Walking Tour- 41 Buffalo Street--- Walking Tour
(East Side of Street)

By 1855 this was the site of Jesse Millard's cooper shop. (He moved the shop to the east side of Main Street, just north of the stream, in 1860.) From 1862 to 1877 this was the home of Richard Brockenshaw, shoe and boot maker.

The house was built by 1860 as a typical Midwestern farmhouse adaptation of the Greek Revival style with the 1 &1/2 story section's broken pedimented gable end facing the street, and a single story wing with recessed porch typical of the style.

The house has seen many subsequent changes and additions. The original wood clapboard is presently covered with aluminum siding.

Official Property Description:

• Lot 3 Block 7 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20 of Independence Township.
• Lot 28 of the Assessor's Plat.

Significant Property History:

[A Synopsis Of Property Transfers Derived From Abstracts
(when available) And Periodic Changes In Ownership Or
Assessed Value Derived From Township Tax Records]

• 1831 United States to Butler Holcomb.
• 1833 Butler Holcomb & wife, Mary, To Roswell/Roosevelt Holcomb, the west 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20.
• 1833 Butler Holcomb & wife, Mary, To Roswell/Roosevelt Holcomb, and wife, Elvine Holcomb, and Daniel B. Holcomb and wife, Alimira, to Jeremiah Clark, the south part of the west 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20.
• 1839 Jeremiah Clark to Nelson Washington Clark, the undivided 1/2 of the west 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 commencing.......
• 1842 Jeremiah Clark & wife, Polly, to Nelson W. Clark, the south part of the west 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20. Also other land.
• 1842 Jeremiah Clark & Nelson W. Clark to Village of Clarkston (Original plat of the Village).
• 1844 Nelson W. Clark, Lot 3 Block 7, assessed value $5.
• 1846 Jeremiah Clark, the west 1/2 of Block 7, assessed value $7.
• 1847 Jeremiah Clark, the west 1/2 of Block 7 except Lot 2, assessed value $10.
• 1848 Jesse Millard, Lots 3 & 6 Block 7, assessed value $50.
• 1849 Jesse Millard, Lots 3 & 6 Block 7, assessed value $52.
• 1855 Jesse Millard, as above, assessed value $190.
• 1859 Jesse Millard, as above, assessed value $280,"shop".
• 1860 Jesse Millard.
• 1862 Richard Brokenshaw.
• 1872 Map of the Village shows a building footprint, owner, Richard Brokenshaw.
• 1877 Richard Brokenshaw.
• 1878 Wm. Daniels, assessed value $300.
• 1880 Clark Seymour, assessed value $600.
• 1883 Maria "Case", assessed value $600.
• 1884 Mariah Case, assessed value $500.
• 1888 J. E. & C. Case, etc. to Wm.Urch, Lot 3 Block 7.
• 1910 Hannah Urch, Lot 3 Block 7, assessed value $500.
• 1914 M. Wilber.
• 1917 M. Wilber, assessed value $600.
• 1920 Marie Wilber, assessed value $1000.
• 1927 Marie Wilber, assessed value $900.
• 1933 Marie, "Minnie", Wilber Lot 3 ex.
• 1934 as above.
• 1948 Orrie Adams.