Walking Tour-130 North Main Street-Walking Tour
(East Side of Street)

This house was built in 1905 by Joseph Reese. He sold the house to John Knox by 1909. It was constructed at the same time as the house to the south, 122 N. Main and as those at 135 & 177 N. Main, and 18 N. Holcomb. All of these houses were originally built as a blend of the Queen Anne and Stick Styles. The original wraparound porches with wood turned balusters and spindels under the eaves common to these houses were all removed except on the house at 177 N. Main. Note the spiderweb window in the street facing gable.

In 1943 Mrs. Gertrude Britten opened the Clarkston Rest Home here. A subsequent newspaper item says the front porch was enclosed. The rest home was moved to Vliet's on the Hill/Green Acres on W. Church St. In the 1980s the home underwent a major restoration/renovation.

Official Property Description:

• Par of the northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township, not a part of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village.
• Lot 51 of the Supervisor's Plat No.1

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.
• 1832 Butler Holcomb.
• 1837 Jeremiah Clark.
• 1849 Nelson W. Clark, the west part of the west 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4, assessed value $150.
• 1850 Joel Griffith, north part of the west 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4, assessed value $150.
• 1857 Joel Harris.
• 1861 Mary Ann Harris a piece from Clarkston/Orion Rd. south to Cochran's property, assessed value $800.
• 1862 J. R. Vliet.
• 1872 Map of the Village shows no building footprint on this site, owner, J. R. Vliet.
• 1885 J. R. Vliet.
• 1896 Edwin Jefferson.
• 1904 Joseph & Hettie/Nettie Reese.
• 1909 John Knox, assessed value $1500.
• 1910 John Knox, assessed value $1600.
• 1923 John Knox, assessed value $2300.
• 1940 John Knox, assessed value $3000.