by DDA Director | May 9, 2022 | A Moment in Time Historic Sign Tour, Uncategorized
Milliman Ford Formerly Van Wagoner’s Drug Store, Faye’s Fabric, Mitchell’s Drug Store Earl Milliman served 32 years as a Ford dealer. He developed the Indianwood Shores subdivision, where he lived, and a restaurant in Ann Arbor. There were many...
by DDA Director | May 9, 2022 | A Moment in Time Historic Sign Tour, Uncategorized
Verwood Apartments Park Hotel Below are the approximate dates of the multiple names for the building now known as the Verwood: 1880-1882 Cataract House 1884 Swift House 1901 Hotel Taylor 1908-1931 Park Hotel 1930’s Orion Hotel 1940’s Varadee Hotel (briefly)...
by DDA Director | May 9, 2022 | A Moment in Time Historic Sign Tour, Uncategorized
313 Pizza Bar Orion Fire Hall In 1881, homes and business places, alike, were illuminated by kerosene lamps. In case of fire, an alarm was sounded from the church belfry and the citizens formed a fire brigade with pails, tin buckets, etc. and as they were wholly...
by DDA Director | May 9, 2022 | A Moment in Time Historic Sign Tour, Uncategorized
Ed’s Broadway J.C. Predmore Building, Griggs Joshua C. Predmore was a successful farmer who organized the Orion State Bank with Ira Carpenter in 1896. Predmore was the Orion Township clerk when he died in 1912. He was a Civil War veteran and was on guard...
