Our Lady of Lourdes will be closing at the end of June, putting a close to a 119 year history in River Rouge. Paul Bodrie loaned us some photo albums belonging to the Parish and one from Milt Patten and we have scanned the pictures of the old church, which you can view in the "Image Gallery". Our Lady of Lourdes Parish: November 26, 1893 to June 30, 2012.

We are in the process of scanning and uploading pictures from the 1960's Rouge Days. 1962, 1963 and 1964 are in the Image Gallery now. You can see them in the "Image" section under Rouge Days. For best results, click to enlarge the picture and then right click to download. If you use the pictures on other sites like Facebook, please give the Museum credit.

RIVER ROUGE:
Settled in 1808
Became a Village in 1899
Became a City in 1922

The River Rouge Historical Museum is housed in the historical building located on West Jefferson Avenue. Built in 1928 by the Gallagher family to house a funeral home and living quarters, the business was closed in the late 1970's and converted to office space by the Whitehead & Kales Co. When Whitehead & Kales closed its doors in the 1980's, National Steel purchased the property to house their computer center.

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The building was donated to the City of River Rouge by National Steel in 1998 and re-opened as a historical museum. Displays feature authentic parlor furniture and stove from 1890, pictures of the people and events that called River Rouge home beginning as early as 1914 to the present, and a cache of other various items of sentimental value to all those "Rouge-ites" both past present and future.

PLAN YOUR VISIT TO THE RIVER ROUGE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
A visit to Michigan's River Rouge Historical Museum surrounds us with brilliance, enlightens us and gives us a richer appreciates for the world around us. So let's have a look at the work of the downriver masters. Let's see the stories of our ancestors come alive, and let's learn first-hand what we have only read about.

Located at 10750 West Jefferson
River Rouge, MI 48218-1232

E-mail: rrmuseum48218@aol.com
Museum is Open Sundays
12:00 pm till 4:00 pm
For futher information contact the Mayor's Office at (313)842-4200

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