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Water -

Water mains are first installed for use Nov 1 1895. Electric is installed and ready for use Nov 15, 1895.

Streetlights were added on Main Street in 1895.

Main Street was paved in 1920.

Seymour saw mill operational in summer of 1837. Original mill burned in 1864. Second mill burned in 1872.

Chas Seymour built a saw mill of the west side of the river in 1840.

Chas Seymour and Benj Bowers build first grist mill in 1840.

Observer 1882 - Jul 27 - Diphtheria is reported in town.

Observer 1882 - Aug 3 - July 27, 1882, Jennie Swartz dies of small pox.

Observer 1882 Oct 26 - Paper reports the decline of the 1882 Great Comet. Observer 1882 Nov 24 - Reports on Aurora of November 17, 1882

Notable people[edit]

 * Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots (1843–1929), missionary, temperance evangelist
 * Shawn Cronin (1963) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets, Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose Sharks.
 * Ralph M. Freeman (1902-1990) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
 * John J. Gleason (1954) is a Democratic politician and current Clerk/Register of Deeds for Genesee County, Michigan.
 * Matthew Rettenmund (1968), author
 * Thomas Smallwood (1977) is a professional ten-pin bowler
 * Amanda Somerville (1979-), singer-songwriter, vocal coach

Henry H. Chatters & Charles N. Talbot Building
100 E Main St.

Built 1889.

Bueches was located there as well as the masonic lodge.

Laurel House Hotel
101 Main St.

Built 1890-1895.

102 Main St
Built 1890

103 Main St
Built 1920

Arza Niles & Lyman Davie Building
104 Main St

Built 1920

104 Main St. Built in 1886, 3rd story added in 1889. Three story Italianate brick building.

Built by Arza Niles and Lyman Davie in 1886. The 3rd story was added in 1889 for the Odd Fellows lodge and used until 1916.

Mentions

Observer 1882 Aug 17 - East side of store brick veering to protect against fire.

Observer 1882 Sept 21 - Addition to their store is progressing finely It is to be veneered with brick and have a gravel roof.

Observer 1882 Sep 28 - Improvements nearly complete

Observer 1882 Oct 12 - Improvements complete.

105 Main St
Built 1882

105 1/2 Main St
Built 1882

106 Main St
Built 1900-1915

107 Main St Davie's Opera House. Built 1882
Built in 1882 by Lyman E Davie. Contains the first cornerstone ever laid in Flushing. The cornerstone was secured from the site of the Flushing Stone Quarry. Davie's Opera House was located on the second floor. The building originally had a Balcony. The building was purchased in 1916 by the Odd Fellows lodge.

Mentions -

Observer 1882 Jun 22 - First ever corner stone.

Observer 1882 Aug 10 - Thomas SMith, Allen Richardson, Wm Lewis were working on the building.

Observer 1882 Aug 17 - 2nd story brickwork nearly complete.

Observer 1882 Aug 31 - Brickwork and roofing is finished.

Observer 1882 Sept 21 - Nearly Complete

Observer - 1882 Sept 7 - Plate glass being installed, Liquor store in Davies to be completed this week.

Observer - 1882 Oct 19 - Balcony being added.

108 Main St
Built 1885

109 Main St
Built 1903-1904

111 Main St
Built 1903-1904

Franklin A Niles Building
112-114 Main St

Built 1890-1900

113 Main St
Built 1903-1904

J. B French Building
115 Main St

Built 1889-1890

116 Main St
Built 1890

117 Main St
Built 1915

118 Main St
Built 1890

119 Main St
Built 1915

120 Main St
Built 1910

121-123 Main St
Built 1919

122 Main St
Built 1890

124 Main St
Built 1918

125 Main St
Built 1915

126 Main St
Built 1920

127 Main St
Built 1915

131 Main St
Built 1915

135 Main St
Built 1910

Corinthian Hall
137 E Main St. Listed as 135.

Built 1850-1860 Early wood framed building. Brick exterior added in 1891.

Hart Mill
About 126 S Maple St.

3rd burned March 19, 1918.

Old power station to Bueche Implement Company - Razed in 1993

Hotel Mundy
Main and Cherry

A hotel was built in 1879 by Daniel B. Lyon. It has been known as the Eggleston House and 1908 taken over by George Mundytook was called Hotel Mundy. William Arn took over the hotel in 1915 and George Bruner in 1924. It was razed in 1936 and a gas station was build in its place.

The hotel was built in 1867 and owned by George Mundy from 1908-15. Other owners were William Arn from 1915-24 and George Bruner from 1924-36. The hotel, at the northeast corner of Mainand Cherry, was torn down in 1936 and replaced with a gas station.

First National Bank Building
150 E Main St

Building built in 1928. Razed in 1962 and now the location of Cornwell Park.

Mentions -

Observer 1882 Jun 29 - Brick work on new building continuing. Door and frame of vault arrive.

Observer 1882 Aug 3 - Counter of the bank, first of its kind made in Flint for price of $300, Bank opens today at noon.

Observer 1882 Aug 10 - Feb 4th, 1882 meeting directors were elected. Purchased lot on South side for 50x21 brick building, 2 stories high. 6x8 vault.

Flushing Canning Company
Company formed January 4, 1912. Later known as the pickle factory.

Beck Sprayer Company
Maybe 220 Lynn St

Built in 1911. Beck was liquidated in 1915. At one point has a machine shop and mushroom grower. Building destroyed in 1935.

Old Waterworks Building
S McKinley Rd.

Built in 1895. Used until 1912.

Presbyterian Church - Goggins Hall
Built in 1861 to 1864. Steeple added in 1865. Church closed in 1921 and was donated to the city for use as city hall. The steeple was destroyed in 1934 by a cyclone.

Baptist Church
Built October 20 1883 to December 11, 1887.

Pioneer/Exchange Hotel
SE Corner Main and Cherry.

Built in the 1846 by Eber J. Langdon. It was the towns first hotel. Tore down in 1928.

Levi Ewing Residence
412 E Main St

Built 1850

J. D. Hinkley Residence
501 E Main St

Built 1850

J. B French Residence
513 E Main St

Built 1890

Observer 1882 Foundation being laid. Only mentions house on main st but most likely this one.

Observer 1882 Oct 12 - Nearing completion.

Conoco SW Main Maple
Built by Gordon Bedford in 1919.

Fuller Blacksmith

Observr 1882 Oct 17 - Might be on Cherry? Making preparations 26x60 brick building

Bridge
First wood bridge 1840

Second wood bridge 1872

Iron bridge built in mid 1880s. Sign on bridge reads "Ten dollars fine for driving on this bridge faster than a walk or for driving morn than 25 head of cattle on the bridge at one time" Removed in 1921.

Temp wood bridge foot of Oak Street to Mary Street. Tore down after opening of arch bridge.

Arch bridge built in 1922.

Observer 1882 Sep 28 - Bridge being rebuilt.

Railroad Bridge
First bridge built knocked down by floods in 1904

Concrete pillar bridge built 1906 rails removed 1931. Tore down in 1966.

Railroad
Observer 1882 Jul 13 - Surveying for railroad reaches Flushing

Photographer
Observer 1882 - Nov 17 - McMillen room completed.

Schools
In the late 1830's pioneers received their first school lessons in a lean-to kitchen at the home of Ezekiel Ewing, with Marshall Talbot as teacher. The building was on Flushing Road just east of Elms Rd. A wood framed building for the first graded school was built in 1945 at the northwest corner of Chamberlain and Hazelton, to be followed with three schools at the same site. In 1855 the "white school house" so named because of its color, was built. Union School District #2 Organized before 1866.v2 for students east of the river, District 16 on the west site. 2 and 16 merged in 1911. Flushing and Warner District merged in November of 1946. Rural districts joined in 1949 including Caldwell, Cronk, James Graham, Hurd and Hopson. In 1950, Maple, Kent, Graves, Richardson, Lyons and English Settlement.

Board of Trustees

Observer 1882 Sep 7 - Trustees, President - O.F. Clarke, Secretary - Wm. A. Garner, Treasure - Daniel Cotcher

Central Elementary
cornerstone laid in 1953.v2

St Roberts
1963 v1

Elms Elementary
1957

Sr High School
1960

Seymour Elementary
1963

New Brick High School - Now ECC
Built in 1928. Addition added 1963 for New Junior High

Springview Elementary
1967

Field House
1952

Administration Building
1972

Crouse
1973

Caldwell
Located NE McKinley and Coldwater

Pioneer wooden school. Could be as old as 1859. Caldwell School district was annexed into Flushing Schools March 30, 1949. School was closed in 1972.v2

Richardson
Located on the North West corner of Seymour and Potter Road.

Hopson
Carpenter Road between Elms and Dye.

Kent
Located on Pierson and Dillon Road. Was organized in 1857. The district was names for Rev. William J. Kent. The building was tore down in 1955 and replaced by a residence.

Hurd
North West corner of Beecher and Morrish Road.

Graves
North West corner of Coldwater and Duffield Road. Private residence still standing.

Warner School
Build between 1886 and 1890 on 5 acres of land donated by Calvin Warner. By 1930 the school had 67 students. 1946 Joined Flushing Rural Agriculture Schools.v2 Located at 5471 Flushing Rd. Private residence, still standing.

Maple
South West corner of Stanley and Elms. Pricate residence, still standing.

James Graham
Site of the township offices.

English Settlement
Located on the south east corner of Mt. Morris and Duffield Roads. Private residence, still standing.

Cronk
North west corner of Beecher and River Roads.

West Side School
First west site school built in the 1850s, located on Seymour Rd on the west side just south of Emily St. along the creek bank. In 1911 it was sold and moved from the site. New brick west side school built on the same site as the old in 1927.

High School - Old Brick Building
Built in 1869, razed 1927. Chamberland and Hazelton St. Cost $5000.v2 Brickes for the building where made by Brunson Turner. The first graded high school was organized in 1877. The first graduating class was Ira and Franklin Sayre in 1878. East wing was added was added in 1894 and a south in 1910.

Free Masons

 * 1) 223 Free and Accepted Masons was chartered Jan 9, 1868

VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5666 chartered Feb 6, 1946. The VFW hall 606 was sold to the City of Flushing in June of 2010 for $75000 in order to keep the VFW afloat.

Observer
The paper would cost 1 dollar per year. The paper touts "The Interests of Flushing and Vicinity Will Be Observed Herein".[self-published source?] On June 15, 1882, DeWitt C. Ashmun sold his paper, The Flushing Patrol, to Albert E. Ransom who changed its name to "The Flushing Observer".The Flushing Observer also published its first paper under that name on that same date. Operated out of building on NW corner of Main and Cherry. Later moved to NW corner of Main and Maple. In 1894 moved to NE corner of Main and Maple. In 1919 moved to 208 E Main Street. William Beebe purchased partnership in 1926. In 1932 Beebe bought out Ransom. In 1946 Beebe sold his interest to Robert L Beebe and Donald E Beebe his 2 sons. On May 1, 1976 the Beebe brothers sold The Flushing Observer to Robert G Silbar as chairman of the board and his son, James F. Silbar as President. Printing was moved to Northville and stopped printing in house. On Dec 27, 1979 it was purchased by Henry M Hogan of Bloomfield Hills Michigan and added to the Flint Area News Papers (FAN).

Moved in 1894 to

Interesting
https://www.google.com/patents/US26858

Parks and recreation

 * Flushing Riverview Trail is a city trail along the Flint River that connects to Flushing County Park

City parks

 * Riverview Park is a 7.4 acre city park located along the Flint river between the Main Street bridge and the DPW.
 * Mutton (Bonnie View) Park is a 3.5 acre city park located on the corner of Coutant St and Chestnut St

In the late 1920's the village was desperately searching for a good water supply, conducted test these, and bought the land from Clarence Luce. A water tower was erected, surrounded by five small well houses. This took up on the north section and the south section was developed as "Waterworks park" William Mutton was a well know local farmer, a lumber yard operator and auctioneer. He kept a dairy that carried here 50 years. He loved to travel, visiting places in this and other countries. His residence was the cement block home at the NW corner of Main and Boman. IN 1927, following one of his trips, he received permission from the council to plant a grove of trees in the south section in honor of his wife. He outlined the plan for the grove from and inscription he had seen on a stone marker in England. "I am contrrained to plant a grove, to please the lady of my love. THis ample grove is to compose 25 trees in 12 straight rows. Five trees in each tow must I place, or I shall have never see her face" Mutton gained the services of Gordon Bedford, a graduate civil engineer to work out the mathematics of the design. Bedford also went to the site and staked out the location of each tree. Eaighteen maples were secured from the farm of F M Confer and seven elms from the farm of Judd Lee. Village employees gave Mutton a hand in digging and planting the trees. Mutton carefully guarded the young grove, carrying water from a well near the water tower. He kept them well pruned and growing straight up. After a few years they provided shade where he used to site and rest on a sunny afternoon. Later officially named Mutton Park. V2P14


 * Waterworks Park is a 4 acre city park off of Sunnyside Dr.
 * Eastview Veterans' Memorial Park is a 14.4 acres park located off of Coutant St near Elms Rd.
 * River Road Park is a 4.6 acre city park located off of River Rd near Morrish Rd.
 * Cornwell Park is a city park .2 acre park located downtown on the south west corner of Main St and Cherry St. Cornwell park was established in 1961 after the relocation of Genesee Merchants Bank to Cherry St. The existing building was removed and the land donated to the village. A local business man Edgar L. Cornwell (October 17, 1866 - May 15, 1961) in his last civic gesture, established a trust fund to finance the conversion of the site into a park.

Events

 * Cruise Nights - Third Saturday of the Month April through September at the Flushing A near Riverview park.
 * Summer Festival - June. Starts with a parade and five days with a Carnival in Riverview park, music, food and other activities.
 * Art in the Park - June. Art vendors at Riverview park.
 * Concerts in the Park - Wednesday evenings June through August at Riverview Park.
 * Movies in the Park - Saturday Evenings June through August at Riverview Park.
 * Harvest Festival - September events downtown Flushing.
 * Trail of Terror - October Flushing riverview trail.
 * Candle Walk - December downtown Flushing.

Newspaper
The Flushing view

Radio
Phone - Observer Sept 21 1882- talk of bringing in a phone line from Flint.

Government and Politics
The city of Flushing is a Council-Manager form of government. The original city charter was adopted Nov 3, 1964 and updated Nov 2, 1993.

Flushing is part of the following:
 * 67th district court
 * Michigan's 5th Congressional District
 * Michigan House of Representatives District 49
 * State Senate District 32

Environment
Flushing's wastewater treatment includes an activated sludge treatment system installed in 1972 and a batch reactor treatment system that was added in 1988. Sewage is split between the two systems. Cleaned water is disinfected with UV light before being discharged into the Flint river. The plant is on 140 industrial drive and adjacent to the Riverview Trail.

Pollution along the Flint river were once a problem but have vastly improved since the 1950's and 1960's after the Clean Water Act was enacted. The river is a now popular place for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.

The City of Flushing is supplied by surface water pumped from Lake Huron by the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) and delivered by the Genesee County water supply system.

Electricity and natural gas are provided by Consumers Energy.

Public Safety
The City of Flushing Police Department provides police coverage 24 hours a day. The department offices are shared with the city offices. The City of Flushing and Flushing township police regularly work cooperate to improve services for both communities.

The Flushing Fire Department provides fire coverage 24 hours a day for the city as well as Flushing township. The fire department is located adjacent to the city offices.

Climate
Something about consumers energy.