South Street Historic District
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N 42° 17.386 W 085° 35.431
16T E 616200 N 4682911
Located on the north side of South Street (which is one way east), between Oak Street and Westnedge Avenue. Streetside parking is available. Hopefully it won't be snowing so much when you get there.
Waymark Code: WM1G3Q
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2007
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This tree-lined neighborhood, today nestled between the business district and college campuses, recalls a quiet but prosperous Kalamazoo at the turn of the century. The street was platted in 1841. Its beautifully preserved houses, which were built between then and 1915, reflect the spectrum of fashionable domestic architecture of the period with the Italian Revival style most prevalent.
(SIDE TWO) Many prominent middle class families lived in this neighborhood which runs two blocks along South Street. Here were the homes of professors, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, and others active in the civic, commercial, and professional life of Kalamazoo. Today the district houses community service organizations as well as businesses and families, thereby retaining its traditional cultural and civic orientation.
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #0206
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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