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 ...

2. Britt House

2. Britt House. 6837 Baldwin Street. Circa 1880. Frame Vernacular. The modest frame house was built in the 1880s by Gilmore Britt. Viewing the Britt House from the intersection of Baldwin and Combs, one may note it has has an ...

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 ...

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 ...

State Theatre- South Burdick

• The State Theater is one of Michigan’s most outstanding theaters remaining from the Golden Age of the movie palace in the 1920s.

• The State is 148 by 148 feet in plan and ...

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 ...

2. The Britt House

Britt  House.  6837 Baldwin Street. Circa 1880. Frame Vernacular.

The modest frame house was built in the 1880s by Gilmore Britt.  Viewing from the intersection of Baldwin and Combs, you may note that house has an atypical orientation ...