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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25R2_west-michigan-furniture-company-building_Holland-MI.html
In 1889 Frank W. Hadden, George P. Hummer and Frank Metz founded the West Michigan Furniture Company in Holland. The company produced only bedroom and dining room furniture, which was sold by a twenty-five-member sales force throughout the U.S. an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM243D_veneklasen-brick-company-veneklasen-brick_Zeeland-MI.html
Veneklasen Brick Company
In 1848 Jan Veneklasen and his family emigrated from the Netherlands to Zeeland, in Michigan's Dutch Kolonie.
A brickmaker by trade, Veneklasen founded a brickyard within a year of his arrival - one of several he would…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ODS_the-cappon-house-isaac-cappon_Holland-MI.html
Isaac Cappon
Isaac Cappon (1830 - 1902) emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1847. After a brief stay in Rochester, New York, he came to Michigan's Holland Colony in 1848. Here he worked as a laborer in a local tannery. In 1857 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ODR_ninth-street-christian-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
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Dedicated on June 25, 1856, this church was built under the leadership of the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder and the first pastor of the Holland colony. Jacobus Schrader designed the Greek Revival style building using native hand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ODN_highland-park-association_Grand-Haven-MI.html
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On May 10, 1886, the city of Grand Haven leased 60 acres of land to the newly founded and incorporated Highland Park Association for the purpose of establishing a resort community. Most of the 51 original members of the Association were p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBK_dewitt-school_Spring-Lake-MI.html
Built in 1891, DeWitt School typifies the one-room schools of the turn of the century. It stands on an acre of land that was donated by the DeWitt and Bosch families. Classes for grades one through eight were held in it until 1957. At one time, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBG_central-school_Grand-Haven-MI.html
The first Central School was built 1871. The Grand Haven Tribune hailed the belfry-topped school as the "finest in the state" and "the pride of every citizen of Grand Haven." The newspaper blamed arsonists for burning the school on May 5, 1901, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBC_khardomah-lodge-susan-hill-yerkes_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Khardomah Lodge
In 1873 lumberman James Brayton built a cottage here, which he and his wife named "Khardomah Lodge." Susan Hill Yerkes bought the property in 1919, adding thirteen rooms and converting the cottage to a summer hotel, thus beginning…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9X_grand-haven_Grand-Haven-MI.html
This town began as a trading post established by Rix Robinson in the 1820s. Robinson, an agent for the American Fur Company, used this as one of his leading western Michigan posts. The Reverend William M. Ferry came here in 1834 from Mackinac to w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O6V_grand-trunk-depot_Grand-Haven-MI.html
This depot was constructed in 1870 as the western terminus of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad. The line was later owned by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The station served Grand Haven as a passenger depot until passenger servic…