History of Lansing Slides 1847 1867 Collection ID 2006-12-001 - PDF document

History of Lansing Slides 1847 – 1867 Collection ID 2006-12-001 Forest Parke Library & Archives, Capital Area District Libraries This set of 100 slides came from glass originals obtained by Harold Jacobson, Lansing Public School teacher, West Junior High Principal. He put them into slides together with some taken from photos from Leavenworth Studios. Helen Jacobson (wife) prepared them for presentation and gave them to Mary Jane Wilson. Notation states “On loan from Mary Jane Wilson” but Mary Jane Wilson said she had donated them to CADL in a conversation on December 2, 2006 with volunteer Doug Johnson. Notes on slides copied from handwritten pages accompanying slides except for editor’s comments in square brackets “[ ]”. Numbers tie to image files, not always to handwritten notes. Slide 010 was not included in handwritten notes; identified from Edmonds collection. 01 Wooden Frame Capitol 1848 – Washington Ave. between Allegan & Washtenaw 02 James Turner Sr. Home 1848 - First clapboard home – Land agent for Seymour – Plank road builder 03 Back of old capitol 1865 (Lincoln’s death [mourners seen lined up outside Capitol]) There was a State Office Building where [1878] Capitol now stands 04 Lansing becomes a city 1859 – Main Corners of Town 1860 – Book store – notions – SE corner 05 State Republican – Founded 1858 – Hosmer v Kerr – Kerr 2 nd Mayor 1860 06 Kerr Home – E St. Joe St (now Davidson Construction) Great socialite & gourmet 07 Ionia & Washington – 1860’s Buck Furniture shop [Mead drawing] 08 First Episcopal Church – built 1859 – sold to David Buck 1872 [Mead drawing] 09 Michigan Ave Bridge 1853 – Wood lattice – Rivers a problem – 1 st bridges Main and N. Lansing [Image blurred] 10 N. Lansing Bridge about 1865 – N Presbyterian Church (1863) – Lansing Female Academy (1859) 11 N. Lansing Covered Bridge 1872 – (Tooker) 12 Michigan Ave Steel Bow Bridge 1872 – Jealousy – 5 bridges purchased 1873 – Washington, Main, Shiawassee, Saginaw, Seymour [image blurred] 13 Flood 1875 – This picture 1904 – RR Station Lake Shore Michigan & Southern 1867 (Barnes) [hand tinted image] 14 Buck’s Opera House 1872 – gaslights – Rd – crosswalk [probably Lansing State Journal illustration]

15 Lansing House – SE Washtenaw & Washington -- 1853 – Fire 1863 – Stage coaches – Plank Rd – very near Capitol (Benton House – Seymour House) – competitors 16 Mineral Well Hotel – Jarvis – 1867-1876 (25 cents barrel – brine) Mineral Spa – health – Demand for water – RR Fire 17 Lansing House #2 – Knapp’s corner – Iron Porch – Fire proof 18 Lansing House Fire – 1876 - Wells 19 Downey House (1912 fire) – Center of Capitol politics many years – lobbyists, etc. – torn down 1935 – eatery 20 Detroit-Lansing-Lake Michigan (Turner) 1871 – Michigan Ave RR Eating House – early restaurant 21 Chapman House (Built 1870 Governor Chapman) best in town – This is 1880 picture – fire 22 Hudson House – E side Washington Ave – Columbus Eagle Hudson – Rooms – repl in 1924 by Michigan (Strand) Theater 23 Wentworth (1903) Kerns (1909) Fire 1934 – most fatalities 24 Lansing Fire Department – Formed 1870 from 3 volunteer companies – pumper with ladder carts – wells – 1904 – 112 E. Allegan St – Torrent Co – N. Lansing 25 N. Lansing Fire Station No. 2 (many years 1950) 26 Police Force – 1890-1895 – Police station Grand & Michigan SE corner Show growth from wilderness to cityhood by union 3 villages always plan Mich Leg would move capitol. [Slide removed: Cornerstone – parade – Lansing Commandery Band – 25 Commanderys – busy day] 27 Building of New Capitol – 1873-1879 – (Impetus to growth - financial solidarity) – note construction 28 Finished Capitol – very proud of imposing structure with dome (lighted ? overlooking Allegan) [image blurred] 29 Michigan Ave 1879 (stoves, blacksmith, bicycles, shoes) - Hollister Building 30 Main Corners – Lansing State Savings Bank (1892) 31 Livery Stable – East Washtenaw (laundry & fish market) Rental and hack drivers – Porter Capital & Washington 32 Horse cars come to town – Lansing Street RR Co 1888 (note bakery – meals 25 cents) 33 Parade - Main Corners 1890 – Broas was a fine clothing store – bank – newspaper – State Republican - Lansing Journal – Tussing Ottawa [?] 34 Electric Street Car Co – 1893 – (Electric Light 1893) – Cedar block pavement 35 Plymouth Church 1877 – Presbyterian 1887 36 Capital Ave 1895 – empty lot for city hall – Methodist 1890 – Baptist 1894 – Oldest St. Pauls 1873 – Grand Ave.

37 Hedges & Reck Drug Store – Washington Ave. – Post offices political ? – moved stores frequently 38 Finally 1893 US Govt built us a PO complete with tower – picture 1893-97 City Hall 39 City Hall (1897) from River – no clock – River cleanup problem/ sample room – lager ale Hayes (Brewery) – Alsdorf Drug Store 40 Turn of Century – Late 1890’s – Mich Ave from Capitol Steps Water Works 1887 41 Mich Ave from Water Tower 1900 (new bridge 1897) – Laundry Room 42 Boat Club – Center of elite younger set – 1870s – Races, Balls, New Years 43 Leadley (Waverly Park) Moores River & Waverly (Waverly Hills) Leadley Dam 44 Boat at park – baseball, picnics [image blurred] 45 Boat at park – (forerunner of McDonalds in foreground) 1905 band concerts – burro rides - electric RR trolley 46 Lansing Bicycle Club – 1905 – Sunday morning spin (before church) 47 Gladmer (Gladys Williams [?] & Merritt Stahl) Vaudeville & then 1 st movie house 48 Regent Theater (Oakland Bldg) Capitol & Michigan 1909 Vaudeville & then movie 49 Michigan Female Seminary 1857-69 Abigail & Delia Rogers – coeducation – feminist – nicer girls [image blurred] 50 Public Schools – N. Lansing Cedar School – Built 1853 – Middle Town from way out at Townsend & Washtenaw – [unclear text] – Upper Town: Old house on Cedar near Hazel – 1857 – Not to be outdone by Lower Town – Union School (shown)—All 3 district schools until became a city 1904 [?] – Board of Education 1859 51 New School 1904 – Townsend St School 52 Larch Street School 1870 (picture taken as 1 st Pilgrim Church) 53 Lansing High School – 1873 – Beautiful with Victorian gingerbread 54 Lansing High School – Costly $50,000 - $140,000 8% interest 55 Remodeled Lansing School 1904 – Old Central (after 1928) Community College 56 Parmelee Plaster Mill – lumber yard – wagon factory – Diversified but related wood – 1865-1870 57 Cedar Street from water tower – Bement farm implement – other companies 58 Lansing Wheelbarrow Co – Later Lansing Co – Saginaw & Cedar 59 Lumber yards - Advertise Gilmer grocery & Price’s Brewery 60 Rikerd Lumber Yard (last along river) 1890 61 Pliny Olds Engine Co – River Street – Home of Oldsmobile Steam 1878 (steam) – 1893 (gas) – 1895 (electric) 62 Olds – Fairgrounds (west of Elm St.) 1901 – (after sojourn in Detroit 1904 sold to Smith)

63 Curved Dash Olds on hill – spent in 1904 over size of car sold out 64 REO 1904 Lansing men 1907 Pres. Roosevelt MAC 50 Anniversary [image cropped and blurred] 65 Rd to East Lansing 1905 – Carriage students rushing to classes 66 Business men by Wheelbarrow co. – Olds or possibly Clarkmobile, Olds’ first partner 67 Olds shipments 1914 (Gen. Motors 1908) [image blurred] 68 Horses vs automobiles 69 Motor-driven fire vehicle & pumper 1908 – Hugo Delfs Chief 1908 70 Sugarbeet Company – N. Grand River – (Make money now) Industry gone 71 North Lansing 1900 72 City Hall -- Mead’s Hall Lansing 1900 73 Prudden Bldg – Capitol – Oakland Bldg (1923 fire) 74 Prudden Bldg – (? corner) – WWI years [image blurred] 75 Prudden Building Fire 1921 76 Cameron & Arbaughs – 1904 – Department store – mix of general store and specialty shop [image blurred] 77 J. W. Knapp – Jewell & Knapp on Allegan & Washtenaw – Later middle of Washington (Walgreens) 1920s – 1937 78 Mills (Shoe Store) – 1905 – Sugar Bowl – Prudden on corner 79 New Prudden Bldg – 1920 (Dancer & Brogan) 80 Prudden Auditorium – gift of W. Prudden to city – served many years 1914 81 East Michigan – 1920 82 Michigan Ave – 1920s 83 East Lansing sleepy College town – 1924 – College Drug Abbott & Michigan [image blurred] 84 Street Car – 20s – Went out 1933 – replaced by buses 85 Meade Home – 1892 – 1 st hospital – Health care 1899 – Crowded – Ladies worked hard to equip 86 Sparrow Hospital – Donation & other families – Chapin & Park – broke ground 1912 87 Genesee Grade School 1920s 88 Walter French Jr High 1926 – 1920 – 1922 – gym classes 89 Eastern HS – 1928 – First assembly in new auditorium 90 Sexton HS – 1943 – ? added to ? school 91 Grand Trunk Train Wreck 1946 – News event 92 1930-31 Olds Tower (now Mich Nat) our skyscraper - Olds ? 93 Finishing up Tower 1930 – Allegan St 94 1932 Finished building – new Bank of Lansing Building from N. Lansing – City National 95 Mich Ave – buses 1934 – Colonial Theater 1930 – 1940 96 Civic Aud – 1955 97 City Hall – 1959 -- Centennial Cabin 98 Bd Water & Light 1960s

99 Lansing from Capitol Ave 1965 100 Lansing skyline 1965 – 10 years ago At the end of the magazine, there are seven slides showing the fire at Plymouth Congregational Church on February 25, 1971.