A. U. V. Auditorium
Posted by: 
S5280ft
N 42° 17.488 W 085° 34.879
16T E 616955 N 4683112
Located on the east side of Portage Street, on the southwest corner of the Peninsula Building. Parking available nearby. The marker is well camoflaged within the paint scheme of the facade.
Waymark Code: WM1FVX
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2007
Views: 23
Completed in 1898, this huge building, with its elegant ballroom, replaced the old hall of the German Workingmen's Benevolent Association or Arbeiter Unterstutzungs Verein (A.U.V). Organized in Kalamazoo in 1866, this association offered aid, insurance and recreation to its members. By 1904 it was one of over eighty A.U.V. affiliates in Michigan. Although greatly altered, with the original spires removed, the building continues to be a reminder of the state's German heritage.
Below the marker is a second plaque:
The A.U.V. building, which stood immediatly to the south of this building, was destroyed by the tornado of May 13, 1980. This marker, first dedicated in 1977, was rededicated on the three hundredth anniversary of the arriveal of the first Germans in America, September 17, 1983.
Parking nearby?: yes
D/T ratings: 
website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: Local Site #0488
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:Take a photo of your GPS at the marker. We'd prefer a photo of you with your GPS, but we realize that sometimes that's just not possible or preferable.
Also include a bit about your visit to the marker.
NEW: Instructions for logging Missing Marker Visits.
If the Marker is missing, but still listed here, you must provide a photo of you at the actual item historically honored. (This should be the waymark's "default" image). Indicate in your log that you took your photo at the Historical Location instead of the marker, because the marker was missing. Please also still include a bit about your visit to the site.