Editing Grosse Ile Township, Michigan (section)

===Grosse Ile Historic District===
Today, the MCR train depot is owned and operated as a community museum by the Grosse Ile Historical Society (GIHS). Nearby is the old [[U.S. Customs House (Grosse Ile, Michigan)|U.S. Customs House]], which was relocated to the current site in 1980 from Macomb Street. The GIHS also owns the Custom House, and these are the only structures in the [[National Historic Landmark District|National Historic District]] along East River Road that are regularly open to the public. The district features Saint James [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]], the oldest church building on the island, constructed during 1867 in part with funds provided by a freed slave named [[Lisette Denison Forth|Elizabeth Denison]]. The district includes six homes, built from the 1840s to 1860s, that are outstanding examples of period architecture, particularly [[Gothic Revival]] and [[Jacobethan]] Revival.<ref>{{Cite web|title=grosse ile historical society|url=https://www.gihistsoc.org/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=grosse ile historical society|language=en}}</ref>