Holland Tower Clock Building - Holland, Michigan USA - Michigan Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The plaque states:
Tower Clock
190 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 1800s. Made of locally
quarried Waverly Stone, the building
including its clock, was thoroughly
renovated in the mid-1980s and
continues to be a focal point
of 8th Street.

Arcade (Architecture)
An arcade is a succession of contiguous arches, with each arch supported by a colonnade of columns or piers. Exterior arcades are designed to provide a sheltered walkway for pedestrians. The walkway may be lined with retail stores. An arcade may feature arches on both sides of the walkway. Alternatively, a blind arcade superimposes arcading against a solid wall. Blind arcades are a feature of Romanesque architecture that influenced Gothic architecture. In the Gothic architectural tradition, the arcade can be located in the interior, in the lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory in a cathedral, or on the exterior, in which they are usually part of the walkways that surround the courtyard and cloisters.
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Historical Date: 01/01/1892 Historical Name: J. Van Putten Description: See above. Parking nearby?: yes D/T ratings: website: [Web Link] Registered Site #: N/A

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