Betsy Alexander spoke about the history of the Alger House and the Alger family
David Morrow | Published on 9/24/2024
At our September 24 meeting, Betsy Alexander, Historical Education Coordinator for The War Memorial, discussed the history of the Alger Family and the Alger House, which was donated by the family to The War Memorial. Beginning with General Russell A. Alger, who served in the Civil War and as the 20th Governor of Michigan, a US Senator (twice), and as US Secretary of War, the Alger family was prominent in Michigan business and politics for much of the 20th century. Russell A. Alger Jr., was born in 1873. The Junior Alger was the executor of his father's large estate, one of the founders of the Packard Motor Car Company in 1903, and an early investor in the Wright Company in 1909. He built a palatial Italian Renaissance style estate, "The Moorings," in Grosse Pointe. It was donated in 1949 and became the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.
For pictures from the meeting, see: September 24 2024 Meeting