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Coldwater itself was known for its manufacture of cigars and horse breeding. [7] Excavation began Wednesday, November 23, 1881, and the theatre opened almost a year later, September 21, 1882. In the opinion of the Coldwater Republican, Tibbits Opera House was "one of the safest and most stable structures in Southern Michigan." [8]
The South Monroe Street Historic District continues to be one of the most significant concentrations of early Greek Revival and Italianate buildings in the Coldwater area. Passenger service using the Coldwater depot ended in 1956, and the depot building was then used as a freight office and a gift shop. [2]
The oldest house in the district, the Brown-Halstad House at 165 W. Pearl, was built in 1860. [2] Significant early residents in the district include: [2] Lorenzo D. Halsted (165 W. Pearl): co-owner of Coldwater's the city's first factory manufacturing cut and smoking tobacco and cigars.
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Abram C. Fisk was born in Penfield, New York in 1815. He moved to Coldwater in 1835 and married Catherine Smith soon after. In 1840, the Fisks settled on an eighty-acre farm at this site, straddling the Chicago Road.
COLDWATER — Monroe Street will be closed Saturday morning for the 14th annual “Walk A Mile in Their Shoes” fundraiser for the Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Sexual Violence.
The Wing House is a private house located at 27 South Jefferson Street in Coldwater, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [ 1 ] The house is currently operated by the Branch County Historical Society as the Wing House Museum .
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