Walking Tour Home Page-3 E. Church Street-Walking Tour
(North Side of Street)

This building was constructed 1926/27 for the Seeterlin Brothers, Joseph and Edwin, as a Chevrolet /Oldsmobile dealership. They had a service/gasoline station to the west, on the corner of South Main St. and East Church St. (The gas station was on Lot 10 of Block 1, the property in 1850 of Washington Clark, son of Jeremiah Clark, one of Clarkston's founding fathers. 1859 tax records cited a house, barn and shop on the property, owner Lucy Clark. (See 32 S. Main for further discussion of that property.)

In 1949 Independence Township purchased this building for $15,000 for use as Independence Township Fire Hall Number One. It remained so until 1996 when it was sold to Richard Morgan who expanded his service/gasoline station at 32 S. Main. The alley to the east of the building was long held by the owners of the "Inn" at 24 S. Main, providing access to a barn.

Official Property Description:

• The east part of Lot 10 Block 1 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township.
• Lot 42 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).
• 1849 Washington Clark, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $250.
• 1850 Washington Clark, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $250. (Clark was the son of Jeremiah. Born, May 4, 1818. Died 1854).
• 1855 Lucy Clark, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $300.
• 1859 Lucy Clark, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $480. "house, barn, and shop".
• 1872 Map of the Village shows a building footprint on the west part of the lot.
• 1889 Peter Green, assessed value $800.
• 1904 Peter Green, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $900 (48' x 82 & 1/2' off the northeast corner of Block 26.)
• 1910 Mable Ellis, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $1000.
• 1915 Mable Ellis, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $1000.
• 1924 Mrs. Frank Oberheim, assessed value $1700.
• 1925 Mrs. Frank Oberheim, assessed value $2700.
• 1926 house moved to 38 E. Washington,St.
• 1928 Seeterlin Brothers.
• 1930 Seeterlin Brothers, Lot 10 Block 1, assessed value $2900 (the last figure is crossed out and $5800 was written in.)
• 1931 Seeterlin Brothers, the east 89 & 1/2' of Lot 10, assessed value $3500.
• 1935 Seeterlin Brothers, the east 100' of Lot 10, except 11.5' used as an alley, assessed value $3100.
• 1941 Seeterlin Brothers, the east 100' of Lot 10, except 11.5' used as an alley, assessed value $3100.
• 1949 Independence Township purchased the building and the lot.
• 1952 Independence Township, Lot 42.