10th Street (Wyandotte, Michigan)

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**10th Street** is a north–south residential street in the central and north-central areas of in the city of Wyandotte, Michigan. 10th Street has two different jogs, at Antoine Street and Ford Avenue, though the entire street as it currently exists is considered a single segment. 10th Street is equivalent to **1000** in 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.

## History

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. 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 New Jerusalem, which was approved on June 23, 1897. As this 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. This segment became part of the village of Glenwood in 1900.

The South Detroit Subdivision was annexed into the city of Wyandotte on June 15, 1904, and Grand Rapids Avenue was renamed as a new southern portion of 10th Street. The Glenwood segment of 10th Street and Pulaski Boulevard, between Oak Street and Northline Road, both were, in turn, annexed into Wyandotte on July 6, 1905, although no street renaming occurred, and the unusual mid-segment name change was still present.

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. 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. 12th Street was begun from Northline Road with the approval of the Ford Estates Subdivision plat on December 1, 1919, and the entire segment was completed with the approval of the Electric Highway Park Subdivision plat on June 6, 1923. By this point, the segment was in the city of Wyandotte, which annexed Ford City on December 19, 1922.

During a meeting on July 28, 1927, the city of Wyandotte announced a major street renaming and address renumbering program. As part of this program; existing 12th Street between Ford Avenue and Goddard and Pulaski Boulevard were to both be renamed 10th Street. As a result, 10th Street took its current route and form, as well as the segment in the South Detroit Subdivision, although that segment by this point existed only from Grove Street south to Hillsdale Street.

10th Street between Grove and Hillsdale was later vacated and demapped in 1938 to make room for the construction of a large Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad freight classification yard. To this date, this is the only major change to 10th Street's routing since 1927.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
2. ↑ Proposed changes in street names, Wyandotte Herald, July 29, 1927.