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Buildings

Ladies Library Association

The Kalamazoo Ladies Library Association was the first woman’s club organized in Michigan and the third in the nation. Members held meetings in various places around the village between 1852 and 1879, when local builder Fred Bush completed...

Marlborough Building

The Marlborough Building at 471 W. South Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1983. In addition to being listed on the National Register, the Marlborough Building enjoys local historic district status as a single...

Michigan Central Railroad Station

Kalamazoo celebrated one Sunday morning in 1846, when the Michigan Central ran its first train into town. A few years later, passengers and freight could move on as far as Chicago, and Kalamazoo's future as a rail center was assured. Eventually...

Oakland Pharmacy

Whether by design, by location, or perhaps by pure chance, certain commercial structures are destined to become lifelong places where people like to congregate, regardless of the type of business within. From its origins as Oakland Pharmacy, a...

Rockwell A. LeRoy: Kalamazoo Architect

During the first decades of the 20th century, few Kalamazoo architects were perhaps as successful or as well respected as was Rockwell A. LeRoy, who designed many of the area’s finest municipal, residential, and commercial structures.

Salvation Army Building

Sometimes referred to as the Citadel because of its distinct parapet roofline, the more common moniker used by local historians for the building at 244 N. Rose Street, is the Salvation…

Vine-Locust Corner Buildings

Today, O’Duffy’s Pub and Cosmo’s Cucina reside in the two-story brick building situated on the corner of W. Vine and Locust Street in the Vine Neighborhood (726-728 Locust). A parking…

William A. Doyle Building

Arguably the jewel of the Haymarket District, the William A. Doyle Building was built in 1890-91. Despite the absence of his name on the building, William’s brother James also contributed…

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