Sidewalk news

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

cr1868091204-SidewalkSpearandHollandSts.jpg: South side of Spear St. to Holland St., and west side of Holland St. to Moore's addition, west side of Butler St. across public square
cr1868091204-SidewalkSpearandHollandSts.jpg

South side of Spear St. to Holland St., and west side of Holland St. to Moore's addition, west side of Butler St. across public square

Name/Title

Sidewalk news

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.14

Scope and Content

Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about the installation or replacement of sidewalks from 1868 to 1905

Context

Knowing what year a sidewalk was first laid is helpful for dating old photographs and tracks the development of the town.

Collection

Newspapers, Transportation: highway and road infrastructure

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

Lexicon

Search Terms

boardwalk, walkway, paving

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

202 Butler/Pumpernickle's/Carl's AG/Richard Roda's Billiard Hall/Union Hotel 1870, Tuck's Pandora Christmas Shop/252 Butler/East of the Sun/Cabin Tavern/Walz's Butcher Shop/Nichols Bldg., Gray, Thomas 1820-1895, Kirby, John 1829-1882, Robb, A., Palzer, Herbert 1824-1893, Morrison, Stephen A. Jr. 1815-1905, First Congregational Church Saugatuck

Create Date

March 8, 2024

Update Date

March 8, 2024