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1) Sojourner Truth memorial, Division and Michigan Avenue. The 12-foot sculpture of Truth, designed by the late California artist Tina Allen, was dedicated in 1999.
2) First United Methodist Church, 114 E. Michigan Ave. Methodists held the first religious classes and meetings in Battle Creek near this site in 1833. The current building was dedicated in 1908.
3) Underground Railroad Monument. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation commissioned artist Ed Dwight's sculpture, completed in 1993, to honor operators of the Underground Railroad and the courageous fugitive slaves who fled north.
4) W. K. Kellogg House. The former home of Kellogg originally stood at McCamly Park on the city's west side.
5) W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 1 E. Michigan Avenue. The cereal pioneer founded the W. K. Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation in June 1934. The current building was dedicated in 1991.
6) Hussey marker, East Michigan Avenue. The store and home of Erastus and Sarah Hussey, stationmasters on the Underground Railroad, was just east of this marker.
7) Log House School marker, East Michigan Avenue. The village's first school house was erected near this site in 1834.
8) First Baptist Church, 80 E. Michigan Ave. Chartered in 1835, it was the first organized church in Battle Creek.