TitleHunter Savidge Date1860 SubjectSavidge, Hunter, 1828-1881 DescriptionHunter Savidge came to Spring Lake in 1856 to manufacture lumber as an associate of Young and Montag... View Details
TitleNathaniel Volney Slayton Date1875 SubjectSlayton, Nathaniel Volney, 1838-1889 DescriptionIn 1873, Nathaniel Volney Slayton opened a grocery store in the Cutler House block. He was one of t... View Details
TitleHenry Pennoyer Date1850 SubjectPennoyer, Henry, 1809-1886 DescriptionIn 1838, Henry Pennoyer was elected Ottawa County's first Sheriff. From 1838 to 1856, Pennoyer mana... View Details
TitleLora A. Smith Date1877 SubjectSmith, Lora A. DescriptionMiss Lora A. Smith was a much-revered high school teacher and principal from 1877-1894. View Details
TitleGeorge Parks Date1867 SubjectParks, George, 1817-1880 DescriptionGeorge Parks, the first mayor of Grand Haven, elected 1867, settled in Grand Haven in 1844. Captain... View Details
TitleMartha Huntington Duncan Date1890 SubjectDuncan, Martha Huntington, 1852-1918 DescriptionMartha Huntington Duncan was the wife of Robert Duncan, Mayor of Grand Haven from 1868-1869. Martha... View Details
TitleStephen Munroe Date1873 SubjectMunroe, Stephen DescriptionDr. Stephen Munroe came to Grand Haven in 1850. Although a busy physician, he also was an entrepren... View Details
TitlePermelia Wattles Parks Date1867 SubjectParks, Permelia Wattles, 1819-1891 DescriptionPermelia Wattles Parks was the wife of Grand Haven's first mayor, George Parks. View Details
TitleEdward Payson Ferry Date1877 SubjectFerry, Edward Payson, 1837-1917 DescriptionEdward Ferry was the son of William Montague and Amanda White Ferry. He engaged in lumbering, acqui... View Details
TitleGeorge E. Hubbard Date1883 SubjectHubbard, George E., 1833-1891 DescriptionGeorge Hubbard came to Grand Haven from Chicago in 1856 and opened the first tin and hardware store.... View Details
TitlePierre C. Duvernay Date1834 SubjectDuvernay, Pierre C., 1790-1862 DescriptionDuvernay, a French-Canadian, accompanied Ferry on his journey from Detroit to Grand Haven. They arr... View Details
TitleWilliam Montague Ferry Date1858 SubjectFerry, William Montague, 1796-1867 DescriptionReverend Ferry had been a missionary on Mackinac Island, who in the summer of 1834, made a circuit o... View Details
TitleRobert W. Duncan Date1894 SubjectDuncan, Robert W., 1824-1903 DescriptionDuncan came to Grand Haven in 1851 and opened a law practice. He was representative to the Michigan... View Details
TitleElizabeth Hatton Date1915 SubjectHatton, Elizabeth, d. 1918? DescriptionElizabeth was the first wife of William Hatton, president of Eagle Ottawa Leather Works. When Elizab... View Details
TitleFirst Presbyterian Church Date1915 SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThe local Presbyterian church was begun by Rev. William Ferry in 1834. This building began as a stru... View Details
TitleFirst Reformed Church Date1889 SubjectFirst Reformed Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionKnown as “the Church of Many Towersâ€, this was the third building to serve the congregat... View Details
TitleSecond Reformed Church Date1966 SubjectSecond Reformed Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionAn outgrowth of the First Reformed Church, this congregation formed in 1871. Its first two buildings... View Details
TitleSeventh Day Adventist Church Date1970 SubjectSeventh Day Adventist Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThe founders of this church gathered initially in 1907. Their first permanent place of worship was e... View Details
TitleSt. John's Lutheran Church Date1969 SubjectSt. John's Lutheran Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionFounded in 1865, the first St. John’s Lutheran Church was built two years later on the northw... View Details
TitleSt. Patrick's Catholic Church, Demolition Date1964 SubjectSt. Patrick's Catholic Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThe first Catholic church in the area was built in 1857 in Spring Lake. In 1867, the Grand Haven fa... View Details
TitleSt. Patrick's Catholic Church, Manse and School Date1950 SubjectSt. Patrick's Catholic Church (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionSt. Patrick’s Church was built on Fulton Street in 1872 with funds from Captain Thomas Kirby.... View Details
TitleSt. Paul's Evangelical Church Date1950 SubjectProtestant church buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionIn 1882, a group of Evangelical Germans formed a congregation named the Evangelical-Lutheran St. Pau... View Details
TitleSt. Paul's United Church of Christ Date1966 SubjectSt. Paul's United Church of Christ (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThe cornerstone for this church was laid in 1893 when it was known as the Evangelical-Lutheran St. P... View Details
TitleDunewood Medical Center Date1976 SubjectHospitals -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionJust west of Grand Haven’s hospital, the Medical Center was built on the site of Grand Haven... View Details
TitleElizabeth Hatton Hospital Date1919 SubjectHospitals -- Michigan -- Grand Haven DescriptionGrand Haven’s first hospital, opened in 1919, was named after William Hatton’s decease... View Details
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