Walking Tour-26 Buffalo Street-Walking Tour
(West Side of Street)

A four-square Bungalow style, this house was built by Casper Warden, a stone mason, in 1919, as his residence. Historically, from 1855 until 1910, the property was part of the property of 22/26 S. Main directly to the west which also included a road from E. Church to a barn.

Official Property Description:

• Lot 8 Block 1 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township.
• Lot 45 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 William S. Blake, Lots 7 and 8, assessed value $30. Jeremiah Clark, Lot 8 Block 1, assessed value $5.
• 1846 Jeremaih Clark, Lot 8 Block 1, assessed value $5.
• 1847 John Herwig, Lot 8, assessed value $10.
• 1847 Nelson W. Clark, Lot 8 Block 1, assessed value $10.
• 1848 John "Harwig", Lots 7 and 8, assessed value $190.
• 1849 John "Harwig", Lots 7 and 8 "occupied together", assessed value $185.
• 1855 & 56 John H. Dresser, Lots 7 & 8 Block 1, assessed value $800.
• 1857 John Campbell, Lots 7 & 8 Block 1, assessed value $1000, & the "lawn between his hotel & stable", and a lane from Church St.
• 1860 John Campbell, as above.
• 1861 Mary Campbell, as above.
• 1872 Map of the Village has no building on Lot 8, owner, D.S. Johnson.
• 1889 Elmer Vliet, Lots 7 & 8, and a road from Church St. north to the barn.
• 1910 James Wooster, as above, assessed value $1700.
• 1915 as above.
• 1919 Casper Warden, Lot 8 Block 1.
• 1930 Casper Warden, Lot 8 Block 1, assessed value $700.
• 1954 David R. Hayward.
• 1954 October Frank and Alice Merkel. Left in 1976