Lenawee County, Michigan
Adrian Real Estate and Local Guide
County seat of Lenawee County, known as the Maple City, a college town on the River Raisin in southeastern Michigan
Living in Adrian
The first operating railroad in Michigan, the Erie & Kalamazoo, was a horse-drawn train that ran between Adrian and Toledo in 1836. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Adrian
What makes Adrian home
Croswell Opera House
Theater at 129 East Maumee Street completed in 1866 as Adrian Union Hall and named for Michigan governor Charles M. Croswell; the oldest theater in Michigan and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Adrian Union Hall-Croswell Opera House
Lenawee County Courthouse
Romanesque Revival county courthouse at 309 North Main Street completed in 1885 to a design by Toledo architect Edward Fallis, with a central tower rising 132 feet; listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Adrian College
Private United Methodist liberal arts college chartered March 28, 1859 and moved to Adrian through the efforts of antislavery leader Rev. Asa Mahan, its first president
Trestle Park
City park north of Maple Street with raised boardwalks through natural areas near the River Raisin and a historic amphitheater; a stop along the Kiwanis Trail
Kiwanis Trail
Paved rail-to-trail conversion that roughly follows the River Raisin, running about 8 miles from Adrian toward Tecumseh
Adrian areas to know
Downtown Adrian Commercial Historic District
Downtown historic district added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, containing 102 structures (84 contributing) built mostly between 1865 and 1920, largely in the Italianate style