Introduction

Origins

The City

Collegeville (1887, 1895)
College Delta (1898, 1899)
Oakwood (1899)
Cedar Banks (1900)
College Grove (1903)
Fairview (1904, 1905)
College Heights (1904)

Charter of 1907

Avondale (1913)
Bungalow Knolls (1916)
Chesterfield Hills (1916)
Ardson (1919)
Ridgeley Park (1921)
Strathmore (1925)
Glen Cairn (1926)
Bailey (1927)
Touraine (1927)

The Campus

Chronology

Interactive Map

Sites on the National and State Historic Registers

Complete list of
Significant Structures

Sources

The Old Plank Road Resurfaces

Old Plank Road demolition, facing west near Bailey Street. Spring, 1996. Photo Credit: Kevin S. Forsyth.

During major reconstruction work on Grand River Avenue in 1995-96, workers were surprised to find a layer of logs laid side-by-side along the right-of-way, about two feet below the present grade, near the intersection with Bailey Street. The logs were determined to be part of the old plank road, and had lain there for nearly 150 years. They had been used as underlayment to raise the grade of the road in a particularly swampy area. The 3-inch-thick planks that would have sat atop the logs as the actual road surface were no longer in place. Once the site was inspected, photographed and documented, the rotted logs were removed and discarded.

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