The National Register Historic Sites added two Oakland County landmarks to the list of the area's protected buildings, monuments and timeless reminders in 2010
The Griggs Brothers/Rochester Elevator Company Grain Elevator was built
in 1880, following the arrival of two railroad lines to the area in 1872
and 1879. The Grain Elevator helped Rochester become a crucial
transportation center and mechanism for crop shipments, allowing farmers
to store their grain until it could be trafficked at the most
advantageous price. With the Grain Elevator's help, Rochester became an
agricultural marketplace, while making Oakland County the state's
largest wheat producer.
The Pleasant Ridge Historic District was expanded this year, to now
include nearly all residential properties in Pleasant Ridge, located in
the Woodward Corridor. The Pleasant Ridge Historic District includes
housing styles as diversified as Arts & Crafts, bungalows, Colonial
Revivals and Mid Century Moderns from the early 1900s to the 1950s. In
2008, Pleasant Ridge was named as one of America's Great Neighborhoods
by the national publication This Old House.
Oakland County now has 70 National Register Historic Sites.
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