Lansing in Ingham County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Optometric Association

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, January 23, 2023

1. Optometric Association Marker

Inscription. The state's professional optometry association was founded as the Michigan Optical Society in Muskegon in 1896. Benson W. Hardy, Jay W. Gould, Ernst Elmer, Nelson K. Standart, Emil H. Arnold were its first directors. In 1904 the group was incorporated as the Michigan Society of Optometrists. It became the Michigan Optometric Association in 1945. The group moved its headquarters to Detroit in 1944 and to Lansing in 1956. Ninety years after its founding, the association included 670 practitioners of optometry.

Erected 1987 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number L1408.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.

Location. 42° 44.157′ N, 84° 33.583′ W. Marker is in Lansing, Michigan, in Ingham County. Marker can be reached from North Pine Street near North Pine Street, on the left when traveling south. The marker is on the wall of the building near its North Pine Street entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 530 West Ionia Street, Lansing MI 48933, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Morgan B. Hungerford House (within shouting distance of this marker); First Presbyterian Church

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(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); State Highway Department / Horatio Earle (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Carnegie Library (approx. ¼ mile away); Battery A 1st Michigan Light Artillery (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Michigan Sharpshooters (approx. 0.3 miles away); Central United Methodist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lansing.

Michigan Optometric Association image. Click for full size.

circa 2013

2. Michigan Optometric Association

Michigan Optometric Association with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Rieske, May 17, 2017

3. Michigan Optometric Association with Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2017, by Bill Rieske of Lansing, Michigan. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 11 times this year. Last updated on January 26, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. Photos: 1. submitted on January 26, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. 2. submitted on May 11, 2017. 3. submitted on May 18, 2017, by Bill Rieske of Lansing, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.