Brick Streets of Grand Rapids: 1891 - 1911
by GRHC
Grand Rapids has recently been repaving certain streets with brick. Here are some of the city's original brick streets. Image looking east up Cherry St. from Commerce Ave. shows new and old brick.
Street |
Extent |
Date |
Kind of Brick |
Alabama Street |
Bridge St. to First St. |
1901 |
Buckeye |
Bank Street |
New England Pl. to Michigan Ave. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Bridge Street Bridge |
|
1904 |
Trimble or Metropolitan |
West Bridge Street |
River to Stocking |
1891 |
Hallwood |
Bridge Street |
Grand River to Stocking |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Bostwick Street |
Lyon Street to Park |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
Buchanan Street |
Wealthy to Prescott Sts. |
1908 |
Metropolitan |
Commerce Street |
Fulton St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1909 |
Metropolitan |
Cherry Alley |
Commerce to Ionia Sts. |
1909 |
Metropolitan |
Campau Street |
Lyon St. to Pearl St. |
1898 |
Harris |
Campau Street |
Pearl to Louis Sts. |
1893 |
Canton |
Campau Street |
Louis to Fulton Sts. |
1899 |
Metropolitan |
Canal Street |
Michigan to Newberry |
1900 |
Iron Rock |
Canal Street |
Leonard to Coldbrook |
1898 |
Metropolitan |
Canal Street |
Leonard to Travis |
1905 |
Trimble |
Carrier Street |
Plainfield to College Aves. |
1907 |
Nelsonville |
Cherry Street |
Ionia to Ottawa Sts. |
1901 |
Metropolitan |
Cherry Street |
Madison Ave. to East St. |
1901 |
Trimble, Buckeye and Met’p’n |
Cherry Street |
East to Carroll |
1904 |
Trimble or Metropolitan |
N. Commerce St. |
Fulton to Monroe St. |
1895 |
Hazelwood |
Crescent Ave. |
Canal to Division |
1904 |
Hocking Valley |
Division Street |
Monroe to Fulton Sts. |
1895 |
Harris |
Division Street |
Fulton to Wealthy |
1905 |
Metropolitan |
Division Street |
Wealthy to Fifth Aves. |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
Division Street |
Fifth Ave. to P.M.R.R. |
1908 |
Trimble |
Division Street |
P.M.R.R. to Burton Ave. |
1909 |
Metropolitan |
Ellsworth Ave. |
Fulton St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1903 |
Wooster |
Ellsworth Ave. Alley |
Cherry St. to Williams St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Erie Street |
Canal St. West |
1905 |
Metropolitan |
Fifth Avenue |
Division St. to Hilton St. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Front Street |
Allen St. to Shawmut Ave. |
1894 |
Canton |
Front Street |
Bridge St. to Allen St. |
1901 |
Metropolitan |
Front Street |
Shawmut Ave. to Fulton St. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
East Fulton Street |
Division St. to Jefferson Ave. |
1894 |
Hallwood |
East Fulton Street |
Division St. to Commerce St |
1898 |
Metropolitan |
Fulton Alley |
LaGrave St. to Jefferson Ave. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
East Fulton Street |
Commerce St. to River |
1901 |
Harris |
West Fulton Street |
Jefferson to Straight Sts |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
West Fulton Street |
River to Jefferson St. |
1903 |
Trimble |
Godfrey Ave. |
R. R. South |
1901 |
Nelsonville |
Grandville Ave. |
Bartlett to Hall Sts |
1903 |
Hocking Valley |
Ionia Street |
Crescent to Michigan |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
Ionia Street |
Monroe St. to Fulton St. |
1907 |
Trimble |
Ionia Street |
Oakes St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1894 |
Hallwood made at Athens |
North Ionia St. Alley |
City Hall Alley to Crescent Ave. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Island Street |
Division St. to Market St. |
1905 |
Trimble |
James Street |
Cherry St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Jefferson Avenue |
Fulton to Washington Sts |
1895 |
Hallwood |
Kent Street |
Lyon to Crescent |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
Kent Street |
Crescent Ave. to Fairbanks St. |
1905 |
Metropolitan |
Louis Street |
Campau St. to Fulton St. |
1895 |
Hallwood |
Lake Avenue |
Carroll Ave. to Fuller St. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Lake Avenue |
Fuller St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1897 |
Harris |
LaGrave Street |
Fulton St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
LaGrave Street Alley |
Maple St. to Goodrich St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
East Leonard Street |
Grand River to Plainfield |
1909 |
Metropolitan |
West Leonard Street |
River to Fremont St. |
1907 |
Trimble |
West Leonard Street |
Fremont St. to White St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Lyon Street |
Canal to Campau St. |
1898 |
Metropolitan |
Lyon Street |
Canal to Division St. |
1897 |
Harris |
Market Street |
Monroe to Fulton Sts. |
1892 |
Hallwood |
Market Street |
E. Fulton St. to Wealthy Ave. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Monroe Street |
Pearl to Division St. |
1909 |
Bessemer |
Michigan Ave. |
Canal to Ottawa |
1897 |
Harris, Buckeye & Hallwood |
Michigan Ave. |
Barclay to Lafayette |
1897 |
Buckeye |
Michigan Ave. |
Lafayette to Grand |
1908 |
Metropolitan |
Michigan Ave. |
Grand Ave. to Fuller St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Newberry Street |
Canal to River |
1900 |
Canton Block |
New England Place |
|
1900 |
Buckeye |
Oakes Street |
Ellsworth to Ottawa Sts. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Oakes Street |
Division St to Ionia St. |
1905 |
Metropolitan |
Orchard Hill |
|
1906 |
Metropolitan |
Ottawa Street |
Michigan to Fairbanks |
1899 |
Metropolitan |
Ottawa Street |
Fairbanks to Coldbrook |
1898 |
Metropolitan |
Ottawa Street |
Lyon to Monroe Sts. |
1903 |
Nelsonville & Trimble |
Ottawa Street |
Monroe to Louis Sts. |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
Ottawa Street |
Louis to Fulton Sts. |
1901 |
Trimble |
Ottawa Street |
Fulton to Island Sts. |
1907 |
Metropolitan |
Ottawa Street |
Island St. to Cherry St. |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
N. Ottawa St. Alley |
Michigan to Hastings St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
N. Ottawa St. Alley |
Michigan to Crescent Aves. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Oakes Street |
Ellsworth Ave. to Market St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Pearl Street |
Ionia to Ottawa |
1895 |
Harris |
Pearl Street |
Ottawa to River |
1891 |
Hallwood |
Pearl Alley |
Campau St. to Campau Alley |
1910 |
Metropolitan |
Plainfield Ave. |
Leonard St. to Quimby St. |
1910 |
Nelsonville |
Prescott Street |
Division St. to Grandville Ave |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Scribner Street |
Bridge to Webster Sts. |
1905 |
Trimble |
Shawmut Ave. |
Front St. to W. Division St. |
1894 |
Canton |
State Street |
|
1903 |
Harris |
Stocking Street |
|
1906 |
Nelsonville |
Trowbridge Street |
Canal St. to Ottawa St. |
1906 |
Metropolitan |
Williams Street |
At R.R. |
1901 |
Trimble |
Wealthy Ave. |
Division St. to East St. |
1902 |
Nelsonville |
Wealthy Ave. |
East to Eureka |
1903 |
Harris |
Wealthy Ave. |
Division St. to Ionia St. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Wealthy Ave. |
Ellsworth Ave. to Oakland Ave. |
1911 |
Metropolitan |
Wealthy Ave. |
Ionia to Ellsworth |
1905 |
Hocking Val. & Metropolitan |
Wealthy Ave. |
Eureka Ave. to City Limits |
1909 |
Metropolitan |
Willow Court |
Barclay to Lafayette Sts. |
1909 |
Metropolitan & Bessemer |
From Municipal Reports of the City of Grand Rapids - 1912
Posted January 28, 2016
Transcribed by Shirley De Boer, Alex Forist, Tom Logan.