Mary Thompson House

Mary Thompson House is a Michigan historical marker in Southfield, Oakland County, dedicated 2000.

25630 Evergreen Rd, Southfield

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Educator Mary E. Thompson (1871-1967) grew up in this house, which was built sometime between 1842 and 1864. She was considered “a woman of superior native ability” by the dean of pedagogy at New York University where she received a doctorate in 1909. After teaching in Ohio, New Jersey, and Florida, Thompson returned to Southfield in 1921 and continued to teach. Upon her death, the house was given to the city as a senior center, as stipulated in her will.

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Historical maps covering this location

1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Michigan (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · Ohio (Cowperthwait, 1850) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1853 · Map of the surveyed part of Michigan (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1854 · A map of the surveyed part of Michigan / by John Farmer ; engraved by S. Stiles & Co. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Michigan, 1844, covering the location of Mary Thompson House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Michigan, 1844, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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