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The John W. Blodgett Estate, also known as Brookby, is an historic landmark at 250 Plymouth Rd, SE, East Grand Rapids, Michigan. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 [1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977. [2] The property is owned by Aquinas College. [4]
Blodgett also supported the local chapter of the Negro Business League, as well as Edward Waters College and his church. [1] Blodgett married Sallie A. Barnes of Bamberg, South Carolina in 1894. [2] Blodgett was the namesake of Blodgett Homes, a large 1942-built public housing project in Jacksonville, and also of its replacement, Blodgett ...
John Wood Blodgett Sr. (1860-1951) was a lumberman, civic leader, and philanthropist. He was born on a frontier farm where the present village of Hersey, Michigan , now sits, to logging and sawmill operation owner Delos A. and Jane Wood Blodgett.
Walker was a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, and graduated from Harvard University in 1898. Leon Gillette, born in Malden, Massachusetts, attended the University of Pennsylvania and worked in several New York firms, such as Howells & Stokes and Warren & Wetmore, and had also attended the École des Beaux-Arts from 1901 through 1903.
She is the mother of Katharine Blodgett Hadley (VC '20), who was also a Vassar trustee (1942–1954), and was chairman of the Board (1945–1952). [1] Her husband, John W. Blodgett, built their estate, which they named Brookby, where they made their Grand Rapids home.
In 2002, the State of Florida acquired the property that holds the ruins of the plantation's sugar mill, one of the South's largest, and added it to the historic park complex. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the Gamble Mansion #76 on its list, Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places. [4]
Exclusive Post photos reveal flamboyant links legend John Daly’s Florida manse after he said Hurricane Helene caused “total loss and devastation’’ to the $1.4 million waterfront abode.
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