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By 1914, local women, part of the Grand Rapids Federation of Women's Clubs, lobbied for the city to establish a dedicated space for the farmers to sell their products. The new farmers market opened on Leonard Street and quickly gained popularity. [1] Other markets opened in the city and enjoyed similar popularity.
The St. Cecilia Music Center, built in 1894 as the St. Cecilia Society Building, is a performance space located at 24 Ransom Avenue NE in Grand Rapids, Michigan.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]
Heritage Hill is adjacent to downtown Grand Rapids and is the city's oldest residential district. Its 1,300 homes date from 1843 and represent Michigan's largest and finest concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century houses. Nearly every style of American architecture, from Greek Revival to Prairie is represented.
Grand Rapids: July 20, 1989: Benjamin-Springs House: 2359 Madison Ave. SE Grand Rapids: August 8, 2017: Steamboats on the Grand River: Roadside Park on M-21 Grand Rapids vicinity February 12, 1959: Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railroad Depot: N. Union Street Sparta: May 10, 1990: Eliphalet H. Turner House† 731Front Avenue NW Grand Rapids ...
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is named after Amway Corporation, which is based in nearby Ada Township.. Originally known as The Pantlind Hotel (founded in 1913), the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel reopened in 1981 after extensive renovations done by Marvin DeWinter & Associates, including the addition of a 29-story glass tower.
M-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan.Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road).
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An 1868 pictorial map of Grand Rapids. By 1838, the settlement incorporated as a village, and encompassed approximately .75 square miles (1.9 km 2). [18] An outcropping of gypsum, where Plaster Creek enters the Grand River, was known to the Native American inhabitants of the area. Pioneer geologist Douglass Houghton commented on this find in 1838.