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Map of Michigan with Kent County highlighted The following is a list of Registered Historic Places in Kent County, Michigan . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025.
Ramona Park was an amusement park located in the city of East Grand Rapids, Michigan between 1881 and 1955. The Park included a double track wooden roller coaster, a theater pavilion, a ridable miniature railway and boat livery .
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.
Further excavations were undertaken by H. E. Sargent in 1915. In 1936, Mrs. W. B. Stiles deeded the land that many of the mounds were located on to the city of Grand Rapids, and the area became a city park. [3] The site was listed on the Michigan Register of Historic Sites in 1957, [5] and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 ...
The Kent County Civil War Monument is an historic landmark in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The monument is in a small triangular downtown park, bounded by Division Avenue and Monroe Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]
Described sometimes as the Greenwich Village of Grand Rapids, [2] it is considered a liberal oasis in a generally conservative area. [3] Today a walkable mixed-use neighborhood, Eastown began as a streetcar commuter suburb, midway between downtown Grand Rapids and the resort area of Reeds Lake. Eastown has an active community association ...
Heartside is a neighborhood located near downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.Heartside district is a developing area in the city known for its art. It has restaurants, a park with a playground and splash-pad, and a recently opened farmer's market.
An 1868 pictorial map of Grand Rapids. By 1838, the settlement incorporated as a village, and encompassed approximately three-quarters of a mile (1 km) . The first formal census in 1845 recorded a population of 1,510 and an area of 4 square miles (10 km 2). The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9]