Walking Tour-72 North Main Street-Walking Tour
(East Side of Street)

This house was originally a simple shingled lake cottage built circa 1914. In 1994 the building received a major addition with exterior changes.

Official Property Description:

• Lot 8 of Block 23 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township.
• Lot 29 of the Supervisor's Replat of the Northwestern Addition & part of the Original 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]

• Note: All the properties currently located in the Historic District were originally part of a tract registered by Butler Holcomb with the federal government on October 22, 1831. Thus, abstracts for these properties, when they exist, show the original transfer to be from the United States to Butler Holcomb and may also include references to then President Andrew Jackson.
• 1844 Nelson W. Clark, Block 23, assessed value $60.
• 1846 Nelson W. Clark, Blocks 23 & 24, assessed value $250.
• 1847 Nelson W. Clark, Block 23, assessed value $50.
• 1848 Nelson W. Clark, Block 23, assessed value $15.
• 1849 Nelson W. Clark, Block 23, assessed value $50.
• 1904 Mary Walter, assessed value $1200.
• 1911 Mary Walter, assessed value $1400.
• 1914 Mary Walter, assessed value $2100.
• 1917 Mary M. Walter, the piece to the Lake.
• 1923 Mary Walter, assessed value $3200.
• 1935 E. Newland. Both pieces.
• 1939 E. Newland, Lots 28 & 29.
• 1941 E. Newland, Lot 29. W. Goodspeed, Lot 28.
• 1950 Frank Stauter, Lots 28 & 29.
• 1954 as above.
• 1958 as above.