Heritage Hill Architectural Walking Tour

230 Fulton Street East,Grand Rapids MI 49503

29 March, 2021

Description

A guided walking tour highlighting distinctive architecture in the historic neighborhood of Heritage Hill in Grand Rapids, MI. Monday, March 29 at 6:00 p.m., Heritage Hill Architectural Tour. (featuring different homes than the Heritage Hill Association History tour in October, 2020) Heritage Hill Architecture Walking Tour - with Tour Guide Caroline Cook of Grand Rapids Running Tours If you want to time travel - and step back into an era of graceful, elegant living and imagine life as an heiress to a furniture company fortune - then join us on Heritage Hill. This is the city's oldest residential district and Michigan's largest and finest concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century houses. These were the homes of mayors, bankers, attorneys, company owners, lumber barons, doctors, judges, and clothiers who shaped the city’s future. This was where the upper crust lived…on “the hill”. Our guide, Caroline Cook, will discuss both architectural features and personal histories of many of these exquisite treasures. This tour meets at the Heritage Hill marker in front of Keller & Almassian Law, 230 Fulton Street East (The old Pike House). Expect the tour to last 75-90 minutes. Wear comfortable shoes and dress to be outside. Walking tour will occur rain or shine.