Mary Waters Park
Mary Waters Park is adjacent to the grounds of East Leonard School and Creston Park in Tanner Taylor's Addition. A number of streets were vacated, re-routed, created since this plat was drawn including Lafayette Avenue. Holcomb and parts of North Avenue and LeGrand (Barnett) have been vacated.
The City acquired land both east and west of Lafayette Avenue. The land east of Lafayette is SW of East Leonard Street School. The land west of Lafayette was a natural storm water drainage pond now Creston Public Housing which floods out every year.
East of Lafayette:
Mary M Kellogg of San Francisco, CA
Edward Adams, unmarried QC 1906
Laurens W Wolcott and wife QC 1906
Rufus S French, Trustee QC 1907
Johanna Ryan QC 1906
26 Feb 1907 L351 Pgs 33-34 "Dudley E Waters and Florence Hills Waters, his wife, to the City of Grand Rapids - to commemorate their deceased daughter that shall forever stand as a monument to her and a witness of their parental love; --give for the purposes only of a park and Playground, to be equipped, maintained and used for a ball field and other sports and pastimes of children (This is unplatted land south of the platted lots adjoining LeGrand (Barnett- that portion now vacated) of Block 18) -- to be forever designated and known as the Mary Waters Field or Playground, and to be kept open for the purposes aforesaid every day in the week without other restrictions upon its use ---."
West of Lafayette:
William Bougher and wife QC 1906
Drothea Frey WD 1907
Clancy Avenue was extended from Coldbrook Street to Leonard Street c. 1928:
27 Nov 1925 John J Powers, single of Detroit, Michigan; Frank E Powers and wife Jennie Powers, of Slater, MO, and Jessie Drehmer of Grand Rapids,sole and only heirs of Catharine Powers, deceased to CGR Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 of Block 11
27 Nov 1925 E L and Bertha L Westgate, husband and wife Lot 14 Block 12
26 Apr 1926 WM A Bellamy and Kate W, husband and wife, to CGR Lots 11, 12, 13 of Block 12
19 May 1926 James Shea and Mary Shead husband and wife to CGR Lot 10 Block 12
9 Jun 1927 John and Anna Pierson, husband and wife; and Arend Duinjerma (single) all of the CGR to the CGR Lot 5
15 Jun 1927 H E and H L Lynch to White Star Refining Co in exchange - Lots 11, 12, 13 block 12
5 Jan 1928 Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co (metes and bounds)
Lafayette Avenue was extended
To the north was St. John's Orphanage which still stood when I was a child.
