Largest U.S. city by population on or near Lake Huron, by a narrow margin over Port Huron source
Community character
Bay City is a historic Saginaw River port whose lumber-boom era left three National Register historic districts and Victorian-era architecture including Second Empire, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Romanesque styles source
Bay City City Hall
Municipal building at 301 Washington Street listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1975 source
Center Avenue Neighborhood Residential District
Residential historic district listed on the National Register on April 22, 1982, with a boundary increase in 2012, containing former lumber-era mansions source
Bay County Historical Museum
County historical museum on Washington Avenue housed in a former armory building source
Wenonah Park
Park on the east bank of the Saginaw River in downtown Bay City source
Veterans Memorial Park
Park on the west bank of the Saginaw River in Bay City source
Bay City Downtown Historic District
Downtown historic district listed on the National Register on September 12, 1985, roughly bounded by the Saginaw River, Second and Adams Streets, and Center Avenue source
Midland Street Commercial District
Commercial historic district on the west side listed on the National Register on April 22, 1982 source
West Bay City
Former separate city on the west side of the Saginaw River, annexed by Bay City in 1905 source
