City Street Number Changes 1912
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The letter B
Subsequent street Name changes
Continued from 12A
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334-355 Auburn Ave SE
Auburn Ave NE - Not listed in directory but it was created in 1890 in Reynolds
and
Franklin’s 3rd Addition. Still exists as platted.
B - replatted comparable to Sligh before being annexed to the City in 1924
B St SW - still exists
Bagley- outside city limits
Baldwin St SE - still exists
Ball Park Blvd NW - on top of the hill
Ball Park Dr NW - bottom of the hill
Ballard St SE - still exists
Bank - vacated by urban renewal
Banner Av SW - still exists
Baraga St NE - still exists
5-25
Barclay Av NE - still exists
Page 1183
27-343 Barclay Ave NE con't
Barclay Ct NE - renamed Victory Pl in 1921 then vacated for Butterworth Hospital
Expansion. Victory Place was a dirt alley with narrow sidewalks and
almost no yards.
Barendse Ct - 1912 to Batavia Pl
Barker Av NW - still exists
Barnard - outside city limits
Barnett St NE - still exists
Barth Ave SE - still exists
Bartlett St SW - still exists
601-612
Bates St SE - still exists
Page 1184
616-1147 Bates St SE - still exists
Page 1185
Baylis Ave SE con't
Beacon St SW - 1912 formerly Briggs, still exists
Beals Av SW - outside City limits
Beech Av - 1912 to McReynolds Ave NW, still exists
Bekius Ct SW - still exists
Bemis - 1912 to Benjamin Ave SE
Bemis Ct - 1912 to Claremont Pl, still exists
Bemis St SE - still exists
Benjamin Av SE - 1912 formerly Silas, Benjamin Terr, Bemis and Leona
311-421
Benson Av NE - still exists
Pg 1186
421-471 Benson Av NE con't
Berkeley Av SW - outside city limits
Berkey Av SE - 1912 formerly Hope, still exists
Berlin Pl NE - 1912 formerly Briggs, still exists
Beulah Ct SE - still exists
Birney NE - renamed Lyon St NE in 1913, still exists
Bishop Av SE - still exists
Bissell St NE - still exists
Blaine Av SE - 1912 formerly Seymour, still exists
Blickle Pl NW - greatly affected by I-196, possibly exists as a pedestrian
walk-under
Bliven Pl SW - still exists
Blumrich St NW - still exists
Blymeir Ct NW - greatly affected by I-196 but still exists, sort of.
202-748
Bond Av NW - 1912 formerly Kent, greatly affected by Urban Renewal. Bits and
pieces
still exist.
Pg 1187
481-843 Bond Ave NW con't
Boston St SE - still exists
Bostwick Av NE - still exists
Bowery NW - renamed Douglas St NW in 1920, still exists
Bowne St NE - still exists
Bradford St NE - still exists
Page 1188
Brainard Ave NE - renamed Paris Ave NE in 1938, still exists
Breen Ct - sometimes referred to as Breen's Ct SW, still exists
Brenner St NE - still exists
Briarwood NE - outside City limits
Bridge St East - 1909 to Michigan (east of the river), still exists
Bridge St West - 1912 to Bridge St NW (west of the river), still exists
279-420 Bridge St NW
Page 1189
421-966 Bridge St NW
Page 1190
967-1568 Bridge St NW con't
Bridge St Pl - 1912 to Michigan Pl NE, still exists
Briggs Av - 1912 to Beacon, still exists
Briggs Blvd NE - still exists
Briggs Ct - 1912 to Clifton Pl NE, vacated 1976 for expansion of Central High
School
Briggs Pl - 1912 to Berlin Pl NE, still exists
Bristol Ave NW - still exists
411-837
Broadway Ave NW - still exists
Page 1191
837-1820 Broadway Ave NW con't
Page 1192
1970-1998 Broadway Ave NW con't
West Broadway - 1912 to National Ave NW
Brown St SW - still exists
Brown St SE - changed to Brown St SE from Kerr and Reynolds in 1920
Brown CT - 1912 to Bruce PL NE
Bruce Ave NE - still exists
Buchanan Ave SW - still exists
Buckeye - changed to Evans in 1899
Buckeye - 1912 to Fairmount
Buckley St SE - 1912 formerly First
10-113
Buckley St SW - 1912 formerly First
Page 1193
117 Buckley St SW con't
Burchard - outside city limits
Burke Ave NE - still exists
Burlingame Ave SW - outside City limits
Burr Oak St NE - still exists
Burr Oak St NW - still exists
Burton St SE - still exists
5-640
Burton St SW - still exists
818-1204 Burton St SW - City of Wyoming
Page 1194
1206-1261 Burton SW con't City of Wyoming
Butler Ave SE - 1912 formerly Ohio
Butterworth St SW - still exists
Byers Ave NE - still exists
1219-1441
Byron St SE - still exists
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From Article: 1912 City Directory
From Heading Geography and the City of Grand Rapids
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