Name/Title
Edgewater propertyEntry/Object ID
2025.01.35Description
Compilation of views from Mount Baldhead of the Edgewater property from 1874 to 1916. The property is between the Kalamazoo River and Water Street, from Hoffman (to the south) and Main (to the north). This digital image was created by James T. Faasen in August, 2025.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital scanSubject Person or Organization
340-360 Water/Dockside Marketplace/Boatyard Village/Hiestand's Edgewater Boat Livery/Heath Grist Mill, 340 Water/Marker 14/Mermaid Bar & Grill 1995-2024, 326 Water/Bentley Suites/Hiestand residence, Airdome 1913-1920Context
In 2025, the site is a parking lot (south side) and the Dockside Marketplace building (north side).
"...the shipyard north of the Heath Grist Mill [building on far right with steam pouring out] on the 1874 bird’s-eye view on the lots that would become the Rogers & Bird shipyard, it was the Heath shipyard. ... the blacksmith John Priest had his shipsmith shop on lot 220 at the southwest corner of Main and Water Streets. ... after 1897, there is the Bird Boat company on north side and Charles E. Bird & Company, aka Bird & Whitney, on the south side. The boat company was Bird and his son Carl, plus Henry "Hank" Perkins." -- James T. Faasen, August 2025Collection
Mount Baldhead, Views from, 1840 ShipbuildingCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2025.01Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
* Untyped Location
Digital data in CatalogItRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Phelps, Rutherford Ross 1893-1958Create Date
August 13, 2025Update Date
August 15, 2025
