Dedicated to the men and women of the historic sit-down strike of 1936-1937 at General Motors, Flint, this marble and bronze monument depicts an actual scene from inside the plant during the strike. The monument was created by Janice Trimpe, Master Sculptor. Check the website for hours of operation and special events.

The Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame was created by the Bruin Club of Mott Community College in 1980. For over 40 years, the Hall of Fame has provided a vehicle for our community to recognize and celebrate the unsurpassed history of athletic achievement and community service that has been so much a part of the Flint area.

For a county of its size, Genesee County, Michigan, has produced some of the most important innovations, products, people, and social movements of modern times. Exploring its fascinating history will uncover colorful stories of people, places, and events that are powerful, surprising, moving, catastrophic, and triumphant. The mission of the Genesee County Historical Society is to preserve, promote, and document the history of Genesee County.

The Kettering University Archives is located at Factory One in Flint. The focus of the archives is to preserve and provide access to the history of Kettering University, the automotive industry, and Flint. The Special Collections and University Archives were established in 1974, largely through the vision and research interests of Richard P. Scharchburg and members of the University’s Alumni Foundation. The nexus of the collection was the acquisition of the William C. “Billy” Durant Collection from Durant’s widow, which has grown into a collection in excess of 4,500 linear feet of documents (manuscripts and photographs, mainly), plus several hundred books and other “artifacts.”

The Flint Cultural Center invites you on a journey of discovery and imagination to a place where you can experience entertainment, embrace knowledge, and dream beyond the world you know. As home to a group of nationally-recognized cultural institutions aimed at furthering the arts, sciences, and humanities, the FCC offers a truly unique educational and entertainment resource. Through live performances, unique exhibits, classes, and more, the FCC brings it ALL within your reach.

Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978, the Durant-Dort building served as the focal point for William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort's promotional activities in the carriage and automobile businesses from 1896 to 1913 and is credited with being the 1908 birthplace of General Motors. It remains the last physical link to Durant's pioneer efforts in the carriage and automobile business.

Applewood is the historic home of automotive pioneer Charles Stewart Mott and family. While many wealthy men of C.S. Mott’s time built even bigger and more imposing homes meant to impress, the house at Applewood was created for family and friends and reflects this in its warm and intimate interior. Built on a 65-acre plot of land to accommodate a gentleman’s farm, the original buildings include the main house, garage, barn, chicken coop, and gardener’s cottage.

The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it 1884. Whaley, a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the house extensively. Three bays, the library alcove, and a west-end addition were among the exterior changes. The interior was enhanced by adding ornate woodwork and colorful tiled fireplaces. In 1925 Whaley’s wife endowed the house, making it a home for elderly women. In 1975 it became a public museum.

Flint, platted in 1836, became known as the “Vehicle City.” The production of road carts reached 150,000 annually. Due to the foresight of its vehicle manufacturers, Flint has become second only to the Detroit area in production of motor vehicles.

Starting December 30, 1936, this building was occupied for forty-four days by striking members of the United Auto Workers. The strikers, acting in concert with other plants that were closed or to be closed by sit-downs, asked for recognition of the union as sole bargaining representative for all hourly rated employees of General Motors Corporation.

On February 11, 1937, the strike ended as General Motors recognized the UAW as bargaining agent for its members. This represents one of the most significant events in labor history. In 2005, the marker was moved to Sitdowners Memorial Park off from Executive Plaza Drive, Penbrook Lane and W. Atherton Road - behind UAW Regional Office. Original location was the 300 block of Chevrolet Avenue.

A new era in American labor relations was born as the old open shop policy of industry gave way to a more modern labor-industry relationship designed to promote justice, stability, and mutual interests.

The November 9, 1872, edition of the Flint Wolverine Citizen newspaper reported the near completion of this house for retired army colonel Thomas Stockton and his wife, Maria. The newspaper called it "elegant" and "among the most stylish and spacious of the many first-class houses in our city." The four and one-half-acre treed "pleasure grounds" on which the house stood, had a mineral spring that inspired the Stocktons to name their home Spring Grove. While he lived in this house, Stockton worked as a commission merchant dealing in lime, plaster, coal, and stucco.

The Reverend Daniel Brown came to this area in 1839 to help form a new Episcopal parish. He became the first rector of St. Paul’s in 1840 when it received canonical sanction. The congregation met in a temporary chapel and then in a small church before the present structure was started in 1872 through efforts of the Reverend Marcus Lane.

In 1834 Daniel O’Sullivan, a teacher from Ireland, moved to Flint and began teaching religion to students after school. Together with two traveling priests he convinced Bishop Lefevere to build a church in Flint. That church became St. Michael Roman Catholic Parish. In 1848 the parish completed its first church on land donated by Chauncey S. Payne.

Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841-c. 1898) left her New Brunswick, Canada, home in 1858. Escaping what she feared would be a life of “enslavement” as a woman, she took on the identity of a man, Franklin Thompson, and found employment selling books. When Thompson came to Flint is unknown; however, on May 25, 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army. In 1863, Thompson became ill and left the army. His true identity remained a secret until Edmonds applied for a combat duty pension from the U.S. Army twenty years later.

During the mid-nineteenth century a small number of African Americans settled in Genesee County where they found cheap land and employment as barbers, laborers, farmers, carpenters, and domestics. At this time differing opinions in Genesee County reflected growing tension nationally. The Genesee Weekly Democrat ran articles unsympathetic to Blacks, but also printed editorials opposing slavery. The Genesee Whig promoted abolition. In 1841 residents formed the Genesee County Anti-Slavery Society and held meetings at the courthouse, which became a venue for national figures who lectured about the evils of slavery.

Founded in 1875 and named in memory of Paul Quinn, the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Quinn Chapel is the oldest black congregation in Genesee County.

Flint automotive giants William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort donated this land for a Methodist Episcopal church on Flint’s growing north side. Between 1900 and 1910, the population tripled, spurred by the formation of General Motors in 1908. The Reverend Frank M. Field organized the Oak Park Methodist Episcopal Church on July 18, 1909.

In 1848 the Michigan legislature established the Michigan Asylum for Educating the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. Flint was selected as the site for the new institution. The first student arrived on February 6, 1854. After the School for the Blind opened in Lansing in 1880, the Flint facility began serving only deaf children. The curriculum, which combined academics and practical training, emphasized “market gardening and general farming.” Boys studied carpentry, printing, tailoring, and farming, while girls learned the sciences of cooking, sewing, darning, and patching.