Welcome to the official website of the SCHS!

Welcome to the official website for the Swartz Creek Area Historical Society! We encourage you to check out our links and to learn about us.

Enjoy these photos of early Swartz Creek and days gone by!

Calkin's Barn, later donated to Crossroads Village.

First Depot located north of the RR tracks 50 yards west of Morrish Rd.

Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1911 to replace the Wooden structure which was stuck by lightening in 1910 and burned.

Unloading lumber from a boxcar for the Elevator and Lumber Co.

Walch House, located at 8298 Miller, was built by Mr. Howes, in the mid 1870's, sold to Mr. Fairchild who sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Walch in the early 1940's.

Crapo Gravel Company, now Winchester Lake on VanVleet Rd.

Crapo Farm workers planting a field west of Seymour Rd. near Young St. today.

Otterburn depot was located west of the RR tracks and south of Miller Rd. adjacent to the Genesee Valley Golf Club parking lot.

School busses parked behind Mary Crapo late 1930's or early 1940's

Original train depot destroyed by fire, date of fire unknown

Fletcher School class of 1939

Fletcher School located at Seymour and Grand Blanc Roads

Town Tavern Fire in 1968, Bank of Swartz Creek at right

Homer Wades Blacksmith Shop

Swartz Creek Theater and Sporting Goods

Rankin Elementary school located at Grand Blanc and Jennings Rds.

Don's Service Station

Duffield School

Swartz Creek's First Store

Fortino's Market

Lyons school was located on Beecher Rd. between Nichols and Duffield Rds.

Downtown Swartz Creek

M-78, now known as Miller Rd. looking east

Swartz Creek Hotel

Downtown Swartz Creek

M-78, now known as Miller Rd. looking east

Centennial Celebration in 1936, held in downtown Swartz Creek

Email: Bill Morgan - President

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