A Brief History of East Lansing

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Essays on the people, buildings, and events in the conjoined histories of East Lansing and Michigan State University, with a particular interest in the Michigan Agricultural College era (1855–1925), and a timeline of significant events.

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Peoples Church — celebrating a centennial

One hundred years ago this week, Peoples Church dedicated its current home at the junction of Grand River and Michigan Avenues — the Collegiate Gothic landmark that has anchored that spot ever since. Getting there had taken nearly two decades and two earlier buildings, including one so grim it was nicknamed “McCune’s Garage.” Read More. →

Peoples Church

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  • Mary E. Champe (1860–1953)


  • East Lansing’s First Post Office


  • Brooks’ Addition to College Delta (1899)


  • Builders Hardware, 121 N. Harrison (c. 1880)


  • Sanford Farness House, 730 Grove St. (1964)


  • Professor Samuel Johnson and the “Johnson Affair”


  • Susanna Anderson (M.A.C. ’91)


  • Arthur A. Crozier — M.A.C.’s forgotten forester


  • E. J. Rugg House, 319 Grove St. (1904)

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A Brief History of East Lansing

A history of Michigan State University and the college town it engendered.

A Brief History of East Lansing by Kevin S. Forsyth is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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