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NORTHVILLE
NORTHVILLE

‘If Stones Could Talk’

Oakwood Cemetery Tour brings history alive

Visitors can take a step beyond the iron is uneven. Umbrellas are suggested in
gates and experience the historic side of case of rain as the event will take place
Northville as they walk among the grave- whatever the weather.
stones of some of the most famous and The first tour will begin promptly at
infamous Northville figures during the noon and the final tour will begin at 1:45
Oakwood Cemetery Tour set for Oct. 22. p.m.
Dedicated tour guides will escort small Parking is available on street and near-
groups within the Oakwood Cemetery by lots. Check-in and day-of tickets (if not
from noon until 2 p.m. as actors share the sold out) will be available at Northville Art
storied pasts of those residing in the first House.
cemetery in Northville. Every precaution is taken to be respect-
The tours leave every 15 minutes and ful of the final resting places of Northville
will last approximately 30 minutes and are residents, organizers said.
designed to be informative, organizers Tickets are priced at $6 per individual admission ticket. reserve a time. For more information, con-
from the Northville Art House, sponsors of and $22 for a family (six total, two adults, Tickets will be reserved at check-in tact spearson@northvillearthouse.org
the event, said. Visitors are urged to wear four children). Children younger than 6 under designated names. Groups larger Northville Art House is a 501 c 3 non-
comfortable walking shoes as the ground will be admitted at no cost with an adult than 12 should call (248) 344-0497 to profit organization.

At long last

Demolition of buildings at Legacy Park in Northville took place last week when build-
ing 17 was razed to make way for new construction. Building17 was the former
Services Building at Northville Psychiatric Hospital and was approximately 48,000
square feet in size before it was demolished. The building was constructed in 1954
and was used for occupational therapy, dining and storage. The building was also
used to prepare and store food for the hospital operations. There was a rail spur
adjacent to the building coming from the railway along Northville Road. Trains would
back into the site and either drop off coal for the power plant (demolished in 2013)
or food supplies. Northville Township acquired the 332-acre Legacy Park property
surrounding the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital in 2009 after a millage elec-
tion. Demolition of 20 buildings began in 2012. The nine-story, approximately
252,000-square-foot centerpiece came down in 2018, following hundreds of tres-
passing arrests in both 2017 and 2016. The township now has an extensive security
system installed at the site to deter trespassing.