Franklin

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Franklin is a village in Southfield Township, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,150 at the 2010 census. The community is known for large, estate-style homes. The downtown was designated as an historic district, the first in Michigan, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. A nearby cider mill is among many significant properties. ()

Alternative names: Population: 3.2 thous.Area: 2.66 mi²Coordinates: 42°31'36"N, 83°18'21"W

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Franklin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kirk in the Hills, Franklin Cider Mill, Holocaust Memorial Center, Greenwood Cemetery.

3.8 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Hills
98 min walk • Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian is a church located in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
~1320 ftN
Historical place, Bakery
Franklin Cider Mill, Bloomfield Hills
7 min walk • After three years of construction, the Franklin Grist Mill was completed in 1837. This was the same year that Michigan gained its statehood. The construction was started by W. Matthews. Matthews purchased the large tract of land near the Mill’s current location and began the mill in 1832.
3.2 miSW
Museum, History museum
Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills
83 min walk • The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, near Detroit, is Michigan's only Holocaust museum.
4.6 miNE
Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham
117 min walk • Greenwood Cemetery occupies 7.9 acres on Oak Avenue between Greenwood and Lake Streets, west of Old Woodward Avenue, in Birmingham, Michigan. The gently rolling landscape contains over 3,000 graves; 650 date from the nineteenth century. The grounds display a plethora of limestone, marble, cast zinc and granite monuments.
1.7 miS
Gallery offering contemporary art
Park West Gallery, Southfield
43 min walk • Park West Gallery is a commercial art gallery based in Southfield, Michigan, United States. Park West Gallery claims to be the largest private art gallery in the world, and that it has sold 10 million works of art for billions of dollars.
2.9 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, Arcade
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Farmington Hills
73 min walk • Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, is devoted to a huge collection of coin-operated animatronic dummies, mechanical games and other oddities.
3.1 miSE
Synagogue
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield
79 min walk • Congregation Shaarey Zedek is a Conservative synagogue located at 27375 Bell Road in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan.
3.7 miS
Church
Mother of God Cathedral, Southfield
96 min walk • Mother of God Cathedral also called Our Lady of Chaldeans is a Chaldean Catholic cathedral located in Southfield, Michigan, United States. It is the seat for the Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit.
4.2 miNE
Universities and schools, Museum, Historical place
Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills
109 min walk • The Cranbrook Educational Community is an education, research, and public museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth.
3.5 miSW
Church
Nardin Park United Methodist Church, Farmington Hills
89 min walk • Nardin Park United Methodist Church is a Methodist church situated in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Nardin Park was first formed in 1927 by the union of two large churches in northwest Detroit - the Grand River Avenue Church, established in 1891, and the Ninde Church, organized in 1886.
1.9 miNE
42°32'38"N • 83°16'39"W
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills
48 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf