5. Melvin-McCombs House

5. Melvin-McCombs House. 6731 Berryhill Street. Circa 1923. Frame Vernacular. The house has elements of a Craftsman style. This single story house was constructed for D.H. Melvin. The residence is in keeping in size and scale with those in surrounding ...

4. Melvin-Rorie House

4. Melvin-Rorie House. 6740 Berryhill Street. Circa 1900. Frame Vernacular. The house was built as the home for D.H. Melvin, a prominent citizen during the early 1900s. During his lifetime, D.H. Melvin served as the county Tax Collector and on ...

Holland Lake Guard Station

The Holland Lake Ranger Station, built in 1909, was the first national forest ranger station in the upper Swan Valley. It was located on the west shore of Holland Lake where the swimming beach is now.

Ben Holland and his ...

75. Ollinger Cobb House

Cottage Style with modified Gothic detailing.  This house is listed on the National Register of  Historic Places.  The house was built by Joseph Ollinger, a prominent entrepenuer in Milton. Ollinger and his two brother were skilled ships carpenters, this skill ...

Kalamazoo City Hall

The present City Hall was dedicated by Mayor S. Rudolph Light on September 1, 1931. It was designed in the Art Deco style by Weary and Alford of Chicago, and was erected by Miller-Davis and equipped at a cost ...

Upjohn World HQ

• HISTORY – built in 1936 - Architect: Albert Kahn

• Upjohn Company was founded in 1886 by Dr. William E. Upjohn, a 1875 graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. The company ...

Gilmore Building- Opera House

HISTORY – built in 1869 - Architect: Unknown

• Built in 1869 – you can see the original cornice detail on the outside of the building.

• Originally built as an opera house ...

Food Dance- Van Kersen Building

HISTORY – built in 1890 and 2006

• Architect: Unknown

• Starting in 1869, brothers Isaac and James Van Kersen opened a grocery store on the corner of East Main and Pitcher Street ...

First National Bank- PNC Bank

• The First National Bank was founded in 1863 with $383,000 in assets

• In 1885, they moved to the ground floor of a building on this site

• In 1912 ...

Coney Island- Hall Block

General info – Building history

• Built – 1895 – by George D.B. Hall, a real estate speculator.

• First businesses in the ground floor were the Chicago Pant Company – a tailor ...