The 1848 site for Central
SW1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 30 Samuel Dexter, warranty deed holder. Block 8
Dexter, platted 1835, Village of Kent
SE1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 30 Joel Guild, warranty deed holder. Block 9
Kendall platted 1850
purchases from G C Nelson, Edward L Stevens, John Ball, and James H Hatch. April 1848 and Jan 1849. .
Original Title Page showing four sequential buildings
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Central school on Ransom Avenue in 1848
Site 2 in 2005: 148 Ransom Ave NE, ppn=41-14-30-176-020 part of GR Community College
The 1885 Collar and Greiner map shows Central straddling this site on two plats.
On the west, lots 3, 4, 5 of block 8 of Dexter Dexter Subdivision Plats and on the east Kendall - Image.
Dexter Plat
Kendall Plat Bd of Ed map
From article City Schools
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info