Grand Rapids Photos

[GRDadof3]

I thought I would share these on the Michigan Forum

Some of my favorites, starting on the East side and moving toward Heritage Hill:

Sacred Heart College - Dominican Sisters Home

The Marywood Campus today

The Old Lowe Estate - Fulton Street/Marywood Area

Now part of Aquinas College (Reportedly haunted)

Blodgett Memorial Hospital - Plymouth and Wealthy

Wealthy School - Lake Drive

Auditorium Entrance

Wilcox Estate Garden House - Lake Drive - 19th Century - Undergoing renovation

Leo Peters Estate - Butterball Turkey Inventor - Plymouth and San Lu Rae

Gothic Tudor built by John Heckman in 1930 - Plymouth at Franklin

Grand Rapids Public Schools Franklin Street Campus - Built in 1914 - Old Calvin College Campus

Small Sampling of Heritage Hill Favorites (Over 1300 Homes in the Association)

Friant House - 601 Cherry Street - Built in 1892

Fox House - 455 Cherry Street - "The Castle" - Built in 1888

Morris Manor - Cherry Street - Built in 1865

Morman House - Fulton Street - Built in 1886

Sweet House (Middle) - 17 Lafayette Street - Built in 1875 for his daughters - Reportedly had a tunnel to 254 Fulton

Stickley House - 60 Prospect Ave - Built in 1900

Studley House - 64 Propect Ave - Built in 1890

Fountain School - 421 Fountain

Central High School

28 Lafayette

Philo C Fuller House - 44 Lafayette - Built in 1860

Central Reformed Church - 10 College Ave NE - Built 1918

Meyer May House - Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House Style - 1908

For more information regarding Heritage Hill tours, you can go here:

http://www.heritagehillweb.org/tours.htm

[wolverine]

I recently took about 500 photos of houses in Heritage Hill Neighborhood. Very beautiful area. Thanks for sharing these great pics!

[ZachariahDaMan]

Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing them. I probably liked Fox House the most.

[grrwymg]

Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing them. I probably liked Fox House the most.

Just found the site recently - only a couple of the photos are showing up in the original thread.

[dtown]

Just found the site recently - only a couple of the photos are showing up in the original thread.

yea, i think GRDad changed photo hosts

[GRDadof3]

yea, i think GRDad changed photo hosts

Oh yah, sorry Switched to flickr.

[dtown]

Oh yah, sorry Switched to flickr.

speaking of that, i like your pics...you definitly take some good one, i think ive commented on a few of them