From the current issue of _Michigan Living_, the official publication of
the American Automobile Association of Michigan:
 
   "A chimney with a window is one of the many rare sights at the 28th 
annual Marshall Historic Home Tour. The community, along I-69 east of
Battle Creek, also will celebrate its status as a National Historic 
Landmark.
    Up to 10,000 visitors will tour late 19th & early 20th century
structures, including a school, a church, four museums and 8 private homes,
some of which never have been shown.
 
    Houses represent architectural styles of Queen Anne, Gothic Revival,
and Intalianate ranging from 1853-1900, all including antique collections.
 
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   The tour is from 9AM - 5PM Saturday 7 SEP & 10AM - 5PM Sunday 8 SEP.
Shuttle busses run every 20 minutes.  Tickets, which are good for both days,
are $10."
 
    800/877-5163 for more info.

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        The few times I've been in Marshall, I drove around and around,
gawking at the gorgeous old houses.  The town seems to be full of 100 year
old mansions.  Do you know why, Tim?  Is that where a lot of car magnates
lived or something?

Sounds like the town never got larger after the period those houses
were built.  I suspect A^2 once had lots of houses like that, but that
many of them got razed 20 years later to put yet newer stuff in, or
had false fronts put on them, or otherwise altered to keep up with
whatever people were doing.

Marshall was prosperous -- and declined -- long before the car industry
came along.

Ann Arbor *still* has lots of houses like that, even after all that
demolition.

Did you know that Marshall at one time had more millionaires per capita
then any other city in Michigan. Also Marshall was so sure they were going
to be voted the State capitol they built a Governors Mansion, and it still
stands. How about the underground railroad and all the secret passageways,
doors etc. in all those old homes. You should take the tour, they are
fantastic on the inside.

Does the tour happen every year, Bill?  (The above data is 4 years old.)

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