Excelsior Town Hall

Excelsior Town Hall is a Michigan historical marker in Excelsior Twp, Kalkaska County, dedicated 1974.

Corner of County Rd 571/Highway 72 & Wagenschutz Rd, Excelsior Twp

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Twenty-five years after the township´s organization in 1875, Excelsior´s citizens decided to build a town hall. In 1901 they purchased this site from Edwin Wagenschutz for one hundred dollars and, with plans costing only seven dollars, erected this structure for $1,085. The simple frame building continues to serve as the town hall. From 1907 to 1926 the hall also housed Excelsior High School, the first rural high school in Michigan established under the law of 1901.

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1873 · (Map of Kalkaska County, Michigan) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1888 · Political map of Michigan 1888 (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

(Map of Kalkaska County, Michigan), 1873, covering the location of Excelsior Town Hall, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — (Map of Kalkaska County, Michigan), 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Excelsior Town Hall

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