10th Street (Wyandotte, Michigan): Difference between revisions

'''10th Street''' is a north–south residential street in the central and north-central areas of in the city of [[Wyandotte, Michigan|Wyandotte]], [[Michigan]]. 10th Street has two different jogs, at [[Antoine Street (Wyandotte, Michigan)|Antoine Street]] and [[Ford Avenue (Wyandotte, Michigan)|Ford Avenue]], though the entire street as it currently exists is considered a single segment. 10th Street is equivalent to '''1000''' in [[Addressing system of Wyandotte, Michigan|Wyandotte's addressing system]]; that is, buildings along cross streets immediately west of 10th have street addresses beginning with 1000, while buildings immediately east of it have addresses beginning with 900.

The first segment of what would become present-day 10th Street was drawn up in the plat for the South Detroit Subdivision south of Wyandotte, approved on November 3, 1890, where it was originally known as Grand Rapids Avenue.<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref> The oldest surviving portion of present-day 10th Street was drawn up in the Welch's Ford City Subdivision plat, at the time west of Wyandotte city limits in what was then named [[Glenwood, Wayne County, Michigan|New Jerusalem]], which was approved on June 23, 1897.<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref> As thisThis segment was extended northward, reaching present-day Ford Avenue (Northline Road at the time) with the approval of the Welch Bros. Pulaski Boulevard Subdivision on December 13, 1899, though the extension used the name Pulaski Boulevard.<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref> This segment became part of the village of Glenwood in 1900.

The segment north of Northline Road, originally known as 12th Street, was first drawn in the Ford Center Subdivision plat, approved on March 20, 1917.<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref> This segment was still outside of Wyandotte city limits at the time, and was located on the west side of the village of [[Ford City, Michigan|Ford City]]. 12th Street was begun from Northline Road with the approval of the Ford Estates Subdivision plat on December 1, 1919,<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref> and the entire segment was completed with the approval of the Electric Highway Park Subdivision plat on June 6, 1923.<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref> By this point, the segment was in the city of Wyandotte, which annexed Ford City on December 19, 1922.<ref name=":0">Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs</ref>