KALAMAZOO  COUNTY, MI

GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY

KALAMAZOO COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKERS PAGE 2
HISTORICAL MARKERS NEAR BRONSON PARK

The Park Club - WWII veteran's

The Park Club, facing Bronson Park, 2002 A  bronze marker placed in the lobby of the Park Club:  "In honor of members who heroically served in the armed forces WWII, 1941-1945"

Ladies Library

The Ladies Library, near Bronson Park (behind the Civic Theater)

FIRST WOMEN'S CLUB IN MICHIGAN HIS BUILDING, COMPLETED  IN 1879, IS THE FIRST IN  THE NATION ERECTED FOR  THE USE OF A WOMEN'S CLUB. THE LADIE'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, ORGANIZED IN JANUARY1852, GREW OUT OF A  READING CLUB STARTED IN 1844. IT WAS THE FIRST WOMEN'S CLUB IN MICHIGAN AND THE THIRD IN THE UNITED STATES. MRS. LUCINDA H. STONE, WHO IS KNOWN AS THE 'MOTHER' OF WOMEN'S  CLUB'S," HELPED TO FOUND THIS CLUB.  THE ASSOCIATION HAS HAD A CONTINOUS EXISTENCE FROM IT ORGANIZATION	THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION AND HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 197

Kalamazoo Public Library - stained glass

The stained glass window at the entrance to the first Kalamazoo Library Local History Room.   A nearby plaque indicates it  was saved from the 1893  library and was donated to the current library by Ruth Chenery.  See Kalamazoo Views

This stained glass displayed here was part of the orginal library built in 1893 with a gift from Dr. & Mrs. Edwin Van Deusen. That building was demolished in 1958 and replaced by a new library in 1959. The windows were restored during the 1958 renovation and expansion with a gift from the estate of Ruth Cheney

KALAMAZOO PUBLIC LIBRARY 1908

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