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The Ledyard Block Historic District is a group of seven adjacent, coherently designed, nineteenth century commercial structures located within a square block at 123-145 Ottawa Avenue and 104-124 Monroe Center, NW, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The group of buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
Residential structures come is a range of sizes and grandeur, from large mansions to modest worker's cottages. The structures are made from wood, brick, cement block, stone, and various combinations of these materials. [2] The core of the district is the two commercial blocks in a T-shaped area at the intersection of Leroy and Shiawassee Streets.
Eastern Market is a commercial district in Detroit, Michigan.It is located approximately one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the city's downtown and is bordered on the south by Gratiot Avenue, the north by Mack Avenue, the east by St. Aubin Street, and the west by Interstate 75 (I-75, Chrysler Freeway).
The Opera House Block is a three-story Italianate commercial building constructed of cream-colored brick. [4] It covers a footprint of 110 feet (34 m) by 85 feet (26 m). The upper-story windows in the opera house section were originally tall one-over-one double-hung wooden windows, set into arched hoods with a prominent keystone and filling ...
A plan to turn the former Michigan Maple Block site into residential units took another step forward on Monday when the Emmet County Board of Commissioners gave their approval to the project’s ...
The Broadway Avenue Historic District is located along a single block of Broadway Avenue, and contains eleven commercial buildings built between 1896 and 1926. The area was developed in the late 19th century as a commercial area catering to the women's trade, and included businesses such as hairdressers, florists, corset makers, and fashionable ...
First and Second Williams Blocks, 16-30 and 32-34 Monroe, 1908. Second Williams Block, 16-30 Monroe Avenue, 1989. John Constantine Williams, a member of one of Detroit's wealthiest mid-19th-century families and son of John R. Williams, [8] built this structure in 1872–73, directly adjacent to his earlier structure (the first Williams block) at 32-42 Monroe. [12]
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