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The Phelps Sanitarium, later known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium, was a health care facility located at 197 N. Washington Avenue in Battle Creek, Michigan. The building was demolished in 1985. The building was demolished in 1985.
Commercial development also quickly spread along Michigan Avenue into the district, and by mid-century the first few blocks of Michigan were lined with one- and two-story wooden stores. By the 1870s, commercial development had spread through the entire district, and the wooden stores were replaced by more substantial brick buildings.
Battle Creek was first settled by Europeans in 1835. A village government was established in 1850, and the community was incorporated as a city in 1859. In 1867/68, the first city hall building was constructed, located at 25 West Michigan Avenue.
BATTLE CREEK — A 50-year-old Battle Creek man was hit and killed by a passing vehicle during a possible domestic assault Monday on Michigan Avenue, according to the Battle Creek Police Department.
In 2003, the building was re-dedicated as the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center in honor of three U.S. senators who had met as wounded servicemen while they were being treated at the hospital during WWII: Philip Hart of Michigan, who had been wounded during the Normandy Landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, Bob Dole of Kansas, who was wounded in ...
In 1940, a southern bypass of Battle Creek opened along Columbia Avenue, and the former routing through downtown on Michigan Avenue became a Bus. US 12. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In late 1951 or early 1952, a northerly bypass of Jackson opened, and the former route through downtown on Michigan Avenue became another Bus.
Michigan Avenue is closed to through traffic between Pennsylvania and Mifflin avenues, with the section between Mifflin and Howard Street closed entirely, as part of a $14.1 million project to ...
In 1992, the Michigan Mall was removed and traffic through West and East Michigan Avenue had resumed after nearly 17 years. In 1993, the building was sold to a Bay City, Michigan based firm by the name of Dore Industrial Development, who refurbished the tower. In 1994, a naming contest was held by the owner of the firm, Arthur P. Dore(May 1 ...