1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan
Near North
Page 23 Butterworth Hospital
Hastings, Michigan, Crescent Sts
Fairview, Hester, Livingston Dexter, Coit Aves
My mother lived on Hester as a child..
Bostwick, Ransom, Barclay Aves
Page 24 Fire Barn #2
Hastings, Michigan, Crescent Sts
Barclay, Clancy, Lafayette, Prospect Aves
Catherine, Claremont Pls
Victory Ct
Page 25 Holland Home, East Bridge Street School
Hastings, Michigan, Crescent Sts
Prospect, North, Sinclair, College Aves
Allen Park Pl, Vineland Ct
Page 26
Michigan, Crescent Sts
College, Paris, Dudley, Union, Benson Aves
Michigan Pl
Page 27 Ohio House
Fairbanks, Trowbridge, Hastings Sts
Monroe, Bond, Ottawa Ave
Page 28
Octagon House on Hastings
Ionia, Fairview, Livingston Aves
I remember when there were many little homes on Ionia Ave. Calkins Law Office which is now on Jefferson Avenue was one of those little homes on Ionia.
Page 29 Coit Avenue Elementary
Fairbanks, Trowbridge, Hastings Sts
Livingston, Coit, Clancy, Lafayette Aves
Hester, Dexter Pl
Page 30 Coldbrook Creek
Page 31 Free Kindergarten and Day Nursery
Page 32 Water Reservoir
Page 33 Water Reservoir
Note the homes built between an alley and the railroad tracks. They don't really have a front street. Fascinated me as a child. Was their front door on the railroad?
Page 34 Coldbrook Stream
Cedar, Matilda, Bradford Sts
Coit, Clancy, Lafayette, Prospect, North
Cedar, Matilda Sts
Prospect, North Aves
From Article: 1895 Sanborn
From Heading Geography and the City of Grand Rapids
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