Established in 1846, Elmwood is a rural cemetery and arboretum where Bloody Run Creek, historic monuments, a Gothic chapel, and Detroit civic memory meet.
Construction of Detroit's American fort began in the 1840s on land with far older Native cultural significance; it later trained troops and supported wartime logistics.
Completed in 1894 for lumber businessman David Whitney Jr., the stone mansion reflects the wealth, design, domestic work, and urban growth of Gilded Age Detroit.
Detroit's history spans Anishinaabe homelands, French and British colonial rule, American expansion, migration, industry, labor, music, and neighborhood change.