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# Ledyard Block Historic District

The Ledyard Block Historic District is a group of seven adjacent, coherently designed, nineteenth century commercial structures located within a square block at 123-145 Ottawa Avenue and 104-124 Monroe Center, NW, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The group of buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

## History

In September, 1857, a disastrous fire destroyed 25 buildings along Monroe Avenue between Market Street and Ottawa Avenue. However, the area was quickly rebuilt with new commercial structures. The first of these was the Ledyard and Aldrich Block, located at the intersection of Monroe and Ottawa. The building was constructed in 1859 for prominent Grand Rapids businessmen William B. Ledyard and his son-in-law, Moses V. Aldrich. The pair built it as an investment property, to house retail stores on the first floor and offices and a boarding house upstairs. Other local businessmen followed, constructing their own buildings along Monroe. Ledyard followed this up with the 1874 construction of the Ledyard Block at Ottawa and Pearl, designed by William G. Robinson.

## Description

The Ledyard Block Historic District contains seven buildings, built in three waves. The first building constructed was the Ledyard and Aldrich Block (now known as the Flatiron Building), located at 102-108 Monroe Center, N.W., which was constructed in 1859-60. The building is a four-story brick Italianate structure spanning seven bays on Monroe and nine on Ottawa. The acute angle between is rounded. Projecting eaves, supported by large wooden brackets, run across the top. Windows are a mix of segmental-arch and round-headed units, all with molded caps.
The second wave of construction consists of five adjacent, similar buildings, located at 112, 114, 116, 118, and 122-24 Monroe Center, all built in about 1860. All five buildings are all four-story brick Italianate commercial structures, three or four bays wide. The last (at 122-124) was originally three stories, but a fourth has been added. The buildings are similar in appearance, to the Flatiron Building, although in some cases with less detailing. The buildings were originally constructed for different local businessmen, including Dr. Charles Shepard (112), James Lyman (114), Samuel F. Perkins (116), and John S. Nevius (118).
The final wave of construction in the district was the Ledyard Block, built at 123-145 Ottawa Avenue in 1874. It is a four-story yellow brick Italianate block, running 177 feet long along Ottawa Avenue and 99 feet along Pearl Street. The building has Ionia sandstone belt courses and window surrounds. Masonry piers separate the windows. A galvanized iron cornice runs across the top.
# Kemal Faruki

Kemal Faruki (27 August 1910 – 27 January 1988) was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK. He also represented Turkey on two occasions. He was part of Turkey's squad at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

## Career

Kemal Faruki was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and played his entire career as a forward and midfielder for Galatasaray SK. Faruki was selected to Galatasaray's A team when he was 17. Faruki won the Istanbul Football League five times.
He made his senior national team debut against Bulgaria on 17 July 1927. In his first international match he scored his first goal. He died in Cairo, Egypt, aged 77.

## Career statistics
### International goals

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 17 July 1927 | Slavia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 3–2 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 2. | 15 April 1928 | Stadionul Gloria-CFR, Bistrița, Romania | Romania | 2–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| Correct as of 3 May 2013 |||||||

## Honours
### As player
#### Galatasaray

* Istanbul Football League: 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31
* Istanbul Kupası: 1933
# Avelina Alvarez

Maria Avelina Alvarez (born 14 October 1961) is a Portuguese gymnast. She competed in five events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
# Heinz Döpfl

Heinz Döpfl (30 January 1939 – 11 August 1998) was an Austrian pair skater. Competing with Diana Hinko, he became a three-time national champion (1959–1961). The pair finished eighth at the 1960 Winter Olympics and fifth at the 1961 European Championships.
Döpfl also competed in men's singles, winning two national bronze medals.

## Results
### Pairs with Hinko

International :
| Event | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
| Winter Olympics | | | | 8th | |
| World Championships | | | 8th | 7th | |
| European Championships | 7th | 12th | 8th | 7th | 5th |
| National ||||||
| Austrian Championships | | | 1st | 1st | 1st |

### Men's singles

National :
| Event | 1954 | 1955 |
| Austrian Championships | 3rd | 3rd |
# M. M. Zuhair

Mohamed Mohamed Zuhair, PC (born 11 June 1947) is a Sri Lankan politician, President's Counsel and former Member of Parliament from the People's Alliance national list from 1990 to 2000.

## Career

He studied at Zahira College.
Zuhair became a Member of Parliament from the People's Alliance National List in the Government of Kumaratunga and served as MP from 1990 to 2000.
Following the victory of Mahinda Rajapaksa in the 2005 Presidential Election, he was appointed as Chairman of the state-owned Media Rupavahini Corporation.
During his tenure as an Ambassador to Iran, he played key role in arranging an Iranian credit line that helped Sri Lanka to obtain fuel supplies on concessionary terms at a critical stage of the war against the LTTE.
Zuhair qualified at the G C E (Advanced Level) in 1965 from Zahira College, Colombo and entered the Sri Lanka Law College in 1968 where he won the Asia Foundation Scholarship. He passed out as an Advocate in 1970 and was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in 1972.
Zuhair was encouraged by the then Senior State Counsel, later Justice P. Ramanathan of the Supreme Court, to join the Attorney-General’s Department as a State Counsel, which he joined in 1973. He served the State for nearly ten years, firstly as a State Counsel, in the civil division for five years and as a Senior State Counsel and prosecutor in the criminal division during the next five years. He appeared for the State in a large number of cases both civil and criminal. He prosecuted in the High Court in murder cases and appeared in criminal appeals in the Appellate Courts. In 1983, he resigned as Senior State Counsel and reverted to private practice.
From 1994 to 2000 Zuhair was a Member of Parliament on the Peoples’ Alliance National List in the Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga government nominated by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). In 2001, he was appointed a President’s Counsel.
From 2004 to 2005, Zuhair served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of Zahira College while serving during the same period as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
In 2006, Mr Zuhair was appointed Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran where he served the country till 2012. The interest-free oil package that he successfully negotiated for Sri Lanka with the then Iranian government headed by President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad brought into the Sri Lankan government coffers from January 2008 onwards, much needed Iranian funds aggregating by August 2008 to US $ 675 million, helping substantially the cash stricken Sri Lankan government.
M M Zuhair is also a reputed speaker and a prolific writer.
# Kemal Yıldırım

Kemal Yıldırım (born 15 May 1958) is a Turkish former professional footballer and former manager of Adanaspor and amateur team Yıldırımspor. He is one of the most capped players in Süper Lig history.
# Shorea argentifolia

Shorea argentifolia (called, along with some other species in the genus Shorea, dark red meranti) is an emergent rainforest tree species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It native to Borneo. It grows in mixed dipterocarp forests on hills and ridges, up to 900 metres elevation. The species is threatened by habitat loss. The tallest recorded specimen is 84.9 m tall in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah.
# Orlando Amêndola

Orlando Amêndola (2 November 1899 – 10 May 1974) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer, water polo player, and rower from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for his native country.
He was an athlete at Clube de Regatas Boqueirão do Passeio, where he practiced swimming, water polo, and rowing.
He started playing polo in 1916 and quickly became a skilled player. In 1918, he was Rio de Janeiro's champion of the 100 meters freestyle.
He was one of the first Brazilians who participated at the Olympics. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the first time that Brazil participated in the Games, he swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. He also participated in the water polo, finishing fourth with the Brazil team. He also participated in rowing.
# J. Warren Cassidy

Joseph Warren Cassidy (September 28, 1930 – June 12, 2024) was an American politician and lobbyist who was executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America from 1986 to 1991 and Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, from 1970 to 1972.

## Early life

Born on September 28, 1930 in Lynn, Cassidy attended the Brewster Academy and Dartmouth College. He was an outfielder on the Dartmouth Big Green baseball team. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1953, Cassidy attended the Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
From 1955 to 1956, Cassidy was a salesman with the Scott Paper Company. He then served as president of his family's insurance business.

## Mayoralty

In 1969, Cassidy was one of six candidates who sought to replace retiring Lynn mayor Irving E. Kane. He and Pasquale Caggiano received the most votes in the nonpartisan primary and advanced to the general election. Although Cassidy had finished 2,600 votes behind Caggiano in the primary, he won the general election by 222 votes after the Internal Revenue Service alleged Caggiano owed $6,660 in back taxes. It was only the third time in 49 years that the leader in the primary election was not elected mayor. In 1971, Cassidy lost his bid for reelection to Caggiano.

## National Rifle Association

In 1976, Cassidy was president of the Gun Owners Action League, an alliance of sportsmen's clubs that opposed a Massachusetts referendum that would ban private ownership of handguns. The ballot question was defeated 79% to 21%. In the 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Cassidy, who had been a Democrat, backed pro-gun Republican Edward F. King. That same year, Cassidy was campaign manager for the Republican nominee in Massachusetts's 6th congressional district – William Bronson.
In 1978, Cassidy was elected to the National Rifle Association's board of directors. In 1982, he replaced Neal Knox as the NRA's chief lobbyist. In 1986, Cassidy succeeded G. Ray Arnett as the organization's executive vice president and chief operating officer. He sought to change the NRA's image as lobbying organization by increasing its safety, hunter education, and shooting competition programs as well as starting a liability insurance program for hunting clubs. In 1987, members who believed Cassidy was too willing to compromise during negotiations on the Firearm Owners Protection Act, backed his unsuccessful challenger for reelection – Neal Knox. In 1991, Cassidy resigned under pressure from the NRA board of directors due to complaints of mismanagement and sexual misconduct.

## Personal life and death

Cassidy married Joan Purtell in 1953; they had five children. Cassidy died in Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, at the age of 93.
# Erni Maissen

Ernst "Erni" Maissen (born 1 January 1958) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a midfielder or striker during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for his three spells at FC Basel.

## Career

Maissen played his youth football for local club FC Reinach, then moved on to play for the youth of FC Basel. He advanced to their first team for the 1975–76 season and signed his first professional contract under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. Maissen played his team debut for the club in the away game in the Cup of the Alps on 24 July 1976 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Nantes Atlantique. Maissen then played one test match, in which he scored a goal, then he played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise on 21 August. He scored his first goal for his team in the same game and it was the match winner as Basel won 1–0 against Lausanne-Sport. Maissen started his career well, in the next two league games Maissen also scored in each and he also scored a goal in his first European appearance on 14 September in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup match against Glentoran In the test game against amateur club Derendingen on 6 October he netted his first hat-trick. This meant he had scored 10 goals in his first 13 appearance.
Maissen spent seven years with the club and was part of the title winning sides of 1977 and 1980, before joining rivals FC Zürich in 1982. He had an unsuccessful time at Zürich, though, and returned to FC Basel a season later. Maissen scored three hat-tricks during his career, but these were during the test games. In the Swiss Cup match on 20 September 1986 against Köniz Maissen scored four goals. In the domestic league play-off match on 30 June 1987 he also scored four goals as Basel won 1–0 against Wettingen.
When Basel were relegated to the Nationalliga B in 1987 Maissen left the club and joined Young Boys. But after two seasons with the Young Boys he returned to Basel, who were still playing in the second tier of Swiss football. He played two seasons in the Nationalliga B and at the end of the 1990–91 season Maissen retired from his professional career and re-joined his club of origin FC Reinach.
Between the years 1975 to 1982, 1983 to 1987 and again from 1989 to 1991 Maissen played a total of 551 games for Basel scoring a total of 222 goals. 338 of these games were in the domestic league, Nationalliga A or Nationalliga B, 33 in the Swiss Cup, 15 in the Swiss League Cup, 20 in the European competitions (European Cup, UEFA cup, Cup of the Alps) and 145 were friendly games. He scored 116 goal in the domestic league, 23 in the two national cup competitions, four in the European competitions and the other 79 were scored during the test games.
He made his international debut in Switzerland's 2–0 win over Czechoslovakia in Basel on 26 March 1980. After 29 caps his last game for Switzerland was in a 1–0 defeat against West Germany in Kaiserslautern on 27 April 1988.

## Honours
### Basel

* Swiss Super League: 1976–77, 1979–80
# Ernst Ammann

Ernst Ammann (born 24 January 1941) is a retired Swiss hammer thrower. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and placed 19th; his wife Sieglinde competed alongside in the pentathlon and long jump.
# Eugen Studach

Eugen Studach (18 November 1907 – ?) was a Swiss rower. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with the men's double sculls where they were eliminated in the semi-finals.
# Felix Morf

Felix Morf (born 5 January 1962) is a Swiss breaststroke swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
# Felix Neuhaus

Felix Neuhaus (10 April 1928 – 24 January 2022) was a Swiss wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle middleweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
# François Suchanecki

François Suchanecki (born 23 December 1949) is a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
# Fritz Siegenthaler

Fritz Siegenthaler (born 18 March 1929) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint and the tandem events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
# Fritz Wirth

Fritz Wirth (born 14 April 1953) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a forward in the 1970s and 1980s.
Wirth played his youth football with FC Grenchen and advanced to the senior team during the summer of 1971.
Wirth joined FC Basel's first team on a 12-month loan contract for their 1974–75 season under manager Helmut Benthaus. After playing three games in the Cup of the Alps (one goal) and three games in the Swiss League Cup (two goals), Wirth made his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium on 17 August 1974 as Basel drew 2–2 with Xamax. He scored his first domestic league goal for the club on 14 June 1975 in the away game as Basel drew 1–1 with Chênois.
In his one season with the club, Wirth played 23 games scoring a total of five goals; 10 games were in the Nationalliga A, 6 in the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup, 3 in the Cup of the Alps and 4 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, two in the League Cup, one in the Cup of the Alps and the other was scored during the test games.
After his loan to Basel, Wirth returned to his club of origin and played there until the end of his active playing days. Wirth opened a sports shop in his home town and ran this for 37 years. In March 2016 he passed this on to its new owners.
# Gaudenz Ambühl

Gaudenz Ambühl (born 11 May 1954) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
# John Dixon (engineer)

John Dixon (c.1795–1865) was an English railway civil engineer, and was the Stockton and Darlington Railway's Chief Civil Engineer between 1842 and 1865.

## History

John Dixon started work as a bank clerk and in 1821, at the age of 26, assisted George and Robert Stephenson to survey the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Dixon became one of the two Resident Engineers when George was later awarded the post of Engineer. Dixon is listed as an assistant engineer when the company of George Stephenson & Son was formed to survey and build railways at the end of 1824. He assisted George building the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and was at the Rainhill Trials, and wrote a letter, which still exists, describing the event to his brother James. He was an engineer for the Grand Junction Railway, and returned to Darlington become Chief Civil Engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway between 1842 and 1865.
John Dixon was the great nephew of Jeremiah Dixon, who with Charles Mason set the Mason–Dixon line that separates Northeastern from Southern United States. He died in Darlington, aged 68, on 10 October 1865.
The John Dixon responsible for transporting Cleopatra's Needle to England was the nephew of this man. He was born on 2 January 1835 and died in Croydon on 28 December 1891.
# Gilbert Epars

Gilbert Epars (born 10 April 1969) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1980s and 90s. He played mainly in the position as defender, but also as midfielder.

## Football career

Epars played his youth football by Servette and joined their first team in the 1986–87 Nationalliga A season. He stayed with them for five and a half seasons, but was not always regular starter.
Epars joined Basel during the winter break of their 1991–92 season under head coach Ernst August Künnecke. After playing in six test games Epars played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 1 March 1992 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Yverdon-Sports.
He remained with the club for the second half of the season and then moved on again. Epars played a total of 19 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 10 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 3 in the Swiss Cup and 6 were friendly games.
Epars joined Urania Genève Sport, who at that time played in the second tier of Swiss football. Here he spent two seasons and then he moved on to play for Étoile Carouge.
# Hans Menet

Hans Menet (born 29 May 1940) is a Swiss middle-distance runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
# Hans Peter Rohr

Hans Peter Rohr (born 4 September 1943) is a former Swiss alpine skier.

## Career

During his career he has achieved 6 results among the top 10 (2 podiums) in the World Cup.

## World Cup results
### Top 3

| Date | Place | Discipline | Rank |
| 09-02-1969 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Downhill | 3 |
| 27-01-1967 | Megeve | Downhill | 2 |
# Hans Staub

Hans Staub (born 21 March 1959) is a Swiss Olympic dressage rider. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he finished 6th with the Swiss team in team dressage and 27th in the individual dressage competition.
He also represented Switzerland at two European Dressage Championships (in 2011 and 2013) and one edition of the World Equestrian Games (in 2014).
# Hansjörg Wirz

Hansjörg Wirz (born 9 June 1943) is a Swiss sports official and retired hurdler.
As a hurdler he finished fourth at the 1969 European Championships and competed at the 1972 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He became Swiss champion in 1968, 1969 and 1972. His personal best time was 50.78 seconds (1972).
He served as the president of European Athletics from 1999 to 2015.
# Hansruedi Müller

Hansruedi Müller (born 8 November 1940) is a Swiss bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
# Heinz Lüdi

Heinz Lüdi (born 8 October 1958) is a retired football defender.
During his club career, Lüdi played for FC Grenchen, FC Zürich, Neuchâtel Xamax and FC Baden. He also represented the Swiss national team.
Lüdi won the Swiss Footballer of the Year in 1981.
# Henri Baumann

Henri Baumann (born 15 August 1927, date of death unknown) was a Swiss basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
# Henri Blanc

Henri Blanc (born 3 February 1907, date of death unknown) was a Swiss weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
# Jakob Wolfensberger

Jakob Wolfensberger (21 April 1933 – 2 November 2021) was a Swiss archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
# Janos Mohoss

Janos Mohoss (21 June 1936 – 12 December 2020) was a Swiss fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Mohoss died from COVID-19 on 12 December 2020, in Budapest during the pandemic in Hungary. He was 84.
# Jean Zinniker

Jean Zinniker (born 26 April 1952) is a Swiss judoka. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
# Josef Ziltener

Josef Ziltener (born 1 September 1931) is a Swiss former sports shooter. He competed in the 25 metre pistol event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
# Jörg Heuting

Jörg Heuting (born 11 December 1969) is a German former footballer who played in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He played mainly in the position of forward, but also as a midfielder.
Heuting played his youth football with FC Concordia Basel and advanced to the first team in the summer 1988. A year later, he joined FC Basel's first team for their 1989–90 season and signed his first professional contract under head-coach Urs Siegenthaler in the second tier of Swiss football. After playing in four test games he made his debut in the Swiss Cup on 20 August 1989. He was substituted in for the injured Erni Maissen at half time and during the second half he scored two goals as Basel cruised to an 8–0 victory.
Heuting made his domestic league debut for the club on 7 October as Basel won 3–0 away to Fribourg. But Heuting never advanced to more than being on the substitute bench therefore he left the club as his contract expired at the end of the season. During that time Heuting played 14 games for Basel scoring five goals. Five of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss Cup, and eight were friendly games. He scored those two goals in the cup competition and the other three were scored during the test games.
# Jürg Luchs

Jürg Luchs (born 29 September 1956) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
# Jürgen Schneider

Jürgen Schneider (born 19 December 1949) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics.