River Ledge Historic District [Grand Ledge, MI]
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N 42° 44.916 W 084° 44.423
16T E 684930 N 4735373
The marker is located on the west side of a bridge on East Jefferson Street. Nearby parking is a challenge.
Waymark Code: WMZPG
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 16

From the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office webpage:

The River Ledge Historic District is an irregularly shaped area of residential housing constructed from the 1850s to the 1920s located on Jefferson, Scott, and Lincoln Streets between Franklin and Maple Streets in Grand Ledge. The district contains the historic core of Grand Ledge's southside residential neighborhood and includes four late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century churches, a church recently converted into the Grand Ledge City Hall, and the early twentieth-century public library. The houses exemplify Greek and Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and bungalow/craftsman styling. A large number of Late Victorian houses with no identifiable stylistic references are also present. Clapboard or clapboard and shingle exteriors predominate, but some brick and stone structures and a few cement block ones are present. Ten large carriage houses/barns are found in the district.
Street address:
Jefferson, Scott, and Lincoln Sts. between Franklin and Maple Sts., Grand Ledge
(800 acres, 235 buildings)


County / Borough / Parish: Eaton

Year listed: 1987

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949

Historic function: Domestic, Single Dwelling

Current function: Domestic, Single Dwelling

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Please give the date and brief account of your visit. Include any additional observations or information that you may have, particularly about the current condition of the site. Additional photos are highly encouraged, but not mandatory.
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