Cambridge Junction Historic State Park
Cambridge Junction Historic State Park is a historic preservation area located three miles south of Brooklyn in Cambridge Township, Michigan. The state park is the site of Walker Tavern, a major stopping place for stagecoaches traveling between Detroit and Chicago in the early nineteenth century.
| Cambridge Junction Historic State Park | |
|---|---|
Walker's Tavern | |
Location in Michigan Cambridge Junction Historic State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, United States |
| Nearest city | Brooklyn, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°03′08″N 84°13′30″W |
| Area | 80 acres (32 ha) |
| Elevation | 994 feet (303 m) |
| Designation | Michigan state park |
| Established | 1965 |
| Administrator | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
| Website | Cambridge Junction Historic State Park |
Michigan State Historic Site | |
| Official name | Cambridge Junction |
| Designated | February 18, 1956 |
The tavern has been operated seasonally by the Michigan History Center since 1965. It is part of an 80-acre site that includes two additional historic structures: a reconstructed barn with artifacts and exhibits about people, travel and work in the 1840s and 1850s, and the 1929 Hewitt House Visitors Center that focuses on early auto tourism, with displays about well-known Irish Hills roadside tourist attractions of the 20th century.
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