This photograph is looking west on East Grand River Avenue. The blacksmith shop was replaced by the Marine Bar, and eventually Champs Pub, 140 E. Grand River Avenue. The exact date of this photograph is unknown.
Original brick Palmerton Block erected 1876 on the Northwest corner of Grand River and Mill St. Was entirely destroyed by fire March 15, 1891. Bottom left corner is the Reason House, formerly known as Independence Hall.