St. Clair County, Michigan
Port Huron Real Estate and Local Guide
Port Huron, the county seat and largest city of St. Clair County with 28,983 residents at the 2020 census, is a border city at the southern end of Lake Huron where it meets the St. Clair River, directly across from Sarnia, Ontario, and linked to it by the Blue Water Bridge
Living in Port Huron
The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse in Port Huron, first built in 1825 and rebuilt in 1829, is Michigan's oldest lighthouse. Source: phmuseum.org
Homes in Port Huron
What makes Port Huron home
Blue Water Bridge
Twin-span international bridge over the St. Clair River connecting Port Huron with Point Edward, Ontario, near Sarnia, with an original span opened in 1938 and a second span opened in 1997
Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
Lighthouse at 2802 Omar Street guarding the juncture of the St. Clair River and Lake Huron, first built in 1825 and rebuilt in 1829, operated as a museum by the Port Huron Museum
Thomas Edison Depot Museum
Museum in the 1858 Grand Trunk Railway depot where Thomas Edison worked as a boy during his Port Huron years, opened in 2001 with exhibits on his early life and a restored baggage car chemistry lab
Pine Grove Park
Downtown riverfront park with roughly 1,500 feet of St. Clair River frontage, a boardwalk, gazebo, and playgrounds popular for watching passing freighters
Lakeside Beach and Park
City beach and park on Lake Huron with 1,050 feet of sandy water frontage, a splash pad, playgrounds, and beach volleyball
Port Huron areas to know
Olde Town Historic District
Port Huron's first and only residential historic district, over 100 homes and buildings settled in the late 1830s and early 1840s, bounded by Military, Pine, Tenth, and Chestnut streets