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  1. Heritage Hill is a residential neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the largest urban historic districts in the United States. It is bounded by Crescent Street (north), Union Avenue (east), Pleasant Street (south), and Lafayette Avenue (west).

  2. Powerful people from all over the globe built their lavish homes side by side in Heritage Hill hundreds of years ago. So, you are given a unique experience in which you can see an intricately designed 18000's German mansion right next door to an ornate mansion built by a powerful Italian family during the same time.

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  3. Many of the early leaders of Grand Rapids, including lumber barons, teachers, and legislators, lived in the Heritage Hill neighborhood. Take a self guided walking tour of the Heritage Hill Historic District, which highlights examples of most American architecture from the 19th and 20th centuries.

    • 126 College Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, 49503, MI
    • (616) 459-8950
  4. The map below shows the boundaries of the Heritage Hill Historic District. To clarify if a house is officially inside the Heritage Hill district and under the guidance of the Preservation Ordinance, please call the Grand Rapids Historic Preservation office, 456-3451 for the definitive answer.

  5. Heritage Hill offers Michigans largest and finest collection of 19th and early 20th century houses. Nearly every style of American architecture, from Greek Revival to Prairie, is represented in the 1,300 buildings that date from 1844.

  6. Heritage Hill is a vital historic neighborhood a heartbeat from downtown Grand Rapids. Threatened with destruction by the city’s various urban renewal plans of the 1960’s, residents successfully fought to save their neighborhood.

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  8. A national historic district with over 60 different architectural styles and 1300 houses dating from 1844-1920's. Self-guided walking tour brochure is available at the HHA office or website. Annual home tour is the first weekend of October.

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