Historical Markers and War Memorials in Belding, Michigan
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On East Main Street at Hanover Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Alvah N. Belding
Memorial Library
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of Interior
May 21, 1993 — — Map (db m216061) HM
On East Main Street at Hanover Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Alvah N. Belding erected this library in 1917/18 as a memorial to his parents, Hiram and Mary Wilson Belding. Alvah and his brother Hiram began peddling silk around Belding (then Patterson's Mills) in 1858. With the help of their brother Milo they . . . — — Map (db m216178) HM
On East Congress Street at North Bridge Street, on the left when traveling east on East Congress Street.
On April 1, 1912, the citizens of Belding voted to issue a $15,000 bond to build a new city hall. At the time, the city jail was housed in an old barn and the dilapidated building rented by the city as a firehouse was called a “burning shame.” . . . — — Map (db m216068) HM
On Depot Street west of North Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of the boys of 1861-1865 who offered their services for the integrity and unity of our Grand Republic during the War of the Rebellion
Dan S. Root Post 126
Department of Michigan
Grand Army of the Republic
Organized April . . . — — Map (db m216677) WM
On Depot Street near North Broas Street, on the right when traveling west.
Desert Shield
We stood behind the men & women who stood behind the line in the sand
Persian Gulf War
August 1990 - February 1991
Desert Storm
To honor our men & women who served 1991 — — Map (db m216680) WM
On Depot Street near North Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
Korean War
June 25th, 1950
July 27th, 1953
And still occupied to this day
The Forgotten War
The first soldier from Ionia County to be killed in action was Pvt. Clayton D. Adams US Army. Adams left for Korea on July 20, 1950 . . . — — Map (db m216683) WM
On Depot Street near North Broas Street, on the right when traveling west.
Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom
All gave some, some gave all!
This memorial is dedicated to all those who served in Afghanistan and to the heroes we lost. — — Map (db m216681) WM
On Depot Street near North Broas Street, on the right when traveling west.
★★★ Chair of Honor ★★★
For
Prisoners of War - Missing in Action
★★★
This unoccupied chair is in honor of those that are still Prisoners of War (POW)or Missing in Action (MIA), and . . . — — Map (db m216682) WM
On Depot Street near North Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
This memorial was erected to commemorate those who dedicated their lives to serve in the First World War
April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918 — — Map (db m216678) WM
On Hanover Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Hanover Street.
Built in 1906, the Belrockton is the last remaining boardinghouse of the three provided by the Belding Brothers and Company for its single female workers. A major silk manufacturer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company . . . — — Map (db m55242) HM
On Depot Street at North Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west on Depot Street.
Pere Marquette Depot
built in 1921
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m216064) HM
On Depot Street at North Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west on Depot Street.
Completed in 1923 for the Pere Marquette Railway, this depot is typical of the railroad stations that served Michigan towns during the early decades of the twentieth century. The depot replaced an earlier, wood frame station built during the 1880s . . . — — Map (db m216177) HM
On Depot Street near North Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
Belding Varsity Football jersey #61 was worn by Warren Lane, a graduate from
Belding High School with the class of "63". He married Marcia, moved to
Grand Rapids and entered the Army in 1966, but he will always remain a
Belding son. Warren was . . . — — Map (db m217244) WM
On North Whites Bridge Road, 1 mile north of Richmond Road, on the right when traveling north.
This picturesque covered bridge, one of the last of its kind in Michigan, was built in 1867 by Jared N. Brazee and J.N. Walker, builders of several covered bridges in this area. The name of the bridge derives from the White family, a prominent . . . — — Map (db m55246) HM
