Historic district, Port Huron
Military Road Historic District
Still standing, photographed 2012
- Style
- Art Deco
Military Road Historic District has stood on Military Street and Huron Avenue from Court to Bard Street in Port Huron. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
What is there now
Standing
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
Military Road Historic District is one of the places that gives Port Huron its character.
It was built in the Art Deco style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1998.
Go see it at Military Street and Huron Avenue from Court to Bard Street. Photos never get the scale right.
The Military Road Historic District is a commercial historic district located along Military Street and Huron Avenue, from Court Street to Bard Street, in Port Huron, Michigan. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Where it is
Military Street and Huron Avenue from Court to Bard Street, Port Huron
Around the block
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Howard Block
Building, built 1875, Italianate
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180 ft
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Seventh Street, Black River Bridge
Structure, built 1932, single-leaf trunnion bascule, by John Alexander Low Waddell
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0.1 mi
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Harrington Hotel
Hotel, built 1896, Classical Revival
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0.2 mi
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Ladies of the Maccabees Building
Building, built 1904, Classical Revival
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0.5 mi
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Wilbur F. Davidson House
Built 1890, Queen Anne
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0.7 mi
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Huron (lightship)
Building, built 1918
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0.9 mi
Photo credits
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- Military Road Historic District, Port Huron, Michigan, 2012 Photo: Notorious4life, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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