824 for Shelby Township. He went throughout the present-day Macomb, Lapeer, Oakland, and St. Clair Counties, baptizing, marrying, and burying pioneers of the area, as well as estab…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Warren’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Warren’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1876bunertschl, c. 1876: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Warren
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Warren, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1876bunertschl (c. 1876) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.