Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-C003-Baptist-Front-Postcard_u.jpg

    First Baptist Church, Howell, Michigan, Interior - Before 1959

    unknown year
  • HCDL-ngp-T006-09-0011_u.jpg

    Baptist Church in Gregory, Michigan

    unknown year
  • HCDL-ngp-T006-01-0007_u.jpg

    Parshallville, Livingston County, Michigan - 1890. The Methodist church is in the center of the photo and the mill is on the right.
  • HCDL-ngp-T004-07-0017_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Howell Ann Arbor Depot, 123 Wetmore Street, Howell, Michigan.  It was a passenger and freight depot owned by the Toledo-Ann Arbor Railroad.

    There is a train appraching the depot platform, and several passengers are waiting for the train.   In the background is the First Baptist Church of Howell.

    The date of the photograph and names of persons are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-05-0007_u.jpg

    This is a photograph is looking from the First National Bank Building, South Michigan Avenue, Howell Michigan towards the Walnut Street  Methodist Church.  The church was on the southeast corner of South Walnut Street and East Sibley Street.

    The date of the photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-04-0028_u.jpg

    Photographs of the site of the demolished Walnut Street Methodist Church.  It was being prepared to become a parking lot and is located at the intersection of West Sibley Street & South Walnut Street, Howell, Michigan.  The picture is dated 1972, and is looking northwest with the Episcopal Church in the background.
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-01-0051_u.jpg

    This is a photograph taken of West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, looking west,  1986.  In view is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1041 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-01-0023_u.jpg

    First Presbyterian Church
    323 West Grand River Avenue, Howell , Michigan, 1984. 

    In 1983, the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce applied for a R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team) study, an American Institute of Architects program that brought a team of professionals to the city for a four-day period to study Howell's downtown, its ability to compete for regional shopping, and to make recommendations for improvements to re-vitalize the city.  The team, in 1984, during the study took photographs, interviewed people, held forums, and in the end provided an outline of strategies.

    American Institute of Architects Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-01-0002_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the first traffic light in downtown, Howell, Michigan.   The view is of the traffic signal and West Grand River  Avenue.  The location of the traffic light was  Grand River Avenue and  Michigan Avenue (previously known as East Street - 1895- and Division Street, 1915).  Today, it is known as the Main Four.

    The exact date of the installation of the traffic light is unknown.  There is a mix of old cars and horses and buggies in this photograph.  It appears that there is a band marching in the street.  The Presbyterian Church peaks are visible in the far background.
  • HCDL-ngp-P006-01-0041a_u.jpg

    Parshallville, Michigan with the Baptist church on the left and the Methodist Church on the right.
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