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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. H as 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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