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Kerrytown is a shopping district immediately north of <a href="Downtown">Downtown</a> and west of the <a href="Old%20Fourth%20Ward">Old Fourth Ward</a>, centered on the <strong>Kerrytown</strong> shopping center and also including the North <a href="Fourth%20Avenue">Fourth Avenue</a>, North <a href="Main%20Street">Main Street</a>, and <a href="Braun%20Court">Braun Court</a> commercial districts. Near <a href="The%20Farmer%27s%20Market">The Farmer's Market</a>, <a href="Community%20High%20School">Community High School</a> and <a href="Zingerman%27s%20Deli">Zingerman's Deli</a>; the name may also be used to describe the neighborhood nearby, including <a href="Braun%20Court">Braun Court</a> across the street.</p>
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According to Ann Arbor historian Wystan Stevens, Kerrytown was named by late Ann Arbor lawyer Art Carpenter. His mother was from County Kerry. Sadly, fellow investors drove Mr. Carpenter out of a Kerrytown project. He then purchased the old Diroff building which later was purchased by two fellows named Ari and Paul and served as the nucleus for the Zingermans businesses.</p>
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== Some businesses there:</p>
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<a href="Everyday%20wines">everyday wines</a></li>
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<a href="Hollander%27s">Hollander's</a></li>
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<a href="Kosmo">Kosmo</a></li>
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<a href="Monahan%27s%20Fish%20Market">Monahan's Fish Market</a></li>
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<a href="Sweetwaters">Sweetwaters (Kerrytown)</a></li>
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<a href="Pure%20Visibility">Pure Visibility</a></li>
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<a href="Blue%20Newt%20Software">Blue Newt</a><a href="Blue%20Newt%20Software"> Software</a></li>
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Formerly
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<a href="Menlo%20Innovations">Menlo Innovations</a> (moved to Liberty)</li>
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<a href="Eve">Eve</a> (closed)</li>
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<a href="Yamato">Yamato</a> (closed)</li>
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<a href="Everyday%20cook">everyday cook</a> (closed)</li>
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History</h2>
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Kerrytown is built in an complex of three brick buildings, the oldest from 1874.</p>
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The <a href="Luick%20Building">Luick Building</a> is the former <a href="Luick%20Brothers%20Lumber%20Company">Luick Brothers Lumber Company</a>. From 1873 to 1930, it supplied wood and wood products to the area. The lumberyard was given to the city as a farmers market in 1931, and in 1942 the building was purchased for the <a href="Washtenaw%20Farm%20Bureau">Washtenaw Farm Bureau</a> store.</p>
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The former <a href="Godfrey%20Moving%20and%20Storage">Godfrey Moving and Storage</a> building forms another part of Kerrytown; that building is part of a business that was once owned by <a href="Cecil%20O.%20Creal">Cecil O. Creal</a>, a former mayor of Ann Arbor.</p>
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Links</h2>
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<a href="http://www.kerrytown.com/" class="external text">Official website</a>
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<a href="http://www.kerrytown.com/shops.html" class="external text">Store directory</a></li>
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