Historical Landmarks
City of Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan

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Federal

Address                                    Name                                       Date Built                               Date Designated

731 Front Ave NW                 Eliphalet H. Turner House  1846

     CA   CA

230 Fulton St E                     Abram Pike Home              1845

Front to Monroe                   Sixth Street Bridge            1886    29 Sept 1892

                                                  Heritage Hill

    CACA

Federal 12. Former Federal Building  148 Ionia Ave NW    1909   21 Oct 1975
Tax address: 155 Division Ave N.. Replaced an even older federal building.

1953 Sanborn

11. Ledyard Building  125 Ottawa Ave NW   1874    10 Oct 1974

CA   CA

3. St. Cecelia Music Hall 24 Ransom Ave NE                 1894

 

 

STATE

323 Division Ave S                          Herkimer Hotel
Charles Norton's Postcard Wrapper

 

East Park Place NE         First Park Congregation Church                    1868                  21 Oct 1975

 Fitch Pl SE 1856         James O. Fitch House            1 Jul 1980
    

 

State Calvin College                           Franklin St SE

 

 

 

 

 

 

61. Grand Rapids Indiana Railroad Bridge   Blossom St       1892  8 Jan 1991

52. Charles C. Comstock House  151 Boltwood St NE     1890 30 Mar 1982

    

74. American Seating Company      801 Broadway Ave NW   1888> 6 May 2003

23. Charles W. Garfield House             200 Burton St SE    1860         28 June 1977
CA       CA

37  Garfield Park Lodge             300 Burton St SE      1906   27 Nov 1979
Tax Address 250 Burton ST SE   

40 The Castle        455 Cherry St SE                 1886                                     19 Feb 1980
    

62. Boulevard House       951 Cherry St SE    1874   5 Nov 1991
Tax address 949 Cherry St SE
I love this building. Used to walk past on my way to my job at the Isabella Home. I remember a butcher shop maybe Bartel's.   

8. Voigt House      115 College Ave SE                      1895            10 Oct 1974
 CA

47. Calumet Flats Building  301 Division Ave S  1907   2 Dec 1989
No online CA photo

28. Fountain Street Church      24 Fountain St NE                             1924    3 Jul 1979
Is it historic because it's not Baptist anymore?

 I like Immanuel German Lutheran much better and I don't think it will be around much longer.

 St Mary's German Catholic  surrounded by US131   St. Marys

St John's Evangelical German  was at 348 Mount Vernon before US131 took it.
 

 

Lorraine Bldg 124 Fulton St E

Masonic Temple 233 Fulton St E

66. Charles A. Hauser House       151 Gold Ave NW   1892           20 Nov 1996
    

75. Metal Office Furniture Building    401 Hall St SW  1888>  6 May 2003
Steelcase?
                

49. Third Reformed Church         1009 Hermitage  St SE    1895       3 Feb 1981

 

44. Grand Rapids Study Clubhouse  427 James      1874 (club date or the house date?)         1 Jul 1980
      

53. Augustus Paddock House  1033 Lake Dr SE  1896  20 Jul 1982

  

 Ryerson Public Library                    111 Library St NE                 1904                                      10 Oct 1974

54. George W. Welsh Auditorium        200 Lyon St NW 1932           28May 1985 torn down 2000?

Goodspeed Bros 188 Monroe Ave NW

                    1937

71. Berkey & Gay 940 Monroe Ave NW   1892      22 Aug 2000

42. Monroe Water Filtration Plant   1430 Monroe ave NW     1912    1 Jul 1980
This was still being used when I was a kid.    

69. Peck Building   34-50 Monroe Ctr NW 1875    28 April 1998

1953 Sanborn

68. Aldrich Block    87-99  Monroe Ctr NW            1880>            4 Nov 1997
 

         


 

48. Karl-Aldrich Building   98 Monroe Ct NW     1869     3 Feb 1981

   
It's the little building between Steketee's and Union Bank..


 

50. Flat-Iron Building        102 Monroe Ctr NW   1860     7 Jul 1881
 
 

51. Flat Iron Commercial Block  112-124 Monroe Ctr NW   7 Jul 1881

CA

Herkner's

73 Michigan Trust Building 40 Pearl St NW                   1887>   11 Sept 2001

29. Edward L. Briggs House              2420 Plainfield Ave NE                     1852    3 Jul 1979
I knew Mr. Robert Briggs. He showed me through his house and showed me his childhood bedroom about the size of a modern walk-in-closet.

CA CA

16. Ladies Literary Club        61 Sheldon Blvd SE        1887        21 Oct 1975
Too posh for me but I explored this building once a long time ago.

27. Seventh Day Adventist Church              100 Sheldon Blvd SE      1894     28 June 1977
Tax address 107 Sheldon

7. Calkins Law Office   235 State St SE moved from Ionia Ave NW            1836                         10 Oct 1974

59. Gerald Ford Boyhood Home   649 Union Ave SE                1910       20 Nov 1999+

   

64. Wealthy Theater    1130 Wealthy St SE                                   1911   24 May 1994


 

 


 


 


 


 

 


 


 


 


 

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