GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It was started as a space for community, where women could gather in fellowship, to teach and to learn. It hosted presidents and leaders like Susan B. Anthony, lectures and performances.
Now, the 138-year-old Ladies Literary Club building in downtown Grand Rapids is reopening to the community and returning to its original use.
Penny Loafer, an organization owned by Penny Hock that is working to get its nonprofit 501-C3 status, has taken over operating the building at 61 Sheldon Boulevard south of Fulton Street. It will once again be a community space, with a café serving breakfast and lunch, a library and study space, and a theater and event space…