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Outstanding Architecture in Pontiac's Commercial Historic District

Pontiac was one of Michigan's first cities to develop outside of Detroit however fire consumed much of its core in 1840. The downtown was rebuilt and made more permanent with use of brick and limestone and rich building styles emerged to reflect Pontiac's great success in carriage-making and later automotive manufacturing.