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Tecumseh Downtown Historic District

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from 115 to 125 South Evans Street, while no portions of North Evans Street north of M-50 are included in the district. The majority of the district is on M-50, consisting of 102–128 West Chicago Boulevard and 101–154 East Chicago Boulevard. There are a total of 31 contributing properties and eight
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Settled in as early as the 1820s, the Tecumseh Downtown Historic District centers on the intersection of Evans Street and Chicago Boulevard (
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line running through the area. Tecumseh developed rapidly as the county seat from 1826 to 1838. The government then moved to
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buildings dating primarily from 1850 to 1900. In 1824, Tecumseh pioneer Musgrove Evans
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Saint Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church and Cambridge Township Cemetery
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For another historic district of a similar name in Tecumseh, Michigan, see
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lenawee County, Michigan
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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the village with the intent of Chicago Boulevard (then known as the
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The two-block-long district consists primarily of two to four-story
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National Register of Historic Places in Lenawee County, Michigan
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Tecumseh Downtown Historic District (the United States)
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Tecumseh Historic District (Tecumseh, Michigan)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Michigan State Historic Site

Chicago Boulevard
Tecumseh Downtown Historic District is located in Michigan
Tecumseh Downtown Historic District is located in the United States
Tecumseh
Michigan
42°00′14″N 83°56′43″W / 42.00389°N 83.94528°W / 42.00389; -83.94528
Italianate
86000805
historic district
downtown
Tecumseh
Lenawee County
Michigan
Michigan Historic Site
National Register of Historic Places

Chicago Boulevard
M-50
contributing properties
Italianate
platted
Chicago Road
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Adrian

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