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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/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/HM1EDR_the-first-pioneers-of-graafschap_Holland-MI.html
In memory of the First Pioneers of Graafschaap of which the following are buried here
Lambert Tinholt????? ?????1849Infant Neerken??? ???????1850Geesje Kropschot??? ???????1850Geert Kamps??????????1850Roelafje Schrow??????????1850Hendrik Brinkm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDP_graafschap-christian-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
(Side One)Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. V. Raalte. In June of that year a separate group of seventy people from G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDO_old-wing-mission_Holland-MI.html
The main portion of this building was the residence of George N. Smith, a Congregational missionary to the Indians in this area and at Waukazoo's Village on nearby Lake Macatawa. The mission was named after an Indian convert. Built in 1844-45 by I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDN_ebenezer-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
Members of the First Reformed Church in Holland founded this congregation in 1866 to provide a place of worship for the settlers living southeast of town. Heavy immigration from the Netherlands prompted this move. The Dutch language was used exclu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECO_overisel-overisel-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
(Side One)OveriselSeeking religious liberty and better economic opportunity in a new land, the Reverend Seine Bolks and a congregation of about two dozen families, left Hellendoorn, Province of Overisel, The Netherlands, on August 18, 1847. The gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECJ_laketown-township-hall_Holland-MI.html
Laketown Township was settled by Dutch immigrants who arrived in the area in 1847. Originally part of Newark Township, Laketown was set off in 1858 and named for its proximity to Lake Michigan. Officials did not have a meeting hall until 1884 when…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECI_felt-mansion_Holland-MI.html
(Side One)Chicago inventor and businessman Dorr Felt built this house as a summer home for his wife, Agnes. Felt held numerous patents, mostly notably for the Comptometer, the first machine to do complex calculations. In 1919 Felt purchased more t…