slide
Catalog Number
2019.8.9Description
Color slide showing 8th Street in Holland, MI. This image was taken from the northwest corner of 8ths and Central, looking west. The First National Bank (1-3 West 8th), the Dutch Mill Restaurant (5 West 8th), Rose Beauty Shop (7 1/2 West 8th) and the Center Theater (9 West 8th) are all visible.A crowd of people line the street waiting for the Tulip Time parade, ca. 1956.
History
From 1926 to 1931 the Strand Theater operated in the building at 9 West 8th Street (city directories). Henry Carley operated both the Strand and the Holland Theater during those years.Carley opened the Center Theater at the location of the Strand, 9 West 8th Street, ca. 1941. The Center Theater remained open through 1954 (city directories).
The Dutch Mill Restaurant began ca. 1938 at 5 West 8th as the Dutch Mill Cafe. At that time there was already a Dutch Mill Restaurant in town, inside the Warm Friend Hotel. By 1945 the Dutch Mill Cafe, still at 5 West 8th, had become the Dutch Mill Restaurant. City directories show that the Dutch Mill Restaurant continued in business up through 1954.