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Belknap Lookout area officially became a neighborhood in 1926; Named after Charles E. Belknap - First Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1884, and U.S. Congressmen in 1888; Coit Elementary School was built in 1880 and is the oldest operating school building in the state of Michigan.
Cherry Hill was historically designated in 1994. The exteriors of homes in the district are reviewed by the Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Commission to maintain historical accuracy. Businesses within Cherry Hill include Cherry Hill Market, Donkey Taqueria, and Elk Brewing, and Cherry Park falls within the boundaries of this neighborhood.
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By the 1870s, the area had developed into a compact neighborhood containing small one and two-story clapboard houses. In 1870, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad ran a line through Heartside, and constructed a station at what is now Ionia Avenue and Oakes Street. The railroad, and the easy accessibility of transportation, led to a rapid ...
The neighborhood is bounded on the north by Fulton Street, on the east by the city border with East Grand Rapids, on the south by Martin Luther King Street, and on the west by Fuller Avenue. The center of the neighborhood is the main business district surrounding the five-way intersection of Wealthy Street, Lake Drive, and Norwood Avenue.
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.