1825 - Erie Canal opens and connects Detroit to the East Coast. Economy 
1834 - The first wave of immigrants mostly from the Port of Cork Ireland create their community:“Corktown”, (Without a neighborhood),.in front of Most Holy Trinity Church then located in Cadillac Sq.
1835 - Two Farms are plotted west of the town of Detroit and Irish catholics begin to move to this new area.
1849 - The Workers Row House Is built on Sixth St. and the wooden Most Holy Trinity Church building is moved next door.
1863 - Horse drawn street cars connect residents and workers in the downtown district to the Michigan Ave. retail shops. 
1866 - Most Holy Trinity’s new brick building that replaced the wooden building, is completed.
1896 - Henry Ford busts through the walls of his shed on Bagley St. and takes his Quadricycle on an early morning trial run around  the streets of Corktown. 
1896- Bennett Park opens and the Tigers begin playing baseball at the corner of Michigan Ave and Trumbull.
1912 - Navin Field expands capacity of Bennett Park with concrete grandstands and replaced deteriorating wooden ones.   
1913 - Michigan Central station opens. Many Maltese and German immigrants arrive by train and fide places to live and work in Corktown.
1900 - 1930 Detroit population triples.
1930’s - Mexican and the Great Migration of African Americans arrive seeking job opportunities adding diversity to Corktown.
1936 - Michigan Ave. is widened. Roughly 75% of Corktown’s commercial district is demolished.
1940’s - 1950’s - Remaining area along Michigan Ave. takes the title as “Skid Row”.
1949 - Federal subsidies for slum removal become available to local municipalities
1955 - The Lodge Freeway is built cutting Corktown off from downtown. housing
1960’s - A 75 acre site is designated Blight and over 40 blocks of Corktown will be demolished.
1967 - 1970 - The Fisher Freeway is built demolishing hundreds of houses cutting off the northern section of Corktown. 
1978 - After years of fighting the remaining 10% of Corktown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1984 - The City of Detroit lists Corktown as a Local Historic District.
1998 - “West Corktown Addition” Final Report is approved, and the area of Wabash and Vermont Streets are listed on City of Detroit Local Historic District.
2002 - The effort to restore the Workers Row House Tenement Corktown receives the Michigan Architectural Foundation; Evans Graham Preservation Award for roof reconstruction. 
2004 - Ellen Thackery Research brings to life the history of the Workers Row House (WRH), including the list of residents from 1850 into the 1950’s.
2005 - The Michigan Governor's Cool City’s Award for additional reconstruction efforts.
2006 - The Wayne State University Department of Anthropology partners with the Workers Row House Project to begin 3 years of archaeological excavation behind the WRH.

2010 -  Results from the digs lead to Reports presented at National and International Archaeological Meetings. 
2010 - An Exhibit at the Grosscup Museum of Anthropology.
2010 - Two additional dig sites in Corktown neighborhood begin and last for 3 more years. 
2011 - Four years of digs in Roosevelt Park begins.
2015 - All of the materials excavated from the digs are archived at the Grosscup Museum of Anthropology. And these efforts are reported in the national archeology magazine.
2015 - The Workers Row House, temporarily, opens its doors for tours. And offers Tours of the site and the Corktown Historic District.
2010 & 2019 - Two exhibits are installed at the Detroit Historical Museum.
2011 - Workers Row House develops an outline for a business plan that incorporates the House Next Door into the site establishing an events place for revenue stream/business. 
2023 - If Corktown had not fought for its existence, the Michigan Central Station now being completely restored with the help of Ford Motor Co., would have been demolished.