Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
It is an oversize bound book and every page number covers both
open pages.
So there are four overlapping exposures for each page.
Also the direction of N or North may change from page to page.
It's purpose is NOT geography but fire risk: watchman present, ceiling height, closest fire hydrant, distance from engine house. It may identify the name of the church, school, factory or may not.
Therefore, the same page may contain excerpts of very distant areas and these excerpts may not all be in the same direction so I have cut some of these out and re-oriented them so north is up. But some of these excerpts are odd-shaped and may be awkward to cut and/or orient.
D means dwelling, F means flat (apartment), S means store, Vnr means veneer,
Index
Before 1912:
The streets west of the river may be called west something while
streets east of the river may be called east something.
On the west side of the river, streets are called north or south
from the dividing line of Bridge Street.
On the east side fo the river, streets are called north or south
from the dividing line of Fulton Street.
City Limits - Richmond/Sweet on the north.
Eastern on the east.
Hall on the south
Garfield on he west.
East Side of the Grand River
East side of the river from Wealthy Street north to Ann
Street with a side step to Lyon Street and Innes.
Page 2 - Cherry at Market - railroad yards
Page 3 - Ferry at Campau -
Page 4 - Pearl at Monroe - Engine House #4
Page 5 - Hastings at Monroe -
Page 6 - Trowbridge at Monroe - Sixth Street Bridge
Page 7 - Mason at Monroe - North Ionia School
Page 8 - Leonard at Monroe - Octagon House on Taylor Ave www.octagon.bobanna.com
Page 9 - Howland at Monroe -
Page 10 - Sweet at Monroe -
Page 11 - Dean at Monroe -
Pages 12-16 and 19
Division Avenue at Hall street north to Michigan
Street
Page 12 - Division at Delaware -
Sheldon Avenue Schoo
Page 13 - Division at Franklin -
Page 14 - Century at Pleasant
Page 21 - Ionia at Wealthy
Page 15 - Ionia at Logan - South Division Avenue School,
St Andrews Cathedral
Page 16 - Ionia at Cherry
Page 19 - Ionia at Pearl - North Division Avenue
School,
Page 17 - LaGrave at Fulton
Page 18 - Ransom at Fountain -
Page 20 - Lafayette at Michigan -
36
36 Market and Williams
37 Godfrey & Sons mine near Freeman Avenue
40 Home, Jefferson, Henry, Charles, Franklin
41 Hall, Franklin, Century,
42 Lyon at College, Oakdale, Page, Little Sisters of the Poor, St John's Orphanage
West Side - South to North along the river West Side
pages
28 Butterworth at Front -
29 Watson at Front -
22 Fulton at Front -
23 Allen at Front -
24 Second at Front -
25 Fifth at Front -
26 Tenth at Front -
27 Leonard near Front - original
Farther West - South to North Farther west
30 Fulton at Seward -
31 Jackson at Seward
35 Sibley at Gold
32 Second at Stocking
Farthest West - South to North farthest west
36 Straight south of Butterworth
36 Park Street at Straight
36 Indiana and Butterworth
39 Webster, Richmond Avenue, Parnell
42 Butterworth west of Straight
From Heading Geography and the City of Grand Rapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info
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