5places
5businesses
1821oldest
4still open
1gone
3with photos
Auburn Hills on When It Was is 5 addresses and the 5 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1821. 4 are still open today; 1 are gone, and 1 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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The Palace of Auburn Hills
6 Championship Drive · 1988–2017
A privately financed arena that opened with the Bad Boys Pistons became one of the busiest concert halls on Earth -- then was blown up by ex…
Great Lakes Crossing Outlets
4000 Baldwin Road · 1998–present
Before it became Michigan's largest indoor outlet mall, the land off I-75 in Auburn Hills was forest, a small quarry, and a failed mall that…
Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center
1000 Chrysler Drive · 1991–present
One of the largest office buildings in America rose out of 504 acres of Auburn Hills farmland, crowned by a 15-story tower with a window sha…
Aaron Webster's Mills (Auburn settlement)
Auburn Road & Squirrel Road · 1821–present
Before the Stellantis towers and the outlet mall, this corner was a dam, a millpond, and one man's bet that the Clinton River could turn a w…
Church's Lumber Yards
107 S Squirrel Road · 1890–present
A lumber yard that started hauling boards by horse and wagon in 1890 is still selling lumber on the same downtown corner today.
Auburn Hills, decade by decade
- 1820s
- 1890s
- 1980s
- 1990s
Still here, and gone
Still open (4)
- Aaron Webster's Mills (Auburn settlement) 1821–present
- Church's Lumber Yards 1890–present
- Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center 1991–present
- Great Lakes Crossing Outlets 1998–present
Gone (1)
- The Palace of Auburn Hills 1988–2017
By kind of place
Store (2)
Great Lakes Crossing Outlets · Church's Lumber Yards
Other (2)
Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center · Aaron Webster's Mills (Auburn settlement)
Theater (1)
Every place in Auburn Hills (5)
- Aaron Webster's Mills (Auburn settlement) Auburn Road & Squirrel Road · 1821–present
- Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center 1000 Chrysler Drive · 1991–present
- Church's Lumber Yards 107 S Squirrel Road · 1890–present
- Great Lakes Crossing Outlets 4000 Baldwin Road · 1998–present
- The Palace of Auburn Hills 6 Championship Drive · 1988–2017
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