City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Edited
The river and the railroad tracks - SW
The streets are listed by their modern name. The North direction is indicated in red or the original arrow.
pg 151
Almy (already vacated), Ottawa, Grandville, Market Avenues
Fulton, Weston, Oakes Sts
Railroad yards, Electric Sub-station, Chicago House, Russell & Simmons Wagon
Works
Fulton Street has an iron bridge
Page 152
Almy (vacated), Ottawa, Grandville, Market Ave
Oakes, Cherry, Williams, Finney St
Grand Rapids and Indiana Freight House
Cole's Hotel, Heinzelman Wagon Works
Page 153
Sheldon, Division, Commerce, Ionia Ave
Fulton, Weston, Oakes St
The Vendome, Park Place, Ladies Literary Society, The Livingston, Irving
Hotel, Fletcher Place Hotel, The Brunswick
Cody Block,Warwick Hotel, McMullen Block, Kalamazoo House, Korlander Block,
Lincoln House, (Spring St Dutch church)
Leonard & Sons, Wm Alden Smith Block, A D Clark Bldg, Walden Block, Kent Hotel
Worden Grocery Co, Blodgett Block, Putnam Candy Co, Union Depot
Pg 154
Sheldon, Division, Commerce Av
Cherry, Maple, Oakes, William T
Site of Hecker
House,
Glenhaven Place, Union Brewery, Winegar Bldg
Carey House, German School
Michigan Central Freight Depot, Grand Rapids and Indiana Freight Depot,
Pg 155
Fulton, Washington, State, Weston, Oakes St
Site of future Peacock Bldg
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sites of future Loraine Bldg and Metz Bldg
Pg 156 St. Mary's Hospital has taken over much of this area today.
Lafayette, Jefferson Ave, LaGrave, Sheldon, Waverly Pl
State, Oakes, Cherry, Maple St Hodgson Pl
St. Mary's Hospital
LaGrave Ave Christian Reform Church, All Souls Church now Seventh Day Adventist
Page 157
Lafayette, Cass, Jefferson
Hodgeson, Morrison, Maple, Goodrich
Page 158 Wealthy Street School (Vanden Berg)
Cass, Jefferson, Lafayette, LaGrave Ave
Wealthy, Logan, Buckley St
Page 159
Almy, Ionia Ave
Williams, Bartlett, Goodrich St
MC&C&WM Freight Depot, Michigan Central RR
S A Morman & Co
Page 160 South Division Avenue School, St Andrews Cathedral
LaGrave, Sheldon, Division, Commerce Ave
Williams, Maple, Bartlett, Goodrich, Wealthy St
South Division Public School, Culver Block, Jenks Block, Herkimer Hotel,
Page 161
Market, Ney Ave, The Grand River
Williams, Bartlett, Goodrich, Wealthy St
Page 162 Fire Barn #6
Ellsworth, Grandville, Finney Ave
Williams, Bartlett, Goodrich St
Page 163 Grandville Avenue School
Oakland, Church, Grandville Ave
Wealthy, King, Pleasant St
Gas Works, Chicago & West Michigan RR, Grand Rapids & Indiana RR, Fifth Reform Church,
Page 164
Grandville, Century, Buchanan Ave
Wealthy, Lambert, King, Logan, Buckley, Pleasant St
Sligh Furniture Co, Chicago and West Michigan round house
Page 165
Buchanan, Ionia Ave
Wealthy, McConnell, Logan, Buckley St
L Sweet Furniture Co, H Rademaker Furniture
Page 166
Bliven Ct, Division, Sheldon, LaGrave Ave
Wealthy, McConnell, Logan, Buckley St
Page 167
Oakland, New, Grandville Ave
Pleasant, Grant, Graham, Rumsey St
Page168 St Joseph Dutch not Polish
Grandville, Century
Pleasant, Grant, Graham, Rumsey
Page 169
Century, Buchanan Ave
Buckley, Pleasant, Smith, Graham, Grant St
Detroit, Lansing & Northern RR
Page 170
Ionia, Division Ave
Buckley, Pleasant, Smith, Conklin, Grant, Graham St
Page 171
Division, Cody, Cornwall, Sheldon, Thompson, Jefferson, Cass
Buckley, Pleasant, Haifley
Page 172
Cass, Jefferson, Thompson, Sheldon Ave, Cornwall, Division
Haifley, Sycamore, Franklin St
Walsh Bldg, American Laundry, Cycloid Cycle Co
Division, Ionia, Agnew Ave
Graham, Franklin, Antoine, Ryerson St
Calvary Baptist Church
174 - yesterday Antoine Campau's farm, then a park, today Campau Public Housing
Division, Ionia, Agnew Ave
Ryerson, Delaware, Albany, Shelby Sts
175
Wallen, Buchanan Ave
Shelby, Putnam, Canton, Hall St
176
Division, Ionia Ave
Shelby, Putnam, Canton, Hall
Pg 177
Oakland, Grandville Ave
Rumsey, Laurel, Franklin St
Page 178
Century, Buchanan Ave
Graham, Rumsey, Franklin St
Detroit, Lansing and Northern Round House
Page 179
Underhill, Grandville, Caulfield Ave
A, B, Gilner's, Bekius, Beacon, Ten Haaf, Martha
180
Godfrey, Underhill, E, Grandville, Caulfied Ave
Martha, Ary, Hughart, Curve, Hall St
Page 181
Godfrey Ave
Graham, Rumsey, Laurel, Franklin St
McCord and Bradfield Furniture Co
182
Underhill, Godfrey Ave
Franklin, A, B St
Michigan Chair, Stickley Bros Chair and Table, Retting and Sweet Furniture
Page 183 is in four unconnected parts
Morton Street at Plaster Creek. Morton was renamed Kirtland. Probably right at today's City limits near US131.
Market St at Godfrey Ave
A little farther south - Godfrey at Chicago and West Michigan RR tracks.
Jefferson Ave at Fair St Jefferson Avenue School
184
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad shops, Today - industrial
185 There are four separate groupings on this page. Hall Street School
Century, Grandville Ave
Hall, Shamrock St
Page 229
Hall, Home, LaBelle, Stevens Sts
Randolph, Ionia, Division Ave
Page 235
Quigley, Burton
Buchanan, Ionia Ave
Page 239
Wallen Ave,
Albany, Shelby St
9th Ave Hotel, Michigan Central RR Roundhouse, Grand Rapids and Indiana RR Roundhouse, Vulcan Iron Works
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