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Houses

Burdick, S., 427: Isaac Brown House

One of the last surviving residences in the downtown area, the Isaac Brown House is a pleasant example of the irregular "Italian Villa". The rounded windows of the front bay, the "hooded" windows in the second story, the entry porch and doorway...

Douglas, 331: James Kent House

James A. Kent, a local builder, lived for half a century on this commanding site looking down the length of Kalamazoo Avenue. He had come to Kalamazoo a young carpenter in 1856. A year later he became full partner in the sash-and-door company of...

Dover Rd., 1615: Paul Rood House

The Alden B. Dow Home & Studio Kalamazoo has its fair share of modernist-inspired houses (designed c.1932-1960) that reflect the influential spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright and the European architects…

Dutton, E., 101-105: William L. Welsh Terrace

Welsh Terrace, c.1980, Walking Through Time: A Pictorial Guide to Historical Kalamazoo, p.122 The Welsh Terrace is a three-story brick veneer Colonial Revival structure topped with a mansard roof. The facade…

Dutton, W., 424: Thomas Norton House

The Gazette chose the "Norton House" for its series on "Interesting Homes In and Around Kalamazoo" in 1945. The reporter knew a little about the mysterious figure who built this home in 1855, but he was more interested in the log frame, the heavy...

Elm, 213: Delos Chappell-Stewart House

The Federal Census-taker walked down Elm Street one summer day in 1880, asking his questions of the merchants and professional people who made their homes in this fashionable district. He called on lawyer Nathaniel Stewart’s family at number 10 Elm..

Elm, 302: Amariah T. Prouty House

Kalamazoo was doing the nation’s greatest “land-office business” in 1835. The rush to settle the village and the several prairies around it was on in earnest one day in June when a wagonload of immigrants from Vermont stalled in the middle of the...

Elmwood, 832: W.G. Bartholomew House

832 Elmwood, Kalamazoo One of the more striking homes in the Stuart Neighborhood is also one whose origins are shrouded in mystery. At 832 Elmwood and surrounded by a picket…

Frank Lloyd Wright Houses

Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) was one of America’s most influential twentieth century architects. His concept of the Usonian House-- "a home of the common people"--can be seen in eight homes that he designed in Kalamazoo County...

Henderson Castle

Henderson Castle, located on West Main Hill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is an attraction for tourists and Kalamazoo residents alike. Bordered by ...

Ingersoll Village

In the early years of World War II, building materials were scarce, and the manpower with which to build anything was scarcer. After the war the wave of returning GIs hoping to marry their sweethearts and start homes of their own swelled the...

Justus Burdick House

The story of Kalamazoo’s oldest house is also one about the mobility of 19th century properties. Built in 1837-1838 for General Justus Burdick, a formative pioneer who came to the…

Kirkpatrick House

Photo by Ryan Gage Nestled away on a forested cul-de-sac in the Winchell Neighborhood, the James and Sarah Kirkpatrick House was designed by the celebrated American architect George Nelson, and…

Lovell, W., 226: Austin-Sill House

Benjamin Austin was fourteen when he settled with his family in Portage in 1833. At sixteen he moved to Kalamazoo to learn tin smithing and watch making. As he grew older, he turned to the dry goods business and then to making spring wagons in...

Lovell, W., 839: Alonzo T. Prentice House

Alonzo T. Prentice House, 839 W. Lovell St. The Alonzo T. Prentice House sits at the southeast corner of W. Lovell and Davis streets in the Vine Neighborhood. The home,…

Lustron Homes

Lustron Home ad, c.1947 “The Lustron home was an enameled-steel prefabricated house that was immensely popular and highly promoted during a two-year period in United States history, 1948 to 1950.”…

Main Street, W., 1003: Horace Haines House

A stately Queen Anne-style home that stood at the southwest corner of West Main Street and Catherine (1003 West Main Street) on what is now Kalamazoo College property. The home was razed in 1974 to make way for Kalamazoo College parking.

Main Street, W., 1012: McDuffee Home

This stately home once stood at the northwest corner of West Main and Stuart streets. Built about 1890, it was owned by Louis Phillippe McDuffee and his wife, Harriet. The home fell into disrepair and was razed in 1958.

Mansion Row

North side of West Main Street looking east from Allen Boulevard c.1910. Postcard view (private collection). “There were a wide variety of styles including Italianate, Queen Anne, and some of…

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