The Midland Street business district on the west side of Bay City has spent decades building its reputation as an entertainment venue that attracts other people from the Great Lakes Bay area.
In the summer of 2020, when a pandemic occurred around the world, the city blocked the streets over the weekend and bars and restaurants sent coffeemakers outdoors to offer food and drinks at picnic tables to meet social distance guidelines. Street to pay attention to music and meet friends.
Henry Sage and his component John McGraw moved their forestry business from Canada to the banks of the Saginaw River. For more than a century, the neighborhood has been an important component of the community. Before 1905, when West Bay City and Bay City merged, Midland Street, downtown West Bay City. Electric trams and horse-drawn cars buzz through the streets, crossing the 3rd Street Bridge to get between the two cities. and walked through the adjacent neighborhoods.
The next time you’re there to see an organization or enjoy a glass of wine, take a look at the buildings around you. You’ll find architectural gems dating back to the 19th century. high social and civil stature Many of these buildings and their first owners have made a significant contribution to Bay City’s progress.
The four-block neighborhood, once known as West Bay City, is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century grocery shopping district. Here you can see the Italian-flavored advertising taste, neo-Romanesque taste and the Chicago school.
The Mohr Block is located on the west side of Henry Street between Midland and Vermont. Se built the Chicago School Style Movement, which sets it apart from other buildings here.
The style of the Chicago school, called modern 19th century, has the influence of architects such as Daniel Burnham, John Root, Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, guilty of much of the design of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Mohr’s construction has a small facade and a stone pickup with “FH” and JKMohr Block 1912 “in the most sensible, off Midland Street. The construction has strong features with sunken window openings with stone shelves. Lately the construction is empty, the awning still carries the call of its last retail occupant, Banana Bay.
The Mohr building has a small facade and a stone tablet with “FH” and JKMohr Block 1912 “on the most sensible, facing Midland Street. The building is named after Frank H. Mohr, born in Schney, Bavaria, Germany On March 10, 1867, Mohr went to school and finished his studies at the age of 14. He joined his more sensitive brothers Chris, John and Fred, emigrated to the United States and settled in West Bay City in 1881.
Frank Mohr moved to Chicago to continue his studies through an apprenticeship at Pullman Car Works, owned by George Pullman, who developed the sleeper car for the railroads. Mohr worked as a couple in Chicago for six years, followed by a brief stinging in Minneapolis to install ovens.
Returning to West Bay City in 1903, he developed Mohr Hardware at Lewis Block in 514 E. Midland St. es one of the largest suppliers of equipment for northern Michigan. In 1912, he built the 3-story Mohr Block right in front of his first location There he sold furniture with appliances.
Mohr devoted much of his life to his business until his death on March 20, 1939. Outside the hardware store, Mohr also became president of the Phoenix Brewing Company, which was once located on Arbor Street. Scottish rite in Bay City until grade 18.
Swart Block is located on the corner of South Linn and East John Streets. Originally known as the Swart Jewelry Store, the construction was built with Michigan bricks and buffalo stone and designed by architect PCFloeter. windows connected to a non-unusual floor at the moment.
The southeast corner of the Swart Block originally had a three-story clock and was 54 feet high. The original aid turret still has “Swart” engraved on the east aspect of the construction. The southeast corner of the Swart Block originally had an original aid turret engraved “Swart” on the east side of the construction near the small roof attic with the year of its construction. The construction is symmetrical with slightly placed windows with arched peaks or squares highlighted with course bricks.
The construction is one of the few on the west side of Bay City that was built with a neo-Romanesque taste. On the east side, Bay City Hall is a good example of this architecture. This taste gave the Swart Block an additional touch of Romanesque architecture comes from medieval Europe and tries to imitate the architecture of the previous Roman era. At the end of the nineteenth century, there was a resurgence of this architectural taste. Neo-Romanesque taste has semicircular arches or a square. more sensitive for window and door openings, Gothic elements and pyramid-shaped ceilings, among other features.
The Swart Block has a similar taste to Bay City Hall. Steven Swart was born in Lapeer County on October 16, 1845. At the age of 8, his circle of relatives moved to Goderich. Wwart’s education was interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil War, which enlisted in the Union Army and served in the Michigan Eighth Infantry at the age of 16. After a year of service, he returned to Goderich to paint at the advertising company specializing in jewelry and watchmaking.
In 1879, Swart moved to West Bay City to open a jewelry business in addition to being optical. He built his flagship shopping block on South Linn and East John streets. The construction extends to Midland Street. commercial network and was even known for lending the store giant to consumers to buy valuables.
The Mosher building is at the northwest intersection of Midland and South Linn streets. George Mosher built this site in 1882 and stands out as a vital design on Midland Street.
The construction has facades on Midland and Linn streets with masonry protruding from the front and sides. Tilt your head back and observe the most sensitive construction to see where the original ledge is still. The 3 grounds have uniform windows, the first the floor has a lighter brick tone, followed by a darker shade at the time and on the third floor. The third-floor pediment is highly ornate and rises above its Midland Street counterparts.
George Mosher was born in West Troy, New York, on January 16, 1850. With the wood industry in full bloom, he arrived in West Bay City in 1873 to devote himself to painting in the vending machine trade. It usually includes elements such as plate windows on the lower levels, cast iron columns and decorative capitals that have masonry on the upper floors. Commercial Italianat is the dominant architecture on Midland Street.
George Mosher was born in West Troy, New York, on January 16, 1850. With the wood industry booming, George L. Mosher arrived in West Bay City in 1873 to pursue paintings.
Mosher’s construction has facades on Midland and Linn streets with masonry protruding from the front and side.
Sydney, also known as Spencer Fisher, is considered the father of Greater Bay City. Born in Camden, Michigan, on February 3, 1843, he grew up to love the global business and began working at age 16 in the timber distribution industry. At the age of 27, he moved to the village of Wenona (part of the elegant Midland Street) in 1871. The 3 shopping districts of Wenona, Banks (northwestern part of present-day Bay City) and Salzburg (southwestern part of present-day Bay City) would merge in 1887 as the city of West Bay City. Spencer Fisher was very concerned about the merger, especially opting for the call of the new city.
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Fisher would also serve as mayor of West Bay City in 1883 and 1885. He also served two terms in Congress in 1885 and 1887. In 1889, Fisher took up another interest: the promotion and structure of electric railways in West Bay City.
As the main owner of this railroad, he then acquired the motor car formula in Bay City and brought together the two corporations in Bay City.
In 1897, the same year it was founded, Spencer Fisher became vice president of Michigan Sugar Company, in 1899 he left the corporation and one day organized the West Bay City Sugar Company and became its president. his own dollars helped create the Wenona Beach beach hotel, where Bay City State Park is now located.
The first land is commercially designed and consists of giant windows. The facades at the time of the terrain involve masonry bays below with 3 openings according to the front of the shop. The windows are spaced with stone supports by adding a square or curved architrave. Distribution.
Henry Sage is largely guilty of the regional industry and the economic boom that happened here.
After the lumber industry began to dry up on Canada’s eastern and eastern coasts, Sage looked to the western banks of the Saginaw River, where the lumber industry was still booming. He bought 116 acres of land in 1862, which was traced back to what would become the town. of Wenona and included an area for agriculture plus a giant sawmill.
Originally, he sought to call her Lake City, but the call has already been accepted. “Wenona” selected her because it was the call of the unhappy mother of Henry W’s epic poem. Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha. (In the book, the call is written “Wenonah”.
Two years later, Sage and his wife John McGraw moved their forest here from Lake Simcoe in Canada. They built the Sage sawmill.
The Italian advertising taste presents main points of stone and masonry in the front and appearance of the building. start your own business as well.
As a humanitarian, Henry Sage opened the Sage Library on Midland and Wenona streets in 1884. The library also included a discussion for locals to gather for intellectual debates. Sage also donated 8,000 books to the library. The library is still in use today.
In the Italian advertising style, the moment and windows of the third floor are placed slightly between the columns of brick masonry. Built in 1873, Sage Block is located on the corner of Midland and North Walnut streets.
The construction is also carried out in the Italian advertising style with main points of stone and masonry on the front and appearance of the construction. Typical of the wooden construction, the windows of the moment and the third floor are distributed slightly among the columns of brick masonry. The terrain remains much clearer as to the main points of this Italian structure. Construction lately is the home of MacMillan Associates Inc.