Motown singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw on May 13, 1950 source
Community character
County seat of Saginaw County, a former lumber-processing city on the Saginaw River in Michigan's Great Lakes Bay region, with a 2020 census population of 44,202 source
Castle Museum of Saginaw County History
Former United States Post Office in downtown Saginaw, designed by U.S. Treasury architect William Martin Aiken and built in 1898 in a French chateau style; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and now home to the Historical Society of Saginaw County source
Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens
Authentic sukiya-style Japanese tea house and three-acre garden in Saginaw's Central Park System, built in 1985-86 as a symbol of the city's sister-city friendship with Tokushima, Japan, a relationship dating to 1961 source
Temple Theatre
Movie palace on the Saginaw River built in 1927 for the Elf Khurafeh Shriners; its 2,196-seat auditorium was the largest theatre in Michigan outside Detroit when it opened on July 28, 1927 source
Ojibway Island
Downtown island park in the Saginaw River that hosts the city's Fourth of July fireworks and festivals such as the KCQ Country Music Fest source
Hoyt Park
Downtown park nicknamed the "Grand Old Park," with softball fields and a winter ice-skating rink and warming house; a hub of the city's park system since the early 1900s source
East Saginaw Historic Business District
Commercial historic district roughly bounded by Federal, North Water, North Washington, and North Franklin streets, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 source
