Fris' Downtown - 1875 - Holland, Michigan
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N 42° 47.435 W 086° 06.510
16T E 572911 N 4737944
Fris' Downtown in Holland.
Waymark Code: WM120KP
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2020
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Fris Downtown, located at 30 W. 8th St., provides art supplies, framing, gifts and souvenirs in downtown Holland.
The plaque reads:
Fris’
30 West 8th Street
Constructed around 1875, this building was the home of Van Putten’s Book Store as early as 1885. Lambertus Fris purchased the property and renamed the business The L. Fris Book Store in 1900. A blend of several architectural periods, the building’s oriel window and asymmetrical facade are typical of a turn of the century architectural style, Victorian Queen Anne.
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An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. Supported by corbels, brackets, or similar, an oriel window is most commonly found projecting from an upper floor but is also sometimes used on the ground floor.
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