Walking Tour-68 Buffalo Street-Walking Tour
(West Side of Street)

This cedar shingle covered house was probably built circa 1855, as a single-story wood clapboard Greek Revival style structure with the broken pediment gable facing the street, for/by Theodore Selden. The 1872 Map of the Village shows the footprint of a rectangular building on the site then, owner, William Molbey/Malby. The small gabled front entryway and sunroom on the south side were added circa 1930.

William Malby was among the earliest settlers, in Clarkston by 1836. He and his wife were among the first members of Methodist Episcopal Church congregation.

Official Property Description:

• Lot 12 Block 8 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southeast 1/4 of Section in Independence Township.
• Lot 35 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 Jeremiah Clark, Lot 12 Block 8, assessed value $6.
• 1846 Nelson W. Clark, Lots 4, 5 & 12 Block 8, assessed value $15.
• 1847 Nelson W. Clark, Lot 12 Block 8, assessed value $5.
• 1848 William H. Shurtz, Lot 12 Block 8, assessed value $30.
• 1855 Theodore Selden, Lot 12, assessed value $290. Lot 13, assessed value $30.
• 1856 William Molbey/Malby, Lots 12 & 13.
• 1858 William Molbey/Malby, Lots 12 & 13, assessed value $300.
• 1861 Isaac Molbey/Malby, assessed value $300.
• 1872 Map of the Village has a building footprint on Lot 12, William Molbey/Malby.
• 1889 George H. Moor.
• 1898 William Petty, Lots 12 & 13, assessed value $250.
• 1904 Norman Kerton, Lots 12 & 13, assessed value $500.
• 1914 Lydia Mills Lots 12 & 13 Block 8.
• 1925 Longair, Lots 12 & 13, assessed value $800.
• 1927 Walter Douglas Estate, Lot 12, assessed value $800.
• 1933 as above.
• 1935 William Dunston, Village Treasurer.
• 1939 Prudence Dunston, Lots 34 & 35, assessed value $2500.
• 1954 Prudence Dunston.
• 1956 William E. Dunston, owner of Village Market