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This Greek Revival style farmhouse was apparently constructed for/by early Clarkston settlers, Evens and Nelly Jane Buzzell in 1853/54. Typical of houses built as Midwestern adaptations of the Greek Revival style, it has a two story section with a one story wing to the east. A porch fronts the wing. Note that this house sits on a small rise. Like Greek temples which were built on hills or rises, many American Greek Revial buildings were purposely situated on hills or slight rises. The stone fireplace was probably a circa 1910 addition.

In the 1950s the house became a combination business and residence. One of the few residences in the Village which was rezoned commercial in the 1970s it has remained so since. In 1996 an addition was constructed connecting the house and the garage to the west. The garage was then remodeled to provide more interior retail space. The photo below shows a small building which stood on the site of the present garage, circa 1900, next to blacksmith shop of Frank Yeager. Beyond the blacksmith shop is a glimpse of the house which was later moved to 6129 South Main Street. The Baptist Church is in the distance.

Official Property Description:

• The east 20' of Lot 2, & the west 82' of Lot 2, Block 8 (The north 1/4 of the east 1/2 of Lot 3) of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township.
• Lot 41 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 John Pratt, Lot 2 Block 8, assessed value $50.
• 1848 Nelson W. Clark, Lot 2 Block 8, assessed value $25.
• 1849 Nelson W. Clark, Lot 2 Block 8, assessed value $30.
• 1850 Washington Clark, Lot 2, assessed value $75, and Lot 1, assessed value $75. Clark died in 1854.
• 1854 His heirs (see 22 E. Church abstract) to Buzzel, the east 1/2 of Lot 2 & Lot 1.
• 1855 Evens (Nelly Jane) Buzzel, the east 1/2 of Lot 2, assessed value $360, & Lot 1, assessed value $60.
• 1857 Robert & Fanny Perry, the west 1/2 of Lot 2, & Lot 1, & the north 1/2 of Lot 3 Block 8, assessed value $550.
  E. Buzzell, the east 1/2 of Lot 2, & Lot 1, assessed value $400, "occupied as one parcel".
• 1859 Robert Perry, the west 1/2 of Lot 2, & the north 1/2 of Lot 3, except 42' x 83' off the south side.
  the north 1/2 of Lot 3, assessed value $530, and Lot 1, and the east 1/2 of Lot 2, assessed value $420.
• 1861 Robert Perry, the west 1/2 of Lot 2 & the north 1/2 of Lot 3, except 42' x 83' off the south side.
  The north 1/2 of Lot 3 Block 8, assessed value $550; Lot 1 & the east 1/2 of Lot 2 Block 8, assessed value $420; the east 1/2 of Lot 2 & the west 1/2 of Lot 1 Block 1 assessed value $500 (this is 8 E. Washington).
• 1861 T. H. Stewart, Lot 1, the east 1/2 of Lot 2 Block 8, assessed value $400.
• 1862 T. H. & Melinda Stewart, Lot 2, Lot 1, & the north 1/2 of Lot 3, except part to R. Broomfield who had the south 1/2 of the north 1/2 of Lot 3, assessed value $350.
• 1869 Mary Hevenden, the east 1/2 of Lot 2, & the east 1/2 of the north 1/2 of Lot 3, assessed value $350.
• 1870 Mary Hevenden, the tax record said Block 14 but was corrected later.
• 1872 Map of the Village has a building footprint, owner Riste. The east 1/2 of Lot 2, & the east 1/2 of the north 1/2 of Lot 3, assessed value $400.
• 1876 Francis Riste.
  H. Ford Archives photo.
• 1880 F. Riste.
• 1914 Oliver Demund, the east 1/2 of Lots 2 & 3.
• 1920 Oliver and Hattie Demund, assessed value $1000
• 1927 Ed. Seeterlin, the east 1/2 of Lot 2, & the north 1/2 of the west 1/2 of Lot 3, assessed value $1600.
• 1933 Oliver Beardslee.
• 1939 Oliver Beardslee, the east 82' of Lot 2, & the west 20' of Lot 1, & the west 1/2 of the east 1/2 of Lot 3, assessed value $1200.
• 1952 John Turek, Lot 42. Gert.Moulter, Lot 41, assessed value $1000.
• 1954 John W. Turek, Turek Printing Co. and residence.
• 1970s Helen Hollerback's Residence and Helen's Hair Styles.
• 1980 Duane Hursfall, Hursfall Real Estate.
• 1989 Don and Diane Proctor Proctor Real Estate.