The Oakland History Center at Pine Grove is open! Please contact us for tour information – after the summer social! Our historic mansion and schoolhouse will be open for tours, our grounds are open and looking spectacular, our research library and carriage house are open, and we’re happy to see you! Our Summer Kitchen has sustained major damage. Please donate to help us repair it! Stay tuned, and please consider becoming
Help! A car ran into our historic structure and we need your support for repairs! On May 18, 2021 our Oakland History Center campus was the unlucky scene of an intense vehicle crash. It tore through our exterior fence, busted an interior fence, and slammed into the Summer Kitchen structure. The accident is a major setback for our nonprofit’s mission of saving and celebrating local history. This building, as part
The Oakland History Center and the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society are absolutely committed to health, safety, cleanliness and social distancing as we make our way through our new normal. Keep in mind that our campus and grounds are of particular interest to older and possibly immuno-compromised individuals. As a result, we take precautions that may seem overly strict. They are not – they are intended to keep our
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The Oakland History Center at Pine Grove is open! Please contact us for tour information. Our historic mansion and schoolhouse are available for tours, our grounds are open and looking spectacular, our research library and carriage house are open, and we’re happy to see you! Welcome to the Oakland History Center, Home of the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society. We are the oldest county-based historical society in Michigan,
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The Oakland History Center at Pine Grove is a 5 acre campus located north of downtown Pontiac on Cesar Chavez Avenue. We are just south of the former Wisner Elementary, now home to Lee Contracting. “Pine Grove” is the name given to the property by its most prominent owner, Moses Wisner. The History Center is the home of the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society, which has been in existence