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===Historic sites=== *The historic Township Hall was originally located on Novi Road, south of Grand River. It was moved to the Novi Library property in the 1980s. It was recently relocated again onto the property that was the site of the [[Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead]]. *[[Tollgate Farm]]<ref>[http://tollgate.msu.edu/ About the MSU Tollgate Education Center], Michigan State University Extension</ref> is a 160-acre (650,000m<sup>2</sup>) farmstead and educational center. *The [[Colonel Samuel White Homestead]] site <ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.michmarkers.com/pages/L0891.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010228021301/http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/L0891.htm |url-status = usurped |archive-date = February 28, 2001 |title = Colonel Samuel White Homestead |work = Michigan Historical Markers }}</ref> is identified by a Michigan Historical Marker. *A portion of the original Novi Depot<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Stations/CountyStations/OaklandStations/NoviMI.htm |title = Station: Novi, MI |work = michiganrailroads.com |access-date = May 2, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513073601/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Stations/CountyStations/OaklandStations/NoviMI.htm |archive-date = May 13, 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref> was constructed in 1871 for the Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railroad (now absorbed by [[CSX Transportation]]). *The [[Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead]] was a historic site<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/L2083.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030514093059/http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/L2083.htm |url-status = usurped |archive-date = May 14, 2003 |title = Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead |work = Michigan Historical Markers }}</ref> listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The City of Novi demolished the Fuerst Farmstead in order to develop the site for other historic uses.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.fuerstfarmnovi.org/ |title = Fuerst Farm Novi - Preserving Novi's Past for Novi's Future |work = fuerstfarmnovi.org |access-date = April 15, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110709004929/http://www.fuerstfarmnovi.org/ |archive-date = July 9, 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The north barn was destroyed on July 16, 2008. The farm house was demolished in August 2008. The south and east barns were dismantled and removed from the site. None of the original buildings of the Farmstead was preserved on the site. But the historic Township Hall was relocated to this site.
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