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On Ottogan Street (E. 32nd Street) 0.2 miles east of 52nd Street, on the right when traveling east.
Members of the First Reformed Church in Holland founded this congregation in 1866 to provide a place of worship for the settlers living southeast of town. Heavy immigration from the Netherlands prompted this move. The Dutch language was used . . . — — Map (db m73682) HM
On Church Street 0.1 miles south of 146th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
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Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. V. Raalte. In June of that year a separate group of seventy . . . — — Map (db m73685) HM
On 142nd Avenue 0.1 miles west of Beeline Road, on the right when traveling east.
Laketown Township was settled by Dutch immigrants who arrived in the area in 1847. Originally part of Newark Township, Laketown was set off in 1858 and named for its proximity to Lake Michigan. Officials did not have a meeting hall until 1884 when . . . — — Map (db m73641) HM
On E. 147th Avenue (E. 40th Street) 0.5 miles east of S. Waverly Road (54th Street), on the right when traveling east.
The main portion of this building was the residence of George N. Smith, a Congregational missionary to the Indians in this area and at Waukazoo's Village on nearby Lake Macatawa. The mission was named after an Indian convert. Built in 1844-45 by . . . — — Map (db m73683) HM
Near Church Street 0.1 miles south of 146th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
In memory of the First Pioneers of Graafschaap of which the following are buried here
Lambert Tinholt 1849
Infant Neerken 1850
Geesje Kropschot 1850
Geert Kamps 1850
Roelafje Schrow 1850 . . . — — Map (db m73687) HM
On Central Avenue at Graves Place, on the left when traveling south on Central Avenue.
In 1865, The Holland Church, the city's first Christian Reformed congregation, was founded. In 1866 the group bought this lot on what was then Market Street and moved a school here to use as a church. The following year the congregation built a new . . . — — Map (db m67736) HM
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In 1961 Castle Park resort owner Carter P. Brown proposed the idea of creating a public park with an "authentic Dutch windmill," a symbol of Holland's Dutch heritage. To do so. the city officials needed permission from the . . . — — Map (db m154379) HM
On South River Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south on South River Avenue.
On February 9, 1847, the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte and a band of Hollanders founded the city of Holland. Within two years the other four original colonies--Graafschap, Zeeland, Vriesland, Overisel--had also been established. Plagued by illness . . . — — Map (db m55403) HM
On East 8th Street 0.1 miles east of College Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The city of Holland bought this lot in 1882, and contractor James Huntley began construction of a fire hall the next year. Completed in 1884, the building housed Holland's city offices and library until 1912 and served as a fire hall until 1978. . . . — — Map (db m68221) HM
Near Ottawa Beach Road 0.5 miles west of Black Lake Avenue.
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Holland Harbor Lighthouse
The first lighthouse built at this location was a small, square wooden structure erected in 1872. In 1880 the lighthouse service installed a new light atop a metal pole in a protective cage. The oil . . . — — Map (db m41967) HM
On West Tenth Street at South River Avenue (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling west on West Tenth Street.
In 1848, in response to pressure from the settlers of Holland, the U.S. Congress created the community's first post office, with Henry D. Post as postmaster. Originally named Black River, the Holland post office relocated to rented quarters several . . . — — Map (db m64907) HM
On East 8th Street east of College Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
An entertainment destination since 1911, the Knickerbocker has hosted many notable figures, including Harry Houdini and FDR. In the 1920s and 1930s the building was a venue for vaudeville performances and in later years was converted to a movie . . . — — Map (db m153217) HM
On South River Avenue at West 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on South River Avenue.
This Academic style building was constructed in 1925 by Henry Kraker, a well known Holland businessman. It was the site of the Kraker Hotel from 1926 until 1936. The interesting brick detailing and use of limestone are typical of this early 20th . . . — — Map (db m153218) HM
On East Ninth Street at College Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Ninth Street.
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Dedicated on June 25, 1856, this church was built under the leadership of the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder and the first pastor of the Holland colony. Jacobus Schrader designed the Greek Revival style building using native . . . — — Map (db m89287) HM
On East 8th Street west of College Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1930, this building was originally the site of Montgomery Ward Company. It also housed Vogelzang Hardware from 1960 through 1982 until the Outpost moved here in 1983. The structure’s exterior architectural detailing and terra-cotta facade . . . — — Map (db m153219) HM
On West Ninth Street at Washington Blvd., on the right when traveling east on West Ninth Street.
Isaac Cappon
Isaac Cappon (1830 - 1902) emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1847. After a brief stay in Rochester, New York, he came to Michigan's Holland Colony in 1848. Here he worked as a laborer in a local tannery. In 1857 . . . — — Map (db m89286) HM
Near East 16th Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1847 Holland's founder, the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte, purchased this property from the federal government for $2.32 an acre. When his son Benjamin returned from the Civil War in 1865, Van Raalte gave him the 160-acre tract. By 1873, when . . . — — Map (db m154392) HM
On West 12th Street at Pine Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 12th Street.
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Under the leadership of the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of the Holland colony, the Third Reformed Church was organized on September 9, 1867. The first house of worship, measuring 90' long, 56' wide, and 32' high, was . . . — — Map (db m67571) HM
On South River Avenue at West 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on South River Avenue.
Originally the Holland City State Bank this Victorian Romanesque structure was built in 1892, under the leadership of J. Van Putten, bank president. The arcaded block was an architectural form often used to anchor business districts of the late . . . — — Map (db m153214) HM
On East 8th Street at Central Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East 8th Street.
This building was constructed in 1925 by the Holland Furnace Company whose company slogan was, “Holland furnaces make warm friends”. Notice the cozy “friends” at the top of the building. It operated as the Warm Friend Hotel . . . — — Map (db m153215) HM
On W. 8th Street 0.1 miles east of Washington Blvd..
In 1889 Frank W. Hadden, George P. Hummer and Frank Metz founded the West Michigan Furniture Company in Holland. The company produced only bedroom and dining room furniture, which was sold by a twenty-five-member sales force throughout the U.S. and . . . — — Map (db m114474) HM
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